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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

Criticisms, political pressure and Barack Obama

The president-elect's advisors respond to the firestorm created by Sunday's remarks on Guantanamo, illustrating the value of criticizing Obama when he deserves it.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 08:18 PM

    Bethincary...

    There are probably many reasons why some people would think you're an idiot. In my case, I think of you as incredibly stupid because you think a Palestinian with family in the West Bank, WHO SPENT TWO YEARS UNDER ISRAELI SIEGE IN THE WEST BANK, who has written countless pro-Palestinian rants herein, and has a blog literally replete with angry condemnations of Israeli actions, is pro-Israeli somehow, SIMPLY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T AGREE WITH YOU ON CERTAIN ISSUES!!! My GOD!

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