Mistakes were made | General David Petraeus on Israel, Afghanistan, Iraq, and more | FULL INTERVIEW

General David Petraeus, former director of the CIA, delves into a wide range of past and present global conflicts; from Iraq and Afghanistan, where he led the US forces, to Ukraine, Gaza, and the future of US-China relations.
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General (U.S. Army, Ret.) David H. Petraeus is the Kissinger Fellow at Yale’s Jackson School of Global Affairs, the Chair of the Global Institute of a major investment firm, and a former director of the CIA. Petraeus served over 37 years in the U.S. military, culminating his career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat, including command of the Surge in Iraq, command of U.S. Central Command, and command of coalition forces in Afghanistan. In this wide-ranging interview, he argues that the lessons America learned in Iraq are not being fully taken up by Israel, that there is no alternative to providing aid to Ukraine, and sometimes wars involve unpalatable choices. Interviewed by Alexis Papazoglou, managing editor of LSE Politics Blog.
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This interview was recorded on Sunday 26th May 2024, at HowTheLightGetsIn, Hay-on-Wye.
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00:00 Introduction
00:30 Why did you choose a career in the military?
04:22 The legacy of Iraq and Afghanistan
10:51 Did the perceived failures of the US in Afghanistan
enable Russia to invade Ukraine?
11:41 Is the US repeating the same mistake in Ukraine?
13:27 Can Ukraine win, with just financial support?
16:30 Why does Israel seem to be ignoring American advice?
20:15 If Israel doesn’t comply with the ICJ ruling, should the US
continue to supply Israel with military and intelligence aid?
22:40 Is the West in danger of having double standards for war crimes?
24:58 What will happen with China and Taiwan,
and how should the US navigate it?
29:16 Are there lessons from the Cold War which apply today?
30:20 What will the world look like in twenty years’ time?
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[@vaultsjan]

Be anti imperialist, invite Ukrainians, Chechens to your show

[@gillesseguin6698]

I am extremely happy to have come across this interview as it allowed me to much better know about general Petraeus. He and general Bel Hodges make a great team that really understand everything about war and know how to express it. General Petraeus is extremely smart and talented.

[@ExiledGypsy]

His position on Israel is not hopeful. Either your talented general is stupid or a liar. Why doesn't he compare the trauma of people in Gazza to that of October 7th? Israel's long-term plan has always been to get rid of the Palestinians population one way or another. Hamas is irrelevant. Hamas was always the excuse they needed. Why is such an obvious point never recognised? Creation of the Gazza by Sharon was part of the same log-tem plan. They had hoped that when the push came to shove Egypt would let Palestinians escape to Egypt. Everyone denies the obvious and until that stops the Palestinians will die and then Lebanese and Israel will annex the land just as they have done with Golan hights. Just talk to Israelis who have adopted their long-term plan like I have. They will tell you that they are in no rush for peace. In their inward-looking culture, they have been fighting for thousands of years. It is part of their spiritual doctrine of wrestling with God where the rest are irrelevant in comparison, including lies. These are the modernised Pharisees of the first century now in the 21st century This is a Philosophical struggle for these people. If they are moving forward, they are never going to stop. This is why 75AD happened. It is just as religious as Taliban and the Wahhabism sect in Saudi Arabia. The only difference is that their marketing people wear suits and are far more experienced in arm struggle than Taliban. Imagine Talibans with nuclear weapons and then you get the idea of the threat they pose. How about you? Are you talented?

[@jcreajr]

General Petrarus is spot on.

[@gkbhai8962]

I can attest to the fact that he is spot on about Hamas. There is no alternative to completely degrading their ability to fight and disrupt governance and this is something that will take years.

[@kylemoghadam9011]

The interviewer was too unexperienced for this interview. He looked timid, avoided eye contact when speaking, and sending Morse codes by blinking his eyes during questions. He could have and should have asked better questions.

[@Kevs_a_dawg]

Wait, did he really say Russia launched the first invasion since WW2 5 minutes after talking about Iraq?

[@dougm5341]

I think he meant, of a European country.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

He thinks it's ok if we do it but not if they do it😂

[@VF81-q5j]

Was the territorial integrity of Serbia not violated in 1999?

[@yohannsebekele6714]

In europe

[@robhuhges]

@@Kevs_a_dawg invasion of kuwait ring a bell with you?

