CBS’s 60 Minutes put together a piece on Sunday about the 13 U.S. government officials who have resigned in protest over the role the country has played in helping Israel battle Hamas. Throughout the report, viewers were left to conclude that the best way to fight terrorism is to surrender to it and that terrorists should run U.S. foreign policy because our decision to help Israel fight back makes them mad.
If, after 15 months of war, you are still uncritically citing Hamas’s casualty statistics, it is safe to assume you have an agenda to push, so host Cecilia Vega did not get off to a great start when she declared, “In a study published late this past week, the medical journal, The Lancet, said the death toll in Gaza has likely surpassed 70,000 people. The war has led to charges of genocide against Israel and has been fueled by American weapons and billions of taxpayer dollars.”
Of course, “charges” don’t mean anything, especially considering those leveling them are urging the International Court of Justice to use a different definition than the legally accepted one. Still, in a voiceover, Vega added, “Children on top of rubble playing with ammunition casings. The same casings used to prop up these tent cities. A close look reveals where they come from. Printed on the side: ‘USA, DOD’ for Department of Defense. Across this now decimated 25-mile-long strip of land, America’s stamp is everywhere.
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