I read Pipes' stuff for years back when I read the NYPost opinion page every day.....he knows a lot and misunderstands most everything.
First he was saying that Iraq, if we gave Saddam big bunches of weapons, would be a great buddy and would learn to get along with all our friends even Israel ....then he decided that we shouldn't invade Iraq after we threw them out of Kuwait....then he decided that we HAD to invade Iraq when Cheney said so because Pipes KNEW that Iraq was a horrible and imminent danger to the US.
when the Europeans didn't like the invasion, Popes declared that NATO was dead, that our entire alliance with Europe was dead and that we were no longer going to have common interests and could not work with the Europeans in the future.
When the Egyptians told us that if we invaded iraq, we were gonna see a big increase in terrorism, Pipes said that was completely wrong and that toppling Saddam will result in a quick reduction of terrorism.
Emerson is the guy that said that Oklahoma City bombing was Islamist, right? Was he the guy that Pipes said was right about that ?
@ miguel cervantes:
I read Pipes' stuff for years back when I read the NYPost opinion page every day.....he knows a lot and misunderstands most everything.
First he was saying that Iraq, if we gave Saddam big bunches of weapons, would be a great buddy and would learn to get along with all our friends even Israel ....then he decided that we shouldn't invade Iraq after we threw them out of Kuwait....then he decided that we HAD to invade Iraq when Cheney said so because Pipes KNEW that Iraq was a horrible and imminent danger to the US.
when the Europeans didn't like the invasion, Popes declared that NATO was dead, that our entire alliance with Europe was dead and that we were no longer going to have common interests and could not work with the Europeans in the future.
When the Egyptians told us that if we invaded iraq, we were gonna see a big increase in terrorism, Pipes said that was completely wrong and that toppling Saddam will result in a quick reduction of terrorism.
Emerson is the guy that said that Oklahoma City bombing was Islamist, right? Was he the guy that Pipes said was right about that ?
five individuals - Frank Gaffney, David Yerushalmi, Robert Spencer, Steven Emerson, and myself.
I'm not really familiar with David or Steven......
but the other three qualify as individuals that folks should be warned away from.
@ Scott Miller:
never never never. tone-deaf mrs actually likes that mess.
might someday play hilarious send-up of it on Burton Cummings solo album....if I can find it.