Ted Turner: War is "Bad Business"
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As the nation readies for war with Iraq, Ted Turner, vice chairman of AOL Time Warner and CNN founder, told attendees at CTIA 2003 here that he believes war is just bad business. "We've got to spend all of this money to blow up Iraq, and then we've got to go out, rebuild it and pay for that, too. I mean it's really bad business--not to mention that a lot of people are going to get hurt," Turner said.
Considering conquerors such as Alexander the Great as great leaders, Turner said he now works harder to emulate heroes of peace, such as Martin Luther King Jr. "I changed over from being a man of war to being a man of peace," Turner said. "I'm doing just the opposite of what our president is doing."