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Interview with Matt Johnson on Christopher Hitchens
Decoding the Gurus
The Importance of Socialism in the Life of Hijin
I do think he was just intrinsically attracted to radical politics. I will say that there were clear contradictions. You just can't reconcile his support for the Iraq war with his really steadfast opposition to the Gulf War. Even when he still declared to be every bit as radical as he had been in the 80s and 70s in the 90s, he was fully in support of NATO intervention in Bosnia. He thought that powerful countries had a responsibility to prevent egregious violations of human rights.
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