@@MichaelSmith-ph5oeMearsheimer has talked and written about this. He firmly believes that it’s Israel through AIPAC and others that is controlling the US. He is an imperialist, he maintains that US hegemony should be protected and fostered. He sees no problem with US unilateral hegemony, so he shifts the responsibility to Israel but Israel is merely an outpost, a proxy of US imperialism. It’s not the first time colonisers use proxies to control and oppress global south peoples. It’s not the first time a proxy defies the metropolis but I doubt Israel really is defying the US, US leaders are running the show.
@@ElisabeteSuzana He is against the on going Gen0 side, that is all I need to know for now, but will try to find out about those imperialist claims, not saying you are wrong.
Israel is not a state because states have borders. Israel is just a Judeofascist terrorist organization created with violation of Sevres Treaty and sponsored by Jewish diaspora with blessing of IHRA
@@thehealthychefri Can you list all the other countries younger than Israel and why they are illegitimate? Ukraine is comprised largely of Poland. Poland is comprised largely of East Prussia. Singapore was part of Malaysia. Pakistan, was part of India. Do Indians or People from Pakistan claim to have their keys? Can you name the president of Palestine prior to Israel? Isn't Palestine Trans Jordan, just that Jordan doesn't want them? Wasn't Lebanon a nice wealthy place to live before the Palestinians went there? Couldn't Gaza have been super successful and rich if they had used that vast wealth that they were given to develop tourism rather than tunnels?
@@williamvorkosigan5151 partition of a country due to internal civil issue is different from outsiders coming in and creating a state of their own on foreign land. Only the US, AUS and Israel were made by genociding and ethnically cleansing the natives in our modern times... US and AUS completed the job since they started pretty early and not this era of technology and communication, Israel is trying to complete its genocide for 75+ years, but will hopefully end up failing and becoming something like South Africa once the right-wing genociders lose power, because the truth is out and the whole world can see its evil :)
Regardless of whether you agree or disagree, I have to say I do love Prof Mearsheimer's enthusiasm ! He just seems to be thoroughly enjoying the intellectual complexity of all of this!
He’s an apologist and appeaser for a bunch of terrorist thugs. He’s wheeled out whenever Hamas’s useful idiots need to give a bit of simulated academic detachment to their pro terrorist propaganda.
Mearsheimer was wrong about Israel not needing outside help to defeat Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The only reason Israel wasn't defeated in the '73 War [corrected] was a massive airlift of US weapons and supplies.
I suppose you mean the 1973 Jom Kippour war? Interestingly, it started on October 6. (That can hardly be coincidental, by the way!). Holland although a very small country, is, if possible, more zionist than Israel itself. In the 73 war, Golda Meir was given the phone number of the Dutch prime minister: she could order anything from Holland whenever she wanted.
@@ShadowbannedEntity The US is like the proverbial person that pulls the tails of 2 snarling dogs and then steps back to watch them fight. The US has been fomenting wars everywhere in the world, covering it up as fighting for the safety and freedom of their country. The irony of this lie is that they have never been fighting on their own soil! The tragedy is that not only their own soldiers firmly believe this, but also most leaders of the rest of the world.
Thats such a stupid qoute because US will visit anyone (since they are not isolationist) so you can apply it to any country and any conflict. and who cares if conflict started years after the visit. You still get your little confirmation bias because thats all taht you need. Mandela wasfar from capable himself, look at his own country.
@@gediminaskucinskas6952 Well, from a Chinese people perspective, let me tweak that a bit: "When two neighbors are fighting each other, the United States is an ally of one of them"am I right？
@@gediminaskucinskas6952 It's absolutely not. The fact that a superpower forms a relationship with a country, opens that country to adversaries of the super power
AIPAC, like Ukraine, is PERMITTED to buy the US Congress. Iran, Russia, and especially China could easily dwarf anything Israel or Zionist billionaires could spend.
Broadly you are correct in the sense that the interests of the US elite are damaging to the United States as a whole, but this is always true of imperialism.
Well said Israeli has infiltrated all the political parties in the west through lobbying payments so are effectively a fifth column. In the UK we now have a prime minister who mindlessly supports Israel , along with his deputy. Both are Friends of Israel. Nuff said. Nothing will change until our body politic is purged of these people. If governments don't do it, the citizens will, and there are millions of people who will resist the grip of Likud on our countries. What goes around comes around.
Yes, when Israel war crimes are concerned it's a "special operation" but with Russia it's an "invasion" by an evil dictator. Got it backwards folks. Western media is intensely controlled propaganda machines.
The host’s line of questioning ignores the fact that Israel could not do all this without the support of the US. Remove US support and this whole occupation and all the blatant violations would be very difficult to sustain.
And by "occupation" and "blatant violations" did you mean Hamas killing thousands of Israeli civilians? Because all I see here is Israel being fed up with Palestinian terrorism and is eradicating it.
@dmitriychernoshey4139 just think of others as human and all problems will be solved. And saying some anonymously written book says God gave you this land is nonsensical especially when you don't believe in God
The religious aspect is little more than a manufactured front. It's about control of oil...this Zionist nonsense was spawned from US installed friendlies, and grew legs of its own.
Yeahhh idk ... we have different techs so in a way we are in a cyber world war because everyone is attacking everyone in cyberspace. But we are definitely not in WWIII militarily. I hope never.
@@debguth Perhaps the metaphor has been lost on you. Let me explain. I live on the other side of a world that, right now, feels threatened by possibility of some kind of WW3 on account of Israel’s current military action added to decades of impunity in regards to committing scores of human rights violations, discrediting the UN by repeatedly and incessantly violating its resolutions, and ignoring the many rulings of the ICJ.
Same applies to US allies...AUKUS deal was a disaster for the AU taxpayer...we need better friends. China is our major trading partner and we are really part of Asia. Still the US bitch doing their bidding in the Asia/Pacific while we too have declining services and amenity.
A childs view of government spending. If the US cut military spending, not one more cent would be spent on any of those causes. Children in Russia learn that Ukraine is part of their country, same in China for Taiwan - they would be far worse stewards of peace than the US.
Anyone who truly wants to understand Israel must read the history of zionism. The school books in Israel are very clear in what they think about the Arabs. In Nazi Germany, school books were exactly the same. It's sooooooo boring and suicidal.
Yeah. and read Ilan Pappe's latest book, "Lobbying For Zionism On Both Sides Of The Atlantic". Great truth-telling. Here's another eye-opener: "Zionism During the Holocaust, The Weaponisation of Memory in the Service of State and Nation ", by Tony Greenstein. The zionists and Nazis LOVED each other!
I'm sure the the good professor remembers a certain US president and a certain historical phone call which is quite apt for this situation at hand. Yes, even Reagan called out Israel's aggression, in the early 1980s. The present administration in Washington should learn from that.
Yeah, when Israel fights not just to defend itself but to eliminate the enemy (which IS the purpose of war after all), it is labeled the aggressor. So ridiculous. The West has become so weak-kneed.
@@luisdavidllense2293 Yeah. It is hard for Islamists to accept the fact that the world is dominated by Christians. Much worse is that a tiny nation of only 9.5 million Jews who take up 0.2 % of the land occupied by Arabs has the power it has. Tough!
