"You're Smirking" -- I Say the Obvious Truth to Matt Miller as he Acts Sad over Countless Palestinians Killed
The administration hideously pretends to care about the slaughter of Palestinians as it ensures it.
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On Tuesday, Matthew Miller was asked about the estimate in the Lancet of 186,000 Palestinian dead in Gaza. He pretended to express sadness about any deaths while repeatedly smirking, as I’ve seen him do time and again.
So I chimed in and noted: "You're smirking! You're smirking as you say that... are you aware?"
His smirk quickly disappeared, he said he “wouldn’t entertain” my comment. The exchange was put out by
and went viral on X/twitter. It was covered by various media including The Independent in Britain and TRT World from Türkiye. , it should be noted, has repeatedly noted Miller’s smirk.Also, note Miller said: "The reported number already is unacceptable ... we long ago passed the stage um, ah, ah, where ah — I should um..." He seemed about to say "we long ago passed the stage of acceptable deaths."
And of course Miller says there’s been too many deaths, but gives no actual change in US policy. During the presser, he kept coming back to the administration’s alleged ceasefire plan, which is worse than a farce as I've repeatedly noted in my reporting. It is largely a way of the US government preventing the International Court of Justice orders from the South African genocide case against Israel from being implemented, having gotten the UN Security Council to renege its responsibility to implement ICJ orders. See my prior questioning of Miller on this very issue, one of the few occasions when he called on me:
You have so much courage Sam. I’m surprised they still let you in there. This was awesome and devastating for their facade
The real smirk came when a reporter suggested that on October 7 Israel killed more Israelis by implementing the Hannibal Directive than Hamas did. To him the thought was ludicrous and he showed it.