Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.
BIANCA JAGGERGeorge 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.
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There is so much each one of us can do to make a difference. We are at a dangerous juncture in the history of mankind. …
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President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.
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I’ve enjoyed doing Wolf Blitzer’s program, and I even enjoyed having a heated debate with Bill O’Reilly. I will do it any time.
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What 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.
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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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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 find it disturbing that the media keeps referring to my marriage, since I got divorced in 1979. But the media never wants to let me forget.
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A taboo, attached to it…now we have more women infected with HIV/AIDS, many of those women were infected by their husbands who did not tell them
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I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.
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A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.
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I didn’t want to be discriminated against because of my gender and status. I promised myself I was never going to be treated as a second-class citizen.
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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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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war.
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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 don’t want to wear what every other women wears. I won’t be dictated to.
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