Hitchens responds to critics
Nathan Newman
nathan at newman.org
Tue Sep 25 10:51:52 PDT 2001
----- Original Message -----
From: "Seth Ackerman" <sackerman at FAIR.org>
> On the other hand, the attack killed over a hundred Pentagon
> employees without touching any nearby neighborhoods. Which is more than
one
> can say about certain "pinpoint strikes" on "military targets" carried out
> by some of the building's occupants in recent years. And I say that as
> someone whose parents live only a mile or two from the Pentagon.
Given that this was done as part of the same attack that mass murdered 6000
people and intended to murder as many as 50,000 +, it is this kind of
statement that undermines trust or credibility in the left.
And is exactly the kind that Hitchens was highlighting.
-- Nathan Newman
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