{"id":394,"date":"2004-11-30T13:57:22","date_gmt":"2004-11-30T18:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=394"},"modified":"2007-01-04T06:36:30","modified_gmt":"2007-01-04T11:36:30","slug":"id-like-to-buy-a-response-to-global-jihad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/id-like-to-buy-a-response-to-global-jihad","title":{"rendered":"I’d like to buy a response to global jihad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pat Sajak spells it out<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Is it just possible that there are those who are reluctant to criticize an act of terror [the murder of Theo Van Gogh] because that might somehow align them with President Bush, who stubbornly clings to the notion that these are evil people who need to be defeated? Could the level of hatred for this President be so great that some people are against anything he is for, and for anything he is against?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pat Sajak spells it out: Is it just possible that there are those who are reluctant to criticize an act of terror [the murder of Theo Van Gogh] because that might somehow align them with President Bush, who stubbornly clings to the notion that these are evil people who need to be defeated? Could the … <\/p>\n

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