Carter ‘Faces Down’ Sudan Officials By Caving In
Charles Johnson
Wed Oct 3, 2007 at 8:31 am PDT • Views: 332
The Associated Press headline says: Jimmy Carter faces down Darfur officials.
KABKABIYA, Sudan - Former President Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security services who blocked him from a town in Darfur where he was trying to meet with refugees from the ongoing conflict. …
“You can’t go. It’s not on the program!” the local security chief, who only gave his first name as Omar, yelled at Carter, who is in Darfur as part of a delegation of respected international figures known as “The Elders.”
“We’re going to anyway!” an angry Carter retorted as a crowd began to gather. “You don’t have the power to stop me.”
“I’ll tell President Bashir about this,” Carter said, referring to Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
That headline is ridiculous, of course. Because after all his blustering and threatening, Carter showed his usual strength of character by completely caving in.
Carter later agreed to a compromise by which tribal representatives would be brought to him at another location later Wednesday. But the refugee delegates never showed up.
Frank says: