REVEREND AL SHARPTON

BACKGROUND

Civil rights activist, minister; U.S. Senate candidate, 1992 and 1994; candidate for mayor of New York City, 1997

www.sharpton2004.org/

Al Sharpton has been sharply critical of President George W. Bush's decision to invade Iraq, stating that the Bush administration's doctrine of pre-emption is "dangerous and traditionally un-American." During an interview with MoveOn.org, the reverend asked, "If we can pre-emptively attack Iraq using shaky intelligence...what's to stop Russia from attacking Chechnya, China from attacking Taiwan, …