Chrisopher Hitchens About Israel, Iran and Nuclear weapons

Hithcens talks about Israel, Iran and it's nuclear program

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[USANACOSoCOM]

Where is Gorge Galloway to shut up this idiot.

[fsan2005]

@USANACOSoCOM Hitchens is an idiot? I don't think so

[darkillity]

Hitchens often makes (or made) good points. But this is just a non-sequitur. The question put was on Palestine; on the Israeli occupation of what are internationally recognized Palestinian territories. What does THAT have to do with human rights violations in Islamic countries? Fatah are in any case secular, and are bitter rivals of the right-wing Jew-hating Hamas.

[keggs1961]

The world lost a great man! May the Lord rest his soul.

[robertk2007]

@USANACOSoCOM galloway is sucking islamic cock somewhere.

[TeifiValley123]

@Christian121y He was part of the 'we' because its was the US, UK and Dutch support in military and political aid which allowed the atrocities in Timor to take place. Find me a sentence where he condemns the UK for being complicit in the genocide at the time they were taking place.

Sérgio Vieira de Mello? In the article youre reading from, he's using his death as a reason for the occupations in the middle east. Towing the same old line of 'they are the bad guys and its up to us to stop them'

[Christian121y]

@TeifiValley123 Timor arise from the ashes of the Indonesian occupation and Christopher Hitchens took it as a personal blow when the man died.Add in the fact that Henry Kissinger of all people was supportive of the extirpation of East Timor and you have to either be a total ignoramus or a total jackass to say with a straight face that Christopher Hitchens is "an apologist for state violence".Try me with the more examples too,I'll be waiting.

[Christian121y]

@TeifiValley123 No that's not true.The man wasn't even a part of the "we" during the atrocities of East Timor,he was still a British national.And I can point you to to times he cites Chomsky's speaking out and resistance to the genocide in East Timor with astute reference and earned pride for him.He also cited the murder of Sérgio Vieira de Mello by Abu Musab Al Zarqawi as part of his polemic for violence against "another" latent great power Iraq.Sérgio Vieira de Mello helped the people of East

[TeifiValley123]

Not a fan of big power violence? He strongly supported the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan. When he was screaming bloody murder about the Soviets supporting the Pol Pot regime in the 1970's, did you see him even give a mention to the even worse atrocities the US were supporting in East Timor AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. No, you didn't, and for the reasons i mentioned. If you want more examples i can give them if you want. So yes, he is an apologist for state violence, when 'we' carry it out.

[Christian121y]

@TeifiValley123 You know nothing of Christopher Hitchens if you honestly think he has a fetish for "big" power violence.Embarrassingly so.

[TeifiValley123]

@Christian121y You've just gone off into space, and i didnt assume you agreed with me. I said that Hitchens is an apologist for state violence. And as most 'intellectuals' do, he holds a double standard. He thinks big powers are exceptional in that when their governments commit crimes of vast proportions, they are somehow unanswerable to the same charges that would be levelled at our 'enemies' or people who we dont like, such as Iran or Venezuela. You typed a lot but i'm still no better off.