Jeff Greenfield,on CNN, just compared WWII to Iraq

[chelsea0011]

He said Cindy Sheehan can't change the opinion of the war because she lost a child and look how many mothers lost sons and daughters in WWII. That can't be a reason to change opinions on the line of lost sons. Sorry Jeff. WWII ain't Iraq. What a stretch to make a point. Another slam against Ms. Sheehan and not against Bush policy.

[Fridays Child]

1. I heard that. It was such a disingenuous analysis...

...that it makes you wonder just exactly who was under Jeff's desk, while he was speaking.

[chelsea0011]

6. What is with his idea that mother's can't speak for their sons?

He looks these days like he is just going through the motions. He used to have a little fire under him when he gave reports.

[GCP]

2. Germany and Japan declared war on the US

When did Iraq?
And where are the WMDs?
And where's the uranium?
Jeff Greenfield should shut his big fat yap.

[OneTwentyoNine]

3. LOL,why not compare it to Vietnam Jeff??

Why the compairison to WWII?

[BootinUp]

4. He's a huge whore for the repukes.

and has been for as long I can remember.

[libhill]

5. W.W. 2

Was a fight for survival - Iraq is unnecessary aggression. End of Story -

[DanCa]

8. I was going to ask why are the neo cons trying to link it to ww2

Thanks for the clarification. THere trying to desperately justify thier actions.

[libhill]

16. Because they are

arrogant ass hats who assume, maybe correctly, that the American people are simple minded morons who believe any thing we are told. But there's a hell of a lot of difference between the Axis war machine of World War Two, and the third or fourth rate power that Iraq is / was. Not to mention the fact that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. Nothing like using an aircraft carrier to knock over a peanut stand. I'm impressed.

[OneTwentyoNine]

7. Wait, it is like WWII--we're occupying a country like the Nazi's did...

Way to go Jeff--SPOT ON!!

[Warren Stupidity]

17. Think of our Iraqi Blunder

As similar to Italy's humiliating mismanaged invasion of ethiopia. Our pompous imperialists have ruined their Big Plans in a bungled occupation of a backwards nation.

Rather than sweeping the planet clean of 'rougue states' and bullying all adversaries, current and future into client-state submission to the Great Hegemon, we have exposed our weaknesses for all to see, revealed out unilateralist plans, created new global alliances to thwart our efforts at world domination, and most unfortunately, set the stage for global conflict, rather than global cooperation, as we enter the peak oil crisis.

Bush is not Hitler. Bush is Mussolini.

[leftchick]

9. I hear that every day from repukes on TV

and on the radio. Of course that isn't the right comparison Vietnam is but ya won't hear those bushbots** say it!

[vi5]

10. Whenever anyone makes that comparison...

..i respond with "O.K. when is the draft coming? Why aren't people siging up in droves? When do we get asked to start rationing and conserving essential goods and services? When are we going to raise taxes? all those things happened in WW2 so let's get to it!"

[slor]

11. Well if saddamn had not attacked...

Poland, then jeff could not make the comparison.

[snowbird42]

12. I turned it off

[madrchsod]

13. ww2=iraq?

he really is fuck`n stupid talking asshole.

[NoFederales]

14. Greenfield went over to the "dark side" early in his career. Forget him.

NoFederales

[DemNoir]

15. Poor Jeff

He is not really right wing, but he has to play one on TV in order to keep his cable TV gig.

Gotta earn a living ya know.

[GoBlue]

18. Jeff is correct...

except that Cindy is more comparable to the mother of misled German soldier who was killed in WWII. And by Jeff's logic about as likely to succeed.

[chelsea0011]

19. interesting take on it.

[Inland]

21. Right. Every war has dead mothers asking, and for some wars,

the answer is deeply disappointing.

Greenfield punted the issue of what the answer is for the Iraq war. He seems to think the answer doesns't matter. In my mind, just having the questoin out there leads to an unsatisfactory answer, as Bush gave in his field conference yesterday.

[Inland]

20. Cindy symbolizes the QUESTION OF WHETHER IT IS WORTH IT

Greenfield simply assumed that having the question out there, unanswered, isn't a problem. It is, because this ISN'T WWII.

If cindy were asking, please justify WWII to me, this would be a different issue.

[TomClash]

22. For that

He can't eat at Fresco by Scotto anymore.

[bribri16]

23. We were actually fighting AGAINST evil in WWII. In Iraq we ARE

the evil. No comparison.

[bribri16]

24. Send Jeff a boatload of e-mail to explain the difference. n/t