‘Israel made a strategic misjudgment’: Britain’s former spymaster on the Middle East conflict

CNN's Christiane Amanpour speaks to former MI6 chief John Sawers, who worked alongside Mossad and Shin Bet officials, about the wider war nobody wants. #CNN #News

[@user-og6qo6dh7i]

Rubbish...all these guys actually don't want a Palestinian state.

[@brentdubecalgary5084]

yes and nor do the rest of us wasnt another terror state

[@abdihakimjama1556]

@@brentdubecalgary5084So… permanent occupation then? An under class of millions of people without rights is what you want?

[@naziirani2773]

So true!

[@RetroEcoChicken]

@@abdihakimjama1556 sure, less terrorist attacks.

[@mtr3754]

@@brentdubecalgary5084 Did you know that Israel is provably a terrorist state by dictionary definition?

[@jakobbergen7574]

The Iranian response was not a failure. They gathered intelligence and used old slow drones with a warning to send a message.

[@fredschnerbert1238]

Ayatollah is senile

[@MTAB-bs3xr]

the drones were intended to clog radar so missiles could hit military bases, which they did

[@constantinvaldor3742]

They hit the military base 🎯

[@sylvesteruchia5263]

​@@MTAB-bs3xr They literally telegraphed everything three days before it happened ,and announced that they would retaliate two weeks beforehand, and during their attack they used missiles and technolgy that was old and disposable . It was never meant to be a serious threat. Iran does have hypersonic missiles that could penetrate iron dome .

[@lawalmohammadfateh4906]

Iran is not as reckless as the Zionists. Their response was calculated and not meant to create maximum damage but to show Zionists it as if it could hit anywhere in Israel. And teach the Zionists the rules of engagement. Unlike the Zionists the attack by Hamas made them lose their minds and go on a rampage, killing women and children and destroying civilian buildings, churches, mosques, hospitals etc

[@filthypirate]

Stop complaining in the comments and do something about it. Vote out any politician funded by AIPAC or Israeli lobby

[@graceg3250]

Or evangelicals who want to bring about the end times.

[@roymohan9785]

​@@graceg3250❤❤❤😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@Ahmad_Gharbawy]

Like whom?

[@godisnotmocked808]

GOD JESUS HOLY SPIRIT GOD ❤️🇳🇮🇺🇲🌎 I ❤️ WHO GOD LOVES ✝️❤️

[@stephenl9463]

You mean vote out the supporters of the Muslim brotherhood in Congress. They are far FAR more disruptive and dangerous to the American way of life than the AIPAC/ISRAEL.

[@wandererlion2699]

Do not ask what your country can do for you. Ask what your country can do for Israel.

[@treasurethetime2463]

😂😂

[@grandpoobahofthewest]

😂😂😂😂☺️

[@corbin8930]

KZbin already removing my comments that are anti Zionist or anti supporting Israel. This is absolutely ridiculous. Freedom of speech is dead in America.

[@JuanTorres-ny9ff]

The USA, long ago, stopped belonging to the american citizens, it belongs to large corporations.

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

If you lie all the time it becomes the State of Israel 😂

[@Nur1234-mp7sf]

By committing genocide in front of the entire world? Indeed.

[@kitten-zv3dm5om2]

troll.

[@alextabet9247]

Iran did not intend to do more damage. They announced their attack well ahead of time. They were sending a message.

[@SL92018]

Exactly, and also they tested and mapped ouit the Israeli air defences. For future potential strikes.

[@TheAbele992]

And the US, UK, and Jordan still had to take out most of the missiles and drones

[@Sixty9nine]

​@@TheAbele992and still failed. Iran achieved their motives

[@Robert_N]

@@SL92018 If you believe mossad and Israel will show their full capabilities to Iran. I have a bridge to sell you.

[@jakebanza6055]

1 missile at embassy vs 300 in your territory = direct act of war

[@benjaminmitchell5345]

If Sawyers thinks Iran didnt do exactly what it set out to do he is delusional.

[@nickhockings443]

He's not delusional, just spreading disinformation.

[@tonyryan43]

It seems he is, indeed, delusional and also psychopathic.

[@household6098]

His job before was professional liar. I doubt he's started telling the truth now. Listen to any of his speeches .. it's like he's living in a fantasy world

[@zaurukraus9296]

​@@household6098he was a spy. How is that even remotely related to geopolitics or military strategy? CNN just brought him because spy sounds cool, but in reality it is as good as inviting a farmer and asking him about geopolitical conflicts.

[@household6098]

@@zaurukraus9296 He was the head of MI6. That has everything to do with geopolitics and military strategy. He will know more than any politician on this subject. BUT - his job was lying. He is a liar. That's what he spent his career doing to the public.

[@Modus07]

A “strategic misjudgment” is a very strange way to say GENOCIDE.

[@s.y9236]

Sometimes silence equals wisdom, you just have no idea what you're talking about...so you better shut up!

[@Modus07]

@@s.y9236 Had you heeded your own “advice,” you would have spared exposing yourself as a fool.

[@DavidDLee]

"Genocide" is something people full of hate and without any proof say.

[@nabawi7]

​@@s.y9236take your own advice and shut up if you are choosing to remain ignorant to the reality of what's really happening in Gaza.

[@thekneidlachengineer6038]

Raphael Lemkin want to have a word with you before suing

[@garyleiser753]

The Iranian strike on Israel was a psychological blow, not a military one.

[@LightWeightsBebe]

Agree

[@chriskeen7174]

Did they send them a hello fresh box?

[@DDDSSDDDSSDDDSS]

Lol😂😂😂 Now Iran has mapped all of the secret air defenses of the whole coalition. Russian awacs mapped all the radar signatures of the f35is from all angles and networking capabilities, Iran only used its cheap and old scrap to do this. Then Iran used only 9 of their advanced missles, with counter measures, to hit their 3 actual targets. The f35 airbase, which was used to attack the Iranian embassy, the air base in Ramone and rhe mossad 8200 intelligence base in the Golan. All of these advance missles with countermeasures got through and proved that all of israhell is vulnerable. It took 6 countries with 3 days notice to prepare and another 5 hr notice with the slow drones and still 🇮🇷 hit all their intended military targets. Lastly, by taking such a huge step from Iran proper, telegraphs that possibly Iran's nuclear capabilities are now ready and they can no longer be threatened. The nuclear monopoly of Israhell in the Middle East is now over. So a 1000% win for Iran 🇮🇷 😅😅😅😅 All of this fake ZNN news is now just trying to save face for israhells defeat.

[@rabbitholesinc]

As much as I'd like to believe that, I really think Benny had this planned from the start.

[@rabbitholesinc]

@@chriskeen7174 Can I have one?

[@hadi96100]

It's the little things - when that expert lies, he coughs a little.

[@paolovallejo8022]

do elaborate please ☕️

[@user-kl9ud3mo9k]

Well spotted regarding the coughs.. he calls himself a EX- spymaster , because he is shit at lying .

