25 August 2005
Liberal Hawks
Ever since the beginning of the Iraq War, Freedom & Progress has been frighteningly in tune with Slate's Christopher Hitchens. While Freedom & Progress often disagrees with Mr. Hitchens in connection with a variety of other subjects, when it comes to identifying and advocating the moral authority of the War in Iraq, there is no disagreement whatsoever. The ousting of Saddam Hussein from power is nothing but a victory for all of human rights and human dignity. Regardless of the identity of the administration who chose to overthrow Hussein and his autocracy, the world, particularly the Muslim world is surely better off.
“It’s a matter of solidarity with the Iraqi and Kurdish opposition to Saddam, and trying to turn American policy in their favor,” said Mr. Hitchens. “I’m on their side, win or lose …. I could never publish an article saying, ‘Come to think of it, we never should have done this,’ because I could never look them in the face …. So, no, I don’t have any second thoughts.”
“It’s a matter of solidarity with the Iraqi and Kurdish opposition to Saddam, and trying to turn American policy in their favor,” said Mr. Hitchens. “I’m on their side, win or lose …. I could never publish an article saying, ‘Come to think of it, we never should have done this,’ because I could never look them in the face …. So, no, I don’t have any second thoughts.”
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