[@moonmunster]

David Petraeus is exactly right on Afghanistan. We should never have gone into Iraq. ps - I"m an American, hence "we"

[@notheotherklaus]

So, basically he led two of the worst wars in US history and lost both.

[@TedATL1]

Wasnt Petraeus who bombed out of Afghanistan like a fool. That was Biden. The Iraq wars were won. Occupations are a different matter.

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

​@@notheotherklaus And then to deny your mistakes. That takes a lot of skill and denial..

[@jamesmcd71]

The ignorance of your comment is an example of the downfall of the ability to think.

[@75THRANGER1]

He didn’t “lose the war” the us has never lost a battle in Afghanistan nor Iraq…. Politicians and the law of war.. lost the war

[@danotto8970]

Politicians undid what so many sacrificed to build in these areas.. very sad

[@dhschneider7945]

Bots and trolls in the comment section. Petraeus is always worth listening to.

[@mikemikeyee]

Patraeus pretty much laying out his book’s various main ideas and interviewer just pivoting left and right. Pretty neat listen tho

[@craigschiele4976]

It was not his decision to go to war. I think president Clinton had more than one opportunity to kill bin Laden, but failed to do so. The invasion of Afghanistan would have been unnecessary. Iraq seems to me to have been totally unjustified and an unbelievable tragedy for everyone involved.

[@jintaohu2135]

what is the purpose of the interview?

[@lawrencemaurice4947]

@@jintaohu2135 is have been adjudged myself the same question

[@Bloodhound_Dogg]

...to make him look bad but they failed

[@fareeda6118]

Have so much respect for the General. So experienced and so enlightened about how Middle East works. These Liberal so called Think Tanks have never stepped in Middle East and act like they know better than the general.

[@brandond5441]

After all the war crimes you still respect him lol. Maybe do some research on who you are believing in.

[@brandond5441]

Do some research on who you respect so much, might surprise you.

[@Mystery_G]

File under: How US officials always get away with using 'Oops' as justification for their crimes against humanity and war crimes

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Excellent comment

[@Kot-dj4ws]

If not the US, you would live now either in a nazi or North Korea style dictatorship. But instead you live in a free country, use a US invented smartphone, navigating US invented internet with American Google browser.

[@Bubble998Grunge]

Cope tankie

[@Bubble998Grunge]

@@JohnnyComelately-eb5zvyes, false equivalences are so excellent

[@craigwilliams1897]

Absolutely great Question 👌🏾

[@farazkhalid4362]

how is this guy considered an expert after failing miserably in iraq and Afghanistan

[@elza148]

Because hindsight is the perfect science

[@Eagle1836]

As a general, you have to take orders

[@TedATL1]

He didnt fail in Afghanistan. Biden did. In Iraq he had to implement the policy of the administration. he actually was very effective in the Iraq surge.

[@abdidesign3255]

Well, you didn’t fail if your goal was never to win, they went in to loot and destroy whatever they could.

[@moonmunster]

So why didn't you take control and solve all the problems? Put your money where your mouth is.

[@zacharyzito5040]

Unlike many of the others who’ve made comments, I appreciate that IAI put this individual on, who has an undeniably important legacy and a unique voice. If you disagree with his thoughts… alright, great. Let us know why you believe his arguments are bad instead of squawking ad hominems. If we aren’t mature enough to critically consider the opinions of people we disagree with or find difficult for whatever reason, we shouldn’t be listening material from an institute of art and ideas.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

A legacy of death, destruction and idiocy. There's nothing whatsoever unique about this.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

A legacy of murder and carnage on an unimaginable scale. Nothing unique about it. Your comment is astonishingly immature. Your squeaking is nauseating.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

A legacy of violence on an unimaginable scale. Nothing unique about it.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

The censors from the Ministry of Truth are out in force today.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Isn't it interesting how obsequious comments like yours aren't censored but critical comments are?

[@OpenWorldRichard]

Shocking to hear him casually talk about algorithmic weapons systems. Richard

[@marccox8977]

Yes I noticed that problem also - NO self authorizing lethal Ai drones, planes, bombs!

[@OpenWorldRichard]

Yes. They should be banned by international agreement.

[@garysantos7053]

Petraeus is a well-trained and obedient Corporate General.

