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But his stance on Iraq, along with a couple of other political positions he has taken in recent years indicate that his friend and fellow writer Ian Jack is right: The drinking has caught up with him.
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You can do better than that Cyrus. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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By the way, neither Hitchens nor me (last time I checked) are socialists
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True, Hitchens was a Trotskyist. Mentioning you was just a bit of a jab. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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I wish I was able to say I am.
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Interesting...
Cyrus, have you read Hitchen's book on George ORwell? If so, any comments? Also, Im surpised that you had no comment on the many conservatives' [misplaced in my opinion] infatuation with Hitchens.