I listen to this interview and it almost makes me weep. I miss Hitchens and his clear eyed views...and humor. I wish I could hear this interview done now about current events and new political religions and hear you two back and forthing.
What a stunning combination of minds. Thank you for arranging to create this at that precious moment, thank you for sharing it now, thank you for being half of the amazing interaction.
If there is a paradise for humans it surely must be here and now, being able listen to Hitch-22 and hear his erudition and analysis when he is no longer here in body, but so much in spirit. Thank you to eternity and back for this gift.
His stance on God and religion has gone a long way in distracting us from his more damaging work ...
Hitchens sold out with his decision to become a guest expert on FOX to push the the "evil Saddam" narrative ... but Hitchens was at his best in a 2001 interview on C-SPAN, "The Case Against Henry Kissinger" ... and in '87 he broke a story while writing for THE NATION that now stands as my very first shocking political revelation ... in the midst of the IRAN-CONTRA scandal, he identified Oliver North as THE key figure in a covert "GIDO" arrangement with the Contras ... G-I-D-O: "Guns in Drugs out" ... Sen. John Kerry's report later documented an entry in North's diary on July 12, 1985 in which Gen Richard Secord told him "14m to finance arms came from drugs" ... and if not a FOX commentator in the strict sense, he was a regular contributor ... I was not a fly on the wall during his backroom negotiations with FOX but his decision to push the story that Saddam actually posed a material threat to the U.S. was so contrary to his reason-based perspectives, that money had to be an incentive ... it was during this period that he also pushed a false story that tended to minimize the Abu Ghraid abuses, suggesting they were not related to interrogations ... I believe he was corrupted and in this regard, was a real pioneer and ground-breaker ... arguably the first far-left intellectual to sell his thoughts for consumption by TV viewers who preferred to be spoon-fed news and opinion rather than read books and newspapers ... I now tend to compare Hitchens to his modern-day counterpart, Chris Hedges ... Hitchens took the money to push a theory that was eventually discredited ... and by furthering the "evil Saddam" narrative, he essentially did the bidding of the DS by bolstering the case for endless war in the middle east ... and once the lockdowns were declared in 2020, Hedges broke his many implicit promises to be there for the working class and allowed himself to be coerced into selective silence ... he has still not publicly commented on the vax mandates, vax passports or the Canadian and U.S. trucker convoys ... all of which severely impacted or sought redress for the working class ... I have more on Hedges' duplicity, much more ... but I'll spare you.
Thank you for preserving this treasure. Hitchens is sorely missed by critical thinkers everywhere.
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I listen to this interview and it almost makes me weep. I miss Hitchens and his clear eyed views...and humor. I wish I could hear this interview done now about current events and new political religions and hear you two back and forthing.
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What a stunning combination of minds. Thank you for arranging to create this at that precious moment, thank you for sharing it now, thank you for being half of the amazing interaction.
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Wonderful to be able to listen to this. He was my hero and I obviously wish he was with us today more than ever. Thank you for sharing
If there is a paradise for humans it surely must be here and now, being able listen to Hitch-22 and hear his erudition and analysis when he is no longer here in body, but so much in spirit. Thank you to eternity and back for this gift.
I really want to listen to this, but I keep putting it off, I'm afraid it would upset me too much, but I will listen when the time is right.
thanks for sharing, Richard 🙏🏼
we can only imagine the poetry he might have still shared...
His stance on God and religion has gone a long way in distracting us from his more damaging work ...
Hitchens sold out with his decision to become a guest expert on FOX to push the the "evil Saddam" narrative ... but Hitchens was at his best in a 2001 interview on C-SPAN, "The Case Against Henry Kissinger" ... and in '87 he broke a story while writing for THE NATION that now stands as my very first shocking political revelation ... in the midst of the IRAN-CONTRA scandal, he identified Oliver North as THE key figure in a covert "GIDO" arrangement with the Contras ... G-I-D-O: "Guns in Drugs out" ... Sen. John Kerry's report later documented an entry in North's diary on July 12, 1985 in which Gen Richard Secord told him "14m to finance arms came from drugs" ... and if not a FOX commentator in the strict sense, he was a regular contributor ... I was not a fly on the wall during his backroom negotiations with FOX but his decision to push the story that Saddam actually posed a material threat to the U.S. was so contrary to his reason-based perspectives, that money had to be an incentive ... it was during this period that he also pushed a false story that tended to minimize the Abu Ghraid abuses, suggesting they were not related to interrogations ... I believe he was corrupted and in this regard, was a real pioneer and ground-breaker ... arguably the first far-left intellectual to sell his thoughts for consumption by TV viewers who preferred to be spoon-fed news and opinion rather than read books and newspapers ... I now tend to compare Hitchens to his modern-day counterpart, Chris Hedges ... Hitchens took the money to push a theory that was eventually discredited ... and by furthering the "evil Saddam" narrative, he essentially did the bidding of the DS by bolstering the case for endless war in the middle east ... and once the lockdowns were declared in 2020, Hedges broke his many implicit promises to be there for the working class and allowed himself to be coerced into selective silence ... he has still not publicly commented on the vax mandates, vax passports or the Canadian and U.S. trucker convoys ... all of which severely impacted or sought redress for the working class ... I have more on Hedges' duplicity, much more ... but I'll spare you.
Hitchens is dearly missed! At least we still have Dawkins. Thank you for sharing.