Comments on: THE INSURGENT AND THE SOLDIER http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:17:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: lefty skeptic http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7957 lefty skeptic Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7957 Hey, if it's good enough for Reagan at Bitburg, it's good enough for Time. (Sorry, just feeling snarky today.) Hey, if it's good enough for Reagan at Bitburg, it's good enough for Time.

(Sorry, just feeling snarky today.)

]]> By: Jerry http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7958 Jerry Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7958 Gee, he sounds dashing and handsome from that description... sure, he may have hand-picked underage schoolgirls for Uday's rape parties, but on the other hand he's got such a charming smile! Gee, he sounds dashing and handsome from that description... sure, he may have hand-picked underage schoolgirls for Uday's rape parties, but on the other hand he's got such a charming smile!

]]> By: Kate http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7959 Kate Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7959 I emailed the editor at time.com and suggested they follow it up with a parallel essay featuring Joseph Mengele and Albert Einstein. I emailed the editor at time.com and suggested they follow it up with a parallel essay featuring Joseph Mengele and Albert Einstein.

]]> By: Kate http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7960 Kate Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7960 I emailed the editor at time.com and suggested they follow it up with a parallel essay featuring Joseph Mengele and Albert Einstein. I emailed the editor at time.com and suggested they follow it up with a parallel essay featuring Joseph Mengele and Albert Einstein.

]]> By: Miller's Time http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7961 Miller's Time Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7961 If Time can find this guy long enough to interview it is simply a matter of time before SSG Richard Bear finds him and squashes him like a bug... If Time can find this guy long enough to interview it is simply a matter of time before SSG Richard Bear finds him and squashes him like a bug...

]]> By: Miller's Time http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7962 Miller's Time Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7962 If Time can find this guy long enough to interview it is simply a matter of time before SSG Richard Bear finds him and squashes him like a bug... If Time can find this guy long enough to interview it is simply a matter of time before SSG Richard Bear finds him and squashes him like a bug...

]]> By: scott h. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7963 scott h. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7963 That's really weird. When I go to page 2 of the story, then go back to page 1, the picture and caption are different. SSgt. Bear is gone, only Ahmed is left. And the caption is "Portrait of "Ahmed," a resistance fighter based in Fallujah, Iraq." Weird. (I'm using Mozilla Firebird 0.6, BTW.) That's really weird. When I go to page 2 of the story, then go back to page 1, the picture and caption are different. SSgt. Bear is gone, only Ahmed is left. And the caption is "Portrait of "Ahmed," a resistance fighter based in Fallujah, Iraq." Weird. (I'm using Mozilla Firebird 0.6, BTW.)

]]> By: Rodney Dill http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7964 Rodney Dill Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7964 I would prefer to see the historical comparison of Mahatma Ghandi to Adolf Hitler, both world leaders in their time, so what's the difference. I would prefer to see the historical comparison of Mahatma Ghandi to Adolf Hitler, both world leaders in their time, so what's the difference.

]]> By: bennett http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7965 bennett Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7965 There's no agenda to see here, folks. Move along.... There's no agenda to see here, folks. Move along....

]]> By: VodkaPundit http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7966 VodkaPundit Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7966 <strong>Moral Equivalency Watch</strong> James Joyner catches Time magazine in an especially egregious example.... Moral Equivalency Watch
James Joyner catches Time magazine in an especially egregious example....

]]> By: Matthew J. Stinson | weblog http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7967 Matthew J. Stinson | weblog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7967 <strong>See no evil</strong> James Joyner notes that Time magazine, in a grotesque example of moral equivalence, has offered side-by-side comparisons of an American soldier and one of Saddam's feyadeen. Jesus. If you wondered where Howard Dean was coming from when he called Hamas... See no evil
James Joyner notes that Time magazine, in a grotesque example of moral equivalence, has offered side-by-side comparisons of an American soldier and one of Saddam's feyadeen. Jesus. If you wondered where Howard Dean was coming from when he called Hamas...

]]> By: PoliBlog http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/the_insurgent_and_the_soldier/comment-page-1/#comment-7968 PoliBlog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=3853#comment-7968 <strong>I'm OK, You're OK, Right?</strong> Just because two men fight, doesn't mean that they are morally the same, as James of OTB and Matthew J. Stinson correctly note. The desire of some to see all combatants as the same is remarkable and causes more problems... --- I'm OK, You're OK, Right?
Just because two men fight, doesn't mean that they are morally the same, as James of OTB and Matthew J. Stinson correctly note. The desire of some to see all combatants as the same is remarkable and causes more problems...

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