The same thing happened in 1956, when Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt. President Eisenhower called their handlers, and told them to get their asses out of Egypt, NOW. It must have finally dawned on the old imperialists that they were not in the drivers seat any more. ( see the Protocol of Sevrés) They don't make presidents like that in US any more..
@@aberserk9512 That doesn’t seem to be what’s happening. 40,000 American troops are heading over. What they say gif the camera isn’t always what’s happening. I’m not saying the Americans will fight Hezbollah. Maybe a presence to ensure waterways stay open. But doesn’t seem to be an any “phone calls” of the kind you are talking about.
@@robinalexander5558 - I just gave a short version of what took place in what we know as the Suez crisis in 1956. The UN was involved, and Eisenhower even threatened to damage Britain's economy if they didn't come to their senses. I guess Eisenhower was not in the pocket of the ¨Lobby¨, like many of his successors. Google Suez crisis and Protocol of Sevrés for more details.
Absolute military victory in World War II followed by decades of unrivaled economic growth short-sighted our ability to see the world through proper diplomatic eyes, and the price in flesh and boullion for our follies has not yet been sufficient to improve our powers of reason.
Let's not forget that Israel was occupying Southern Lebanon for a Long time and eventually couldn't hold on to it and left, so even if they re-occupy the region, I belive a more fierce resistance would follow and Israel would face heavy loses on the long run.
Israel does not need the US to take out Iran, Israel did not need the US in 67,73 except equipment , Iran is not as capable as so many believe, most Arab countries talk , the reality is since 1980 Israel backed off too many times,Hopefully this time they will do what they have Prior to the 1980's. You are very wrong, I served in special forces IDF in the late 70's & can prove you so wrong, you know very little but you seem to have a voice like so many others , so many say this will be World War 3, are you kidding, it will be a war , that's it, is the Ukraine war a world war 3?
Because it IS everyone else. Thus Lucifer-lovung, rebel world has ALWAYS hated God's people. Especially the people through whom God the Father gave to the world Messiah Jesus Christ. The WAY of escape from the temporary present evil world system abd of escape from Satan's power which is: Death and corruption.
Ukrainians are dying. Zelenskyy's mandate is to gather support whenever and wherever possibly, including in the US, and by whatever legal means possible. No need to patronize or demean this
@@Capricorn964 not comparing Egypt with Turkey, but both nations against Israel. And at what point would Turkey’s interest be threatened? After all Lebanon is a buffer state between the two, as is Syria for that matter.
Both countries are irrelevant in this case, as the conflict does not affect them and will not dare to do anything meaningful as long as the US keeps unconditionally supporting Israelis. The only possible point of contention would be Gazan refugees for Egypt, and the Egyptians have shut that door closed indefinitely, remember Blinken's visit.
Egypt is run by Western-backed military dictator who is only interested in maintaining his authority, even at the expense of his national interests. Turkey’s national interests, however, are not much threatened by Israel. And there’s no strategic gain for Turkey to clash with Israel, unless it wants to present itself as a potential leader to the Islamic World.
War has never worked as a Solution. War does not Work as a Solution. War Will never Work as a Solution. What about trying respect, peace AND cooperation?
I love how often these OSINT civilian career "experts" make allegedly high-confidence predictions like "Iran won't launch missiles at Israel" and then literally just moments later the exact thing they bet against happens in exactly the way they said it never would. Mearsheimer has a bad habit of doing this to himself lmao.
USA can't sit out of this like its an innocent party, neither can Britain. Both nations have been enabling and sometimes encouraging this madness. Its not the people who want this insanity to stop who are crazy.
Do they have more members today or less? As a US general once said. insurgent math means that 20 minus 6 is not 14, it's 100 because those people all have friends, family, neighbors, etc.
@@nawnaw4709Great for the women and chidren that live a life of a human shield while Hamas VIPs make billions off their troubles. Not even ISIS hid behind women and children.
We are just starting ! And the best is yet to come ! Chicago boy here is talking different language ! Just sit down relax and enjoy the show. Don't forget to eat your hat while watching .
Let’s focus, which army overextended itself in wars with their neighbors and lost the war. Israel has been in a long term war with its’ neighbors which it cannot win in spite of early successful blitz’s in Gaza and Lebanon.
"escalation dominance has to do with air power" that is Not a fact. Here is the Escalation dominance refers to a nation's ability to control and dictate the pace and intensity of a conflict. And in reality it can be done with pagers, walkie talkies and hundreds of other ways we shall not discuss here.
In the Israeli context, it has been done with air power. There has been little Hezbollah or Hamas has been able to do against bombing campaign, but they are good at getting the IDF bogged down in ground operations. I agree the pager thing was impressive, but that sort of thing isn't as reliable as sending missiles and bombs
Israel does not need the US to take out Iran, Israel did not need the US in 67,73 except equipment , Iran is not as capable as so many believe, most Arab countries talk , the reality is since 1980 Israel backed off too many times,Hopefully this time they will do what they have Prior to the 1980's. You are very wrong, I served in special forces IDF in the late 70's & can prove you so wrong, you know very little but you seem to have a voice like so many others , so many say this will be World War 3, are you kidding, it will be a war , that's it, is the Ukraine war a world war 3?
You get it wrong. Israel is a corner in the Arab world that the Arab/Muslim world wants to be rid of. The Palestinians have refused ''peace for statehood' any number of times. And they are preserved in camps in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan as well as Gaza to keep the problem alive. I know you want to blame the Jews, that is a time-honored tradition. But if you have an open mind and want to understand more than slogans, try reading up on it.
Ahh, the Great British Empire, who could have predicted that this Empire would disappear, just like the Romans. It’s worth looking back into the history books and realise America is already slipping down the same path of previous empires??
@@NathanielSmyth-u5yOf course she is. Read Dr. Michael Graziano's book, "Rethinking Consciousness". Problem is the dichotomy as with nuclear power etc. There's good and There's bad. Presently the USA 🇺🇸 is extremely bad as the empire declines, collapses, crashes and burns. In less than 2 weeks the BRICS summit will happen further eroding the $ abd western hegemony as China and BRICS take the helm as the supreme world power with the USA in second place with all the huddled poor and prisoners. Short-lived empire USA 🇺🇸 eat your heart out!
@@NathanielSmyth-u5y And then, perhaps, we'll finally have something approaching rational governance. "Coconuts," "weird," and "grab 'em by the bankruptcy" aren't that. The clownishness of what passes for public-facing politics in America is unmatched.
If you don’t like him, or what he says, fine. But, he’s no fool, in fact he’s a very respected political scientist. I don’t accept all he says, but I respect his intellect and analyses.
