Glenn Greenwald's political views are consistent

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68. Yes, I know what the hit piece was about. Hitchens was a jerk. I'm sorry he died, but just because

he died does not change that. Again, this is Greenwald refusing to be a hypocrite and fall in line. I felt the same when Reagan died.

And I agree with him about Hitchens being over-rated. He was no match for the British member of Parliament who literally wiped the floor with him, eg, on the Iraq War. And he refused to accept known facts about the lies that were told, choosing instead to ignore them and at that point revealed his anti-semitism towards Muslims.

I am surprised if you were online during the Bush years, that you did not know Greenwald's stand on those wars initially. It was in his book and it was in fact viewed as very commendable when he acknowledged he was wrong. At that time, most war supporters were very reluctant to change their minds knowing what the climate was and how they would be targeted, as Greenwald was, by the far right. Those of us who always opposed them were always thrilled when people like Greenwald, began to see the light.

It's certainly not something he ever hid, so that blogger is lying. This is no 'gotcha' moment, sorry. The fact he doesn't talk about each time he writes a new column doesn't mean he's 'hiding it' or being deceptive. It's an old story now, that is all. Cherry picking a paragraph out of context is a despicable thing to do and intentionally doing it to try to give a false impression. Never heard of the guy before, and won't be looking for him again.

I remember all the candidates for the 2004 election who had voted for those wars, trying to backtrack when they realized the political climate in the real world where they hoped to get votes, was not conducive to Bush supporters. I really never believed them, and they proved me right when they continued to vote for every war supplemental. Few Democrats opposed those wars to their shame.

But back to Greenwald. He never hid this information and that blogger needs to apologize for that appallingly badly written article. But I doubt he will. Not someone who made such an effort to smear someone falsely.