Posted on 03/28/2005 10:09:16 PM PST by quidnunc
Justin Raimondo has posted a very amusing and breathless account of the events in Kyrgyzstan — all worked around a hoax, an alleged memo purloined from the U.S. Embassy in Kyrgyzstan. Not only has it been disavowed by the U.S. Embassy, but the language is not that of a native speaker of English:
F.Kulov shares and adheres to American concepts of freedom and democracy and can be viewed as a dubbing candidate for the presidency in case our main candidate Bakiev is defeated.Young people are most likely oriented to the West. Therefore we consider it extremely important to popularize American way of life among them to diminish Russian influence.
Zero credibility. Zero.
(Mr. Raimondo tries to cover himself by noting that the phony memo contains “grammatical errors,” but fails to note that a part of the alleged memo to which he links is a straightforward scanned copy, not a transcription; why wasn’t the whole thing merely scanned, but instead painstakingly transcribed, thus introducing those errors, the ones that a native speaker of Russian would make had he or she actually written the memo? Also, Mr. Raimondo seems unaware that sensitive messages — and boy, would that one be a sensitive message — are “e-n-c-r-y-p-t-e-d,” and not typed on embassy stationery and then handed around. For more Raimondo wackiness, visit The Fever Swamp. Registan has more on the hoax.)
Addendum(b): The good Mr. Raimondo has taken it upon himself to defend his colleague from being “smeared.” The smear? He was accurately quoted as writing: “I will stand up proudly for it. I have cheered on men attacking US troops. I will continue to cheer any defeat US troops meet.” That may be the first time anyone has ever claimed that a simple and undisputed quotation, set in full context and with full linkage, is called a “smear.” Then, having denied that he has cheered on the killings of American troops and Iraqi police and soldiers, Mr. Raimondo admits it in his blog post by defending … the killing of U.S. soldiers. (And besides showing no awareness that he is contradicting himself, he shows such courage by refusing to link to any documents other than edited versions of criticisms, not to the criticisms themselves.) Mr. Raimondo has gone from being a jester to being a cartoon clown.
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History books are full of leaders who stand up for freedom, Justin Raimondo is just one of those useless idiots who isn't capable of discerning between Good and Evil
Justin Raimondo is an anti-Semitic loon who believes the Evil Jewish Zionist NeoCons™ are controlling the universe.
When I went through the antiwar.com site, it looked obvious that it is heavily Chi-Com influenced. That's the point of view and talking points you'll find there on a lot of stuff. Particularly anything dealing with Taiwan, Tibet, etc.
I believe they are either dupes or willing accomplices.
He's also a homosexual and banned FREEPER.
Dennis Raimondo disseminating a Russian secret police hoax so obvious is beyond words. It's as good as it gets.
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