By Michael Totten. Parts I and II:
Hitchens: It’s not “the regime” or “the theocracy.” It’s now very clear that the Revolutionary Guards have committed a coup in all but name–well, I name it, but it hasn’t yet been named generally. They didn’t rig an election. They didn’t even hold one.
MJT: They never counted the votes. There’s no “recount” to be done.
Hitchens: The seizure of power by a paramilitary gang that just so happens to be the guardian and the guarantor and the incubator of the internationally illegal weapons program. If that doesn’t concentrate one’s mind, I don’t know what will.
MJT: If the Obama Administration calls you up and says, “Christopher, we need you to come in here, we need your advice.” What would you tell them?
Hitchens: I would say, as I did with Saddam Hussein–albeit belatedly, I tried to avoid this conclusion–that any fight you’re going to have eventually, have now. Don’t wait until they’re more equally matched. It doesn’t make any sense at all.
The existence of theocratic regimes that have illegally acquired weapons of mass destruction, that are war with their own people, that are exporting their violence to neighboring countries, sending death squads as far away as Argentina to kill other people as well as dissident members of their own nationality–the existence of such regimes is incompatible with us. If there is going to be a confrontation, we should pick the time, not them.
We’re saying, “Let’s give them time to get ready. Then we’ll be more justified in hitting them.” That’s honestly what they’re saying. When we have total proof, when we can see them coming for us, we’ll feel okay about resisting.
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As I am an Atheist, I was surprised listening to the Four Horseman Video (8/12) Christopher Hitchens, when asked If he would like all religions to disappear, said no, Richard Dawkins looked surprised as well.
I understand Hitchins problem, I was asked last week to visit a relative whose eighteen year old son had recently died, owing to a Hospital mix-up.
His mother was devastated, and was thinking of suicide. I told her what she wanted to hear, that her son was watching over her, and would not like to see her unhappy. That if she committed suicide she may not be able to see her son in Heaven when her time comes, and that relatives who had gone before would be looking after him. She was a lot happier when I left. As an atheist myself , Was I wrong ?