Quite a few people have said that they don't know who Seymour Hersh is…why not look him up on the web instead of telling us about the holes that exist in their knowledge bases.

Maybe Bush just needs to prove his manhood by going to war? He's clearly not really thinking of our country. He's a danger to himself and others, especially others. He needs to leave before he starts another world war.

Is Karl (the idiot) Rove sending planning e-mails to Dick and George again?

Only Republican desperation could dream up war with Iran as a way to secure the White House for thier party.

Hersh, who gave you all the Top Secret - For Eyes Only
information about the Iraq war planning?

Bush should be impeached now before he causes more kaos in the world!!!!
Personally I think this so called Iran weapons and rhetoric are all manipulation by the criminal Bush administration to support their next war!!!
He should be stopped now!!!!
Please dont forget ALL THE PROPAGANDA TO START THE IRAQ WAR!!!
DO YOUR JOB CONGRESS!!!

Stupid Government!!!! They're starting to tick me off…..

Its always difficult to distinguish between facts and conclusions. His articles tend to mesh one with the other. Context is also another problem in reporting if none is available for the information gathered. So while his articles are very informative we must try to separate the two. It is also interesting that info is said to come from current and former officials in the sense that it insulates those currently on the job from whatever kind of penalty. Who knows from which a particular piece of information came from?

Now we know why the old man was singing bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran. Guess we'll wait for the next book to see What Happened.

Shock and Awe has become lie and decete. Liberman once a Dem V.P candidate is bucking for the same job on the other side of the isle. GW should have his 'declare a phony and tragic war card' taken away from him his last 7 months, 20 days, 23 hrs and 52 minutes (PDT) but who's counting, right.

Isn't there anything, anyone can do, who cares in Washington D.C. to stop this madness before more sons, daughters, fathers and mothers are killed for no other reason than to try and force others to live how we live?

Democracy is all about the freedoms granted under the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights.

If we need to be covert about preventing attacks then so be it, but Mr. Liberman, please stop scaring this country…we're too beat up, losing our homes because of predatory lending from the Bear Sterns type invested in companies that the government rescues, can't afford a gallon of gas because of greed.

At least before GW we only couldn't afford to educate our children but could afford to eat, keep our homes and didn't have to go thru the 'body count days' of Vietnam. Oh, how good we had it and how our morals have been reduced to SCARE and AWE

The same game, the same tricks, the same spin, Blood suckers can not live without blood.
We want a change, I mean power to the people. Obama 4ever

These power hungry idiots are not going to be happy till we have a war on every piece of soil in the world and it would end winner take all if ant thing is left. I read a report today that Halliburton is already slipping around Iran and has been for a long time. If this is true our war monger leaders are going to get this planet blown out of existence.
Been wondering for yrs is how Chaney got so much power and made Bush his puppet.

Marie-Gurnee, IL June 30th, 2008 1:22 pm ET

Who is Seymour Hersh? And why should we care?
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Sad .
Does anyone read anything longer than 3 paragraphs anymore?
58 comments are posted on a serious subject like this and thousands are posted hurling hate and venom over label pins, patriotism questions, etc.

Should one American Soldier become wounded or killed as a result of duty performed in Iran, wouldn't Seymour Kersh become a traitor (if not already) and be tried as such? He, and the News Media (TV) that carry his story and tell it to the world all should be tried as traitors .

At some time someone is going to become braver than those we now have in government and these pot shot reporters are going to pay the price, and well it should be.

2 War Veteran disappointed in our media and government.

Hey Obamabots…notice his claim that CONGRESS has given authorization.

Perhaps you should vent at Pelosi, Reid, Kennedy, Murtha, and the rest of the democratic hypocrits you so love.

i just hope that he does this before the election.
God forbid that Obama might win, he might sit down and talk
with these vicious people.
He won't be able to con this group of officials. They are more ruthless than he could imagine.
He's not qualified to understand the repercussions of his ignorance.

It's sad, for me to say; but this Country has become a "Bunch of Sheep". And, we all know, what happens to "Sheep"………………………….They are led to slaughter!

Is that what McCain is talking about is going to happen 48 hours before the election. And the fools will vote for him.

We do not need involvement in any more Mid-East messes!!!

I would like to point out that there still is no proof that the Republic of Iran has a nuclear weapons production program.

Let our foreign policy be governed by facts not fears; evidence not emotions

What advice could you give the average american citizen who wants no part in frivalous war spending.For peets sake will we ever have a silver lining to this dark economic cloud ????

Yes,"The Puppet Show Show" is on again. Starring:George Bush as Puppet President of USA

What a shame for American People. Our president is controlled by… and ,%95 of our economy is controlled by foreigners….

