Bush 'helped Israeli attack on Lebanon'

The Guardian (U.K.) ^ | 08/14/06 | Dan Glaister

[Pokey78]

The US government was closely involved in planning the Israeli campaign in Lebanon, even before Hizbullah seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross border raids in July. American and Israeli officials met in the spring, discussing plans on how to tackle Hizbullah, according to a report published yesterday.

The veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh writes in the current issue of the New Yorker magazine that Israeli government officials travelled to the US in May to share plans for attacking Hizbullah.

Quoting a US government consultant, Hersh said: "Earlier this summer ... several Israeli officials visited Washington, separately, 'to get a green light for the bombing operation and to find out how much the United States would bear'."

[elhombrelibre]

Hersh is always coming up with crackpot nonsense. He was the one who released the first abu Graib photos. In this case, it's clearly gibberish. Nations who are allies constantly plan and discuss contingencies. So what?

[Lurker]

Good ole Seymour.

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[cripplecreek]

[stephenjohnbanker]

This author must have no life : )

[TWohlford]

Isn't Hersh still expecting that nuclear war that we're gonna wage on Iran?

[frankjr]

Hersh made himself look like a fool with the Plamegate, Bolton's UN nomination and a host of other "get-Bush" bogus stories. Add this one to that long list.

[ARealMothersSonForever]

that Israeli government officials travelled to the US in May to share plans for attacking Hizbullah.

I should hope that anyone planning a military offensive in that part of the world would give the US a heads-up. Failure to do so could have bad consequences. Does not mean that anything was coordinated and planned for a sovereign country.

[TWohlford]

And isn't this the same guy that claimed that US troops were raping young boys in Iraq?

[bonehead4freedom]

I hope that we are working with Israel identifying and working to eliminating the threats that face us, anything else would be just plain stupid!Of course this rag thinks it's a crime to plan for what as past history has shown is a certainty!

[tobyhill]

Seymour Hersh is a liar and all his so-called sources are former government officials according to Blitzer today as he interviewed Hersh.

[puppypusher]

Seymour Hersh is a great fiction writer and he continues to show that with the tripe he has just written.

I just wish the U.S. did indeed coordinate with the Isreali's to destroy the Hezzies. We would have done the job much quicker.

[Dallas59]

Dear God...this conspiracy didn't long to develop.

[balch3]

why isn't Hirsch in prison by now?

[NewLand]

Quoting a US government consultant...

Consultant for what? Landscaping?

Ever notice the sources for these bogus articles are always totally vague and NEVER questioned by fellow DBM's?

[lstanle]

"The veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh writes in the current issue of the New Yorker magazine that Israeli government officials travelled to the US in May to share plans for attacking Hizbullah. "

The past month has revealed that Israel had no plan to deal with the hezzies.

[cdnerds]

Very soon:

Quoting a US government Janitor....

[Inkie]

Good!

[Big Guy and Rusty 99]

good . . . We should flood their land with their blood.

[stop_fascism]

Man, how'd those sneaky jews trick the hezboes into attacking them. Seriously though, if they'd been planning an attack for that long, I'd imagine even a dingleberry like Olmert could execute the d@mn plan.