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In reply to the discussion: CIA Agent Exposes How Al-Qaeda Dosen't Exist [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)79. Yes, he was lauded for speaking out against the Bush administration on the left.
I would never have heard of him otherwise since I never go to Fox, or any other right wing website or media outlet. I knew of him only from Dem forums, where he was considered a hero for daring to speak out against Bush when doing so was fairly risky.
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Remember when we called them Al-Cia'da(sp), here on DU? We've known it was horse crap since
Mnemosyne
Jun 2014
#1
Lol, so much for 'informed comment' on RT. One of the better International news
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#26
They are very fair in their interviews and generally very professional. It's a shame to see the
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#31
I've been watching RT for more than two years, and have seen professional news reporting
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#32
Actually, I have been researching and posting on this topic quite a bit and
newthinking
Jun 2014
#14
I always want to do the opposite of what an authoritarian tries to push me to do
newthinking
Jun 2014
#40
Thank you for the OP, I have found RT to be right more often than wrong on many issues.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#33
You mean like the Corporate Propaganda machine? Rt has excellent reporters, news from all over the
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#27
Actually the analyst in your link says the west's understanding of Al Queda is incorrect.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#35
Yes! Fluoridation Conspiracy Theory! Your credibility is shredding so tell us more
uhnope
Jun 2014
#58
Actually, it's al Qaeda as described by the Bush Administration that doesn't and never did exist....
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2014
#45
And I don't see any point in slapping a label on people to dismiss what they say.
zeemike
Jun 2014
#52
I am not 'condemning everyone who ever spoke to them'; I am condemning Scheuer himself!
LeftishBrit
Jun 2014
#65
No, you are taking this "analyst" at face value when the less gullible or the less corrupt
uhnope
Jun 2014
#67
Are you supporting our interventionalist foreign policies? It's not clear whether or not you
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#53
do you support Putin's interventionalist foreign policies? And his private FOX TV of RT?
uhnope
Jun 2014
#59
Well, since you decided to speak for me, using that old internet mind reading device we are all so
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#60
Lol, well to my knowledge, Thom Hartmann, Pepe Escobar, among others, are not 'disguising' anything.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#73
Well, the Left sure supported him throughout the Bush years. Any idea why? Could it be he had
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#74
Yes, he was lauded for speaking out against the Bush administration on the left.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#79
And yet, Michael Scheuer was quoted quite 'liberally' even here on DU during the Bush years.
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#54
GREAT post. RT is trotting out a RW nutter and the gullible think it's "progressive"
uhnope
Jun 2014
#66
To start with, do a search on DU on Scheurer. We have become accustomed to seeing those
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#85
Misspelling in the subject, "doesn't". Respectfully: Is English your second language and is Russian
uhnope
Jun 2014
#56
just curious. Some of the RT defenders and pro-Putin crowd might be sock puppets
uhnope
Jun 2014
#68
ahhh. paid posters sent by the MIC? please develop this conspiracy theory a little more for us
uhnope
Jun 2014
#71
RT puts people on who are not puppets, mostly Liberals actually. Are you suggesting that people
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#84
Were you around on DU during the Bush era? Scheurer spoke out against Bush policies and was, airc,
sabrina 1
Jun 2014
#86
I have been on DU since 2004. I have been opposed to the war since it started!
LeftishBrit
Jun 2014
#87