Leave it to the communist left, to describe a terrorist who has killed thousands of innocent people as “charismatic and shrewd”… I wonder how they would have described Hitler after he was killed in the 1940s?
Before the official confirmation of the death of terrorist Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed by Israeli Defense Forces in an underground bunker in suburban Beirut, Associated Press reporter Bassem Mroue filed “Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.”
That headline, recycled by many newspaper outlets who ran the AP story, holds more than a hint of the ridiculous Washington Post headline marking the 2019 assassination of another terrorist leader, the founder of ISIS: “Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.”
And that was no rogue copy editor; the headline writer plucked those adjectives right from Mroue’s story from Beirut:
American and Canadian media decided to copy the AP praising Nasrallah…
Just to keep track, here’s how mainstream outlets have eulogized the leaders of Hezbollah, Iran, and ISIS
“Charismatic and Shrewd”
“Hardline prosecutor”
“Most revered military leader”
“Austere religious scholar” pic.twitter.com/2yWhKbW4tO
— John Hasson (@SonofHas) September 28, 2024
Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah https://t.co/PYXgbRt3yz
— WRAL NEWS in NC (@WRAL) September 28, 2024
Charismatic and shrewd: A look at longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah https://t.co/N0aDjb10J4
— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) September 28, 2024