My favorite sentence in the Seymour M. Hersh report on Bin Laden:
‘The remains, including his head, which had only a few bullet holes in it, were thrown into a body bag and, during the helicopter flight back to Jalalabad, some body parts were tossed out over the Hindu Kush mountains – or so the Seals claimed.’
Read the article here.
According to the NYT its exactly this part of the article that is doubtful:
‘Mr. Otte also testified that he saw the body of Bin Laden, which Mr. Hersh reported had been largely dismembered by gunfire during the raid. The SEAL team members then threw some body parts out of the helicopters on the way back to Afghanistan, Mr. Hersh writes, though he did report that Bin Laden’s head was largely intact.
Mr. Otte, in his testimony, offered a very different account: Asked if the SEAL team members had a body with them, he said, “It was the body of Osama bin Laden.” At no point did he describe the body as being in pieces or having been decapitated.’
Read that article here.
And then there’s R.J. Hillhouse who claims Hersh plagiarized her:
‘I have had great respect for Seymour Hersh, arguably one of the greatest investigative journalists of our time. I do not believe his story is fiction. I trust my sources--which were clearly different than his. I am, however, profoundly disappointed that he has not given credit to the one who originally broke the story.’
Read more here.
One thing is for sure; if enough people believe it the lie will become a fact.
The conspiracy theorists have become mainstream, in most parts of the world you are an exception if you are not a conspiracy theorist. The conspiracy theorist gives this thing called reality credentials, because of his doubts we know should take the reality seriously.
And governments – democratically elected or not – have taken the place of the Greek gods. They conspire against us, they fall in love with us, they need us for their enjoyment, the Gods hate each other, jealousy is driving them mad, and they have no plan in the long run, except continuation of their show.