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In reply to the discussion: CIA Agent Exposes How Al-Qaeda Dosen't Exist [View all]LeftishBrit
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But perhaps that's just me.
I think that pundits' points are usually embedded in their wider worldviews. So that if Scheuer criticizes American interventionism, it is embedded in a view that all foreign 'entanglements' are bad; and that Obama's entire constituency ('abortionists, environmentalists, gays,' etc .) are suspect; and indeed that Democrats are likely to cause race war and civil war. I think that there is about as much point in listening to the words of such an individual, as in listening to the hissing of a poisonous snake.
I do think that British and American interventionism in Iraq have been dangerous and destructive and criminal; I have said so since 2003. So have many others. I don't think the fact that Scheuer says it makes it not true; but I do think that Scheuer is using it to attack foreigners and liberals (just as many of the pro-war Right have done); and that there is little point in encouraging such people.