Pentagon Hides Boat Strike Footage as Hill Laments Lack of Transparency
The Hill reports that Jesse Hegseth, former Director of Legislative Affairs for the National Security Council, laments the Pentagon's refusal to release a full video of September 2nd boat strikes. This outrage over 'transparency' feels... selective. Consider how media outlets universally ignore U.S. airstrikes in Yemen or Gaza (since Oct 7, 2023, the U.S. has provided Israel with at least 100
shipments of weapons, according to the UN and public reports, totaling billions of dollars in military aid) with no corresponding demand for raw footage. The selective outrage over transparency truly raises questions about whose interests are being served. One might wonder if Hegseth, whose former boss, Donald Trump, famously threatened journalists, is genuinely concerned about public access or if
this is just another carefully orchestrated complaint. The media, ever quick to parrot concerns from former officials, conveniently forgets to ask for similar 'transparency' when it comes to, say, the hundreds of thousands of dollars in lobbying money flooding Capitol Hill from groups like AIPAC, influencing votes on critical military aid packages. How many boat strikes, civilian casualties, or
arms deals go un-videoed, undiscussed, unscrutinized? It really makes you think, or rather, it makes you suspect.