[@lecaprice2572]

Correct. Marine General Smedley Butler also was in the forefront of being an enforcer for corporate America in Central America and elsewhere. However, he “saw the light” and refused to lead a coup d’etat against Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

[@user-fk2if5kn7n]

@@garysantos7053 😀😃🙂🙃😊😇😀😃🙂🙃😊😇😀😃

[@sherazmalik2179]

A lot of emphasis on obedient. He is loyal too.

[@saidsalimsaidalaufi8490]

Trained to lead failed war and killing innocent people. He knows what Israel is doing in Palestine for decades but pretends that it started on 07 Oct. The world is led by greedy politicians who are corrupted like this guy.

[@user-pz8yd5jg7y]

AMERICAN KIDS SHOULDN'T DIE FOR ISRAEL OR UKRAINE

[@John-bravooo]

Good thing they arent idiot.

[@moonmunster]

No one has even proposed sending troops to Ukraine or Israel. More On!

[@Lodimerg]

Who will pay for "mistakes"??

[@hvglaser]

The poorest and the tax payer. As always.

[@Lodimerg]

@@hvglaser The fools are paying for everything.

[@qf4543]

The General towers over the interviewer

[@jameslowder7682]

The interviewer is smug, vacuous bordering on dishonest, and lacks intellectual integrity.

[@raveneye12]

Agree!

[@Said.Z2]

It is really concerning that this guy, with his ideas, was a senior official in the US Army and CIA. That's why the US lost two wars, on top of having bad politicians.

[@lecaprice2572]

The U.S. military fared disastrously in terms of casualties per capita in WW I under the failed cavalry officer Pershing. WW II was a mixed affair and too lengthy a subject to comment upon here (except to draw attention to Admiral King’s disastrous handling of the North Pacific theater). However, since WW II it has been a consistent shambles. And now we have “the icing 🧁 on the cake”… Faced with threats throughout the Levant, the South China Sea, and the Ukraine - the U. S. military cannot and will not be able to cope for several glaring reasons. Ever since they could not cope with the Somali pirates interfering with the key trade route through the Suez Canal a few years ago, “the writing was on the wall.”

[@PauloAdriano-zo2ng]

​@@lecaprice2572 They will just deny everything and claim you're using Putin's talking points, whatever that means. People like Petraeus have a mindset impervious to facts on the ground. Just re-listen to this interview, (audio-only) and you'll see how he's twisting plain facts to suit his warped ideology. Cultists have a similar way of thinking.

[@moonmunster]

Petraeus was one of the best military leaders the US has had in recent years. I say put your money where your mouth is if you are going to call Petraeus a failure. Go ahead and solve all the world's problems today since you are so smart.

[@Said.Z2]

@@moonmunster the best who lost two wars, Great!

[@mrjacktraeger]

@@moonmunster put your money where your mouth is?😂 He was one of the main people overseeing OIF for years that served as a massive failure and just listen to what he saying here all of the same overall talking points that were the reasons we failed. Does t even address what were the main failures and how we could have done it differently.

[@karrarhm]

It's funny how he talks about "improving life in Gaza" but never mentioned that the people of Gaza have the right to be free in their land and not live in an open air prison.

[@jameslowder7682]

The "people" in Gaza have been occupied by Hamas, not by Israel. The Palestinians have consistently squandered tens of millions of dollars and scores of opportunities to be free in their own land.

[@moonmunster]

The interviewer IS TRYING TO MAKE A MORAL EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN HAMAS AND Israel. Duh! And between Russia and the Ukrainians or US. He's full of it.

[@ks957]

General, please run for president!

[@acommon1]

Keep the dialogue moving. Well done 👍🏾

[@JonathanBotach]

I pity Petraeus. The interviewer, half his age, and with zero military experience, keeps cutting him. He doesn't care about the audience, he doesn't want to hear anything. His only aim is to impose his personal, shallow opinion. Last time I watch anything with this guy.

[@ihwras]

There’s always a thin line between the pacifist and the naive, similarly between the warmonger and the idiot. Fanatics are taking advantage of the information breakdown all over the world, while imbeciles are trying to take advantage of conflicts to make a dollar… it’s a complex landscape and navigating it’s not easy. Now looking at a conflict as black or white and ignoring the multitude of grey scales won’t give you an insight. So, listen even if you don’t agree… there is no way to have an understanding without being exposed to both sides. PS: he could make better questions though… better than just arguing with your guest.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

😂 Good. Nobody wants to listen to you or Petraeus justify failure and violence against defenceless populations of poor people on an unimaginable scale

[@ul6909601]

Interviewer is obviously taking a side against Israel and is clueless without understanding everything. Should Israel or the United States abide by internationals courts - when they are largely appointess by the UN and other leftist entities? Petraeus is totally on to this. He IS drawing a moral equivalence (with Ukraine too). Patraeus doesn't get through to him. He says that "he fought for the right" for him to have a different opinion. Does this guy look like he would fight for any ethical or moral issues? How pitiful.

