Iran has just launched a retaliatory missile attack targeting Israel. A U.S. Senior administration official telling ABC News Now that Iran is expected to fire 240 to 250 missiles at four targets in Israel. [00:00:16] This includes the Mossad headquarters, Israel's spy agency, three Israeli air bases. As it stands at this moment, Iran has, in fact launched 180 missiles into Israel in retaliation for Israel assassinating a leader of Hamas, [00:00:37] Ismail Haniya, and also for assassinating the head of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah. Now this, of course, broadens the Middle East war to levels that are both dangerous for human lives and also devastating for the global economy. [00:00:55] And so I want to walk through all of that with you right now. So as I mentioned today, Iran launched two rounds of missiles against Israel in retaliation for, you know, these assassinations, Israel is likely to intercept the missiles. In fact, you saw some footage of them intercepting the missiles [00:01:13] because of the fact that they have an incredibly sophisticated, multi-layered defense capability. They've got the Iron Dome intercepts, long range ballistic missiles, David, Sling intercepts, medium range missiles such as those believed to be possessed [00:01:29] by Hezbollah in Lebanon. And then there's the arrow two and arrow three. These are the upper layers of Israel's defense system. The arrow two and arrow three intercept medium to long range missiles and intercontinental ballistic missiles, respectively. [00:01:45] Now, with all that in mind, let's take a look at some of the reporting on ABC news, which elaborated on some more of the details on this retaliatory strike. We certainly know that the Iron Dome and other air defenses are in operation, and this is happening right as we speak. [00:02:02] A nationwide Wide emergency alert to all Israelis to shelter all our colleagues. People with friends and family are all hiding now, basically in bunkers. Many people in their homes, they have kind of makeshift shelters and everyone is now underground. [00:02:17] This came shortly after a terrorist attack in Israel. We're told that this is possibly the first of four waves of attacks. Now, this is almost the 250 figure is right. That's almost double the size of the attack that took place in April. [00:02:33] Remember Iran attacking at that time? We suspected that there would be an attack, but this is significantly larger. Israel has warned all of its citizens to take all precautions to try and stay underground, if they can. Well, the retaliatory strike should have been expected and in fact were expected. [00:02:51] Netanyahu, who has been urging the United States to go to war with Iran on his behalf on Israel's behalf, is, of course, saying that there is a price to pay for these retaliatory strikes and that Israel will retaliate for Iran's retaliatory strikes. [00:03:08] So essentially inching us closer and closer. I wouldn't even say inching at this point, but making it clear that we are headed toward a hot war with Iran and the United States. The military superpower backing and enabling Israel has made clear [00:03:23] that they will be defending Israel. For instance, you have a white House official who told the Washington Post anonymously, we are actively supporting defense preparations to defend Israel against this attack. A direct military attack from Iran against Israel will carry severe consequences for Iran. [00:03:40] A US defense official, who also spoke to The Washington Post on condition of anonymity, says that U.S. Forces are actively defending against Iranian launched missiles targeting Israel. Quote, our forces remain postured to provide additional defensive support [00:03:56] and to protect U.S. Forces operating in the region. Now, before we get to the economic consequences for all of us should this war move forward, hey. Don't scroll away. Come back, come back. Because before the video continues, we just want to urge you to lend your support to TYT. [00:04:13] You power our honest reporting. You do it at t.com/team and we love you for it. Yeah. So there's actually a bunch of good news out of this. One is that the attacks were totally ineffective so no one got hurt. That's good news. Always number two. [00:04:31] It makes it less likely that you're going to have a bigger war when the counterattack is totally ineffective. That's never stopped. Netanyahu will get back to that in a second. But number three, if there is no broader war or bigger war, that means the US [00:04:47] elections are less likely to be affected. And we