Seymour M. Hersh

2 weeks ago | slguardian.org | Seymour M. Hersh

Yesterday marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, so it’s worth recalling a fleeting moment in the fall of 1963 when a rapprochementseemed possible between North and South Vietnam. The US military presence was in its early stages: only 16,300 troops were in-country, though thousands more were posted offshore. Few in America understood that a civil war in South Vietnam would soon turn into an East-West showdown between Russian- and Chinese-supported troops and US Special Forces.

1 month ago | seymourhersh.substack.com | Seymour M. Hersh

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1 month ago | johnmenadue.com | Seymour M. Hersh

Off off the record with the man who secretly taped our telephone calls. I left the New York Times in 1979, after many good stories and some not so good times, to write a book, The Price of Power, about Henry Kissinger and his years as a manipulating and dissembling national security adviser and secretary of state. I interviewed no less than one thousand officials, including scores who had worked for Henry, as he was known to all, and the 698-page book was published in 1983.

1 month ago | johnmenadue.com | Seymour M. Hersh

Tuesday 26 September is the anniversary of the Biden administrations destruction of three of the four pipelines of Nord Stream 1 and 2. There is more I have to say about it, but it will have to wait. Why? Because the war between Russia and Ukraine, with the White House continuing to reject any talk of a ceasefire, is at a turning point.

1 month ago | johnmenadue.com | Seymour M. Hersh

As the war drags on, delusions mount, with no end, or victory, in sight. Lets take a look at recent events in the Ukraine war from the point of view of those in the American intelligence community who dont feel they have the ear of President Joe Biden but should. On July 17 Ukraine attacked for a second time one of Russian President Vladimirs proudest achievements: the 11.25-mile Kerch Bridge linking Crimea to Russia.