If those comments are clear, calm, and to the point, I don't want to
read any of his more voluminous ones.
The primary problem with his whole argument is to blame every death that
has occured in the Sudan since the bombing of the pharmaceuticals plant
on the US. The fact is that those that have died due to lack of access
to medicines that would have been produced by that plant are on the
Christian side of the civil war that is waging there, and so they would
not have had any access to such medicines in the first place. Those on
the muslim side have had plenty of access to medicines through the Red
Crescent relief services. The Islamist government has obstructed Red
Cross efforts to aid Christians.
Furthermore, the US government did offer a significant amount of money
to pay for the mistake that was made. I don't know if anyone ever
accepted the money or not.
Miriam English wrote:
>
> How strange to characterise Chomsky's response as evasive.
> http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=chomsky20011001
>
> It seemed to me that Chomsky kept his comments clear, calm, to the point,
> and fair. The same could not be said about Hitchens sad piece of hysteria.
>
> - Miriam
>
> At 07:27 PM 03/10/2001, steve wrote:
> >Joe, the piece was in The Nation (there's an amazingly evasive response from
> >Chomsky in the current issue). It can be got at:
> >
> >www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=hitchens20010924
> >
> >see also
> >
> >www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20011008&s=hitchens
> >
> >Steve Davies
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Joe Dees" <joedees@addall.com>
> >To: <extropians@extropy.com>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 2:25 AM
> >Subject: Christopher Hitchens' Column
> >
> >
> > > Can anyone furnish me with the post-WTC column in which Christopher
> >Hitchens refers to Islamic nations as 'fascist'?
> > > I'd greatly appreciate a link.
> > >
> > > Thanxabunch, Joe
> > >
> > >
> > >
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