Just a Gwai Lofun within prescribed limitshttp://justagwailo.com/node/3658/atom/feed2007-01-26T01:10:52-08:00Opposed To So Many of His Cherished Principleshttp://justagwailo.com/filter/2004/07/14/hitchens2004-07-14T19:31:04-07:002007-01-26T01:10:52-08:00RichardMark E. Madsen [PDF]: “long-time readers deserve an explanation from [Christopher] Hitchens as to why his analysis of the administration seems muted at best. Other than the Iraq poilcy he clearly favors, is he really willing to overlook the many ways in which their ideology and policies stand opposed to so many of his cherished principles.”
Madsen has written an excellent essay on the recent writings of Christopher Hitchens, and while the former understands that the latter's conviction of the necessity to remove Saddam Hussein is genuine and fits with Hitchens' principles, Madsen says that Hitchens is overlooking exactly the type of thing (clerical barbarism and attacks on civil rights) at home that he vilifies abroad.
]]>Mark E. Madsen [PDF]: “long-time readers deserve an explanation from [Christopher] Hitchens as to why his analysis of the administration seems muted at best. Other than the Iraq poilcy he clearly favors, is he really willing to overlook the many ways in which their ideology and policies stand opposed to so many of his cherished principles.”
Madsen has written an excellent essay on the recent writings of Christopher Hitchens, and while the former understands that the latter's conviction of the necessity to remove Saddam Hussein is genuine and fits with Hitchens' principles, Madsen says that Hitchens is overlooking exactly the type of thing (clerical barbarism and attacks on civil rights) at home that he vilifies abroad.