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Neoconservatism out of the closet | 79 comments (78 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (none / 0)
Pressure from Israel and the Lobby was not the only factor behind the decision to attack Iraq in March 2003, but it was critical.

You might want to look for a better quote. One that supports your case than addressing the concerns of bat-shit crazy Israeli nationalists was a necessary and sufficient condition for the invasion of Iraq. My guess is that there are maybe half a dozen critical reasons for the invasion, of which this is one.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 21st, 2010 at 11:53:11 AM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (none / 0)
Oil was always the alternate hypothesis, even though there was no case that it was done to protect Saudi oil, as someone suggested.

"there are maybe half a dozen critical reasons for the invasion, of which this is one."

I was cited for not producing links to evidence. Where's yours on this statement. I think some of you guys just pull things out of your asses, and then present them as viable arguments. Not quite think tank calibre stuff. Personally, I will take Walt and Merschirmer, who specialize in the area.

by shergald on Mon Jun 21st, 2010 at 12:11:59 PM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (4.00 / 3)
shergald:
I think some of you guys just pull things out of your asses, and then present them as viable arguments.

do you just come here to practice rudeness?

don't you realise you'd be welcome here if you changed your tone to one less aggressively polemic?

i am glad you haven't been banned, but you keep adding to the communication problem, rather than easing up and supporting the site, and its play rules. if others are less than perfectly courteous to you, why not set an example in return?

could be a big return on a small investment... right now you're begging to be banned, just to prove something, seemingly.

chill out, you'll have more fun...

what's the payoff? you write well, about important issues, but why the prickliness? it's so unnecessary!

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Jun 21st, 2010 at 12:40:38 PM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (none / 0)
Could it be that we here in the US sometimes find off-coloring more suitable, direct, and to the point than you Europeans?

by shergald on Tue Jun 22nd, 2010 at 07:32:34 AM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (4.00 / 2)
No, I'm pretty sure it's the thinly veiled insinuations of bad faith that we find objectionable, not the cusswords.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Jun 22nd, 2010 at 07:38:00 AM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (none / 0)
it's simple manners. rude people, even if well informed and well intentioned, make poor conversation and reveal irrational hostility more than anything else.

shame...

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Jun 22nd, 2010 at 08:49:45 AM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (none / 0)
Did you really just say that? Really?

You are a fool. Piss off and stop lecturing us. Thanks.

That to the point enough for you?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Jun 22nd, 2010 at 07:44:40 AM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (4.00 / 2)
melo:
i am glad you haven't been banned
You say that as if ET were in the business of banning people. The only people (except for commercial spammers) that have ever been banned are an unstable person who cyberstalked another ETer, and a vandal, both of whom created a slew of sockpuppet accounts.

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan
by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jun 22nd, 2010 at 08:30:31 AM EST
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Re: Think tank =|= Echo chamber (none / 0)
that's true, and fine. blogs ban posters, and should, if all else fails.

i think it's much more interesting to keep the inclusiveness, and create a civil space.

cussing has absolutely nothing to do with it.

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Jun 22nd, 2010 at 08:53:47 AM EST
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Neoconservatism out of the closet | 79 comments (78 topical, 1 editorial, 0 hidden)
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