Alexander Cockburn on Journalism, Afghanistan, New Republic, Alcohol (2/5) (1987)

[WilhelmDrake]

Hitchens is a knobgobbler.

[PersianSocialist777]

@WilhelmDrake

The quality of Hitchens stuff has fallen since he decided to support the intervention in Iraq (its important to note that he supported for different reasons than the Bush admin.), nevertheless one point that Hitchens makes and Cockburn makes in this video that is very true is that while one must be against US imperialism one must never support right-wing fundamentalist Islam, instead we should support the Marxist movements in the middle east.

[WilhelmDrake]

@PersianSocialist777

The ones supporting support "right-wing fundamentalist Islam" are the US, just look at Saudi Arabia.

Why should we support "Marxist" movements? Anyone can claim to be "Marxist", but what does it mean?

[PersianSocialist777]

Starting at 6:30 Cockburn makes a statement that echos those made by post 2001 Hitchens...very interesting stuff