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A Convenient Omission

May 13, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under Bush Administration, New Media 

Jay Nordlinger at National Review writes that Maureen Dowd — who pens weekly at the grey lady — left out a convenient fact about former President Jimmy Carter when justifying her argument that former Vice President Cheney’s criticisms are tantamount to what the right calls treason:

She begins with the story about how ex-president Carter wrote to members of the U.N. Security Council, as Bush 41 was trying to assemble a coalition against Saddam Hussein. Carter wanted them to resist the administration’s efforts. I thought Corner readers might like to know an interesting detail about this — a detail not included in the Dowd column.

Carter did not inform the administration that he was writing these governments, urging them to resist the American president. The administration learned about it when Canada’s prime minister, Brian Mulroney, called the secretary of defense — Dick Cheney.



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  1. Fred Laan on May 15th, 2009 2:18 pm

    President Jimmy Carter was not considered a strong president but that does not mean that he is stupid. He and the rest of the world knew enough about the non-existence of arms in Iraq and knew that the president was not sure about those weapons, but hoped to find some after the war.
    The problemwith some Americans is that they listen too little to what the whole world is telling. So the advisers of president Bush made a mistake with Iraq one can compare with what happened in Vietnam in 1963 when left-wing advisers dumped president Diem of South-Vietnam. RN explained that drama like no-one can. The result was instability and chaos and young Americans being sent for the rescue. In 1968 550,000. So in Iraq one more time young men had to sent; this time only 150,000.
    If a former president tries to avoid such a mistake with a little treason without endangering the country he has my blessing.

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