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Sunday, December 01, 2013
Truest statement of the week II
Jeremy Scahill has yet to explain his own behavior, but columnist Neil Clark, writing for Russia Today, blames “liberal hawks and neo-cons” for silencing the nun because:
Mother Agnes’ testimony reveals that the so-called ‘War on Terror’ is a sham -- that in Syria, the western countries and their regional allies, Saudi Arabia and Israel, are on the same side as the extremist Islamic terror groups that we are told are our greatest enemies.
--- William Boardman, "Syrian Nun Seen as Threat to War Resistance" (Dissident Voice).