Juan Williams: Iraqi Protesters Are ‘Ingrate[s]’ Who Should

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Doyoudigit, on 12/18/2008, -0/+0Given the Oxfam report on Iragis' suffering and deaths, Juan Williams' idea that the Iraqis ought to be 'grateful' seems almost a borderline psychotic disjunction. Does he not read? Does he not do research? Does he have blinders on when it comes to what the Bush administration has done? Or what has happened to his journalist's open-mindedness? -- if he ever had it, I don't know.

Williams' non sequitor, that 'the Iraqis' have withheld 'their' oil and that this proves they are not grateful -- in reference to the hapless, very angry and rightly so (see Oxfam report, above), Zaedi, just makes him (Williams) seem rather dumb. What would a journalist (Zaedi) have to do with the control and decision-making over oil? Again: why should Zaedi feel 'grateful'?

Williams cites 'Iraqis' freedom'. This is as headuptheassinine as George Bush's willful avoidance of the truth about Iraq.

See, again, the Oxfam report above as well as the following research. It has been perplexing to me for some time that Williams gets to use his voice, such as it is, rather skewed and dried-up, on NPR. And it is disturbing that someone like him, someone who does journalism with his head under his wing, where he can neither see nor hear properly, is allowed to continue to do so.
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