Hitch

[steve philion]

Doug,
question 5) what is Hitch's assessment of Garzon. I remember last year that
he invoked Garzon to support his pro-war views (even though Garzon was also
very critical of Bush's bombing of Afghanistan--speaking of Orwellian)...
Garzon's recent quote:

"A war on Iraq will not diminish the terrorist threat. It will probably
increase it," said Baltasar Garzon, Spain's best-known investigative
magistrate, who is prosecuting Al Qaeda suspects in Madrid as alleged
accomplices in the Sept. 11 attacks. "It could radicalize the situation in
the Middle East.... As for the investigations of Sept. 11, doors would close
in the Arab world that have helped in the fight against Al Qaeda. And a war
would do nothing to bolster the investigation into the attacks in the United
States."

Steve