Obituaries have been coming in for Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, killed by Israel three days ago in Beirut. Some can’t resist lavishing the praise…
The FT’s obituary describes the terrorist leader as a “strategic thinker” with a “commanding presence …a man feared and admired in equal measure.” Those who met him said he was “courteous, perceptive and funny” – “a powerful orator… fixated on resistance to Israel.” Glowing…
The FT finishes off by noting sympathetically that Nasrallah said he would “absolutely not” have launched the attack that triggered the 2006 conflict with Israel “if I had known . . . that the operation would lead to such a war.” We don’t get to find out if he really learned his lesson…
Not much mention of Nasrallah’s recent calls to kill all gays, let alone Hezbollah’s countless global terrorist atrocities.
The Observer’s obituary is similarly full of praise, describing Nasrallah as a “consensual national figure” who was “adored by supporters,” and who displayed “a dignified response” when his son was killed. It adds that in 2022 Hezbollah “agreed a maritime and gas field demarcation agreement with Israel,” but Nasrallah was killed for “showing solidarity with Hamas after 7th October.“ Some people just can’t help themselves…
