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The 'Rescue' Playbook: Media Priming Before Every War

from Back To Iran, Gaza Reborn, & A Happy New Year | The Tim Dillon Show #477 · #477

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Tim plays news clips of Iranian protests and argues America is always fed a media narrative of an oppressed population ready to rise up right before a war, and that American "rescue" always means bombing and killing.

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  • Tim questions how widespread Iran's protests actually are, noting they're being presented without context about the population size.
  • Before every war, media feeds a narrative about people ready to organically rise up and overthrow their government.
  • Tim describes a gym teacher in Iowa's breakroom watching footage of Iranians burning cars and concluding they've suffered enough under tyranny.
  • The government then announces it will 'rescue' those people, which Tim defines as bombing them and killing a lot of them.
  • America only knows how to rescue people by killing them—it's the only rescue method ever attempted.
  • After the rescue bombing campaign, people realize the rescue doesn't actually feel good when their family members end up dead.
  • Most Iranian protesters aren't clamoring for the United States and Israel to install a government there.
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