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David Hartung

Dave wrote:
David Hartung wrote:
Dave wrote:
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§tarkiller© Another youngster not old enough to have experienced
the Carter
§tarkiller© administration no doubt.

You are not a good mind reader. Carter's ineptness pales next to
Bush's.

§tarkiller© Not to worry though. It is likely you may see
another Carteresque
§tarkiller© presidency shortly.

Perhaps, but it is hard to imagine it could be worse that Bush.

Read some history. I can give you a good reading list to see the truth
about the criminal incompetence of Bush.
Contrary to the Reaganite Revisionist version of history, it was
Jimmy Carter who maneuvered the Soviets into a prolonged war in
Afghanistan. (Reagan was the one who let Osama go the Dark Side.)

Your source for this theory?

Robert Gates, current SecDef.

The CIA begins covert action against the Communist government in
Afghanistan, which is closely tied to the Soviet Union. Some time this
year, the CIA begins training militants in Pakistan and beaming radio
propaganda into Afghanistan. By April 1979, US officials are meeting
with opponents of the Afghan government to determine their needs. [Blum,
1995, pp. 344] Robert Gates, who will become CIA Director in the early
1990s, will later recall that in a meeting on March 30, 1979, Under
Secretary of Defense Walter Slocumbe wonders aloud whether there is
“value in keeping the Afghan insurgency going, ‘sucking the Soviets into
a Vietnamese quagmire.’” [Gates, 1996, pp. 145] In March 1979, there is
a major revolt in Herat province, and in June and August there are large
scale army mutinies. [Cooley, 2002, pp. 5] President Carter will
formally approve covert aid to opponents of the government in July (see
July 3, 1979), which will result in a Russian invasion in December (see
December 8, 1979)."

http://www.historycommons.org/contex...aafghanist an

Very interesting, Thank you.