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Down Memory Lane - do not forget Nelson Mandela on Bush and Iraq
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mandela-slams-bush-on-iraq/<snip>
A prominent new voice joined the international chorus of protest against U.S. preparations for war against Iraq on Thursday.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela delivered a fiery speech denouncing the United States and aiming harsh personal criticism at President Bush.
"What I am condemning is that one power, with a president who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust."
And that wasn't all. He attacked America for its record on human rights and for dropping atomic bombs on Japan World War II.
"If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care."
"Nelson Mandela was a great leader. He remains a great man," said White House spokesman Ari Fleischer. "But on this the president and Nelson Mandela do not see eye to eye."
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