Will Israel Push America Into World War Three? w/ Trita Parsi

Is Israel trying to force the United States into a conflict that could start a world war? While continuing its bombing campaign on Gaza, Israel has escalated to striking Yemen and even assassinating the leader of peace talks in Iran. Trita Parsi, founder of the National Iranian American Council and the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, joins Thom Hartmann to discuss how the Islamic Republic will respond, if Israel will force the United States into a wider conflict, and if a regional conflict in the Middle East could turn into a world war."

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[Nichole-Michelle]

It's odd that I never hear from the mainstream media or American politicians that Iran or Lebanon have a right to defend themselves.... 🤔

[emiebex]

Given the fact they got rid of a Hamas Negotiator who was working on a Ceasefire, it's almost a guarantee at this point.

[damham]

The whole reason christians support lsrael is because they believe lsrael will bring about the rapture. And lsrael seems more than happy to give it their best shot.

[Kritiker]

I'm sick and tired of Netanyahu and I'm not in favor of continued US support for Israel so their prime minister can stay out of jail. Israelis should remove him now before he starts WWIII.

[bipl]

America can't be pushed into anything, but we can follow any kind of idiot into harms way.

[mariespears]

Why would anyone believe that the Palestinians would welcome Jewish occupation of their homes, viillages, vineyards, lands, etc.? That was a pretty dumb idea from the start.

[grapeshot]

They most definitely would start it and they would love to bring the United States into it among other things that's just the truth YouTube whether you like it or not.

[leinster]

Tel Aviv and it’s nice radioactive glow

[ks-xr]

They must have suspected back in 1948 that this could happen.

[thomaskauser]

Majority of Americans believe Interpol should arrest napoleanyahu?

[dirtyenergywar]

Having returned to power under a coalition government, Israel was protesting against Netenyahu as he was trying to gut the power of the courts while being investigated for corruption!

Then the attack:

"No one saw this coming..."
5 or 6 hours after they breached the wall?
This is quite simply IMPOSSIBLE!!!

No?
Then why does he only wanna investigate how Hamas were able to pull this off AFTER the war?
Shouldn't that be on his TOP PRIORITY list?!

Did you know that Bibi's the one who propped Hamas up as governing body of Gaza in the first place?
That's financially... and DROPPING THEIR TERRORIST STATUS to do so...

Conclusion:

This "war's" about him SAVING HIS OWN SKIN... It takes (almost) all the attention off of him and makes him a "hero" instead of a villain!
NETANYAHU AND HAMAS WERE IN CAHOOTS (the top leadership, of course) and he'll extend this "war" until he has ABSOLUTE IMMUNITY!!!

Oh, one of the leaders have just been killed?
If there's no honor among thieves then what makes you think there's honor among genocidal maniacs?!!!

And why did they wait for him to VISIT IRAN (he lived in Qatar) before dropping a bomb on him?! (And also demonstrating that they CAN do TARGETTED STRIKES WITH MINIMAL CIVILIAN CASUALTIES!🤔)
The Netenyahu/Hamas relationship will never be the same again...
Killing him in Iran doesn't bring the war closer to an end, it extends it!!!

Knowing that Netenyahu and Hamas planned this together should change the narrative here forever!!!

[pisachanation]

The US has been selling "military arms" to Israel for at least 50 years. I would like to know if Israel is up to date on paying those bills? Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress 2 weeks ago, didn't sound as if he was grateful at all for what we have provided to him for almost 1 year! He sounded mad and indignant, that it wasn't already there! I have never liked Benjamin Netanyahu. (all of the different times he has been Israels Prime Minister) There's just something about think it's his bad attitude!!
Germany also sells arms to Israel. Where does Israel get all of the money to pay for all of this? Why isn't Israel a member of NATO? The US alone budgets BILLIONS of dollars every year to keep Israel supplied with armaments. Does Israel also pay for the US F-16 Fighter Jets that help protect the Israeli people, and the US Naval Ships that do the same?

Hamas is a militant Islamic group, largely funded by Iran. The Israel population is Jewish and practices Judaism. The Palestinian people practice the Islamic religion. Iran also practices the Islamic religion.
Why can't they practice their separate religions in peace with each other? There are dozens of different religions in the US, and we do not torture and murder each other over our different religious beliefs! There is not any single religion that is better than any other religion. I do not agree with Scientologists, and I don't agree with Jehovah Witness' either, I don't agree with all of the Catholic Church's teachings, but I'm not going to murder the members of their churches because I might think mine is right and theirs is wrong! Somewhere down the road to "religions' they have all missed the point of having a religion to begin with!

[Howlingoutloud-m]

"Petty events" like genocides, atrocities and massive human rights violations has never made US think twice supporting monstrous leaders. Remember South African Apartheid Regime, Franco in Spain, Pinochet in Chile, Saddam Hussain before Kuwait, MSB in Saudi etc. All that matters are pro-US sentiments and access to natural ressources. it's extremely sickening.

[railrodemike]

It's already started. Just today US sent F22 Raptors to the mideast conflict.

[kwesimannabintenya]

Genius is Proven by the Result of his actions; don't Speak too soon !

[Nichole-Michelle]

I'm sorry but I also think you should be asking what would the political consequences be of getting US troops involved in ANOTHER war in the Middle East? One that could have been avoided! I don't think the American people are going to be as supportive as you believe, unfortunately there will be political consequences whether we get involved or not. This is why I don't understand why the Biden administration is not doing whatever they can to stop netanyahu! It is so frustrating to watch the party that I am a part of support Israel in their genocide and in the escalation of tensions in the Middle East...

[zebulon]

One of two things will happen that changes the current stalemate: (1. Either WWIII will be confronted, or (2. the IDF may stop fighting for Netanyahu, and the parliamentarian house of cards that is keeping him in power will collapse. Whichever happens first will be a regional inflection point, with worldwide electoral implications, as this guest has outlined

[TheGoodShepherd]

Back in the day I was among the most Pro-Israeli people around. I always knew the Palestinians had it rough and Israel wasn’t perfect, but I’d often give Israel the benefit of the doubt.

During the last year I changed my mind in many ways. I still think Israel has a right to exist and is justified to defend itself. To be clear I’m anti-Hamas, terrorist groups, and Iran and Syria who use the conflict for cynical means.

But Israel only cares about itself. They are often disproportionate in killing people, and usually only care about their lives.

[rayclark]

Whats up with the nasty ground loop hum???

[allenmoses]

Netanyahu is a genius, and everyone knows it.