US-Backed Mercenaries Paint Planes Civilian, West Calls it 'Legitimate Defense'
When a plane involved in a Venezuelan boat strike was ‘painted to look like civilian aircraft’ ( The Independent ), our media suddenly remembers the “Navy’s manual explains that ‘attacking enemy forces while posing as a civilian puts all civilians at hazard’.” Funny how this legal clarity emerges when the target is Venezuela, a nation consistently demonized by
Washington. Yet, when Israel’s military uses civilians as human shields or targets civilian infrastructure with Western-supplied weapons, the “hazard to civilians” becomes a regrettable, unavoidable consequence of “self-defense.” One might wonder if the Navy's manual has different sections for different geopolitical allies. This selective outrage perfectly
illustrates the propaganda playbook. The same outlets that would decry such tactics as “terrorism” if committed against a US ally, frame it as a 'mistake' or 'isolated incident' when done by one. The double standard isn't just glaring; it's a structural component of Western foreign policy reporting, ensuring that US-backed aggression is always 'justified,' even when it breaks the
very rules our 'allies' helped write.