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I fully expected a fair bit of disagreement and hostility, and as far as that goes I'd rather not simply hear a chorus of amens.
But why is it assumed that Alex Gibney or I or anyone else who is concerned about the United States' calamitous abandonment of constitutional principles and the rule of law somehow has a smoochy attitude toward wacko Islamic terrorists? I guess it's because when you're stuck with a bogus, losing argument you try to shift the terrain as much as possible. But it's pretty much the definition of a false dichotomy. The Cheney crowd got away with this rhetorical smudge for many years. Thankfully it's not quite as easy now.
