Hatred of Putin makes US officials do dumb things says Seymour Hersh

Hatred of Putin makes US officials do dumb things says Seymour Hersh. The journalist who broke the Nord Stream sabotage story has claimed that America s leaders still behave like cold warriors. Legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on Sunday offered a theory for what he sees as complete idiocy in foreign policy from US officials. He told Chinese state television that he believes theyre so consumed by hatred of Russian President Vladimir Putin that they stumble into bad decisions. Hersh, the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist who reported last month that US President Joe Biden ordered last falls sabotage of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, has called the alleged plot one of Washingtons dumbest decisions in years. However, the blunder didnt reflect a lack of intelligence among top officials in Bidens administration, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Hersh said in an interview with CGTN. Top admi