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In reply to the discussion: Glenn Greenwald's political views are consistent [View all]Bolo Boffin
(23,872 posts)1. Did you know that Glenn Greenwald supported both the Afghan and Iraqi war? n/t
http://sadredearth.com/christopher-hitchens-glenn-greenwald-and-the-war-of-ideas/
From Greenwald's own book:
Emphasis mine.
From Greenwald's own book:
During the lead-up to the invasion, I was concerned that the hell-bent focus on invading Iraq was being driven by agendas and strategic objectives that had nothing to do with terrorism or the 9/11 attacks. The overt rationale for the invasion was exceedingly weak, particularly given that it would lead to an open-ended, incalculably costly, and intensely risky preemptive war. Around the same time, it was revealed that an invasion of Iraq and the removal of Saddam Hussein had been high on the agenda of various senior administration officials long before September 11. 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.
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Did you know that Glenn Greenwald supported both the Afghan and Iraqi war? n/t
Bolo Boffin
Dec 2011
#1
If this was a thread about my politics and not Greenwald's, you might have a point.
Bolo Boffin
Jan 2012
#33
Cannot answer? No. Will not answer because this thread is not about me. n/t
Bolo Boffin
Jan 2012
#49
The sad thing is, is that their are NUMEROUS Liberal journalists who at the time very much supported
FarLeftFist
Jan 2012
#69
Lol, what utter nonsense. Now you're trying too hard. I had a feeling that you knew nothing
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#67
An inaccuracy in that hit piece on Greenwald. It WAS generally known that initially
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#18
Yes, I know what the hit piece was about. Hitchens was a jerk. I'm sorry he died, but just because
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#68
Well, I never wrote anything much about Ronald Reagan either, UNTIL he died and I saw the
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#73
Bullshit, everyone who voted for it and believed it were either doing so for ...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#26
I agree! Everyone who voted for it was WRONG. And either too cowardly NOT to do so
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#30
He actually did. Unlike Kerry and Edwards and Gephardt who discovered that while they had
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#21
I have no problem with having a change of heart. I have a problem with believing right wingers.
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#23
Then there are an awful lot of rightwingers in the Dem Party because they believed
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#57
No worries, I should've said "I have a problem with people who believe right wingers."
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#62
This is a very touchy issue for me, DU was 100% anti-Iraq. 100%. Anyone for it was either...
joshcryer
Jan 2012
#65
No, I did not miss it. I think YOU missed his point though. This was in his book and he explained
sabrina 1
Jan 2012
#20
Well said. Failing to admit mistakes is worse than making them in the first place.
Bonobo
Jan 2012
#29
Yes, exactly. I am still the same politically as I ever was but now I am not even on the radar.
Bonobo
Jan 2012
#42