Christopher Hitchens on Charlie Rose 13-Dec-02 (Part 4)

[@crush3r63]

Harold Hongju Koh was very clever to keep his eyes closed through the whole debate so that the others couldn't read his thoughts.

[@Maverician]

Hitchens stated on hundreds if not thousands of occasions saying that it will not be, could not be, "a 2 week affair". The country is no where near bankrupt at the moment and is infact getting better and better. What has fucked it up is that people have not seen the war for what it is, something good, something that needs support. The only way in which it could be seen as an impossible task is if you choose it to be, like too many people have continued to do.

[@InterludetoPeace]

Nope, I am pretty sure that I have only posted this messge once.

[@Maverician]

Oh, man, youtube is weird. Sorry about that. Not sure how it looks to you, but for some reason my comments made RECENTLY show up above yours, which makes it look like you just recently replied to me. I didn't look at that it said "3 months ago" My fault, sorry.

[@WholeDarnShow]

The slaves did want to be freed (...I'd speculate) & accepted the help of those in power, unlike in Iraq where there was plenty of issues w Saddam but not enough to cry out for America to be the ones to save them from him.

[@Maverician]

Meaning, you copied and pasted your answer from another vid, I've read it before.

[@Maverician]

1) The only reason the US is close to bankruptcy is because of it utterly idiotic bailout plan. Not because of the war in Iraq. 2) The war in Iraq was to transform a country long been in need of transformation, more than Iran, Hussein needed to go, way before he did go. Again, you miss my point altogether though, which is that blaming Hitchens is idiotic, early on he was for action against Iran, though now obviously the US has blundered and it is not the way to go. 3) How can you believe that?

[@skedaddleMLS]

1. Iraq isn't close to bankruptcy, the U.S is. 2. I'm saying Iraq was a non threat country with a tin pot dictator while Iran is the real player with bad intentions. War with Iran instead of Iraq would most definatly stopped a nuclear armed Iran. 3. the outcome in Iraq on the U.S.A is bad from every angle no matter what. It was a horrible strategic blunder.

[@Maverician]

Iraq is not closer to bankruptcy now, considering the global market decline in fact it is in a better place than many other countries in that region in terms of the future. Are you saying that without the war in Iraq, that Iran would NOT become armed Nuclear-wise? The outcome of Iraq doesn't even matter, well that just proves that you have no concern for human life. I fail to see why anyone should therefore regard your opinion as anything.

[@metanosis]

@yatter1 well, am not sure what a tosspot is, so guess you've got me there, QED.

[@Maverician]

Copypasta?

[@InterludetoPeace]

?????????? lol

[@skedaddleMLS]

and yet he lost. He is a wannabe thomas paine. he had wet dreams of being this generations Paine and ended up fucking us big time.