Hitchens overlooks an important geopolitical aspect; this action against
Afghan and involving other 'stans' represents US empire entry into
central Asia--a very serious departure , historically.  It remainst to be
seen how Russia and China finally react if a major war effort is made
there.

> > FYI, Chomsky's reply to Hitchens appears
at > http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=special&s=chomsky20011001
>
> Tresy Kilbourne
>