From the opening paragraph of Seymour Hersh's latest article:
October 8, 2007
Foreign Policy; Pentagon; Iranian Operations Group; Plans
Planning: In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran. “Shia extremists, backed by Iran, are training Iraqis to carry out attacks on our forces and the Iraqi people,” Bush told the national convention of the American Legion in August. “The attacks on our bases and our troops by Iranian-supplied munitions have increased."
So, wait a minute. You don't have to go to a Bush speech as a source for proof of what Iran is doing in Iraq. If the Iranians are promoting instability by providing training and weapons to the insurgency in Iraq, a policy which has directly resulted in the death of our soldiers, isn't it Iran that has redefined the war in Iraq as a strategic battle between Iran and the United States?
I can't take articles like this seriously when in the opening comments a fundamental flaw in thinking has taken place.
1 comment:
Nobody should have to read anything by Seymour Hersch, unless of course you are living in New York City and are planning on voting for Dennis "Dept. of Peace" Kucinich,...the man who happened to wave a copy of the New Yorker magazine ( the issue containing a piece by Seymour Hersch hinting at US plans to attack Iran) in John Bolton's face a few months back.
Seymour never got over his Vietnam hangover.
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