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TwilightGardener

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28. Yup--Ricks was all excited that his CNAS buddy Michele Fluornoy was going

Reply to Octafish (Reply #27)

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 05:27 PM

Mar 2014

to be SecDef, until she wasn't chosen (thankfully). She thought Iraq wasn't wrong, just poorly executed, and was a big champion of long occupations and counterinsurgency--she thought we learned the "wrong" lessons of Vietnam. Just kinder, friendlier neocons in Ricks' crowd. He has zero credibility with me.

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Pulitzer Award-Winning Journalist Thomas Ricks Goes to War Against Greenwald [View all] SunsetDreams Mar 2014 OP

I have met Ricks. He is one tough cookie, and, at a risk of making a pun, not easily MADem Mar 2014 #1

Yes he is and the Fox Interview was a beauty SunsetDreams Mar 2014 #11

"Fox is operating as a wing of the Republican Party!" Right on, Tom! nt MADem Mar 2014 #12

Exactly! That was great and poor SunsetDreams Mar 2014 #19

Greenwald's book is out very soon....Ricks is very timely with his critique. Good for him. nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #20

That was a great interview Gothmog Mar 2014 #26

No wonder here. 1000words Mar 2014 #2

Please, don't leave us hanging, spell out your smear on Ricks. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #6

General Petraeus among others Ichingcarpenter Mar 2014 #9

Oh - and with whom is he guilty by association? (NT) Anansi1171 Mar 2014 #10

Yeah, the noive of that guy...why don't you have a look at the video upthread? nt MADem Mar 2014 #14

CNAS--supposedly "Democratic" military think tank, but they're just TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #16

I suppose this is one way to bring Ricks back into the limelight, and sell more books quinnox Mar 2014 #3

LOL Cali_Democrat Mar 2014 #18

a few points geek tragedy Mar 2014 #4

I agree with all points you've made. nt msanthrope Mar 2014 #13

I agree with you.. SunsetDreams Mar 2014 #21

Why should I care what he thinks? LittleBlue Mar 2014 #5

Stand with Big Vladdy ProSense Mar 2014 #7

He makes valid points. JNelson6563 Mar 2014 #8

Late to the party nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #15

So let me get this straight. Snowden is the guest of Putin and... WhaTHellsgoingonhere Mar 2014 #17

remember that "wisdom to know the difference" line? thesquanderer Mar 2014 #22

Does he deny the truth about what Snowden and Greenwald have revealed? joeybee12 Mar 2014 #23

beginning to believe the worst without disclosing a fucking thing.. frylock Mar 2014 #24

and Pulitzer Award winning Maureen Dowd went to war with Bill and Hillary Clinton Excelsyor Mar 2014 #25

(I'll say it again.) Thomas Ricks? The guy's on this year's PNAC... Octafish Mar 2014 #27

Yup--Ricks was all excited that his CNAS buddy Michele Fluornoy was going TwilightGardener Mar 2014 #28

Oh wow Ricks won a Pulitzer! Miguel Guate Apr 2014 #29