Why are you accusing me of projecting? If you feel skeptical of Goldberg over his journalism leading up to the Iraq war, that's fine. I do not consider him totally trustworthy either, for my own reasons. I find this story credible because he appears to have the receipts.
My point about fallacies was that there were a lot of people advocating for the Iraq war at the time, it's ridiculous to argue that it was caused by one article written by Goldberg. Your original post was not a 'gentle reminder', it was a simplistic attack that distracted from the topic. If you had made the same point without the drama I would have had no disagreement.
Because you are. You are reaching so hard and so far to tar me with words that I have not written. I wrote that he "lied us into Iraq". In no way does that imply sole causation. It goes without saying that he had plenty of help, but he was a participant, and a key one at that.
Greenwald's quote in the Wikipedia article matches my recollection precisely. That "one article" was tinder for a media blitz. It was discussed, cited, and amplified--ad nauseam--and it was a pack of lies. And there was nary a disclosure of his interest as an ex-IDF dual-citizen at the time. Just article after article, show after show, passing lies off as truth, pointing to Goldberg as the citation. Skepticism is "doubt" as to the truth of something. Doubt involves uncertainty, hesitation, etc. When it comes to Jeff and Iraq in 2025, there is no doubt.
As for the present business... Is anything in that text chain a surprise to you? I think everyone knows who these people are, what they are capable of: Ivy-leaguers who graduated to mass-murder--just like every other administration. "The People" will not tolerate anything less. Team Blue will howl that Team Red's mass-murderers are 2nd-rate. Team Red will shrug. Nothing will change. Neither side really cares about the mass-murder, as long as their bellies are full, and the correct opinions on women's restrooms are upheld.
My point about fallacies was that there were a lot of people advocating for the Iraq war at the time, it's ridiculous to argue that it was caused by one article written by Goldberg. Your original post was not a 'gentle reminder', it was a simplistic attack that distracted from the topic. If you had made the same point without the drama I would have had no disagreement.