tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post4902822681890455327..comments2024-03-26T04:21:43.535-05:00Comments on Free Association: Shame on You, Jon StewartSheldon Richmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-67091774069543654502009-05-09T02:19:00.000-05:002009-05-09T02:19:00.000-05:00Countdown to random uberpatriot who will "inform" ...Countdown to random uberpatriot who will "inform" us that dropping the atomic bomb saved seventy-two gajillion lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-76902031740113764562009-05-08T10:36:00.000-05:002009-05-08T10:36:00.000-05:00You mean Obama is a war criminal? Now there's a qu...You mean Obama is a war criminal? Now there's a question to ask Jon Stewart. He probably thought at first that he could get away with calling a dead president, even if he was a Democrat, a war criminal because no one would care. He learned otherwise and slunk back from the edge.Sheldon Richmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672237234580563637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-31222786818635607532009-05-08T10:35:00.000-05:002009-05-08T10:35:00.000-05:00Rumor has it that many Americans get their news fr...Rumor has it that many Americans get their news from Jon Stewart. One wonders, do they also get their opinions from him? If they agree with Jon Stewart that Truman's nuking of cities filled with civilians was not a war crime, how likely is it that they will oppose the nuking of other cities in the future by a future U. S. president?Jim Morsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20077444.post-44365098215529518522009-05-08T10:33:00.000-05:002009-05-08T10:33:00.000-05:00If nuking, carpet bombing, and firebombing cities ...If nuking, carpet bombing, and firebombing cities are criminal acts because they necessarily involve the slaughter of noncombatants, what is the legal and moral status of the drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan by U. S. armed forces?<br /><br />And, if the invasion and occupation of Iraq was a criminal act because it was a war of aggression, what is the legal and moral status of the ongoing occupation of Iraq?Jim Morsenoreply@blogger.com