More than half of world's population supports Russia - Seymour Hersh

RT
Mon, 12 Jun 2023 10:31 UTC

A majority of people globally are on Russia's side in relation to its conflict with Ukraine, while US influence in the international arena is declining, veteran journalist Seymour Hersh has said.

"The percentage, particularly of the African and Central Asian and South Asian countries, that have changed from being pro-America to being pro-Russia is really quite dramatic," he noted during an interview with George Galloway, which was published on YouTube on Sunday.

"Much more than half of the world's population supports Russia in the war and not the US. This was never the way it was. Washington has lost so much credibility around the world" amid the conflict in Ukraine."

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist returned to the spotlight in February when he published a bombshell report, accusing the US of sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines. Washington rejected the report as "utterly false and complete fiction."

According to Hersh, an example of waning US influence is the rapprochement between former arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, which began in March.

"It's happened because... of Ukraine and dislike of the war" and was a "big blow" to the people in the Biden administration, who "hate" Iran, he said.

As a result of the mending of ties between Tehran and Riyadh, "we're going to have a settlement in Yemen that we - in America - could never get. We're getting pushed out," the 86-year-old added.

Polls show that support for Washington's involvement in Ukraine is declining in the US as people become increasingly worried about its economic cost, Hersh said.

"America spent something like $140 billion on this war at a time when 15 million Americans were taken off free healthcare by this administration. I mean what's going on America this is just outrageous."

The journalist expressed belief that Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive is "doomed to fail" as Kiev's military units all have different training, weapons and commanders, and seem unable to work together efficiently.

US President Joe Biden apparently thinks the conflict in Ukraine "is a ticket for him to be reelected. And it seems to me we're in for some real political problems here in America," Hersh predicted.

Reader Comments

Shangri · 2023-06-12T21:26:37Z

Supports - the Russian Government.

Joan · 2023-06-13T08:04:29Z

No! Supports Russia, in a moral and ethical stance, they don't want to bring up their children without the guidance of a religious spiritual teaching in moral and ethical law, that has served humanity for generations, without the day after day of mindless man made laws, to serve an elite structure.

So what is left for the West, A DIE culture...For parents a gender affirming society, whatever that means, and if they don't subscribe to this ideology, there is a strong possibility, they could lose parental rights over the life path of their child.

Now tell me, what parent or group of like minded individuals, that see and feel the crushing feet on their head and neck of rampant totalitarianism.would not be aligned with the same values of like minded individuals and parents within there own country, but also Russia?

If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever. George Orwell

Well, would one not want to align with the Russian moral, spiritual and ethical values. where they recognize only two sexes exist, male and female, and so called gender affirming mutilation, along with puberty blockers are banned. To name just one of the burning issues.