CH responds to Michael Labeit's post Christopher Hitchens on Vietnam on ricochet.com, via Peter Robinson.
CH replies: "I was naturally flattered to have my opinions on the origin of the Vietnam conflict taken so seriously in your recent postings. But this feeling gave way to a sense of bewilderment as I read further. Is it really controversial, anywhere, to assert that United States support for French colonialism was at the root of the disaster?" Continue reading
Shortly after posting Hitchens' reply, Peter Robinson posted this:
Christopher Hitchens Replies: The Background...And My Answer
What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof.
Welcome to an unofficial Christopher Hitchens site. dailyhitchens@post.com
Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011) was an Anglo-American author and journalist. His books made him a prominent public intellectual and a staple of talk shows and lecture circuits. He was a columnist and literary critic at Vanity Fair, Slate, The Atlantic, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry and a variety of other media outlets. He was named one of the world's "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" by Foreign Policy and Britain's Prospect.
Yahoo! News
Wikipedia
Search results
Recent Comments
Popular Posts
-
Time has come to publish the last post on this site. I've been posting links and articles for three years, and it's been great. I a...
-
Transcript of Hugh Hewitt's interview with CH on July 8. Aired July 13, 2010. HH: Special edition of the Hugh Hewitt Show, which I a...
-
..at least for The Daily Hitchens YouTube Channel. I received my second copyright strike in a short time and was informed that "A singl...
-
The taming and domestication of religious faith is one of the unceasing chores of civilization. By Christopher Hitchens A recent blizzar...
-
When was the last time a conservative NATO army pushed out its highest-ranking officers? By Christopher Hitchens "To read of the s...
-
By Peter Hitchens Peter gives his view on the Blair debate. (Which he hasn't watched or listened to.) "I'm asked to comment...
-
Vanity Fair December 2011 By Christopher Hitchens I f you were to set a competition for the headline most unlikely to appear in an Americ...
-
By Christopher Hitchens "When anatomizing revolutions, it always pays to consult the whiskered old veterans. Those trying to master a...
-
BE IT RESOLVED, religion is a force for good in the world. This question was put directly to the audience of the Munk Debates on Religion ...
-
Our failure to respond to the Serbian atrocities prolonged the slaughter. By Christopher Hitchens "I suppose it is possible that t...
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Baruch Spinoza
George Orwell
Bertrand Russell
Leon Trotsky
Rosa Luxemburg
Socrates
Christopher Hitchens on Vietnam
December 12, 2010Posted by Tom at 08:47 23 comments
Labels: 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Michael Labeit, Peter Robinson, ricochet, Vietnam
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)
