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	<title>Comments on: Throwing The Book At Douglas Feith</title>
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		<title>By: spocko</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1378479</link>
		<dc:creator>spocko</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I concur BuggyQ. What will it take to get Athenae and Christy and Jane and Digby to grill Feith?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think we should set it up. An interview with Feith. At Georgetown, on camera with no edits. I’m sure he will go for it. You know, marketplace of ideas and all. If he doesn’t then well maybe Georgetown shouldn’t be hiring him since he can’t defend his ideas or his actions that lead to the death of 100s of thousands of people in a war that was &lt;strong&gt;not&lt;/strong&gt; a “Just war” as declared by the Pope.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I concur BuggyQ. What will it take to get Athenae and Christy and Jane and Digby to grill Feith?</p>
<p>I think we should set it up. An interview with Feith. At Georgetown, on camera with no edits. I’m sure he will go for it. You know, marketplace of ideas and all. If he doesn’t then well maybe Georgetown shouldn’t be hiring him since he can’t defend his ideas or his actions that lead to the death of 100s of thousands of people in a war that was <strong>not</strong> a “Just war” as declared by the Pope.</p>
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		<title>By: BuggyQ</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1377954</link>
		<dc:creator>BuggyQ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;2005 seems like such a long time ago.  I remember what it felt like when I discovered Left Blogistan–what a relief it was to find other people who thought the Bush Administration was a free-floating black hole of suck.  How cool it was to see Athenae and all the best bloggy goodness about Feith get published.  How hopeful I was that maybe *this* time people would realize that impeachment was a viable option.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Good times.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And now, here we are two years later, with Dougie “It’s everybody else’s fault!” Feith still getting a big megaphone to spew his crap on us.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If there were really justice in the world, Athenae and Christy and Jane and Digby would be grilling Feith slowly under the lights of TV studios, and Pumpkinhead and Tweety and Co. would be roasting in a milder circle of hell than Feith and Co.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2005 seems like such a long time ago.  I remember what it felt like when I discovered Left Blogistan–what a relief it was to find other people who thought the Bush Administration was a free-floating black hole of suck.  How cool it was to see Athenae and all the best bloggy goodness about Feith get published.  How hopeful I was that maybe *this* time people would realize that impeachment was a viable option.</p>
<p>Good times.</p>
<p>And now, here we are two years later, with Dougie “It’s everybody else’s fault!” Feith still getting a big megaphone to spew his crap on us.</p>
<p>If there were really justice in the world, Athenae and Christy and Jane and Digby would be grilling Feith slowly under the lights of TV studios, and Pumpkinhead and Tweety and Co. would be roasting in a milder circle of hell than Feith and Co.</p>
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		<title>By: MarkH</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1377111</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Feith was used about the same way the Office of Religious Handouts was. PNAC proposed policies which would make Israelis Right-Wingers happy, just as the plan to hand out monies to churches was to make another Republican constituency happy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It is perhaps this grand policy to identify all their money contributors/interest-groups and pander to them in every way possible which demonstrates the overly narrow focus of the Bush administration. But, it doesn’t show they’re stupid, just maniacal about getting tight with their buddies who have money and are willing to give it to Republican candidates.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;When will we see the payoff of that policy? The Repubs aren’t getting much money right now, so I’d expect them to have more revenues in a couple of years.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, we all suffer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can govern for everyone’s benefits and hope that gains enough support for your ideology and candidates or you can politicize everything (such as NOLA after Katrina) and satisfy just interest groups. The latter will eventually break the country into itty bitty small pieces. You get to choose which you want, but remember that the latter is essentially treasonous behavior which should result in prison time.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What is perhaps most amazing is to know that governing for everyone’s benefit really works and yet there are some who don’t want that — they’re too selfish.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Feith was used about the same way the Office of Religious Handouts was. PNAC proposed policies which would make Israelis Right-Wingers happy, just as the plan to hand out monies to churches was to make another Republican constituency happy.</p>
<p>It is perhaps this grand policy to identify all their money contributors/interest-groups and pander to them in every way possible which demonstrates the overly narrow focus of the Bush administration. But, it doesn’t show they’re stupid, just maniacal about getting tight with their buddies who have money and are willing to give it to Republican candidates.</p>
<p>When will we see the payoff of that policy? The Repubs aren’t getting much money right now, so I’d expect them to have more revenues in a couple of years.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, we all suffer.</p>
<p>You can govern for everyone’s benefits and hope that gains enough support for your ideology and candidates or you can politicize everything (such as NOLA after Katrina) and satisfy just interest groups. The latter will eventually break the country into itty bitty small pieces. You get to choose which you want, but remember that the latter is essentially treasonous behavior which should result in prison time.</p>
<p>What is perhaps most amazing is to know that governing for everyone’s benefit really works and yet there are some who don’t want that — they’re too selfish.</p>
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		<title>By: noblejoanie</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376696</link>
		<dc:creator>noblejoanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Outstanding writing on this, athenae, although I miss your usual salt and pepper!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Part of me wants to go sp ocko on Feith, to organize a protest against Georgetown’s giving him sanctuary. What makes me hesitate is the generally sacrosanct nature of the ivory tower, the laboratory of ideas and all that. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;But if I were paying 40K/yr to send my son or daughter to that school, I’d want genuine educators teaching them, people with integrity and a sense of honor whatever their different philosophies might be. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And if I were a student there, I don’t think I’d waste my tuition dollars taking a class from this man. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So maybe that’s how he gets some feedback, encourage students and their families to boycott him Maybe get some support for this from the faculty. Have him slink back to some regressive think tank where he can wait until the day the war crimes trials begin. (Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?)&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Outstanding writing on this, athenae, although I miss your usual salt and pepper!</p>
