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Entry: To Hell with Joe Klein! Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/to_hell_with_joe_klein#32720 Post contents: Simon, if only I could monetize all that comment activity. Your statement, "I am on the side of the Iraqi patriots, just as I support anyone whose country is invaded without a shred of just war rationale," is beyond the pale. It's one thing to say the Iraq War has proven a mistake, a shame, even an unjust exercise, and to thereby recognize the reasons others are aggrieved. It's quite another to root for the other side. That's treason, and an extreme deviation from ordianry sentiments of fellow feeling for one's countrymen that is unnatural for anyone of conservative disposition. Of course, this kind of intemperate crazy talk is all too common at antiwar.com, which occasionally has good articles, but has far too many where such suicidal and anti-American sentiments are common. I should think since Iraq has an elected government, its genuine patriots are pursuing their reasonable goals through legal means rather than blowing up innocent Iraqi civilians and American troops resident in their country with the support and legal blessing of the Iraq government. It's a peculiar patriot whose ultimate goal is to accrue power for his tribe in order to oppress his countrymen, not so unlike the "patriotism" of someone like Mugabe or Castro. Sent at: 2008 12 02