I pit him for this simple reason.
and the description of the person who was killed by an Iraqi and then was later tried and sentenced to 15 years in prison by an Iraqi court
What an asshole, not only did this guy know Juan Cole and support some of his decisions on American policies, the fact the guy then gets killed, and then he uses his death to further his anti Israeli and American viewpoints, he might as well pissed on his grave.
Juan isn’tt “anti-Israeli and anti-American,” he’s a critic of wrongheaded Israeli and American policies. But you wouldn’t understand the difference because you are a–oh, what’s that word they kept using in Shaun of the Dead? Oh, yeah, a
twat!
From your cite:
IOW, GYAC.
He might be, but he doesn’t have to use someones death to justify what he said, especially when that person admired and liked him and was against the war in the first place.
and no, I am not a pregnant fish. You are mistaken.
Can I just step in here and second this motion? Thanks.
So what exactly are the standards for legitimate use of anecdotes to support one’s arguments? And why do anecdotes involving (a) friends, (b) dead people, and/or (c) those in the intersection of (a) and (b), fall outside those standards?
Gotta admit I’m missing the essence of your argument here.
Just another thing to confirm the merit of deep respect and close attention to Juan Cole.
Who is this Juan Cole fellow, anyway?
A historian and hard-left blogger. Noam Chomsky for the 21st Century, only without the credibility Chomsky possessed in his own discipline.
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jrcole/jcpers.htm
He has a blog at http://www.juancole.com/ which focuses on current events in the Middle East ( mostly Iraq these days ).
Well, he is something of an expert on Shi’a history and politics. While I wouldn’t accept his informed opinion on everything, some of his commentary on the evolving internal political situation in Iraq are worth looking at.
That said, some of his rants do seem to just be rants, though I will admit I don’t read his blog on anything like a regular basis.
And you say this based on what, exactly?
As an avid Juan Cole reader, I’d agree with Tamerlane that he can sometimes be quite passionate in his arguments, but by and large, not only is he a member of the reality-based community, but he has largely been quite on target with the majority of his comments. And remains so to date much to the chagrin of his warmongering detractors, whose time-tested technique is to attack the man and not his arguments.
As for the OP, not worth replying to. A pissant is a pissant is a pissant. That some are able to marginally string words together does not a difference make – pissants they remain.
Obviously his membership in the herd right.
Then don’t reply in my thread then Pissant.
What am getting at is not the notion that its wrong to use a dead person, even who may be friends, to support your argument. But this asshole used it to support his agenda on attacking Israel and to portray the Arabs there as the innocent people being oppressed by an imperialist racists and predujiced Westerners Israelis hellbent on destroying Arab culture and traditions
Which brings about a larger argument, why are people like Juan Cole so vocal about the injusticies of American and Israeli policies in general, but yet remain so silent on the injusticies countless Islamist terrorists have carried out? Where the disdain for them? Wheres the protesting? Wheres the accounts of this? I don’t see it in his site.
You need to read more:
And the Sunni insurgency?
Do you have access to google’s advanced search? Type in a few keywords you like, and limit the search to juancole.com.
What you seek is there, it’s just that, in the interests of actual content Cole doesn’t froth it at the mouth at every opportunity.
I’ll post wherever the fuck I feel like doing so, thank you very much. Doesn’t mean I have to take ignorant insignificant cumstains such as yourself seriously. And I don’t.
You’re one load your momma should’ve swallowed. Too bad for both of your parents she didn’t.
I’m not singling out furt here, but IMO not everything is strictly a left v. right issue. Especially affairs of the Middle East.
The “hard” left furt refers to says nothing about Cole’s placement on the perpendicular political axis. Or yours, wherever that may be.
And if you have no idea what I am saying by this, perhaps a closer look is in order…
In any case, notice that no one is saying Cole is a know-nothing, an ideologue or a known liar…
Is it even possible to be ‘Hard Left’ in foreign policy prediction and analysis? What does that mean.
Juan C is like a good scientist. A sound record of accurate predictions.