‘Operation Epstein Distraction’: Trump’s bloody Iran ‘hype videos’ seem to target niche audience
One video, released on Thursday and captioned “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY”, is less than a minute long but manically mixes footage from iconic action movies such as Braveheart, Gladiator, and Iron Man with apparently real footage of American ordnance striking Iranian military targets. Pulsing, fast-paced electronic dance music plays in the background as Russell Crowe, in Gladiator, says, “Strength and honor,” and a face-painted Mel Gibson, in Braveheart, demands: “What will you do without freedom?” (It is unclear if the White House obtained permissions for the film and music in these clips, though it seems not.) Another video, captioned “Courtesy of the Red, White & Blue”, opens with someone calling in an air-strike in the style of Call of Duty, the first-person-shooter video game. Thumping music starts and the video segues into a series of clips of US bombs destroying Iranian vehicles and facilities. As each target is destroyed, a video-game heads-up display announces that the viewer has scored another 100 points.
Hegseth's nickname is "GI Joke". 😄 Gotta love that one.
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