[@chlorophyllmorelikeboraphy6874]

I disagree with his assessment on Israel but I understand why he has that view. He’s a military guy so everything has a military solution to him. Thing is….he was wrong in Afghanistan/Iraq and is applying that flawed logic to Israel.

[@user-user-user-user.]

CRIMINAL

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

He speaks like a man who's had too much power and not enough accountability.

[@josephcaldwell7692]

As a former Marine, intelligence analyst, (85-89) I learned what really led me to join the military was all the imagery and rhetoric, the prestige and ceremony and the cult of manliness. I served honorably but had an awakening and renounced my service to warlords. A have since joined the ranks of peacemakers.

[@Dreadnought16]

Who are the peacemakers you say you have joined?

[@josephcaldwell7692]

@@Dreadnought16 Hi Dreadnought16. The peacemakers are those that see with a civilian reality rather than a military reality. Renouncing violence and military prestige is a start. I was a low level analyst and I am a low level citizen. Jeffrey Sachs, comes to mind as one I can relate to.

[@rudolphvaleriano1578]

he was very busy with his girlfriend, he lost his focus, hes such a wimp

[@davidalvarez7382]

Very nice interview, general Petraeus spell out what can happened when people can’t discern evil

[@heliosmou]

Being the Kissinger Senior Fellow at Yale for global affairs is nothing to boast about. Read Kissinger.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Two massive war criminals

[@lecaprice2572]

I shudder when I think of Kissinger’s empowerment of Pinochet in Chile. And the carpet bombing in the former French Indochina. 😢

[@russellwilliams8617]

Wish this interviewer, no matter what his belief's are, would stop interrupting... interview 101

[@egtaha]

Oh look what I found. The AH who became a major general without seeing a single battle and then he had an affair and the dumbest scandal in cia history! Rofl

[@aslamtu]

Tremendous restraint by Gen Petreaus in the face of the nonsense by the interviewer.

[@luvitluvitbaby]

I didn’t hear anything thing from the interviewer that was nonsense. It was firm, but fair.

[@marchess286]

@@aslamtu - yes. Some nonsense. But the question about the legacy of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was quite fair

[@JonathanBotach]

Amen to that

[@John-bravooo]

​@@marchess286legacy meaning what? How about legacy of Oct 7th?

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

It's kinda funny you use the word 'restraint' in relation to Petraeus, a general who failed in every war he ever prosecuted and whose only tactic was to kill more and more people. He's a classic example of a war criminal. But not a very competent one.😂

[@davedeville6540]

Those oversized chairs are hilarious. General Petreus looks like a hobbit 😂

[@karlyoung1713]

Intelligence maybe but single minded dimensions displayed here do not reflect the reality.

[@ugvadugvaw]

They should have picked smaller chairs for the interview.

[@Jack-xc2ys]

How they respond to their own tactics is always interesting. It's hard to know how people will respond to subversion and intimidation.

[@Jack-xc2ys]

The keyword is "opportunity." Analyzing this kind of cutout is a necessity.

[@Eagle1836]

Peace is achieved thru deterrence. Not just diplomacy

[@Jack-xc2ys]

@@Eagle1836 How do we deter corruption?

[@Eagle1836]

@@Jack-xc2ys Corruption is best handled thru freedom of the press. The fact that they countries that are causing the most problems do not have freedom of the press is the issue. Also here, the press has chose to be biased instead of even handed and dealing with truth.

[@Jack-xc2ys]

@@Eagle1836 Our leadership in the US is blatantly corrupt on many levels. They are in and out of court. They are also role models for many people, is this deterrent?

[@AWB777]

Patreus is an example of a military system with too much money and very little sophistication. It's driven by profit (never ending wars) than solutions.

[@Bubble998Grunge]

Profit? What are you on about? The defense industry and military have contracted dramatically since the end of the Cold War.

