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Saturday, June 11, 2005

O'Reilly Kicks Arianna's Butt

It was sad to watch. Two things stand out in my mind. First, O'Reilly trotted out that tired old "We're spreading democracy in Iraq" and Arianna's only counter was that spreading democracy is not our job. The proper response would have been that we are NOT spreading democracy in Iraq, since right now there is only a US-controlled puppet government in there, and that's all we will ever allow to be in Iraq if we have our way. Second, when Arianna said many detainees at Gitmo had been arrested by mistake, O'Reilly hammered her again and again, demanding to know the name of a single one. Arianna stammered and parried. I would have said

I don't know the names of detainees in Gitmo. Why don't you, O'Reilly, tell me the name of a detainee in Gitmo who's there legitimately? You don't know their names either. What a ridiculous request. I'll get you the names if you want them of innocent people who were kept there, as admitted by our own government, but I'll have to look at the published reports. I'll bet you that there were innocents kept there, O'Reilly. How much you wanna bet?

Jack Clark 5:50 PM [+]   
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