another DLC guy being interviewed on the majority report

[choie]

"we need to fight the "jihadists" who are sweeping the world"..are they really??? isn't that a bit of hyperbole? It's one thing to want Dems to come off as strong, but not to the point where we say things as ignorant as the right does.. and to add to it, this guy signed a statement along with several PNAC members backing "winning" - whatever that means - the war in Iraq.

and then the host, John Elliot - who I was liking until now - asked him why these terrorists "hate our lifestyle so much" HELLOOOOOOOO - it has nothing to do with our lifestyle. What a bunch of crap.

[Warpy]

1. Well, actually it does

The religious jerks in the middle east deeply resent cultural imperialism, that import of western TV and music featuring unveiled women. It's one reason they do hate us. Never mind it's their own people who have an appetite for western entertainment, they blame US for producing things that reflect our own culture.

[Roland99]

2. They resent the celebration of liberalism (individualism)

They want a nationalistic regime, just one based on strict and misguided interpretations of the Qu'ran.

[Warpy]

6. Correct!

The fact that we're supporting Israel while attacking other Islamic countries sure doesn't help the situation.

[choie]

3. I don't think that's the main reason..

what they hate is the United State's intervention in other countries like Saudi Arabia and Israel, and now, of course, Iraq

[Roland99]

7. Have you seen The Power of Nightmares?

http://www.archive.org/details/ThePowerOfNightmares

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. Turban wearing, Koran waving, bogeymen sweeping the world!!

Eeeeek!!

God, I miss the "Red Menace". They only wanted to nationalize our toasters.

[pretzel4gore]

5. John Elliot was being freeped by the nazipoohs

earlier on, and i hoped our side would call in and, well, displace the freepers at least. A caller named 'Josh' then got on (after the iraq warhawk signer guy) and tried to get Elliot to respond to the pentagon mystery (apparently the hole in the pentagon made by the huge jet was only about the size of a 56 chevy, or even smaller) anyway, John Elliot said he knew bush lied about wmd's etc, and the proof of the lies was readily available, so he'd rather stick to known wrongdoings then waste energy on hypothetical stuff, which was fair; but then he said he had a friend from philadelphia whose daughter actually saw the jet hit the pentagon, "so close that pieces of the plane 'hit her car'".....which cannot be true cuz no civilian passerby traffic can possibly get that close to the buildings where they could be struck by debris from any plane crashing into them....Josh is right. Why do supposedly liberal talk radio hosts refuse to answer the question that if the busheviks are so corrupt they steal elections and start illegal war etc why is it that the very hinge upon which their 'war on terra' etc swings is outta bounds in terms of possible corruptness?
i turned AAR off after hearing that. There were supposedly 10 thousand people saw the jet hit the pentagon, yet the only supporting proof is anecdotal and concerning daughters of friends etc, rumours and voices crying in wilderness of foxnews and on coast to coast with george norry! And frankly i think most are paid bsers, and paid with taxpayer money. WTC blg 7 was demolished using preset explosives, and that's a fact. Ridiculously obvious. It alone convicts the busheviks of the murders on 911, and make the 'terrorists' patsys at best.
btw, who cares any more.....