These people are massive hypocrites. The hostages -- even the Americans -- have been invisible in the media since they were taken. During the Iran hostage crisis, photos of the hostages were prominent in the media over the the 400+ days of their captivity. We knew their names, and we knew their faces. Our government attempted to carry ou…
These people are massive hypocrites. The hostages -- even the Americans -- have been invisible in the media since they were taken. During the Iran hostage crisis, photos of the hostages were prominent in the media over the the 400+ days of their captivity. We knew their names, and we knew their faces. Our government attempted to carry out a rescue mission which ended badly. Anyone who might have attempted to tear their photos down from a public space would have been shamed.
The media has all but obliterated the fact that American hostages are still held in captivity, and that our government has done nothing to try to free them except jibber-jabbering in an obsequious fashion with their captors. I saw one editorial in the Wall Street Journal about this silence; apart from that everyone seems to be fine with it. Now that it comes up at the convention see them weep ostentatiously. They are disgusting.
This is honestly the most curious aspect of the entire present conflict to me. So many of those who are protesting Israel's military action & US AID seem to completely ignore WHY this began in the first place. (And I don't mean the entire thousand-year conflict I mean the current military undertaking post Oct 7th)
These people are massive hypocrites. The hostages -- even the Americans -- have been invisible in the media since they were taken. During the Iran hostage crisis, photos of the hostages were prominent in the media over the the 400+ days of their captivity. We knew their names, and we knew their faces. Our government attempted to carry out a rescue mission which ended badly. Anyone who might have attempted to tear their photos down from a public space would have been shamed.
The media has all but obliterated the fact that American hostages are still held in captivity, and that our government has done nothing to try to free them except jibber-jabbering in an obsequious fashion with their captors. I saw one editorial in the Wall Street Journal about this silence; apart from that everyone seems to be fine with it. Now that it comes up at the convention see them weep ostentatiously. They are disgusting.
This is honestly the most curious aspect of the entire present conflict to me. So many of those who are protesting Israel's military action & US AID seem to completely ignore WHY this began in the first place. (And I don't mean the entire thousand-year conflict I mean the current military undertaking post Oct 7th)