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Carter "Truly Imbecilic"?
Monday, January 15, 2007

A reader writes in response to my recent post about Jimmy Carter: "My concern with Carter is not that he might have been "bought" by Arab money. Funding usually trails the opinion, not the other way around. Carter has been sympathetic to Arab viewpoints, so funding came to his programs. My concern was the inflammatory language and revisionist history in his book."

And later:

Mr. Carter's decision to wade into the debate with such a slanted tone does not help this problem; rather it feeds the divisions that polarize the dialogue. His factual errors are damning, and his selective memory smacks of propaganda, not history. There are villains and dirty deeds on both sides of this conflict; why Carter chose to take such a one-sided view of the battle is beyond me. His explanations to date have been unctuous and unbelievable. I have listened to several, and he sounds oblivious to the reality of his writings and his manner suggests that he is either lying about his motivations or truly imbecilic.

Labels: Middle East

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