Hitch in WSJ

[Reed Tryte]

>>Peter K. wrote:
>>
>>>I don't see him as a conservative. He accuses 
>>>the leftist flacks for Saddam and Osama as
>>>acting conservatively, i.e. cowardly.
>>
>>Who the fuck are these "leftist flacks for Saddam 
>>and Osama"? They used to be best friends of the 
>>CIA, remember?
>>
>>This sort of slur is cheap, lazy, and stupid. Does 
>>it ever embarrass you to shadow Hitch's evolution 
>>from socialist to Bush fan?
>>
>>Doug
>
>Sorry you feel this way. I think calling Hitchens a 
>right-winger is cheap, lazy and stupid.

Calling Christopher Hitchens a right-winger may indeed
be cheap, lazy and stupid. (Although Doug referred to
him as a Bush fan, not a right-winger.)

Still, you haven't answered the question: who exactly
are these leftist flacks for Saddam and Osama?

Also, I hate to wade into these waters again, but
what's your opinion about people who talk about
"leftist flacks for Arafat and Hamas"? After all,
Hitchens himself has often been referred to in exactly
those terms. 

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