Despite his many articles supporting the US invasion of Iraq , Hitchens made a brief return to '' The Nation '' just before the 2004 US presidential election and wrote that he was " slightly " for George W. Bush ; shortly afterwards , '' Slate '' polled its staff on their positions on the candidates and mistakenly printed Hitchens ' vote as pro-Kerry . Hitchens shifted his opinion to " neutral " , saying : " It 's absurd for liberals to talk as if Kristallnacht is impending with Bush , and it 's unwise and indecent for Republicans to equate Kerry with capitulation . There 's no one to whom he can surrender , is there ? I think that the nature of the jihadist enemy will decide things in the end "
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
A Long Short War