Christopher Hitchens debates Mark Danner (3)

[rocknrollguru23]

Am I the only one who finds Danner painful to listen to? For a journalist, he's not particularly well-spoken, and is constantly reiterating phrases with slightly different wording and grammar.

His little breath intakes and lip-smacking drive me insane though.

[writersblock26]

Thank you for posting this, rabidbear8.

[neoarcadezr]

i like hitchens in his religious debates but i got to take marks side on this one sorry hitch

[saxengee]

christopher hitchens... would be more an american patriot if he just took a bullet to the head. from an american,

fuck hitchens! scum.. america shouldnt stand for such an idiot..

[GaiusIuliusTaberna]

I love how he admits his arguments at the opening, (all the arguments the anti war movement always use) are not actually an argument against removing Saddam from power. Everything after that is just a debate about tactics, the anti war position is indefensible.

[druidee1]

pasties!!

[dh234]

The things that get you in trouble: Invasion, giving terrorists visas, nuclear weapons violation, so like Obama said to Rice

international law should be revised, but at the time they were in accordance

with it just by the laws.

[brady0527]

this danner guy seems to have just smoked a lot of pot

[chazzone]

defeatists can never admit that they were/are wrong. That would require that they are honest and care about the truth, which they quite clearly cannot.

[erin321321]

how boring is danner's voice?. found myself not listening to the points he was making because i was in danger of falling asleep.

[DaHonestAbe]

Love Hitchens to death, I just don't feel he is right on this one.

[derangius]

same here

[JeffBeck13]

why not?

hes been there a number of times...he met with the current president who was just elected.

he was invited to the white house before invaiding to give a "pep talk" for the war. HE KNOWS WHAT HES TALKING ABOUT!

DO more people hate us now then ever before? ABSOLUTLY YES!!!

ITS MEANINGLESS, ITS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST.

we should NOT be concerned with people who dont support us on this LIBERATION of iraq.

[seraph101]

The invasion of Iraq was an act of terrorism, the united states is a terorist nation, and Hitchens, as much as I like what he has to say about other things, is dead wrong in supporting the war.

[derangius]

its called support for arguement vs. your emotional remark. I dont like america but to call it a terrorist nation and believe that is just as radical as our lovely suicide bombers. Enjoy your 72 virgins.

[theorganichispanic]

Time has proven that Danner is right, but Hitchens won the debate. He's so amazing.

[bleustilton]

Right, because we can adequately assess the outcomes of a war that isn't over yet.

[theorganichispanic]

I'm glad we agree.

[rambeezle]

"uh...uhhh...UHHH..." That is why he is a writer not an orator

[jsullivan80]

Now it's 2008. Now how are things looking. Things are looking up I think.

[pumpstations]

@jsullivan80 It's 2011 now. Things still looking up?

[DankWin]

@pumpstations yes?

[pumpstations]

@DankWin Hahahaha great answer. There is truly no telling.

[Territomauvais]

@pumpstations Exceptionally so. 

[pumpstations]

@Territomauvais Times are more like they are now, Than they ever have been, Or ever will be again.

[redryan20000]

@jsullivan80 that's sarcasm, it has to be because the facts show that iraq is worse than it was even in 1990

[genovesachx]

I love Danner's opener. "Has Bush made us safer? No. I think he has not made us more safe. He has not made us safer. We are less safe. See Spot run. See Spot run less safely." Hahaha

Love the Hitch!

[HotLeper]

I like Mark Danners manner of speaking, compliments Hitchens very well. He got it wrong towards the nd though. Iraq is not a ground for al queda to build it's base and support, it's a place for fanatics to arrive to their death, like moths to a flame.

[memblor]

I wonder what this defeatist would say today given the turnaround in Iraq recently.

[Superphilipp]

He might point to the hundreds of thousands who have died in the meantime, and ask the innocent question if those deaths were worth it, and if it was up to America do make that decision.

He might ...