It will be another in a series of blunders and miscalculations inflicted upon us by this President. If the Iranians say their nuclear ambitions are for peaceful purposes ,why in Gods name are we planning to engage them in an armed conflict.???..Is this the doomsday scenario that the Apocalypse predicted??..God help us

McCain is winning on National Security and Foreign policy. Democrats have to come up with something and Sky Hersh himself is the answer to the question.

No !!!!!!!!!

I am still seeking real journalism.

Why has there been no discussion, during the debate concerning intercepts/telecom immunity and security , about the low number of translators competent in Farsi, Arabic, Urdu, etc. who would be able to provide meaningful, real time translations of the millions of intercepts.

All the intercepts in the world will not provide security if:

1. We are unable to translate them in real time;
2. We cannot separate the meaningful/real information from the intentionally false disinformation;
3. We cannot prepare intelligent strategies/effective responses to the real threats; and
4. We cannot execute those strategies/responses.

But, this Administration and its supporters ignore these issues and do not fund translators or "in field" interpreters, even 7 years after 9/11 and the Administration's commencement of an ill-defined, vague and poorly executed "War on Terror". It's simply "feel good" legislation giving a false sense of security, based on the belief that the "enemy" is stupid and will communicate its nefarious plans in English and without disinformation which an all to willing Administration will jump to in response, thereby wasting even more resources.

You know it's election time when the FEAR MONGERING begins in earnest..it's bad enough that we had to deal with a horrible domestic economy, poor educational system, destroyed environment, etc..now we have to worry about COWBOYS in office declaring war on ANOTHER COUNTRY that hasn't directly attacked us…it's not Bush's job to say what Iran can and can't have..until they do something to us DIRECTLY, we should leave them alone…I guess one UNJUSTIFIED war isn't enough….

Its all about oil baby..thats oil…and we need it right .( no pun intended) because we dont know any other way as we have become morons…so dont worry be happy , pay 10 dollar gallon baby..cmon…haaaaaa

Hersh is an idiot!

He gets a tidbit of information and then does not do all of the homework to find out if it is even remotely true.

Those tabloids are always the same, and they kind of sound like the main stream media these days.

After all only about 5% of reporters are doing their jobs correctly these days!!

After the fabrication this administration concocted to get us into Iraq is there really any doubt as to the validity of Mr. Hersh's accusations? I suspect he is spot-on.
Alas, I won't be submitting a question for Mr. Hersh, though. I must be terribly old-fashioned. I don't have a movie camera. I don't have a camera or microphone on my computer. To the best of my knowledge, my cell phone does not have that capability. And, really, I don't have a burning desire to see a grainy video clip of myself shown on national TV. I would be more than satisfied to let Wolf read any question I might have.

Who is Seymour Hersh? Never heard of him…………..

I'd like to know what his sources are. What are his reasons for coming to this conclusion? Conspiracy theories and rumor mills have been active for the last 4 years about Bush starting a new war with Iran, but most have lacked credibility. Why is this one different?

Why do you think that our covert operations are required to be public information, do you realize that people outside the United States follow our news (including Iran) and how does it feel to compromise our security?

The nut jobs are trying to start a war with Iran, never mind that it would be a losing fight unless we instituted the draft. It will ensure their guy gets elected.

why is it important that Hersh and CNN alert Iran to the fact that this administration is concerned that the country that support the people that gaves us 9/11 have nuclear power and we need to know to what capacity.he is telling them that we are sending covert operations against them. is this not a way to fuel and accelerate a war against Iran justifying their position instead of ours. what country is this Hersh from anyway. is there no more patriotism in this country if a chance for a story is involved. sick sick sick

How much gas and fuel do we use each day in our two wars???

"He claims….."

Yeah? So, CNN, have you investigated his claims? Can you substantiate his claims? Or is this just more of your "Rabble-rousing for ratings and advertising dollars" campaign?

Anyone who believes we haven't already had clandestine ops in Iran ever since 1979 is a fool.

After this tyrannical Iranian regime falls…, who will be left to finance the terrorists fighting peace in the Middle East?

Another war to feed republicans thirst for war.

God save us from the republicans.

Obama/Clinton 08

WHY WOULD THE U.S. ATTACK IRAN WHEN IRAN HAS NEVER ATTACKED ANOTHER COUNTRY? I SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD POSSIBLY RESULT IN ANYTHING OTHER THAN A TERRIBLE DISASTER.

this criminal government will start another war,and any congressmen/women,should be held accountable for any american deaths that occur,because of it,including any democratic supporters of the effort to subvert iran.the world is fed up with our bully tactics ,and will no longer support us in our efforts to manipulate the middle east,for our own monetary gain.

