I can see how the rhetoric would make people uncomfortable, but his facts seem pretty much correct.

I can see how the rhetoric would make people uncomfortable too, the truth hurts.

I've never been for making others feel guilty for the various cruelties America (and every other country) has inflicted upon the world; however, it'd be really nice if we could get over our sense of entitlement and realize that, yes, eventually you DO get shit on your cock when you regularly fuck people up the ass.

Four stars for a minister that read an actual history book.

He spoke the truth! Are the Fox and Republican crowd sooooo desperate to find something nasty on Obama that they'll reduce to chopping things up out of context?

Don't answer that, the Conservative propoganda machine and talk radio have been doing it on any number of issues for years.

That guy is 'RIGHT ON', to use the vernacular of the coloured man.

You're absolutely right, Reverend Wright! None of those people we attacked were guilty! In fact, we should have just let them do whatever they wanted, including Panamanian murderer drug dealers and Iraq, the latter of which was CONDEMNED BY UNANIMOUS UNITED NATIONS VOTES for building weaponry prohibited BY A GODDAMNED CEASE-FIRE (rockets, etc) AND NOT ACTUAL PEACE TIME.

This man is an America hater and a Communist and a victimhood-preaching black. We should kill this asshole, not try to legitimize him. Get some brains, and then maybe some balls.

He is basically just criticizing American foreign policy. MLK called Vietnam an "abominable, evil, unjust war" but no one calls him a "hate preacher" or says he "hated America".

Screw Obama, I want this guy for president.

Actually, that's pretty accurate in a completely linear way. We trained and equipped the Mujahideen that performed the attacks. No need to attribute it to karmic punishment for unconnected wrongs. I tend to think a piddly couple 1000 deaths hardly amounts to complete retribution anyway.

The same "foxhole mentality" of blind nationalism he is rightly trying to get people to examine is the same mentality that was tapped to blow this non-issue into a controversy.

Also, this was not intended for a national general audience; he was speaking to his congregation. And in a church specifically created to minister to the black community, I'd expect franker talk about racism and social injustice that you'd get at your typical white house of worship. Preachers are supposed to inspire their congregations, get them motivated, get them thinking about things. Reverend Wright is therefore going to get pretty fired up when he's speaking forcefully against the institutions of oppression. So out of 4,000 plus sermons, I'm not surprised that someone can come up with a few soundbytes where the guy seems to be overcome by a righteous rage, and is saying some deliberately impolitic and provocative things that only seem surprising if you forget the setting and the audience.

This just confirms his craziness

Has anyone else noticed an air of desperation in the attitudes shown by the people who tried to make this an issue?

THEY NEED TO DO AWAIN INSTAIN MOTHER WHO KILL THIER BABBYS ON ROCKS BECAUSE THE BABBYS CAN'T FIHGT BACK?