Hitch in WSJ

[Peter K.]

Reed:
>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.

Doug also wrote
>[So now he's writing for the WSJ's comics page! "From the left" indeed.]

People here have admitted to seeing Bush/Ashcroft as bigger
threats than Saddam or Osama. What do you think about people
who try to link Arafat and Al Qaeda when Arafat himself has disavowed
the connection? Flacks for Sharon and Osama?

Peter