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54. Try this post right here on DU that debunks Greenwald's claim
Wed Oct 1, 2014, 11:04 AM
Oct 2014

Greenwald claims the Administration concocted the Khorasan Group as a reason to bomb ISIS and Syria yet in 2012 there was a 7 million dollar bounty placed on their leaders' heads.

Before reading and believing everything from Greenwald, read what's readily available on DU itself.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5605685

I'm not entirely convinced we didn't do the same with IS. arcane1 Sep 2014 #1
Terrorism experts believe that the actual danger posed by ISIS has been distorted in hours of TV J_J_ Sep 2014 #21
Yeah, don't trust what Jimmy Carter, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren have to say about ISIS.. Cha Sep 2014 #25
I would think that most of the information they have access to Trillo Oct 2014 #78
Well, I don't believe your theory about Ferguson.. AG Holder is on that. I trust Bernie, Elizabeth, Cha Oct 2014 #79
I trust them. I don't trust the information they are given. Octafish Oct 2014 #99
Yeah, they kind of appeared out of nowhere and suddenly became the 'greatest threat sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #41
The poster of this OP should read this that was also posted on DU brush Oct 2014 #53
I trust Greenwald as far as I can throw him. Same goes for the Pentagon. arcane1 Oct 2014 #62
Damn GG, you've entered Alex Jones territory. Has he written about Russia's encroachment? Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #2
Well...it's telling, isn't it, that President Obama hits AQAP pretty hard msanthrope Sep 2014 #11
GG likes money, no matter where it comes from. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #15
Exactly. SoapBox Sep 2014 #19
And his internet denizens wait for every pearl that falls from that swine's lips. It's what they do. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #22
and.......you don't? LiberalLovinLug Sep 2014 #29
Fuck Libertarians, and the selfish, money grubbing, dope smokin' boat they rode in on. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #31
Fuck Authoritarians and their self-induced ignorance LiberalLovinLug Sep 2014 #34
You might enjoy this edition!!! Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #35
And there you have it folks! LiberalLovinLug Sep 2014 #38
"This black or white, us or them way of looking at the world or people in it is so 2001." Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #39
OWWWIIIIEEE you are going to hurt Libertarian feelings! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #101
Who cares about Libertarians' feelings? I certainly don't. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #124
nope they seem to be born without that filter! VanillaRhapsody Oct 2014 #126
Yes, fact or fiction! This was a perfect example of the difference. Thanks for pointing it sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #50
Yeah, that's about all they do. Just childish snark. /nt Marr Oct 2014 #56
So true. n/t sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #116
You mean AQ still exists? I was just told on DU that 'AQ no longer exists' because sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #43
Your jury results Ruby the Liberal Sep 2014 #47
Wow! Thanks Ruby. I would like to know since when is wanting to stop all these sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #49
I read your post 3 times trying to see that angle Ruby the Liberal Oct 2014 #74
Lol, I've been called a lot of things, but RW is a new one! Thank you taking the trouble to read sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #104
Post removed Post removed Oct 2014 #114
Lol, I don't help Right Wing propaganda machines stay on the air. I remember when sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #120
I agree that starving the beast of any legitimate left voices was and still is the best approach. bobduca Oct 2014 #121
Exactly. He's in Alex Jones territory now. War Horse Sep 2014 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #27
Lol! Not only does he not 'get' your odd opinion, the more he is attacked, the more sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #44
Ooh, that's how sneaky those Khorasan bastards are! gratuitous Sep 2014 #3
Yes jamzrockz Sep 2014 #4
Try this post right here on DU that debunks Greenwald's claim brush Oct 2014 #54
That OP is embarrassingly stupid, sorry. Marr Oct 2014 #58
Oh well, that's different. brush Oct 2014 #61
No, it isn't lying by omission. An individual is not a group. Marr Oct 2014 #63
IMO it's lying by omission brush Oct 2014 #64
"He knows things we don't that make it ok" is just as unconvincing now as it was Marr Oct 2014 #65
I'm talking about poor journalism not whether the bombing is the right thing to do brush Oct 2014 #66
It isn't flawed. Marr Oct 2014 #67
You obviously have no experience in journalism brush Oct 2014 #68
Hmmm, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist or anonymous internet "expert" riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #69
My whole career was in journalism — 30 plus years brush Oct 2014 #70
Ouch, 30 years in journalism and yet you pretend not to know what bobduca Oct 2014 #117
Fallacy my a _ _ brush Oct 2014 #127
Save the association fallacies. Marr Oct 2014 #71
You seem to be deliberately avoiding the issue brush Oct 2014 #72
You said his story was debunked by another post. It was not. Marr Oct 2014 #73
Yeah, whatever . . . brush Oct 2014 #98
Impressed by your level of analysis, and I am equally sickened by truedelphi Oct 2014 #130
"and everyone has a share!" shouted Milo, bvar22 Oct 2014 #133
I wish you hadn't said that - truedelphi Oct 2014 #135
A conspiracy in search of a purpose. geek tragedy Sep 2014 #5
They've turned the Bogeyman-of-the-day threat up to 11 too many times. Go for 12. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #6
