US State Department spokesperson avoids Ukraine-Gaza reconstruction payment parallels
“Other countries may help.”
During a US State Department briefing on Monday, spokesperson Matthew Miller sidestepped a direct comparison between reconstruction efforts in war-torn Ukraine and Gaza.
When pressed on whether Israel should shoulder some of the financial burden for rebuilding Gaza, as western countries have called for Russia to pay for rebuilding Ukraine, the official hinted that other countries would pay for reconstruction efforts in return for Israel agreeing to a two-state solution.
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The smirking as he’s lying. That day when we are all questioned on this is going to be horrific.
@vivavasquez
3 ай бұрын
yes i agree just ask the population of Dresden Germany in 1945 , they would warn us if they could ! that is our history USA .
@theaconite1400
3 ай бұрын
@@vivavasquez I'm not so convinced by comparisons to Dresden. Neither the Ukraine proxy war nor the destruction of the G @ z-a strip are examples of targeting a militarily strategic railroad junction city that contained industrial factories supplying the war effort. That's not to say that the extreme b0mbing of Dresden was necessarily justifiable morally, ethically, and/or legally, but I don't think it's a comparable situation.
@user-np2yj4pr8h
3 ай бұрын
@theaconite1400 the comparison of people in Germany looking the other way or supporting the indefensible is very much like the people of Isteal today, blocking the aid trucks in order to murder millions by starvation.
@jrarmcginnis
3 ай бұрын
You little grapes have no idea.
@emwykyu
3 ай бұрын
When questioned on the Iraq war, they say "mistakes were made", as if it's they were baking a cake and added salt instead of sugar... This'll be no different.
US officials weakness is becoming hilarious Do they know the World is making fun of what they have become?
@user-hy5vj3rg9e
3 ай бұрын
Do you think they care lol ?
@randomname3109
3 ай бұрын
oh they know, they are just relying on most Americans not actually finding out
@GiacomodeSeingalt
3 ай бұрын
@@user-hy5vj3rg9e good question. Well, I think what Americans fear the most is to be perceived as weak.
@VDOless
3 ай бұрын
@@randomname3109yea and it's starting to sting them through their denial. The higher ups feel the shift in the paradigm, the loss of their grasp on the controls
@Therebelliousprince001
3 ай бұрын
They must be feeling it
Its called gaslighting😡
@user-np2yj4pr8h
3 ай бұрын
It is the specialty of our "friend in the Middle East "
Israel should pay 100%.
@WhenBoredomStrikesChannel
Ай бұрын
Of course, but with the american tax payer's money.
This journalist exposes Blinken every time for who he truly is.. Israel should pay for all damage they have done, compensate every Palestinian for the trauma caused, and meet all current and future medical fees for those they have left permanently disabled.
@user-np2yj4pr8h
3 ай бұрын
AND refund our USA tax dollars 💸 that was a waste and we want it back unless they can show us one thing we got out of it.
@snyderdad771
3 ай бұрын
Which means the American people will pay for it because Israel’s wealth comes from us
@strazer5728
3 ай бұрын
Absolutely correct I propose as a minimum Israel contributes $1 million for every life lost and $100,000 for every injured person. That would come to at current tally $28 Billion for the deaths & & $7 Billion for the injured. That would go some way in people rebuilding their lives. If Germany is still paying compensation today for the Holocaust of Jews, why can’t the Zionists pay for the Gaza Holocaust??
@ultravioletsus
3 ай бұрын
@@user-np2yj4pr8hthey will say "you have an ally in middle east" while they are the sole reason why you have enemies in the Middle East.
@magnero2749
14 күн бұрын
and end the illegal occupation and blockade.
This Matt Lee is a real journalist....question after question, he faces each official with his own words and none has an answer!!! Brilliant job.
@FulminantLogician
3 ай бұрын
Matt Lee is the excellent journalist -- Matt Miller is the spokesperson trying to bedazzle the abhorrent US stance!
