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18. "...the president was entitled to have his national security judgment deferred to..

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 07:19 PM

Feb 2013

Despite these doubts, concerns, and grounds for ambivalence, I had not abandoned my trust in the Bush administration. Between the president’s performance in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the swift removal of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the fact that I wanted the president to succeed, because my loyalty is to my country and he was the leader of my country, I still gave the administration the benefit of the doubt. I believed then that the president was entitled to have his national security judgment deferred to..

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/02/03/1184268/-Glenn-Greenwald-and-His-Repulsive-Hypocrisy#

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Flashback: Glenn Greenwald writing about Bush in 2006 [View all] Enrique Feb 2013 OP

Title: ProSense Feb 2013 #1

some Obama fans don't like Glenn Greenwald Enrique Feb 2013 #2

Breaking: Greenwald doesn't like Obama or his supporters. ProSense Feb 2013 #5

Or, it's OK if MyPresident does it MotherPetrie Feb 2013 #3

Exactly right. We who accept all done by a president are the hypocrites. madfloridian Feb 2013 #13

Flipside of the same rotten coin whatchamacallit Feb 2013 #4

Except that Greenwald ignores the difference between the geek tragedy Feb 2013 #6

Bush and his defenders constantly used the AUMF as their justification Enrique Feb 2013 #7

No, they actually cited the "inherent authority of the President" as geek tragedy Feb 2013 #9

The good ol' days are not all dead and gone kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #8

Flashback. More Greenwald writing about Bush in 2006... SidDithers Feb 2013 #10

He was saying it was hard to accept betrayal by one's president. madfloridian Feb 2013 #12

... Enrique Feb 2013 #17

amazing isn't it? arely staircase Feb 2013 #19

Poor Glenn CitizenPatriot Feb 2013 #22

Good find! nt Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #11

From the preface of Greenwald's 2006 book about the Patriot Act. madfloridian Feb 2013 #14

Wonder if Greenwald considers ProSense Feb 2013 #15

Well, then, let's look at it this way. I have the book open in front of me... madfloridian Feb 2013 #23

That would no longer be fair use, and would violate the TOS ---- msanthrope Feb 2013 #24

So report me, misanthrope. madfloridian Feb 2013 #25

Tell on you? Aw...hells no! I want you to expand upon your msanthrope Feb 2013 #26

Oh my. bvar22 Feb 2013 #16

"...the president was entitled to have his national security judgment deferred to.. arely staircase Feb 2013 #18

Glenn Greenwald, being racist in 2005.... msanthrope Feb 2013 #20

"The parade of evils caused by illegal immigration is widely known" ProSense Feb 2013 #28

That would get him banned off of DU, but this is an acceptable source? msanthrope Feb 2013 #31

Please don't upset the Greenwald cheerleaders Summer Hathaway Feb 2013 #30

The cheerleaders dismiss, but the rest of DU doesn't. Glenn is a Ron Paul acolyte, msanthrope Feb 2013 #33

Classic ad hominem argument Jim Lane Feb 2013 #34

A racist's viewpoints on this President need not be considered. What Greenwald msanthrope Feb 2013 #36

Try clicking the link pottedplant Jun 2016 #37

That was no apology. True, it may have been before he learned to hide it better. nt msanthrope Jun 2016 #39

Ok so his marriage is a sham as well pottedplant Jun 2016 #41

+ 1,000,000,000,000 eom MohRokTah Jun 2016 #40

Cancel. gulliver Feb 2013 #27

Why can't I get anyone to tell me HOW MANY DEAD BODIES is too high a price to pay for being WRONG? patrice Feb 2013 #29

Please cite Glenn Greenwald pottedplant Jun 2016 #38

now WE give OBAMA a pass upi402 Feb 2013 #32

Observing that there is risk is not slamming. Pretending there isn't risk is slamming patrice Feb 2013 #35