Comments on: My Letter to the Readers’ Representative Regarding the Error in the John McCain Hit Piece http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/ Harangues that just make sense Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:34:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Stashiu3 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329635 Stashiu3 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:09:23 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329635 <blockquote>On the off chance that Patterico is interested in reassessing ...</blockquote> You should just <a href="http://patterico.com/2008/03/23/la-times-has-hit-piece-on-mccain-which-resurrects-the-old-canards-about-ties-between-saddam-and-al-qaeda/#comment-329194" title="" rel="nofollow">learn to read</a>. Then you might see that there is no need to reassess anything about you.

On the off chance that Patterico is interested in reassessing …

You should just learn to read. Then you might see that there is no need to reassess anything about you.

]]> By: Foo Bar http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329435 Foo Bar Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:51:28 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329435 I want to make sure Patterico doesn't miss <a href="http://patterico.com/2008/03/23/la-times-has-hit-piece-on-mccain-which-resurrects-the-old-canards-about-ties-between-saddam-and-al-qaeda/#comment-329307" rel="nofollow">this</a> from jim2 in response to Patterico's <a href="http://patterico.com/2008/03/23/la-times-has-hit-piece-on-mccain-which-resurrects-the-old-canards-about-ties-between-saddam-and-al-qaeda/#comment-329261" rel="nofollow">solicitation</a> of views regarding whether I was right that he should have updated his post. Jim2 is a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Apatterico.com+jim2&btnG=Google+Search" rel="nofollow">regular reader and commenter</a> and is self-described as <a href="http://patterico.com/2008/03/12/dont-condition-a-spitzer-plea-bargain-on-his-resignation-plus-a-contest/#comment-325721" rel="nofollow">neither a Dem nor a liberal</a>, and he agreed with me. On the off chance that Patterico is interested in reassessing whether I represented <a href="http://patterico.com/2008/03/23/la-times-has-hit-piece-on-mccain-which-resurrects-the-old-canards-about-ties-between-saddam-and-al-qaeda/#comment-329202" rel="nofollow">a brick wall of partisan pigheadedness</a> in that comment thread, he might want to reflect on how (un)common it is for a commenter to visit the comments of a blogger from the opposing party and convince a regular reader from the blogger's party of his argument. I want to make sure Patterico doesn’t miss this from jim2 in response to Patterico’s solicitation of views regarding whether I was right that he should have updated his post.

Jim2 is a regular reader and commenter and is self-described as neither a Dem nor a liberal, and he agreed with me.

On the off chance that Patterico is interested in reassessing whether I represented a brick wall of partisan pigheadedness in that comment thread, he might want to reflect on how (un)common it is for a commenter to visit the comments of a blogger from the opposing party and convince a regular reader from the blogger’s party of his argument.

]]> By: Another Drew http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329388 Another Drew Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:56:12 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329388 I think a lot of the "info" put out by CIA on these groups was pure CYA-BS because they just flat-ass dropped the ball on IslamoFascism - it didn't fit their narative. They (the CIA) are feeding BS to their faves in the media, who then put their own spin on the spin, and no one knows what to believe. And we're supposed to trust what they tell us now? I think a lot of the “info” put out by CIA on these groups was pure CYA-BS because they just flat-ass dropped the ball on IslamoFascism - it didn’t fit their narative. They (the CIA) are feeding BS to their faves in the media, who then put their own spin on the spin, and no one knows what to believe. And we’re supposed to trust what they tell us now?

