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Originally Posted by RangerDick
Newsweek lied. People died.
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That's the greatest little one liner talking point ever.
For two reasons:
1- In someone else's words:
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So now there's a bunch of right-wingers who are pitching the desecrated Koran riot story with the line "Newsweek Lied, People Died."
Get it? It's funny, because it's making fun of what all the anti-war people said when 1,700 Americans were killed based on lies they were warned about but didn't listen to. What, don't you have a fucking sense of humor?
This isn't even not caring. It's beyond not caring. It's taking pride in not caring.
http://www.xoverboard.com/blogarchiv...15.html#001302
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And 2- Because before it became apparent that the source for Newsweeks information was not fully informed of the information he was responding to, the Pentagon stated that the violence in Afghanistan was not a result of the Newsweek article (<a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-05-12-voa74.cfm">
Pentagon: No Abuse of Koran, Afghan Protests Unrelated</a>). Which means the post-facto attempt to make Newsweek responsible for the violence is comically brilliant - as long as we ignore the fact that it's actually considered a valid opinion by the right wingers who take pride in not caring.