Hitchens falls off bar stool

[Dennis]

> >I have no hesitation in describing this mentality, carefully and
> >without heat, as soft on crime and soft on fascism. No political
> >coalition is possible with such people and, I'm thankful to say, no
> >political coalition with them is now necessary. It no longer matters
> >what they think.
>
> If it no longer matters, why has he written thousands of hostile words?
>
> Doug

What's more, why is Hitch allowing his byline to appear here?

http://frontpagemag.com/

Is this a political coalition with which he feels comfortable? Note that not
only is he attacking Chomsky alongside David Horowitz, his byline appears
directly beneath that of Werner Cohn's, a vet of Americans For A Safe Israel
and the author of a pamphlet that charges Chomsky with Holocaust denial. Are
these Hitch's new friends in the fight against terror? And what are their
views concerning the poor of the Middle East -- better or worse than
Chomsky's?

Another thing -- has Hitch come out against his friend Sontag over her piece
in the New Yorker? Recall she mentioned the WTC blasts and US bombing of
Iraq in the same breath, precisely the sort of soft-on-fascism linkage that
Hitch is railing against. Why the free pass? Because she supported NATO
strikes against Serbians?

DP