Comments on: O’Hanlon: Soldiers Of The 82nd Airborne ‘May Have Been Taking A Slight Poke’ At Me http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:34:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: skippy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4031421 skippy Thu, 23 Aug 2007 04:23:26 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4031421 little orphan o'hanlon... the sun will come out tomorrow! bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there's be sun! little orphan o’hanlon…

the sun will come out tomorrow!
bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow
there’s be sun!

]]> By: footsore http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4029340 footsore Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:00:31 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4029340 Hey, O'Hanlan that wasn't a slight poke. That was a slap-down. You not only don't know what war looks like, but you are also clueless as to when you are being dissed. footsore Hey, O’Hanlan that wasn’t a slight poke. That was a slap-down. You not only don’t know what war looks like, but you are also clueless as to when you are being dissed.
footsore

]]> By: Namtillaku http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4029200 Namtillaku Wed, 22 Aug 2007 14:55:43 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4029200 Chickenhawk - chickensh1t. Chickenhawk – chickensh1t.

]]> By: Probus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028775 Probus Wed, 22 Aug 2007 07:15:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028775 It's stunning that O'Hanlon thinks he knows more about what's happening on the ground in Iraq than soldiers who were there for 15 months compared to his 8 days. It’s stunning that O’Hanlon thinks he knows more about what’s happening on the ground in Iraq than soldiers who were there for 15 months compared to his 8 days.

]]> By: Bruce Gorton http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028730 Bruce Gorton Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:55:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028730 Kahoneez O'Hanlon is basically a nut. He believes that freedom has a short term benefit in battle, while ignoring the capabilities of societies which most certainly weren't free (Such as Sparta, or Germany) against societies which were (Such as Athens, or Poland.) Further, he credits the virtue of <em>freedom</em> as being a deciding factor in certain battles when it was more of a case of <em>survival</em> Kahoneez

O’Hanlon is basically a nut. He believes that freedom has a short term benefit in battle, while ignoring the capabilities of societies which most certainly weren’t free (Such as Sparta, or Germany) against societies which were (Such as Athens, or Poland.)

Further, he credits the virtue of freedom as being a deciding factor in certain battles when it was more of a case of survival

]]> By: Kahoneez http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028614 Kahoneez Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:29:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028614 Which intelligence agency does he work for, come on this guy is not a journalist , is this some kind of open joke . He knows the goal is to squash the resistance to U.S. occupation ,ensure OIL laws favor U.S. corporations, then SOME troops will with drawled, and then they can plan the next invasion . He's escorted by U.S. military , he's protected by U.S. military, he gets all his info from U.S. military, and talked to a few Iraqis hand picked by ..drum roll...U.S. militaRY, or more like military intelligence. Of course he won't mention the thousands of troops who have died in HOSPITALS around the country, from Iraq wounds or the hundreds of mercenaries who have died with no reporting and continue to die. How does he measure your common street crime that sky rocketed after bush's invasion , that continues to devour Iraqi civilians daily. Which intelligence agency does he work for, come on this guy is not a journalist , is this some kind of open joke . He knows the goal is to squash the resistance to U.S. occupation ,ensure OIL laws favor U.S. corporations, then SOME troops will with drawled,
and then they can plan the next invasion .
He’s escorted by U.S. military , he’s protected by U.S. military, he gets all his info from U.S. military, and talked to a few Iraqis hand picked by ..drum roll…U.S. militaRY, or more like military intelligence.
Of course he won’t mention the thousands of troops who have died in HOSPITALS around the country, from Iraq wounds or the hundreds of mercenaries who have died with no reporting and continue to die.
How does he measure your common street crime that sky rocketed after bush’s invasion , that continues to devour Iraqi civilians daily.

]]> By: TelltaleHeart http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028473 TelltaleHeart Wed, 22 Aug 2007 04:44:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028473 "They may have even been taking a slight poke at us " Sure, the only explaination for soldiers writing that the war is going badly is to "take a poke" at some blow-in who says it's going dandy. Unless... Isn't it possible that they, um, actually meant what they said? “They may have even been taking a slight poke at us ”

Sure, the only explaination for soldiers writing that the war is going badly is to “take a poke” at some blow-in who says it’s going dandy.

Unless… Isn’t it possible that they, um, actually meant what they said?

]]> By: Tom G http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028293 Tom G Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:18:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028293 What amazes me is how so many veterans give credence to these hypocrites. O'Hanlon has too many important things to do other than put on a uniform and go to Iraq. Hell, the GI's who wrote that op-ed piece write much better than this clown. The information they put into that, and the way the words flowed were great. And even though I do not want to go there, I am a veteran, 1965-70, and I was out there. What amazes me is how so many veterans give credence to these hypocrites. O’Hanlon has too many important things to do other than put on a uniform and go to Iraq. Hell, the GI’s who wrote that op-ed piece write much better than this clown. The information they put into that, and the way the words flowed were great.

And even though I do not want to go there, I am a veteran, 1965-70, and I was out there.

]]> By: Jim Wolf359 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028027 Jim Wolf359 Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:22:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028027 Hmm...lets see now. O'Hanlon a Liberal? Thats about as funny as O'Hanlon thinking he has the credibility to co-author that piece of crap Op-Ed. Hmm…lets see now. O’Hanlon a Liberal? Thats about as funny as O’Hanlon thinking he has the credibility to co-author that piece of crap Op-Ed.