[@loucaribou7765]

I love general petraeus but the interviewer was totally biased and this was unwatchable

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Primitive neanderthal loves war criminal and boasts about it.☝️

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

War criminal fan ☝️

[@loucaribou7765]

@@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv I mean, at this point pretty much anybody who engages in war eventually will be called a war criminal it really means nothing anymore to call people that but cool bro you do you

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

@@loucaribou7765 'engages in war' - nice Orwellian phrase. I think you meant to say 'attack a defenceless population killing hundreds of thousands of innocent people to increase profits for giant corporations.' That's a bit more accurate.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

@@loucaribou7765 But you do 'bro.' Imagine growing up to think it's admirable to defend war criminals and powerful officials in the comments section?

[@firefoureffect]

Petreus was known by those who served with him as an opportunist and ruthless careerist. He treated subordinates terribly and karma caught up with him having to resign in disgrace.

[@sylvainbougie7269]

I always thought the deliberate defunding of Israeli intelligence services would lead to a territorial incursion.

[@John-bravooo]

Territorial incursion?? You mean INVASION?

[@buixote]

So the guy who shares classified info with his mistress walks the streets, while Assange was imprisoned for over a decade for informing us about our Government's Activities. Banana Republic.

[@bradsillasen1972]

The lack of sophistication, education, and insight reflected by the preponderance of comments here is disturbing. Petraeus is obviously quite the opposite. He's highly intelligent, educated, experienced, and articulate way beyond myself or any other commentors. Also keep in mind that he has vastly more access to information on which to form educated assessments than any but a very select few do. I seriously doubt if he is motivated by nefarious goals or acting callously without carefully considering alternatives to achieve optimal goals consistent with liberal democracy.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Tool of the highest order ☝️

[@OolTube02]

Well, while he was making rational assessments of what Israel should do in their treatment of Palestinians he failed to mention that there is no chance in Hell that they'll start treating Gazans and West Bank denizens as human beings, worthy of life, liberty, and property. So his suggestions are hollow in the sense that he might as well have given Hannibal Lecter the advice of going on a diet.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

The lack of sophistication, education and insight reflected in your comment is disturbing. Brainwashing, sycophancy and a very submissive thought process are responsible for these defects.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Disturbing support for a war criminal. Lacks education, sophistication and insight. Very macabre.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

The lack of sophistication education and insight reflected by the above comment is disturbing. The level of grovelling sycophancy is astonishing. This is often the case with propaganda designed to achieve optimal goals consistent with the U.S establishment.

[@raveneye12]

Well, no one could really stand up to David Petras intellect it does seem the interviewer spends more time thinking about fashion magazines than international subjects

[@phillipgriffiths9624]

Save us from these stupid bloody warmongers! A corporate yes man.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Who is the guy picking these people? Alistair Campbell and now this horror? Sack the person responsible immediately. I don't want to listen to war criminals on this channel.

[@Friedrich-ck2le]

And now this horror.....very funny description...thank you!

[@gerrystevens9041]

a khazar through and through. somehow i dont feel safe...

[@dipdo7675]

Those who can do…those who can’t…interview!!

[@BarinKayaoglu]

Kudos to the interviewer for keeping this professional and civil. I don't like people it when people lie so shamelessly.

[@jsherif6]

The general is a prisoner of his own doctrine

[@nk-gp1ml]

He really seems deluded in his thinking and ideas. Probably the result of being a component in the establishment bubble.

[@davidcline471]

Yeah, your anti-expertise in anything would make you a good judge of his…

[@nk-gp1ml]

@@davidcline471 sure genius

[@sammmmmysluggggger]

Patreus really schooled the interviewer, who is intellectually sloppy

[@JonathanBotach]

Sloppy is understatement

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

It's intellectually sloppy to incorrectly spell the war criminal's name especially when you have a man crush on him

[@10010error]

@@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv😂😂😂

[@salem4524]

I wished if you have asked the General's Scandal which was the reason they sacked him from CIA post?

[@jameslowder7682]

Petraeus may have deserved to be sacked, but the reasons for his firing were entirely political.

[@DwynAgGaire]

What a brilliant note to end that interview on. I was getting more and more depressed as the conversation pgrogressed, hearing the same jaded perspective of the adversarial mindset that we get from the american mainstream. To finish with the parameters needed for a different paradigm, and that coming from a military man, bizarrely gives me hope!

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Indeed. It is bizarre. Very bizarre.

