Excerpt (skipping opening which basically states stuff most of us know)
How Ilhan Omar’s Attempt to Shame Elliott Abrams Backfired
The new committee member’s very rhetorical questions to ‘Mr. Adams’ suggested deep suspicion of America’s foreign affairs, and limited knowledge of them.
Ronald Radosh 02.14.19 5:29 AM ET
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As for his conviction, for testimony given a few months before Omar was born, perhaps she should read Abrams’ own 1992 book, Undue Process: A Story of How Political Differences are Turned into Crimes. It was this book that convinced one of Abrams’ major human rights critics, Aryeh Neier, to change his mind. Neier had been seen as Abrams’ arch-enemy in the era of the Central American wars, one who like Omar today, expressed satisfaction when Abrams was found guilty of misdemeanors. He had written a column in The Nation expressing his satisfaction when Abrams had been convicted, “because it seemed the appropriate denouement to a career in public office in which deceit had been a hallmark.â€
After reading Abrams’ book years later, Neier had second thoughts, and wrote in Dissent that he “found its central points persuasive.†Agreeing with Abrams, he wrote that political differences over policy should be “dealt with through the political process and not by means of criminal law.†The way he had been indicted, Neier argued, “suggest a political prosecution rather than the fair administration of justice.†He thought that “Abrams’ argument that he was chosen as a target because the special prosecutor needed a recognizable scalp following [Oliver] North’s victory on appeal,†and that this was “buttressed by the evidence of timing.†If one read Abrams’ book, Neier concluded, it “should persuade fair-minded readers that the prosecution wronged him.â€
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Omar’s comportment at the hearing, as well as her obvious belief that the United States is an imperialist and reactionary nation that by its very nature abuses human rights, should alone be reason enough to have her removed before she can do real damage.
Read more at: https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-ilhan-omars-attempt-to-shame-elliot-abrams-backfired?ref=scroll
From the Daily Beast which has to be considered left of center. Good article, maybe the best yet.