tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post5840481086471039051..comments2024-03-18T05:56:59.924-04:00Comments on Daled Amos: Chas Freeman Appointment: Mearsheimer & Walt Go To WashingtonDaled Amoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-24529387250251054652009-03-05T10:34:00.000-05:002009-03-05T10:34:00.000-05:00And if you are talking about facts, the link above...And if you are talking about facts, the link above includes the following about Freeman:<BR/><BR/>And it is becoming increasingly difficult for the administration’s apologists to maintain that this is all a right-wing, pro-Israel plot to get Freeman . We have voices as diverse as a former deputy chairman of the NIC (“Can you imagine if I had stood up and explained away Tienanmen Square? He does not have the intellectual fire power to sort through the intelligence and reach a plausible conclusion”) and Human Rights Watch questioning the appointment.Daled Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-52480136059228893492009-03-05T10:08:00.000-05:002009-03-05T10:08:00.000-05:00And now Freeman is being vetted.If the Freeman app...And now <A HREF="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/57331" REL="nofollow">Freeman is being vetted</A>.<BR/><BR/>If the Freeman appointment supposed to be any better than the other ones Obama has made?Daled Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-8259543178557516002009-03-05T01:50:00.000-05:002009-03-05T01:50:00.000-05:00But the fact that you attack the person and can do...But the fact that you attack the person and can do no better than say go read a book--without even bothering to quote what you claim is relevant--is exactly why what you write is nothing more than an ad hominem attack.<BR/><BR/>And your excuse is a cop out.Daled Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-75195525121983469532009-02-26T15:20:00.000-05:002009-02-26T15:20:00.000-05:00Facts aplenty are found in books you could read, (...Facts aplenty are found in books you could read, (e.g., "The Case Against Israel" or "Beyond Chutzpah"), but a blog comment is too tiny a place for them.<BR/><BR/>And an <I>ad hominem</I> attack is one that bypasses a person's ideas to assault the person him or herself. I said that Schoenfeld "li[v]es in lala land" solely on account of his ideas; and that you or anyone else would be a fool for failing to see that his ideas, not Freeman's, are "extreme".Josephus P. Frankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576658512201164524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-87122405156590083382009-02-26T12:20:00.000-05:002009-02-26T12:20:00.000-05:00The fact that Mr. Schoenfeld readily summons facts...The fact that Mr. Schoenfeld readily summons facts to support his opinion as opposed to you, who resort to ad hominem attacks, is all anyone should need to form their own opinion--without ever having to walk out the door.Daled Amoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17646808702899584547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15627892.post-37914357292570694242009-02-26T11:39:00.000-05:002009-02-26T11:39:00.000-05:00"Extreme views"!? My god, Schoenfeld likes in lal..."Extreme views"!? My god, Schoenfeld likes in lala land. And if you agree with him, please, do yourself and the rest of us a favor, and travel the world. Talk to East Asians, Indians, Russians, South Americans, Africans, etc., about the Israeli government and IDF.<BR/><BR/>You'll see that it is the views of Schoenfeld and his ilk that are extreme. They are discredited, and will only become more so as time passes. Pro-Israeli government views will join the trash heap of history, along with ideas supporting South African apartheid, Japanese racial superiority, Latin American class and racial bigotry, Indian casteism, etc.<BR/><BR/>If you do not see this, sadly, you are a fool. Such a conclusion is inescapable for all those who have traveled and read widely. Sorry to have to break it to you, rather than you discovering it yourself.Josephus P. Frankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08576658512201164524noreply@blogger.com