Jackson said there was something wrong with a nation that constructed first-class jails and second-class schools.
"Most rural and urban schools are not wired for the Internet, but all the jails are," he said.
Jackson also criticized U.S. foreign policy in Kosovo.
Jackson, who traveled to Belgrade in May to free three American POWs, has been calling for an end to the NATO strikes against Serbia since his return.
Echoing an oft-repeated criticism, he said NATO's handling of the Kosovo crisis, while well-intentioned, was profoundly misguided.
"Our intent was to do all that we could to avoid killing civilians, but civilians have been killed by the thousands.... Our intent was to help rescue and secure the lives of 1 million people. Instead, we have completely disrupted the lives of 14 million people," he said.
Jackson's argument was simple and clear--where the NATO hoped to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe, it created one, and cost itself a pretty penny in the process.
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