Sy Hersh and Iran update

An addendum to Jeff's guest post on the coming shock and awe in Iran:

The New Yorker's Seymour Hersh was on CNN's Late Edition today. Crooks and Liars has the video here. For more on Hersh's appearance, see TalkLeft and Think Progress.

Michelle Malkin claims that Hersh is blowing U.S. cover. Oh, so that's how the right will spin this. He's not wrong, he should just shut up. (Of course, the right has zero interest in open political discourse generally.)

My pal Joe Gandelman has an excellent round-up here. Make sure to read Jeff's post (link above), then head over to check out Joe's take at The Moderate Voice.

Then go see The Carpetbagger Report, where the Sunday Discussion Group is answering these questions: "Is this some kind of bluster intended to bolster European diplomacy? Is the Iranian threat legitimate? Is the threat of war Bush's new campaign strategy for the midterm cycle? If Bush's war planning is folly, what would a responsible Iran policy look like? How do Democrats approach the political element of this national security debate?"

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