27 January 2007

Carter the Hawk?

Quote of the Day:
I believe the Soviets saw a very different Jimmy Carter than did most Americans by 1980, different and more hostile and threatening...[he] would provide a strong foundation for Ronald Reagan to build upon.
-Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who was the national intelligence officer for the Soviet Union in the Carter White House, in his 1996 book "From the Shadows."

Hawkish praise for the one-term Democrat from a life-long Republican.