Carter did almost nothing properly, however, we need to give credit where it is due.
Carter's Camp David Peace accords secured peace between Egypt and Israel.
And that's about all that he got right...
Posted on 02/03/2002 10:30:19 AM PST by l33t
Edited on 09/03/2002 4:49:56 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
WASHINGTON,
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So true! The Shah was a relatively good man. He built Iranians their roads and infrastructure, gave them free health and hospital care and education.
The religious leaders turned against the Shah when he took power and took all their large land holdings and riches and gave them to the people instead.
And just as Saddam heaves a sigh of relief...Rummy says "JUST KIDDING! IT'S IRAQ!" :o)
Why give him credit for being intelligent?
NATO is almost irrelevent. The Euro's have managed to let their militaries regress down below Cold War standards, while the U.S. military has moved into the 21st Century with previously unimagined power. Plus, the European economies are ailing. Taken in sum, they don't have enough power to be a major world power away from their borders any longer.
The European Union is in Moral Chapter 11.
If you are alluding to the hatred Iranians have against Iraqi's for Saddam's methods in the Iran-Iraq 10 year war, then yes this dovetails quite nicely.
Carter did almost nothing properly, however, we need to give credit where it is due.
Carter's Camp David Peace accords secured peace between Egypt and Israel.
And that's about all that he got right...
The problem with Saudi Arabia has been their indirect financing for terrorism, plus a multi-tiered failure to fully cooperate with our efforts to fight terrorism.
Complicating matters, Bin Laden is a hero to the average Saudi. The House of Saud is on very shaky ground, and can no longer have it both ways.
I'll give him that. But even on that, the jury still seems to be out.
SUNNI MUSLIMS=CHALK
CHEESE&CHALK -They're both different.
I think the real reason is this.
U.S. officials have said Iran initially cooperated when Washingtom launched its war on terrorism after the Sept. 11 attacks. But recently Tehran has been trying to exercise influence in Afghanistan that would undermine a new, internationally-backed broad based Afghan government, they said.
Tony
Don’t let facts get in the way of a good tale.
Eurasia I mean Iran is now the enemy.
Cheers Tony
Asked on the ABC "This Week" program if he could confirm a Time magazine report that Tehran helped Islamic militants to escape across the border, Rumsfeld replied: "I can."
Why?
Because he is a walking carte blanche for the the US to go into any Moose Limb country, whenever it wants to, and kick ass.
I would even go so far as have Rummy release disinformation, 'Sources confirm Bin Ladin's presence in X...' Just as if Elvis was spotted somewhere.
Then drive a cruise missile wherever the sun doesn't shine.
Repeat ad infinitum.
This will keep the touchy-feelies quiet, and keep the mongrels under the porch.
It's all good.
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