Indeed that is a little mentioned string to Mr Hitchens' bow, his uncanny ability to predict the future. For example who could forget this amazing piece of prophecy.
"There will be no war - there will be a fairly brief and ruthless military intervention. The President will give an order. [The attack] will be rapid, accurate and dazzling....It will be greeted by the majority of the Iraqi people as an emancipation."
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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