When I saw Makiya on Frontline (PBS) a couple of months back, I found him craven and delusional, deeply enamored of not only US power but Bush as well. And Chalabi (who Hitch championed) was talking out of his ass, saying he'd create some militia force to stabilize Iraq without the US in no time, if necessary. Makiya may not be dishonest, though Edward Said had a very low opinion of him, but Chalabi is an obvious fraud. The question all this prompts about Hitch has already been asked too many times, but it still depresses me.
Anyone know more about Makiya? When he was on NOW before the war, he sounded like Hitch's ghostwriter.
-- Shane
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