don't want that. Now, if you don't know, right now, the Israeli public is by 2 to 1 margin once Trump. So the Israeli government wants Trump. It appears Netanyahu thinks that Trump will allow them free rein to, [00:05:03] you know, attack, invade, kill whatever number of different Muslim countries and and as many Palestinians as they like. And that's true. That would be shocking if Trump didn't cheerlead that. And he believes that Trump, of course, since he's controlled by Miriam Adelson, [00:05:21] etc., that he will just funnel more of our taxpayer dollars to Israel, which is also likely true. But so would Kamala Harris, to be fair. So that's the limited good news from today. But but significant if it doesn't get into a broader war right now. [00:05:36] The look, there's plenty of bad news too. We'll get into more of that as we go. But the American media reaction is also telling, too. So there's just this huge coverage on air, and I get it, you know, there's, interesting pictures and video of it and bombs keep coming in [00:05:55] and then getting knocked out, etc. But there's this like this thing of like, oh my God, oh my God. The Israelis are slightly scared. They had to go into bunkers for an hour and then come back out. Or however I've heard an hour and I don't want to be unfair. Maybe it was longer than an hour. And so I'm thrilled that nobody got hurt. [00:06:12] I'm massively in favor of completely in favor of nonviolence. Okay, so that coverage would be perfectly fine if it was just Iran attacked. And that's the only context there is. But you've got decapitated kids in Gaza, [00:06:28] 250 women and children killed. I know, but they're Palestinians. They're not Israelis. No, those are Lebanese. Still Muslim though. So totally irrelevant. Yeah. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. By the way, they could be Christians in Lebanon. Okay. It doesn't matter because slaughter whoever they want and no one cares. [00:06:44] Like that's the that's the thing that drives me nuts. Dana Bash today as she is watching. Okay, Israel's defense capabilities intercept those missiles. She's having a panic attack. Yeah, but she herself sat there on that set watching the footage out of Gaza, [00:07:01] watching the footage of children who lost their limbs as a result of Israel's bombings. Children who are decapitated. Okay. Parents holding their children without a head. Okay. Was she concerned about that? Any shock and awe when it came to that kind of footage? [00:07:19] Yeah. So, look, I don't want you to not have empathy for Israeli citizens. We're all human beings. We need to have empathy for all of us. But when American media seems to have almost no empathy for the Lebanese and the Palestinians, that's what's upsetting. So was their equal coverage of like, them being on rooftops in Beirut. [00:07:38] Well, obviously they wouldn't go there because Lebanon doesn't have a defense shield. Israel is the only country in the world that has a defense shield and has one of the largest militaries, nukes and the largest military to back it up. So of course, you'd be playing with your life if you went into Beirut. But were they on the rooftops going, oh my God, did 250 kids and women [00:07:56] are about to get slaughtered? Oh, they did get slaughtered. Oh my God, here they are. Their heads exploded, their bodies are mutilated, etc.. No. Oh, Israel did get a strike. Yeah, yeah. Civilians are dead. Human shields, collateral damage. No big deal. - Oh my God! - Israel. - My god. - Hit! [00:08:11] Okay, okay. Come on guys. Like the extreme reaction and the difference between the reactions is unreal. - Yeah, the double standard. - I mean, it's infuriating. I mean, look, if the tables were turned and the treatment, you know, [00:08:27] toward Israelis was as deplorable as the treatment toward, Palestinians in Gaza and the Lebanese. I would be equally as outraged by it. Are you kidding me? I see them as human beings on both sides. I see civilians as civilians. I see them as human beings. [00:08:43] But it is shocking to me how much this current war has allowed for all these various public figures that people tune into, to watch because they trust them, how much they've let their mask slip, how little they care about human lives. Look. Come on, guys, this is so obvious. So if you had 5.5 million Jews who were [00:09:03] being occupied by, and let's be honest, religious fundamentalist Muslims, because this religious fundamentalist Jews in Israel that are like trying to take the land in the West Bank and reoccupy Gaza Strip. Take. ET cetera. And we saw those