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Los Angeles Times Columnist: “I Don’t Support Our Troops”
NewsBusters ^
| 1/24/06
| Noel Sheppard
Posted on 01/24/2006 8:52:54 PM PST by Only Waxing
Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times wrote an op-ed today (hat tip to the Drudge Report) entitled Warriors and Wusses. In it, he made his feelings about the war in Iraq quite clear in the opening sentence: I don't support our troops. In the heart of his piece, he elaborated:
But I'm not for the war. And being against the war and saying you support the troops is one of the wussiest positions the pacifists have ever taken and they're wussy by definition. It's as if the one lesson they took away from Vietnam wasn't to avoid foreign conflicts with no pressing national interest but to remember to throw a parade afterward.
Stein then had the audacity to suggest that Americas support for the troops is actually keeping them in Iraq longer:
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: joelstein; tenpeat
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To: Only Waxing
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posted on
01/24/2006 8:54:51 PM PST
by
dyed_in_the_wool
("Man's character is his destiny" - Heracleitus)
To: Only Waxing
To: Only Waxing
Excellent. Time for all the Dems to come out of the closet and admit they hate American and all it stands for too.
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posted on
01/24/2006 8:55:37 PM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Is there a satire god who created Al Gore for the sole purpose of making us laugh?)
To: Only Waxing
That's okay, 90% of us don't support that newspaper.
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posted on
01/24/2006 8:56:59 PM PST
by
softwarecreator
(Facts are to liberals as holy water is to vampires.)
To: Only Waxing
What a scumbag. I hope the LA Times joins NY Slimes in their 46% profit drop for last quarter. I hope they have a 100% drop!!
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posted on
01/24/2006 8:58:27 PM PST
by
starbase
(Understanding Written Propaganda (click "starbase" to learn 22 manipulating tricks!!))
To: Only Waxing
This guy is a big freaking nobody. He is an MTV reporter turned LA Times hack.
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:01:45 PM PST
by
msnimje
(http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/luckovich/index.html . FREEP THIS HOURLY!)
To: Only Waxing
The title should be LA Times "Communist".
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:02:58 PM PST
by
dc-zoo
To: Only Waxing
Should've heard Hugh Hewitt rip this punk up today.
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:04:56 PM PST
by
REDWOOD99
To: dc-zoo
LA Times "Communist". Tautology.
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:05:02 PM PST
by
Triggerhippie
(Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. <<<Sarasmom is a F'n lunatic - Beware>>>)
To: Only Waxing
Well ... at least he admits it .. that's more then can be said for the rest of the liberals who claim they support the troops
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:05:58 PM PST
by
Mo1
(Republicans protect Americans from Terrorists.. Democrats protect Terrorists from Americans)
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To: msnimje
Terrible writer, too. Stein is no Steyn.
To: Only Waxing
Joel Stein supports Al Qaida and the destruction of America.
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:08:21 PM PST
by
Wiz
To: Only Waxing
Makes you want to stuff his panties in his mouth.
To: Only Waxing
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:09:21 PM PST
by
Checkers
(Mort Kondracke: "Kennedy has been character assassinating Judicial nominees since...Haynesworth.")
To: REDWOOD99
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:10:16 PM PST
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msnimje
(http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/luckovich/index.html . FREEP THIS HOURLY!)
To: REDWOOD99
Hugh is so good. He is a real world guy which sometimes make him unpopular to some Freepers, but, he`s smarter then most and knows how to win elections. He cut this weasel from the Times to shreds
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:12:28 PM PST
by
bybybill
(GOD help us if the Rats win)
To: lndrvr1972
LOL!
You have a way with words, Dude.
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:13:02 PM PST
by
Triggerhippie
(Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. <<<Sarasmom is a F'n lunatic - Beware>>>)
To: Only Waxing
...normally I would ignore a pansy like this..but this particular guy I could wear myself out over, I mean violently, repeatedly, till I felt ashamed...till he moved no more!!
Doogle
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posted on
01/24/2006 9:23:24 PM PST
by
Doogle
(USAF...8thAF...4077th TFW...408th MMS...Ubon Thailand..."69"..Night Line Delivery,AMMO)
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