@VDOless
3 ай бұрын
@@FulminantLogicianbeat me to it
@asrarmatar7501
3 ай бұрын
@@FulminantLogician Thank you for the correction
@mogamadgreyson143
3 ай бұрын
When he doesn't know what to say,"we won't get into hypotheticals".. that means his clueless..
@cristinacampos966
3 ай бұрын
Totally agree! Brilliant, Matt Lee
Kudos Mr Lee for asking the right question
@mlys7184
3 ай бұрын
Awesome journalist
@user-np2yj4pr8h
3 ай бұрын
Journalism! Right here in America? I'm so happy, I can't believe it!
@cristinacampos966
3 ай бұрын
I became an absolute fan of Matt Lee. Brilliant in brilliant questions, alway!
@SurefireMa156
3 ай бұрын
He’s one of the few ones that have always pressed the White House. He’s a great reporter, been hammering them on their bull crap
Imagine this spokesman gets tired of lying, gives up and says ''Okay! Enough! We are owned by Israel! We will never blame them! Got it?''
@As-cc2xz
3 ай бұрын
😂😅 It's hard to laugh but you're right, they think we are clueless at this point.
@meetontheledge1380
3 ай бұрын
Well, in the old stereotype, the response was always, ''The goy know! Shut it down!''. Would that work? Worth a try.
Nuremberg tribunal for Matt Miller , John Kirby , Joe Biden , and Tony Blinken !
@joaobaptista8377
3 ай бұрын
Kamala as well, Mast, Ted Cruz, Ned Price, That duche with Glasses
@jstasiak2262
3 ай бұрын
Don’t forget to include Victoria Nuland, Jake Sullivan and William Burns.
@Barbarossa095
3 ай бұрын
Где самый главный детоубийца? SATANyahu
@alexandrostheodorou8387
3 ай бұрын
You only get those trials if you lose.
@electricAB
3 ай бұрын
Add the heads of state for every country that defunded UNRWA. Action on an accusation without independent investigation, after the IJC’s statements on the need for more aid - this is surely complicit with genocide.
Another rat 🐀 trapped in the box 📦 here 😂
OH HOW THEIR HYPOCRITICAL VEILS ARE BEING REMOVED ONE BY ONE .......... SUBHAN ALLAH
@Therebelliousprince001
3 ай бұрын
We muslims were fooled but it's too clear to ignore now...
@seanj561
3 ай бұрын
lol 😂 you were fooled before? Shame on you and all the Muslim’s fooled by the west
Love this reporter
Germany is still paying for its second war atrocities, and I see no reason why Israel should not have to do the same for its atrocities in Palestine.
@syahmiyusop
3 ай бұрын
I wonder if USA paying for Japan for WW2 damages.
@alexandrostheodorou8387
3 ай бұрын
@@syahmiyusop I’m pretty sure they did more or less. By occupying Japan and basically Japan having no military they focused on their own economy. And because Japan was used as an American Control Point, they got a lot advantages in trade deals in the region.
@magnero2749
14 күн бұрын
Israel like Japan has disqualified itself from having a military for half a century until they can show willingness to comply with international humanitarian law.
When I see this man, I don’t see a man with soul. This applies to any US Department of State spokesman
To add insult to injury he used the word game , does it look like a game ? Ppl are dying in the hundreds every day , what a shifty man.
"Re-construct is the right word". 👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏 That's what I call journalism. And that's also what is called "Freudian slip".
@user-np2yj4pr8h
3 ай бұрын
Like when Genocide Joe just referred to this gen o cide as "OUR military operation"
@Eagles_Hunter
3 ай бұрын
@@user-np2yj4pr8h Exactly. Their Freudian slips by now are beyond counting.
@tonidimitrova6078
3 ай бұрын
@@user-np2yj4pr8hwell, he's never been more right: we've been in this genocide since day one, with e tra money, arms, ammo, intelligence, troops disguised as intelligence, warships, you name it. We are even going open-eyed into a suicidal war on behalf of Israel. Funny how things work: we sacrifice Ukraine in our quest to win over Russia, and Israel sacrifices us in its quest to win over Iran... History has a wicked sense of humor...
