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Newsweek’s Brain Freeze
A right-wing glacier sets global warming discourse on correct path. Plus: Resisting Rudy. Observing Ladies Night. SCHIP on the shoulder. Plus more.
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A HUCKSTER’S HAT TRICK
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Re: John Tabin’s
New
Recklessness at the New Republic
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Not being a veteran, I am not qualified to speak on the particulars of Scott Beauchamp’s libels of our military. I am, however, a person of at least average intelligence, and so I knew at once that something smelled fishy about his brand of storytelling.
What hit me was this: Who are the victims of his alleged vile behavior? A woman, a dog and a (deceased) child. He hit the perfect trifecta of heart-string-tugging American icons. What, are there no adult men in Iraq on whom he might have practiced his cruel, heartless ways? Adult men with rifles and RPG’s and explosives, perhaps?
p>Nope, they don’t make compelling victims, so I guess they must be written out of the story. br> — Andrew Batten br> Melbourne, Florida /p>
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