[Peace-discuss] Message to Obama on Tuesday, June 26, 2012

[Carl G. Estabrook]

Quite right. Carter also said,

"Revelations that top officials are targeting people to be  
assassinated abroad, including American citizens, are only the most  
recent, disturbing proof of how far our nation’s violation of human  
rights has extended. This development began after the terrorist  
attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has been sanctioned and escalated by  
bipartisan executive and legislative actions, without dissent from the  
general public. As a result, our country can no longer speak with  
moral authority on these critical issues..."

(As if, of course, it ever could.) --CGE

On Jun 26, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Jenifer Cartwright wrote:

> Here's my message to Obama/the White House:
> A wonderful statement from President Jimmy Carter today. It's what I  
> want for my country and the world, what Obama has done to ruin so  
> many things. It explains why Obama has lost his base and will  
> probably lose the election.
>
> In case you missed Carter's statement, here's an excerpt:
> "At a time when popular revolutions are sweeping the globe, the  
> United States should be strengthening, not weakening, basic rules of  
> law and principles of justice enumerated in the Universal  
> Declaration of Human Rights. But instead of making the world safer,  
> America's violation of international human rights abets our enemies  
> and alienates our friends.As concerned citizens, we must persuade  
> Washington to reverse course and regain moral leadership according  
> to international human rights norms that we had officially adopted  
> as our own and cherished throughout the years. "
>
> And here's the link to Carter's entire op ed in yesterday's NYT
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/25/opinion/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html?_r=1
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