Hypocrisy best displayed by people who are supposed to represent the interests of their countries.
@electricAB
3 ай бұрын
People who have been bought by a foreign lobby. Every US politician who received money from AIPAC is compromised and cannot be trust to make decisions in the best interests of US citizens.
DRACULA
@dessy76
3 ай бұрын
Dracula hasn't as much blood on his hands.
@Laughs_Loudest
3 ай бұрын
🤣
@yt-uo8gc
3 ай бұрын
This one just has tons more blood on this hands. The other Draculas can't compete
How about the US stops contributing weapons for the destruction of Gasa? Here in the US we have a homeless problem and instead of tackling that we’re sending Billions to Isreal to make foreigners homeless.
Not only Israel but whole world together can not even pay for one tear of a mother, father, child, brother, sister, husband, wife, grandmother, grandfather (list goes on and on)… who lost their loved once in the barbar war of Israël. Money is not everything … there is not even a way to just describe their pain in words …
@meetontheledge1380
3 ай бұрын
While we cry to see it-they are dancing in the streets and making unhinged tik tocs. The few amongst them who are protesting are being attacked and jailed. Hmm, thousands of years of master race theory seems to produce predictable results.
Matt Lee is a legend.
liar.lies.liar.lies
Mr Lee is absolutely rinsing these people simply by asking fair and basic questions questions
i like how they often use words like "put more money into the game" where most of the world is too terrified or disgusted to describe any of this as a "game" this is what your leaders think lives are, a game.
Huge, huge admiration for this journalist! Matt Lee masters the art of formulating questions so that they become a trap for those who try to run away with vague answers. Thank you for great work, Matt Lee!
Matthew Miller must be the worst human in the state department and that's a high bar. He smiles and smirks while talking about Palestinians being bombed and US complicity.
This guy Boils my blood. Man I hate him and this government. Bunch of f up politicians
He didnt answer the question. What a ghoul
Hypocrites are easy to spot. The odor of their falsehoods may be well-disguised, but the stench of their hypocrisy is not easily concealed. Their words may be smooth as silk, but their actions betray their true intentions. The illusion of their sincerity is but a mirage.
Rules for them not for us
Even an insane would realise that he is lying. He does that all the time.
When you talk about a sphincter with a haircut you know who it is.
I wonder who will be held financially responsible for those big underwater gas lines? I seem to recall Crimean bridge damage among other things too.
"I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined, that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the play thing of one small corner of the world" SOEKARNO, on united Nation speech
I love it when journalists grill Nosferatu.
O my God shame on you
i just can’t listen to that snake anymore… Complicit as F.
These horrors of human beings. How are they controlling our world?
then Russia is not gonna pay for the damage, how hypocrites can they be.
Does anybody need anymore evidence for the clear bias
Disgusting , disgusting, disgusting hypocrisy. This guy is standing at the door of hell and I hope for his sake, he sees and feels it
But not Israel
Watching him addressing media seem to me like watching a comic flick...his expressions and appearance is so funny looks like a comedian🤣🤣🤣🤣
It is outrageous that USA and Israel do not have to pay for reconstruction.
Matt Lee ✌️🕊️🇵🇸
I could never grow tired of shaking Matt Lee's hand if I ever met the man in person. The guy is as real a journalist as we will ever get.
The contracts have already been negotiated, offered, agreed and signed for months ago. This is what this is all about. Israel is the population dispacement and demolition contractor....
I don't even know why anyone would even questions like that to the wolf wearing the sheeps cloth
There are levels of hypocrisy, and this is way off scale 😂. These people are so arrogant and delusional that they think no one has any sense to see through this hypocrisy
When I hear this demon talk it raises my blood pressure every time.
The US role in Gaza and the backing of Israel will go down in the history.
@meetontheledge1380
3 ай бұрын
No, because Israel despises its US tax cows. (In case it's not clear, I am reminding you that they control the media and the narrative and most of the ''history'' books that are published).
No, the two state solution is not "something in return". THAT'S ALREADY SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW
US double standards are so embarrassing😔
You destroy it you rebuild it.
