eots,
et al,
Ted Turner has a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth.
Ernest Hemingway said:
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
He was going to say it was fantastic...but then settled for its good
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Ted Turner sees himself in a much different way then we might perceive him. He wants to be a remembered as a billionaire philanthropist
("the caring of man") that promoted good - not evil.
He is trying to emulate the giants like Ernest Hemingway and Walter Cronkite. Cronkite, like Turner, is a noted journalist who was remembered as a man of unquestioned integrity; and yet - quite the anti-war promoter
(especially in Vietnam). But, unlike Hemingway and Cronkite, Turner just doesn't have the right stuff.
Turner blunders quite a bit. I think, once he hears what he said, he recognizes the mistake. But the damage is done. Too many will see him as nothing like the image he is trying to portray.
Although I have, on occasion, spoken before thinking, I tend to think that Ted Turner is just an untalented billionaire that is smart in business and less than interesting as a foreign policy speaker.
Most Respectfully,
R