]]> By: WLS http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329369 WLS Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:06:41 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329369 Something that Stephen Hayes has pointed out over at The Weekly Standard is that these government reports are drawing an artificial and meaningless distinction between Al Queda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Both reports contain much information about contacts between Hussein's regime and EIJ throughout the 1990s. At the time, EIJ was headed up by Al-Zawahiri. EIJ is an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and was formed in the 1970s when the MB decided to engage in the political arena in Egypt rathert than continue to create an Islamic Republic by force. EIJ, headed by Al-Zawahiri, was responsible for asassinating Sadat. Al-Zawahiri became acquiated with OBL while OBL maintained his base of operations in Sudan. When OBL was forced out of Sudan and went back to Afghanistan, Al-Zawahiri joined him there, and a functional merging of AQ and EIJ took place. So, while they were technically not merged in the early 1990s when EIJ was being entertained by Hussein in Iraq, the much better established EIJ shared the same basic outlook as OBL's flegling AQ in Sudan. That pretty much lays waste to the CIA naysayers claims that "secularist" Hussein would have never been in bed with the Islamic fundamentalist groups like AQ and EIJ. Something that Stephen Hayes has pointed out over at The Weekly Standard is that these government reports are drawing an artificial and meaningless distinction between Al Queda and Egyptian Islamic Jihad.

Both reports contain much information about contacts between Hussein’s regime and EIJ throughout the 1990s.

At the time, EIJ was headed up by Al-Zawahiri. EIJ is an off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and was formed in the 1970s when the MB decided to engage in the political arena in Egypt rathert than continue to create an Islamic Republic by force. EIJ, headed by Al-Zawahiri, was responsible for asassinating Sadat.

Al-Zawahiri became acquiated with OBL while OBL maintained his base of operations in Sudan. When OBL was forced out of Sudan and went back to Afghanistan, Al-Zawahiri joined him there, and a functional merging of AQ and EIJ took place.

So, while they were technically not merged in the early 1990s when EIJ was being entertained by Hussein in Iraq, the much better established EIJ shared the same basic outlook as OBL’s flegling AQ in Sudan.

That pretty much lays waste to the CIA naysayers claims that “secularist” Hussein would have never been in bed with the Islamic fundamentalist groups like AQ and EIJ.

]]> By: krazy kagu http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329360 krazy kagu Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:32:47 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329360 Just hop in your Shuttlecraft,Space pod,climb into Fireball Jr and take a trip down to a strange new planet Just hop in your Shuttlecraft,Space pod,climb into Fireball Jr and take a trip down to a strange new planet

]]> By: PCD http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329348 PCD Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:26:51 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329348 8, just have Dr. McCoy inject you with a Tri-Ox compound, or if you go back to the Supermarionation days of ITV, get some of those air pills used on "Fireball XL5". 8, just have Dr. McCoy inject you with a Tri-Ox compound, or if you go back to the Supermarionation days of ITV, get some of those air pills used on “Fireball XL5″.

]]> By: Another Drew http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329317 Another Drew Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:35:16 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329317 Is this going to be another "waiting for Godot" moment? I think I'll not hold my breath waiting for the correction; at least not until I can get hooked up to an intravenous oxygenating machine. #5 nailed it! Is this going to be another “waiting for Godot” moment?
I think I’ll not hold my breath waiting for the correction; at least not until I can get hooked up to an intravenous oxygenating machine.
#5 nailed it!

]]> By: Foo Bar http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329301 Foo Bar Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:54:13 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329301 Whoops, my bad! Apologies. Whoops, my bad! Apologies.

]]> By: Patterico http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329299 Patterico Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:46:45 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329299 Oh, settle down, Foo Bar. My update to the other post hat-tips you. What did you want, for me to hat-tip you in the e-mail to her? Oh, settle down, Foo Bar. My update to the other post hat-tips you. What did you want, for me to hat-tip you in the e-mail to her?

]]> By: JD http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329296 JD Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:42:12 +0000 http://patterico.com/2008/03/25/my-letter-to-the-readers-representative-regarding-the-error-in-the-john-mccain-hit-piece/#comment-329296 <blockquote>It’s like they are trying to be lying crapweasles…</blockquote> They are not trying. It comes naturally to them.

It’s like they are trying to be lying crapweasles…

They are not trying. It comes naturally to them.

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