Lay down your arms and surrender then? Is that what you're saying? That's what you want Israel to do? Try thinking about it this way pal, you ready? China Russia and Iran and allies, they're the new axis force, Russia and China are buying drones from Iran, Russia is actually using those drones in Ukraine...you care about that war right?...Iranian drones are killing innocent Ukrainian civilians. Removing Iran from the axis forces would bring down the threat from the new axis, who want to destroy the west. If Israel is left to it, and god forbid if they're destroyed you can bet your right arm, China will move on Taiwan. If china gets Taiwan they then have the world's production of semi conductor chips. We cannot make tanks, jets, aircraft carriers, to hair dryers to cars. We'd be beholden to a a hostile state for something we NEED, just as we were beholden to Russia for gas and oil....look what happened there. Time to wake up and stop pretending our governments are pushing for war, our enemies are. We have to react and we have to stand tall and be willing to fight or our enemies will smell the weakness stroke and they will win. No one in the west wants a war, no one wanted ww2, this is being forced upon us and we are going to be forced to fight for or freedoms. Go and fact check the allied relations between Russia, China and Iran. Go on.
@@FritzgeraldBenjamin This is BS. US has one of the highest GDPs per capita in the world. It is among the cradle of civilization together with EU and the Nordics. They need to redistribute their wealth better perhaps. But that is for you to do by voting on the correct political side in your presidential votes.
irans embassy was bombed (a war crime by the way) not that much earlier they did a warning strike for that (3 days notice), now they finally are doing a proper strike
Who calls that? The antisemite low rated professor call it that way. Do not be confused by the professor who is a fake news spreader too, for Israel it has a name and its target is to dismantle Hezbollah.
@@mrrolandlawrence it is called targeted operation, the fake news antisemite professor called it special, even though he appears in the Russian TV because he likes Putin
Interviewer is horribly wrong! This aged like milk! John was right, Iran undermined Israels Iron Dome! Israel that same day also tried push into Lebanon with ground troops and ends up with almost 40 casualties with 8 KIA! Kudos to John Mearsheimer! Interviewer has no clue what they're talking about!
By far the most smug and arrogant I-told-you-so political commentator of our time. I can't wait for him to be proven wrong on all counts, so he can be humbled once and for all.
The Russian will support iran thats how I see it, yes the U.S. have powerful weapons so dose china,North Korea, russia, india,Pakistan, and some we dont know about,
Truth regarding Israel did not accomplish or fully accomplished both main targets in Gaza, agreed. "Hamas is a live and well" that is Not a fact. Find me one person on this earth that knows the exact situation that Hamas is in right now and that would choose to be "A live and well" like them. One person please
Sorry did I miss Israel declaring it had defeated Hamas and was pulling it's troops out, job done? Hamas is still there, there are regular reports that it is still fighting.
This guy has a very simplistic assessment of almost everything. not only simplistic but naïve. He cites 10 years experience to inform his position. Well, i dont know anyone with 10 years experience that has anymore than intermediate assessment skills.
@@discordapplications7606Israel is one of the most important countries in the world for computer and medical technology. There’s a reason that Saudi Arabia wants to approach Israel
@@jogiff I could do the same if I had a company given as much money as Israel is. There's no reason that technology can't be created in New Jersey or North Carolina instead.
@@jogiff BTW Saudi occasionally leans to Israel because, as a brutal feudal monarchy, it's far more afraid of a revolutionary country like Iran than the USA's genocidal proxy. The technology excuse is just a fig leaf.
Israel can take the fight directly to Iran by striking their oil fields, key military installations and downgrading their nuclear capability. Iran is vulnerable. I disagree with the Professor’s assessment: Israel can seriously damage Iran’s military capability.
the professor is an antisemite, no more no less. You can check also with the antisemite Judge Napolitano that the professor spread fake news about an Israeli Channel 12 poll which was unconfirmed by Reuters agency.
'Seriously damage' and 'defeat' are two very different things, and I think Professor Mearsheimer's point is that Israel's aggressively militant actions against Hezbollah and most likely Iran before long are not going to lead it to a better political situation for its own citizens in the long-run, no matter what short-term victories might be on the horizon.
@@mononoke721 defeat is what western world must do, to defeat the regime and liberate their people. Dictatorships fell down with blood. I have my own experience living under 6 dictators, My country liberation was with a lot of blood.
It's a highly mountainous country. Look at the problems the might of the US and it's allies had wiping out just the Taliban in mountainous Afghanistan. You will slow Iran down but you'll never wipe them out. The US does not want to go war with Iran.
@@mattjay8313 what do you mean? Even the Joint Chiefs don’t know as of their press conference 2 hours ago, whether any hit. I think that line of thought is really cavalier from someone thousands of miles away. I know if I was getting rockets shot into my city, that would be a big problem for me. Even if they only hit sometimes.
@@vincentschaaf they just fire rockets as a show of strength / resistance . Everyone knows they don’t do anything iron dome sorts them out . Iran pre-warns America they are firing them as well
The Iranian responses have all been quite limited and just for face-saving purposes. They are careful in trying not to fall into Israel's trap of escalation because they seem not to want a full-scale war at this time
What happened to Mearsheimer? Either I wasn't paying close attention to his earlier comments, or he has been replaced by drone. He believes showing restraint is evidence that Iran can't respond. I don't know if Iran can respond but not doing so isn't evidence that they can't. Mearsheimer sounds like every other American on the street. There is no insight here.
@@FredM-h3m when you loudly and proudly announce that Iran is STRONG and Israel will be PUNISHED. But doing less than nothing when Israel repeatedly slaps you in the nuts absolutely demonstrates that you are impotent.
Does all the Americans know that Iranians are not Arabs but Persians. An external war could mean an internal one, Iran government wants to stay in power
@@afd5231 They are not Persian they're Iranian. Persia hasn't existed for close to two thousand years. That Persian thing surfaced after the Islamic revolution. The Iranians that left Iran and came to the West wanted to distance themselves from Iran. So, they decided to call themselves Persian. They can call themselves whatever they want. They're still Iranian.
@@FredM-h3m Funny how you think Iranians are not Persians, because Persia was a country that existed thousands of years ago, but you think Israelis are Israelis....
When does he ever claim this? 🤣 His position is that the US and Israel are acting foolishly to their own long term interests. He even says that the US needed Russia support to contain China and instead drove the Russians into the arms of the Chinese. Which is true. You just take any criticism of whatever the US is doing at any particular point in time as evidence of hating the US lol
maybe because it is only USA who is bullying the whole world for the past 80 years??? huh? and Russia - China - Iran are the only, who have might, will and power to resist that???
Thank you for this video. It shows how most people doesn't understand what Israel is really fighting against: Human violent nature controlled by its 5 senses. Change is the only certainty, and will not stop! Adapt yourself to the positive changes and be grateful to be alive. Let's turn the world into what it really is, one sole huge big country and humanity one sole huge big family. Peace on Earth!! L'Shana Tova!! A sweet great year for all of you!!
Personally love how Americans in general these days loathe the fact they're the "worlds police", they seem to have forgotten they wanted that role and pushed for the UK to disband the empire, arguably had the Americans not pushed and demanded that, then maybe we'd have let the colonies who were ready to go it alone go and to hold onto those who were not ready for independence...like the areas in the middle east. America frankly should never have been left as the world police, it's an immature not war tired and tested nation....so niave it gave us woke....and again they cannot win wars. We have world police nation who can't fight and win a war... it's like a copper who can't catch a thief because he's too overweight to chase the thief.
Israel is not dragging the US anywhere. Th US is directly involved in this from every aspect.
The comment meant the American people being dragged.
@@MichaelSmith-ph5oe Kicking and screaming but who cares what the rubes want?
