Seymour Hersh's Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama on Syria with Tacit Help to Assad | Democracy Now!

Seymour Hersh's Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama on Syria with Tacit Help to Assad | Democracy Now!

Seymour Hersh's Latest Bombshell: U.S. Military Undermined Obama on Syria with Tacit Help to Assad

 A new report by the Pulitzer-winning veteran journalist Seymour Hersh
says the Joint Chiefs of Staff has indirectly supported Bashar al-Assad
in an effort to help him defeat jihadist groups. Hersh reports the Joint
Chiefs sent intelligence via Russia, Germany and Israel on the
understanding it would be transmitted to help Assad push back Jabhat
al-Nusra and the Islamic State. Hersh also claims the military even
undermined a U.S. effort to arm Syrian rebels in a bid to prove it was
serious about helping Assad fight their common enemies. Hersh says the
Joint Chiefs’ maneuvering was rooted in several concerns, including the
U.S. arming of unvetted Syrian rebels with jihadist ties, a belief the
administration was overly focused on confronting Assad’s ally in Moscow,
and anger the White House was unwilling to challenge Turkey and Saudi
Arabia over their support of extremist groups in Syria. Hersh joins us
to detail his claims and respond to his critics.