It's the left's fault
Christopher Hitchens' column comes out in Slate tomorrow, and the question we need to ask is how will he manage to write a column blaming the left for the stories coming out about Ahmed Chabali.Back in 2003 Hitchens was a supporter of Chabali's. However in his column three weeks' ago he back-tracked somewhat, with the ingenious technique of saying 'at least he proves he's not a American puppet' and criticising Colin Powell (for reportedly saying that much of the problems in Iraq were his fault) and the CIA (for having a vendetta against him).
So what tomorrow? I suspect we'll get more of the 'well the fact he was spying for Iraq shows he's definitely not an American puppet', muddled in with some criticism of a CIA vendetta, followed with a reminder that spying for the Iranians is not shredding your opponents to death, concluding with a 'you want Saddam back' and 'It's the left's fault'. However you never know, Hitchens may surprise us -- unlike many on the right he at least realised what a disaster the torture images were.
posted by Matthew @ 5/24/2004 12:26:00 PM
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