Bret Stephens vs John Mearsheimer | Gaza and the Middle East

Israel withdraw from Egypts for peace with Egypt?? What a stupid man! So staying there would bring peace? LOL!

Gosh it’s pretty painful to listen to a ranting trump like non sensical Bret after listening to the intellect of John

Brett Stephens is nothing but a propagandist for the state of Israel. None of his arguments hold up to scrutiny unless you simply ignore reality and accept the narrative the Israeli government wants people to believe. Unfortunately, the record of the state’s actions is known to people around the world so fewer people than ever accept the Israeli government’s narrative.

Mr. John mearsheimer has a cutting humor when he says that liberals want Benyamin Netanyahu to be replaced by person with quality like Thomas Jefferson in middle east.😂. But suffering of Jews in Northern Israel should end now.

Just on the “magnanimity’ of Israel withdrawal from the internationally recognized illegal occupations over the decades as being an ‘olive branch’ that is not at all laudable… using the same logic, one could argue that the USA withdrawal from Iraq was an act of wanting peace. But this would immediately realized as an idiotic attempt to an argument !!

Left: imperialism is the worst. Now go dictate to Israel on their rules of engagement and install a new Prime Minister.

Palestinian leaders do not want a state alongside Israel. They want the issue to energise their project to destroy Israel. Hence they always turn it down and if they did accept it, the leaders know they will be assassinated.

The Shah was a scumbag puppet to the west!!!!

The US led NATO started what you see in Kazharia. Stop projecting!!!

I really like Bret Stephens, but with his absurd statements about Netanyahu, he serves as a mouthpiece for the left-wing opposition in Israel, which will do everything to oust Netanyahu because otherwise it will not come to power.
In addition, he may not be aware of the reason for his statements, but he has a strong desire to please the "democrats" to whom he belongs.
The problem with the left (everywhere) is that it calls itself democratic/liberal and is as far from it as possible.
Just for the information of Mr. Brett Stevens, Netanyahu is one of the great leaders of the State of Israel. He is a liberal at heart. His party has been (and still is) democratic since its inception, and he is not going anywhere

Plenty of nazis now in ukraine

Mearsheimer is unwatchable, such an annoying prick he is. His repulsive manner of speaking overshadows anything he has to say. Having read a couple of his books (one actually a collection of articles), I can give the good news to folks here that he has nothing worthwhile to convey anyway. Spend your precious time on more profitable videos.

Bret Stephens' arguments are hilariously weak. His psychological projection in terms of foreign policy is so far off the charts it reminds one of the old pirate maps. "Here there be monsters."

Bret wants a Palestinian state too if the likes of him, decide where, how large and who would "rule over it". The key is there should be little or no palestinian in the land they used to live in!

Clicking on this video and listening to Bret Stephens talk has to qualify as a form of self harm

I believe john, i dont know this other guy

Not sure why Hamas cannot be crushed? Are NYT and Mearsheimer engaged in motivated reasoning? Why can't you defeat ideology? Maybe best to look at the evidence and admit that there is a lot of uncertainty.

Bret Stephens is either a lier or delusional, saying that Russia always responds internal treats whit expansionism is crazy, all the evidence proves the opposite.

Trust John Mearsheimer to eloquently and precisely describing the situation in Gaza against so much ignorance and illiteracy by the participants!

You are misleading the viewers and listeners!!!!!! "The Palestinians" are used as a tool against a Jewish state, mainly for religious reasons. The Palestinian Authority is ready for two states on the condition that one is Islamic Palestinian and the other multinational so that they can take it demographically!!!! There is not a single Palestinian leader who will recognize a Jewish state, this contradicts religion.

This is such a fascinating debate!
Here we have a political science professor with his hands tied behind his back confronting the arguments of two right wiing opinion influencers pontificating on civilization and rationality, while propagating lies, distortions and deceit about people in countries they deem not equal to their Euro-American civilization, while seriously trying to solve current political problems!
Really ! ... That's your idea of fair and balanced debate?

Mearsheimer is right. Tom Friedman is a liberal Jew who supported the wars after September 11, 2001. Ditto for Bret Stephens. Both of them are basically warmongers. The root problem is in the Bible. Did any one read it? David Ben Gurion reputedly said: "I don't believe in God but God gave me Palestine." That sums up the whole Zionist enterprise. It was always a political endeavor -- basically atheist but founded on scripture, i.e., the biblical admonition from Jahweh (or Jehovah) to destroy all other religions and all other peoples. Zionists are megalomaniacs. They think they are destined to rule the world, meaning, to rule over all gentiles who are not human beings and exist merely to serve Jews. This ushers in the Messiah (who already appeared 2,000 years ago but remains unknown to Jews) and the anti Christ. All of this is happening in real time, as I write this. Pray people! God exists and is a God of love, forgiveness and compassion -- but definitely not the Jewish god who has always been a genocidal lunatic.

Zionists are pathological liars and Stephens is no exception.

Bret Stephens’ argument re: Netenyahu: well other countries elect bad leaders too! Childish right off the bat. And then follows it up with outright lies about Israel CEDING more land than any other country, when they’re actively settling the West Bank illegally?? What a joke.

Stephens's lack of self awareness is stunning!

if you judge Albosqueezy by everything Dutton said then you would think he was an evil dictator

These guys are arrogant and mentally ill.

What a bunch of bullsh...it from the guy representing isreal point of view 😂😂😂😂

US should wash all hands of iz, let them handle their own crap. So much lies and misinformation from this, brett and the interviewer! Shame, it's unfortunate John didn't call it out.

Should have had both take questions simultaneously

What about removing Hamas from Gaza instead of focusing on Israel?

mersmeier is a hamas propagandist.

Bret said “you can’t defeat ideology”…duh Zionism. Every accusation is a confession.

I have never seen a YT channel that felt the need to engage with almost every comment before. CIS broke that mould. Intriguing..

Why didn’t the PA accept Clinton’s proposal when Arafat and Barak were alive?

Bret's biased is overwhelming. It won't allow him to accept or even refute the facts. Israel will continue to exist, but it's history is forever stained.

Bret Stephens is Israeli.

So Rabin was assassinated and harassed for months prior.

Even moderate Israelis are against a 2 state solution.

Islam doesn't believe in reconciliation. It's aim is to destroy all other religions and convert everyone to Islam. This mindset is the real problem which will keep creating conflicts.

The situation in Northern Ireland was solved by both sides giving up arms and power sharing. Not militarily. And supported by public referenda. And US support.

‘A territorial problem is easy to solve’ - that is not accurate given all the European wars . . . .

Israel has no Constitution that provides for equal rights or religious freedom. It is, in effect a theocracy. This has led eo the aparthied policies that exist today... supported with US tax dollars.

Bret Stevens is advocating ethnic cleansing. He shouldn’t be allowed to speak.

Bret Stephens is an ethno nationalist

I think it's very disingenuous for Brett to not directly address the role Israel has played in sabotaging peace negotiations. He also refuses to engage with the idea that an oppressed group of people will bear anger and resentment toward those oppressing them. Part of engaging in good faith is acknowledging and directly addressing specific critiques. The fact that he just dodges those issues without engaging the substance of the questions, is really disappointing.

Stephens is such a repellent idiot.

Even my 10 year old kid knows more than bret stephens... I think he is lying... Deep down he is a zionisg and they lie a lot..

It is a pitty that Mersheimer, an intellectual giant, had less time than the other guy.

Mearsheimer is such a mediocre intellectual. His arguments hardly stand up to scrutiny.