From vastleft.com:

Among right-of-center journalists, Christopher Hitchens can be a refreshingly independent thinker.

But his recent Haditha piece finds him playing the partisan hack, with a cheesy attempt to downplay an incident that's proving thorny for war hawks.

The article's title and putative case are "Why Haditha Isn't My Lai." I read it with interest, as I'd previously conflated the two. I was eager to see if the estimable Mr. Hitchens might, indeed, establish that the two atrocities — the latter alleged — were not at all comparable. Read more…