Groundbreaking_War52 t1_j9bci0g wrote
One of the more unhinged GOP responses to this incident was the claim that the Soviet Union felt emboldened to invade Afghanistan after seeing Carter struggle to fend off a berserk rabbit.
ButterBallTheFatCat t1_j9cr2pb wrote
Ah they obvious decided to invade Afghanistan because of a rabbit. What other conclusions can you draw from this? This is obviously the most sensible thing.
Gorf_the_Magnificent t1_j9d45p0 wrote
The claim that the Republicans blamed the killer rabbit for the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was made by Carter’s own Press Secretary, Jody Powell. There is no other substantiation for that claim in the Wikipedia article.
I saw Jody Powell speak at a business conference in 1981, and he was so unimpressive that almost the entire audience was shocked that he had been a senior White House official.
Groundbreaking_War52 t1_j9db6oo wrote
Carter didn’t hire the best people but that claim about Afghanistan may hold water.
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