@@MichaelSmith-ph5oeMearsheimer has talked and written about this. He firmly believes that it’s Israel through AIPAC and others that is controlling the US. He is an imperialist, he maintains that US hegemony should be protected and fostered. He sees no problem with US unilateral hegemony, so he shifts the responsibility to Israel but Israel is merely an outpost, a proxy of US imperialism. It’s not the first time colonisers use proxies to control and oppress global south peoples. It’s not the first time a proxy defies the metropolis but I doubt Israel really is defying the US, US leaders are running the show.
@@ElisabeteSuzana He is against the on going Gen0 side, that is all I need to know for now, but will try to find out about those imperialist claims, not saying you are wrong.
@@MichaelSmith-ph5oeI can’t see my comment anymore. I think it’s been removed..
Fun fact: John Mearsheimer is older than the state of Israel.
Fun fact: the state of Israel is older than the state of Palestine, and both were created by jews.
Israel is not a state because states have borders. Israel is just a Judeofascist terrorist organization created with violation of Sevres Treaty and sponsored by Jewish diaspora with blessing of IHRA
The counterfeit state..
@@thehealthychefri Can you list all the other countries younger than Israel and why they are illegitimate? Ukraine is comprised largely of Poland. Poland is comprised largely of East Prussia. Singapore was part of Malaysia. Pakistan, was part of India. Do Indians or People from Pakistan claim to have their keys? Can you name the president of Palestine prior to Israel? Isn't Palestine Trans Jordan, just that Jordan doesn't want them? Wasn't Lebanon a nice wealthy place to live before the Palestinians went there? Couldn't Gaza have been super successful and rich if they had used that vast wealth that they were given to develop tourism rather than tunnels?
@@williamvorkosigan5151 partition of a country due to internal civil issue is different from outsiders coming in and creating a state of their own on foreign land. Only the US, AUS and Israel were made by genociding and ethnically cleansing the natives in our modern times... US and AUS completed the job since they started pretty early and not this era of technology and communication, Israel is trying to complete its genocide for 75+ years, but will hopefully end up failing and becoming something like South Africa once the right-wing genociders lose power, because the truth is out and the whole world can see its evil :)
Regardless of whether you agree or disagree, I have to say I do love Prof Mearsheimer's enthusiasm ! He just seems to be thoroughly enjoying the intellectual complexity of all of this!
He’s an apologist and appeaser for a bunch of terrorist thugs. He’s wheeled out whenever Hamas’s useful idiots need to give a bit of simulated academic detachment to their pro terrorist propaganda.
Except he has been proved wrong every time.
He is an idiot and a hack. He was completely wrong about what putin would do with respect to Ukraine.
Yea he is a fenomenal - the most stupid and noncompetitive speaker who also always have smile when talk his stupid speech.
The world has gone completely insane. We talk about killing humans as if we’re dealing with birds. Stop the wars!
We're witnessing the birth pangs of a new multi polar world. U.S. hegemony will not go quietly into the night.
@@Theworldparrot “the world” = those of European stock, particularly the northerners, more specifically the pan anglos.
Birds (like all animals) worth MORE than humans the proof is wars
@@Theworldparrot don't kill birds
We shouldn't kill birds either!
Mearsheimer was wrong about Israel not needing outside help to defeat Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The only reason Israel wasn't defeated in the '73 War [corrected] was a massive airlift of US weapons and supplies.
I suppose you mean the 1973 Jom Kippour war? Interestingly, it started on October 6. (That can hardly be coincidental, by the way!). Holland although a very small country, is, if possible, more zionist than Israel itself. In the 73 war, Golda Meir was given the phone number of the Dutch prime minister: she could order anything from Holland whenever she wanted.
@@BasB-bd4ep '73, yes. I didn't sleep well last night. lol
@@BasB-bd4ep Its YOM and not JOM.
Yes, and the massive quantities of arms that the USSR had given to Egypt and Syria were not enough.
@@Mr196710 In English, but not in Yiddish.
"When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one." - Nelson Mandela
@@ShadowbannedEntity The US is like the proverbial person that pulls the tails of 2 snarling dogs and then steps back to watch them fight. The US has been fomenting wars everywhere in the world, covering it up as fighting for the safety and freedom of their country. The irony of this lie is that they have never been fighting on their own soil! The tragedy is that not only their own soldiers firmly believe this, but also most leaders of the rest of the world.
Thats such a stupid qoute because US will visit anyone (since they are not isolationist) so you can apply it to any country and any conflict. and who cares if conflict started years after the visit. You still get your little confirmation bias because thats all taht you need. Mandela wasfar from capable himself, look at his own country.
@@gediminaskucinskas6952 Well, from a Chinese people perspective, let me tweak that a bit: "When two neighbors are fighting each other, the United States is an ally of one of them"am I right？
@@gediminaskucinskas6952 It's absolutely not.
The fact that a superpower forms a relationship with a country, opens that country to adversaries of the super power
If Western and Israeli interests were the same, there would be no need for AIPAC. JM.
Money rules.
Brilliantly put!😄
AIPAC, like Ukraine, is PERMITTED to buy the US Congress. Iran, Russia, and especially China could easily dwarf anything Israel or Zionist billionaires could spend.
Broadly you are correct in the sense that the interests of the US elite are damaging to the United States as a whole, but this is always true of imperialism.
Can we also say the same for the Arabic lobbies as well? or is it just Aipac that pisses you off?
free America from AIPAC
@@Afflictamine America is a big girl, no one is doing anything they don't allow
Well said
Israeli has infiltrated all the political parties in the west through lobbying payments so are effectively a fifth column.
In the UK we now have a prime minister who mindlessly supports Israel , along with his deputy. Both are Friends of Israel. Nuff said.
Nothing will change until our body politic is purged of these people. If governments don't do it, the citizens will, and there are millions of people who will resist the grip of Likud on our countries. What goes around comes around.
The Trump/Harris duopoly that supports Wall Street and forever wars means AIPAC is secure.
“free America from CAIR!”
@@leamaka2082What is CAIR?
It's always a "special operation".
Yes, when Israel war crimes are concerned it's a "special operation" but with Russia it's an "invasion" by an evil dictator. Got it backwards folks. Western media is intensely controlled propaganda machines.
state terrorism is called special operations
I didn't get it
Netanyahu is loved by most Americans
@@Dr_Jeff888 WTF? Where the hell did you get that?
The host’s line of questioning ignores the fact that Israel could not do all this without the support of the US. Remove US support and this whole occupation and all the blatant violations would be very difficult to sustain.
And by "occupation" and "blatant violations" did you mean Hamas killing thousands of Israeli civilians?
Because all I see here is Israel being fed up with Palestinian terrorism and is eradicating it.
@dmitriychernoshey4139 just think of others as human and all problems will be solved. And saying some anonymously written book says God gave you this land is nonsensical especially when you don't believe in God
That is true US is as responsible for the genocide in Gaza as it is Israel.
not going to happen because a) US wants presence in the middle east, b) the zionist lobby in the US is immense.
The religious aspect is little more than a manufactured front. It's about control of oil...this Zionist nonsense was spawned from US installed friendlies, and grew legs of its own.