Hey "fight the liberal Media" Get lost!
Is that Sean Hannity blogging on here again.
I hate when these right wing racist radicals come up with their own polls conducted between themselves and make it look national.
Where is your source?
Also, It's obvious that you're racist using "Lynching" to describe your poll.

Has the bush administration lost all its marbles. Why in Gods name will they engage Iran in a conflict when our armed forces are up to their eyeballs in Iraq. ??? The Republicans have indeed plunged this nation in the worst quagmire since WW1. What a horrendous legacy George W. will leave office with. Leaving the next administration to sort out their mess. What a President.

I KNEW IT. I KNEW IT. I SAID IT LAST YEAR, THAT FAKE PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO START ANOTHER WAR BEFORE THE YEAR WAS OVER.

Why would I want to Seymour Hersh?

So? Hersh does not know what he is talking about. In his comments he says "I think. . .". So why is this news at all? Why does CNN give such credence to newsmen who support Liberal viewpoints but nothing to the conservative side?

Jimmy Velman - you belong to this administration. Your last comment says it all: "we worry about our enemies capabilities to reduce OUR resources…" Since when did all the oil in the Middle Eat become OURS?? What a backward, arrogant thing to say! We use 25% of current world resources today. That needs to stop. Oil is NOT a good reason to go to war - again!

OK REPUBLICAN FEAR MONGERS–ENOUGH ALREADY.
IF INFO IS TRUE, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN LEAKED TO THE SO CALLED "LIBERAL MEDIA", OBVIOUSLY ,BY A REPUBLICAN FEAR MONGERER.
THREAT OF ANOTHER UNNECESSARY WAR WILL NOT MAKE ME VOTE FOR McCAIN—–QUITE THE OPPOSITE WOULD BE TRUE FOR A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN BUSH-WHACKED ENOUGH.
WHY ARE DEMOCRATS AFRAID TO IMPEACH??
ANYONE?, ANYONE?—PELOSI? WHAT SAY YOU.

@Bob Stephens: probably because Hersh has been saying this stuff for more than 3 years (by my count; maybe longer?), each time indicating the attack is "imminent", and it keeps not happening. I'm not saying he's wrong — it's certainly plausible — but at some point you just stop paying attention to Chicken Little.

No, I don't have a question. However, I want to convey to Mr. Hersh that we appreciate his reporting on the TRUTH!

When I heard in the news last week that Israel wants help from the U.S., in bombing Iran's nuclear facilities I knew we were in trouble! Do we really want World War III?

Our national debt is $10 TRILLION AND THE WAR WITH IRAQ HAS COST, $650 BILLION TO DATE!

PLEASE PEOPLE WAKE UP! We can't continue killing and bombing! Our nation is in danger of bankruptcy.

THE REPUBLICANS ONLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE FEAR CARD, JUST LIKE THE PLAYED THE COMMUNIST-WILL-GET-US CARD DURING THE COLD WAR!

WAKE UP AMERICAN DON'T FALL PREY TO LIES AND MISINFORMATION!

"Fight the Liberal media" was referring to a poll of Georgia voters only. It was conducted by Rasmussen and posted by RealClearPolitics. McCain has a 10-point lead in Georgia.

Maybe this guy should be on Iran's payroll…………………..or better yet, move there!

Wait till you see the gas prices then.Wall Street will crash.

We need to say out of Iran's affairs and pursue a more open dialog with them. Iran is a nation that does not respond well to threats. Too often, America preaches freedom and democracy at the end of a gun barrel. Perhaps we need to practice what we preach at home before going out into the world and continue losing respect. At first approach, an olive branch does more good and an gun.

When America decided to enter into Somilia (sp) at the end of the Bush administration, he coordinated these efforts through the Clinton team as he knew such actions would carry over to the next administration; wise move of the elder statesman. Before the next Bush makes another fatal mistake perhaps he should involve the two candidates as another "mission accomplished" might takes years, if ever to complete.

Sure hope we are wrong again about those WMDs.

The fact that the Bush adminstation is trying to keep the war machine going is nothing new. That is why it is not getting alot of attention now.
People who connect the dots already know about the intentions of this administration know that they are going to attack IRAN before time runs out

Sources? Is Mr. Hersh ready to back-up these comments with legitimate sources?

Yes many people have been speculating about another "October Surprise" for some time. Obviously it would create a panic and boost McCain's chances if Iran was attacked. Many people have been claiming that Bush/Cheney wanted to invade Iraq to have a chace to also get access to Iran.

Wow looks like they're really trying to put us in a panic…man if the republicans get away with this fear mongering again I'm saving for Canada.

Republicans want to win elecions at any cost. Voters should know it they will do anything to stir up the notion that somehow we wil be attacked soon. Wake up before it is too late.

