Hey, I'm WAY to the Left, politically speaking....I don't know much about Hitchen's general views...but I do agree with what he said in that short video clip. I think he's right on the mark when it comes to that specific subject, in terms of how cynical politicians on both the Right and the Left are using it to push people's buttons, to draw attention to themselves, to make a mountain out of a molehill, and to posture as if they were freedom-loving idealists when they are usually nothing of the kind.