# O'Reilly Claims Germans Owe U.S. "Benefit of the Doubt"

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 13, 2002, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreilly-claims-germans-owe-u-s-benefit-of-the-doubt/123717 "2002-08-13T17:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oreilly-claims-germans-owe-u-s-benefit-of-the-doubt/123717/21 "2002-08-14T16:00:22Z")

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To be perfectly clear here, I think that Hussien should have been removed from power when he gassed the Kurds, and nothing has changed since then: things have only gotten worse. When GWB left the opposition hanging in the wind instead of supporting them, I was mortified, even knowing the potential price to be paid in Middle East blowback.

But I refuse to simply write off the different opinions of others with mind-reading and attacks that never even for a moment even MENTION the reasoning that’s being disagreed with.

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