Christopher Hitchens - Axis of Evil (3 of 7) - North Korea

July 9, 2009. Commonwealth Club. . .

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[markdown01]

Congratulations Up and Open, much ado about nothing. Talk about someone who is not saying anything. Let me make it simple for you, since you are so flustered at anyone daring to question your hero. Hitchens has taken a near-Dick Cheney view on torture, on the war with Iraq. He has ignored the huge American and corporate sponsorship behind much of these regimes. He attacks them for the very spectre they want them attacked for. As the elite tools behind the war for profit scheme want. He's fooled.

[upandopen]

1. I don't claim to be "saying" anything other than responding to your nonsense comments.

2. I attack Hitch in other videos's comments sections, but defend him from BS arguments like yours's. He's been a Leftist his entire life and knows the "profit scheme" but still finds the war moral.

3. His view on torture is diametrically opposed to that of Dick Cheney's.

4. He supports the Iraq War because he wants secular democracy rather than tyranny.

5. Which regimes are you referring to?

[markdown01]

Oh, up and open was mocking. Okay. For a second I thought there was sincerity. You build a house of cards and then you wallow in misery as it collapses. I bet all the negatives are your doing. Don't like the truth on your video comments? Show how one thing I said was wrong instead of hiding my comment. You can't. Just put out a hamfisted blanket statement. Neo Cons are wrong, The war was wrong. We lost almost 5000 soldiers for lies. This buffoon stands there and defends it. That is the truth.

[upandopen]

How exactly would the negatives be "my doing"? I can only vote once. Stop being paranoid.

It's impossible to "show you what was wrong", because you're not saying anything. You're just making baseless accusations:

1. The West modeled Iraq after terror regimes

2. You'd beat Hitch in a debate

3. William Cooper would beat Hitch in a debate

4. PNAC = remnants of right-wing Nazis

5. We don't know what PNAC means

6. Hitch calls everyone with spirituality assholes

7. Hitch supports torture

[markdown01]

He's self medicating the way Rush Limabaugh does. One must to support so many lies for their own profit. He's in the bucket totally with believing the aims of the evil Bush regime of the last 10 yrs. He is for athiests what Limbaugh is for the corporate elite he whores for. Can't debate without offending who he debates or the target of his discussion. It weakens his legitimacy even more than his bad habits or inability to see through the lies he's fallen for, or again, admit he's wrong (often).

[upandopen]

I agree. Everyone who disagrees with you is paid off by evil corporations. It's impossible to disagree with you on sincere principles.

[Lazzzyeye]

'Iraq spiraled into evil BECAUSE of US foreign policy.'

Yes, and he more than acknowledges that, he says that's one of the main reasons the US is obliged to step in and try to correct things

[charlesvan13]

There is a "huge American and corporate sponsorship" of North Korea? Whatever.

[cshubs]

It pains me he didn't live a few days longer to have seen Kim Sun-il die.

[AceofDlamonds]

This was brilliant.

[ErnilEnNaur]

@darkillity I think he was joking about someone's phone going off and disrupting him, so he made like a Big Brotherish joke about how that person was going to pay for it.

[darkillity]

what did he mean by "we know where your children go to school"?

[ErnilEnNaur]

I find it hard to watch Hitchens being so obviously disturbed when describing his visits to Iran and North-Korea. Can't imagine what it was like...

[MamaMario13]

@upandopen william cooper died 10 years ago

[TAz69x]

Religious allusion is DEAD ON

oh my god (pun intended)

Religion = North Korea

o.O

[glower125]

HITCHENS, LOL HE RELIES ON CLICHES AND PRE-CONCEIVED STEREOTYPES. HE IS A DECLARED NEO-CON WHO ARE FOR ENSLAVING THE WORLD, TORTURE, WARS AND RACISM.

[LowleyUK]

@gtalcstories "You have another two hours"

[jhohcable]

It should be embarrassing that Christopher Hitchens is one of the few people who can so perfectly summarize and understand this subject, of not just the axis of evil but each individual country. There are so many dummies out there who, armed with all the same knowledge, choose to ignore it and think retarded things, that it's all America's fault and America is the real worst terrorist and blah blah.