Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh gave a lecture on topics from his recent book, “Chain of Command: The Road From 9/11 to Now,” at the California State University Long Beach Carpenter Center on Wednesday October 15.
Hersh came to talk about his: loathing of the Bush administration, prisoner tortures at Abu Ghraib, and the importance of the media to correctly report on government stories.
He couldn’t comprehend the Bush Administration policies. “It seems our President is on the thirteenth step of a twelve step process,” said Hersh.
Hersh attacked Bush’s foreign policies, and his stubbornness not to talk to countries he dislikes.
“Our president never learned the lesson that you should when you’re five-years-old and playing with your friends in the sand-box. When you get hurt by your friend, you just don’t stop talking to him, your mom tells each of you to apologize and then you start playing again, said Hersh.”
He shared with the audience the events that led up to his reports on the prisoner tortures at Abu Ghraib. A girl from Iraq came home mentally ill, and he had to explain to her mother that giving him access to the pictures from Iraq was necessary because the world needed to know what was happening there.
Hersh then commented about the need for media when the industry is cutting back, and the failure to properly investigate the steps that led to the Iraq war.
“History is going to be cheated by this White House,” Hersh said. “Our press just sort of got bullied by this guy and we went along.”
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