apropos of what?
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:15:34AM -0700, Michael Pugliese wrote:
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> There must be two Christopher Hitchens, since Wolin is responding to an article that
>is almost, point for point, the opposite of the "Against Rationalization" one I read.
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> << There is something especially sinister about the article you
> forwarded to me. By focusing on the purportedly profound question of "why" Tuesday's
>events came to pass instead of the question of "how" (as if this "why" is a mystery
>to all but the "enlightened" Christopher Hitchens), Hitchens suggests, via
>insinuation and innuendo, that in essence the United States brought this attack upon
>itself. This is the clear thrust of Hitchens's essay. But, in cowardly fashion, he
>refuses to state his thesis directly, for fear, no doubt, of having to take
>responsibility for its implications.
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> In the recent Guardian article and elsewhere, Hitchens insinuates that this "why" is
>a relatively simple matter: the US is supporting a "racist" Israeli government that
>has brought untold and undeserved woe upon the innocently suffering peoples of the
>Middle East - the Palestinians in particular. But in making such claims, Hitchens
>makes things too easy for himself. Here, too, I'm afraid Hitchens needs another
>history lesson - a field that's obviously not his strong point. >>
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