https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2007/10/20/video-hitchens-tries-to-convince-atheists-why-they-should-be-hawkish-on-iraq-and-iran/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 23 Apr 2026 12:42:50 -0400<![CDATA[With a surprising amount of success, judging from the applause. This comes from the same atheist gathering at which last week&#8217;s Ayaan Hirsi Ali video was taken; she&#8217;s obviously in the audience here per his affectionate comments at the very beginning of the first part. It&#8217;s an hour long and there&#8217;s some plenty of criticism of Christianity mixed in, of course, but he&#8217;s before them to talk about Islam and Islamism and he doesn&#8217;t disappoint. You&#8217;re watching for four segments: in the first clip, his remarks on the Mohammed cartoon fiasco at around -16:15, and in the second clip, his remarks on Iraq at -28:30, on the prospect of war with Iran at -11:30, and the can&#8217;t miss passage at -4:30 on why the west is to blame for the conflict. &#8220;It&#8217;s a matter of pride that they want to attack us,&#8221; he declares, while acknowledging at one point that there aren&#8217;t enough soldiers in the world to deal with the threat. What that means going forward is ominous, and unclear.]]>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:00:25 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2007/10/20/video-hitchens-tries-to-convince-atheists-why-they-should-be-hawkish-on-iraq-and-iran-n150523