Joint Chiefs chairman on Iran and Israel: 'We're really trying to avoid war'

Gen. Charles "C.Q." Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the nation's highest ranking military officer, is someone President Biden relies on for advice on how to handle some of the world’s most dangerous situations. He discussed his position and major issues facing the U.S. with CBS Mornings.

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[abdiguhad]

You are avoiding war by supporting a country that has attacked an embassy???

[HarrySelahMedia]

They're really just insulting our intelligence at this point.. smh

[mahmudurrahman]

Where was the US Chief of Staff when Israel blatantly violated international law by attacking Iranian embassy in Damascas???? Hypocrisy and double standard of US and other racist western nations are appalling.
Whether Iran will respond to Israeli aggression in self defence depends on its capability. So far, Iran has shown weakness.

[gelzamangitzaman]

Advising Iran not to escalate you REALLY should advise israil do the same.What a joke.At this point U.S sounds laughable.

[techhawk]

How would the US respond if it's Embassy was bombed ??

[OMAR]

The way he justifies Israel crimes is pathetic

[trendingviews]

If US embassy is attacked by Russia, will US not retaliate?

[eddiearmijo]

Just Get it over with already. Netanyahu needs too face Justice for His Crimes.

[adayinforever]

Imagine if Iran responded with the same proportionality that Israel responded with, in Gaza.

[Amused-pxcr]

He says this as he salivates and thinks of the billions in arms sales...
NONE of these people try to avoid war.
Remember Iraq and Aghanistan

[jaytaylor]

What he meant to say is we’re gonna keep throwing money at both sides to make it look like we care

[AJames]

No you're not! This reminds of Bush gunning for Iraq.

[kevinmorris]

Did Israel attack another country? Yes or no.

[worldn]

An arsonist pretending to be a firefighter

[haibengalurutv]

USA: We're really trying to avoid war.😂

[esashaik]

Yes US trying to avoid war while targeting Iran's embassy in Syria🤡

[afterdark]

The U.S. Government is a clown show. 🤡

[danielszymanski-jwkq]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 really??? Seems like we started it all !!!

[ajbudda]

“If one has to refer to any of the parties as a terrorist state, one might refer to the Israeli government, because they are the people who are slaughtering defenseless and innocent Arabs in the occupied [Palestinian] territories, and we don’t regard that as acceptable.”

Nelson Mandela
1990

[achyutkarve]

What does he mean by reducing civilian casualties, 30, 000 civilians ?