I'll take the American empire any day over the empire of what my pal Chris Hitchens calls "Islamic fascism." I'm not against fighting this enemy — it is an enemy and I'm not a pacifist.
I think what happened on Sept. 11 was an appalling crime, and I'm astonished that I even have to say that, to reassure people that I feel that way. But I do feel that the Gulf War revisited is not the way to fight this enemy.


Salon interview (2001)


I'll take the American empire any day over the empire of what my pal Chris Hitchens calls Islamic fascism. I'm not against fighting this enemy — it ...

I'll take the American empire any day over the empire of what my pal Chris Hitchens calls Islamic fascism. I'm not against fighting this enemy — it ...

I'll take the American empire any day over the empire of what my pal Chris Hitchens calls Islamic fascism. I'm not against fighting this enemy — it ...

I'll take the American empire any day over the empire of what my pal Chris Hitchens calls Islamic fascism. I'm not against fighting this enemy — it ...