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Cheering The Enemy (Suspicions confirmed:Liberals cheering for Iraqis-my title)
The Washington Times (Inside Politics) ^
| April 18, 2003
| Greg Pierce
Posted on 04/18/2003 8:32:58 AM PDT by Gritty
Edited on 07/12/2004 4:02:42 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Gary Kamiya, executive editor of the left-leaning Internet journal Salon (www.salon.com), confirms what some Americans have only suspected: Liberals were cheering for the enemy in Iraq.
"I have a confession: I have at times, as the war has unfolded, secretly wished for things to go wrong," Mr. Kamiya wrote last week. "Wished for the Iraqis to be more nationalistic, to resist longer. Wished for the Arab world to rise up in rage. Wished for all the things we feared would happen. I'm not alone: A number of serious, intelligent, morally sensitive people who oppose the war have told me they have had identical feelings."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cheeringtheenemy; garykamiya; gregpierce; iraq; liberals; salon
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posted on
04/18/2003 8:32:59 AM PDT
by
Gritty
To: Gritty
"Wishing for things to go wrong is the logical corollary of the postulate that the better things go for Bush, the worse they will go for America and the rest of the world."
These people have some twisted minds.
2
posted on
04/18/2003 8:35:10 AM PDT
by
observer5
To: Gritty
More casualties would have been a preferred alternative to the "larger moral negative" of a victory that boosted President Bush's chances for re-election, he said. The Biblical punishment of stoning pops to mind as a suitable response to this.
To: Gritty
What a guy.
4
posted on
04/18/2003 8:36:21 AM PDT
by
3AngelaD
To: Gritty
This has always been the libby-dibs' dilemma: their cause is so wrong-headed and just flat wrong, they generally find themselves wishing ill upon their own country so as to further their nefarious ends.
5
posted on
04/18/2003 8:36:37 AM PDT
by
Migraine
(my grain is pretty straight today)
To: Gritty; JonathansMommie; BlindedByTruth
Oh this just makes me sick.
Isn't salon.com going under? Not soon enough.
6
posted on
04/18/2003 8:36:38 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Bush/Rice 2004- pray & fast for our troops this lent)
To: Gritty
Im suprised that anyone would admit it.
7
posted on
04/18/2003 8:36:45 AM PDT
by
smadurski
To: Gritty
More casualties would have been a preferred alternative to the "larger moral negative" of a victory that boosted President Bush's chances for re-election, he said. Evil.
8
posted on
04/18/2003 8:36:54 AM PDT
by
patton
(DUCT TAPE! Get the DUCT TAPE!)
To: netmilsmom
I guess they found a way to stay afloat.
9
posted on
04/18/2003 8:37:06 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
( In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: TontoKowalski
it calls for a good smiting.
To: Gritty
A sick puppy has his say. If he had been an Iraqi citizen under Hussein's regime he would be dead.
11
posted on
04/18/2003 8:37:31 AM PDT
by
Movemout
To: observer5
"Wishing for things to go wrong is the logical corollary of the postulate that the better things go for Bush, the worse they will go for America and the rest of the world the left and the Democratic Party."
12
posted on
04/18/2003 8:38:28 AM PDT
by
Maceman
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: Gritty; sauropod; dighton; BlueLancer; Stultis
Well, at least they're finally being candid.
This has always been more about Bush than about anything else.
To: Gritty
serious, intelligent, morally sensitive people who oppose the war have told me they have had identical feelings morally sensitive people who want to see our troops have more casualties...
15
posted on
04/18/2003 8:39:50 AM PDT
by
MP5
To: Gritty
Does this guy really believe we don't know this, and haven't known it all along?
16
posted on
04/18/2003 8:40:47 AM PDT
by
js1138
To: johnb838
OK I have an admission too. I've wished that certain liberals would come to violent and unhappy ends. You aren't being very morally sensitive....LOL
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posted on
04/18/2003 8:41:25 AM PDT
by
MP5
To: netmilsmom
Isn't salon.com going under? Not soon enough. Once again Salon found some lib with more money than sense. They just got 800,000 dollars which should keep them afloat about another month. Their stock is hovering between 4 and 5 cents a share.
18
posted on
04/18/2003 8:41:26 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: observer5
They also are tone deaf.
To: Gritty
Kamiya was at least honest here. Seems like he's having a late-in-life challenge to his conscience.
As much as I dislike Kamiya's politics, I have to say that his recommendation of Anton Beevor's Stalingrad that he made on Salon last year was much appreciated. Excellent book for war buffs.
20
posted on
04/18/2003 8:42:41 AM PDT
by
HumanaeVitae
(Tolerance is a necessary evil.)
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