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Mumbai, the NYT's revisionism, and lessons not learned

The Times' Editorial Page blames the Bush administration for "blessing" the military coup against Hugo Chavez without mentioning that it did the same. Why does that matter?
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Friday, November 28, 2008 07:53 AM

    macgupta:

    We want to be just because that is who we want to be as a people, not because it will end terrorist attacks.

    It's a lot more likely to do so than being unjust.

    And it's not a binary proposition: ending terrorist attacks or having them continue.

    It's a question of how likely they are, how easy it is to recruit and find sympathy for those aims.

    And our faults are no excuse for the terrorist attacks in India.

    Who said otherwise?

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