Who's the Weak Link?
The New York Times Strikes Again
I love getting The New York Times daily summary of the news. It makes for great hilarity.
Here’s today’s example:
Top News
Lebanon Emerges as Weak Link in U.S.-Iran Deal to End War
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It’s not Lebanon that’s the weak link here—it’s Israel.
Israel is the attacker. The aggressor. The country that wants to scupper the MOU between the USA and Iran. Everyone knows this—except the NYT, apparently.
I like too how the NYT describes it as the “American-Israeli war on Iran.” At the very least, it should be Israeli-American war of aggression against Iran.
And when was Lebanon a “secondary front” to the USA? America has no desire to seize land and water in southern Lebanon. That goal is entirely Israel’s, as is its fight against Hezbollah, which is responding to Israeli aggression.
The Iran War has been a huge loser (to put it in Trumpian terms) for the U.S., and only Israel seeks to prolong it. Again, who’s the weak link in the U.S.-Iran deal to end the war?
I’ve been playing with Trumpian language to describe the Iran War and its outcome. As Trump might say, it’s been a defeat for America the likes of which we’ve never seen before. No other defeat comes close.
I think Trump finally understands that. The question is, will “weak link” Israel let him withdraw or will the war become even more catastrophic?
“I love getting The New York Times daily summary of the news. It makes for great hilarity.”
Kinda like an inadvertent comics section, and it tops my take on their slogan, “All the news that we see fit to print.”
“At the very least, it should be Israeli-American war of aggression against Iran.”
Why hold back, let’s call it Israeli-American war of aggression on civilization in general?
“As Trump might say, it’s been a defeat for America the likes of which we’ve never seen before. No other defeat comes close.”
Nice. Sweet. “Back at ya!” “Hoisted on his petard,” Hamlet, Act III, Scene 4, a touch more literary and elevated, thus well beyond Trump, but thoroughly apropos.
"I think Trump finally understands that."
Let us pray.
Bill, I admire your tenacity in continuing to read the Times, and exposing the propaganda narratives embedded in the CIA-influenced writing. Judith Miller and the Iraq War cheerleading was when I cut bait for good. Still far too many in the liberal class whose allegiance to the NYT puts them in a similar cult status as those swayed by MAGA influencers.
Keep shining the light.