[@PhilipZeplinDK]

​@@paolovallejo8022he can't, because he's just making up random conspiracy shit.

[@malungisamaseko3155]

🤣🤣🤣🤣So it's called a strategic misjudgment? The only misjudgment we all can see is a people thinking they can live peacefully by taking people's land all around the world.

[@yaoliang1580]

These imperialist are very good at using the media to manipulate the facts to fool their naive public and give them the illusion that their endless wars of aggression around the world is to defend freedom n democracy

[@byurBUDdy]

The Iranians sent a swarm of drones to confuse the radar systems of the Iron Dome, and apparently 5 of the 7 ballistic missiles that they sent to strike the air force base that launched the attack in Syria struck their target. I'd say that was a resounding success considering that the place hit was supposedly the most heavily guarded place in the world against missile attacks.

[@ARolls-dd2zd]

You nailed it.

[@kitten-zv3dm5om2]

they sent 120 ballistic missiles, troll lol

[@ARolls-dd2zd]

@@kitten-zv3dm5om2 Don't think so, source?

[@gazzy2012ga]

100% on the button!!!

[@joshwilson5066]

So, why was Iran hit with sanctions for retaliation and have had their response condemned? When is Israel being condemned and sanctioned?

[@rabbitholesinc]

For the same reasons that it's illegal to say anything 'negative' about the Jews or Israel?

[@brendasmart553]

​​@@rabbitholesinc Exactly! We now know Israel runs the USA. How humiliating. And horrifying?

[@rosevitelli5814]

There terrorists 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Sixty9nine]

​@@rosevitelli5814they're* and you're illiterate. What's your point?

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

They are Exceptional Human beings that do not wrong even if they did

[@jdmitaine]

and yet the US has voted against recognizing Palestine and Palestinians into the UN family..... US is totally complicite in this genocide, nothing less

[@kitten-zv3dm5om2]

troll, you dont have any arguments, no?

[@user-mn8kg8id5f]

This British Spymaster is helping Mosad anyway!

[@1973Eliman]

Liar, two military bases in Israël have clearly been hit. What are you talking about.

[@N_Ides]

Blinken says we are not involved in any offensive operations, aside from the fact that we provide the jets, bombs and guns.

[@doloresreynolds8145]

There have not really been any jets involved in any of this. Just missiles and drones.

[@N_Ides]

@@doloresreynolds8145 Where do you think the Israelis got F15s and F16s? From Russia? They are now about to get F35s too, our most advanced fighters.

[@1979future]

​@@doloresreynolds8145How do they conduct airstrikes, I wonder? Maybe biplanes?

[@mystudies7437]

The Iranian regime is responsible for this war. Israel can't just lie down and die. Some background if you dare challenge your opinion: kzbin.infoF92flymXf5c?feature=shared

[@mmggaa123]

​​@@doloresreynolds8145Then the dumb bombs must be piloting themselves into Gaza? 🤔

[@flamboyentpromotions3471]

This narrative about Iran failing is false, Iran knew it had to overload the iron dome, but they didnt want to hurt anyone. So it was actually a success because it made alot of noise but did not kill anyone

[@jeremyavissar5994]

Oh yeah those peace loving Iranians wouldnt kill a fly 😂😂😂😂

[@ashleybasson5664]

I agree. I would have thought that the commentator was parroting a talking point that the Iranian strike was a failure. They struck all 3 military targets that they wanted, and the drones and cruise missiles were fodder.

[@frederikneethling]

You actually believe the bullshit you spew

[@semsemeini7905]

Oh sure.

[@VinoeP]

​@ashleybasson5664 They struck partially the runway of the base where the aircraft that bombed the consulate took off from. Do you think if Isreal has been struck and there are civilian casualties, we know what will happen exactly. Isreal just proved that they can infiltrate the Iranian airspace when the need be and the Iranians knows that.

[@hadikhan5197]

The only misjudgment here is the absence of realising that the Occupation is the Problem. Everything else is secondary.. until the Occupation ends, there’ll be No Peace nor any Security for Anyone.

[@mubizz80]

As long as the Israeli western allies and genocide funders keep covering up Israelis aggression on Palestinians, you never condemned their actions a single time, you have no moral authority to come on media and talk about your concern for human rights and lives.

[@bezoozime9170]

If the Iranian intention was to cause mass casualties why did they give advance notice just before the attack and use their cheapest & loudest drones. Clearly with good intentions, these officials are coming on to say Iran's response was a massive failure just to make netyahoo feel good about himself and de-escalate

[@JimAndrews-ic9oi]

You might be right. But they sent about 30 ballistic missiles. Pretty risky if you don't want to do damage. Were they really sure they would all be stopped?

[@s.y9236]

Sometimes silence equals wisdom, you just have no idea what you're talking about...so you better shut up!

[@pjamateus]

​​@@s.y9236? You're for real? Anyway. What real damage can cause drones that are so slow that take hours to reach destination?

[@GibsonGebob-nl8dq]

Rubbish...they Iran lost their defense systems guarding the nuclear site. Israel would have destroyed the nuclear site but Israel sent a message.

[@richardgauz8907]

@@JimAndrews-ic9oi Only 7 ballistic missiles, at the end.

[@nariwashere8549]

"The iranian Response was a failure" If you repeat it often enough, you are gona belive it yourself someday. It's the new western Mantra.

[@spidgeb3292]

@libertyinperil520 I'd say that the lives and property spared by those millions of dollars in missiles is worth something.

[@franny5295]

It was such a failure that everybody that has allowed Isreal to level Gaza wouldn't let Netanyahu touch the Iranians. "I'm not the one..." came across loud and clear.

[@LightWeightsBebe]

We have seen footage of iranian missile hitting israel soil but not of Israeli missiles. Iran definitely won the strategic battle

[@LightWeightsBebe]

Israel completely failed the last round of direct skirmish

[@jamesward9482]

@@spidgeb3292 Thats not what he said, you should re-read. The argument is ''The iranian Response was a failure''. Not in terms of cost-efficiency, $100m offense vs $1.5 billion defence. How many rounds can the Iron Dome go for in this ring? Not many hense de-escalations and calls of quits from the west (bar the crazed Israeli government)

[@dkm6486]

Failure right? Continue to take the world for idiots. We have eyes and ears and understanding to comprehend what is actually happening. You people underestimate the intelligence of the wider society. Shame

[@murecerickman]

Disappointed, you give the enemy 2 days' notice and target sites to avoid injuries. This man if a fool.

[@user-iw8df1ho4v]

Not just a fool, but really a paid liar AKA a political prostitute.

[@stablegenius375]

"US working on deescaltion...." LOL yeah right, you tell them Blinken

[@TRUMP_IS_YOUR_NEXT_PRESIDENT]

Mad facts.

[@robinmattheussen2395]

Actually, I'm fairly certain Blinken is like the one dude in this entire story who HAS been working his ass off to deescalate this.

[@technokicksyourass]

@@robinmattheussen2395 Not a fan of Democrats.. but Blinky is obviously doing his best.. his biggest problem is every time Biden says "don't", the enemy does.

[@petejams7340]

You think geopolitics is simple? Please go and solve middle east peace then. I hear Jarrod is almost got it so better hurry

[@kumarvarma9883]

let trump walk into WH and let these people talk

[@user-sg2vv3gw2e]

Scott Ritter says different. Iran landed missiles on Israel's most protected sites and gained much intelligence on response times.

[@BrianBBurns]

Jeffrey Sachs has given an excellent analysis of how the "West" has destroyed Ukraine while "Protecting Democracy" & this $61 billion will pretty much destroy what little is left. They have lost 100000s fighting men & unlike Russia can't replace them.

[@spidgeb3292]

Scott Ritter is spinning just like every other journalist.

[@jeannettekim2748]

​@@spidgeb3292Why is Scott Ritter has such negative analysis on everything the Israeli military or their government?

[@aiesyahsyahirah4717]

If u notice …not just scott ritter but many of retired USA/UK intelligence said the same thing…i guess since they are retired they no longer speak on behalf of the governments hence their analysis are more thruthful..

[@18_rabbit]

Ritter is a notoriously disgusting or disturbed individual, who is making money by being an obvious propagandist for russian disinfo campaign. Ru is trying to psych out the world, and if u fall for it, or contribute to this, u will be held accountable too, ultimately. Yes literally. That's how social things work in the end!

[@johnomalley760]

It is hard to understand why any country would side with war criminals amid the destruction, ethnic cleansing and genocide being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza. Truly immoral and disturbing.

[@OmarAhmed-nh7bc]

The British have called this mess in the first place.

[@chrisblackmore568]

Not a failure at all, it was a very clever response. For every $10,000 Iranian Drone shot down. it cost Iarael $1 Million.. The total cost to Israel is estimated to be at Least 1.2 to 1.4 Billion Dollars for stopping $30 million worth of old expired drones. Not only is this cost prohibitive for Israel, Iran also gained enormous Military Intelligence eg. the exact location of all Israels defences, the exact response time and type of response. Who exactly will support Israel and who will not. It showed Iran the weaknesses of Israels defences also Iran didn't use it's Hypersonic Missiles. Israel cannot withstand more attacks from Iran both financially & Militarily.

[@LightWeightsBebe]

Agree

[@FirstTVchannel]

Absolutely 💯 💯 💯

[@spidgeb3292]

Remember that France, Jordan, the UK, and the US participated in Israel's defense. Maybe they can absorb more than you think. Israel also has a defense budget 2.5 times larger than Iran's.

[@jknocal]

​@spidgeb3292 they knew it was coming because iran gave them a weeks warning . Next time, they will not be waiting and ready .

[@s.y9236]

Sometimes silence equals wisdom, you just have no idea what you're talking about...so you better shut up!

[@wavydavy9816]

Is that what we are now refering to the deaths of 30,000 innocent civilians as? 'A strategic misjudgement' 🤷‍♂

[@TimesFM4532]

Whats 500,000 dead in Syria

[@maskoncr00ked]

​@@TimesFM4532 in military terms that is a "whoopsie-daisy"

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

To late we in the cycle of war. The real question can we stop Iran from invading Saudi Arabia.

[@mandarinandthetenrings2201]

@@Randle29 The question is can you stop Iran from invading Saudi Arabia.

[@user-je2ny1mq1o]

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[@mohammeduddin2334]

Dahhh, only a tiny got through? They gave them 72hr heads up then told they had lunched there attach 5min after they lunched, if you can’t stop incoming aerial attack with that kinda heads up, the most advanced air defence system in the world, and allied air support, then you might as well give up

[@RandomNooby]

Nailed it....

[@lucasbrown743]

Exactly! They sent some ancient stuff then gave em 72hrs and it took the efforts of u.s, u.k, israel, Jordan and saudi and spent 1.3 billion. Tehran spent 35 million.

[@robjohnston366]

Ms. Amanpour is Iranian, so I'm sure she'll agree with you. Similarly, Israel's response to that was in the heart of Iran. You don't think they couldn't have taken out Iran's nuclear facilities if they wanted?

[@RandomNooby]

@@robjohnston366 They could easily, however, Iran just gave warning of a missile attack on the single most missile defended place on Earth, which had support from 5 other countries AM systems, they used cheap drones, obsolete cruise, 2 obsolete ICBMs and 1 of their better systems, and penetrated. Every missile warfare specialist on the planet got the message. Lay people and politicians not so much.

[@martinportelance138]

... Looks like the defense costs much, much more than the attack, too.

[@fergusmoloney5259]

Iran could have done more damage if it really wanted to. They gave 3 weeks notice for Pete' s sake!

[@Peaceman324]

Of course it can. but it would get a greater answer too. this is the calculation.

[@Jupiter-td4kw]

Not 3 weeks , they attacks 12 days after their embassy was stuck ,they gave the warning 72 hours prior

[@user-nw8oi9vn9y]

For a spymaster, he certainly is very dim. Iran's drones were old, slow moving drones intended as a distraction. They were obviously meant to swarm and overwhelm Israel's air defenses so that the real missiles could get through - which they did on their three or four military targets. They probably caused considerable damage considering how much Israel restricted the press and only showed a hole that had been dug up with the pile of dirt from it nearby. Iran's retaliation cost Israel $1.2 billion in one night, cost Iran less than $70 million, gave Iran a great deal of information on Israeli defenses which Hezbollah took advantage of a couple of days later, and hit the targets Iran intended. This spymaster can only repeat the mainstream media propaganda and is incapable of thinking for himself.

[@goodintentions5189]

How did this guy forget to mention how Israel miscalculated and thought they could live alongside Europeans until 1940s when they realized they could not ?

[@rogerrutz5820]

"The US has not been involved in any offensive operations." True, it is just American behaviour and actions that have been offensive.

[@adabsurdum3314]

Sure, Ivan

[@doloresreynolds8145]

But what else is new, really.

[@OptimusPrime12357]

Oh OK wink wink

[@vaskodimoski5690]

​@adabsurdum3314 yes sure sleepy Joe

[@18_rabbit]

i'm a liberal american and i challenge u to name ONE offensive american international behavior or action!? You slander the only powerful nation that has actively, for the most part, used strict ethics and moral/social codes and law enforcement of same, in its international war actions. Both the USSR and RU have never done that, EVER. And Ru in Chechnya commited the first notorious barbaric atrocities of the past many many decades. The Ru troops would tie one limb to one vehicle and another limb to another car, and drive apart and rip the person apart, i believe it's legs, so it really opens the person up. THAT is russia. THAT is sadistic psychopathic UNPUNISHED savagery and it's what ACTUAL colonialism is all about. Wake up to the reality of who's been whom in the past forty years. The US has improved and the East /south has done the exact opposite and grown into barbarism.

[@dontworry616]

Do NOT waste ur internet bandwidth for watching this kind of media and their lies , that s the reason that i just closed this TAB

[@Reformist1]

Yes CNN 😅

[@esamarazck6826]

Me tooooo👍👍👍👍

[@davemathews7890]

OK, go watch Faux News now.

[@user-mn6ry4rs8j]

100 % brother /sister . They are a mind virus about to go bye byes

[@paulsheppard1108]

Don't watch this channel, but post comments on this channel .

[@razgrizadler]

Netanyahu and his gov. must go

[@Cyrus-KasperZaagenburg-nn5rg]

You're not a military analyst & stop babbling that it was a failure. The success was to puncture the overestimated iron dome. Also, remember attacking an embassy is illegal regardless how many goofs of your military members are in there. UK US & others have always had their bldy military members in their embassies; so what??

[@glowchild1696]

Netenyahu is out of control

[@club4ghz]

Actually, he is under control. Of neocon warhogs in DC.

[@desert_rose7171]

you wouldn't want any of the far right members to lead Israel.

[@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question: - Hitler demonized the Vulnerable - To justify Evil Laws,Actions necessitate - For Security reasons - If a PM/Govt repeat same strategy - Democratic or Nazi?

[@oneoflokis]

Netanyahu should be removed!

[@Shiekyobooty]

FREE AMERICA FROM SAND PEOPLE BS 🇺🇸

[@michaelmcelfresh7295]

Is this the best you can do? This guy is useless and clueless.

[@SimonTmte]

After your comment they let him go, they take KZbin comments very seriously at CNN

[@robinmattheussen2395]

Nothing he says seems even remotely wrong to me, although the discussion is relatively surface-level. You don't have to agree with him, but I'm not sure calling the former chief of MI6 "clueless" is necessary a great showing of your own judgement.

[@edelgyn2699]

@@robinmattheussen2395 Just because someone is head of MI6 doesn't make them knowledgeable; MI6 employ some very competent people, but they rarely get to the top - it's the political bum sucks who rise. Sawyers is likely telling us what he wants us to think and not necessarily what he thinks. It is best to use your own judgement, unless you want to unquestioningly believe what those in power wish to offer?

[@victorcapel2755]

@@edelgyn2699 My own judgement says that maybe you should take a facsist imperial state with 6000 nukes, a modern history that involves at least 40 offensive wars the past 120 years and a severe drinking problem seriously not treat them as a friend, because they're not.

[@ephelesfrance7006]

and just covering his bullshit uk. it was boris war criminal johnson that just 2 weeks into russia/ukriane told uktriane RIP IT UP NEVER SURRENDER. when russia tried to get a peacedeal all ukraine had to to was remain neutral and stay out of nato. something both sweden and finland did with zero issues and acautlly made there countries more safe. notice too the neutral countires of ww2 ie sweden ie switlerand it also severed them well too safteywise. like WTF is the west even in ukraine and gave billions of tax payers money to a non nato coutnry ukriane that was zero percent of there business. there are plenty of non nato coutnries around the world htat never get even 1 usd in some conflict guess why cuase liars west this was nothing to do wiht ukraine but all to go after russia.

[@matrixdzab7416]

So John Sawers says Russia is run by a powerful figure. I say at least the Russians know who the leader in their country unlike the US & UK both controlled by foreign lobbies.

[@PoluVipele]

The Brits woll have you believe that Irans retaliatory strike was a failure when they , the Americans and the Israelis were informed 13 days prior to prepare. What a joke.

[@MrSatnavatron]

This man is directly responsible for what's happened in the last few decades , of course he has a skewered view

[@Perceptions-2.0]

Ukraine should have taken the Istanbul deal, but Boris Johnson convinced Mr. Z that he could become very wealthy if he goes ahead with the war with Russia. Mr. Z chose personal wealth over the lives of 500,000 young Ukrainian boys. NATO can never beat Russia in a ground war.

[@robbie4084]

That's ridiculous he isn't responsible, did you actually listen to what he said?

[@robbie4084]

​​@@Perceptions-2.0no they should not have, Your spreading lies and propaganda. Russia is very wrong here as is Putin

[@chrisperez3614]

@@robbie4084yeah and his analysis was borderline regarded. If you can’t recognize that you aren’t paying attention.

[@BrianBBurns]

@@Perceptions-2.0 hopefully Johnson has the decency to never run for parliament again. But there's nothing decent about him so I have little doubt we'll see him again.

[@afshanfatima5104]

How cruel this guy is. He says reducing Gaza to rubble is a success

[@Athome452]

That was exactly what I was thinking? Turning Gaza into the rubble is a success????? he’s sick minded.

[@chrisperez3614]

Most empathetic westerner

[@lucasbrown743]

Typical behavior for colonizers

[@kievanfakrizadeh6424]

no bro he said "that's not exactly a success" turn on the translation..

[@Jojo-bm4tb]

oct. 7

[@amos083]

The sad point is the simple reason why Israel attacked the Iranian embassy: Within Israel's system, no intelligence officer or analyst, no one in their chain of command up to the Chief of Staff, nor the Defense Minister at the top, was aware of the term "extraterritorial" and the fact that an embassy is considered a territory of the country it represents. For all of them, this was just yet another Hezbollah target, not different than any other target which was attacked in Lebanon and Syria.

[@Jupiter-td4kw]

The embassy was the last straw that broke the camel’s back, up till now Iran never directly responded to Israeli aggressions,it was a dumb move by Netanyahu if you ask me and a war crime but of course they’ve been committing war crimes openly for the last 6 months

[@amos083]

@@Jupiter-td4kw The Lebanon campaign was started by Hezbollah, actively backed by Iranian military. There are no allegations of war crimes, as civilians were evacuated on both sides. The Iranians who were killed were military officers sent to wage war in a foreign land. What did they expect?

[@Jupiter-td4kw]

@@amos083the Iranians have been in Syria ever since the war against Isis began,they are there by the request of the Syrian government, the Israelis attacking Syria by itself is unlawful let alone targeting an Iranian embassy is Syria.if every goes then the Iranians can also target Israeli embassies around world no?

[@Jupiter-td4kw]

@@amos083btw Israel invaded Lebanon twice before Hezbollah even existed, the very reason why Hezbollah was created was because of the Israeli aggression against Lebanon,same goes with Hamas,the Israeli behavior is propping up these militias around it, Iran never attacked Israel directly until the April 14th,by attacking Iran’s embassy they got attacked directly,this action worked against them and this is why you see high ranking Israeli intelligence officers “resigning” ,intelligence failure one after another

[@uradragon]

He starts out with a blatant lie and doesn't stop there. I think they know the jig is up. Let us awaken..

As long as america pays for it they can afford to make ' mistakes ' . Logic presumes if america didnt support such actions then they wouldnt happen .

[@spidgeb3292]

What's the mistake you're referring to?

[@naushad5139]

​@@spidgeb3292The IDF official is the one who mentioned the mistake which Israel made. Did you watch the video?

[@spidgeb3292]

@@naushad5139 Nah. Too much work. I make it a habit to avoid CNN. The comments are usually much more informative. I was hoping someone would tell me.

[@naushad5139]

@@spidgeb3292 so you're doubting someone's opinion about a video that you didn't even watch? What's the point of even writing your comment when you literally don't know what you're talking about. God damn, the collective stupidity of people on the Internet is simply staggering. This is why society is crumbling. People used to be ashamed of showing ignorance, and they used to know better than to speak without being informed. Now, idiots like you are actually proud of it. It's just amazing to me.

[@robjohnston366]

@@naushad5139 Israel did let its guard down at the Gazan border. But how did the Israelis miscalculate the Iranian response? Israel's response this latter showed that Israel could strike the heart of Iran anytime it wanted. The Iranians might publicly shrug it off, but they should be quaking in their boots, because Israel might have to actually attempt to hit it's nuclear facilities.

[@cathe3633]

Are we to assume the US and the UK would not make response if one of their consulates was attacked? Would we expect either country would simply lay down under the bus the attacking bus?

[@narendra62]

I think if the US/UK is using their consulate buildings as their military command centre they really ought not to be surprised if it's targeted. Common sense really

[@stevencastro3467]

The point of being allied is to be there for each other, what would happen if the US gets assaulted, can its allies just say umm , we are staying out of it?

[@ZangariRC]

Remember the USS Liberty...

[@mystudies7437]

It was not the embassy building nor is it Israel that has instigated any of this. Israel had peace with Iran before Khamenei. kzbin.infoF92flymXf5c?feature=shared

[@mystudies7437]

@@ZangariRC Because of course all Israelis to this day are responsible for something that was most likely an error, definitely not sanctioned by the government, not to mention the public.

[@SuperHectorofTroy]

How was this a failure for Iran? They gained intelligence of Israeli air defence which cost them billions of dollars and Iran around $10million.

[@SkyNet-T-1000]

US:UK Leaders; tell their people we have no money for schools & hospitals. Then they give it all to Israel 😂😂😂😂😂

[@SteveHill-dk5xl]

De-escalate. The Iranians have called this Case Closed. Leave it Case Closed.

[@sammydsouza4379]

Correct assessment.

[@myrasantos3309]

Right course of action

[@GaneshChoudery]

Strange, Iran is being more level headed than others this time

[@user-mz3in7vo5b]

For Israel, it is propably not an option....they have to fight "evil". The "creator" of their IDENTITY....

[@otisbaffo9264]

You start a fight when you're being beaten then you cry for an end. Hmmm

[@gregattanasio3185]

Pray for Your ENEMY,, Whoever that enemy may be.. Can ,you imagine a World 🌎 we people would do this.. Peace to All

[@terahbonks8471]

Google up "the world's most translated website"

[@yasserabdulazeez9284]

If it's a response to a strike then how is it unprecedented

[@noemi5670]

This top spy is getting paid handsomely for such propaganda. Luckily we know

[@lsraeliPiglets]

Propaganda for who? What triggered your feelings?

[@chrisperez3614]

@@lsraeliPigletspropaganda for the warmongers in power in “the west”. If you didn’t realize that then you’re brainwashed.

[@rahmatillamirzaev5938]

Yes, Since when Spies started talking like politicians. They are just puppies of dirty governmenrs.

[@mottthehoople693]

you dont know

[@ajp7445]

Yep

[@trails3597]

Pakistan and India have a two state solution. Not perfect but working.

[@benb6527]

Right... because Pakistan *accepted the partition plan*. The Arab league AND Palestinians REJECTED the two state solution, and chose annihilation of Israel, people and all. They failed, Guess what: when you lose a war, you lose EVERYTHING. That is how it has always worked, that is how it worked in the year 70 AD when the Israelite kingdoms were destroyed by Rome.

[@Tola5657]

Yra think if the plestinaen had say yes for that

[@jerem972]

Pakistan has not sent 30 000 rockets in the past 20 years.. like Hamas did from Gaza

[@paulvr3158]

Is it working, Pakistan and India!!(?) If the Taliban gain a functional foothold in Pakistan, and they are working at it, We would have a bona fide lunatic nuclear armed theocracy next to India, which itself has strong Hindu leanings now....that just frightens me. It may look like it is working, until it isn't..

[@Tola5657]

@@jerem972 no one talk abut give hamas a state so wird compering.

[@gkbhai8962]

It's fascinating to watch an ex spy master demonstrating total lack of understanding of the region.

[@sanoon4887]

This guy surely knows it cost Israel $1.3B to knock out those drones and missiles. That’s 50% of what Israel has. Imagine what will happen of this had gone on for a week. I would hardly call this a defeat for Iran.

[@lsraeliPiglets]

Iran's military has been gradually improving. When you've reached a poiint where your military industrial complex is making weapons and selling them to Russia, you should be taken seriously; that where Iran is. What's most impressive about Iran is that their response has been measured. Meaning that they are picking when and where to respond. You should worry about an opponent who doesn't respond emotionally. The Iranians are being strategic... and they're thinking long term.

[@s.y9236]

Sometimes silence equals wisdom, you just have no idea what you're talking about...so you better shut up!

[@lsraeliPiglets]

@@s.y9236 Telling people to shut up, has that immature little temper tantrum ever worked for you? Try a substantive argument if you want to be taken seriously. You have the moral low ground. Enjoy!

[@pjamateus]

Iran is de-escalating. And in the end, theyre far behind others in terms of weapons, and many of them so far are only for propaganda (no proof they actually work, do what they say)

[@johandelen1838]

Israel has made several strategic misjudgements of late, not least being the remarkably stupid idea that Hamas could be bludgeoned into oblivion after October 7th

[@michaelwilkinson2110]

Netanyahu was forewarned yet did nothing to stop October 7. He has always wanted a pretext to clear out the Palestinians.

[@olderstrbloke604]

@@michaelwilkinson2110 That was the problem. he was not forewarned by Military intelligence who were all on a jolly in Eilat at the time.

[@user-bs9hm6gg9i]

so they wont be bludgeoned. they wont get any weapon supply through gaza tunnels when we take over rafah . they can fight with slingshots. and the gazan population cant say anymore "we dont support hamas" when they never demanded them to sit and have peace talks with israel(they did protest covid restrictions)

[@heha6804]

the stock market tanked the day before the attack, Hamas bascially works for the isrealli intelligence. there was extreme short selling the day before the attack, theres articles on sky news on the matter. the Isreallis already know of the attck, thats why the positions were ungaurded yo let them in. Iron Dome which can shoot missles out of the sky but cant shoot slow moving paragliders, whole thing was fixed to try and steal some more land of the poor palastinians before a final deal with saudi arabia is reached

[@ottonormalo4638]

The Iranian response has turned the table on Israel. In that sense it is a great success.

[@SW-fy8pq]

If 150 drones were not enough to overload Israel's defense system, Iran could easily send 1500 or 15000 drones to Israel in future. I don't think Israel could afford that many anti drone missles.

[@syedmehdi5125]

Poor american parents will watch their children brutally killed in war against iran while protecting netanyahu n israeil...while netanyahus son parties in usa...😂😂😂

[@eshetuGobena-rd9or]

Why is America is crying that "we are NOT involved " why. 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@burns281981]

Learn to speak English and try that again.

[@doloresreynolds8145]

Because they want Iran to know that we didn’t sanction Israel’s retaliatory response, so that the regional conflict will not escalate. Whether Iran buys it is another issue.

[@sephdm]

Because it turns out that Joe Biden is the weakest president in history.

[@spidgeb3292]

Because Biden needs Michigan voters.

[@rhasanvand1359]

Because america taste Iran missiles before in Iraq when they murdured Iranian general Soleimani

[@ytsux9259]

Spymaster? That sounds important and impressive.

[@aboubakarcornelius7296]

This man is talking NONSENSE. It was never in the interest of Irael to live with the Palestinians but to remove them (even by force causing total destruction) so that they can create a state of their own.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@audadr]

It turns out that Israel sees what it wants to see, speaks as it suits them, and acts because the political interests of America are behind it. Hooligan in the political arena. Thei forgot history.

[@gacj2010]

Are you a Jew hater ignoring the facts ...from the trigger that started this

[@rabbitholesinc]

I'm not seeing (or hearing) them forgetting about history. What I see is that they're manipulating it for their benefit.

[@user-mc2sf2kt8q]

And again, the full list of American propaganda! The term "useful idiots" was coined not by Lenin, but by Arnold Cortez specifically for the New York Times. June 21, 1948

[@ZangariRC]

A warning to Americans 👇 "Albert Einstein Letter to the New York Times" - December 4, 1948

[@trails3597]

What does that solve?

[@poolman20001]

Then go live in Iran.

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

​@@poolman20001 they won't

[@celestialteapot309]

Does he really think lran doesn't know what it's doing, this man is myopic.

[@danpalmer6891]

I can't decide whether Sawyers is being dishonest or dumb, as a Brit, both are massively disappointing when I think that he used to lead our foreign 'intelligence' service.

[@Grandizer8989]

CNN…Stop interviewing Marge Greene. So much for journalistic integrity. She just said Bullshit on Live TV with my kids in the room.

[@larryross1819]

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. But instead of empowering potential victims, democrat politicians in blue states, the White House, and democrats Barry/Joe are actively pushing regressive gun control policies that are disarming women and emboldening violent criminals in the process. Let’s start with New York, the state that saw their onerous concealed carry permitting scheme slapped down by the U.S. Supreme Court. Within months, democrat state lawmakers and democrat Governor Hochul passed a new and even more restrictive law, in direct defiance of the High Court and the Second Amendment. Today in New York, virtually all private property is classified as a gun free zone, many public locations are deemed too “sensitive” for carry, and all public transportation is off limits for those just looking to stay safe on their commute to and from work. If you’re a woman in NYC, you’ve been disarmed and left defenseless in every practical sense. In the nation’s capital, Barry/Joe and democrat anti-gun lawmakers have instituted de facto waiting periods for adults under 21 trying to buy a gun, banned millions of pistol-braced weapons, and now are pushing for background checks on virtually every gun sold in America. One can bet the college student with a known stalker isn’t thrilled that she’ll now have to wait weeks to buy a gun, or the single mom who just had a home break-in is terrified since she can no longer easily acquire a gun from her friend or neighbor for fear of being prosecuted for not undergoing a background check. Here are the sobering facts the Left doesn’t want the public to see - women are buying guns, and they’re doing so at a rate higher than ever before in history. Data from Harvard’s School of Public Health confirmed that nearly 50% of new gun owners in 2021 were women, and polling confirms that the leading reason women own guns is self-defense. Members of Congress are being carjacked blocks from the U.S. Capitol, when a young woman is murdered in Georgia by an illegal alien while simply on a run, and when gun free zones in places like NYC and across the USA are doing nothing to stop violent individuals from using guns to harm the innocent, people will see through the facade and demand change. Women are increasingly seeing through these lies about crime and gun control, and pro-gun organizations are stepping up in response. This past March on the weekend of International Women’s Day, Gun Owners of America and Empowered 2A hosted their latest firearms safety and gun rights advocacy event, a women’s only range event in Texas with over 300 attendees. Gun rights are women's rights, and no this isn’t just some theoretical slogan, the data confirms that women are arming themselves. Just last summer, one researcher identified over a dozen confirmed instances in a mere two week stretch where women used a firearm to protect themselves, often from intimate partners or exes. Women want to see real action on preventing violence, like weaponizing U.S. Attorneys offices in major cities against the countless criminals who use firearms in the commission of crime, but later get let off by democrat local prosecutors.

[@andrewcosyn]

There's nothing wrong with bullshit. It's 100 percent antiseptic 😄

[@PaulBCohen]

Your kids need to know what CNN is - you should thank her.

[@spidgeb3292]

Stop watching CNN.

[@martinportelance138]

... And how do your kids felt after viewing images of Palestinian misery? Much more traumatizing than the mention of fertilizer, IMO.

[@marthaworc7873]

The U.S. better not be involved in any crap that Netanyahu gets us into.

[@brendasmart553]

Too late, decades in the making!

[@rettro6578]

@@brendasmart553💯

[@alendres98]

Just 5 missiles got through a military base with two of the top anti air systems in the world. Ah they only launched 7 missiles to this base, that was the real message

[@mohammadishteyaque9221]

Britain's history as a colonian power has been like a cruel and heartless butcher from Jalyanwala massacre in India to other places.

[@Asian_News]

Because Iran warned before a strike.

[@burns281981]

Lies, bots and their lies.

[@alhassandauda9832]

Even so many countries help in intercepting the missiles But in the case of iran no country helps in the intercepting of missiles

[@burns281981]

@@alhassandauda9832 the device used to shoot them down: Iranian Air Defense system featuring 9 Dey missile Take a while guess who designed it? (It might shock you to find it out it wasn't Iran who built or designed it.) But they did it all on their own folks. HINT: The Islamic Republic employs a number of air defense systems for short-, medium- and long-range, including legacy systems from the US, Russia and China. No help at all guys.

