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Right-wing blogger smacks down Fox News' Ralph Peters

July 20, 2009 3:18 pm ET by Eric Boehlert

Peters is the New York Post columnist who went on Fox News this weekend and suggested the U.S. soldier being held in Afghanistan by the Taliban is actually a deserter, and that the Taliban could save everyone a lot of time and energy if they just killed the guy.

Seriously, Peters went on Fox News and suggested the Taliban go ahead and murder the U.S. soldier it was holding captive.

At least someone within the right-wing blogosphere has called out Peters for his inane comments.

Over at BlackFive:

Who the hell is Ralph to call this kid a liar from a TV studio in the US. The first thing we all should do in the absence of solid info, is to give the kid a freakin' break. He deserves the benefit of the doubt and for jackasses like Peters to start calling him a liar based on a completely inaccurate concept is pathetic.

He may turn out to be a deserter, or an idiot, or a drunk or just screwed in the head and if so there will be plenty of time to call him names. Heck Ralph they may even kill the incompetent liar. But for the time being it would be nice if all the arm chair mouth pieces sat down and had a nice cup of STFU!

Does anybody else within the GOP Noise Machine want to sign off on BlackFive's comments?

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    • Author by seeryer (July 20, 2009 3:30 pm ET)
         
      That was refreshing. I could not have said it better myself B5.
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    • Author by Cannonball (July 20, 2009 3:39 pm ET)
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      Considering that our networks are watched to some degree world wide, and Ralph's assertion will likely be heard by the people holding this soldier, his statement may actually contribute to the soldier's ultimate death, should it come to that. In my mind, anyone who would speak against a U.S. soldier captured in the course of duty, even if there is evidence of desertion, is a traitor. We have tribunals for punishing desertion and although it may be punishable by death when the offense occurs when the soldier is at war, it is still currently quite unusual.
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    • Author by historygeek001 (July 20, 2009 4:06 pm ET)
         
      I hadn't heard Peters' comments before--this is horrifying. ANYBODY who does not denounce him is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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    • Author by News Corpse (July 20, 2009 6:49 pm ET)
         
      Ralph Peters is a serial traitor.

      A few weeks ago he wrote an article <a href="http://www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=1279">advocating military attacks on the media</a>.

      He repeated those sentiments on Fox News. I wonder if Fox would be included on his list of media organizations that should be attacked.
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