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In reply to the discussion: This is Greenwald's debunk of his support for the Iraq war? [View all]Cha
(321,308 posts)188. The Hypocrisy of Glenn Greenwald, Iraq War edition
The absurd comparison to Martin Luther King aside, whats notable about Greenwalds screed is that it omits the key portions of the preface that reveal him to be a bald-faced liar at worst, and at best, a man trying to distract his avid fans from the truth.
Greenwald includes the following passage from his Preface in his FTL:
Greenwald includes the following passage from his Preface in his FTL:
Despite these doubts, concerns, and grounds for ambivalence, I had not abandoned my trust in the Bush administration. Between the presidents 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, and to the extent that I was able to develop a definitive view, I accepted his judgment that American security really would be enhanced by the invasion of this sovereign country
Soon after the invasion he reluctantly concluded that the administration had veered off course? He writes that he was not politically active until 2004. That places his come to Jesus moment well after George Bushs Mission Accomplished moment. Again yikes.
Yet there Greenwald sits on Twitter, calling people gross and repellent:
Yet there Greenwald sits on Twitter, calling people gross and repellent:
http://thisweekinblackness.com/2013/03/19/the-hypocrisy-of-glenn-greenwald-iraq-war-edition/
He wanted bush to succeed and he'll do anything sleazy to attempt to bring down Pres Obama. Greenwald's going to "succeed" like bush did. "The swift removal of the Taliban from Afghanistan"? Yeah, that'll work .. let's get the fuck over to Iraq, bozo.
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Translation: I was for it before I was against it and I was absolutely NEVER for it.
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#1
Kind of like, "I never took a dime from CATO and I made much more money working for the ACLU."
ucrdem
Jun 2013
#3
Yeah, about those phone calls.. You're still in the ignorant hole you've always been in. nm
Cha
Jun 2013
#183
So you're questioning Greenwald for doing exactly what the Democratic party did?
burnodo
Jun 2013
#7
Gee Gee's problem isn't that he was hornswaggled, it's that he denigrates others who were
MADem
Jun 2013
#45
Attacking the messenger, again with distortions of his actual positions, because you don't like MSG
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#8
That is all you ever got... lame, childish 'mock' to try and shut down discussion
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#50
I disagree. Trying to claim that he supports, Bush, the Iraq war, the Carlye group, is deciteful
usGovOwesUs3Trillion
Jun 2013
#101
Indeed...the hypocrite who is flinging shit here is Greenwald. That's what's bugging some!
MADem
Jun 2013
#55
Do you oppose the mass surveillance of ordinary people by government agencies?
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#79
So your position is that nothing like a massive surveillance of the American people
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#146
Some of my confusion has to do with certain ambiguities in your replies.
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#172
So you are refusing to answer this simple question in order to keep your thread kicked?
Warren Stupidity
Jun 2013
#178
No actually in that post she claimed there was no massive domestic surveillance
Warren Stupidity
Jul 2013
#191
Here's my favorite GREENWALDism from the same link, which I will use on his fans who call names
UTUSN
Jun 2013
#83
jesus christ prosense half the clowns in this admin you adore supported the iraq war. nt
boilerbabe
Jun 2013
#134
Greenwald, through his early support for Bush as many Americans were after 9/11, did less
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2013
#159
Glenn "The Lyin Libertarian" Greedwald praised the Citizens United decision...
Galraedia
Jun 2013
#162