<p>Part of me wants to go sp ocko on Feith, to organize a protest against Georgetown’s giving him sanctuary. What makes me hesitate is the generally sacrosanct nature of the ivory tower, the laboratory of ideas and all that. </p>
<p>But if I were paying 40K/yr to send my son or daughter to that school, I’d want genuine educators teaching them, people with integrity and a sense of honor whatever their different philosophies might be. </p>
<p>And if I were a student there, I don’t think I’d waste my tuition dollars taking a class from this man. </p>
<p>So maybe that’s how he gets some feedback, encourage students and their families to boycott him Maybe get some support for this from the faculty. Have him slink back to some regressive think tank where he can wait until the day the war crimes trials begin. (Hey, a girl can dream, can’t she?)</p>
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		<title>By: josiahbartlette</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376692</link>
		<dc:creator>josiahbartlette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Remember, it always matters when you note that someone is stupid. It is important that we never forget people like Reagan and this idiot king, stupid doug, etc… are what they are, morons. It must be a crime to have a moron in a position where they can work to kill Americans. We have to help make it so by showing no tolerance to idiots in government.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Oldtree,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We can never forget that the republic party is the party of marketing.  They have perfected the art of polishing a turd to make it appear to be a work of art, to those people so inclined to believe it is.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Did you ever think that you’d enjoy having a beer with bush* while he looked down his nose at you wondering how common scum like you or me should be allowed to breathe the same air?  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;They cannot win on the power of their true goals so they must wrap them up in flowery rhetoric to feed to the gullible just to get over that 50% mark.  Oh yes, they haave to cheat too.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Remember, it always matters when you note that someone is stupid. It is important that we never forget people like Reagan and this idiot king, stupid doug, etc… are what they are, morons. It must be a crime to have a moron in a position where they can work to kill Americans. We have to help make it so by showing no tolerance to idiots in government.</p>
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<p>Oldtree,</p>
<p>We can never forget that the republic party is the party of marketing.  They have perfected the art of polishing a turd to make it appear to be a work of art, to those people so inclined to believe it is.  </p>
<p>Did you ever think that you’d enjoy having a beer with bush* while he looked down his nose at you wondering how common scum like you or me should be allowed to breathe the same air?  </p>
<p>They cannot win on the power of their true goals so they must wrap them up in flowery rhetoric to feed to the gullible just to get over that 50% mark.  Oh yes, they haave to cheat too.</p>
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		<title>By: Youffraita</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376652</link>
		<dc:creator>Youffraita</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Loved this:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;“a sick fascination, like a gaper at an accident.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That’s how I’ve felt since January ‘01:  Like watching a train wreck.  Sick fascination.  You know it’s going to be a disaster but can’t take your eyes off of it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Feith is one more wheel spinning out of control.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Loved this:</p>
<blockquote><p>“a sick fascination, like a gaper at an accident.”</p>
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<p>That’s how I’ve felt since January ‘01:  Like watching a train wreck.  Sick fascination.  You know it’s going to be a disaster but can’t take your eyes off of it.</p>
<p>Feith is one more wheel spinning out of control.</p>
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		<title>By: SouthernDragon</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376651</link>
		<dc:creator>SouthernDragon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Bush is probably the only one of this bunch we can call stupid.  The rest of these clowns are smarter than whips.  The problem is they thought they could take these wild-ass ideas, which they all firmly believed, and have the military turn them into reality.  Not actually having any military experience themselves, it was obviously beneath them, they didn’t have the strategic knowledge taught at military academies and war colleges that would have tempered their thinking.  Petraeus, along with his predecessors, seem to have either ignored or forgotten that training.  The basics are simple:  (1) an insurgent nationalist movement supported by the local population cannot be defeated by military force alone and (2) never, ever, use blooded combat troops as occupation forces.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;IMHO, Feith and the other rabid Zionists (whether they admit it publicly or not) have done more to undermine the Zionist agenda than anything else could have.  And to me, that’s a good thing.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bush is probably the only one of this bunch we can call stupid.  The rest of these clowns are smarter than whips.  The problem is they thought they could take these wild-ass ideas, which they all firmly believed, and have the military turn them into reality.  Not actually having any military experience themselves, it was obviously beneath them, they didn’t have the strategic knowledge taught at military academies and war colleges that would have tempered their thinking.  Petraeus, along with his predecessors, seem to have either ignored or forgotten that training.  The basics are simple:  (1) an insurgent nationalist movement supported by the local population cannot be defeated by military force alone and (2) never, ever, use blooded combat troops as occupation forces.</p>
<p>IMHO, Feith and the other rabid Zionists (whether they admit it publicly or not) have done more to undermine the Zionist agenda than anything else could have.  And to me, that’s a good thing.</p>
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		<title>By: leinie</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376631</link>
		<dc:creator>leinie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Yes, let the expert go to the Green Zone.  Live with the consequences of his experiment.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, let the expert go to the Green Zone.  Live with the consequences of his experiment.</p>
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		<title>By: Bluetoe2</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376628</link>
		<dc:creator>Bluetoe2</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;“60 Minutes” was shilling for Feith’s book last night.  Would like to see him brought up on war crimes charges or at the least dropped into Falujah with a flack jacket and a six shooter.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“60 Minutes” was shilling for Feith’s book last night.  Would like to see him brought up on war crimes charges or at the least dropped into Falujah with a flack jacket and a six shooter.</p>
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		<title>By: leinie</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/04/07/throwing-the-book-at-douglas-feith/#comment-1376620</link>
		<dc:creator>leinie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;John, no, Gasparini hasn’t been for a few years.  &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I’ll stop hijacking the thread now!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John, no, Gasparini hasn’t been for a few years.  </p>
<p>I’ll stop hijacking the thread now!</p>
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