Hitchens slams appointment of Kissinger to chair 9/11 inquiry

Peter K. peterk at enteract.com
Thu Nov 28 07:08:36 PST 2002



>There are none so blind... The appointment says it all, doesn't it?
>Yet none of the Kissinger hatred rubs off on the guy who tapped him,
>because that would be "paranoid and disreputable." Surely the author
>of these words is smarter than that.
>
>Doug

Oh it's there, he just hates the people who want to leave Saddam alone more. The irony would seem to be at the latter's expense. Bush is giving in to those who wanted nothing done about the set-up that led to 9/11. He's backsliding according to Hitchens's perspective which is something he warned might happen in a Nation column a while back.

You could hate Churchill (or Stalin) but still be grateful that they defeated Hitler. No reaction to Hitch's letter to Katha or her response? He makes these same points you are missing.

Peter



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