{"id":43687,"date":"2020-01-07T12:56:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T20:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43687"},"modified":"2020-01-07T13:14:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T21:14:20","slug":"fox-news-host-and-trump-fluffer-wants-the-u-s-to-be-more-like-the-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43687","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Host and Trump-Fluffer Wants the U.S. to Be More Like the Terrorists"},"content":{"rendered":"

The White House narrative on Iran is falling apart. Donald Trump claims that he ordered the assassination of Qasem Soleimani due to intelligence that indicated he represented an “imminent threat”<\/em> to the U.S. But reports from the Pentagon do not confirm the charge and officials say<\/a><\/strong> that any evidence is “razor thin.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, when asked to substantiate the allegation, Trump’s press Secretary, Stephanie Grisham, said that she couldn’t<\/a><\/strong>. She merely repeated the baseless speculation that American lives were saved. She also complained that people wouldn’t simply trust Trump and take his word about the whole affair. That, of course, is the wholly warranted result of his having lied non-stop throughout his presidency. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also failed when asked to provide confirmation that Iran was plotting attacks on the U.S. In fact, he resorted to a completely different “justification”<\/em> that relied solely on past events.<\/p>\n

Now the propagandists of Trump World are trying to spin his threat to destroy cultural sites as appropriate and lawful military targeting. Never mind that it is an explicit violation<\/a><\/strong> of both U.S. and international law. On Fox News Tuesday morning, Pete Hegseth of Fox and Friends sought to demonize rational Trump critics as treasonous saying that “I think with friends like these Democrats, who needs the Iranians”<\/em> (video below)<\/em>. He went on to complain that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is “out of her mind”<\/em> for tweeting correctly that Trump had proposed committing war crimes. And then he unleashed this grotesque commentary:<\/p>\n

“I don’t care about Iranian cultural sites, and I’ll tell you why. If they could, if Iran could, if you understand the Islamic Republic of Iran, of Islamists, if the could, if they had the power, they would destroy every single one of our cultural sites and build a mosque on top of it.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a bizarre argument even if you ignore his stuttering introduction. Hegseth is saying that it’s acceptable to behave like terrorists because terrorists behave that way. He is, in effect, advocating that the U.S. adopt the tactics of terrorists. What’s next? Would Hegseth approve of Americans beheading prisoners of war? Would he favor sending suicide bombers into the lobbies of hotels where Muslims were guests? Would he support flying planes into skyscrapers in Tehran? After all, the terrorists do that, so why shouldn’t we?<\/p>\n

The question is, did that disgusting illogic come from Trump, or did Hegseth plant it in Trump’s befuddled head? Because the President said pretty much the same thing on Monday:<\/p>\n

“They\u2019re allowed to kill our people. They\u2019re allowed to torture and maim our people. They\u2019re allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And we\u2019re not allowed to touch their cultural site? It doesn\u2019t work that way.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is representative of Trump’s total absence of morality. He and his cult followers believe that they can commit any crime they like with impunity. And they will also tell any lie to support their atrocities. For instance, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, said on Monday<\/a><\/strong> that Democrats were “mourning the loss”<\/em> of Soleimani. She was challenged repeatedly to provide a single example of that reckless and hateful assertion, but went into hiding rather than respond.<\/p>\n

This tendency to endorse such repugnant acts shows how far Trump and his regime have diverged from any semblance of civil society. It marks them as aspiring terrorists themselves because, if they approve of these tactics, what separates them from the heathens they pretend to oppose? They believe that any act, no matter how heinous, is justified if your enemy would do it. But the American people, whose principles are in tact, would surely disagree and admonish Trump that “It doesn\u2019t work that way.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Fox host defends America committing war crimes: "I don't care about Iranian cultural sites and I'll tell you why. If they could … they would destroy every single one of our cultural sites and build a mosque on top of it" pic.twitter.com\/AJolDVtzJR<\/a><\/p>\n

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) January 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n