Christopher Hitchens Quotes
Nonintervention does not mean that nothing happens. It means that something else happens.
Hitchens, Christopher. A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq. Plume, 2003.
The Vietnam War is a good example. See {603755}.
President Obama had publicly drawn a line in the sand stating the Syrian government must not use chemical weapons to put down the revolution and they went ahead and did it anyway. They did turn over all their chemical weapons to coalition forces, but Obama did not order any military or serious economic retribution for having dared to cross the line. The President argued that now that there were no chemical weapons in the hands of the government, the problem was solved. Many, including Gates, thought that this was a big mistake because American foreign policy and military prestige was at stake—that future presidents had diminished credibility because the United States might or might not follow through with their threats. See {642572} for a similar criticism.
Christopher Eric Hitchens was an English-American intellectual, polemicist, and socio-political critic, who expressed himself as an author, orator, essayist and columnist. He wrote, co-wrote, edited or co-edited over 30 books, including five of essays on culture, politics and literature. Having contributed to several publications, he is broadly regarded as one of the most influential atheists of all time.
