Christopher Hitchens: Rhetoric, Religion, and Ramadan
Decoding the Gurus
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The Utilitarian Argument for the American Interventions in the Middle East
I think that's, that's well put. That's why it absolutely has to take to make any kind of take here. Like making some recourse to some sort of utilitarian thing in terms of deaths and injuries. I mean, you can cite the nuclear bombs that were dropped on Japan. You can cite the carpet bombing of Dresden or Tokyo. These were actions taken for good reasons. And when you look at the incidents in Iraq, you can put a tally on civilian deaths that was instigated by the American interventions.
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