Christopher Hitchens Confused by Obama's Iran Policy

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/22/Is_Obamas_Foreign_Policy_Working

On the eve of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's most recent address to the UN, author and journalist Christopher Hitchens marvels at the confusion that characterizes the Obama administration's policy regarding Iran.

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This debate, moderated by political writer and analyst Peter Beinart (The Daily Beast), features Christopher Hitchens and George Packer.

The panel discusses America's position in, and relationship to, the rest of the world under Obama -- and whether or not his foreign policy has been effective. - CUNY

Christopher Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, England and worked in Britain as book reviewer for the Times, and chief foreign correspondent for the Daily Express. After emigrating to the United States in 1981, he wrote the Minority Report column for The Nation.

Since 1992, he has been columnist and contributing editor at Vanity Fair and, at different times, Washington editor and columnist for Harper's magazine, American columnist and correspondent for the Spectator, the New Statesman, the Times Literary Supplement, Sunday Today, and the Sunday Correspondent.

Hitchens writes regularly for the Atlantic Monthly and Slate, and is the author of God is Not Great, Letters to a Young Contrarian and Why Orwell Matters.

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[hieraxhideo]

@ColonelAli I believe there are still roughly ten stonings a year in iran for the 'crime' of adultery and other insanities. Be careful and sure about who you are defending, or judging by your name you are a muslim on a campaign of misinformation.

[kennedyt]

If Hitchens was confused by your policy it probably wasn't good.

[gulbirk]

And, if we would have just let Iran allone back in the 50`s, we wouldnt have had this problem now.

[SwiftyMcVeigh100]

@kennedyt He's a linguist in his day job, so therefore doesnt have the right to fight american imperialism? We'll agree to disagree

[ZobaK1]

R.I.P!

[dany1441]

I find it striking that Hitchens was able to sum up all the extremist and terrorist causes that Iran supports, ignoring all the while the 800 pound gorilla in the room, which is its continuous genocidal threats against Israel.

I take it he found those legitimate and reasonable.

[kennedyt]

@SwiftyMcVeigh100 I disagree-- that distinction is still held by Noam Chomsky, a linguist who has no business broadcasting his foreign policy opinions to such a large audience of sycophants