George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.
BIANCA JAGGERWhat is being said in media in other parts of the world is very different from what we’ve been told in this country throughout these years between September 11 and today.
More Bianca Jagger Quotes
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We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.
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Bradley Manning is an American hero.
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I feel great identification with the developing world.
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The death penalty is being applied in the United States as a fatal lottery.
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I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.
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The killing of innocent people is always wrong.
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I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.
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There is a question for which we will never know the answer: had the U.S. not launched the Contra war to overthrow the Sandinista government, would they have succeeded in bringing socioeconomic justice to the people of Nicaragua?
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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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I don’t think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.
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In Nicaragua, liberty, equality and the rule of law were the stuff of dreams. But in Paris I discovered the value of those words.
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People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.
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I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.
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I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.
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