]]> By: Steve J. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4028018 Steve J. Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:19:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4028018 <i>Since when is O’Hanlon a liberal?</i> He became a liberal when it was better for the GOP Noise Machine to cast him as one. Since when is O’Hanlon a liberal?

He became a liberal when it was better for the GOP Noise Machine to cast him as one.

]]> By: ipod http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027945 ipod Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:15:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027945 Time to shut up, O’Hanlon. What a pompous idiot. He fits right in with all the other bought-and-paid-for Neocon scum. Is the guy trying out to be the next Bill Kristol? Comment by VerbalKint — August 21, 2007 @ 2:36 pm couldn't agree more,verbal - o'hanlon and people like him from these so-called think tanks need to STFU and stop making predictions as well - to quote bill maher,"....there's a name for people who are wrong about everything all the time - husbands..." Time to shut up, O’Hanlon. What a pompous idiot. He fits right in with all the other bought-and-paid-for Neocon scum. Is the guy trying out to be the next Bill Kristol?

Comment by VerbalKint — August 21, 2007 @ 2:36 pm

couldn’t agree more,verbal – o’hanlon and people like him from these so-called think tanks need to STFU and stop making predictions as well – to quote bill maher,”….there’s a name for people who are wrong about everything all the time – husbands…”

]]> By: J Lewd http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027855 J Lewd Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:14:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027855 If only someone in the 82nd Airborne would take a poke at him -- with their bayonet. If only someone in the 82nd Airborne would take a poke at him — with their bayonet.

]]> By: margaret http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027685 margaret Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:55:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027685 Dave C - that kind of logic will certainly get you in trouble! : ) Dave C – that kind of logic will certainly get you in trouble! : )

]]> By: Dave C http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027658 Dave C Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:48:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027658 Imagine if every Iraqi civilian either fled the country or was killed. The Reps would spin this as proof that the surge was working because civilian Iraqi deaths were now zero. But, but, but who would be there to welcome the U.S. as liberators? Damn small party. Imagine if every Iraqi civilian either fled the country or was killed. The Reps would spin this as proof that the surge was working because civilian Iraqi deaths were now zero. But, but, but who would be there to welcome the U.S. as liberators? Damn small party.

]]> By: roger http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027584 roger Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:16:25 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027584 Amazing. The biggest terrorist attack since 9/11 destroys a whole Iraqi village and O'Hanlon thinks the casualty rate is going down? He truly is nuts. Luckily for him, the establishment press has agreed to lowball Iraqi casualties. Absurdly, the Washington Post Iraq stories end with a column toting up "facts" about Iraq. One of the facts is that the maximum estimate of Iraqi casualties is 78,000. In fact, it is 650,000 via the Lancet survey. They well know this, but why spread such depressing news to the public? Amazing. The biggest terrorist attack since 9/11 destroys a whole Iraqi village and O’Hanlon thinks the casualty rate is going down? He truly is nuts. Luckily for him, the establishment press has agreed to lowball Iraqi casualties. Absurdly, the Washington Post Iraq stories end with a column toting up “facts” about Iraq. One of the facts is that the maximum estimate of Iraqi casualties is 78,000. In fact, it is 650,000 via the Lancet survey. They well know this, but why spread such depressing news to the public?

]]> By: toasterhead http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027520 toasterhead Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:56:57 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027520 Diane Rehm is the best interviewer on radio. Diane Rehm is the best interviewer on radio.

]]> By: anwaya http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027432 anwaya Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:31:17 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027432 Where does O'Hanlon get his figures from? He may think that "civilian fatalities are down by a third", but that's not what <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070801/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_070801091932" rel="nofollow">the Iraqi health, defence and interior ministries told AFP</a> about July - which was that they'd risen 33% month-on-month to at least 1,652. Where does he get his numbers from? Where does O’Hanlon get his figures from? He may think that “civilian fatalities are down by a third”, but that’s not what the Iraqi health, defence and interior ministries told AFP about July – which was that they’d risen 33% month-on-month to at least 1,652.

Where does he get his numbers from?

]]> By: Joshua http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027429 Joshua Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:30:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027429 Even if civilian casualities are down by a third, it is still chaos in the country. Even if civilian casualties are down by 75%, it is still chaos. Hell, it could go down by 100%, and if there is no functioning government, electricity, running water, and law enforcement, it is still chaos. When will these idiots understand? Even if civilian casualities are down by a third, it is still chaos in the country. Even if civilian casualties are down by 75%, it is still chaos. Hell, it could go down by 100%, and if there is no functioning government, electricity, running water, and law enforcement, it is still chaos. When will these idiots understand?

]]> By: Pocket Rocket http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027402 Pocket Rocket Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:21:42 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027402 I'm normally a ver easy-going person, but this O'Hanlon guy is beginning to make me violently angry. If he wants to support the surge, then fine, let him go enlist. But to lie about the number of casualties - he's crossed the line. I’m normally a ver easy-going person, but this O’Hanlon guy is beginning to make me violently angry. If he wants to support the surge, then fine, let him go enlist. But to lie about the number of casualties – he’s crossed the line.

]]> By: Keith http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/comment-page-2/#comment-4027358 Keith Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:04:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/21/ohanlon-82nd-airborne/#comment-4027358 And don't accuse me of wanting deaths, because my wishes would have resulted in over one million fewer Iraqi deaths and over 4,000 fewer coalition deaths. And saved us $2.2 TRILLION. And made us more secure. And don’t accuse me of wanting deaths, because my wishes would have resulted in over one million fewer Iraqi deaths and over 4,000 fewer coalition deaths.
And saved us $2.2 TRILLION. And made us more secure.

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