Pipes the Propagandist

Slate ^ | 11 August 2003 | Christopher Hitchens

[A_perfect_lady]

After all, USIP, a somewhat mild organization, is devoted to the peaceful resolution of conflict. For Pipes, this notion is a contradiction in terms.

Nonsense.

I am not myself a pacifist, and I believe that Islamic nihilism has to be combated with every weapon...

Nihilism? That's a gentle way of describing suicidal, homicidal, psychotic drooling hatred.

Pipes, however, uses this consensus to take a position somewhat to the right of Ariel Sharon,

That's not saying much, even Sharon doesn't seem willing to say "Jews have a right to live, and if you people carry out one more damn bombing I'm killing the lot of you."

And he employs the fears and insecurities created by Islamic extremism to slander or misrepresent those who disagree with him.

If he's talking about Campus Watch, all he does is quote "those who disagree with him." That's usually all it takes to show what scum they are. I guess I'll stop here. No point going on, the bias is evident.

[joesnuffy]

Pipes is there to "counter" the insanity of Islamic institutionalized hatred of Jews and Christians and the West..

[BenR2]

Scr#w you, Hitchens!

Pipes is DA MAN!

[MarkL]

Scr#w you, Hitchens!

Well, remember the source... While I sometimes respect Christopher Hitchens (I like his brother better), he's got really bad taste in the people he dislikes... Two that come to mind are Bob Hope and Mother Theresa.

Mark

[BenR2]

Well, remember the source... While I sometimes respect Christopher Hitchens (I like his brother better), he's got really bad taste in the people he dislikes... Two that come to mind are Bob Hope and Mother Theresa.\

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Thank you for the insight.

Cheers,

Ben

[an amused spectator]

Scr#w you, Hitchens!

I learned to trust Kit Hitchens as a man of honour on the Left during the impeachment wars. You should re-read his following sentence:

"I am not myself a pacifist, and I believe that Islamic nihilism has to be combated with every weapon, intellectual and moral as well as military, which we possess or can acquire."

"Islamic nihilism" is a term for the ages, crafted by a real wordsmith.

RJayneJ - I'm nominating Christopher Hitchens for the quote of the week.

[Howlin]

FYI.

[ozzymandus]

I don't know a lot about Pipes, but if the left hates him, he must be a good man. Even mid-east expert Molly Ivens has been trashing him, taking a little time off from her hilarious and constantly-repeated calling President George W. Bush "shrub". What a wit! well, half of one, anyway.

[diotima]

Ping....for starters

[Jabba the Nutt]

"...concerning a matter (the Israel-Palestine dispute) that actually can be settled by negotiation."

This is a gratuitous assertions, which under the rules of logic can just as gratuitously be dismissed. Unfortunately for Hitchens (my favorite socialist), his whole argument is based on this assertion.

[Uncle Miltie]

"a matter (the Israel-Palestine dispute) that actually can be settled by negotiation"

Bovine Excrement.

[BenR2]

I learned to trust Kit Hitchens as a man of honour on the Left during the impeachment wars. You should re-read his following sentence:

"I am not myself a pacifist, and I believe that Islamic nihilism has to be combated with every weapon, intellectual and moral as well as military, which we possess or can acquire."

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In my view, if he means it, he would support the Pipes nomination. Pipes IS a weapon.

[an amused spectator]

In my view, if he means it, he would support the Pipes nomination. Pipes IS a weapon.

From what I've read of Pipes, I'll have to agree with you on the weapon statement. We know that Kit Hitchens follows the Internet buzz, so maybe there'll be some followup. He's got some explaining to do about that Israel-Palestine dispute/negotiation thing, I know.

[Deb]

Pipes is extraordinary. Google him and read all the pieces he's done for the Wall Street Journal and Weekly Standard. No one is up to the job of debunking the "Religion of Peace" like Pipes.

[RJayneJ]

Thanks for the nomination! };^D )

[veronica]

Hitchens is great on almost everything, but the ME is his blindspot.

[veronica]

Hitchens is great on almost everything, but the ME is his blindspot.

[veronica]

Hitchens went after Bob Hope?

[BenR2]

Hitchens went after Bob Hope?


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LOL. I don't know. Someone else posted that one.