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Williams asks Krauthammer "why the need to insult" Biden; Wallace not "making fun" of "General Williams"

September 27, 2009 11:06 am ET

From the September 27 edition of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday:

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    • Author by Bad News (September 27, 2009 11:12 am ET)
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      "Please Don't Fox News Me"
      Chris Wallace, How much longer will the World have to wait for you to Exibit some Credibility?
      I have never met your Father but i wish i Had.
      I would hold his face in my hands and say to him "please don't be so Sad"

      Speak truth to power.


      Mr. News
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    • Author by mk3872 (September 27, 2009 12:25 pm ET)
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      What kind of sense does it possibly make to ask neo-con observer Krauthammer whether or not the military establish is right or wrong?

      What did you think he was going to say?

      Fox News treats Kraut as if he were a war veteran or someone who was actually RIGHT about war plans when he has had foreign policy wrong for YEARS.
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      • Author by skiploader1111 (September 27, 2009 2:08 pm ET)
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        Apparently "Captain Krauthammer" would prefer the military decide the mission in Afghanistan instead of the Commander in Chief who is a civilian.

        He belittles Biden's qualifications and it is interesting how he also put PNAC Chairman Bill Kristol on a pedastal, whose organization advocated finding a reason (like a new Pearl Harbor) to invade Iraq.
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      • Author by jjamele2880 (September 27, 2009 5:55 pm ET)
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        "Coming up next, we'll ask Sean Hannity if he thinks that tax cuts for the wealthy would stimulate the economy."

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    • Author by DellDolly (September 27, 2009 1:04 pm ET)
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      Iraq is different than Afghanistan, Krauthammer, and when you show such disrespect for VP Biden, you show your true colors.

      When Chris Wallace mockingly calls Juan Williams "General Williams", he shows his true colors! It wasn't a funny joke - it was mocking Williams.

      Williams was insulted by Wallace, I believe, because Wallace noticed that Williams pointed out Krauthammer's insult of Joe Biden! And Williams had to be punished for pointing out Krauthammer's insult - that couldn't be left alone.
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      • Author by SMTDL (September 27, 2009 1:34 pm ET)
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        A journalist would have stuck to the issues not get in the middle of the insulting and rebuttals!!For once Williams stood up in disagreement and made the best point which is to get all the opinions on the table not just the military. Fox's way of showing several people takling the position they already support pretend to be comprenehsive when it is far from a balanced view.One voice (Williams)showing a more balanced view without advoctaing one side or the other for a final decision.That shows real thoughtfulness,not just idealogical GUT reactions!!!
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    • Author by kromecom48 (September 27, 2009 1:34 pm ET)
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      And Krauthammer has better judgment in these matters than Biden or "General Williams," because he was soooooo right about Iraq? At least mummy-face Brit Hume has, for the most part, crawled back under the rock he came from. I'll say this for Fox and Newscorp tho, their business model entailing playing to the idiot demo in the U.S. is paying off substantial dividends. It's good business but certainly nothing more than that.
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    • Author by liberalXtian (September 27, 2009 1:53 pm ET)
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      The military commanders are doing their job. They are telling us how to win this war.

      Now, it is up to our civilian, elected leaders to decide the diplomatic, political, and moral necessity of the war. Yes, Biden is suggesting a military option, but it is based on the these criteria and (in my mind) the proper judgement that this war is unwinnable and shifting the focus to counter-terrorism and getting Bin Laden is the better option.

      As most conservatives believe, there is not a problem in America that tax cuts (for the rich) can't fix and sending our soldiers into danger whenever possible makes us stronger. We have killed hundreds of bad guys, but how many Americans and non-combatants.
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    • Author by rwmacdonald2091 (September 27, 2009 3:00 pm ET)
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      Right wing crackpot-nutjobs do that all the time. It's stock and trade always to include one of thier cutesy little insults with a point they are going to try and make (normally the point is pretty lame).

      What's news here is Williams actually called him out on the insult. Maybe Juan is growing a spine finally!
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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (September 27, 2009 4:40 pm ET)
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      I don' think Cris Wallace can escape the fact outside and deep in his heart he does not like smart black people.He thinks they have a place they should not stray from.Chris Wallace has never talked to a white man on air the way he just did Juan Williams.Because he said something about stratergy in Afghanistan,talk down to him like he some 5 year old ""O K General Williams.What a bunch pig s-it,something that a fly wont even eat.
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    • Author by smarshall1432997 (September 27, 2009 5:23 pm ET)
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      Uh, oh nothing is going to plan according to FoxNews Channel's Sunday game show for "smearing" Pres. Obama and the Democrats, and Mr. Williams had just went off script. Chris Wallace to the rescue and fast as his Producers reminded him that Mr. Williams had went off script. Ouch. LOL.
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    • Author by jjamele2880 (September 27, 2009 5:50 pm ET)
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      Krauthammer considers McCrystal an expert because he agrees with him, period.

      I'd like to know where Krauthammer got the experience to make a judgement on who was right. His admiration for McCrystal seems to come solely from the fact that the General was very successful in "killing hundreds of bad guys" (how do we know how many of the killed were "bad guys," anyway?)

      Wallace and Krauthammer are quick to sneer at anyone who disagrees with them- "General Williams," smirk condescend. If Williams wasn't so addicted to FOX money, he'd get his soul out of hock and walk off the set, for good.
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      • Author by 1st Republic 14th Star (September 27, 2009 5:57 pm ET)
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        I'm supposed to accept that General Krauthammer and Admiral Wallace know better than Juan Williams? It seems to me that not one of them is any more qualified than another to opine on current events or military matters. And, of course, Krauthammer loves McCrystal because McCrystal agrees with Krauthammer.

        Here's what I'd like Krauthammer and Wallace (or for that matter, McCrystal) to do: Define for me what it means to "win" in Afghanistan. The current strategy seems to be circular -- we're staying because we're not leaving and we're not leaving because we're staying. Is "winning" retribution against al Qaeda for 9-11? The overthrow of the Taliban? The stability of the Karzai government? How will we, the American people, know what and when we've "won" in Afghanistan, so that we can decide whether it's a venture we want to be involved with in the first place?
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        • Author by worrierking (September 27, 2009 6:28 pm ET)
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          I agree.

          The true test of the country's resolve will be to either re-instate the draft, or not.

          Who would be willing to send their own children to fight to stabilize a country in which even Alexander failed?

          The situation today seems similar to the situation Kennedy faced in Vietnam. Substitute McBundy with McCrystal and Diem with Karzai.

          Are we willing to sacrifice another generation to a questionable policy?



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    • Author by blk-in-alabam (September 27, 2009 6:15 pm ET)
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      Low rating Vice President Biden is not the only low down wicked thing Krauthammer did during this segment.Krauthammer is supposed to be educated with a decent vocabulary.There is no way he can deny that he is saying things in addition to what he is saying with his choice of words describing President Obama's U.N. speech.Krauthammer said "President Obama was DENIGRATING his own country with U.N.speech" This is nothing plain and simple but hateful garbage to provoke.
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