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The $oro$ influence
The Washington Times ^ | April 5, 2007 | Herbert London

Posted on 04/05/2007 3:14:12 PM PDT by neverdem

Who is George Soros and why is he saying such awful things? Most Americans do not know this billionaire investor, but, using his vast wealth, he has become a force in left-wing political circles. In some ways, he is the litmus test for Democratic politics.


    Mr. Soros usually concerns himself with foreign affairs, pointing out what he considers the failures of the Bush administration. In interviews with the press, Mr. Soros claims President Bush's war on terror "is really exploitation." Moreover, he urges European leaders to adopt a stance different from the United States.


    Writing in the London-based Independent, Mr. Soros contends the Bush foreign mission shamelessly exploits fears generated from September 11, 2001. As he sees it, "Fear is a bad counselor; we must resist it wherever it comes from." He maintains that with the Bush policy terror will never end. "The terrorists are invisible; therefore they can never disappear. It is our civil liberties that may disappear instead."


    That position is the sine qua non of leftist thought. Terrorism is merely a cover for a subtle coup d'etat in which civil liberties are imperiled.


    According to Mr. Soros, we exaggerate the threat al Qaeda represents and underestimate the risk to civil liberties. For him, terrorism is an abstraction representing different forces and groups that require correspondingly different means of engagement.


    On the issue of Iraq, Mr. Soros takes a pass. He expresses concerns about minority groups in that country but doesn't know how we should help them. That doesn't translate into a diatribe against using military force, but when force is mentioned it is accompanied with the caveat "where appropriate." Of course, where it is appropriate is rarely, if ever, explained.


    Mr. Soros believes there are "nefarious psychological reasons" for the behavior...

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blather; bloviating; georgesoros; palaver; sophisms; soros; wot
It's too bad that the story omits how rabidly this guy has behaved with respect to the First and Second Amendments.
1 posted on 04/05/2007 3:14:13 PM PDT by neverdem
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To: neverdem

Soros=Anti-Christ.


2 posted on 04/05/2007 3:29:38 PM PDT by brivette
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To: neverdem
If Soros made $40K/yr he’d be just another clown posting to the DUmmies.But being worth a billion makes one an expert on the subject of war and peace.
3 posted on 04/05/2007 3:50:15 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative ("The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism."-Karl Marx)
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To: neverdem

What ever happened to Richard Mellon Scaife? I thought he was supposed to have taken over the World’s media by now?


4 posted on 04/05/2007 3:52:05 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup
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To: brivette

Congress should pass some type of Campaign Finance Reform to limit the amount of contributions from people like Soros. /sarcasm


5 posted on 04/05/2007 3:53:56 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: neverdem

This psycho should be locked up in a padded room.


6 posted on 04/05/2007 4:04:34 PM PDT by rob21 (Duncan Hunter 2008)
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To: neverdem

My fear is Soros getting a cabinet position in a Clinton or Barak administration.


7 posted on 04/05/2007 4:07:54 PM PDT by Fitzcarraldo (If the Moon didn't exist, people would have traveled to Mars by now.)
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To: neverdem
Writing in the London-based Independent, Mr. Soros contends the Bush foreign mission shamelessly exploits fears generated from September 11, 2001. As he sees it, "Fear is a bad counselor; we must resist it wherever it comes from." He maintains that with the Bush policy terror will never end. "The terrorists are invisible; therefore they can never disappear. It is our civil liberties that may disappear instead."

That position is the sine qua non of leftist thought. Terrorism is merely a cover for a subtle coup d'etat in which civil liberties are imperiled.

Leftists object to the cover, but not to the result. They want to get there their own way.

8 posted on 04/05/2007 4:10:15 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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Interesting how seldom it’s mentioned that Soros is currently under criminal indictment in France for tax evasion. My guess is that if a Republican big hitter were under indictment in another country, the American press would never stop mentioning it.


9 posted on 04/05/2007 4:17:36 PM PDT by KingSnorky
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To: neverdem

bookmark


10 posted on 04/05/2007 4:36:08 PM PDT by do the dhue (DEM ARE RATS!!!!!)
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To: brivette

I have coined this term for Soros: International PIMP.

It seems apt given that he sells out people’s souls for his own perverted benefit.


11 posted on 04/05/2007 7:37:08 PM PDT by eleni121 ( + En Touto Nika! By this sign conquer! + Constantine the Great))
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To: Gay State Conservative
But being worth a billion makes one an expert on the subject of war and peace.

George Soros controls the both the price of oil and the value of the US Dollar. I read it on FR.

12 posted on 04/05/2007 7:42:34 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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