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Tommy_Carcetti

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25. It's sad thought that people insist we must defer to his opinion...

Reply to stevenleser (Reply #18)

Wed May 28, 2014, 11:17 AM

May 2014

....simply because of works he did decades ago on totally unrelated topics.

Maddening, actually.

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Robert Parry: The State Department's Ukraine Fiasco [View all] eridani May 2014 OP

K&R woo me with science May 2014 #1

K & R malaise May 2014 #2

yup n/t reddread May 2014 #3

Russia and China united agin' us? Who knew? Octafish May 2014 #4

and another MisterP May 2014 #9

I'm in total disbelief that Parry was once considered a respectable investigative journalist. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #5

If deposing an elected leader isn't a coup, what is? eridani May 2014 #8

You might want to check up on the definition of "coup" Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #14

Violence? Svoboda? eridani May 2014 #15

NYT's One-Sided Ukraine Narrative eridani May 2014 #16

Yanukovych was not kidnapped, killed, arrested, or forcibly removed. He left on his own accord. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #21

And none of this had anything to do with the Svoboda stormtroopers, right? n/t eridani May 2014 #83

The "Svoboda stormtroopers", whoever they were, did not force Yankovych to leave. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #84

Yanukovich still had complete control of his military and security forces, including the Berkut and pampango May 2014 #86

So, in your opinion, all popular revolutions are coups? geek tragedy May 2014 #29

Yeah. He only broke Iran-Contra. Octafish May 2014 #10

And Cuba Gooding Jr. once won an Oscar. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #12

Saying he's a hack is slander. Putting it in print is libel. Octafish May 2014 #17

My position that he's a "hack" is my own statement of opinion based on facts I've gathered. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #19

Who's being reckless? Octafish May 2014 #20

Parry "found" jack shit. I doubt he's been in Ukraine over the past year, if at all. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #23

Bullshit. Octafish May 2014 #27

So if it's bullshit, do you have the evidence to bolster Parry's claims that I challenged? Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #42

For starters, you attribute to Parry what RT wrote. Octafish May 2014 #64

Are you daft? Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #71

No, I quoted what you wrote. And I stand by what I wrote. Octafish May 2014 #72

Crimea was shuffled around by the Soviets from the Russian SSR to the Ukrainian SSR. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #75

Oh give us a break. NuclearDem May 2014 #30

Did I call you a shill? Octafish May 2014 #34

And there you go again. NuclearDem May 2014 #36

You say that a lot, but you never answer the question. Octafish May 2014 #65

Other than when I did. NuclearDem May 2014 #69

No, I asked if you were a shill. Octafish May 2014 #70

Other than the countless times that I've mentioned I'm an unemployed student. NuclearDem May 2014 #80

News to me. Octafish May 2014 #82

I agree. Blaming the US for the Russian invasion is laughable and unsupportable. stevenleser May 2014 #18

It's sad thought that people insist we must defer to his opinion... Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #25

Normally I don't take offense on DU... Octafish May 2014 #31

Well, I was on my high school newspaper and all.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #47

Parry is one of the most respected US Journalists. And Nuland, we all know HER 'ties' btw, did way sabrina 1 May 2014 #46

Robert Parry of 2014 runs a two-bit website. His columns on Ukraine are rehashed RT stories.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #48

There was a coup in Ukraine, Parry is hardly the only one who recognizes that. Are you sabrina 1 May 2014 #53

Yes, I am arguing that there was not a coup. "Coup" has a specific meaning.... Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #55

Definitely fits all the definitions of a coup. Complete with the tapes of the plotters several sabrina 1 May 2014 #57

So in your belief, Victoria Nuland plotted the "coup"? Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #59

I've taken to plugging in "military-industrial complex" everywhere I see "Neocon" starroute May 2014 #6

+1. I've been watching them all of my life. bemildred May 2014 #7

''Money trumps peace.'' -- George W Bush, press conference, Feb. 14, 2007 Octafish May 2014 #11

+100000000 Neocons, neolibs. Same monster no matter the party. woo me with science May 2014 #13

Agreed. Neocon Putin sent his head of the MIC to Syria to accept thanks from Assad pampango May 2014 #77

Ah, to remember the days when this type of bullshit was banned in GD snooper2 May 2014 #22

But Robert Parry was an investigative reporter in the 1980s!!!!!!! Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #24

Ad hominem is so you, Tommy_Carcetti. Octafish May 2014 #32

Well, it's hard these days Union Scribe May 2014 #35

Thanks, Union Scribe. Octafish May 2014 #41

True, and I dare say Union Scribe May 2014 #50

It's not really ad hominem. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #45

The day that Robert Parry is banned from this site, will be the day it has to declare itself sabrina 1 May 2014 #51

Sabrina: A simple question for you. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #52

The same way many leaders are forced out of office in coup d'etats. sabrina 1 May 2014 #54

Something you might not know about the timeline of events in February 2014. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #58

He also stated he was not leaving his post in a televised address *before* the controversial vote newthinking May 2014 #61

Why did he leave then? Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #62

The coup timeline goes way further back than Feb. Yanukovych had no chance of being left in power, sabrina 1 May 2014 #66

Coups involve an actual scheme and execution. You've shown none of that. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #74

'Some figures' in the West, included those that were exposed publicly, members of the State Dept. sabrina 1 May 2014 #81

Victoria Nuland's got what Ukrainians crave! She's got coup cookies! Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #85

Parry has always hated fascists Oilwellian May 2014 #26

Parry is a puppet of Putin, routinely reprints whatever geek tragedy May 2014 #28

So, those who post against him lick Bush's boots. Octafish May 2014 #33

You're like a parody of yourself at this point. nt Union Scribe May 2014 #37

No, Parry has been carrying water for Putin geek tragedy May 2014 #38

Parry is reporting what he found. Octafish May 2014 #40

What did he find? Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #44

What Ray McGovern wrote, published on Parry's ConsortiumNews.com. Octafish May 2014 #68

Simply repeating the word "coup" over and over again does not mean there was actually a coup. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #73

Does Parry get paid for this? joeybee12 May 2014 #39

Judy Miller? Is that you? Octafish May 2014 #43

he gets access to Russian government officials. geek tragedy May 2014 #49

+1 Tarheel_Dem May 2014 #56

There was a great Non-Sequitur cartoon a few years back..... Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #78

+1 broiles May 2014 #60

Getting involved in other peoples civil wars have been ever so successful before. Tierra_y_Libertad May 2014 #63

To hear Parry talk about it, you'd think this is all our fault Blue_Tires May 2014 #67

Parry doesn't bother to mention things that don't fit his narrative. Tommy_Carcetti May 2014 #76

or treated Ukrainians as sentient human beings who have goals and hopes geek tragedy May 2014 #79