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In reply to the discussion: Looks like Greenwald might have a lot more... [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)quickly learned we had been lied and it was THAT, the realization that we had been deceived, that created his passion against the Bush administration. I wish all those who thought after 9/11 that they had to support their government had realized, as quickly as he did, the lies they were telling. Had that happened, people like Hillary Clinton eg, the funding for the war would have been stopped and that criminal war ended long ago.
Since I first came across his blog he has opposed Bush policies and was always honest about his initial naivety.
So your 'gotcha' effort fails as it always does when someone tries to discredit him for being willing to admit when he was wrong.
Lol, I always get a kick of this effort to smear Greenwald, and wonder if it came from the morons at HB Gary in their campaign to shut him up.
Here's what makes this such a failure. When someone isn't trying to hide something, it's kind of useless to pretend you have revealed a big secret that the person themselves actually wrote about in a book and spoke about online and never tried to hide on public forums.
I recall being happy with every one who fell for the lies, then realized they were lied to. One in particular I recall was the Republican Congressman who invented the 'Freedom Fries' attacks on France for refusting to go along with Bush's war. When he woke up and realized he had been duped, he joined Democrats in trying to end that war.
Greemwald gets even more kudos for his honesty. For being willing to admit he was wrong, something he does always and which people admire about him.
Thanks for reminding me how honest he has been and how willing to do something a lot of people simply cannot do, admit when he is wrong. A very good character trait. But my comment stands, he has not changed one bit on the issues he railed against throughout the Bush years, nor have I. He still opposes Bush policies. So do I.
How about you?