tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post110742720993195636..comments2023-03-24T08:31:36.013-04:00Comments on Blog Them Out of the Stone Age: "Little Eichmanns" - Part IMark G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08655782356556219869noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107506943705675212005-02-04T03:49:00.001-05:002005-02-04T03:49:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204323181521215946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107506943526255842005-02-04T03:49:00.000-05:002005-02-04T03:49:00.000-05:00The earlier comment was based off of news articles...The earlier comment was based off of news articles and blog essays, but now that I've read Churchill's essay, I can see your point. If he merely said that the hijackers were combat teams, I could agree, but he compares the courageous hijackers to cowardly B2 bomber crews.<br /><br />There seem to be huge holes in his argument. He ignores the fact that Saddam was the one who let his people starve Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204323181521215946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107496628857046592005-02-04T00:57:00.000-05:002005-02-04T00:57:00.000-05:00Zu wrote: "Then again, if you step back and look ...Zu wrote: "Then again, if you step back and look at the attacks with a detached sense, they were actually brilliant strikes against an economic target and a military target, and the 4th plane was supposedly going to take out a command and control target. What was different between the hijacked planes and the bomber offensives of WWII? Does a uniform and a rank structure make it ok to target Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107477360155670892005-02-03T19:36:00.000-05:002005-02-03T19:36:00.000-05:00A brief refresher for those taking refuge in the n...A brief refresher for those taking refuge in the newest "last refuge of scoundrals" (with apologies to Dr. Dr. Johnson).<br /><br />Congress shall make no law infringing....<br /><br />In short, private parties...Hamilton College, my living room, my dentist...have absolutely no obligation to support speech, no matter how unfavorable. As regards the University of Colorado, one wonders whether the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107475960777923022005-02-03T19:12:00.000-05:002005-02-03T19:12:00.000-05:00"Is it reasonable to make such a comparison?" Even..."Is it reasonable to make such a comparison?" Even after supplying the context for this comparison (i.e., Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem), I am not convinced that this could be construed as his specific intent. Especially in an internet essay.<br /><br />"Is it reasonable to insist that each of us ask what our system does and how we each contribute to helping it operate?" I suppose it is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107468944136945662005-02-03T17:15:00.000-05:002005-02-03T17:15:00.000-05:00Trying to get a solid grip on this argument is kin...Trying to get a solid grip on this argument is kinda like trying to nail jello to a wall. On the one hand he's absolutely correct. The Pentagon was a valid military target and I never felt the intense rage over that part of 9/11 as I did with the WTC. And in some ways, lots of people in the towers were supporting the American imperialist machine. <br /><br />On the other hand, in calling the Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204323181521215946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9440449.post-1107444692121841302005-02-03T10:31:00.000-05:002005-02-03T10:31:00.000-05:00I think the two biggest isssues (the only issues r...I think the two biggest isssues (the only issues really) that I have with Prof. Churchill from my vantage point here in Colorado is how he chose to express himself. By using the phrase "little Eichmanns" to describe the unfortunates at the World Trade Center invalidates the utility of his argument: that the United States is the target of Middle Eastern terrorists because of its policies - Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com