http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/en/ The occasional rants and musings of the UK based writer and Cafe Babel correspondent. en Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:30:40 +01:00 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Dotclear http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/05/21/In-Praise-ofJimmy-Carter urn:md5:f8d3c100eb9b106812f88b44583e418e Mon, 21 May 2007 16:40:00 +02:00 cyeomans In praise of... <p><img src="http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/public/chrisblogs/Carter.jpg" alt="Carter" style="float:left; margin: 0 1em 1em 0;" /></p> <p>(Photo copyright BBC)</p> <p>Rather than only posting to criticise, I have launched a section of this site to praise figures when I deem it appropriate. The first figure to recieve this auspicious honour is former US President Jimmy Carter, for his <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6675557.stm" hreflang="en">latest well articulated attack on Blair and the Iraq debacle</a>, echoing the views of many liberals, that the UK's "almost undeviating" support for "the ill-advised policies of President Bush in Iraq <a href="http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/05/21/has" title="has">has</a> been a major tragedy for the world". It is refreshing to hear a man whose tireless work to bring peaceful and diplomatic conflict solutions , (for which he recieved the Nobel Peace Prize) voice his opinions in public, and whilst the White House may <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6675557.stm" hreflang="en">dismiss him</a> as "increasingly irrelavent", in the present climate the need for the likes of Carter is greater than ever.</p> <p>On a related topic, I recommend an <a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/200705210012" hreflang="en">excellent article</a> by Andrew Stephen in the current edition of British political magazine <em>The New Statesman</em> on how US politics has, in general, shifted to the Right. As someone who is a moderate by European standards, it is interesting to note that in US terms my politics would be considered radical!</p> <p><em>Vive la revolution</em>, comrades.</p> <p>Chris</p> http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/05/21/In-Praise-ofJimmy-Carter#comment-form http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/en/post/2007/05/21/In-Praise-ofJimmy-Carter#comment-form http://chrisblogs.cafebabel.com/en/feed/rss2/comments/3