RCW2001, veronica's nemesis, said he would have posted the article too. If RCW2001 had posted this article somehow I don't think we would be having this conversation.260 posted on 12/11/01 3:06 PM Pacific by vrwc54
dirtboy writes: To me, the implication was quite clear.
veronica is a lightening rod which gave this thread impetus in the beginning, thus the personal attacks on her. If RCW2001 had posted it, it would have died 200 replies ago.
How can that be construed as accusing you of being anti-semitic? I read the heated exchange you and veronica had on the Debka thread, so you could have accused me of implying that you were anti-veronica and nothing else.
The implication that, if someone anti-Israeli had posted this, then I wouldn't be arguing with them. If you meant otherwise, then I stand corrected - but even monkeyshine said you could have been interpreted that way. A lot of nonsense and name-calling gets slung on any thread having to do with Israel, and veronica (and others) who have the temerity to equate Debka criticism with anti-semitism seriously degrade the tone of such threads - as do folks like Bold Fenian. I get tired of people thinking I have an agenda when all I ask for is that we try and practice some critical analysis of what we see reported and not succumb to the temptation to believe something because it fits with our worldview.
This quote from Zinni, if correct, has enormous implications. The importance of those implications is not affected one wit by the religious views of the poster. I defy anyone to guess my religious views, because I keep them out of these threads. But if it is true that a representative of the United States has said that the "leader" of a foreign "nation" is totally untrustworthy and cannot be dealt with, THAT is a sea change in US policy.
Congressman Billybob