Re: folks, if you are trule interested
by
Split-S
08/19/2008, 9:02 PM
Neo-
I am not suggesting that Fox news is an objective news source (I watch the Lehrer News hour for that). I was just pointing out that calling that news segment truth is spurious.
Sure Fox has motives, and so did that woman and her daughter. Propaganda and counter propaganda.
I disagree with your assessment of BS. I watched Colin Powell at the UN and countless other UN feeds in the lead up to Iraq and I don't recall any BS. It turned out that some of the intelligence end up being incorrect (WMDs), however, I only saw that as one of a whole litany of reasons to invade Iraq. And let’s be frank here, who exactly was lied to? You and the rest the antiwar crowd never saw those reasons as legitimate reasons to invade Iraq. I and others in favor of the invasion did. I think that we should take every treat seriously and respect the ability of our adversaries to hurt us. It isn’t about lies, or BS, it is a disagreement. You and I disagree on whether Iraq was a threat. And that is fine, I just find it increasingly hard to take the antiwar crowd seriously when they are so predictable in which side they will take, invariably they side with any nation other than the US or a US ally. This action in Georgia is a perfect example of this. I’ve read a lot of your posts over the years, and I like reading them even though I almost always disagree with you it is fun to hear the other side (what fun would it be if we all agreed and just sat here typing in robotic agreement? That is also why I am an avid listener to Democracy Now). However (and I could be wrong), I don’t think I have ever read one of your posts (or any of Amy Goodman's reports on Democracy Now) supporting any US foreign policy or any moves by the US or US allies whether it be Iraq, Israel, Georgia etc, am I to believe that the US is pure evil! Or is it just Capitalism that is pure evil?