When Jimmy Carter almost threw a punch

[alp227]

Former US president Jimmy Carter nearly punched former SA president Thabo Mbeki over HIV/Aids treatment in the country, according to a report.

By Jim Galloway

Former President Jimmy Carter, who likes to point out that the U.S. never fired a shot in anger during his administration, makes a small confession today in the pages of the Sunday Times in South Africa:

“The first time I came here to Cape Town I almost got in a fight with the president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, because he was refusing to let AIDS be treated,” Carter (said).

He said at the time, then-health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was standing with Mbeki.

“That’s the closest I’ve come to getting into a fist fight with a head of state”.

full: http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/nov/03/when-jimmy-carter-almost-threw-punch/

[shraby]

1. Am I remembering wrong? I thought AIDS first reared it's ugly head when Reagan was in office.

[NYC Liberal]

2. I think Carter is describing an incident that happened after he

left office.

[csziggy]

3. Yes, Thabo Mbeki was president of SA from 1999 to 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thabo_Mbeki#AIDS_denialist_connections