[lit-ideas] Re: Obam tried to stall G.I., Iraq withdrawal
- From: "Mike Geary" <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:35:25 -0500
RP:
>...I've found that
> reading Jane Austen to a metronome often helps. So, sometimes, does
> telling the truth.
: )
Mike Geary
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From: "Robert Paul" <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 10:02 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Obam tried to stall G.I., Iraq withdrawal
> Lawrence wrote
>
>> You quote me to say Lawrence: "Amy Holmes comments on Amir Taheri[s] account
>> of Obama's recent actions in Iraq..." And then say that is uncritically
>> accepting the evil. Obama was over there. That isn't in dispute. He did
>> things. That isn't in dispute. He talked to people that isn't in dispute.
>> In other words to say "Obama's recent actions in Iraq" isn't in dispute.
>> I'm not going to qualify everyone of my sentences.
>
> Do you really take us for fools? (Do I really want to know?) It's clear
> from the context of the discussion that you were not referring to
> Obama's actions in some indeterminate sense, to everything he did while
> he was in Iraq, or to his colloquy with General Petraeus, but to his
> (alleged) demands and imprecations to the Iraqi Foreign Minister, as
> 'reported' by Taheri.
>
>> [Judy: "Looks like a right wing site to me"]
>>
>> Lawrence: That would invalidate her observations about the legality of
>> Obama's actions. I forgot about that. Sorry.
>
> No one who's been following this discussion would believe for a moment
> that 'the legality of Obama's actions' refers to anything but what
> Taheri alleges Obama did. Your sentence is nonsense if you yourself
> don't accept Tehari's account.
>
> 'Qualifying' your sentences is not the solution here. I've found that
> reading Jane Austen to a metronome often helps. So, sometimes, does
> telling the truth.
>
> Robert Paul
>
>
>
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