John Mearsheimer: On Israel-Hezbollah, US Elections & Russia

Piers Morgan Uncensored

Society & Culture, Sports, News

3.6 • 375 Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The resumé of John Mearsheimer reveals a man of both intellect and pragmatism. Once an officer in the United States Air Force, he’s now a lauded professor at the University of Chicago with a highly critical eye turned to international relations. John takes aim at the continuing violence in Gaza, and claims that the Israeli government is actively committing a genocide in the region. Piers plays devil’s advocate, and John bats away his criticisms. The real fight begins when Piers turns the conversation to support for Ukraine, which John sees as a doomed endeavour. While John argues for an end to the conflict as soon as possible, Piers holds him to the logical conclusions of his position, which is that failing to support Ukraine would be a reward for the dictator in the Kremlin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	That is just not a serious argument.
0:02.3	Existential threat to Israel is not a serious argument.
0:05.8	There's not a serious argument.
0:07.7	This is not a serious argument.
0:08.6	I'm not about to give you an answer.
0:10.1	Explain to me, explain to me, peers.
0:12.6	How Hezbollah or Iran or Hamas is an existential threat to Israel.
0:18.3	Explain to me.
0:19.6	They're Tweedledee and Tweedled D.
0:21.6	It's Ukraine and the whole question of how to deal with Russia
0:25.6	where you see a substantial difference.
0:27.6	If Trump wins, then he will act very differently towards Russia
0:31.6	and towards the Ukraine war, and Kamala Harris will.
0:35.6	How can it be morally right to that a ruthless dictator illegally invade a sovereign,
0:41.3	democratic, European country?
0:43.3	The Ukrainians are doomed.
0:45.3	The best thing to do at this point in time is put an end to the war.
0:49.3	The Middle East is on the brink of a massive regional conflict, as Israel bombards,
0:54.8	has bowled targets in Lebanon, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy is in Washington seeking
0:59.7	Trump-proof security guarantees and permission to fire American rockets at targets inside Russia.
1:05.1	And in just 40 days, America will choose this next president, a decision that will have sweeping
1:09.7	ramifications for the conflicts now roiling the world.
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