No one believes anything anymore. That is what happens when people are lied to sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #45
If you are not part of the upper five percent of all truedelphi Sep 2014 #7
It's easier to get more cannon fodder when the angry youth are desperate. nt valerief Sep 2014 #10
And when everyone is turned against each other Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #17
Well, divide and conquer is a given. Us versus Them. It's learned at an early age. valerief Sep 2014 #33
I guess he didn't see the videos or read the memos? nt kelliekat44 Sep 2014 #8
They invent EVERY threat! nt valerief Sep 2014 #9
Even Pearl Harbor was a set up. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #40
Yup valerief Sep 2014 #48
Maybe Glenn would like to travel to Iraq and Syria to "report" on this first hand? George II Sep 2014 #12
!!! Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #42
Perhaps you could emigrate to Putin's Russia? sibelian Oct 2014 #118
Not interested.... George II Oct 2014 #122
"Manufactured"...I don't know Dopers_Greed Sep 2014 #13
Fuck Greenwald and his toady Snowball IkeRepublican Sep 2014 #14
lol LiberalLovinLug Sep 2014 #18
If Greenwald reports it, you know it isn't true. MohRokTah Sep 2014 #16
He should make a "First Look" movie, and call it..."Desperately Seeking Hits". Tarheel_Dem Sep 2014 #26
HA! MohRokTah Sep 2014 #28
All I had to see was "Greenwald" in the headline... Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #20
and those making the ad homs project their own "messenger not message" onto others KurtNYC Sep 2014 #30
They're always the same too, childish, without any substance. I remember the exact same sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #57
kick bobduca Oct 2014 #105
The preponderence of ad hominem in any discussion sibelian Oct 2014 #119
"Does anybody address the substance of his claims?" George II Oct 2014 #123
Really rtracey Sep 2014 #24
Oh, it's glen greenwald again. *yawn* Lil Missy Sep 2014 #32
kick woo me with science Sep 2014 #36
Never forget that Assad and Putin are the "good guys" in Greenwald's universe.... Blue_Tires Sep 2014 #37
Hmmm, I don't remember seeing... ljm2002 Oct 2014 #59
Show me a Greenwald story where he criticizes them... Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #76
By that standard Greenwald supports Ebola. He's never commented on that either riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #80
But Greenwald isn't a biologist, is he? Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #84
You think there's nothing to report about the Ebola outbreak? Really? riderinthestorm Oct 2014 #90
But that is not the claim you made, now is it? ljm2002 Oct 2014 #82
Using Greenwald's criticism that he has levied against Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #83
So basically your position is... ljm2002 Oct 2014 #85
Actually Alinsky, but I could quote any number of similar sentiments: Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #86
Well here's the thing... ljm2002 Oct 2014 #88
That's pretty desperate. There are three superpowers in the world. Any political journalist who has stevenleser Oct 2014 #106
The kind of analysis I'd expect from a Fox contributor bobduca Oct 2014 #107
AUTOMATED MESSAGE: Results of your Jury Service Orrex Oct 2014 #110
In response to Juror #2... ljm2002 Oct 2014 #112
Juror #2 may have a point. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2014 #128
Thanks for posting, and for Juror #2 bobduca Oct 2014 #113
Greenwald. LOL...nt SidDithers Sep 2014 #46
Kick! grahamhgreen Oct 2014 #51
DURec leftstreet Oct 2014 #52
Kick bobduca Oct 2014 #55
clickbait.com. Greenwald should look into buying that domain. MineralMan Oct 2014 #60
"Salon Source?"....but, this isn't a "Click Bait" Site.. KoKo Oct 2014 #75
Thanks Koko, I wondered how long it would be before someone tried to discredit Democracy Now sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #115
Hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!! Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #87
7 Years a Freeper trumps the Pulitzer Committee. I think not. DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2014 #108
What? Could you possibly have come up with anything less relevant? MineralMan Oct 2014 #109
As usual MM, you cut right to the chase. Tarheel_Dem Oct 2014 #125
Here we go again. Here is a place you can get some information............. wandy Oct 2014 #77
Read & View Post #75...then get back to me...IF interested in "Discussion" KoKo Oct 2014 #81
Let me look at that one more time............ wandy Oct 2014 #94
Perhaps you read too swiftly....Here Again...: KoKo Oct 2014 #96
Well, a man sees what he wants to see and I'm still seeing the media as the problem...... wandy Oct 2014 #100
You're certainly right about our media. Which is why most of us here turned to more credible sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #131
A lot to consider here. One of my problems is I do not have a 'trusted source'............. wandy Oct 2014 #132
Here's a simple question for you. For how long have you been aware of either ISIS and/or sabrina 1 Oct 2014 #134
Good post. Major Hogwash Oct 2014 #89
And thru the looking glass we go... countryjake Oct 2014 #95
Can we all agree now that GG is a lying sack of shit? baldguy Oct 2014 #91
Yes we must all agree! bobduca Oct 2014 #92
One of our own DUers debunked Greenwald with his/her own research Cali_Democrat Oct 2014 #93
REALLY! Would love to have the OP and a Link to Source.. KoKo Oct 2014 #97
do tell! nt grasswire Oct 2014 #103
Then why are France, Britain and other countries also bombing? betsuni Oct 2014 #102
Not sure I agree with the decision to bomb, but Greenwald is wrong Arkana Oct 2014 #111
I'm waiting for GG's story about Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #129
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