why bother? Edward Said's reputation will remain pretty intact no matter the stones that Hitchens might choose to cast. It's time to let go of Hitchens...
if one wants any real insights -- or even just one agonised and agonising experience of the outcome of 'liberation' (the transition from "rogue" to "failed" state?) -- time is better spent reading 'river', the woman baghdad blogger --
Baghdad Burning <http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/>
... I'll meet you 'round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend...