Iran's axis of resistance has shattered, its proxies are nearly destroyed, says former head of MI6

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

Irans Proxies war against Israel did not expect to see Israel reaction to be so extensively brutal, the Oct 7 attack was supposed to shame Israel’s weakness and unpreparedness, little did they think that Israel would consider it an Existenal threat and they underestimated Netanyahu and the Israel resolved. Iran has definitely underestimated Israel s Mossad Intelligence and the IDF. Iran is going to be next after Assad and Syria

[@arseface2k934]

Zero chance they thought Israel would take an attack of that size lying down. They did it to force Israel into invading Gaza.

[@alien4422]

Mossad is the reason why a lot of people including me suspect that Mossad knew that an attack was coming and the Israel leadership let it happen to further their goals.

[@auggieeast]

Israel is now in a much better strategic position than before 10/7, but at a huge cost to its worldwide popularity, which will exact costs in the future. It may or may not be fair, but it is the reality.

[@superted6960]

​@@auggieeastI'm not sure the Israelis care about being popular. Respected would be enough

[@AuralioCabal-nl8gi]

@@auggieeast the World is tired of tyrants and autocrats , you are welcome to move to Russia or Kim Uns North Korea if you wish, many Asians just want to work in a freedom loving country like Israel or Australia ,Canada England or the USA, the immigration lines there are long , yeah we even have to deport temporary workers who want to keep working in Canada.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

The fact that Putin couldn't act openly against Prigozhin inside Russia shows just how perilously weak his regime really is

[@kennymorrison7227]

Russia is a paper tiger 🐅

[@JosephNZUK]

Bizarre that one wrong move by an idiot like Sinwar could have such a devastating domino effect on Arabs and Persians. The Israelis should issue a gold clown medal in his memory.

[@TehKaiser]

Israel let them in and they took the bait.

[@Bertrum123]

They keep repeating the same mistake again and again and again .

[@johnconnor1244]

🇦🇺I totally agree. The 7th of October was a catalyst for momentous that followed. Israel has now put all her neighbours and the Middle East on notice. Israel will never hesitate again to act. To protect its people or nation. It cares nothing for world or UN opinion. Israel is now the unchallenged, supreme military power in the Middle East,

[@Aka-293]

They should issue the Darwin award to Sinwar

[@Dagmere-n7l]

People such as Sinwar , islamists, don't see the world in the same way as perhaps more Western orientated people . They have a different set of moral values, a different ideology that is driven by an unshakable belief based on a 14th Century creed. There are basically three types of humans to them: Moslims, who should always be on top, ruling, then below them "people of the book" ie Christians and Jews, who have to pay tax to Moslims, and below them others who have to convert or die.

[@Firefly-f5q]

Always good to hear opinions from people who have experienced the topics they are called on to discuss.

[@markdeckard7651]

Arab Spring we watched and hoped for the wonderful citizens of Iran that wanted a brighter future. Persian Winter is coming.

[@evinoshima9923]

China is the long term threat, but it is also locked into a trend of long term decline. If the world can keep China contained for a decade, the threat will fade. Same for Russia, economic stagnation, demographic decline, etc, will cause the threat of Russian imperialism to fade. For the ME, as renewables take hold, their economic relevance and power will decline.

[@factChecker01]

Russia is having trouble in Ukraine and its military weakness has been shown, NATO is much stronger with Sweden and Finland, Assad has been overthrown, Hamas and Hezbollah have been seriously damaged. America's enemies seriously overplayed their cards and are paying the price. So what is the problem?

[@macfaichen2658]

Yes God forbid that Israel might pre-emptively attempt to protect itself in light of how many states against it… !

[@chrishaughton_1963]

Thankfully Israel has learned her lesson and is now acting preemptively.

[@racheldiamond2457]

"Blame the Jews" is always in the wokest MSM. When will they ever learn. British Rachel Meadows here. What happened to the fear of the "vacuum of power" goes if Israel reads the writing on the Wall. Go Israel, go 🇮🇱🇮🇱🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️🙏

[@racheldiamond2457]

What a pathetic, pithy response to lying to the British people regarding Iraq. Funny how he's still here but not Dr Kelly.

[@copaloadofthis]

@@racheldiamond2457… Saddam had it coming, and so did his army

[@CruiseDude1]

Thank you Israel.

[@Stoddardian]

Israel sided with Azerbaijan against Armenian Christians. Israel is not a friend.

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

"Israel is the common thread"? well, yes, they are all, all those powers - not necessarily all the people - against it's very existence, from day one, so, yes, it is a common theme.

[@chrishaughton_1963]

The interviewers framing was bizarrely, but not unexpectedly, hostile to Israel. Ulterior motives? Would it be a good idea if the joyous Syrians were to send a message of thanks to the mourning families of the dead IDF soldiers who gave their lives to weaken Hezbollah and precipitate the fall of Assad. Without their sacrifice thousands would still be suffering torture in Assad’s dungeons.

[@emptywig]

@@chrishaughton_1963 Honestly, don't think it was ulterior motives. This is one of the worst interviewers I have seen on Times Radio. I think she just framed it very badly.

[@needmorecowbell6895]

All of Syria's neighbors are taking advantage of its instability, not just Israel. The Turks, in particular, are building their own buffer zone.

[@JC-cu3sr]

I wish the interviewer would have let her guest finish expressing his thoughts.

[@francoisemoore6336]

Every time I hear this female broadcaster she always has something “negative “ leaning against Israel, unless (as on this occasion) she’s been soundly informed.

[@chrishaughton_1963]

Another dumb woke English bird who hasn’t a clue

[@jamesrussell1979]

Very informative 👏 👌 👍

[@mikesheffer3690]

Expect only chaos from Trump. That's not bias. That's his track record.

[@irismccallum4466]

So intelligent and fascinating. A wonderful way to get to know what is really going on in the world.

[@derekcockburn820]

Yes, the Syrian dictator is gone but remember the history of this region. When one dictator falls either another one rises or terrorist chaos follows. I don't hold out much hope for the Syrian majority, when Islamists have a common enemy they pull together, when the common enemy is removed, they fight among themselves. History has a habit of repeating itself.

[@fredk9999]

Thank you to our hostess and guest of stature for this excellent segment. Learned a lot

[@NicFydd]

I’ve never heard anyone take so long to make a point.

[@mijgedacht1073]

Amen! What an exhausting interview

[@AriZBlade]

Wait, you mean to defeat our enemies you actually have to fight them????

[@MajorMarty911]

China owns 2 of the top ten US military contractors, to the tune of 1.4 trillion a year. Disentanglement is impossible

[@malcolmp5245]

hard to watch with the cutting back and forth when one person is talking

[@fredk9999]

Thank you to our host for this important segment. Well reasoned. Good content😊

[@charleswarriner5121]

Give it 3 years and people like this interviewer will be saying that Israel had this all planned out and Oct 7 was like the USA moon landing (done on a movie set)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Abornazine]

The latest crackpot conspiracy theory doing the rounds, is that the Moon landings were all filmed on disused parts of the London Underground.

[@robertcarter8868]

It was planned. Israel, as a matter of intelligence, regardless of 10/7 had drawn up plans. This is what any good military does. They do not react after being struck. They had existential threats of bombing for years from hamas and hezbollah. Why wouldn't they have addressed the contingency. Sinwar fafo.

[@davegibson79]

Saying China is the long-term threat assumes that China will exist in the long term. China is an empire held together by the CCP, just as the Russian empire was held together by the Tsar and the Soviet Union was held together by the Bolshevik party. China has collapsed more times than any other historic country, most recently happening in the 1920s and has only been unified on its current borders since the late 1950s when the Red Army invaded Tibet and the provinces of Western China. A lot of geopolitical experts are predicting the implosion of the Chinese empire by 2050 or even by 2030. The political pressures on China now are worse than they've been in a century, with riots, mass protests and terrorism extremely common despite the efforts to prevent all public displays of opposition, bad relations which just about every country on their border, frequent purges of the party leadership and military, and the economy on the verge of total collapse. Hence, the China issue might resolve itself like the Soviet Union did.

[@adbayliss]

I'm convinced that the Chinese are wonderful and thoughtful people. Well informed and illustrious. We have a lot to learn from each other

[@jamesparsons9068]

Superb interview.

[@Martin_Adams184]

An excellent interview! I'm not thinking so much of Sir Richard's observations as of the interviewer's ability to pose trenchant and penetrating questions and her willingness to let Sir Richard speak. And when she did address a potential "gotcha" issue - the possible flaws in intelligence leading up to the Iraq war - she gave him space rather than getting on a moral high-horse; and he said some things very believable, even though he evaded addressing anything directly. And, as he implied, time will tell.

[@ChrisJones-dc4yy]

Please let the guest finish what he is saying without interruption

[@AORD72]

China's has decided to be friends with the West. And why not, being friends with wealthy countries makes you also wealthy. China talked Russia into war to weaken Russia. World peace is going to happen. China can make it happen faster by adhering to more international trade and rules. Peace is in everyone's interest because stability and trade creates massive wealth for all.

[@fredk9999]

Excellent question by our hostess re: WMDs in Iraq

[@stansbornak8116]

Shattered!......Cheroobie......Splattered !!!!

[@marckg6950]

Don't count your Imams out before their flown off to Moscow

[@eddiehenry2753]

Thankyou isreal🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🫶

[@coastmansingha9980]

What is so sad about this interview is that it tells you nothing you don’t already know. As a non-expert I could have told you at least as much. However, being a previous member of the Diplomatic Service I might have been able to couch it in a way that makes me sound authoritative. In other words applying BS!

[@JosephNZUK]

Your whole comment is B.S.

[@Ironic1950]

...couch, not coach...

[@coastmansingha9980]

@@Ironic1950 agree

[@coastmansingha9980]

@@JosephNZUK And your evidence is where? Eh?

[@coastmansingha9980]

@@JosephNZUK So, what did you learn from the head of MI6 Sir Richard Dearlove? His lack of any insight might explain why the UK is so vulnerable to terrorist attacks and infiltration.

[@subratranjan9658]

ARAKAN ARMY STARTED PLAYING THE ROLE OF , AS IT WAS PLAYED BY MUKTI BAHINI IN 1971🇮🇳.

[@jamesl3546]

No time to reflect on the Israeli brutalisation Palestinians then? Somewhat predictable.

[@SvengaliDetroit]

EASTERN EUROPE, NOT Central Europe. COME ON, you'd expect basic geography from experts.

[@nedludd3641]

Did he say, '2150'? Did he mean, '2050'?

[@EdwardRLyons]

2150. China thinks on longer timeframes than the short-termism of the West.

[@copaloadofthis]

@@EdwardRLyons. Good ! That means the pressure is off for those Chinese Language lessons we’re all going to need..

[@nedludd3641]

@@EdwardRLyons That's interesting. In 1989, the then Chinese Premier was asked to give his appraisal of the French Revolution on the 200th Anniversary. His response: "It's too early to say"

[@felixmeijler2293]

Sinwar knowing what we know today would he have given up? Nope

[@mijgedacht1073]

My God, that part from 5:40 till 8:30... Three minutes of saying nothing and doing it in the most boring way. I don't question the man's intelligence and insights, but a new Cicero he isn't.

[@GIBKEL]

Man did he cop out on WMD question…he did not like his part.

[@paolomath]

"Fascinating"

[@ianatkin7541]

He cooked the intelligence.

[@blehoo1]

Don't mean to be pedantic but it's surely Eastern Europe. Which btw is an important point given that Eastern Europe was under the sphere of the old Soviet Union....just saying.

[@Hovercraftltd]

Pregozhin likely stopped when Kremlin held his family. Why he later had all his top henchmen in one plane over Moscow is a mystery. Likely Ukraine significant in assisting coordination of the rebels in Syria plus key drone activity eliminating Putin's forces particularly helicopters.

[@PaulAJohnston1963]

Classic, "I don't want to talk about how wrong I was then", throw out speculative theories and say did the enquiry go to Iraq?. Bet your bottom dollar/pound we did go and look but didn't find anything.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

Iraq is doing relatively okay compared to some other countries in the area, at least.

[@MichaelMcIntire-h5e]

Waiting on the comedy: CCP makes it move and become iran partner in losing

[@johnsnelgrove7874]

Would it not be worth considering sponsoring alternative governments in places which are in turmoil so that a agreed agenda of support and non-intervention and non-aggression can be offered to an alternative Goverment than the one that is in that is opposed to western values

[@CanadianGrenadian]

Hey, could you get Kamala to say that please? Word for word, I would vote for her then

[@hughjones1459]

The CIA, in particular, has been doing that for years. 'Sponsoring alternative governments' is a very innocuous sounding phrase but it usually amounts to interference in another country's internal affairs. I am not saying that means it should never be attempted, but the potential for harm is enormous.

[@johnsnelgrove7874]

@ yes, I’m aware of that. I just feel that they may get better traction if it’s formalised and published

[@kemalistdevrimturkaydnlanm168]

Those countries in turmoil because of the USA, UK and now İsrail sponsoring Islamist alternative governments. Please read open sources. Assad family was ruling the country with secular values as much as it can be in the region but it was against İsrail, that’s why they had to go, like Saddam, like Kaddaf etc, replaced by west sponsored Islamist as it’s easy to steal the resources when you have puppets causing problems.

[@kemalistdevrimturkaydnlanm168]

Those countries in turmoil because of the USA, UK and now İsrail sponsoring Islamist alternative governments. Please read open sources. Assad family was ruling the country with secular values as much as it can be in the region but it was against İsrail, that’s why they had to go, like Saddam, like Kaddaf etc, replaced by west sponsored Islamist as it’s easy to steal the resources when you have puppets causing problems.

[@VintageClips-rf7kt]

Hasn’t anyone told Dearlove? He keeps using phrases like “how do we manage dealing with China”, as if Britain has a consequential role to play. Britain is a post-industrial wasteland in economic terms. Maybe he has convinced himself that the UK and US are one and the same but I’m not sure that fantasy is shared by our cousins across the sea… the biggest demographic in the US by nationality are those with German origins, not British. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. On a more positive note, if you give up the expensive delusion of global Britain, maybe you could feed more of the growing number of starving people in the UK or help your impoverished pensioners to heat their houses.

[@elefnishikot]

What's up with the black nail polish.

[@pascallieblich3289]

You have no time for his thoughts on the Shi-Sunni divide in the Middle East but insist on going back to the Iraq war in 2003 and ask him if he still stands by the information? Shoddy reporting.

[@PlayNiceFolks]

Iraq is doing a lot better than other nations in the Mid East/N Africa.

[@wasimahmed7521]

Wait till next election trump to lost proxies start from C.I.A

[@notheotherklaus]

Not the best interview and too few insights, I am afraid.

[@karljensen893]

?

[@dainagrn7030]

Can journalist don't touch her face continuously while she is filmed. I mean it's ok if it happens once but all these 30 min she touched her mouth and face more than 30 times.

[@JonathanReynolds1]

Once

[@dainagrn7030]

@JonathanReynolds1 yes. Made a mistake.

[@hakanelmaci]

The Brittish are still butthurt of being kicked out of Iran, and all the resources they could not profit from :), this doesn't mean I support the Iranian regime.

[@Doochos]

Hardly

[@comacuma2869]

Ure quality is also significant

[@lucasenjat2726]

IRGC and Ali kamanei empire end was very closed.

[@PJMcG]

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS IRAN

[@guff9567]

MI6 are bonkers. There's no was god can suddenly vanish from existence