poor Jews, 5.5 million of them, occupied for 57 years [00:09:24] in these unbearable open air prisons and camps and slaughtered at will. And we saw a size of an area the size of Las Vegas, filled with Jewish people who were just slaughtered, 41,000 of them slaughtered, [00:09:40] 20 dead women and children everywhere. I mean, what wouldn't we do as good, decent human beings, not just as Americans, but like as decent human beings? What wouldn't we do to save those Jewish people? But when it comes to Palestinians or Lebanese? America doesn't care at all. [00:09:56] In fact, that's not even true. Joe Biden has rewarded them. The more Palestinians they killed and the more wars they started. Joe Biden wrote him a bigger check. And it's not just Joe Biden. The Republican leaders were like, Joe Biden hasn't given Israel enough money. [00:10:12] So we are We as a country are rewarding the massacre of the Palestinians, their endless occupation and Israel invading its neighbors. But the minute Israel is even threatened with no casualties at all, all of the [00:10:28] American media and politicians go nuts. The politicians are out there going. There will be severe consequences for Iran. Oh, so 41,000 dead. You don't care? No severe consequences. In fact, a severe check in the other direction. $26 billion is a reward and a [00:10:43] gift for murdering all those Palestinians. If Israelis are even endangered and they have to go into a bunker for an hour or two, that's all. That's it. Severe consequences for those dirty, violent, savage Muslims. Ridiculous. [00:10:59] So let's talk a little bit about what a war with Iran would mean, outside of obviously, the men and women in our military risking their lives on behalf of Israel in a war that should not have happened. [00:11:15] Well, the economic impact would be pretty devastating. So, Israel plans to retaliate by potentially hitting Iran's oil infrastructure. What do you think that's going to do to the global economy? So, for instance, Iran is a major oil producer and provider for China. [00:11:34] China can't get its energy from Iran. It's going to turn to other sources in the global market. My point is, there's going to be limited supply of something that every country needs, which means that demand stays the same. Supply goes down. [00:11:49] Obviously oil prices are going to go up. So look forward to that. Oil prices go up. The price of everything goes up because the price of transporting goods and services goes up. So, I don't know how enabling Israel to basically provoke the situation to a [00:12:09] point where now we're potentially going to go to war with Iran was a good idea. How was that a good idea by the United States government? So no, Biden would rather lose the election, and he's proven it a thousand times. He'd rather lose the election than defy Israel. [00:12:24] He brought in 43,000 troops. Were about to tell you he's like Iran. Please hit them. Please hit them. So I could use it as an excuse to fight this war on behalf of Israel. So that's the situation. Look, guys, if I want to be complete on October 8th, [00:12:41] Hezbollah started firing again, 100% ineffectual, no, 99% ineffectual rockets. One got through, killed 12 kids, and I hate it. Obviously, now 250 dead. On the other side, a thousand dead in Lebanon, but 250 women and children. [00:12:57] And nobody gives a damn. Nobody thinks that. Oh, well, of course Lebanon should strike back and Iran should strike back against Israel. Israel is the aggressor and has killed so many more people, so many more innocent civilians. But here in America, you would never get that kind of fairness, justice or equality [00:13:14] because they just don't think Muslim lives matter at all. Oh, All. And I want to be clear. Not just our politicians, but almost everyone in our in American media. Ironically, the Trey Yingst and Fox News has done a great job. And I say ironic because it's on Fox News. [00:13:30] And he says covering Gaza was like living in hell. Absolute torture that the Palestinians are going through. And Jeremy Diamond of CNN has done a brilliant job of covering it, and they've been on the ground because when you're a human being and you're on the ground and you see the devastation [00:13:47] that Israel does so flippantly and it's it's hard not to be moved by that and give them credit for good reporting. Thanks for watching The Young Turks really appreciate it. Another way to show support is through YouTube memberships. You'll get to interact with us more. There's live chat emojis, badges. 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