[lbo-talk] Hersch an (unwitting) mouthpiece?

[C. G. Estabrook]

Instead of trying to decide if Valentine (and by extension CounterPunch,
which often publishes columnists who do not agree entirely with the
editors) has committed lese-majeste by criticizing one of the good guys,
we should assess what he said.  CIA policies (which are of course policies
of Mills' elite, to which Valentine alludes) are consistent from Phoenix
through Afghanistan to Abu Ghraib, and yet Hersh's October 2001 article
does read as a "call for unleashing the CIA on Osama bin Laden and his Al
Qeada accomplices."  --CGE

On Mon, 10 May 2004, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Brad Mayer wrote:
> 
> >A good one from "evil" Counterpunch:
> 
> "Company Men like Seymour Hersh." They're not fit to tie his shoes. A
> new low.
>