I feel this is an act between miller and that guy he asked the question and the other guy damage control as if he gives the solutions from the US perspective. I feel this is theatre.
Devils in Disguise
Certified Waffler
How can this guy look himself in the mirror in the morning or at night?
@ShiftyGeeza
3 ай бұрын
Easy. When he looks in the mirror there's no reflection.
Hypocritical BS.
BLINK... BLINK.... SO WHY DIDNT U DO A 2 STATE SOLUTION ALL THESE YEARS WHEN ALL NATIONS DEMANDED THEY B GIVEN THEIR RIGHT? SO THIS SITUATION WOULD NOT ARISE! BLINK...BLINK
He's like Data from Star Trek. Only Data was more human than him
A deer in the headlights. It’s like these people are the palace guards having to deal with the public.
Two faced US.
He says putting money into the game
Hypocrisy to the MAX
the face of shame
“Put real money into the game as well as, you know, real political credibility.”🧐 No, we do not know. This is definitely not a game, it’s an oppression. Kudos to the journalist who pressed him for a straight answer.
Matt Miller defines dissimulation.
This is how they have gotten that stereotype
Pathetic response.
You know who benefits from war, especially ones launched or supported by America? American contractors.
They are cynical and if here they apply the law for everyone differently, than can be expected for others countries. God how much injustice and hypocrisy is this government.
Palestinians are not blond with blue eyes enough, right?
@susanwestern6434
3 ай бұрын
Palestinians haven't got the money to buy off the right politicians.
@user-np2yj4pr8h
3 ай бұрын
Some of them are!
@UzumakiNagato
3 ай бұрын
@@user-np2yj4pr8h Yeah but they're muslims, thats the whole point...
@hanikanaan4121
3 ай бұрын
@@UzumakiNagato they're assumed to be Muslim, but Arabs in general are varying in religious belief, Palestinians notwithstanding. One of the most famous Palestinians, Edward Said, was in fact raised a Christian.
@UzumakiNagato
3 ай бұрын
@@hanikanaan4121 Yeah thats why they identify themselves as "Palestinian Christians"
Don’t trust Bela Lugosi’s Dracula.
Skunk spray is wasted on this snake
It's sickening listening to Him🤮... Horrible sickening hypocrisy!!! And I hate His smirk!
How do these people in US government deal with the constant cognitive dissonance?
NEWSFLASH! Oct 7th was an INSIDE JOB. DOH ......
Omg listings to that snake makes me wanna puke 🤮
remember: During a news conference on Monday, the US State Department declared that the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine had been a "strategic failure" for the latter, causing many to speculate as to whether the statement was a mistake or just the reality. Matthew Miller, the spokesperson, made the error, and the reporters in the briefing room promptly called him out on it.
Unbelievable!!@
How embarrassing.
By this logic we would still have WW2 going on if Hitler said "Let us investigate". 🤔
Thats brilliant 👏
Alan Dershowitz during the Piers Morgan interview mentioned that he hopes that Gaza will be rebuild better than it was by the people of United States and Europe.
They have a different goal post for every situation. Calling this double-standard is an insult to the word "standard".
I read today that Netanyahu has told the USA that they have to pay for the rebuilding of Gaza.
Satana!
It's fucking laughable that other countries have to do that.
the requirements for being a spokesperson for the U.S is the ability to have a straight face while telling lies with confidence.
rat
That man must be The Joker!... Enemy of Batman
Complete double standard
American hypocrisy
Playing on prefixes: Reconstrut, rebuild, recontribute... The sad part of all this is that these people believe that the listeners or their own people are naive.
Dracula role in the next Hollywood movie is just perfect for
Think they're stupid it's like a satire journalists spend their lives listening to Liars and they sit there and also wait for the lie to become true
What a crappy job, rationalizing genocide.
Hypothical vs hypocrisy
The more I heard it, the more angry I get. And he doing it with smile!!!!😡😡😡What an hypocrite. May Allah give you what you deserve in this life and after.