Comments on: Who Gets to Speak: Iraq, Afghanistan and the NY Times http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/24/who-gets-to-speak-iraq-afghanistan-and-the-ny-times/ The national media watch group Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:31:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: November 2008 « Questionable Content http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/24/who-gets-to-speak-iraq-afghanistan-and-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-43064 November 2008 « Questionable Content Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:00:19 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=3058#comment-43064 [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/24/who-gets-to-speak-iraq-afghanistan-and-the-ny-times/ 11/22 [...] [...] http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/24/who-gets-to-speak-iraq-afghanistan-and-the-ny-times/ 11/22 [...]

]]> By: FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » Who Gets to Speak, Take Two: The Economy and the NYT http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/24/who-gets-to-speak-iraq-afghanistan-and-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-16824 FAIR Blog » Blog Archive » Who Gets to Speak, Take Two: The Economy and the NYT Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:27:23 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=3058#comment-16824 [...] (11/23/08), on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, featured seven op-eds. FAIR's Peter Hart broke it down: Three were enthusiastic Iraq hawks (in the cases of Rumsfeld and Chalabi, that's an [...] [...] (11/23/08), on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, featured seven op-eds. FAIR's Peter Hart broke it down: Three were enthusiastic Iraq hawks (in the cases of Rumsfeld and Chalabi, that's an [...]

]]> By: Doug Latimer http://www.fair.org/blog/2008/11/24/who-gets-to-speak-iraq-afghanistan-and-the-ny-times/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Doug Latimer Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:30:26 +0000 http://www.fair.org/blog/?p=3058#comment-582 Well, how about someone who advocates for full and complete withdrawal from Iraq *right now*? How about someone who didn't "caution against" bombing, invading and occupying Afghanistan ... but who opposed it on righteous moral and legal grounds? Why is it so damn hard for you folks to go whole hog on these issues? We have to have the audacity of "Nope!". If it's all about being a mensch, then you have to be a mensch, dammit. Else, what's the point? Well, how about someone who advocates for full and complete withdrawal from Iraq *right now*?

How about someone who didn't "caution against" bombing, invading and occupying Afghanistan … but who opposed it on righteous moral and legal grounds?

Why is it so damn hard for you folks to go whole hog on these issues?

We have to have the audacity of "Nope!". If it's all about being a mensch, then you have to be a mensch, dammit.

Else, what's the point?

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