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Teaching Thomas
Yourish.com —
... ) In a perfect example of a blind idealist leading a blind terror apologist, Glenn Greenwald seizes upon Friedman’s silly description of Israel’s war aims to conclude that Israel - not Hamas or Hezbollah - is guilty of terrorism. Clearly Greenwald’s hatred of Israel is matched only by his ignorance of international law. Israel is doing all it can to minimize civilian casualties while Hamas is ...
Tom Friedman, Terrorist Cheerleader
Corrente —
... Thank heavens, here and in any decent world one could imagine, people who cheer the deaths of civilians as a means to terrorize the survivors into obedience are shunned in our society and aren't allowed anywhere near the levers of influence. ...
The Thugocracy of Hamas in Gaza
Taylor Marsh —
... Glenn Greenwald is having none of it.
I’m finding myself on the other side of many progressives these days, whether it’s my neutrality in finding both Israel and the Hamas militants in Gaza equally guilty, or on Afghanistan, where I’m one of the only ones supporting Obama’s strategy for adding limited forces into Afghanistan. I’m comfortable as progressive contrarian, which solidified when I backed Hillary for president.
How anyone can tout Friedman or his definition of terrorism after he made the case Israel won over ...
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The Sideshow —
... of the White House, you can feel the relief stealing over people as they start to feel that maybe he wasn't quite as bad as they were thinking. Over at The Left Coaster, paradox is very unhappy when my disappointment-of-a-Congressman, Chris Van Hollen, talks about "triage" - which is not actually a synonym for "ordering priorities". Van Hollen campaigned as a progressive before it was in vogue. What happened to that, Chris? Glenn Greenwald notes that Tom Friedman has become an advocate for terrorism. The inexcusable "extreme porn" law goes ...
Thursday Instahoglets
Newshoggers.com —
... Glenn catches Tommy Friedman advocating for the textbook definition of terrorism. Of course it's only good as long as Friedman approved perps are committing it. Be sure to read the update link to Brandon Friedman on wingnut fantasy land. ...
Educating Thomas Friedman
This Modern World —
As Glenn Greenwald points out , Thomas Friedman endorsed terrorism yesterday in his New York Times column : Israel’s counterstrategy [in 2006] was to use its Air Force to pummel Hezbollah and, while not directly targeting the Lebanese civilians with whom Hezbollah was intertwined, to inflict substantial property damage and collateral casualties on Lebanon at large. It was not pretty, but it was logical. Israel basically said that when dealing with a nonstate actor, Hezbollah, nested among civilians, the only long-term source of deterrence was to exact ...
Friedman Defines Terrorism
Comments from Left Field —
... this time and of this magnitude. You ask me, if I had known on July 11 … that the operation would lead to such a war, would I do it? I say no, absolutely not.”
That was the education of Hezbollah. Has Israel seen its last conflict with Hezbollah? I doubt it. But Hezbollah, which has done nothing for Hamas, will think three times next time. That is probably all Israel can achieve with a nonstate actor.
Let’s go straight to Glenn Greenwald:
The war strategy which Friedman is ...
The Liberals' Grand Bargain
Antiwar.com Original —
... on other issues, such as the war crimes engaged in by Israel in the Gaza Strip.. Guantanamo is a symbol of the Bush years that has to go, for a number of reasons one of which is that we don't want to have to lock up captives from the Afghan front in that infamous penitentiary. This would give ...
