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6. When America is under attack, Democrats rush to the aid of the enemy.
"The Journalistic Malpractice of Mainstream Reporting on Iran
A Washington Post piece published on the day of Soleimaniās death as āanalysisā rather than opinion asserted in its lede that war was imminent. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) tweeted that President Trump āis leading us to the brink of war because he believes it will help his re-election.ā Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), then a candidate for president, initially tempered her alarm at Trumpās ārecklessā decision with the admission that Soleimani was āa murderer.ā After receiving criticism for this from the left, she condemned the operation as the āassassinationā of a āhigh ranking government officialā and opined that it would āincrease the likelihood of war.ā
So why were so many invested in depicting the Soleimani killing as a cataclysmic mistake? To answer, weāll have to recall how the Obama administration sold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal, to the public.
The JCPOA returned more than $100 billion in frozen assets to the Iranians and lifted a comprehensive slate of American economic sanctions. In return, the Iranians pledged to adhere to certain limits on the number of centrifuges they would install for uranium enrichment, and the amount of enriched uranium they could hold on to. Critics of the deal pointed out that the sunset provisions on the Iraniansā obligations would at best delay Iranās efforts to develop a successful nuclear-weapons program, and that to sign on to a subpar deal while relieving the regime of the economic pressure imposed by sanctions would be to forfeit significant leverage."
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"The Journalistic Malpractice of Mainstream Reporting on Iran
A Washington Post piece published on the day of Soleimaniās death as āanalysisā rather than opinion asserted in its lede that war was imminent. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D., Mass.) tweeted that President Trump āis leading us to the brink of war because he believes it will help his re-election.ā Senator Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), then a candidate for president, initially tempered her alarm at Trumpās ārecklessā decision with the admission that Soleimani was āa murderer.ā After receiving criticism for this from the left, she condemned the operation as the āassassinationā of a āhigh ranking government officialā and opined that it would āincrease the likelihood of war.ā
So why were so many invested in depicting the Soleimani killing as a cataclysmic mistake? To answer, weāll have to recall how the Obama administration sold the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal, to the public.
The JCPOA returned more than $100 billion in frozen assets to the Iranians and lifted a comprehensive slate of American economic sanctions. In return, the Iranians pledged to adhere to certain limits on the number of centrifuges they would install for uranium enrichment, and the amount of enriched uranium they could hold on to. Critics of the deal pointed out that the sunset provisions on the Iraniansā obligations would at best delay Iranās efforts to develop a successful nuclear-weapons program, and that to sign on to a subpar deal while relieving the regime of the economic pressure imposed by sanctions would be to forfeit significant leverage."

The Journalistic Malpractice of Mainstream Reporting on Iran | National Review
How the media botched the story of Qasem Soleimaniās killing ā and why.
