The late, great Christopher Hitchens was a powerful voice in support of the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq. (His position upset many in the establishment left, including some who’d grown up with him in the ranks of British socialism.)

Here’s one of the last pieces Christopher Hitchens wrote on the subject, an argument tethering the Iraq war to the Arab Spring. 

The Iraq Effect (via Slate.)

Including and beyond his writings on Iraq (was there anything he couldn’t write about?) there are plenty of good round-ups of Hitchens’ oeuvre: here, here and here.

Oh, and here’s a nice take from the LA Times on Hitchens as world traveler. That’s world traveler, not fellow traveler, people..