Comments on: Consistency in the pursuit of empire is no virtue http://newsrackblog.com/2008/07/19/consistency-in-the-pursuit-of-empire-is-no-virtue/ a citizen's journal by Thomas Nephew Thu, 17 May 2012 23:27:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: eRobin http://newsrackblog.com/2008/07/19/consistency-in-the-pursuit-of-empire-is-no-virtue/#comment-2513 eRobin Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:30:11 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2388#comment-2513 It's the "pro-war Washington Post". ;) It’s the “pro-war Washington Post”. ;)

]]> By: Brett http://newsrackblog.com/2008/07/19/consistency-in-the-pursuit-of-empire-is-no-virtue/#comment-2512 Brett Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:57:01 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2388#comment-2512 On Fox News Sunday this morning, Chris Wallace threw this editorial in Evan Bayh's teeth: "even the Washington Post" is criticizing Obama, etc. What a racket the right has going - the Washington Post editorial board isn't a real thing, a collection of people who have cheered on the war from the start. Instead, it's a punch line in decades-long sarcastic joke about the "liberal media." On Fox News Sunday this morning, Chris Wallace threw this editorial in Evan Bayh’s teeth: “even the Washington Post” is criticizing Obama, etc.

What a racket the right has going - the Washington Post editorial board isn’t a real thing, a collection of people who have cheered on the war from the start. Instead, it’s a punch line in decades-long sarcastic joke about the “liberal media.”

]]> By: Nell http://newsrackblog.com/2008/07/19/consistency-in-the-pursuit-of-empire-is-no-virtue/#comment-2511 Nell Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:41:28 +0000 http://newsrackblog.com/?p=2388#comment-2511 Nice one. And you have to like how Fred Hiatt and his water-carrying for McCain have now been <i>completely</i> overtaken by events, with Maliki's explicit statement in favor of Obama's 16-month timeline. Heh. Which also clears the way for us never-satisfied hotheads to quit pretending that a timeline for withdrawal is some big achievement and get to work building support for the only demand that will end the occupation: a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces (troops and contractors) by a date certain. I'm liking Labor Day 2010. Nice one.

And you have to like how Fred Hiatt and his water-carrying for McCain have now been completely overtaken by events, with Maliki’s explicit statement in favor of Obama’s 16-month timeline.

Heh.

Which also clears the way for us never-satisfied hotheads to quit pretending that a timeline for withdrawal is some big achievement and get to work building support for the only demand that will end the occupation: a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces (troops and contractors) by a date certain. I’m liking Labor Day 2010.

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