[@robinmattheussen2395]

@@burns281981 Uh, that is not a lie. Iran telegraphed well in advance, PUBLICLY that they would retaliate. Both you and me were (or should have been) aware that this was coming because they publicly said so. The nature of the attack was not clear, but that a retaliatory strike was coming soon was made VERY clear. It can be assumed that they did this because they felt pressured to respond to Israel's strike, to not political weakness in Iran internally, but also not wanting to cause a direct conflict for which neither side was prepared. UK, French, US and Israeli forces were on standby to intercept any incoming attack. Even Jordan was ready to take down a couple of targets. Nobody doubted that this was coming.

[@burns281981]

@@robinmattheussen2395 telegraphed well in advance? Listen to the excuses.

[@Autobhnspd]

When our money goes to these countries and conflicts it’s taxation without representation.

[@gacj2010]

You probably voted for demented Biden....so it's on you

[@robinmattheussen2395]

Hmmm? No, I don't think you understand what that phrase mean. You're being taxed, and you're being represented by a rep in the US government who you got to vote on. That rep, in representing the people, then voted to approve the aid package, funded partially by your tax dollars. It's precisely the opposite of what you claim.

[@Autobhnspd]

@@robinmattheussen2395 I know that’s what that means. I meant that our tax dollars are being allocated to these countries which most of us don’t agree with. Our representatives are not representing us but their special interests. Our money isn’t serving our country or our interests.

[@lonpfrb]

No it's in the interest of US National security because American prosperity and influence depends on global trade and stability. kaputin would like US citizens to believe that isolation is best because that allows him to operate a terrorist state to rebuild the ruzzian empire. It's standard FSB misinformation that is more cost effective than a fighting war that he knows he would not win. Much easier to fund a compromised political actor who will try to take USA out of NATO. The only country to invoke Article 5 was USA so clearly against US national interest to leave NATO.

[@aaronwu4280]

Sometimes I wonder to myself why I even bother watching cnn expecting facts and truthfulness instead of propaganda

[@BBHoffman-ur1oy]

Either this "spy master" doesn't know what he's talking about; or, he's just straight up lying. Probably a combination of both.

[@radinsyah1574]

Not an agent, director or specialist. But Spymaster. Only the English can come up with such grand titles 😂

[@franny5295]

All of those people have lost their damn minds. We're just extremely fortunate that the Arab and Islamic states and even the Russians actually care about silly things like, consequences, particularly so when they're catastrophic consequences and do their best to avoid imposing them because they'd rather not kill a bunch of innocent people if it can be avoided. The US will legit get us all killed if something doesn't give.

[@jimmypage8900]

It's just because these titles are centuries old, think of others like Master of Ships etc. to the King. Alot of British names are a mix of old and new as some titles are from centuries ago and others weren't created until centuries after. Another example is here in the States we call it the Defense Department where they call it the Ministry of Defense.

[@theorncampbell4432]

A more fitting title would be petty propaganda peddler, or simply, Liar.

[@ChrisHodgsonCorben-Dallas]

“Surgeon General”

[@happydays4302]

🤣

[@DardaniaLion]

God help the innocent and punish the guilty ones. It’s hard to be fair and honest.

[@JF-iq1yx]

Your imaginary god is the reason these assholes keep killing each other.

[@semsemeini7905]

Iran Press Tv chief anchor?

[@sarychm6061]

Natives (Palestinians, can't believe I have to edit that in) vs Europeans. it's not difficult

[@IslaSkye123]

As an American I'd like to see my news media do a piece covering the American hostages who were taken by Hamas. Why have you ignored the American victims and hostages?

[@KeyhanHadjari]

He is full of BS. His aim is giving the image that Israelis don't need to reply since Iranians failed.

[@user-fu9qt1px1h]

The point was not to do damage. Just to show intent.

[@Dovelunalove]

intent for what exactly?

[@nabawi7]

​@@Dovelunalovethat Israel isn't as untouchable as it thinks

[@Dovelunalove]

@@nabawi7 u can’t show them that, Israel will always play victim in wars that they start.

[@rettro6578]

@@Dovelunaloveto establish DETERRENCE SUPERIORITY. Iran achieved this.

[@Dovelunalove]

@@rettro6578 i hope so. Bc it seems most media here is painting Iran to be the terrorist. Israel is causing mass havoc i don’t understand the power the country holds that allows them to still control the narrative.

[@onekewlbraddah8460]

Let them fight alone

[@desert_rose7171]

you don't want that.

[@SkrilleX3697]

fight alone means iran have all the control of the middle east and US can say bye bye to this part of the world/oil/control and dollar - and all this go to russia china and iran and after that US is the next and they gonna forget that american dream with everybody watching them go down after not being involved in Ukraine war and israel war nobody stay with them cuz they're weak

[@sarychm6061]

Civilians vs AI? You shit

[@Koloviv48i]

Iranian response wasn't a failure dude it was a success and slap in the face of the western support created last remnant of the European settler colony. This guy is dreaming

[@David-bg9od]

They never ever planned on living next to a Palestinian state.

[@MusingsFromTheJohn00]

That was a tiny attack easily ignored, which means Israel was strongly restrained by the USA because Israel wanted to make a huge attack and start an all out war.

[@Triinxoo]

Your wrong. Try again.

[@lubna.candid]

But then why make a tiny attack as it achieved nothing apart from making them look weak? They could have just exercised restraint.

[@Triinxoo]

@@lubna.candid well you figure it out ... iran did threaten them if they attacked. Is isreal calling the bluff or sending them a warning? Just like gaza? Sending a warning? To all proxies and anyone who wants to hide proxies within community?

[@MusingsFromTheJohn00]

@@Triinxoo ROFL

[@MusingsFromTheJohn00]

@@lubna.candid because Israel needed to appease their hardliners, just like Iran needed to appease their hardliners. The difference is, despite Iran being run by religious fanatics, those fanatics are not as out of control as the Israeli fanatics. Of course, with so many fanatics on both sides, hard to tell whether the slightly more sane of those fanatics can keep the less sane of those fanatics from escalating things right up into regional nuclear war, which is exactly what the most extreme Zionist supremacists want.

[@tropangfrance8751]

Now to all those who support America, I know that America will never help you when there is a crisis.

[@oldchunkofcoal3141]

Former top spy?? Doing TV interviews?? Please. Do they hang out at the former spy club waiting around to be interviewed??

[@patriciabray5726]

A news report stated that if there is a permanent cease fire the military wing of Hamas would be abolished and the political arm would work on creating an enduring peace. Major statement if this still exists.

[@albertcorreia2579]

You Brits are amazing, take care of your country and Russia will do the rest. You are living in a clown world, get your head straight before you loose it.

