If we quote Bronner s piece the NYT article that states all official translations then we have to quote Cole s response to Bronner Also if we want to include Hitchens non notable charge that Cole is an apologist for Ahmadenijad that is fine but we then must include Cole s actual statements about the man that he is a crank and a fascist and let s be sure to cite Cole s scorecard on the issue right here It turns out Hitchens is far more of an apologist if we must observe such things but as I said it s really not notable Oh yes and we should be sure to include this Cole passage from the source Armon cites above I personally despise everything Ahmadinejad stands for not to mention the odious Khomeini who had personal friends of mine killed so thoroughly that we have never recovered their bodies If we re going to give any credence whatsoever to Hitchens embarrassingly pathetic attempt to paint Cole as an apologist for Ahmadenijad or Khomeini let s be sure to quote what Cole actually said about the issues There are differences of opinion on the relative merits of their arguments Don t remove cites don t argue Cole s case and please stick to the matter at hand