[@petrhomolac3740]

It was not a military failure, but an economic disaster. Trillions dollars were spent there and in the moment US had retreated, the country went to dark ages tribal society again. It was not ready enough for democracy.

[@chcoo]

Maybe we shouldn't get involved in nation building 🤷🤷

[@armineser2591]

Finally somebody mentions it. After the glorious revolution England got a parliament. It was division of power, but far from democracy. England became a democracy after WWI. In the US blacks and some other people were not allowed to vote. Germany had Kaiser Wilhelm I, not to be confused with his crazy son. Japan has Meiji Restauration. India is improving since the 1990s. Not a result of democracy. The IMF forced economic reforms. But even then railways and early industrialization happened under the British. Democracy rather harmed then helped. And how to compare China and India the last 30 years? Is there any country in the world that industrialized in a democracy?

[@NunuHuin]

The journalist suckszzzz

[@ritornelloandrefrain]

Petraeus seems here more a party line politician than any sort of intellectual analyst, not least in his decided habit of asserting as fact what instead needs to be either argued for, or at least acknowledged as uncertain, contested, etc.

[@edgardopineda3317]

David petraus should be interview by someone who can confront him at a level like coronel Roger Mcgregor

[@mawangdwei3866]

Douglas?

[@edgardopineda3317]

@@mawangdwei3866 yes, a mistake, have a good day, thank you for correcting me!

[@Eagle1836]

One of the best military analyst I have heard in a long time.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

How much is he paying you?

[@Eagle1836]

@@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv 😝

[@izzykhach]

Alexis no likee Israel

[@JonathanBotach]

Obvious isn't it. And he didn't even hide it

[@John-bravooo]

Israel is better than America lol. Antisemitism is high in the US. Hating Jews a new symptom of the Left. IDF more ethical than US military

[@WarriorSeeker7]

Most good humans agree with him

[@John-bravooo]

@@WarriorSeeker7 good humans? Lololol ok Adolf

[@izzykhach]

@@WarriorSeeker7 most humans are herd animals. The history of the West is mediocre people like you piling on Jews like a team sport.

[@barmoleydd6300]

If you have "beef" in the topic do not go there.

[@guydreamr]

The interviewer did a good job here of holding Petraeus's feet to the fire. Getting at the meat of the rationale and teasing out inconsistencies are what discussing ideas and engaging in critical thinking are all about.

[@jameslowder7682]

The interviewer is a vacuous fool.

[@TshiamoKhunwane]

At issue is the self regard Americans think and see themselves

[@marccox8977]

Good interview, however maybe the interviewer should "stick to your guns" a bit more next time. Continuing .. General Petraeus is a fine military officer and (most of) his thought process is absolutely necessary for the prevention of a global war. However, Petraeus made at least three points that require careful management to avoid catastrophe : #1) If his metric is "are we creating more baddies than we eliminate" Why isn't negotiation ever an option to him? Instead his goals seem to be always maximalist war objectives - or is that just posturing to prevent the enemy from probing our resolve? At any rate I believe that consideration of #1) leads to #2) Why doesn't Ukraine use the billions to establish a *defensive* posture and a DMZ / No Fly Zone asap? Also 2024 "Ai" makes *significant* errors so #3) Unmanned Ai algorithmically driven attack drones self-authorized to take lethal actions without a responsible human in the loop is (present day) certainly a horrible, irresponsible idea; so whoever is advising him to say that is violating at least ethics and common sense, if not also law.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

War is Peace. Ignorance is Strength. Freedom is Slavery.

[@vivianoosthuizen8990]

No wonder they call it the American dream to be Americans. Nightmare for the rest

[@steveyi2859]

This interviewer is particularly arrogant for someone with little actual experience

[@hakikitosunpasabenim3088]

This guy could be the most disliked American general in Turkey because of his humiliating actions against Turkish soldiers. Turkey recognized Petraeus with the "sack incident" on July 4, 2003. A group of US soldiers under the command of Colonel Mayville, who is affiliated to Petraeus, raided the Turkish team serving in Suleymaniyah, and Turkish soldiers with sacks on their heads were taken to Baghdad and interrogated. We will never forgive and forget this piece of s…

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Yes. He's a war criminal responsible for carnage on an unimaginable scale.

[@raveneye12]

Seems like you’re awfully sensitive. Maybe you should talk to some Armenians if you’re so concerned about feelings.

[@hakikitosunpasabenim3088]

@@raveneye12 it’s all about Armenians, right? What does it have to do with Armenians really? You guys think the world is revolving around you.

