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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Dude. free speech? WTF? I realize we can't jail or fine Carter. Sometimes, when a person has a big important job, they have to think about whether not saying something might be a good idea. That's all.
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I'm with Hank on this general principle.
However, I don't think that Carter is the first one to say something critical of a successor's foreign policy decisions (I am pretty sure that Ike was all over JFK on Bay of Pigs and the Vienna summit, and Hoover was all over Truman for firing MacArthur and failing to "unleash Chiang"), so I think that it's more than a bit disingenuous to pretend otherwise. And when President Gravel gives Texas back to Mexico, I suspect that those who are outraged by Carter's mouth will praise the patriotism of W for speaking out against it.
Diane disclaimer: Carter is an idiot for saying stuff about the Mideast in general, and for blaming the US and Israel for the PA's civil war in particular.
