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"Michael Bryant" wrote in message ... From: "T. Early" Well, I didn't get involved in that whole "ruthless" discussion, but don't let that stop you. I don't find you to be "ruthless." I find you to be factually-challenged. Among other gaffes, I'm still waiting to hear you support your claim that the London think tank that you referred to in a post was regarded as right wing and a possible CIA operation. I questioned it at the time, but it seems that you "forget" to respond when inquiries like that come up. Well, that could hardly be classified as me ruthlessly insulting someone in the group. You can go to the group's web page to see that they are hardly a left-wing think-tank as others suggested. In regards to them being a front for CIA operations that is a bit difficult to prove given the CIA's tendency to classify their covert fronts, but you might try to do a little research, yourself. Again, I never said word one about you being "ruthless," and have no idea what that thread was about. I questioned this remark of yours: "It's a conservative think-tank! Many leftists have accused of it of being a front for the CIA. If a conservative think-tank says Bush has screwed up US defense policy, it only increases my credibility" There's no indication that this group is conservative and frankly I'm doubtful if you know whether it is or is not. Their website does not indicate any particular leaning, and if "many leftists" have said so much about the organization it should be very easy for -you- to support -your own- statement by pointing us to those "many." I belabor this minor point only to illustrate a pretty clear inclination in a number of your posts to a) make a definitive statement that is wrong--here to increase your own "credibility"; b) attempt to change the tenor of what you actually said in a second post when challenged; and then c) toss the ball back into the other person's court to avoid having to admit you shot from the hip. Since you seem to be on a mission to bombard this group with items you consider newsworthy for whatever reasons, perhaps a bit more attention to detail might be in order. BTW, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (not to be confused with the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies), an American think tank formerly affiliated with Georgetown University, had a conservative bent some years ago with (alleged?) intelligence connections. http://www.csis.org/ |
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