> Jeet Heer wrote:
>
> >So I think this would
> >be a good jumping off point -- is a non-imperial occupation even
imaginable?
>
> These formulations are giving new life to the word Orwellian.
>
> Doug
Exactly. The whole idea of a "non-imperial occupation" seems like such a contradiction in terms. The question becomes, why does someone as smart as Hitchens think of this as a possibility? I think this issue goes to the heart of the problem with this current stance, no?