Stupidity or bravery against Lebanese Nazis with Hitchens on the streets of Beirut. You be the judge. Michael Totten has the details of their street encounter: Christopher Hitchens and the Battle of Beirut

Beirut has a reputation as a wonderful city, closest to the West in the Arab world. But Beirut is not its own person. It's held together with bandaids and duct tape, holding the organs in.