When we look back at history, I believe WW3 has already started
Yeahhh idk ... we have different techs so in a way we are in a cyber world war because everyone is attacking everyone in cyberspace.
But we are definitely not in WWIII militarily. I hope never.
Maybe it started with the CIA instigated overthrow of Viktor Yanukovych?
Ww3 doesn't need to be nukes and gigantic battles.
It is the rise of many regional conflicts.
2018 it really began
@@ShyanTheLegend why 2018?
Do not exaggerate,this is simply a small nation defending its self ,Isreal only wants peace, but ISLAM does not!!!!
The world has the right to defend itself from Israel.(2)
We're not attacking the world. Use some common sense, man. Look at the size of Israel. Use some common sense.
The world has the right to defend itself from the monster called Isr@hell
@@debguth when we say Israel it means America
@@debguth Perhaps the metaphor has been lost on you. Let me explain. I live on the other side of a world that, right now, feels threatened by possibility of some kind of WW3 on account of Israel’s current military action added to decades of impunity in regards to committing scores of human rights violations, discrediting the UN by repeatedly and incessantly violating its resolutions, and ignoring the many rulings of the ICJ.
Why would you show the world what a clown you are.
Very objective observations by Prof. Mearsheimer. Sad to see that the conflict will drag for a long time.
What a difference from the interview with Piers Morgan this bloke asked a question and actually looked interested in the answer!
Piers Morgan is beyond all comparison, he is a total pain in the neck, and an absurdity, who is followed by too many misinformed people!
Instead of arming Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan; US tax payer money should be spent on infrastructure, healthcare, education, homelessness...
@@ShadowbannedEntity not to mention there is hardly money now for hurricane victims because the fema budget was cut
@@ShadowbannedEntity smh…what are you going on about?
Same applies to US allies...AUKUS deal was a disaster for the AU taxpayer...we need better friends. China is our major trading partner and we are really part of Asia. Still the US bitch doing their bidding in the Asia/Pacific while we too have declining services and amenity.
A childs view of government spending. If the US cut military spending, not one more cent would be spent on any of those causes. Children in Russia learn that Ukraine is part of their country, same in China for Taiwan - they would be far worse stewards of peace than the US.
@@horacefairview5349 Not sure why you think the US wants to be a steward of peace. Unless you equate democracy with peace.
I can listen to this professor all day...
You a Marxist? Just curious.
Defund Israel!
Lol, they have Arab countries queuing up to buy stuff from them and you say refund Israel? Hilarious.
"Defend"
Unfortunately, too many will say "defend Israel". - David Lyga
"Time Changes Things!!"
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This was an excellet dialogue...one of the best I've seen with Dr. Mearsheimer. Thanks
John Mearsheimer ist the best political analyst in the world!
Anyone who truly wants to understand Israel must read the history of zionism. The school books in Israel are very clear in what they think about the Arabs. In Nazi Germany, school books were exactly the same. It's sooooooo boring and suicidal.
You have never, ever read a school book of Zionist history in Hebrew, in Israel. And every word that you write on the matter shows it.
Read John's book:
*"The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy"*
Yeah. and read Ilan Pappe's latest book, "Lobbying For Zionism On Both Sides Of The Atlantic". Great truth-telling. Here's another eye-opener: "Zionism During the Holocaust, The Weaponisation of Memory in the Service of State and Nation ", by Tony Greenstein. The zionists and Nazis LOVED each other!
I'm sure the the good professor remembers a certain US president and a certain historical phone call which is quite apt for this situation at hand. Yes, even Reagan called out Israel's aggression, in the early 1980s. The present administration in Washington should learn from that.
Yeah, when Israel fights not just to defend itself but to eliminate the enemy (which IS the purpose of war after all), it is labeled the aggressor. So ridiculous. The West has become so weak-kneed.
@@luisdavidllense2293
Yeah. It is hard for Islamists to accept the fact that the world is dominated by Christians. Much worse is that a tiny nation of only 9.5 million Jews who take up 0.2 % of the land occupied by Arabs has the power it has. Tough!
The same thing happened in 1956, when Britain, France and Israel invaded Egypt. President Eisenhower called their handlers, and told them to get their asses out of Egypt, NOW. It must have finally dawned on the old imperialists that they were not in the drivers seat any more. ( see the Protocol of Sevrés) They don't make presidents like that in US any more..
@@aberserk9512 That doesn’t seem to be what’s happening. 40,000 American troops are heading over. What they say gif the camera isn’t always what’s happening. I’m not saying the Americans will fight Hezbollah. Maybe a presence to ensure waterways stay open. But doesn’t seem to be an any “phone calls” of the kind you are talking about.
@@robinalexander5558 - I just gave a short version of what took place in what we know as the Suez crisis in 1956. The UN was involved, and Eisenhower even threatened to damage Britain's economy if they didn't come to their senses. I guess Eisenhower was not in the pocket of the ¨Lobby¨, like many of his successors. Google Suez crisis and Protocol of Sevrés for more details.
"America can do whatever it wants"...... EXCEPT MAKE FRIENDS, PEACE, DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY and PROGRESS.
As an American citizen I have never been so disgusted with the actions of this country.
100% me too...we have literally criminals running US, Israel, and NATO. No smart and commonsense people running.
This sheds light on how the ruling class views conflicts. Meanwhile , the working classes around the world are struggling.
Struggling to fuel the war machine and to pay for the bunkers in Hawaii from people like Zuck.
Absolute military victory in World War II followed by decades of unrivaled economic growth short-sighted our ability to see the world through proper diplomatic eyes, and the price in flesh and boullion for our follies has not yet been sufficient to improve our powers of reason.
You weren't that keen in getting involved in WWII from what I remember either
Jews really won WW2, not the White men that fought in 'The Allies' for them.
A lot of soup, indeed.
Professor I've read your work in my bachelors 😭 I'm glad I can hear your analysis on modern conflicts
Let's not forget that Israel was occupying Southern Lebanon for a Long time and eventually couldn't hold on to it and left, so even if they re-occupy the region, I belive a more fierce resistance would follow and Israel would face heavy loses on the long run.
Israel does not need the US to take out Iran, Israel did not need the US in 67,73 except equipment , Iran is not as capable as so many believe, most Arab countries talk , the reality is since 1980 Israel backed off too many times,Hopefully this time they will do what they have Prior to the 1980's.
You are very wrong, I served in special forces IDF in the late 70's & can prove you so wrong, you know very little but you seem to have a voice like so many others , so many say this will be World War 3, are you kidding, it will be a war , that's it, is the Ukraine war a world war 3?
3000 years and still cant make friends. Must be everyone else
Google Einstein's "why they hate the jews" . You might learn something...them again , you probably are not be smart enough to understand.
oh? thought you were anti-zionist not anti-semetic?
@@sab5686 They get confused sometimes. Lying is very difficult
Zionism loves holocaust and death camps. That's clearly obvious to anyone who knows the truth of history
Because it IS everyone else. Thus Lucifer-lovung, rebel world has ALWAYS hated God's people. Especially the people through whom God the Father gave to the world Messiah Jesus Christ. The WAY of escape from the temporary present evil world system abd of escape from Satan's power which is: Death and corruption.
