Daily Kos: Don't Apologize, Greenwald...

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/09/974483/-Dont-Apologize,-Greenwald-Dont-Back-Down

MON MAY 09, 2011 AT 09:56 AM PDT
Don't Apologize, Greenwald. Don't Back Down
bydavid mizner

Not that there's much chance of that. Greenwald's proven to be one of the more fearless pundits, and he has an independence that allows him to say controversial things.

In case you hadn't heard, GG's run into some trouble here (elsewhere, too, I assume) for suggesting that if the U.S. assumes the right to assassinate anyone it so chooses, then our enemies could choose to do the same to President Obama.

Some people here have responded with Have-You-No-Shame horror while others, while acknowledging that he has a point, argue that he should have chosen his words more carefully.

But I think he chose his words with utmost care. They were designed to expose in stark terms the shaky moral and legal footing of the U.S's claim that it can basically do whatever the hell it wants in the name of FIGHTINGEVIL.

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