[@nohandler1493]

Russia undermine all un security charters😂 what a joke. Who undermine the un charter most and who used the veto power most 😂

[@robinmattheussen2395]

But veto power is a fundamental part of how the entire UN security council is set up. You can blame the US for using that veto power, that's completely fair, but you can hardly claim that using veto power itself is "undermining the charter". No, the opposite is true, that's precisely how the security council was designed. And while I have had very strong disagreements with US policy over the past decades (for example, the invasion of Iraq remains an unforgivable mistake), I don't think you can credibly argue that the US has done something that comes even remotely as close to what Putin's regime is currently doing in Ukraine, which violates every principle of modern sovereignty and has also come to encompass numerous war crimes, human rights violations, indiscriminate destruction of civilian infrastructure, violations of universally enshrined children's right, and much, much more.

[@victorcapel2755]

Russia/USSR is the most veto-happy country in the UNSC, they've used it 121 times. The US has used it 82 times. Any other missinformed opinion of yours you want me to correct?

[@hughmiller6389]

@@victorcapel2755 First is most are Soviet Union not Russia. Second most are about letter and countries joining the UN, and none make any sense, seem like USSR is making them excape goat for the other member, since these include membership of Ireland, which England would not want, and membership of Nepal which China would not want. In fact the first veto is by the Soviet Union about a letter from Syria and Lebabon requesting ENGLAND, and FRANCE leave their territory, so in this case USSR made themself the escape goat for both France and England. Why USSR did these when in reality it help the other member, I don't know. The thing is most of ours is used against Palestinian and for Israel where Russia/USSR is all over the place, and as stated many are not even aiding them but other member like England, France, and China.

[@victorcapel2755]

@@hughmiller6389 Soviet Union and Russia is the same imperial project in different dresses. Everyone should have realized this by now (in fact, most decently intelligent people realized it in the 1930s). As for the reasons, it doesn't matter. The factual matter is that the most veto-happy country in the UNSC is Russia/USSR. And no country does stuff to "help another country" just for the fun of it. It's about self intrest, even if that intrest isn't directly obvious. Countries doesn't have friends, you know.

[@hughmiller6389]

@@victorcapel2755 No they are not. Like saying Germany is same as Nazi German. The goverment went through a complete overhaul. They became new countries, they just were able keep their security seat. I think reason does matter. So if France veto thousand resulution, and all were about enslaviong a group opf people, overthrowing countries, and doing genocide, I think we would not be upset with their action. So intent does matter. I didn't say they did it out of the kindness of their heart. I said they did for other countries including our allies. Weird that it was USSR that veto a resolution that would hurt France and England, and they didn't. So your right, there was some back room deal being made. But if USSR did not veto them, they would. That my point, USSR was doing most things for other countries.

[@mdnajmi71]

israel ≠ netanyahu... what the US and the west are doing right now is defending netanyahu political career and not the israel people. stop the war, let the israelis deal with him and let the world move foward with peace talks!!

[@arizjones]

The one that made the strategic misjudgment are the ones that thought funding Hamas and Hezbollah are a good idea. The Israel strike sends a message to the Saudi and others that see Iran as a threat, and actually brings them closer together in their strategy to defend themselves from Iran.

[@aradnickan6590]

It may change the subject momentarily but doesn't erase it from our memories

[@evolutionistheflyingspaghe2702]

Man, mean tweets are better than being on the cusp of WWIII!

[@sarldorissimo7916]

Sir Sawers, Pushing Ukraine into a blood bath , was not exactly a gift, or a help....!!!! In strategic terms, this has been an abuse of power, to force a mid sized country ,to do the dirty works of dismantling Russia. You know it.... And and many above your authority has spoken openly about this, especially on the other side of the pond." This is a great deal we made to engage Russia, without having one soldier killed" senator Lindsay Graham.

[@arashsadeghian4010]

Watching your British guest saying it wasn't painful for Israel 😂😂tells me everything

[@davidpayne3938]

This is the first person that I've seen on all News Channels that is taking common sense, he's not a war monger, he talks about peace in the region and a two state solution which is the only way forward to stop this conflict and horrible suffering in the region..👍

[@sephdm]

Yes the tooth fairy is real.

[@doloresreynolds8145]

@@sephdm. They had better agree on a two state solution, or they may end up with a zero state solution in the long run.

[@careydepass130]

A one state solution is the only answer, not two states. The Balfour Declaration in 1917 set the stage for a Jewish Homeland in Palestine, without diminishing the legal and civil rights of the existing inhabitants. A two state solution is a pathway to disaster. Arab Jews, Arab Christians and Arab Muslims must live together in peace as they always have since 60AD. European Jews who want to have refuge there should allowed to relocate there but need to lose their superiority complex and their Zionist ideal that they are the only ones that own the place!

[@Vorname_Nachnahme]

Source: *_"The Balfour Declaration of 1917: Who promised what to whom?"_* The Israel-Palestine conflict seems to be insoluble today more than ever. A hundred years ago, on 2 November 1917, the document that provoked him was published: the Balfour Declaration. It promised the Jews a national home and the Arabs that their rights would not be curtailed. [...] The Balfour Declaration laid the foundation for the ongoing conflict between Jews and Arabs. [...] The Balfour Declaration contained 67 words, nothing more, but these 67 words offered a lot of room for interpretation. The British historian James Renton has intensively explored the space of possibility that these 67 words opened up. In 2007 he published his widely acclaimed book "The Zionist Masquerade" on the emergence of relations between the British government and the Zionist movement during the First World War: „The question of what exactly the British government has promised the Zionist movement has been hotly debated since the publication of the Balfour Declaration. The British Government did not care at all about clarifying the impact of the declaration on the Holy Land. What interested her was the question of how she could use the supposed power of the Jews for herself. She was mistakenly convinced that by supporting Zionism, she would be able to harness the influence of the Jews she believed in. That is why the British government opened a propaganda office immediately after the publication of the Balfour Declaration in order to be able to extract as much political capital from the declaration as possible. “ The British government did not define what it meant exactly when it spoke of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. It remained open whether this meant a cultural centre or a state. Historian James Renton says he has found no evidence in the archives suggesting that the British government wanted to launch the Balfour Declaration to establish a Jewish state. --- Source: Jewish General // History // 'The Balfour Specialist' Renton comes from a Jewish family and grew up in North London, but his research interest, he says, has less to do with his youth: »There was little talk at home about Israel. Instead, his interest in imperial and colonial Britain began in school when he wrote essays on the founding years of Israel. James Renton completed his PhD at the Faculty of Jewish and Hebrew Studies at University College London (UCL). His studies led to a first book called The Zionist Masquerade. While many consider the Balfour Declaration to be only an early founding document of modern Israel, Renton believes that more was behind it.

[@technokicksyourass]

You realize a two state solution involves a standing army of Palestinians.. right? You really think the Palestinians won't want to fight yet another war? These people don't think Israel should exist... they are very clear on that point.

[@logochi5036]

Iran really said "Did some toddler just smack me? Tf was that, a pop rock?!" 😂😂😂

[@LightWeightsBebe]

It was a pizza delivery from israel to Iran using quadcopters 🤣 😀