> I think Hitch is having a political (personal?) identity crisis. He's
> not sure how to approach this, and I wager that he doesn't want to be
> caught on the "wrong side" of history again, as I'm sure he felt he
> was when he first opposed NATO's bombing of Belgrade, then, after
> conferring with Gens. Sontag and Reiff, came out fully for it. Will
> he do the same if the US starts pounding the Muslim world? Will he
> frame it in faux-radical terms (the Cockburn, "if ever a country
> deserved rape, it's Afghanistan," stance)? Or will he just toss it
> all aside and become our Peregrine Worsthorne?
And I went from this:
<http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2001/2001-September/018841.html>
To this:
<http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/2002/2002-September/021552.html>
And worse. Just follow the bouncing thread.
Perfect timing with this, Doug. I'm currently writing about this period of my life for my blog. Baring my bile for all to see.
Dennis