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Washington Post columnist Boot changes al-Baghdadi column after criticism
The Hill ^ | 10/29/2019 | Joe Concha

Posted on 10/29/2019 9:29:38 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Washington Post columnist Max Boot made a change to his column on Monday after coming under criticism for stating that the late ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not a coward because “he blew himself up” over being captured by U.S. forces.

“An earlier version of this column included a sentence questioning whether Trump was right to call Baghdadi a coward because he blew himself up,” Boot wrote late Monday in explaining the change. “The line was removed because it unintentionally conveyed the impression that I considered Baghdadi courageous.”

Boot also deleted a tweet in which he essentially made the same argument while also challenging Trump's unverified claim that Al-Baghdadi was “whimpering and crying.”

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1 posted on 10/29/2019 9:29:38 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

“it unintentionally conveyed the impression that I considered Baghdadi courageous.”

Unintentionally revealed his true sentiments.


2 posted on 10/29/2019 9:31:22 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-)
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To: yesthatjallen

Trump Derangement Syndrome in the full spotlight.


3 posted on 10/29/2019 9:31:51 AM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: yesthatjallen

He blew up his children. Filthy coward.


4 posted on 10/29/2019 9:36:07 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: yesthatjallen

He can try to walk it back, but everyone always remembers the headline, and nobody reads the retraction. This is one case where that adage bites them in the butt!


5 posted on 10/29/2019 9:36:14 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: yesthatjallen

Im old enough to remember when articles were edited BEFORE they were published.

Welcome to the world of finger-in-the-wind “ journalism”


6 posted on 10/29/2019 9:38:06 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
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To: yesthatjallen

Used his own kids as human shields, then blows them up along with himself. That’s as cowardly as it gets.


7 posted on 10/29/2019 9:43:15 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Do it today.)
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To: yesthatjallen

Max needs a “Boot” in his backside. Tired of these neocons who have controlling our foreign policy apparatus for too long.


8 posted on 10/29/2019 9:44:09 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: yesthatjallen

I used to respect Boot on national security issues. But, he’s let his Trump hatred distort his mind.


9 posted on 10/29/2019 9:49:18 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Pajamajan

It’s also greedy. Since the kids will have no use for all the virgins, he’ll get them in addition to his own 72. That’s a Mensa level towel head, all right.


10 posted on 10/29/2019 9:51:32 AM PDT by VietVet876
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To: yesthatjallen

There was nothing “unintentional” about what Boot said, it was merely stupid and ill-considered. Hatred will do that.


11 posted on 10/29/2019 9:53:44 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rightwingcrazy

The Post also referred to the dead dirtbag as an austere religious scholar. In addition to granting the creep legitimacy and near hero status, the term used implicitly condemns religious scholars, and by extension, religion (except of course the religion of peace).


12 posted on 10/29/2019 9:54:38 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: VietVet876

By now he’s already found out that paradise has run out of virgins and he’ll have to satisfy himself (!) with a single 72 year-old near virgin.


13 posted on 10/29/2019 9:56:01 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: yesthatjallen

Baghdadi & Sean Connery look similar?

14 posted on 10/29/2019 9:58:19 AM PDT by entropy12 (You are either for free enterprise or for government price fixing. Can't be for both as convenient.)
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To: entropy12

That comparison is sacrilege...


15 posted on 10/29/2019 9:59:06 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: rightwingcrazy

HELP WANTED: Wishy-Washy obituary writer. Good English skills and familiarity with computers necessary. Milquetoasts, self-haters and Stockholm Syndrome-sufferers strongly encouraged to apply.
—- Washington Post HR


16 posted on 10/29/2019 10:03:28 AM PDT by cookcounty (Susan Rice: G Gordon Liddy times 10.)
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To: entropy12
Baghdadi & Sean Connery look similar?

Connery is distinguished. Bag-daddyo looks like he’s smoking a monkey.

17 posted on 10/29/2019 10:08:39 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: yesthatjallen

The hatred of Trump supersedes any other concern for these people.

It’s just an open public display of sickness.

I was glad when Obama allowed our troops to go in and take down Osama Bin Laden. I wasn’t a big fan of Obama obviously, but taking out Laden was the right thing to do. He allowed our forces to do it.

These people can’t even be happy that Baghdadi is dead. It beats anything I’ve ever seen.

Some are now praising Baghdadi because he was a great leader? Seriously?


18 posted on 10/29/2019 10:12:33 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: Magnum44; entropy12

It certainly verges on it for me.

Mentioning Connery in a sentence with his guy is unfortunate indeed.

Not trying to dump on you entropy12. I know you meant nothing bad by it.


19 posted on 10/29/2019 10:15:53 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
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To: yesthatjallen

He blew himself up rather than stood trial to defend his actions, which he always claimed were divinely inspired. That makes him a coward.


20 posted on 10/29/2019 10:18:10 AM PDT by Kazan
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