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Hitchens: The Swastika and the Cedar

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Occasional Reader3/31/2009 11:50:38 am PDT

re: #21 zombie

I admire Hitchens for not embroidering the incident with fabulous tales of his bravery. Truth was, he was blindsided, knocked to the ground, kicked while incapacitated, and then punched by surprise through a window. He didn’t get a chance to land any blows back.

Most macho men would have embellished the story with various versions of “And then I kicked his ass!” Kudos to Hitchens for keeping it real.


Good point. For instance, I always try not to embellish the stories I reluctantly tell about my exploits with my old Seal team.

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