Christopher Hitchens on Oil, the Middle East, and Palestine (1991 – Part 2)
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I’ve lost a little respect for Mr Hitchens having seen this. The man’s entitled to change his mind, but he’s insinuated the word “imperialism” in describing American policy about three times already and corroberated the charge with references to American intervention in the Middle East going back to the 50′s. I refuse to believe that a man of his intelligence could suddenly see that history through a different lens
Compared to 1991 Hitchens seems to have changed views completely regarding the oil. In a recent interview he stated that he thought that one important reason to go into Iraq 2003 was the oil.
good video thanks
you can’t flip flop on sides of each different argument it only makes problems with each party let dem kill each other if they want