Posted on 10/14/2009 9:41:55 AM PDT by khnyny
DURHAM — The U.S. military is not just fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, America’s most renowned investigative journalist says.
The army is also “in a war against the White House — and they feel they have [President] Obama boxed in,” Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh told several hundred people in Duke University’s Page Auditorium on Tuesday night. “They think he’s weak and the wrong color. Yes, there’s racism in the Pentagon. We may not like to think that, but it’s true and we all know it.”
In a speech on Obama’s foreign policy, Hersh, who uncovered the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War and torture at Abu Ghraib prison during the Iraqi war, said many military leaders want Obama to fail.
“A lot of people in the Pentagon would like to see him get into trouble,” he said. By leaking information that the commanding officer in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, says the war would be lost without an additional 40,000 American troops, top brass have put Obama in a no-win situation, Hersh contended.
“If he gives them the extra troops they’re asking for, he loses politically,” Hersh said. “And if he doesn’t give them the troops, he also loses politically.”
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Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh
Well, if Seymour Hersh said it, then it must be true and I really, really believe it.
What an utter load of crap.
By the way, which party is trying to take away the military vote?
Sounds like Hersh needs some time to himself, away from drugs and alcohol. But drugs and alcohol are some of his top “sources”.
“Hersh: Military Waging War With White House”
If only.
“They think he’s weak and the wrong color. “
BS.
That's why Colin Powell never got any position of responsibility in the Pentagon.
“They think he’s weak and the wrong color. “
Sorry only this part is BS: “...... the wrong color.”
He is a girly man however, just ask Larry Sinclair.
Not just a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter. According to the article: “America’s most renowned investigative journalist”. Gag me.
“If he gives them the extra troops they’re asking for, he loses politically,” Hersh said. “And if he doesn’t give them the troops, he also loses politically.”
So it MUST be racism!!
He loses politically either way....ain’t that a shame.
Hersh is not to be trusted.
Of course the Dems are trying to block military votes.
Military folks past and present vote FOR their country instead of international socialism.
Bob Woodward probably wouldn’t be happy with this charactarization of Seymour Hersh.
Hersh is a shill for the libs.
His batting average for accuracy is quite poor.
Sensationalistic nonsense that sends tingles up Chrissy’s legs.
The Pentagon and our military have more minorities than the general population. Hersh is talking through his hat again.
OK, serious question.
Say someone with designs to harm the United States won the presidency, or high office generally;
what would the job of the military be?
Sy Hersh, America’s most renowned investigative communist.
Say someone with designs to harm the United States won the presidency, or high office generally;
what would the job of the military be?
Well I swore an oath to protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. I did NOT swear an oath to protect and defend ANY office holder.
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