Hitchens slams appointment of Kissinger to chair 9/11 inquiry

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Nov 30 14:20:23 PST 2002


Jacob Segal wrote:


>On the one hand, he lives with those who believe in the
>absolute goodness of American power, and on the other he still writes about
>the awful reality of the use of that power.

But all compartmentalized in the person of Kissinger now. And he won't entertain any broader systemic critique that sees Kissinger as an individual embodiment of a structure of power. A particularly vile individual, for sure, but still...

Doug



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