Moore or Pig?

[Evan]

ahem... let me tell you something about Mr. Hitchens. He is not a "liberal hawk" nor a regular writer to "the nation." He is a neo-fascist turned conservative who supports the war in Iraq. In an interview (link ) with frontpage magazine he said:

After 9/11, you publicly broke with the Left...

Watching the towers fall in New York, with civilians incinerated on the planes and in the buildings, I felt something that I couldnÔÇÖt analyze at first and didnÔÇÖt fully grasp.... As to the ÔÇ£LeftÔÇØ IÔÇÖll say briefly why this was the finish for me

Anyways, read the article still if you want. Read the interview if you want to be really bored. Either way, know that this guy is not unbiased as Evan suggested.

Well you obviously havent read any of his writings other than what you skimmed off of a Google search.
Christopher Hitchens did in fact write for The Nation for almost 20 years, from 1982 until just after 9/11. (and still listed as a columnist ontheir website <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/bio.mhtml?id=21">http://www.thenation.com/directory/bios/bio.mhtml?id=21</a><!-- m --> )
and he was in fact listed as one of the Liberal Hawks by Bill Keller, the editor of the New York Times.
Hitchens was considered one of the main spokespeople for the Liberal front for quite some time up until his disagreement with the popular/political Left which is what you refer to.
He had a relatively recent break from the political left, not the idealogical left, because he had the guts (and willingess to think beyond partisanship) to disagree with the democrats and follow-the-sheep liberals of the country.
His ideals are in fact still extremely left bordering on socialism (in fact at one time he was a strong believer in socialism)
He has said his biggest problem with democrats is actually that they are becoming too conservative, worried more about discrediting republicans, and adjusting their views to fit the public whim than actually upholding the ideals of liberalism. ( he scathed clinton particularly hard in his book -- here is a synopsis <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.literaturehistoryhub.com/No_One_Left_To_Lie_To_The_Values_of_the_Worst_Family_1859842844.html">http://www.literaturehistoryhub.com/No_ ... 42844.html</a><!-- m --> )
here are some quotes.
But for the left, so-called, if they had been listened to in their majority, Bosnia would be part of greater Serbia, Kosovo would be a wilderness with ethnic cleansing, the Taliban would still be in charge of Afghanistan, Iraq would still be the private property of Saddam Hussein's family. This is a record not to be proud of. It's a very conservative record; it's a reactionary record. And they would take that as fine, by the way, as long as it was a status quo that denied credit to George Bush.

on post 9/11

Here was a time for the Left to demand a top-to-bottom house-cleaning of the state and of our covert alliances, a full inquiry into the origins of the defeat, and a resolute declaration in favor of a fight to the end for secular and humanist values: a fight which would make friends of the democratic and secular forces in the Muslim world. And instead, the near-majority of ÔÇ£LeftÔÇØ intellectuals started sounding like Falwell, and bleating that the main problem was BushÔÇÖs legitimacy. So I donÔÇÖt even muster a hollow laugh when this pathetic faction says that I, and not they, are in bed with the forces of reaction.

regardless of how you want to classify Hitchens, whether he is a "true liberal" or "free thinker" or even "neo-conservative", it is undeniable that he has the guts to stand up to any partisanship, is one of the most intelligent political analysts in the world, and has more knowledge of both present and past politics than any of us.

Personally, I find his writings incredibly refreshing, most writings now are just "we are always right because X, they are wrong because Y"

btw- here is what he had to say about Reagan a couple weeks ago (just in case you still think he is a conservative ) <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://slate.com/id/2101842/">http://slate.com/id/2101842/</a><!-- m -->