the war complex took issue with his persistent narrative-refuting scrutiny, so it's no surprise, they pulled Colonel McGregor's YouTube channel down, so video links I shared days after 10/7 are no longer accessible.
takeaways
- if israel enters gaza and hezbollah attacks northern israel and the US attacks iran, iran/proxies would wipe out all US bases and thanks to 2.5 years of open border swarming, large numbers of hezbollah agents are now in the US ready to attack. russia will attack the US. the turks could move the largest army quickly through syria to overwhelm israel and US.
- egypt has been a good strategic partner for israel, keeping the peace for decades. now, they're in a difficult position. they've moved 100,000 troops to the gazan border and under pressure from the arab/muslim world they may have to engage the IDF because nobody else will protect the civilian population in gaza.
- military campaigns always last longer than everyone thinks, the resources required are always much more profound than we anticipated, and we've already used many of our war stocks in ukraine and left ukraine in a state of ruin, the place is on life-support, a half a million dead.
- today, blinkin said there is no room for negotiation/mediation, we must go into gaza. if so, we're on the very dangerous road to armageddon.
- in the last 24 hours we saw how US special forces went into gaza with israeli special forces to do recon and they were shot to pieces, took heavy losses.
- russia and the US may avoid nukes, but israel is a wildcard; we dont know what the trip wire is for israel to deploy theirs.
- the issue is collective punishment. listen to king abdullah of jordan's speech in cairo; he agrees what happened in israel was abhorrent and he loathes hamas for the savagery, but says 'collective punishment' of 2 million people is unacceptable both under intl law and for humanitarian reasons. that's the problem. and the more the world sees this (systemic lop-sided) killing go on, the faster intl support will erode.
- netanyahu is essentially saying it's his way or the highway which will be ruinous for israel. he and others have tried to do is manipulate the opponent, build up hamas in the hopes to split the opposition, even manipulate them into conflict with each other. sounds great, many nations have done it, it always fails.
- the egyptians are moving 300,000 troops to the border. half of jordan is palestinian, so the king will have trouble staying out of it.
- the russians have told the turks, the egyptians and others interested in delivering humanitarian aid to gaza across the beach, that they will escort their vessels
- biden just gave a replay of the bush speech: you are either with us or you are against us'
- we have two camps. one says let's kill everyone who doesnt like israel. the other says 'economy of enemies' lets avoid a regional war, we can come to a solution. if you say, i'm opposed to the neocon kill everyone approach as a bad idea, they call you a traitor, an anti-semite or a bigot
- hezbollah and hamas have positions in mexico. so we have to expect that much of our infrastructure is at risk. something as bad or worst than 9/11 can happen in the US.
- as slippery as erdogan is, his offer to mediate is the only bright light in a dark sky. a regional war will destroy us economically.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOtspoeBSkc
Tucker Carlson Talks War With Iran
Oct 23, 2023
Tucker Carlson Talks War With Iran
Oct 23, 2023
Macgregor: Killing More People Isn't Going To Solve The Problem
Tucker Carlson talked with Col. Douglas Macgregor about the possibility of war with Iran
2:14 some 20% of the world's oil and 25% of LNG passes through the straits of hormuz and the entire region is involved in war, so it's a catastrophe just in terms of our daily economics. and iran's arsenal of missiles could flatten northern israel. so we need to think this through carefully. today, turkey offered to mediate a resolution, but is anyone keen to listen?
macgregor: they'd wipe out all US bases and thanks to the open biden border swarming, expect large numbers of hezbollah agents are now in the US ready to attack. 4:50 if israel enters gaza and hezbollah attacks and the US then attacks iran, russia will not sit idly by and will attack the US. 5:22 at that point, the turks wouldnt stay out, and could easily move the largest army quickly through syria and assad would not obstruct them.
6:00 sanctions dont work to squeeze or alter gov policy, they just harm the population; make life hard on hard working citizens.
8:05 the US military is in its weakest position in history... 9:50 in the last 24 hours we saw how US special forces went into gaza with israeli special forces to do recon and they were shot to pieces, took heavy losses. going into gaza is not a win for israel and very dangerous for us.
10:33 once the US becomes a co-belligerent, it'll be very tough for russia, turkey and others to stay out vs fight against the US/israel. 11:45 this will be a high end conventional war with nuclear powers. russia and the US may avoid nukes, but israel is the wildcard; we dont know what the trip wire is for israel to deploy their nukes.
12:30 these things [military campaigns] always lasts longer than everyone thinks, the resources required are always much more profound than we anticipated, and we've already used many of our war stocks in ukraine and left ukraine in a state of ruin, the place is on life-support, a half a million dead. blinkin this morning, who more and more sounds like the commander in chief, said there is no room for negotiation/mediation, we must go into gaza. if so, we're on the very dangerous road to armageddon.
13:12 tucker: what is the objective? what does it mean to 'destroy hamas'? in the minds of policy-makers, it's to root them out and kill them in gaza. but urban rubble is very difficult terrain and the IDF going to start killing everything you see, you're not going to stop and think and avoid collateral civilian casualties.
15:00 killing people isn't going to solve the problem. 15:45 they know the minute they enter gaza, hamas could well kill all the hostages, but leadership may have decided the ultimate goal of destroying hamas demands it.