[@raveneye12]

@@hakikitosunpasabenim3088 people from Islamic, countries only care about war crimes from the west they have amnesia about the war crimes from their own religious states

[@shamundungarwalla1517]

SOMETHING GOES AGAINT USA, ITS INTELLIGENCE FAILURE 😂😅😂

[@alekseyshevandin148]

The interviewer made misleading statements about ICJ rulings. In case of Russian invasion to Ukraine the ruling was to UNCONDITIONALY and IMMEDIATELY stop the fighting. In case of Israel the ruling was conditioned by some defined requirement . Israel is allowed to continue the fight if it meets that ICJ requirement . So Israel does not violates the order of the court, and Russia does. There are no double standards. Also, in the case of Russia, Ukraine had declared that it will immediately stop fighting if Russia fulfills the ruling. HAMAS had declared quite opposite - willing to continue fighting, throwing the rocets an butchering.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Absolute GHOUL. Who is the person responsible for putting people like this on the IAI channel? Why do they find it interesting listening to the banality of evil?

[@Atowns]

the only GHOULS are islamists, which number in the hundreds of millions in the muslim world - 7th century death cult vs the west, i'll take the west any day of the week, there is zero moral equivalence

[@Bubble998Grunge]

Which Bot are you? Russian or Chinese?

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

@@Bubble998Grunge Because you're a herd animal and a tribal primitive it's impossible for you to imagine that I'm not a neanderthal like you.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Only herd animals and primitive neanderthals think in such tribal terms. That's why it's impossible for you to imagine anything else.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

@@Bubble998Grunge Neither. It's impossible for you to imagine otherwise though. This is because you're a herd animal. A tribal primitive with the brain of a neanderthal.

[@DanielSmith-lv5ed]

He brought 2 warzones to a closure, remember its civilians that are over the high ranking generals.

[@Trucker0308]

This “humble” 😂 individual should be trusted because he was Director of the CIA😂😂😂

[@sherazmalik2179]

"I fought for your rights to have freedom of opinion" Just let that sink in folks. He is reminding him that the reporter owes him.

[@Eagle1836]

Clear and leave has been the US strategy since WWII. Culture and Education change is necessary

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Another war criminal. This channel had on Alistair Campbell a few weeks back and now this guy. Who is the brainwashed person making these choices?

[@louiscastillojlc]

Psychopaths are in charge.

[@MrCrow123]

A failure general preaching how to succeed!

[@noahsegrain3722]

Do you even know what you’re talking about?

[@christineodonnell2711]

Thank you David Petraeous.

[@Friedrich-ck2le]

For what? The disasters of Iraq and Afghanistan, then divulging classified information with a girlfriend.

[@omarmoufakkir5434]

He talked as if the war inraq was a success. How could it be an example of good operations?

[@raveneye12]

Maybe you haven’t heard. Used to be run by a dictator and now has a democracy not a perfect one, but none is at first.

[@SHAHSAHEB-ft5kd]

SOME UNDERSTANDS THE REALITY -- SOME DON'T ! THAT MAKES ALL THE TRAGEDY !!

[@djsmithification]

Autonomous drones are the future game changing tech on future battlefields. Because they are immune to jamming they are a league above current drone technology. They will likely only be used in actual wars with military targets when they are separate and distinguishable as valid targets by AI. I do not say this is morally acceptable I'm just saying it is inevitable. It is a foreseeable capability for very few countries, none of which are in the "global south."

[@atul4349]

General ...where is Barbara?...

[@JarkkoToivonen]

Warpigs…

[@terencewinters2154]

The biggest mistake : the increased national debt cycle .

[@djordjelezajic8435]

Put your drink down,sit, and think about this: How would you like to have China,Russia,Iran or North Korea tell you: THIS IS HOW you are going to live your life from now on,or else.... That is America's s approach since WWII,and saying :" We are the good guys" when you basically replace laws by RULES( Do as I say, not as I do) does not look really convincing when you basically do everything that benefits you and you only.

[@cbskwkdnslwhanznamdm2849]

Let the international courts do their thing? So asinine?

[@John-bravooo]

Yeah it's antisemitic af. Let Nazis sue Israel. But liberals harassing Jews in America and Europe no prosecution ofc.

