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2006-09-18 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Mike 2006-09-18 07:42|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Great work, many thanks to you, Cyrus Nowrasteh.
Compared to you, Bill Clinton is pond scum.

Posted by wxjames 2006-09-18 08:53|| 2006-09-18 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Compared to you, Bill Clinton is pond scum.

Compared to pond scum, he's pond scum too.

Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-09-18 08:55|| 2006-09-18 08:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Nah. Lower than white-whale poo-poo, and that's at the bottom of the ocean.

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-18 08:57|| 2006-09-18 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 Mr. Nowrasteh can write.

Posted by phil_b 2006-09-18 09:06|| 2006-09-18 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 In addition to the death threats and hate mail directed at me, and my grotesque portrayal as a maddened right-winger

Isn't the left just soooo nice, warm, and friendly?

And you notice the same number of national liberals of standing who denouce such behaviors matches the number of senior Imans who denouce the behavior of their thugs. Power is self-justifying.

Posted by Chang Cholunter4501 2006-09-18 09:17|| 2006-09-18 09:17|| Front Page Top

#6 And you notice the same number of national liberals of standing who denouce such behaviors matches the number of senior Imans who denouce the behavior of their thugs. Ref. #5

I also note that the said liberals do not represent the entire population, even when the non-liberals are not out in the street seething, protesting and breaking things.

By the same token, I presume a number of senior imams do not represent what I presume is the 'silent majority' of (mythical) moderate muslims.

Our enemy is the Islamofascist, or Islamic Crusader, if you will, not Cyrus Nowrasteh because he looks Iranian.

When you say you want to "kill all muslims", you're in the same boat with the 'kill all the jews' or 'kill all the infidels' crowd(s). Try to stay out of that particular boat. Not all Californians are Dianne Feinstein.

/sermon

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-18 10:07|| 2006-09-18 10:07|| Front Page Top

#7 As I said before neither Bush nor Clinton were portrayed in any good light. The reason behind that is because they were both part (if not opposing sides) of one great big bureaucratic cluster f***. Richard Clark was painted as a leader of terrorism MEETINGS (not action), and the CIA guys in the field were seen as hamstrung by the CYA crowd in Washington (including Clark). When it came time to make a critical decision they ALL acquiesced to the status quo of not attacking them directly. I found it a very good portrayal of how things actually work in the high-level bureaucracy that is still the foundation of our government. I would add that the adoption of the short-sided and downright DUMB 9/11 commission suggestions hasnt made us any safer. It just added another layer of political hacks that will filter every decision (yay).

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-09-18 10:09|| 2006-09-18 10:09|| Front Page Top

#8 I never blamed 9/11 on Clinton or Bush. But like Cyber Sarge says "bureaucratic cluster f***."
But I can blame Clinton, Albright, and Berger, for worrying more about thier image, than helping understand how we allowed 9/11 to happen, and give us a chance to learn how to stop the next one. that can't be done without knowing the truth.
Thank you for the letter Nowrasteh. It takes guts in your position in the industrry you are in to just tell the truth as you see it. Which is all the rest of us want.

Posted by plainslow 2006-09-18 10:19|| 2006-09-18 10:19|| Front Page Top

#9 The 9/11 ommission is well named.

Posted by wxjames 2006-09-18 10:22|| 2006-09-18 10:22|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm know psychoanalyst, but when people like Billary, Halfbright, and Sandy Burglar jump guilty, that tells me there is reason for their guilt.

When the donks jump guilty on national security issues, even when they are not being explicitly cited, then there is reason for their being defensive.

Posted by Captain America 2006-09-18 10:38|| 2006-09-18 10:38|| Front Page Top

#11 Mr. Nowrasteh can write.

I disagree. His script was ham-handed and simplistic. That's regardless of the truth of the events depicted.

If Clinton is portrayed as more culpable than Bush, it's only because he was in office for the previous eight years (rather than eight months), and because the filmmakers chose to begin their story with the 1993 bombing of the WTC. They could have started with Gulf War I, and bashed George H.W. Bush.

It is funny that the movie portrayed the Clinton administration as being more concerned with passing the buck and covering their asses than with fighting the terrorists. And how did they respond to that charge? By passing the buck and covering their asses.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2006-09-18 11:00|| 2006-09-18 11:00|| Front Page Top

#12 You know what the great part is? The general public are such sheep that one "made for TV" movie could swing the elections in Nov. Why do you think the Donks are howling for this guys blood?

Posted by bigjim-ky 2006-09-18 11:15|| 2006-09-18 11:15|| Front Page Top

#13 Yeah, bigjim, that crossed my mind when the howling started.

Posted by Bobby 2006-09-18 13:26|| 2006-09-18 13:26|| Front Page Top

#14 He has effectively killed Hillary's chances for the presidency. Although I wish we could have done that for the sport of it.

Posted by wxjames 2006-09-18 13:31|| 2006-09-18 13:31|| Front Page Top

#15 I've been thinking about the 15,000 Saudi Students the Universities want out of state tuition from.

I realized what is missing from the whole deal: INSURANCE! After all, everything else in life with major risk has insurance. This should too!

911 cost the US over 1 trillion dollars and counting.

The Saudis are not paying proper tuition to send these kids to the USA!

They need to indemnify the people of the USA and the economy!

The policy needs to be for at least 1 trillion dollars or no chance of a deal as that is likely less than break even.

Posted by 3dc 2006-09-18 15:45|| 2006-09-18 15:45|| Front Page Top

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