16:00 the issue is collective punishment. i encourage americans everywhere to listen to king abdullah of jordan's speech in cairo a few days ago where he agrees what happened in israel was abhorrent and he loathes hamas for the savagery, but goes on to say 'collective punishment' of 2 million people is unacceptable both under intl law and for humanitarian reasons. that's the problem. and the more the world sees this (systemic lop-sided) killing go on, the more intl support will erode. and the hatred in the region will be phenomenal. israel is uniting suni and shia against israel for the first time in my lifetime. we have the obligation to save israel from itself.
18:19 we have to think about egypt. they've been a good strategic partner for israel, keeping the peace for decades. now, they're in a difficult position. they've moved 100,000 troops to the gazan border and under pressure from the arab/muslim world they may have to engage the IDF because nobody else will protect the civilian population in gaza. and if that happens, we're suddenly in a wider war.
19:25 historically wars run out of control, they go in directions you never anticipated, so you can't plot the lyndsey graham route forward. once this is unleashed/started, it's not manageable anymore.
macgregor: we've had open border for 2.5 years and an illegal migration problem for 3+ decades. we dont know who is in the country, but we do know hezbollah and hamas have positions in mexico. so we have to expect that much of our infrastructure is at risk. something as bad or worst than 9/11 can happen here.
21:38 the same politicians pushing for war, essentially, against most of the middle east, dont seem to have thought carefully about protecting us or our border from what was just done to israel.
macgregor: lots of analysts are talking about rising interest rates, inflation, scarcity, we've drained the strategic oil reserve, and stifled oil drilling, so if the strait of hormuz is shutdown, or suez canal is closed, we're in a lot of trouble in the short-run.
23:58 how do you help israel without committing a war crime in gaza? are you willing to trade lives of a hundred thousand gazan civilians for the 1500 israeli lives taken by hamas? most americans are not.
25:00 it would be best to have a cooling off period. right now, it's a one-way street to regional war. as slippery as erdogan is, his offer to mediate is the only bright light in a dark sky. a regional war will destroy us economically and russia is poised to enter on the side of iran.
macgregor: yes, but none of them have any official power or reach. blinkin said, 'we are going to destroy hamas, whatever it takes' aka regional war, but nobody fears biden's US military.
Col. Douglas Macgregor: "DEVASTATING! Israel just made a fatal mistake..."
Oct 23, 2023
Interview by LTC Daniel Davis / Deep Dive
macgregror: i would urge the israelis not to go into gaza | killing an idea is far more difficult than killing people
4:50 there's no such thing in this environment as the laws of war.
6:05 if hezbollah attacks, the entire muslim world will organize to fight israel when 10,000 combat troops are busy in gaza. review 1973...
8:42 the israeli's created, stood up and bolstered hamas to split the palestinian opposition movement to benefit israel.
9:35 the egyptians are moving 300,000 troops to the border. half of jordan is palestinian, so the king will have trouble staying out of it.
11:58 the russians have told the turks, the egyptians and others interested in delivering humanitarian aid to gaza across the beach, that they will escort their vessels. and russia wont sit idle if iran is attacked.
13:15 how do we prevent it from spinning out of control? macgregror: i would urge the israelis not to go into gaza at this point. they've killed by recent tally 3,000+ people inside gaza and 1500 hamas fighters who crossed into israel.
13:43 hamas is principally an idea, it's not just people and killing an idea is far more difficult than killing people. and when you blow up people's homes, you breed more enemies. so i think potus needs to say, we support you, and we'll help you secure israel, but you can not go into gaza, then convene a meeting with leading powers to map a way forward.
15:24 biden just gave a replay of the bush speech on the axis of evil where 'you are either with us or you are against us' which is militarily the dumbest thing you can say or do. when you fight anybody you need to practice the economy of enemies aka find out who you really dont want to fight, what their interests are and find a way to keep them out. and you focus your attention exclusively on the individuals you're trying to destroy.
the neocon globalist approach says: if you dont look like us, dont live like us, dont have a gov like us, you're the enemy.
18:05 in the 1990s, NATO ceased to be a defensive alliance, became offensive and needlessly bombed the serbs over kosovo when a non-violent settlement was possible.
the US is yet again involving themselves stupidly in wars they dont need to fight. 19:50 netanyahu is essentially saying it's his way or the highway which will be ruinous for israel. 20:13 he and others have tried to do is manipulate the opponent, build up hamas in the hopes to split the opposition, even manipulate them into conflict with each other. sounds great, many nations have done it, it always fails.
22:46 and then there's the expense...
24:07 we put naval power offshore... they dont care... bottomline, we dont have a ground force to send... and that's what the israelis are going to need once this regional war expands... we can't do it enough to make any difference... we cant even get people to voluntarily enlist anymore and the people they're enlisting are hardly who americans would want in their military. and when you listen to the leadership, who would want to join biden's woke US military? so we cant put the forces ashore to influence the geopolitical picture.
26:26 in WW1, had the UK stayed out of it, they could have negotiated a settlement to what was a regional war, but instead by joining it, they expanded it into a world war. and the UK had no army at the time, able to send only 150,000 to france and they were nearly completely exterminated. this is a similar event. stepping into this guarantees a regional war.
27:37 all americans/G20 want israel to survive, but we have two camps. one says let's kill everyone who doesnt like israel. the other says 'economy of enemies' lets avoid a regional war, we can come to a solution. the neocons have made their choice to kill everyone. 28:01 and when you say, i'm opposed to the kill everyone approach as a bad idea, they call you a traitor, an anti-semite or a bigot, etc.
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