Comments on: Goldberg’s Non Mea Culpa

By: sbrasel

sbrasel — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:37:15 +0000

It helps if one actually states ones point, jooripgwarhhee. In any event, if the U.S. government runs around overthrowing the government of every state that supports terror regardless of whether the terror is anti-U.S. then (1) it would have to overthrow itself and (2) it will end up less secure than when it started with its economy in shambles due to the cost.

Oh, wait. We invaded and occupied a nation that was not supporting anti-U.S. terror and now we're immensely less secure, thousands of Americans are dead and our economy is in shambles. Bummer.

By: jooripgwarhhee

jooripgwarhhee — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:33:09 +0000

It is pretty clear that Saddam did not have any significant collaborative relationship with Al Qaeda. At the same time it is also pretty clear that Saddam did support terror.

By: jayb

jayb — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:37:30 +0000

Here's him from a Slate piece in 2002:

There is not sufficient space...for me to refute some of the arguments made in Slate over the past week against intervention, arguments made, I have noticed, by people with limited experience in the Middle East (Their lack of experience causes them to reach the naive conclusion that an invasion of Iraq will cause America to be loathed in the Middle East, rather than respected)...

The administration is planning today to launch what many people would undoubtedly call a short-sighted and inexcusable act of aggression. In five years, however, I believe that the coming invasion of Iraq will be remembered as an act of profound morality.

Sounds like he nailed it! I can only hope he is secretly haunted every day. But I'm not that naive.
(h/t) Tiny Revolution on the quote

By: sbrasel

sbrasel — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Oh, wait. We invaded and occupied a nation that was not supporting anti-U.S. terror and now we’re immensely less secure, thousands of Americans are dead and our economy is in shambles. Bummer.

By: jooripgwarhhee

jooripgwarhhee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

It is pretty clear that Saddam did not have any significant collaborative relationship with Al Qaeda. At the same time it is also pretty clear that Saddam did support terror.

By: jayb

jayb — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

Here’s him from a Slate piece in 2002:

There is not sufficient space…for me to refute some of the arguments made in Slate over the past week against intervention, arguments made, I have noticed, by people with limited experience in the Middle East (Their lack of experience causes them to reach the naive conclusion that an invasion of Iraq will cause America to be loathed in the Middle East, rather than respected)…

Sounds like he nailed it! I can only hope he is secretly haunted every day. But I’m not that naive.
(h/t) Tiny Revolution on the quote