Christopher Hitchens on Iraq (1993)

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[illwrath]

Rest assured that Hitchens is far more informed about Iraq than anyone that posts on youtube.

Probably even the Iraqis that do.

[starguts]

I think it quite admirable how he always attempts to be absolutely sure that no feels as if he has dodged a question. A mark of true honesty, I say.

[Chemicalkinetics]

@arcticmint You are confusing experts of culture and history vs experts of battle tactic vs experts of foreign policy.... etc. These are all very different things. You can be one without being the other. Hitchens never claims to be a Middle Eastern historical and linguistic expert. Henry Kissinger and James Baker are experts in foreign relationship with China, but neither speak Chinese. Petraeus is an expert of counter insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan, but he does not speak Arabic.

[qasion]

@paradigmentropy I can wait till I hear he is expired then he would know,, God is great. Hitchens,,I promise you it won't be a pretty place down there,you fucker.

[paradigmentropy]

@qasion Hitchens took the time to read the entire Bible. You took the time to read what? The title of his book? Just because you find solace in an unsubstantiated belief in a hypocritical messiah does not mean Hitchens will depart the Earth any earlier than he would have, had you been born to a Muslim family, an atheist family, or a Jewish family. How ironic is it that so many followers of religion take up the religion of their parents? Then you brainwash your own children! Pathetic.

[qasion]

I saw that fucker in an interview,,he looked so fucked up,,maybe now he knows that God is great.

[arcticmint]

@illwrath That is nonsense Hitchens is no expert in Middle Eastern Affairs. To achieve that status you have to speak Arabic, Farsi, ect. And have a doctorates in Arabic Studies or something. Hitchens is one of those useless people who have encyclopedia knowledge on the Middle East and is arrogant. He has not spent his life reading over Arabic, Turkish, and Farsi primary sources as real scholars do. He is a loud, arrogant television scholar who has eloquence lacking substance.

[BelfastAtheist]

@IslamISsick1

It's rather pathetic that you have an account called 'IslamISsick' and you haven't read the Qu'ran.

So much for intellectual honesty..

[WakeUpMightyEarth]

@MartinJWillett Gold!

[fr0ber]

@arcticmint Haha I have no idea who that is man, I was just commenting on your 'explanation'/'reason' for him knowing more :)

[arcticmint]

@fr0ber Check out Michael Ware and then tell me he does not know more.