An attempt to inject a note of sanity (well, except for WinSmith, of course…)

As I read his column, Glenn in no way “apologizes” for the Taliban, and clearly notes that much of what they do and have done is barbaric. He simply points out the hypocrisy and double-standard of US behavior, especially how it is perceived by those not coming from the “USA can do no wrong” folks.

WinSmith, your endless, projective rants against Glenn are getting tiresome (on a good day). We get it- Israel good, Glenn bad. Anything else OF SUBSTANCE to add? You have made many thoughtful and incisive posts on other topics, but you act like one of Dr. Pavlov’s dogs every time the “I-word” appears in this column. I know you can’t see this, but it’s true (you can trust me- I’m a doctor…)

Glenn-

By background, I am a very busy psychologist who for some unknown reason tries to keep up on the REAL world in my few free minutes. I treasure your column because you are a first-rate critical thinker- what are the facts? What conclusions can be argued from them? Your column was a densely-packed source of solid thinking and critical analysis-in a world where screaming emotion has come to trump logic.

I echo what others have said about mass deletions. I believe I used the term “signal to noise ratio” here first, but in any case it is clear that more and more of the column’s content is taken up by irrelevancy and a few individuals who simply have ZERO ability to question their own initial assumptions- the sine qua non of critical thinking-but have endless time to defend them (don’t ANY of these MOFOs have a job???) Selfishly, as fast as I read, I can’t wade through 30 pages of posts to extract the 15-20 worthwhile posts any more. So delete away, and keep fighting the good fight.

Oh, and vis-a-vis your current column- may I have your permission to chain mail it to the conservative nitwits who keep filling my Inbox with Foxisms? I’m framing a copy for myself…

Why must all "two towers" metaphors mean the WTC? Come on- haven't you read the Lord of the Rings Trilogy? And Tolkien was a Brit, to boot!

Perhaps Cheney can only be destroyed by casting him into the fires from which he was forged...

“pragma

These two conflicts aren't really wars in the sense of WWII, Korea, or even Vietnam. Casualties are much lower...

Un-effin-believable.

Tell that the Iraqis whose dead may or may not have yet reached the horrifying standard of the dead Vietnamese. Or to the Afghanis whose country has been destroyed.””

That was my reaction as well. In fairness, though, pragma appears to be referring to US casualities in the sense of being less of a visible impact (and limited to volunteers- most folks DON’T know someone in the service). More of the “frog in boiling water” idea.

Ever see Flight of the Intruder? Great movie that captured the pointlessness of Viet Nam. Jake Grafton’s line “I know the difference between dying for something and dying for nothing” still rings true…

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR MASTERY OF LOWERCASE IN COMMENTING!!!

YA SEE, STUPID COMMENTS ARE EVEN MORE STUPID AND ANNOYING WHEN DONE IN UPPERCASE!

But you've learned how to press the CapsLock key a second time! Can critical thinking be far behind?

the hobgoblin of small minds.

Actually, this isn't "two-tiered justice", Glenn, as most reality-based liberals might think. It's a simple business-based model. One non-republican screwing another person=unforgivable crime. One republican screwing millions of people= not "really" a crime, partisanship, criminalizing policy differences, etc., etc. When will you liberals understand the difference between retail and wholesale???

SNARK ALERT!

I am channeling Amity!

OK,OK...I'll add OCD to your list of approved diagnoses. Happy now?

I've attempted to reason with you in the past. It's obvious that the only way to talk to you would start with a hypdermic dart gun, with about 300 milligrams of Thorazine as a loading dose. And I am a very well regarded psychologist, FWIW.

I'll make it simple- you have a psychotic-level fixation of some paranoid delusion relating Glenn Greenwald to destroying Isreal. You are a sick man. Get help. Or FOAD. I'm beyond caring which. But kept your crap off of here. Glenn, consider this a formal request to block WinSmith from UT.

So how come legal surveillance didn't prevent 9/11?

Just asking.

-- Gratefule Live

The information that Osama Bin Laden was planning airplane suicide attacks was presented to the president, VP, and National Security Adviser in August. The data was obtained legally by the FBI. Do you think if it had been obtained illegaly that they would have been more likely to (as the Brits say) "get their thumbs out"?

Dipshit...

I fear she will gain the power to walk in daylight, and feed on us at will...

'People do not want an investigation into Dick Cheney's role in detainee interrogation abuses, said Liz Cheney, a State Department official in the Bush administration."

So Liz Cheney is David Broder in drag?

Sorry for teh sarcasm. I live in SW Ohio, where they are proud of their "W- 2004" SUVs...

You're missing the point...

this joke of genetics has CHILDREN!!!

Davd Weber, my current fave sci-fi author now that Heinlein has moved on :-(, wrote a series of novels about an alien race that sweeps the galaxy trying to destroy all intelligent life, for no apparent reason. It develops that, millennia before, the race was attacked and facing extinction. To survive, they turned control over to intelligent computers that won the war. Unfortunately, the self-aware machines realized that, as long as the race was at war, they would maintain their control. So they declared war on life itself. Permanent war=permanent control. Fiction, of course…