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Conservative commentators quickly seized on Krugman's post. Blogger Michelle Malkin called hima "smug coward." Writer Glenn Reynolds called the post "an admission of impotence from a sad and irrelevant little man." A writer at the Big Journalism site called Krugman "vile." (No word yet whether Malkin was just back from her tour of duty in Afghanistan)
However, some progressives defended Krugman. Blogger Glenn Greenwald vociferously backed the post on Twitter.
"Michael Moore & The Dixie Chicks were just as right back then as Krugman is today - but today the taboos (& their enforcers) are much weaker," he wrote.
And, on Crooks & Liars, Nicole Belle said that Krugman was simply telling the truth. "That day was the impetus for us to attack and invade Iraq, a country that had nothing to do with the attacks and posed no threat to us," she wrote. "To date, we've lost 4,752 allied service members in Iraq and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians. How is this not a black mark of shame on the legacy of 9/11?"
Rest of Story here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/12/paul-krugman-911-blog-pos_n_958137.html
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