Hezbollah to 'Set Timing' for Response, Media Forgets History
Al-Monitor, citing Reuters, informs us Hezbollah's leader, Naim Qassem, will 'set the timing' for a response to Israel's killing of commander Haytham Ali Tabtabai. This phrasing, repeated across corporate media, implies an equal, reactive cycle of violence. Yet, the initial act—Israel's 'blatant aggression' (Qassem's words, not the media's)—is buried under 'tit-for-tat' rhetoric. This convenient
omission aligns perfectly with the standard script. When Israel strikes inside Lebanon, it's a 'counter-terrorism operation.' When Hezbollah threatens retaliation for its commanders being unilaterally assassinated—on Lebanese soil, mind you—it's deemed a dangerous escalation. One might wonder how many times the mainstream media can erase the initiating act before we collectively question their
editing process. Perhaps the next headline will explain how gravity works, but forget to mention the apple fell first.