Christopher Hitchens on the Iraq Study Group report (good stuff)

Hugh Hewitt.com ^ | 12/6/06 | Hugh Hewitt / Christopher Hitchens

[dfwgator]

The world is laughing at us today.

[advertising guy]

bump for after Dubya

[dirtboy]

Well, I don’t particularly mind being snubbed by someone like James Baker, let alone Mr. Lee Hamilton

Pwnd!

[Citizen Soldier]

bump

[Uncle Miltie]

Baker and Bush 41 sold out the Iraqis last time, and they are committed to that strategy.

However many millions die as a result, at least Baker is secure in his realism.

[AppyPappy]

Hitchens is aware that he and his like will be the first to kiss the sword if the mullahs win. They are free to live in a Christian country without fear but that changes when the sides change.

It's too bad that more "infidels" can't see this. They are too busy being worried about "Christmas".

[goldstategop]

I like that reference to the Hoare-Laval agreement. I think it was selling out the Ethiopians to appease the Italians and when it leaked out, the subsequent public outcry drove the men who concocted it from office. It was too much even for decadent democracies to stomach.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[angkor]

The audio version:

http://www.townhall.com/talkradio/Show.aspx?RadioShowID=5

[Vigilanteman]

This country voted for the next 9-11 on 11-7. They don't realize it, but this type of report is exactly the type of thing which will enable it by emboldening the terrorists.

[rlmorel]

The key to understanding the benefit of this to the USA and people in Iraq, is to look at some of the author's names:

"...Mark Danner of the New York Review of Books, Thomas Friedman, Leslie Gelb, Sandy Berger, Anthony Lake, Ken Pollack, Thomas Ricks and George Will..."

That, and looking at the people who enthusiastically applaud this document...Liberals, Democrats, and the "Will Bush Listen" Media.

That tells you all you need to know.

[CDHart]

We sold out the Hungarian revolution in 1956. We've sold out I don't know how many countries since then. The first Iraq war, we told them in Baghdad to rise up against Saddam and we'd back them. Then we backed out. I don't find it surprising that a good portion of the world doesn't trust us.

Carolyn

[kalee]

Too upset to respond, so I'll just bump.

[Hugin]

Sounds like all the Surrendercrats and Appeasacans got together and issued a bi-partisan report. Besides enheartening our enemies, this crap can only demoralize our own troops. Who want's to risk dying for a mission when know you are being sold out in Washington?

[Nancee]

Hitchen is right, of course, but why wasn't he making a great deal of noise B-E-F-O-R-E this ridiculous plan was unveiled??? Everyone has known we have been in trouble for some time because of the media and the liberals and all of their hollering!

Nancee

[eureka!]

marking

[Locomotive Breath]

From Wiki...

He was, however, most famous for his role as Foreign Secretary in 1935, when he had to deal with the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. Together with French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval, he developed the so-called Hoare-Laval Agreement, which would have granted Italy considerable territorial concessions in Ethiopia, and put the rump of Ethiopia under Italian hegemony. The public uproar against this apparent sell-out of the Ethiopians led to Hoare's resignation as Foreign Secretary at the end of the year. His successor was Anthony Eden. When Eden had his first audience with King George V, the King is said to have remarked "No more coals to Newcastle, no more Hoares to Paris."

[Arizona Carolyn]

Baker's an Arabist, he hardly went into this thing objectively.

[Wormwood]

Hitchen is right, of course, but why wasn't he making a great deal of noise B-E-F-O-R-E this ridiculous plan was unveiled???

Histchins has supported this war (and its greater ramifications) for years.

He's not the one you should be pissed at.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

" very long, drawn out negotiations of Iraq."
I believe he meant Iran. Right?