Christopher Hitchens tries to talk sense about torture to Morning Slow.

[ProfessorPlum]

Run time: 09:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x02f9zhd7s8   Posted on YouTube: April 17, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 17, 2009 By DU Member: ProfessorPlum Views on DU: 2785

 

[Peggesis1]

1. Morning Slow, indeed

In particular, Joe at the end just smirked at the idea of CIA collusion in cruel Latin American dictatorships. The facts just aren't things Joe will agree with.

[ProfessorPlum]

2. The most annoying part of that interview

Notice how Mika acted like somebody said a bad word when the truth is told. Two ostriches.

[Kahoneez]

10. Did Joey laugh about being drowned ?

Actually Hitchens wasn't saying anything outrages and should have gone a lot farther , because saying " one uses crime too cheaply " is absurd , bcs if is drowning , which it is , IT'S still A CRIME and everybody involved should be prosecuted . From medical people i have heard say , the Lungs , the throat, and mind react the SAME exact way as drowning , it's drowning .
And their reaction to the CIA involvement in South America was repulsive , it's a well know fact , the CIA taught torture, created a manual that surfaced , and the Generals and other dictators were supported by the CIA , while they kidnapped , tortured and murdered hundreds of thousands , read about El Salvador , but Joe and his side kick are apologist for U.S. foreign policy , like most in the main stream media , they'll LIE & misinform the public , because those kind of statements satisfy the puppet masters .

[burning rain]

13. Scarborough was a dim-bulb conservative zealot....

even by the crappy standards of his 1994 "Republican Revolution" class. Never a surprise with him, but it is sort of odd that MSNBC would have taken him aboard.

[Enthusiast]

20. Exactly.

Where in the fuck has Joe been the last 30 years? Typical right wing mouthpiece.

[mmm413]

3. Did Mika's Dad EVER talk to her about ANYTHING?

BTW: I absolute cannot stand her -- or Joe for that matter

[ProfessorPlum]

5. Great question. You'd think that would be kitchen table talk for her.

[CTyankee]

22. I think her Dad is the problem. I suspect the guy was just a terrible father.

He's very supercilious and while I like it when he treats Joe like the fool he is, I've seen him put his daughter down on that show and I just cringed...

[Nostalgic]

4. Joe didn't wanna hear about the real interesting stuff

that Christopher mentioned. Mainstream media never seem to wanna explore the CIA's roles in Latin American countries over the years.

[JoePhilly]

6. He's hammered between 6 and 9am EST .... geeeze!!!

[AlbertCat]

15. LOL

[tomm2thumbs]

7. surprised how he felt about that - thought it would be the opposite for some reason

I hear so much negative stuff here about him, but both on this subject and on the issue of religion in government, I'll give him a star for each. Of course based on what I've encountered, not the full body of his opinions and discussions.

[Cronopio]

8. The C.I.A. would be concerned about Taliban detainees returning with a 9/11-style attack?

From the way the C.I.A. has been conducting themselves in this matter, you'd have to believe they're banking on it.

[underpants]

9. I love the smell of single malt in the morning

will watch later

[ASUliberal]

11. Hitchens is my homeboy

He may come across as pompous, but he knows his shit and he has a deep understanding of the right kinds of philosophies to live by in life.

[burning rain]

14. Intellectual arrogance can be pretty bearable....

when one has the intellect to back it up, and Hitchens does. His beating the drum for the Iraq War is another matter, and I reject his arguments there.

[underpants]

17. I know. It was a cheap shot

Hitchens does know what he is talking about.

[underpants]

21. Finally watched it

Hitchens is as advertised a very smart man. He also stated the obvious and offered a concrete history of our doings and the CIA

[swilton]

12. Hitchins is right!

The CIA did miss the fall of the Soviet Union - and countless other intelligence failures some of which we know too well. I think one of their failings that he failed to mention is their ethnocentrism - their security clearance process is so strict that they can't entertain the thought of anyone who is non - right wing uber-fascist....no leftist thoughts for them. Ergo, their recruiting ground is material from the Young Republicans, etc. The movie The Good Shepherd captures the CIA persona very well - it's very elitist and waspish and unable to contemplate ideas outside of its own paradigm......:crazy:

[MindMatter]

16. "We certainly differ..."

What the hell were they talking about? What did he say that they differed with? Do those morons honestly not know what the CIA has been doing for the past 50 years?

Honestly, the entire history of that organization begs the question whose side they were on. And that's exactly the same question to be asking the bankers.

It is probably true that the bankers and CIA were on the same side most of the time, but that's not necessarily a good thing for America and Americans.

[dem mba]

18. they don't want to bad mouth anyone who's job it is to protect the USA

I think they truly believe that anyone who is a soldier, intelligence officer or border guard is incapable of thinking or performing evil or selfish acts. I mean, just statistically speaking, if you look at all the thousands of people employed to protect our country, surely SOME of them must be some variation of sadist, psycho or other villain. Hell I went to high school with enough future marines and infantry grunts to know that not everyone in uniform is beyond reproach.

And clearly Joe and Mike never read Dark Alliance or Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Not that they would believe what they were reading anyway.

[MrSlayer]

19. One cannot perform torture for a living and not be sadistic.

You just can't. You have to have the hardest of hearts to do that kind of shit. To listen to people screaming in agony and begging for mercy and then going ahead and hurting them worse takes a really cold motherfucker. I don't know where Joe Douchelips gets off disagreeing with that unassailable fact.