Christopher Hitchens Quotes
As the cleansing ocean closes over bin Laden's carcass, may the earth lie lightly on the countless graves of those he sentenced without compunction to be burned alive or dismembered in the street.
Hitchens, Christopher. "Justice, at Last." Slate, 2 May 2011.
He was out of office when he made this statement.
ISIS captured a Jordanian pilot whose plane had crashed and they tortured him and burned him alive making and promoting a video of terrible war crime. At enormous cost Abdullah’s agents and soldiers tracked down those appearing in the video and killing them.
He argues that even if the concession to terrorists is seemingly small, there is much greater damage in that the minimal concession will also stimulate more attempts to gain other victories. See {629723} for his complementary statement on dealing with terrorists.
In 9 days they had forged alliances with tribal leaders
Bush claimed he did not remember the conversation. His incoming National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice, was also briefed about bin Laden by the Clinton anti-terrorism director, Richard Clarke. The Bush Administration ignored the warnings until bin Laden struck on 9-11
Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English-American intellectual, polemicist, and socio-political critic, who expressed himself as an author, orator, essayist and columnist. He wrote, co-wrote, edited or co-edited over 30 books, including five of essays on culture, politics and literature. Having contributed to several publications, he is broadly regarded as one of the most influential atheists of all time.