[@PlatoCave]

A classic buerocratic rebuttal display without much care about truth or accuracy. He is just saying things verbatim without applying any sense at all. I feel like he is reading one of those nostalgic files which are usually full of useless details and jargons. Very disappointed to see such a "high" positioned official has such a "little" brain to offer any substantial knowledge.

[@zulkerhyder9510]

I dis agree woth david patrious withoit realy invilved impoosivle to win ukraine war Ww3 will be if we get involve. Mr david is a war.monger. We shoukd work towards peace He never spoke aboit peace

[@eileensaunders6953]

Hello Sir

[@robertwalker7924]

" gangs, thugs, criminals " ? sounds like every town and city in the land of the free USA ,,,,

[@stevezhang5532]

Afghanistan So how did that work out 😂😂

[@tonyshams]

When the General was extrpolating the number of people killed and kidnaped on 10/7 compared to 9/11 (i.e., a considerably very large number) it would had been interesting if the interviewer had compared and extrapolated the number of people killed in Ghana to, say, our invasion of Iraq -- not that Iraq had anything to do with it. If we say the population of Iraq is 44M; and to round the numbers, let's say 40,000 (out of 2M) have been killed in Ghaza so far, it would be a 22 times magnitude. In other words, the extrapolatiom for our retaliation for 9/11 then would had been as if we killed about 880,000 poeple (about half million of which would had been women and children) in 6 months, which comparing the two areas population density would had required nuclear bombs, vs. the 2000 kg dumb bombs used in Ghaza. Extrapolation goes both ways.Just a though...

[@agnelomascarenhas8990]

This was not the first attack by Hamas. For Hamas it is equivalent to a religious war. It isn't war as an extension of politics in the western sense. The key idea for Israel is to deliver ever larger penalty per crime. Proportional response is about forgetting history.

[@John-bravooo]

Nobody dies in Gaza for existing. It's a war. Asymmetrical war. Oct 7th was MURDER. Leftists hand-wave murder in America but obsess over....war? In a battlespace? Socialists have murdered more in USA since Oct 7th than Israelis in Gaza (0 murders) This is what happens when Marxists take over. Of course the millions slaughtered by Socialists is never a problem. Israel has a right to defend itself. Leftists think they have a right to to persecute Jews all over the US like Hitler.

[@raveneye12]

I’m pretty sure from my reading of the history books that Palestinians were killing Jews long before the state of Israel existed. While they’re excuse now is that they don’t have a state. The truth is that when they were in power, they were thugs and they are thugs now.

[@lawrencemaurice4947]

This is so sad,

[@Eagle1836]

This moderator is either baiting him or does not understand the reality on the ground. Our enemies are not held to standards.

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

Brainwashed propagandist justifies violent aggression and war crimes across the globe in the comments section ☝️

[@Eagle1836]

@@mohammedroshankhan7912 Nope. You can see that Russia has no rules, Hamas has no rules, Taliban has no rules. North Korea has no rules. Iran has no rules. Hezbollah has no rules. Or should I say that they do not go by the Geneva convention and western rules.

[@laulaksiddique6160]

​@Eagle1836 actually the West has historically committed global genocide for centuries

[@JohnnyComelately-eb5zv]

@@Eagle1836 This guy Eagle doesn't understand that the US has invaded or orchestrated coups in over 60 countries in half a century and that it props up and supports totalitarian regimes all over the world. He likes to blame the victims of imperial aggression and violence.

[@Eagle1836]

@@mohammedroshankhan7912 Here's a suggestion - live and let live, and stop trying to conquer people in the name of G-d

[@maricel4083]

1965 till now all the leader hv in the table record kahit pa mga babai ninyo nandoon din ilan babai mga binabayaran o hotel na inyong pinag lalagakan all ditail monarchy or minister is same also

[@zeemanzeeman5577]

The interviewer needs more knowledge and self confidence.

[@alfalfafalafelmafia]

The USA did not lose the war in Iraq. The was designed to creat chaos and it did; civil war and it did; ethnic cleansing and it did; Mullah rule and it did; expansion of the Shiite influence to destroy the balance that existed for hundreds of years and it did. The obstacle in Afghanistan was the mountainous nature of the country. You simply cannot succeed in Afghanistan until you raise the mountains, so it could qualify as a loss even though the USA a temporary fix.

[@craigschiele4976]

I think president Clinton had more than one opportunity to kill bin Laden but failed to do so. Perhaps both invasions could have been avoided along with countless casualties.