Glenn,

As Howard notes, Huffington Post took down the offensive comments. Their reason for doing so obviously escaped Howard. Huffington Post didn't just write a disclaimer and let the comments stand, they flatly denied giving a voice to those comments by eliminating them so they couldn't be spread around and around and around. And denying the posters their first amendment rights more than sufficiently demonstrates the comments were not consistent with or representative of Huffington Post editorial or its readers nor did they condone such sentiments. The fact that both Michelle Malkin and Howard Kurtz chose to give new voice to those comments makes them no different or better than the individuals who wrote them originally.

Jill

Thanks for the tip, Rob and thank you to the readers who wrote the script!

The Washington Times has a UPI story on this:

Report: Gonzales had FISA inquiry conflict

http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20070315-093027-7067r

Glenn,

As you point out only the people advocating continuing and/or escalating this war are the people who initiated it to begin with. And it is quite evident that their perception of events is completely skewed and veers far off from reality. Given the lack of scrutiny into the lead-up, execution and toll of this war, it's been easy for them to avoid any responsbility for this train wreck. However once it’s over the up till now virtually silent MSM will suddenly find its voice and begin non-stop analysis of what went wrong and who is to blame. When this happens it will be difficult for these “war pushers” to continue running away from facing their responsibility for willfully perpetrating the greatest strategic error in the history of this country resulting in the needless and inhumane deaths of tens of thousands of human beings; men, women and children, the morally reprehensible acts of cruelty and torture perpetrated on other human beings, a severely diminished and demoralized United States, both in our resources as well as reputation, clout and standing, the destruction of Iraq, and a continuing civil war threatening to ignite the already combustible tensions in the broader Middle East region.

Despite their less desirable neocon qualities they are still feeling, human beings and the weight of this epic screw-up can be crushing to one’s ego, conscience and reputation. While they unconsciously know they are responsible they will do everything they can to avoid it entering their consciousness and self reflection. Their incentive to keep this war going, rather than see themselves for who they are, should not be underestimated.

Jill