Posted on 05/17/2005 3:27:03 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
At college commencement, Hersh describes U.S. soldiers as 'victims' The Associated Press
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Journalist Seymour Hersh described U.S. soldiers in Iraq as "victims," eliciting jeers and cheers from an audience of about 6,000 people at a college commencement on Monday.
Hersh, speaking to graduates of Fairleigh Dickinson University and their families, said American soldiers are "doing an admirable job under terrible conditions" but don't know much about the war they are fighting.
"They are as much victims as the people they are sometimes forced to kill," Hersh said.
The comment was greeted by a loud expletive from one member of the audience. Booing and more swearing followed, but other audience members stood and cheered.
Hersh, who was among the first to report on the abuse of Iraqi inmates at Abu Ghraib prison, was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
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I wonder if it was a two-word, seven letter one that began with an F?
""They are as much victims as the people they are sometimes forced to kill,""
That's despicable. I suppose Zarqawi is a victim too?
How low can a school go having this DIMWIT speak. I can't imagine it will help recruit potential students from anywhere besides the Blue State corridor..Oh, and maybe France
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The school is long known as "Fairly Ridiculous" for good reason...
I suppose the 19 hijackers were just pitiful victims in his warped, twisted world of blame-Americaism.
Seymour's just upset that little Farleigh Dickinson is the best he could pull in the commencement racket.
Hopefully, garbage like this will only serve to make America more "red state" red.
LOL.....we always called it FAIRLY SICKENING
we had MORE class...
"At college commencement, Hersh describes U.S. soldiers as 'victims' The Associated Press"
Should read: "At college commencement, Hersh describes U.S. soldiers as 'victims' of The Associated Press and other leftist Media and traitors such as myself."
America is being destroyed from our own citizens. We don't need Osama Bin Laden.
LOL! That was my first thought!
Here we go with the commencement speaches.
Sey Hersch is a repeatedly documented liar.
Hersh was apologizing not for his comments, but for the fact that people who think he's full of sh*t had the temerity to say so.
So he believes in his own free speech, but he's 'sorry' that others exercised their own right.
Which just proves that he IS full of sh*t.
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