Chas Freeman, former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Israel Eyes Two Fronts: Iran Today, Turkey Next

'There's a quote from Bezalel Smotrich who said that Witkoff told him the Palestinians in Gaza 'are Nazis and I'm not going to allow Israel to have to live alongside Nazis'. This is an indication of how insincere and incompetent and biased and ineffectual Mr. Wickoff is, if he did say that. It shows that he is a bloodthirsty Zionist. Of course the people who are behaving like Nazis are not the Palestinians but the Israelis. They are the ones conducting genocide. They are on the offensive. They are trying invading neighbouring countries. Palestine is defending itself to as best it can which is not very well.'

'He said the Islamic Republic of Japan attacked us with 111 missiles and we have to respond. ....This is a typical of someone who is suffering mental deterioration. He is clearly in the grips of dementia.'

The podcast Israel Eyes Two Fronts: Iran Today, Turkey Next is here.

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I of course agree with someone on X called Brett Erickson when he posted this.

Can we just… drop the facade of morality here for a minute and speak candidly?
Iran is RIGHT for striking vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. I said it, I don’t care if you like it. You’re lying to yourself if you want to act like it’s wrong.
The United States launched a war of aggression against a sovereign country, and this is an obvious and long-identified defense maneuver meant to create asymmetric downside against an overwhelmingly more powerful military adversary.
“Ohhhh but it’s wronggg. What about international lawwwww”
Last I checked, slaughtering 120 schoolchildren in Minab is against international law. Last I checked, launching a war of aggression against a sovereign nation like we see here is against international law. Last I checked, bombing water storage and infrastructure facilities is against international law…
… last I checked, the United States killed three Indian sailors in the Strait of Hormuz by attacking a civilian vessel.
“Ohhhhh but maritime lawwww. UNCLOS”
Y’all check on Cuba lately? The last delivery of oil to Matanzas was the Anatoly Kolodkin in MARCH. The United States is the SOLE reason the Universal couldn’t deliver in May. They have blackouts for 22 hours a day. Their hospitals can’t function.
You can whine all you want about morals and ethics, but maybe take a second to realize how stupid you sound doing it.