Fox News Discovers 'Preemptive Attack' Threat, Forgets Its Own History
Fox News reports an Iranian military leader threatened 'preemptive action' after former President Trump's comments about protecting protestors. The article, however, conveniently forgets the U.S. itself launched a 'preemptive war' in Iraq in 2003, based on fabricated intelligence. One might wonder if 'preemptive' is a dirty word only when it's not spoken by Washington or Tel Aviv. This selective
alarmism allows the media to frame certain nations as inherently aggressive, while excusing similar, or even identical, rhetoric from preferred actors. It's a neat trick: paint your adversaries as uniquely unhinged, while ignoring your own well-documented history of 'preemptive operations'—operations that often involve a lot more than just rhetoric. Convenient, isn't it, how 'threat of attack'
becomes 'defense' depending on whose side you're on?