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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Art Bechhoefer who wrote (20014)3/12/2003 8:47:02 PM
From: Crimson Ghost  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 25898
 
SY HERSH: 'NEVER SEEN MY PEERS AS FRIGHTENED'

HARVARD CRIMSON - Journalist Seymour Hersh denounced the Bush
administration's approach to Iraq last night after accepting the
Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism at the Kennedy
School of Government's ARCO Forum. . . Hersh began his acceptance speech
by portraying the difficulties that today's reporters face, especially
in Washington. "I have never seen my peers as frightened as they are
now," Hersh said. . . Hersh then turned his attention to the impending
war with Iraq. Hersh said skepticism about a potential war is shared by
many Washington insiders. "I have never seen such dissent even with
three and four star generals. The war is particularly not popular with
the marines," Hersh said. . . . "Congress has gotten so much dumber
it's embarrassing," he said. "There has been a collapse of Congress.
It's an incredible failure. A staggering failure."