I can understand Hitchens loyalty to his PUK comrades, but his naive faith in the neocon cabal's intentions earned him the rebuke from Cockburn:
"Hitchens really is a piece of shit"out
A newly minted American citizen can be forgiven a lapse in judgement due to patriotic fever. On balance Christopher was a credit to international socialism.
War is never the solution, it is a failure of humanity and it is primitive to argue otherwise. Europeans are the most vicious people to ever stalk the earth, constantly at war with anyone they feel they can overpower, for millenia. Simply not the same in the East, they are simply more evolved.
It must have been pre the exposure of the WMD lie. Regardless, I wonder what Hitchens would think now with 1m Iraquies dead, their oil under the control of the West and their social wage in tatters. The million of us on the left that marched had it right.
Hitchens entire argument collapses when you consider what he actually means by the 'Left'. The pompous pontifications of an arrogant Oxfdrudge fake intellectual. No wonder the Guardian, Independent, and the Conversation liked him.
“ One must be able to distinguish between what is done for Iraq’s sake, and what is done for the sake of the international community.” And ooops. Yes one must. But did one? Having installed Sadam perhaps the CIA could have “taken him out” as they are so good at doing but the dependency the US state creates by regime changing as it sees fit has ‘orrid consequences. Abominable Monotheism was always Chris’s very legit target but this was not the way, never is, see: everywhere.
I've come to totally respect this man over the years. If you're going to read one book before you leave this wholly immortal plane, let it be this one…
Quote: Discussing the book on the April 28, 1999, episode of Charlie Rose, Hitchens said he wrote the book to criticize what he perceived as Clinton's political corruption and conservatism, seeing them as mutually reinforcing. He also criticizes many American liberals for their support of Clinton.
Many of us erstwhile admirers of Hitchens were baffled by his turn. I particularly admired his writings on Thomas Paine and his steadfast support of Palestine long before it became fashionable. Maybe he was in his heart of hearts just a patriotic son of armed forces servants
I think he was wrong for the right reasons. Most of those white savior complex racist tankies who hated him are now red brown fascists. So, they were right about the war for the wrong reasons
You can’t write your own history because a ridiculous white man is willing to slaughter 1.6M Iraqis to do it for you on the basis of labels.
I can understand Hitchens loyalty to his PUK comrades, but his naive faith in the neocon cabal's intentions earned him the rebuke from Cockburn:
"Hitchens really is a piece of shit"out
A newly minted American citizen can be forgiven a lapse in judgement due to patriotic fever. On balance Christopher was a credit to international socialism.
i remember cockburn saying this! hitch's betrayal must have stung him very deeply.
Was he aware that 9/11 was a false flag?
War is never the solution, it is a failure of humanity and it is primitive to argue otherwise. Europeans are the most vicious people to ever stalk the earth, constantly at war with anyone they feel they can overpower, for millenia. Simply not the same in the East, they are simply more evolved.
Why not mention the support saddam got when slaughtering iranians ?
When was this interview conducted, Matt? Thanks for publishing it!
It must have been pre the exposure of the WMD lie. Regardless, I wonder what Hitchens would think now with 1m Iraquies dead, their oil under the control of the West and their social wage in tatters. The million of us on the left that marched had it right.
He never felt any remorse nor did he stopped agreeing with the invasion based on those lies, until his last day on Earth.
Hitchens entire argument collapses when you consider what he actually means by the 'Left'. The pompous pontifications of an arrogant Oxfdrudge fake intellectual. No wonder the Guardian, Independent, and the Conversation liked him.
“ One must be able to distinguish between what is done for Iraq’s sake, and what is done for the sake of the international community.” And ooops. Yes one must. But did one? Having installed Sadam perhaps the CIA could have “taken him out” as they are so good at doing but the dependency the US state creates by regime changing as it sees fit has ‘orrid consequences. Abominable Monotheism was always Chris’s very legit target but this was not the way, never is, see: everywhere.
I've come to totally respect this man over the years. If you're going to read one book before you leave this wholly immortal plane, let it be this one…
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13526286
Quote: Discussing the book on the April 28, 1999, episode of Charlie Rose, Hitchens said he wrote the book to criticize what he perceived as Clinton's political corruption and conservatism, seeing them as mutually reinforcing. He also criticizes many American liberals for their support of Clinton.
https://rushabh214741.substack.com/p/the-micro-dosing-mirage-is-your-enhancement
Many of us erstwhile admirers of Hitchens were baffled by his turn. I particularly admired his writings on Thomas Paine and his steadfast support of Palestine long before it became fashionable. Maybe he was in his heart of hearts just a patriotic son of armed forces servants
His major character flaw, was his inability to stay rational and always giving in to his emotions.
His other flaws were his education and nationality. They made him incapable of introspection.
https://open.substack.com/pub/godobjectively/p/the-right-to-exist
I think he was wrong for the right reasons. Most of those white savior complex racist tankies who hated him are now red brown fascists. So, they were right about the war for the wrong reasons
You shouldn't flaunt your ignorance and cognitive limitations in public.
A racist triggered, I guess. I bet you won't understand what I meant anyways. Wonder who has ignorance and cognitive limitations?
You should play to your strengths, pithecanthropus.
As I explained in my initial response, thinking is not one of them.
Furthermore, one IS ignorant and SUFFERS FROM cognitive limitations, ignorant hominid.
Go ahead. I know you're a loser, so had to jump into someone's comment to get some attention.
As I say, you will never understand what i meant. That's what you're to me. Nothing. Even replying this comment is not worth my time.
I googled your, quisling.
Prostitutes like you make sex workers, who ONLY sell their bodies, have a bad reputation.
How much money are you receiving from National Endowment for Democracy (NED), prostitute?
Your Jungian projection is embarrassing to witness, hominid.
Your incapable of expressing yourself properly, which I established in my previous retort.
Furthermore, you have demonstrated to be truly ignorant and cognitively limited, trisomy 21.
Nah, not Daniel Dennett, surely?