Hitch on Hardball

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Oct 18 09:57:14 PDT 2002


Nathan Newman wrote:


>Of course you are misreading me since I sure don't think this administration
>has a good-faith vision of peace and democracy in the region. So yes, a
>postive vision has to come from somewhere other than DC. My complaint is
>that the Left is failing at providing that vision, instead relying on
>negativity, which is why they are so irrelevant to the debate. As Hitchens
>notes, if the mainstream and rightwing antiwar folks were not articulating a
>strong opposition, the war would probably be a done deal.

So what's Hitch's vision? He signed up for the last war, and has pretty much signed up for the next, while muttering some reservations that don't count for much. Why's he get to kvetch about the absence of a positive vision if he's pretty much supporting the Bush admin in theirs?

Doug



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