Reply #21: my replies [View All]

[LatinoSocialist]

1) there is no evidence of racism, it's purely a reflection of the mentality of American soldiers post-9/11, the so-called "lumping" of all Arabs as being culpable for 9/11

2) He didn't assume to know what his motivations were...he was making fun of Bush's outlandish theories about justifying the war, and he made Tillman look like the fool he was for believing them. He did fall for the Afghanistan / 9/11 link, when even as dastardly as they were, the Taliban were not responsible for 9/11 and would have given up Osama in exchange for evidence proving his link to 9/11. We could have had Osama without any violence, but we didn't follow up on the Taliban's offer of extradition.

3) Harsh...but true. You yourself admit it.

4) He wrote this comic before the news of the friendly fire was available. To all available knowledge, thanks to the Pentagon's propaganda, the world thought he died at the hands of the enemy.

ANd I happen to think he was an idiot to have given his life in such a worthless venture.

You should spend more time angry with the Pentagon for making his life yet another Jessica Lynch fairy tale, and less time attacking Rall for having the controversial opinion that, surprise, just because someone is an American and they're in foreign soil, doesn't mean they're automatically a hero.