Retire the Carter Doctrine
by Patrick C. Doherty
Tom Paine
01/27/05
The failure in Iraq offers Democrats a chance to challenge the central tenets of Bush's failed national security strategy. The Bush doctrine and the mess in Iraq rest upon a powerful, bi-partisan consensus: the Carter Doctrine. Only if Democrats withdraw their support for that dysfunctional doctrine can America hope for prosperity at home and peace abroad. The Carter doctrine has guided U.S. foreign policy for 25 years. In 1980, President Carter ... in his State of the Union address ... explained that our strategic interest in the Persian Gulf is based on 'the overwhelming dependence of the Western democracies on oil supplies from the Middle East.' ... Because of this dependence, the Carter Doctrine asserted that 'any attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be ... repelled by any means necessary including the use of force' ...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/retire_the_carter_doctine.php
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Tom Paine
01/27/05
The failure in Iraq offers Democrats a chance to challenge the central tenets of Bush's failed national security strategy. The Bush doctrine and the mess in Iraq rest upon a powerful, bi-partisan consensus: the Carter Doctrine. Only if Democrats withdraw their support for that dysfunctional doctrine can America hope for prosperity at home and peace abroad. The Carter doctrine has guided U.S. foreign policy for 25 years. In 1980, President Carter ... in his State of the Union address ... explained that our strategic interest in the Persian Gulf is based on 'the overwhelming dependence of the Western democracies on oil supplies from the Middle East.' ... Because of this dependence, the Carter Doctrine asserted that 'any attempt by an outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be ... repelled by any means necessary including the use of force' ...
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/retire_the_carter_doctine.php
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 28. Jan, 17:07
