Hersh is signalling to his Iranian friends that it's okay for their boats to approach, and even fire on our naval vessels. No matter how aggressive they become, Hersh and his liberal media buddies will provide this cover story that Iran didn't do it, the eevil Bush/Cheney regime did it to us themselves.
“The one (plan) that interested me the most was why don’t we build - we in our shipyard - build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT boats. Put Navy SEALs on them with a lot of arms. And next time one of our boats goes to the Strait of Hormuz, start a shoot-up,”
Which person, invited to such a high level meeting, would spill to Seymor Hirsch? It doesn’t pass the laugh test, let alone the smell test.