Atlanta's love for Jimmah Carter keeps going on and on. This artitcle was in Thursday's Atlanta Urinal and Constipation.
IN ATLANTA: Carter honored on 'ironic night'
Concert celebrates Nobel Peace Prize as U.S. launches attack
How very fitting. Some excerpts:
On a night of war, Georgia celebrated a man of peace.
That's why 52 diplomats were held, in violation of international law (Where the fuck was the UN?) for 444 days in Iraq. The day a 'dumb cowboy' took office they were released. So much for this 'man of peace' bullshit.
Just as the United States launched its attack on Baghdad, friends of Jimmy Carter filled Atlanta Symphony Hall on Wednesday night to pay tribute to the man honored last year with the Nobel Peace Prize.
More like the Nobel Appeasement Award. Or more properly, the Poke a Stick in the United States' Eye Award. If Jimmah had had any class he would have told the Nobel people to stick the prize up their asses.
Carter acknowledged that "this was kind of an ironic night." From the stage, he reiterated a statement he made earlier in the day at the Carter Center.
I didn't realize Jimmah had such a gift for understatement.
''The Carter Center has done everything we could to find a peaceful resolution to the Iraq crisis and we were not successful,'' he said.
That's because Bill Clinton is not president.
''We support our troops and pray that the casualties for both our troops and innocent Iraqi civilians will be minimal. We are hoping for a quick resolution.''
I bet you do you sanctimonious sonuvabitch.
The hourlong celebration was Georgia's version of the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, which was held in Oslo, Norway, the night after Carter accepted the prize Dec. 10. The Atlanta event began at 8 p.m. --- precisely the deadline set by President Bush for Saddam Hussein to get out of Iraq.
How fitting.
"I don't think there is anything more peaceful than a smile, and he almost smiled his way into the presidency," former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young said. Young served as Carter's ambassador to the United Nations.
And smiled his way into being perhaps the worst president in our history. I know I didn't do too much smiling during his presidency. And, certainly 52 people in Iran didn't smile too much either.
In awarding the Peace Prize in October, the Nobel committee recognized what it called Carter's "untiring effort" to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and promote democracy and human rights in the two decades since he left the White House.
In places like North Korea, Cuba, and Zimbabwe.
Oh well, enough about Jimmy Carter. In today's AJC we had a letter from Don Bates of Canton, Georgia (12th one down).
By the time this letter is printed, thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians may be dead.
Along with the thousands of civilians we killed in Afghanistan.
It is truly a sad day for America when in our righteous anger over the Sept. 11 attacks, we exact vengeance on a country that has never attacked us. This war may satisfy the need for revenge felt by many, but it violates everything that has made America great, and it dishonors the memories of the Sept. 11 victims.
Don, this is not vengeance. This is going after terrorism. The only way to eliminate terrorism is by going after the states that sponsor and fund it.
War supporters: Please spare those of us opposed the patronizing and totally unfounded opinion that we are naive,
Unfortunately, you are.
uninformed
Ditto.
and unpatriotic.
Nope. You're just stupid.
This war is illegal,
Nope. Saddam is in violation of the cease fire he signed to end the first Gulf War. This is a continuation of that war. The UN won't enforce its resolutions. We will.
immoral
Tell that to the Iraqis that we are freeing. The ones we've liberated so far don't think it is immoral.
and completely unnecessary.
If this has prevented another 9/11 it is not unnecessary. But, I'll bet the pictures and stories of tortured Iraqis won't sway your self-righteousness.
Even if post-war Iraq becomes the rosy picture that President Bush has painted, the end does not justify the means.
So I guess you think the Civil War was a bad idea. How about WWII? How about the Revolutionary War? Does the end ever justify the means? Is war ever necessary? In your world, probably not.
As for me, I'm enjoying watching the precision bombing. It's time for me to have a Stoli on the rocks. Then I'll toss a salad, grill a steak, open a bottle of wine and watch the latest episode of Bombs Over Baghdad.