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> [If George W. Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it for ideological reasons, and therefore he's not going to get out. So it isn't ultimately about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/if-george-w-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for-cynical-reasons-we-could-cut/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

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> [It doesn't matter what a majority of Americans say. George W.Bush is going to do what he thinks he must do. And history may be tough on him in the next ten years but I guess he rationalizes that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/it-doesn-t-matter-what-a-majority-of-americans-say-george-w-bush-is/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

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## Other authors on George bush

## More by Seymour Hersh

> [I can't fudge what I write. But I can certainly fudge what I say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-can-t-fudge-what-i-write-but-i-can-certainly-fudge-what-i-say/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [If Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it for ideological…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/if-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for-cynical-reasons-we-could-cut-our/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [At a meeting in her office in the late summer of 2002, months before the war in Iraq, prisoner abuse at Guantanamo is discussed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/at-a-meeting-in-her-office-in-the-late-summer-of-2002-months-before/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [Using words to make other people less big made me feel bigger, though the psychological dimension to that... well, I don't want to explore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/using-words-to-make-other-people-less-big-made-me-feel-bigger-though/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [I didn't know I was gonna be a writer when I started out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-didn-t-know-i-was-gonna-be-a-writer-when-i-started-out/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [We'd be better off if the whole purpose of the adventure in Iraq was, say, to protect Israel or to protect the flow of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/we-d-be-better-off-if-the-whole-purpose-of-the-adventure-in-iraq-was/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [The idea of photographing an Arab man naked and having him simulate homosexual activity, and having an American GI woman in the photographs, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/the-idea-of-photographing-an-arab-man-naked-and-having-him-simulate/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [There's been a lot of talk about how bad the reporting was, particularly with the George W. Bush Administration after 9/11. The general assumption,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/there-s-been-a-lot-of-talk-about-how-bad-the-reporting-was/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [Grab whom you must. Do what you want.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/grab-whom-you-must-do-what-you-want/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [If George W. Bush had gone into Iraq for cynical reasons, we could cut our losses now. What's frightening is that he did it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/if-george-w-bush-had-gone-into-iraq-for-cynical-reasons-we-could-cut/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [I don't think I've ever met a public official that didn't think he was doing the right thing. I can't think of one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-don-t-think-i-ve-ever-met-a-public-official-that-didn-t-think-he/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [How can you have a security guarantee? The Europeans can give their security guarantees to Iran all they want in return for their stopping…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/how-can-you-have-a-security-guarantee-the-europeans-can-give-their/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [I don't know Condoleezza Rice personally. I'm sure she's a nice lady, and I'm sure she plays the piano well. But she was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/i-don-t-know-condoleezza-rice-personally-i-m-sure-she-s-a-nice-lady/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [And then, of course, Bush won reelection, with everything out there, all of our complaints, all of the issues, all of the troubles with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/and-then-of-course-bush-won-reelection-with-everything-out-there-all/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

> [The day after 9/11, we should have gone to Russia. We did the one thing that George Kennan warned us never to do -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seymour-hersh/the-day-after-9-11-we-should-have-gone-to-russia-we-did-the-one-thing/)

[Seymour Hersh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seymour-hersh/)

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