Grateful for Professor Mearsheimer's dispassionate, clear, realistic assessment and analysis of the geopolitical crises of our times.
Seriously? He is Russian propaganda 100%.
It is hard to understand what he is trying to achieve longterm.
@@rapidopato You sound foolish..
Incredibly enlightening
Ukrainians are dying. Zelenskyy's mandate is to gather support whenever and wherever possibly, including in the US, and by whatever legal means possible. No need to patronize or demean this
Why no mention of Turkey and Egypt, both powerful military forces?
@@Robert-xs2mv there's no comparison between Egypt and Türkiye. Türks will not interfere unless their interests are threatened.
@@Capricorn964 not comparing Egypt with Turkey, but both nations against Israel.
And at what point would Turkey’s interest be threatened?
After all Lebanon is a buffer state between the two, as is Syria for that matter.
sold out long time ago. kissing feet in other words
Both countries are irrelevant in this case, as the conflict does not affect them and will not dare to do anything meaningful as long as the US keeps unconditionally supporting Israelis. The only possible point of contention would be Gazan refugees for Egypt, and the Egyptians have shut that door closed indefinitely, remember Blinken's visit.
Egypt is run by Western-backed military dictator who is only interested in maintaining his authority, even at the expense of his national interests.
Turkey’s national interests, however, are not much threatened by Israel. And there’s no strategic gain for Turkey to clash with Israel, unless it wants to present itself as a potential leader to the Islamic World.
The crusades never ended ! Israel is a crusader state ! The truth hurts ! Netanyahu is Polish ! End this madness, and free Palestine !
What does 'free Palestine' mean? Let them import whatever weapons they want and no secure border with Israel?
@@Dee78584Independent. Sovereign. Free of genoc_de.
@@Dee78584 go back to poland
Someone doesn't know that Crusades were a Christian effort!
Free Palestine from the colonial Arab conquering powers or from its indigenous population?
War has never worked as a Solution.
War does not Work as a Solution.
War Will never Work as a Solution.
What about trying respect, peace AND cooperation?
Well this post aged well
"Who could have seen this coming" 🤣
I love how often these OSINT civilian career "experts" make allegedly high-confidence predictions like "Iran won't launch missiles at Israel" and then literally just moments later the exact thing they bet against happens in exactly the way they said it never would. Mearsheimer has a bad habit of doing this to himself lmao.
@@tcee2687 poihaps.
Reminds me of "Putin would never invade Ukraine, he's much too smart for that".
@@FeathersMcGraw_ exactly.
USA can't sit out of this like its an innocent party, neither can Britain. Both nations have been enabling and sometimes encouraging this madness. Its not the people who want this insanity to stop who are crazy.
Did he say Hamas was ‘alive and well’? 😂
@@glenrotchin5523
He said Hezbollah. He probably meant Nasrallah, another great thinker of our time 😀
this guy is a F loser 😂😂😂😂
first he said Hamas is wining the war
then he said Hizbuallah will obliterate israel
😂😂😂😂🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿 i just cant LMFAO
Do they have more members today or less? As a US general once said. insurgent math means that 20 minus 6 is not 14, it's 100 because those people all have friends, family, neighbors, etc.
@glenrotchin5523 well they are israel still don't control gaza after one year lol
@@nawnaw4709Great for the women and chidren that live a life of a human shield while Hamas VIPs make billions off their troubles. Not even ISIS hid behind women and children.
People like professor Mearsheimer could stop this war . It looks like he knows everything
The US should watch out for China since she will seek to fish in troubled waters.
China is not the threat, the US are the Aggressors.
@@DinhDieuPhan how do you know? monkey told you?
"If history teaches us anything it's that history teaches us nothing"... ( ? )...
Is it the teaching or the learning that is faulty? MJ sang heal the world 30 years ago...no effing change man
"Special operations. "
Really?
This was 3 days ago, it's a war now
Israel is pretty much the Russia of the Middle East. Apart from Russia having a legitimate claim to be a nation state.
We are just starting ! And the best is yet to come ! Chicago boy here is talking different language ! Just sit down relax and enjoy the show. Don't forget to eat your hat while watching .
Let’s focus, which army overextended itself in wars with their neighbors and lost the war. Israel has been in a long term war with its’ neighbors which it cannot win in spite of early successful blitz’s in Gaza and Lebanon.
"escalation dominance has to do with air power" that is Not a fact. Here is the Escalation dominance refers to a nation's ability to control and dictate the pace and intensity of a conflict. And in reality it can be done with pagers, walkie talkies and hundreds of other ways we shall not discuss here.
In the Israeli context, it has been done with air power. There has been little Hezbollah or Hamas has been able to do against bombing campaign, but they are good at getting the IDF bogged down in ground operations. I agree the pager thing was impressive, but that sort of thing isn't as reliable as sending missiles and bombs
Very factual analysis but why usa doesn't understand punishment shall create more adversaries and push them to join hands against usa
Very clear statement on the Middle East turmoil
Always a pleasure to listen to the wisdom and insights of Professor Mearsheimer.
His wisdom is dissipating.
Israel does not need the US to take out Iran, Israel did not need the US in 67,73 except equipment , Iran is not as capable as so many believe, most Arab countries talk , the reality is since 1980 Israel backed off too many times,Hopefully this time they will do what they have Prior to the 1980's.
You are very wrong, I served in special forces IDF in the late 70's & can prove you so wrong, you know very little but you seem to have a voice like so many others , so many say this will be World War 3, are you kidding, it will be a war , that's it, is the Ukraine war a world war 3?
He is right about Netanyahu's intentions. Netanyahu as an occupier has pretty much done everything to avoid peace.
Peace is not possible with Hamas. Do some research on hamas. Billionaires while people on garage starve. They are psychopaths.
Israel has every right to exist
It takes two to tango. No sincere peace is possible with any extreme Islamic regime.
There was no peace to be made, it's a Western delusion.
@@DharmYogi not to keep on expanding continiuosly.
You get it wrong. Israel is a corner in the Arab world that the Arab/Muslim world wants to be rid of. The Palestinians have refused ''peace for statehood' any number of times. And they are preserved in camps in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan as well as Gaza to keep the problem alive. I know you want to blame the Jews, that is a time-honored tradition. But if you have an open mind and want to understand more than slogans, try reading up on it.
Ahh, the Great British Empire, who could have predicted that this Empire would disappear, just like the Romans. It’s worth looking back into the history books and realise America is already slipping down the same path of previous empires??
Yep. Democracy never happened! Human rights? Who wants it!
america is on the way to inventing AGI, it's just getting started
@@NathanielSmyth-u5yOf course she is. Read Dr. Michael Graziano's book, "Rethinking Consciousness". Problem is the dichotomy as with nuclear power etc. There's good and There's bad. Presently the USA 🇺🇸 is extremely bad as the empire declines, collapses, crashes and burns. In less than 2 weeks the BRICS summit will happen further eroding the $ abd western hegemony as China and BRICS take the helm as the supreme world power with the USA in second place with all the huddled poor and prisoners. Short-lived empire USA 🇺🇸 eat your heart out!
@@NathanielSmyth-u5y And then, perhaps, we'll finally have something approaching rational governance. "Coconuts," "weird," and "grab 'em by the bankruptcy" aren't that. The clownishness of what passes for public-facing politics in America is unmatched.