Who is Seymour Hersh? And why should we care?

if Bama is elected, our nation will be under the 'i surrender mentality' that Jimmy Carter (the father of modern islamic terrorism) put our nation through..

We do not need to hear speeches on Patriotism.
Americans are patriotic to a fault. we have always pulled together
in times of war.

There is no question that the Bush Administration is conducting a very effective campaign to garner support for an attack on Iran before he leaves office. The fact that they can do this after the fiasco of Iraq is nothing short of amazing. This is only possible with the support of the voters preoccupied with the failing economy and the roll-over Congress.

Our government is spending more on defense than was spent at the height of Vietnam with uncounted billions going to cronies of the Administration for overpriced weapon systems. In case we have a short memory this is what brought down the Soviet Union.
If the public doesn't wake up and demand controls we are facing a very sharp decline and bankruptcy.

Everything about this buildup looks just like the buildup before the Iraq War. Is this completely politically motivated (to start a war before the election), or is there any other legitimate reasons for the push?

Why go into another mistake like Iraq…thousands killed our own, plus innocent Iraquis, billions spent and counting? This thought is ludicrous, etc…

Your Comments, please Mr Seymour Hersh.

Bush will try to go to war with Iran and Mccain is in support of that , that is why people like Lierburman spreading rumors of terror. Wacht out people the Repulicans are out there to destroy us all. Say no to War diplomancy is the way to go.

I believe that any war with Iran at this time would be very counterproductive and serve as the beginning and the end of the western occupation of the Middle East. Apart from oil price going up to $ 300 a barrel and $15 dollar for a gas, the world economics would collapse. The United States is already engage in two wars right now in the Middle East and East Asia, and if the Bush administration starts another war, it would most certainly destroy our prestige and ruin any chance of relative peace in that part of the war. For a matter of fact, how are going to pay for a war with Iran and who are we going to send there? I hope NYT and other media outlets seriously question this administration before it leads the U.S on a path of a disaster war. This is troubling, do you think so?

War is inevitable with Iran given its refusal to halt its Nuclear Weapons program. It threatens to inflict severe damage/retaliation
to any who would attack their country. It is obvious , they would try to block the flow of oil thru the Strait of Hormuz as a first strep….planting
thousands of mines and sinking large ships, even tankers to block shipping thru that strategis water way. The immediate effect of such actions are obvious.. it will throw the global economies into an
unprecendented turmoil. What then is the best solution to Iran's intransigence? Iran has huge conventional ordnance with missiles
to deliver it. Israel and the U.S. have overwhelming forces to deal with Iran, but will it be decisive in a very short and timely manner to prevent global economic chaos if Iran somehow manages to block
the Straits of Hormuz and the flow of oil? we do not worry about our preparedness to deal with any war. we worry about our enemies capabilities to reduce our resources and the economic consequences of retaliations.

I read an article this weekend about Israel planning to attack
Iran, U.S. backing Israel and Russia backing Iran.
World War III!'
How scary. Can we do anything to stop Bush from making
any critical decisions the rest of his term? Cannot believe
that Congress would back anything that would get us deeper
into war. With what resources? We are broke and have no
additional man power.
Heaven help us.

if the war with iran thing is true, then the media should be held accountable for putting our troops (special operations) in danger. It would be no different than giving out the identity of a CIA agent, and remember that the media had a wonderful day lashing out at Bush for that because of their bias. This is Bush last term, why dont people see that?

I wonder if Joe Liberman is the that is going to launche the new terror attaack. Please stop scaring people for political reason. America, it is not true no terror attack in 2009. If there is one Joe Lieberman and the republican party is behind it.

Why are the neo-cons determined to start a war in Iran? Don't they realize the consequences of $10 a gallon gasoline? Do they really want to detroy the economy, and if so, what separates their goals from those of bin Laden and the terrorists?

Fight the Liberal media stop posting fake info unless your going to refer to the source so it can be verified and check out that is why you GOP people don't understand people are no longer just believing things unless they can be verified thanks information superhighway

fight the liberal media!
Did you conduct this survey yourself amongs your fellow rightwingers?
Dream on… The choice of this election has always been between Obama and Clinton. McBush will simply not win… you better beleive that!

I understand operations done to determine what Iran is up to but I dont support going to war. It must be done diplomatically. The UN must be involved. Bush or Isreal should not instigate a war. This will not be good for the US or the world. Bush if strikes Iran will not be helping world peace.

another obama lynching not recognized by the liberal media
MCCAIN UP BY 10!!!!!

McCain 53, Obama 43, Barr (L) 1 McCain +10.0

Why is the main stream press ignoring the rumors that have been rampant for the last year or so, that the Bush administration plans to start a war in Iran just prior to the election.