Hitchens in the Post

[Nathan Newman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter K." <peterk at enteract.com>
-Hitchens said "petition." I hear that the NION "organization" is
-more than partly a front for the RCP. Sounds
-like fun. I thought you lawyers paid attention to detail. Although
-perhaps it was maliciousness and not carelessness.

Come on, it's complete carelessness.  The following passage completely
misidentifies Clark Kissinger as a member of the IAC:


>It is this
>quasi-Stalinist group, co- organized by a man with the
>wondrous name of Clark Kissinger, which has recruited
>such figures as Ed Asner and Marisa Tomei to sign the
>"Not In Our Name" petition.

I've expressed a lot of sympathy for Hitchens' view of the Iraq situation
and his criticisms of much left rhetoric on it, but to conflate the IAC with
NION just shows a sloppiness that undermines the credibility of his
critique.

-- Nathan Newman