@@syrinx9196 Nobody outside the USA has any real respect for them.
Great interview !! Thank you 🙏
كلنا نتفق سواء سنة ولا شيعة أنه دعم إيران للمقاومة عمل بطولي ونحن ندعم هذا الشيء و إنشاء الله كل الدول العربية على نفس الخطى.
@@m-z-nzedjali4043 isn't this end of days?
Prof. J.M. is a wonderfull thinker, but he also has a good moral compass. Thank you for this interview
No he isn't. He is a cynical anti-Zionist
He wants USA to retain its global hegemonic status.
Does that accord with a good moral compass?
Your best interview ever!
Thank you, John Mearsheimer, for your wisdom - and your humour - during the last 2-3 years.
Israel airforce is constrained by the fact that Hezbollah and Hamas have embeded themselves inside the population.
So has MOSSAD, they're headquarters are placed deep inside heavily populated areas
Like the civilian buildings in Gaza that were all left untouched? (not)
Mearsheimer has really great analytical skills and can explain the situation in simple terms
@@maximusm6250 yes he is simple.
Dumb comment. Mearsheimer is a fool.
OK, but you need to explain why. Otherwise no one cares.
He’s a good speaker. But, he supports direct US intervention in the case of a Chinese takeover of Taiwan. You agree?
If you don’t like him, or what he says, fine. But, he’s no fool, in fact he’s a very respected political scientist.
I don’t accept all he says, but I respect his intellect and analyses.
Mearsheimer is right
if this conflict is over, the people will have time to review it, and more will be able to see beyond 7th Oct. that's why they want escalation
1834 looting of Safed. Check it out.
They don't want escalation, they want people to be able to go home after a year. Higher education is a waste.
Not even a day later of John's commom-sense comment does Iran do the illogical and launched a lot of missles at Israel.
Why illogical? Can they rationally afford to be seen to not respond & lose face with their population?
All warmongers!
Open your eyes through opening your hearts
Stop War
Why don't you explain that to the raped girls?
Thank you captain Platitude.
That is a nice message but I am not sure that Iran, Hezbollah or Hamas are listening.
Say that to muslims.
Lay down your arms and surrender then? Is that what you're saying? That's what you want Israel to do?
Try thinking about it this way pal, you ready? China Russia and Iran and allies, they're the new axis force, Russia and China are buying drones from Iran, Russia is actually using those drones in Ukraine...you care about that war right?...Iranian drones are killing innocent Ukrainian civilians. Removing Iran from the axis forces would bring down the threat from the new axis, who want to destroy the west. If Israel is left to it, and god forbid if they're destroyed you can bet your right arm, China will move on Taiwan. If china gets Taiwan they then have the world's production of semi conductor chips. We cannot make tanks, jets, aircraft carriers, to hair dryers to cars. We'd be beholden to a a hostile state for something we NEED, just as we were beholden to Russia for gas and oil....look what happened there.
Time to wake up and stop pretending our governments are pushing for war, our enemies are. We have to react and we have to stand tall and be willing to fight or our enemies will smell the weakness stroke and they will win.
No one in the west wants a war, no one wanted ww2, this is being forced upon us and we are going to be forced to fight for or freedoms.
Go and fact check the allied relations between Russia, China and Iran. Go on.
Jhon mearsheimer you are brilliant.
I think US should be freed from Jewish Lobbies.
Hilarious that when John mentions Kamala Harris, you feel compelled to show a clip of her.
The United States has very weak government and we may be seeing the fall of the West.
No.
It will happen sooner or later. Life is not easy in the US now.
@@FritzgeraldBenjamin This is BS. US has one of the highest GDPs per capita in the world. It is among the cradle of civilization together with EU and the Nordics. They need to redistribute their wealth better perhaps. But that is for you to do by voting on the correct political side in your presidential votes.
The most dangerous thing is an oppressor that pretends to be a victim
So he was wrong. Iran sent lots of missiles....
irans embassy was bombed (a war crime by the way) not that much earlier they did a warning strike for that (3 days notice), now they finally are doing a proper strike
180. Hardly that many given they have 1,000s
Every biased opinion is actually unbiased.... It depends on who you are asking!!
Thanks Gentlemen. Enjoyed the conversation.
Calling the Israeli invasion a “special operation” which is exactly like the term used by Russia when it invaded Ukraine is ironic and laughable
Who calls that? The antisemite low rated professor call it that way. Do not be confused by the professor who is a fake news spreader too, for Israel it has a name and its target is to dismantle Hezbollah.
i was thinking the same...
@@mrrolandlawrence it is called targeted operation, the fake news antisemite professor called it special, even though he appears in the Russian TV because he likes Putin
Copying Putin 1 Year later made most people see the truth about that nation.
@@rayan5150 yes special operation. Israel targets illegal terrorist groups and Russian target legitimate state.
Interviewer is horribly wrong! This aged like milk! John was right, Iran undermined Israels Iron Dome! Israel that same day also tried push into Lebanon with ground troops and ends up with almost 40 casualties with 8 KIA! Kudos to John Mearsheimer! Interviewer has no clue what they're talking about!
Why are you calling the interviewer a "they"?
The mission with the explosive pagers and Walkie talkies was something out of a James bond film.
That will be in a film in the next few years
Thankyou so much sirs
Prof. John Maersheimer and Jeffrey Sacks are the 2 best experts on geopolitics. All repsects and thanks to both of them!
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@@mbroitt You knoa a better one? I am open to know about it, please? Thank you,
John "There is no Question" Mearsheimer
By far the most smug and arrogant I-told-you-so political commentator of our time. I can't wait for him to be proven wrong on all counts, so he can be humbled once and for all.
@@Alex-ez1lk The idea that Mearhseimer will be proven wrong is not a serious argument.
@@Alex-ez1lkkeep waiting ahhaha
@@imrobertgraysonagree, there is no evidence to support that argument! It's just delusional.
@@Alex-ez1lk
He will never admit any mistakes, “Professor.”
Greeting from Germany .Thank you Prof.J. Mearsheimer for PEACE work.
And with all due respect to savvy Israeli forefathers, we’re living in more complicated times
The Russian will support iran thats how I see it, yes the U.S. have powerful weapons so dose china,North Korea, russia, india,Pakistan, and some we dont know about,
Russia also has an islamic terror problem and they are smart enough to leave Israel alone!
Pakistan is dealing with many problems right now. Especially inbreeding and pedophilia.
@ktermalkut8332 more like' Russia has an American designed Islamic terror problem'. And Isräel is fair game since it wants war.
Keep dreaming. Afghanistan, Iraq and Vietnam are glaring examples refuting your claim.
@@ktermalkut8332😂 in ur dream they know who is their real enemy 😅
Young honest old man, very wise, so handsome.
Escalation Dominance? no wonder military inteligence are two words that should not be used in the same sentence!
Misnomer
Superb!
Truth regarding Israel did not accomplish or fully accomplished both main targets in Gaza, agreed. "Hamas is a live and well" that is Not a fact. Find me one person on this earth that knows the exact situation that Hamas is in right now and that would choose to be "A live and well" like them. One person please
It means that they are living and not sick or wounded, which is correct.
