During the lead up to the Iraq war and during the following years of darkness, liberals joined in solidarity with people around the world to protest.People here in the U.S who protested the war were smeared as Anti-American by right wingers in the media and in the government.A standard McCarthyite tactic used by intellectually bankrupt right wingers was to call their liberal political opponents "communists". This tactic has been utilized so much that it has become a political parody.
Writing on his blog in 2005 Glenn Greenwald called Iraq War protestors in Argentina "hardcore communists" who didn't deserve to have their opinions viewed as credible.He proceeded to claim that it was a badge of honor to be protested against by such horrible people. (Greenwald aligning himself with the Pro War forces)
His main argument for why these people aren't credible is that they allegedly hate the United States because of our "economic freedom" and "individual liberty". He says they are collectivist authoritarians.
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For some bizarre reason Glenn Greenwald is considered a progressive or at the very least a member of the left.He sounds like your standard right wing libertarian.
His ridiculous dismissiveness of the Iraq protestors' true intentions sounds like it came right out of the mouth of Dick Cheney.
In a truly offensive and arrogant rebranding effort, Greenwald has attempted to position himself as a moral arbiter of what American foreign policy should and shouldn't be.Completely whitewashing his own "odious" views as if they never existed.Only He is allowed to stand in judgement of everyone as if he is "now" and has always been pure.
Greenwald's only defense of his support for the NeoCon Iraq War was that he was a politically disinterested pawn, who simply got swept up in the wave of "overwhelming" support Bush had.He claims he is no different (or worse) than "Democrat X" who initially supported the war.However, none of these Democrats ever attacked Iraq War protestors and questioned their motives.
Greenwald's hyperbolic teabagger rhetoric flies right in the face of the claim that he had no opinions at the time and wasn't a cheerleader for the war.
His animosity towards the Iraq protestors was obvious.He considered it a badge of honor to be on the opposing side from these truly "odious" people.And when he stooped to calling them "communists", he was reading right off the playbook of the Iraq War's most diehard cheerleaders.
Greenwald was clearly engaged in politics.Someone who wasn't engaged wouldn't be saying things that sound like idiotic Rush Limbaugh rants.
Right now we are seeing a frustrating parade of discredited right wingers flooding the media with their opinions on Iraq.Most of us on the left are greeting these clowns with the derision they deserve.
I find it confusing why someone like Greenwald isn't viewed in the same light.