Christopher Hitchens makes sense! Rapture to follow..

[walldude]

http://powerofnarrative.blogspot.com/2006/03/careful-sanity-may-be-catching.html

"Assume that the Iranians are within measurable distance of nuclear status. Appearances sometimes to the contrary, they are not mad—or not clinically insane in the way that Saddam Hussein was and Kim Jong-il is. The recent fuss about the obliteration of Israel is largely bullshit: ... These people (who once bought weapons from Israel via Oliver North in order to fight Saddam Hussein) are cynical and corrupt. They know as well as you do what would happen if they tried to nuke Israel or the United States. They want the bomb as insurance against invasion and as a weapon of strategic ambiguity to shore up their position in the region.

But they have a crucial vulnerability on the inside. The overwhelmingly young population—an ironic result of the mullahs' attempt to increase the birth rate after the calamitous war with Iraq—is fed up with medieval rule. Unlike the hermetic societies of Baathist Iraq and North Korea, Iran has been forced to permit a lot of latitude to its citizens. A huge number of them have relatives in the West, access to satellite dishes and cell phones, and regular contact with neighboring societies. ... Opinion polling is a new science in Iran, but several believable surveys have shown that a huge majority converges on one point: that it is time to resume diplomatic relations with the United States. ..."

Theres more....

[Canuckistanian]

1. My God, you're right

The End Times must be near. I can't see a single thing wrong with that excerpt....

[eleny]

2. "time to resume diplomatic relations with the United States"

After they get passed W's brick head.

[louis-t]

3. As much as I hate this vile...

piece of garbage, he is right. Even a broken clock, etc. Iran was also moderating before dumbass * spent 5 years threatening them.

[tech3149]

5. I'm with you

But I do respect his ability to remain intelligible while consuming a fifth of scotch in an hour. That requires rigorous training or superior mental control.

[Chimichurri]

4. self-delete. Link works now - nevermind :)

[underpants]

6. Okay first Newt and now Hitchens this is psy-ops

Sorry but I have been hearing about how ready Iran is for a revolt for several years now. It strikes me as them being more interested in convincing us more than getting the message into Iran. Call me cynical but the votes don't reflect anything like this-yes the youth may want some Western things/ways (don't kid yourself that they already get a lot of what they want) but they vote as if they country is in danger of attack. Is it?

[Bridget Burke]

7. Hitchens is not a no-talent loser who only has an audience....

Because he panders to the right wing.

He can actually write. But he usually CHOOSES to pander to the right wing. Those single malt scotches just keep getting more expensive.