The words of Christopher Hitchens soon before his death at a surprisingly early age.

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FIGHTING WORDS Mr. Kissinger, Have You No Shame? Ignore the recent excuses. Henry Kissinger's entire career was a series of massacres and outrages. BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS DEC 27, 2010 • 12:37 PM Until the most recent release of the Nixon/Kissinger tapes, what were the permitted justifications for saying in advance that the slaughter of Jews in gas chambers by a hostile foreign dictatorship would not be "an American concern"? Let's agree that we do not know. It didn't seem all that probable that the question would come up. Or, at least, not all that likely that the statement would turn out to have been made, and calmly received, in the Oval Office. I was present at Madison Square Garden in 1985 when Louis Farrakhan warned the Jews to remember that "when [God] puts you in the ovens, you're there forever," but condemnation was swift and universal, and, in any case, Farrakhan's tenure in the demented fringe was already a given.

FIGHTING WORDS

Mr. Kissinger, Have You No Shame?

Ignore the recent excuses. Henry Kissinger's entire career was a series of massacres and outrages.

BY CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS DEC 27, 2010 • 12:37 PM

Until the most recent release of the Nixon/Kissinger tapes, what were the permitted justifications for saying in advance that the slaughter of Jews in gas chambers by a hostile foreign dictatorship would not be "an American concern"? Let's agree that we do not know. It didn't seem all that probable that the question would come up. Or, at least, not all that likely that the statement would turn out to have been made, and calmly received, in the Oval Office. I was present at Madison Square Garden in 1985 when Louis Farrakhan warned the Jews to remember that "when [God] puts you in the ovens, you're there forever," but condemnation was swift and universal, and, in any case, Farrakhan's tenure in the demented fringe was already a given.

When one hero falls, it’s up to the rest of us to carry on his fight. Blessings to Christopher Hitchens.

When one hero falls, it’s up to the rest of us to carry on his fight.

Blessings to Christopher Hitchens.