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Hersh: “Impossible to Believe How Dumb this Leadership Was”
Gateway Pundit ^ | February 18, 2023 | Richard Abelson

Posted on 02/18/2023 3:10:26 PM PST by Kazan

Speaking in a YouTube interview with the Consortium News outlet on Friday, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh, who exposed the CIA’s purported sabotage attempt on the Nord Stream pipeline, accused the Biden administration of making “so many bad mistakes,” that “it’s impossible to believe just how dumb this leadership was.”

“It was suicidal to think you can win that war, that Ukraine can win the war [against Russia]. There’s just too much corruption. That was a very, very bad decision. We should have been pushing for peace, we should have made an agreement,” the former Pulitzer Prize winner insisted.

US President Joe Biden basically “blew off NATO in Europe” by telling allies that he is backing Ukraine with its “totally corrupt government,” Hersh added. The journalist also pointed out how Kiev glorifies Stepan Bandera, “the great pro-Nazi who killed Jews like crazy during World War II.”

“It’s just silly not to right away assure the Russian government that we weren’t interested in making Ukraine a member of NATO,” Hersh stated, referring to long-standing concerns in Moscow. “NATO didn’t want Ukraine anyway because of the corruption.”

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well as Under Secretary for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, are all “very hawkish,” Hersh said. The trio “pushed Biden very hard” to go ahead with the sabotage because “they have long-standing incredible hatred for [Russian President Vladimir] Putin. It’s almost personal, I would guess,” Hersh claimed.

Video at: https://youtu.be/4wI38E9bJzk


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthonyblinken; antonyblinken; biden; bideneffect; bidenvoters; dirtysecret; jakesullivan; liberalworldorder; putin; russia; seymourhersh; stepanbandera; ukraine; victorianuland; zelensky; zelenskyqs; zelenskyy
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To: Kazan

I can certainly believe how dumb the leadership was. Not at all hard to do.


41 posted on 02/18/2023 5:27:36 PM PST by The_Media_never_lie ( )
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To: Bratch

Amen! This appears to be the point in which Globohomo turned against Putin and Russia.


42 posted on 02/18/2023 6:38:44 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Obadiah

“Mitch McConnell is right there with them insisting Ukraine is a top priority for most Americans.”

Methinks there is a lot of money being made on both sides of the aisle in this Ukraine fiasco.


43 posted on 02/18/2023 6:48:55 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: Kazan

Gosh, me in complete agreement with Seymour Hersh. Never thought that would happen.


44 posted on 02/18/2023 6:50:58 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Kazan

Best comment was how partisan and agenda driven this corrupt and illegitimate regime is.

one look at ther freak show they hire, fags, lez, trannies, and who know what else makes the agenda driven actions most clear.

This is all about pushing far left insanity as far as can be done.

They act like their days are numbered and are determined to exceed Øbowel’s attempt to cripple the nation.


45 posted on 02/18/2023 7:30:01 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Kazan

The only place more dangerous to live than E. Palestine, OH these days is Washington DC.


46 posted on 02/18/2023 8:51:32 PM PST by The Duke (Never Retreat, Never Surrender!)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

The DIRTYSECRET is a Biden supporter now that he has been convienced by the MSM... that the Russian HOAX is true, that orange man bad; Putin bad, Ukraine good.

Hersh will soon blow the roof off the White House on Ukraine.


47 posted on 02/18/2023 9:02:51 PM PST by Jumper ( )
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To: SharpRightTurn

How much of the many billions is siphoned off to the vast corruption from Biden crime family to politicians in Europe and the US. Half?? Rumored we are paying retirement benefits to Uks, salaries to Uks, mostly likely fake payment claims everywhere. Maybe also to the Ruskys. Any oversight??

Your kids will have nothing but record high interest rates forever, if not the USA collapse. Surrender to China without a shot fired.


48 posted on 02/18/2023 9:45:22 PM PST by petertare
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To: Kazan

Mr. Hersh, the State Dept. has worked long and hard these many years to get this war going. They weren’t going to stop it just when their efforts were coming to fruition.


49 posted on 02/19/2023 12:00:43 AM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: Kazan

[Stepan Bandera]

Had to look that one up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Bandera#Death


50 posted on 02/19/2023 3:00:17 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Kazan

Except “winning” this war most likely was never the priority or expectation.


51 posted on 02/19/2023 3:46:02 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: Kazan

“We should have been pushing for peace, we should have made an agreement,” the former Pulitzer Prize winner insisted.

Yes, this is so sad but true. I wonder if Trump would have made peace, or perhaps made Putin think twice about what he started. hmmmm


52 posted on 02/19/2023 3:47:39 AM PST by guinness4strength
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To: guinness4strength

If Trump’s election was verified we would not be in this war

And we would still have Bagram Airbase as a wall between Iran and China

Who are both financing and arming Russia.


53 posted on 02/19/2023 6:13:50 AM PST by Syncro (Facts and Truth.)
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To: guinness4strength
No, this war wouldn't have happened if Trump was still in office.

Trump wouldn't have demanded an Ukrainian offensive in Donbass or teased NATO membership for Ukraine.

The Biden regime, specifically Victoria Nuland, wanted this war.

The narrative the Biden regime has been too weak is nonsense. It's been intentionally provocative.

54 posted on 02/19/2023 8:54:31 AM PST by Kazan
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To: Kazan

The Pulitzer prize means nothing since it was given to an idiot, Walter Duranty, in 1932, who covered for Stalin’s mass murders.


55 posted on 04/24/2023 2:42:14 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa
That Hersh is one of the best investigative journalists in the nation with impeccable sources is quite relevant.

That he is a liberal with no incentive to lie about this as well.

56 posted on 04/24/2023 5:37:00 PM PDT by Kazan
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