Hitchens responds to critics

Justin Schwartz jkschw at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 25 10:24:57 PDT 2001



>A bit of Hitch weirdness:
>
>"The Pentagon, for all its symbolism, is actually more the civil-service
>bit
>of the American 'war-machine,' and is set in a crowded Virginia
>neighborhood. . . .
>
>
>
>One would think that across the street from the P
>there are town-houses and people walking their dogs.
>In fact the P is surrounded by parking lots, fields,
>and freeways. It is no more in a "crowded Virginia
>neighborhood" than some huge shopping mall.
>

Less so, actually. I don't think there is a residence within a mile of the Pentagon, maybe more.

jks

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