It's an intuitive historical reality for any oppressed and resilient people. Hitler didn't extinguish the Jews, did he?
It is a figure of speech meaning that they maintain the ability to operate and multiply.
Sorry did I miss Israel declaring it had defeated Hamas and was pulling it's troops out, job done? Hamas is still there, there are regular reports that it is still fighting.
This guy has a very simplistic assessment of almost everything. not only simplistic but naïve. He cites 10 years experience to inform his position. Well, i dont know anyone with 10 years experience that has anymore than intermediate assessment skills.
I see all the specificity in your comment. (not)
@syrinx9196 it's not on me, dude . I'm not the one claiming to be an expert on deadly international affairs
Mearsheimer was wrong so often in the last years (e.g. in his Putin appeaser stance about Ukraine) and he is again wrong concerning Israel.
Great interview
Good content, clear and precise, but neither one of them should be allowed to dress himself....
Eleven times I counted "...there is no question...". It seems to me there are plenty of questions, most of them begging for some sensible answers.
Israel is doing few things that USA failed to do.
What should the US should do for Israel? Israel is a political issue whereas they have economic interests with Arabs? Israel just takes from the US.
@@discordapplications7606Israel is one of the most important countries in the world for computer and medical technology. There’s a reason that Saudi Arabia wants to approach Israel
@@jogiffall subsidised by the US tax payer.
@@jogiff I could do the same if I had a company given as much money as Israel is.
There's no reason that technology can't be created in New Jersey or North Carolina instead.
@@jogiff BTW Saudi occasionally leans to Israel because, as a brutal feudal monarchy, it's far more afraid of a revolutionary country like Iran than the USA's genocidal proxy. The technology excuse is just a fig leaf.
Great discussion, thanks! ❤😃
lol, that aged well...
Israel can take the fight directly to Iran by striking their oil fields, key military installations and downgrading their nuclear capability. Iran is vulnerable. I disagree with the Professor’s assessment: Israel can seriously damage Iran’s military capability.
the professor is an antisemite, no more no less. You can check also with the antisemite Judge Napolitano that the professor spread fake news about an Israeli Channel 12 poll which was unconfirmed by Reuters agency.
'Seriously damage' and 'defeat' are two very different things, and I think Professor Mearsheimer's point is that Israel's aggressively militant actions against Hezbollah and most likely Iran before long are not going to lead it to a better political situation for its own citizens in the long-run, no matter what short-term victories might be on the horizon.
@@mononoke721 defeat is what western world must do, to defeat the regime and liberate their people.
Dictatorships fell down with blood. I have my own experience living under 6 dictators, My country liberation was with a lot of blood.
It's a highly mountainous country. Look at the problems the might of the US and it's allies had wiping out just the Taliban in mountainous Afghanistan. You will slow Iran down but you'll never wipe them out. The US does not want to go war with Iran.
Israel will use its puppet state USA to fight wars for them like they did with fake "WMD" Iraq and WW2.
Plz dear Prof. US is israel and israel is US! It is time to accept the fact and face the consequences!!
@@shahinshahi7108 you didn’t watch the video did ya brownie?
It's amazing how utube recognizes any disrespectful comments...but fail to recognize fake accounts.
John you don't see Iran striking Israel? This position aged like raw fish. I guess we will see whether the rest of what you say holds up any better.
The missiles are useless they don’t do anything. John speaking a lot of sense to be fair
@@mattjay8313 what do you mean? Even the Joint Chiefs don’t know as of their press conference 2 hours ago, whether any hit. I think that line of thought is really cavalier from someone thousands of miles away. I know if I was getting rockets shot into my city, that would be a big problem for me. Even if they only hit sometimes.
@@vincentschaaf they just fire rockets as a show of strength / resistance . Everyone knows they don’t do anything iron dome sorts them out . Iran pre-warns America they are firing them as well
@@vincentschaaf
Professor has a specific angle on Israel. He is akin Mr. Thomas Friedman, another “great thinker” of our time…
The Iranian responses have all been quite limited and just for face-saving purposes. They are careful in trying not to fall into Israel's trap of escalation because they seem not to want a full-scale war at this time
What happened to Mearsheimer? Either I wasn't paying close attention to his earlier comments, or he has been replaced by drone. He believes showing restraint is evidence that Iran can't respond. I don't know if Iran can respond but not doing so isn't evidence that they can't. Mearsheimer sounds like every other American on the street. There is no insight here.
@@FredM-h3m when you loudly and proudly announce that Iran is STRONG and Israel will be PUNISHED. But doing less than nothing when Israel repeatedly slaps you in the nuts absolutely demonstrates that you are impotent.
Does all the Americans know that Iranians are not Arabs but Persians. An external war could mean an internal one, Iran government wants to stay in power
@@afd5231 They are not Persian they're Iranian. Persia hasn't existed for close to two thousand years. That Persian thing surfaced after the Islamic revolution. The Iranians that left Iran and came to the West wanted to distance themselves from Iran. So, they decided to call themselves Persian. They can call themselves whatever they want. They're still Iranian.
@@FredM-h3m it has always been called Persia untel 1935. The Arabs came with their religion in the territory during the 7th century.
@@FredM-h3m Funny how you think Iranians are not Persians, because Persia was a country that existed thousands of years ago, but you think Israelis are Israelis....
Usa bad, Isreal bad, everyone else like russia and iran good. I can't stand mearsheimer.
Well nato expansion says enough.
some people dislike the truth...
@@VillageStreetDogs russian aggression caused countries to want to join nato. Please don't distort the truth...
When does he ever claim this? 🤣
His position is that the US and Israel are acting foolishly to their own long term interests. He even says that the US needed Russia support to contain China and instead drove the Russians into the arms of the Chinese. Which is true. You just take any criticism of whatever the US is doing at any particular point in time as evidence of hating the US lol
maybe because it is only USA who is bullying the whole world for the past 80 years??? huh? and Russia - China - Iran are the only, who have might, will and power to resist that???
😢Excellent Conversation 🤔💔
Thank you for this video. It shows how most people doesn't understand what Israel is really fighting against: Human violent nature controlled by its 5 senses. Change is the only certainty, and will not stop! Adapt yourself to the positive changes and be grateful to be alive. Let's turn the world into what it really is, one sole huge big country and humanity one sole huge big family. Peace on Earth!! L'Shana Tova!! A sweet great year for all of you!!
Personally love how Americans in general these days loathe the fact they're the "worlds police", they seem to have forgotten they wanted that role and pushed for the UK to disband the empire, arguably had the Americans not pushed and demanded that, then maybe we'd have let the colonies who were ready to go it alone go and to hold onto those who were not ready for independence...like the areas in the middle east.
America frankly should never have been left as the world police, it's an immature not war tired and tested nation....so niave it gave us woke....and again they cannot win wars. We have world police nation who can't fight and win a war... it's like a copper who can't catch a thief because he's too overweight to chase the thief.
Are you that ignorant? Bibi hellbent on reializing the Greater Israel plan, which includes all of Libanon.
First, Mohammad, you can't speak English. Second Iran is not paying you enough to make a useful comment
Excellent interview!