Hitchens on Turkey: Who needs 'em?

It's kind of odd the space Hitchens seems to be currently carving out for himself. Now, I am no fan of Turkey per se, but I think even anti-war folks would want the US to win easily with few casualties on both sides. Or am I naive? In any case, closing off a front certainly helps Saddam, and the extent to which he is able to put up a defense is equal to the degree of unecessary suffering that will occur due to Turkey's decision. I think it's important to realize Hitchens' loathing of Kissinger, and his insistence on policies of impossibly pure moral righteousness seem as much as a personal reaction to Kissinger as a truly rational assesment of US goals in the region.