White House assessment downplays risk of escalation: Analyst

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Published 2024-07-31

Commenting on the statements made by the White House, Glenn Carle, a former US deputy national intelligence officer, said he believed the assessment made by adviser John Kirby to be downplaying the risk of a regional escalation. Carle said the US may not be picking up from the intelligence and diplomatic community any plans to retaliate on Israeli targets at present.

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All Comments (21)

@user-fn7ev7nx4c 11 hours ago

Netanyahu is the biggest American liability.What America's interest are you talking about?
@user-uf5sd3yk6g 11 hours ago

How involved were the Americans in this assassination? Come on now..
@sosman5345 11 hours ago

Free Palestine
@armyboy0579 11 hours ago

So reverse the script and imagine if HAMAS, Hezbollah, or Iran targeted Adolf Netanyahu for "Elimination"?
@libanabu6222 11 hours ago

If you kill the person who you negotiate with then who are you really negotiating with?
@mariapadilla7501 11 hours ago

Netanyahu's tombstone will read: "I am the man who destroyed Israel."
@anissahenderson4823 9 hours ago

As a US citizen, I find our government disgusting and shameful. My love and prayers are with you, Palestine.
@WhoWhoandZulu 9 hours ago

israel attacked 3 countries in a week ; Yemen , Lebanon and Iran ....
@mohamedrosli1007 9 hours ago

John Kirby is always talk bluff
@sanipahmad1702 9 hours ago

It's going to be revenge and unlikely any ceasefire to achieve the goal.
@ebenezerasare6648 11 hours ago

Russian and it's Allies should fight for then
@rhetorical1488 11 hours ago

white house is complicit
@MrAzahills 10 hours ago

Why would you even waste your time on the spook?
@ebenezerasare6648 11 hours ago

Putting must issue a warning
@mayday9621 11 hours ago

Free Czechoslovakia
@buyaj7693 11 hours ago

Usa is complicit
@daisychainsmusicpublishing4789 8 hours ago

Balls not in his court to say such things
@Soonzuh 11 hours ago

Two questions: 1. What would an Iranian response along the lines of "An eye for an eye" entail? 2. Would the majority of the worlds population deem such a response legitimate or not?
@isa1146 9 hours ago

They knew
@kupus0183 10 hours ago

Nostradamus hat fortgespült Ende des Weldt, jetzt zieht man was hat er damit gemeint