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Indeed. I’m baffled as to why self-proclaimed leftists like Medhurst here are giving him so much time. I recommend ignoring him, but if you’re curious what he’s about (as I was), here is an archive of his current wikipedia article. (It will presumably be deleted soon.)
Scott Ritter was almost charged with treason alleged to be an Israeli spy after he resigned from his position as a weapons inspector in protest over the leadup to the Iraq war. Evidently he pissed off a lot of very powerful people and they did their best to try to take revenge on him.
I’m not saying the sex offender thing wasn’t legit, i don’t know, i haven’t looked into the details, and if it’s true then he is a scumbag. But i also wouldn’t be surprised if it was a deliberate honeypot/framejob. It’s not like the justice system in the US isn’t massively corrupt.
Either way, his commentary on Ukraine is quite insightful and i don’t see how his potential criminal past relates to that topic. In fact i think his background in the military and intelligence is much more of a compromising factor to his objectivity.
He evidently is one of those “patriotic” type people who are unwilling to condemn the US empire and its crimes to the degree to which they should be condemned. He is somewhat critical of the US but not nearly as critical as we communists are.
All sources must be analyzed critically, we have to be aware of the bias of all commentators. That doesn’t mean we can’t listen to them, just have to be cognizant that they have an ideological perspective from which they view things.
Indeed. I’m baffled as to why self-proclaimed leftists like Medhurst here are giving him so much time. I recommend ignoring him, but if you’re curious what he’s about (as I was), here is an archive of his current wikipedia article. (It will presumably be deleted soon.)
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Scott Ritter was almost charged with treason alleged to be an Israeli spy after he resigned from his position as a weapons inspector in protest over the leadup to the Iraq war. Evidently he pissed off a lot of very powerful people and they did their best to try to take revenge on him.
I’m not saying the sex offender thing wasn’t legit, i don’t know, i haven’t looked into the details, and if it’s true then he is a scumbag. But i also wouldn’t be surprised if it was a deliberate honeypot/framejob. It’s not like the justice system in the US isn’t massively corrupt.
Either way, his commentary on Ukraine is quite insightful and i don’t see how his potential criminal past relates to that topic. In fact i think his background in the military and intelligence is much more of a compromising factor to his objectivity.
He evidently is one of those “patriotic” type people who are unwilling to condemn the US empire and its crimes to the degree to which they should be condemned. He is somewhat critical of the US but not nearly as critical as we communists are.
All sources must be analyzed critically, we have to be aware of the bias of all commentators. That doesn’t mean we can’t listen to them, just have to be cognizant that they have an ideological perspective from which they view things.
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