PrintFebruary 20, 2007
The World's Champion Villain
Much of the world now believes that the United States is a force for evil.Hugo Chavez: George Bush is "the devil". Harry Belafonte: Bush is "the greatest terrorist in the world". Nelson Mandela: U.S. is "a threat to world peace". Ann Wright (retired U.S. Army colonel and State Dept. official, now anti-war activist): "We are the cause of violence in Iraq. The violence will continue as long as we're there."William Blum (author of Rogue State, and quoted by Osama bin Laden): "If I were the president, I could stop terrorist attacks against the United States in a few days. Permanently. I would first apologize to all the widows and orphans, the tortured and impoverished, and all the many millions of other victims of American imperialism. Then I would announce, in all sincerity, to every corner of the world, that America's global interventions have come to an end." Joel Rogers (in The Nation): "Our own government,...(Read Full Article)
