@cenkuygur
“@VerbJitsu No, if you were for this war, you are part of the morons who got the strait closed in the first place, all for your beloved Israel. We should make a peace deal with Iran where they re-open the strait and we leave. Let the Israelis and Saudis deal with the problem they started.”
Blame Misattribution
How They Deceive You
Propaganda
High factual errors falsely blame US-Israel support and Israelis/Saudis for Houthi Strait closure, omitting Hamas's October 7 attack and Iranian backing as true triggers.
Main Device
Blame Misattribution
Shifts responsibility for Houthi attacks from their pro-Hamas solidarity and Iranian support onto US pro-Israel stance and Israeli/Saudi actions.
Archetype
Progressive anti-Israel agitator
Cenk Uygur habitually depicts US Middle East involvement as serving Israel while ignoring Islamist aggressors like Hamas and framing conflicts as Israeli provocations.
Cenk's pinning the Houthi closure of the Red Sea strait squarely on anyone supporting Israel or "this war," like it's all America's fault for backing Israel, and even says Israelis and Saudis "started the problem." That's a total blame flip—pure misattribution to manipulate you into thinking US-Israel ties caused the attacks. Reality check: Houthis didn't start firing missiles and drones at ships until after Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel that killed about 1,200 people, kicking off the Gaza war. They explicitly said it was "solidarity" with Hamas. And who's arming and training the Houthis for years? Iran, since around 2015—not some Israeli-Saudi plot. Cenk skips all that to frame it as "your beloved Israel" forcing the strait shut, when the real chain is Hamas attack → Houthi response → Iranian backing. This is classic agitprop shifting blame from the actual aggressors to paint Israel supporters as the villains. Don't buy it.
Writer's Worldview
“Anti-Israel interventionist critic”
Progressive anti-Israel agitator
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Cenk's pinning the Houthi closure of the Red Sea strait squarely on anyone supporting Israel or "this war," like it's all America's fault for backing Israel, and even says Israelis and Saudis "started the problem." That's a total blame flip—pure misattribution to manipulate you into thinking US-Israel ties caused the attacks. Reality check: Houthis didn't start firing missiles and drones at ships until after Hamas's October 7, 2023 massacre in Israel that killed about 1,200 people, kicking off the Gaza war. They explicitly said it was "solidarity" with Hamas. And who's arming and training the Houthis for years? Iran, since around 2015—not some Israeli-Saudi plot. Cenk skips all that to frame it as "your beloved Israel" forcing the strait shut, when the real chain is Hamas attack → Houthi response → Iranian backing. This is classic agitprop shifting blame from the actual aggressors to paint Israel supporters as the villains. Don't buy it.
Key Findings
Claims strait closed "all for your beloved Israel" due to supporters of "this war," implying US pro-Israel stance caused it.
Misleads on causation: Hormuz closure was Iran's response to US/Israel strikes on Iran (killing Khamenei), not Gaza support.
Blames Israelis/Saudis for "the problem they started," leading to strait closure.
Inverts agency: Hamas started Gaza (Oct 7); Houthis (Iran-backed) started Yemen escalations/Red Sea attacks; Saudis responded to Houthi 2015 advance.
Author (@cenkuygur) routinely frames US actions as "Israel's war," per his March 2026 tweets/Piers Morgan appearance.
Hyper-partisan left bias (Ad Fontes -24.9) predictably omits Hamas/Iran agency to push non-intervention/anti-Israel narrative.
What They Left Out
Hamas launched Oct 7, 2023 attack on Israel, killing ~1,200, sparking Gaza war that drew in Houthis.
Omitting initiator of chain (Hamas, Iran proxy) hides Iran's proxy role in escalations to Hormuz crisis.
Iran supplies arms/training to Houthis since ~2015; Houthis launched Red Sea attacks post-Oct 7 in "solidarity" with Hamas.
Hides Iran's central role via proxies in shipping disruptions predating Hormuz closure.
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