Mainstreamers would rather not do this book on Iraq war planning by one who was there — Douglas Feith’s War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism — notes Christopher Hitchens.
As I write this on the first day of June, about a book that was published in the first week of April, the books pages of the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe have not seen fit to give Feith a review.
Yes, they’re busy, not least of all with McClellan’s tell-all, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington’s Culture of Deception, which appeals them more. Fits their narrative, you know.
Not only book pages and sections have been missing in action surrounding Feith’s book, but news pages too: NY Times spiked a James Risen story about it.
“This all might seem less questionable if it were not for the still-ballooning acreage awarded to Scott McClellan,” says Hitchens.
Reader M. heard Feith on Hugh Hewitt, says he sounded “very balanced for a major player,” comments:
The MSM is doing a complete black-out on his book, print, TV, radio. I surmise one will only find it buried behind a copy of “How to parse intransitive verbs” in Border’s, as well. Amazon gives it 3 1/2 stars; Scott McClellan’s book 4 stars. Go figure.
Blithe Spirit 
Hitchens is a clever writer, an angry athiest, and someone who makes his money stirring up passionate one-sides feelings. I’m wondering if these credentials are well suited for judging who — Feith or McClellan — is the more honest, informed and well-intentioned.
Gee, I dunno, but ol’ Chris will always be here to assure us that even though God is not, there is always Hitchens
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