Zarqawi! He dead!

Chris’ lead-in to his opening interview with General George Casey made clear it would be all Zarqawi, all the time, and interestingly, posited the possibility that his death may have changed the “War On Terror,” although that promise was never realized.  Read more 

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