Comments on: Hersh’s Assassination Kerfuffle

By: Retired

Retired — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:55:56 +0000

When I Sy Hersch moving to Hollywood? These plots would really sell out there.

For those who might believe in the existence of the Cheney Hit Squad (called “chits”, for short) ask yourself this question: Cheney was VP for eight years. During that period, what “high value targets” were killed by this alleged team that roamed the world, not talking to Ambassadors or Chiefs of Station? How about “the list,” Sy?

By: viking

viking — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:13:05 +0000

OT: I’ve been a close reader and I sometimes comment here at NQ under the name anon. Back in early 2008 I was a newbie to online blogs and commenting, didn’t feel comfy with coming up with a “handle” and so I identified myself as ‘anon’. Apparently, there’s someone else now using ‘anon’ so I believe I’d better pick a new name. Thus I who was ‘anon’ lo these many months here at NQ am now ‘viking’. In order to be clear, I’m the one who annoyed everyone with my rant about TP, if you recall.

Cheney isn’t my hero either but I was thoughtful about his public statements recently about the danger of scaling back the Bush era protections and the increased danger we would face. Thank you Larry for standing up for reality.

Just a quick question: Wasn’t Sy Hersch rumored to be the one who knew of (had seen) the Michelle Obama video tape that disappeared/didn’t exist?

By: elise

elise — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:28:12 +0000

I just want to know why Darth Vader is still living in the vicinity of Washington (McClean, Va.?) A few months ago, when Lynn was on the Daily Show, she said they couldn’t wait to get back to “Blue Sky” country. Doesn’t he have a bunker there or something? I didn’t read Symore Hersh’ article, Larry, but I believe you. Character assignation and lying to accomplish his agenda and violating the powers of the Constitution were all Cheney needed.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:29:16 +0000

Do we believe there weren’t trained assassination squads working for the US government in Iraq? Cheney won’t attempt to clear this up, because attempting to clear it up would reveal even more.

By: Doc99

Doc99 — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:01:39 +0000

Remember Dan Rather? Agenda-driven journalism often crashes and burns from its own incendiary nature.

By: catherine

catherine — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:22:38 +0000

Ya know this is the thing about Sy. I like him and admire him a lot but sometimes he gets misled on a “really good” story and we’re left to wonder how much does he get correct.

By: mountainaires

mountainaires — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 23:12:53 +0000

How on earth could Sy Hersh have been so misled on this story?

By: Seattle Moss

Seattle Moss — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:21:50 +0000

Truth is refreshing, rather than blind hate.

The quicker one gains this wisdom the quicker one gains better judgment.

Now is a good time to stop the race to
National Suicide

By: Sonic Ninja Kitty

Sonic Ninja Kitty — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:17:09 +0000

Wow! Can’t Cheney go after Hersh for defamation of character? (Granted there’s not much character there to defend, but anyway…)

I’d think as a public figure Cheney would want the whole issue cleared up for the sake of upholding public trust in government. (Granted, there’s not much public trust in government there to uphold, but anyway…)

By: Diana

Diana — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:06:58 +0000

Thank you Larry for setting the record straight. This is one of the biggest problems I have is there are far too many out there that want to blame Bush/Cheney for every single thing that has happened. Will happen. Will never happen. When a lot of it was going on long before Bush or even Clinton came to Washington. Even if they have to make stuff up out of the air. Bush made mistakes. Some that have really made me angry. But, they want to feed us this…

Anything to divert and distract. It never changes.

By: Doc99

Doc99 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:50:15 +0000

Sy Hersh has made a living off his My Lai reportage for years. Thanks, Larry for calling him on this one.

By: WMCB

WMCB — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:39:41 +0000

Thanks, Larry. Truth is refreshing, rather than blind hate. There’s enough to slam Cheney for without adding stuff that he didn’t do.

By: oowawa

oowawa — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:20:51 +0000

Larry, I know you’re a longtime Cheney critic. If you clear him on this one, I certainly believe you. God knows, we already have enough legitimate reasons to hate Cheney. Thanks for clarifying the issue.

By: foxyladi14

foxyladi14 — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:38:25 +0000

amazing,,where do they dream up these stories??