System Update with Glenn Greenwald Debating Iran on Piers Morgan with IDF Spokesman, Ana Kasparian, and a former US General
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Mar 3, 2026 Jonathan Conricus, former IDF spokesman who explains Israeli military perspectives. He discusses legality and feasibility of actions toward Iran. Short debates on past regime-change failures and risks of balkanization. Conversation covers Israeli command structures in Tel Aviv and accusations about military use of civilian areas.
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War Rhetoric Repeats Past Failed Scripts
- Glenn Greenwald highlighted the repetitive script used by figures like Mike Pence advocating war, mirroring arguments used to justify Iraq, Libya, and Afghanistan.
- He framed this repetition as evidence of a lack of accountability among officials who pushed past wars.
Pence Continues Prewar Advocacy Without Regret
- Glenn Greenwald positioned Mike Pence among officials who never apologized for voting for the Iraq War and who continue to advocate military interventions.
- He used Pence's advocacy for intervening in Iran as continuity of the same unaccountable pattern.
IDF Command Positioned Inside Tel Aviv
- Jonathan Conricus confirmed the IDF headquarters (the Kirya) sits in Tel Aviv with an underground bunker called the Zion Citadel used for operational command.
- Glenn Greenwald emphasized that placing such command centers amid civilian infrastructure makes bombing them likely to hit civilians, framing it as using civilians as shields.