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Christopher Hitchens: Zarqawi's death part of a good day's work
The Australian ^
| June 12, 2006
| Christopher Hitchens
Posted on 06/11/2006 5:51:24 PM PDT by Piefloater
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To: Piefloater
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06/11/2006 5:55:41 PM PDT
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dennisw
(We should return to calling them Muhammadans -- Worshippers of Muhammad and maybe Allah)
To: Piefloater
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posted on
06/11/2006 6:01:11 PM PDT
by
gotribe
(It's not a religion.)
To: Piefloater
If this connection is proven, then we have the Shia fundamentalists in Iran directly sponsoring the murderer of their co-religionists in Iraq.whoa, that is heavy stuff--and I certainly hope it gets broadcast all over Iran.
To: dennisw
Yep. Mr. Hitchens pretty much gets it.
L
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06/11/2006 6:08:04 PM PDT
by
Lurker
("They still see you as the infidel, the other, and they'll still kill you. " Mark Steyn)
To: Piefloater
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06/11/2006 6:08:26 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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To: Borders.Language.Beer.
LOL...the article is still a good one.
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06/11/2006 6:20:27 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
To: Piefloater
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posted on
06/11/2006 6:21:38 PM PDT
by
kellynla
(Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
To: Borders.Language.Beer.
Good, old unrepentant communist Chris Hitchens. And it make you wonder if even a communist can get that Islamic terrorism is a big enough threat that fighting along side the capitalists is necessary for survival why are some who claim to be conservatives so very dense?
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posted on
06/11/2006 6:25:26 PM PDT
by
Harmless Teddy Bear
(The bottom 60% does 40% of the work, the top 40% does 60% of the work. Just who are the "workers"?)
To: Piefloater
Isn't it funny how a self-proclaimed radical lefty like Hitchens "gets it" but the bulk of the Democratic leadership doesn't?
To: Piefloater
His decision to declare a jihad against the Shia population in general has been the crucial innovation of the insurgency: applying murderous pressure to the most vulnerable part of Iraqi society. And it has had the intended effect of undermining Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and empowering Iranian-backed Shia death squads... ...Most fascinating of all is the suggestion that Zarqawi was receiving covert help from the mullahs in Iran. He certainly seems to have been able to transit their territory (Herat is on the Iranian border with Afghanistan) and replenish his forces by the same route. If this connection is proven, then we have the Shia fundamentalists in Iran directly sponsoring the murderer of their co-religionists in Iraq. This in turn would mean that the Iranian mullahs stand convicted of the most brutish and cynical irresponsibility, in front of their own people, even as they try to distract attention from their covert nuclear ambitions. That would be worth knowing. And it would become rather difficult to argue that US President George W. Bush had made them do it, though no doubt the attempt will be made.
Straight forward -- no political spin by Hitchens.
Hitchens seems to be one of the few political commentators who will honestly tell it like it is.
BTW, kudos to Sistani.
To: Piefloater
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06/11/2006 6:44:51 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: Piefloater
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06/11/2006 6:46:19 PM PDT
by
petercooper
(Attention Libs: Please remove "Haven't gotten Zarqawi" from your DimocRAT talking points.)
To: Piefloater
Hitchens had a good article on why Haditha isn't My Lai also.
To: DemforBush
Isn't it funny how a self-proclaimed radical lefty like Hitchens "gets it" but the bulk of the Democratic leadership doesn't?
Maybe it's simply a question of IQ. The others are just too stupid.
To: Piefloater
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posted on
06/11/2006 7:28:09 PM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
(The Rat Party's goal is to END the conflict, not WIN the conflict...should be the other way around.)
To: Piefloater
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06/11/2006 7:31:14 PM PDT
by
malia
(FLIGHT 93 DID MORE TO FIGHT TERRORISM THAN THE WHOLE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY!!)
To: Piefloater
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06/11/2006 7:35:02 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
To: Borders.Language.Beer.
Hitchens is repentant about being an Oxbridge commie. He's unrepentant about using Marxist theory when it suits him. Fortunately, I've never detected it in his writing. He's usually brilliant and a very forceful writer. Plus, unlike someone like Ann Coulter, he's read and generally respected by Libs.
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06/11/2006 7:36:39 PM PDT
by
RedRover
(I love Ann for her mind. Really.)
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