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“The 'pre-emption' versus 'prevention' debate may be a distinction without much difference. The important thing is to have it understood that the United States is absolutely serious. The jihadists have in the past bragged that America is too feeble and corrupt to fight. A lot is involved in disproving that delusion on their part.”

Book:Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

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Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left

This book delves into the intellectual debate surrounding Christopher Hitchens' perspectives on key contemporary issues, analyzing the responses and counterarguments from various critics. more

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Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens was an English-American author, journalist, and social critic. He was known for his sharp wit and controversial views, particularly on religion and politics. Hitchens was a prominent figure in the public discourse of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. more

“Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. Here is what he told his audience at MIT on October 11: I'll talk about the situation in Afghanistan.... Looks like what's happening is some sort of silent genocide.... It indicates that whatever, what will happen we don't know, but plans are being made and programs implemented on the assumption that they may lead to the death of several million people in the next—in the next couple of weeks.... very casually with no comment.... we are in the midst of apparently trying to murder three or four million people. Clever of him to have spotted that (his favorite put-down is the preface 'Turning to the facts...') and brave of him to have taken such a lonely position. As he rightly insists, our disagreements are not really political.”

War Politics Morality Terrorism Debate Genocide Afghanistan Leftism September 11 Attacks 2001 Noam Chomsky The Nation War In Afghanistan 2001 Presen

Author:Christopher Hitchens

“Nothing—not even the US Army—more threatens the future of a democratic, pluralistic and (dare we wish, secular) Iraq than the political ascendancy of Islamic fascists like Al Sadr.”

War Politics United States Democracy Islam Iraq Fascism Secularism Iraq War Pluralism Islamism United States Army Mahdi Army Muqtada Al Sadr

Author:Marc Cooper

“On the face of it, no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of Edwardian drawingrooms into the manifold horrors of the First World War.”

War World War 1

Book:The Roses of No Man's Land

Source: The Roses of No Man's Land

“All family stories are important, just as all people are important, and they deserve to be passed along.”

War Love Story Memoir Naval History Naval Aviation