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In reply to the discussion: Seymour Hersh Alleges Obama Administration Lied on Syria Gas Attack [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)105. He and Alex Jones agree, then. The next paragraph on the Wikipedia page is Bircher offal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Hersh#Kennedy_research
Pundits gotta live, paycheck to paycheck. I'm not absolute about any of these stories, but looking to the intent and the fellow travellers, I can't help but wonder. In the long run, I don't care about it. Just another Benghazi for the headlines.
I do not believe in any form of commerical 'free' speech since it ain't free. I'm more likely to believe the crudest concotion by an unpaid individual on the net than a media 'repeater.' And those who jump in with the word 'lie' all sound like that rightwing rethug who shouted 'liar' at the SOTU. IOW, they use loaded words to convey an idea of no caliber.
Regarding Syria, a lof of the media failed EarlG's multiple choice question. Their filter is set to one thing and it is always negative to Obama, Democrats, and government in general, just like the Koch brothers and the GOP. The answer will be 'A' no matter what the question is:
Or 'B' or 'C.' Never 'D' as that is a 'no go.' And so it goes...
Pundits gotta live, paycheck to paycheck. I'm not absolute about any of these stories, but looking to the intent and the fellow travellers, I can't help but wonder. In the long run, I don't care about it. Just another Benghazi for the headlines.
I do not believe in any form of commerical 'free' speech since it ain't free. I'm more likely to believe the crudest concotion by an unpaid individual on the net than a media 'repeater.' And those who jump in with the word 'lie' all sound like that rightwing rethug who shouted 'liar' at the SOTU. IOW, they use loaded words to convey an idea of no caliber.
Regarding Syria, a lof of the media failed EarlG's multiple choice question. Their filter is set to one thing and it is always negative to Obama, Democrats, and government in general, just like the Koch brothers and the GOP. The answer will be 'A' no matter what the question is:
Or 'B' or 'C.' Never 'D' as that is a 'no go.' And so it goes...
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The BIG difference, if this is true, is that bush started a war, Obama didn't!!!!
George II
Dec 2013
#14
He didn't because he couldn't. It would have been obvious that he started a war only because he was
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#26
Never been there, sorry. Put in a lot of time fighting them elsewhere during the Bush years. nt
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#35
However if it was not clear that Assad used CW, then it is not clear he crossed the red line
karynnj
Dec 2013
#55
Obama's position on international law was made clear on his third day in office
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#173
He started our involvement in Libya and escalated our involvement in Afghanistan. nt
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#86
Obama cares a great deal about Syria, for no other reason than it implicates the entire
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#151
Now you're gonna play coy and pretend like the article didn't stimulate you?
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2013
#67
The UN report pointed the finger at Assad and they had substantial evidence
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2013
#70
I believe they already have been dismantled, or are in the process of being destroyed
George II
Dec 2013
#20
I'm right there with you, DonViejo. I don't know what to think of Sy Hersh as
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2013
#43
Arianna Huffington and AOL are both pro-Republican/Libertarian. At the moment, HuffPo
BlueCaliDem
Dec 2013
#121
He and Alex Jones agree, then. The next paragraph on the Wikipedia page is Bircher offal:
freshwest
Dec 2013
#105
You can allege anything you want. But you're a mouldering monarch and Hersh is a journalist. nt
Ace Acme
Dec 2013
#25
So it's perfectly acceptable to post something whose veracitiy is quesionable....
George II
Dec 2013
#124
Human Rights Watch - "Dispatches: Mapping the Sarin Flight Path" - Points Finger at Syrian Govt
TomCADem
Dec 2013
#17
Thank you - John 8:32 "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free"
George II
Dec 2013
#18
The charter of the people writing the UN report did NOT include assigning blame
karynnj
Dec 2013
#61
I completely agree with you - I was just pointing out that the reason the UN document stopped
karynnj
Dec 2013
#82
He attempts to accuse Obama of lying about the gas attack without saying Obama was incorrect
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#91
They put up a variety of worthwhile articles on international affairs, occasionally
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#110
We're destroying the chem weapons. Who doubts, at this point, that Assad was responsible?
TwilightGardener
Dec 2013
#63
You praised a far rightwing bigot and professional liar to support your conspiracy theory
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#134
Your problem is you think everyone who criticizes anything the US does
go west young man
Dec 2013
#142
Yes, you acted like refusing to watch videos from a fraudulent racist website
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#171
"I'll take advice on credibility from you as quickly as I'll take marksmanship lessons from Dick Ch"
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2013
#161
Walid Shoebat is a con-man - probably the most unreliable person on the Middle East
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2013
#111
You vouched for the guy. Videos are worthless without authentication and context.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#126
The fifth time you lie and say that I, and the President, wanted to support Al Qaeda in
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#135
Here's a few things directly from Janes you won't have to cast off as right wing tripe.
go west young man
Dec 2013
#181
I remember "the who did it" being discussed here at the time. Hersch isn't giving us
notadmblnd
Dec 2013
#182
Ah, the good old "everyone who disagrees with me is part of a conspiracy' rejoinder nt
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#167
Hersh has gone the way of Bob Woodward, desperately trying to make himself relevant.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#90
Russia did not do that utilaterally and was UNINTERESTED even a few months before
karynnj
Dec 2013
#132
Israel seems to be reasonably happy with Assad (and less happy with the jihadists)
agentS
Dec 2013
#108
No, you're just incapable of disagreeing with people without dehumanizing them.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#136
Their source is Human Rights Watch until it's not Human Rights Watch.
go west young man
Dec 2013
#141
Just to be clear, HRW is anything but uncritically supportive of the President
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#160
"all you have to do is get similar weaponry and fire it from the right azimuth"
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#149
Only in a childish fantasy influenced by Hollywood would they be able to do so.
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#174
People interested in intelligent debate do not cite Shoebat.com as "one of the better blogs"
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#175
So since the European Union agreed it Assad was responsible for the gas attack as well
Blue_Tires
Jan 2014
#192