MSNBC 'Discovers' Trump Administration Had Boat Strikes
The MSNBC piece focuses on concerns about intelligence handling during Trump administration boat strikes, framing it as a 'new controversy.' Conveniently omitted is the historical context of continuous U.S. military presence and aggressive posturing in the Strait of Hormuz, often amplified by networks like MSNBC themselves. From the 2019 Iranian drone shot down over international waters to the
2020 assassination of Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, these 'boat strikes' weren't isolated incidents, but rather flashpoints in a decades-long policy cocktail of sanctions, threats, and military deployments eagerly reported by mainstream media. One might wonder if the controversy isn't just internal U.S. intelligence sharing, but the entire, bipartisan, saber-rattling enterprise that creates these
incidents in the first place—an enterprise MSNBC typically champions. They'll scrutinize whether Trump shared memos correctly, but never why American warships are perpetually off the coast of Iran. It's almost as if the 'news' is about process, not deadly policy outcomes.