“The persistent self-defeating Dumbness of America”

For half a century, Seymour Hersh has exposed the excesses of America military adventurism and has kept American presidents in a state of shock and awe. At a moment when America risks slipping in yet another Middle East war, Hersh has harsh words for the latest actions taken against Iran. But the journalism veteran, 82, also agrees with key points of Trump’s foreign policy. And for the first time he speaks about his latest investigation into the United States Special Forces.

His name strikes fear and loathing in the heart of American national security experts. Pentagon officials fear his sources. Rival journalists dismiss him as a conspiracy monger. But admirers call Seymour Hersh “a groundbreaking journalist who has revealed some of America's darkest secrets” (The Chicago Tribune.) David Remnick, editor in chief of the iconic “New Yorker” magazine, hails Hersh, “Quite simply, the greatest investigative journalist of his era.”

“The persistent self-defeating Dumbness of America”
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