David Ignatius — Vulnerability in Space + Wars in Ukraine and the Middle East | Prof G Conversations

Love you Scott , watch every video but I can’t understand why you don’t sympathize with Palestinian people.

Scott, I admire your theory based on the logistical power of the US military. The US is capable of causing significant death and destruction. However, my perception of the IDF is that they fight with a "back to the wall" mentality, being surrounded by enemies. The US, on the other hand, has never felt that way, as it is not surrounded by adversaries. Additionally, a large portion of the US voting population is of Hispanic descent, which influences the nation's stance. Therefore, I cannot agree that the US would approach the proportionality of the IDF in Gaza. In my view, the IDF often operates in a state of fear, adopting a more aggressive "shoot anything that moves" philosophy. Conversely, the US military employs a more measured, nuanced, and flexible approach, and doing so many exercises with NATO and other partner country's. In summary, the US has the confidence and capability to be precise and overwhelming when necessary. As long as our political leaders have cool heads, and are not unduly influenced by the left or right.

Thanks Scott and David. I learned from this too.

Agree Scott, this one could have been two hours. Really appreciated your patience in bringing those tough questions. These discussions require sitting with discomfort for longer than we're used to.

Good interview Scott! Challenging, some disagreement but out of honest intellectual curiosity. Well done! Thank you 👍 Next guests: Peter Zeihan, Stephen Kotkin and Sarah Paine!

Great timing, i just finished his audio book this week...great listen!

Bravo Guys, great interview Scott, Thank You!

Phenominal discussion. Great questions, thoughtful responses. Thank you.

You can’t give Israel credit for dropping leaflets and leaving voicemails when they then bomb the refugee convoys and so-called safe zones. We know how horrible USA conduct was in iraq war and even there US soldiers adhered to much higher standards than idf is doing now

Wow Scott! Your team is getting some superb talent on your expanded venue! I was in the military for 30 years, & David Ignatius knows more about our military capabilities than 99.9% of people that are actually in the military! Fantastic guest! Unfortunately, I think your Jewish heritage has prevented you from exhibiting any empathy for the Gaza civilians.

American foreign policy has always been don’t fcuk with us, and if you do expect the wrath of God.

I listen to Scott a lot and usually like or at least see his point of view but his whole "what if Mexico invaded..." is one of the more nonsensical things I've heard all month. Same with his WWII comparisons. You want to compare this to WWII? You want to pretend like the USA didn't get EVERYTHING wrong in Iraq... I think his thinking is very clouded on this.

"Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap!" - George C Scott / Dr.Strangelove. Regardless of the technology, we are at the mercy of thinking that the other guys will do it, so we have to. Autonomous AI weapons will be yet another example of this mostly inevitable headlong rush. Who can you actually trust? Technically no one. That implies that such a line of thinking is the wrong pathway to begin with. On war, I struggle with the notion of civilized warfare, i.e. war crimes. A handbook, if you will, on how to conduct rapid extermination of the enemy strikes me as deranged. War itself is deranged. Rules of engagement would seem to be degrees of derangement. Crimes against humanity, i.e. Holocaust, are a different subject entirely.

Scott I say the following with all do respect ! your insights are based on data that is biased. Please interview other ppl who you don’t necessarily agree with ! Like prof Ilan Pape (Israeli Jewish who served in The army) or prof John Mearsheimer. With all the interviews it seems that although there are differences you are all within the same spectrum of political agreement/ideology.

A two state solution is a relic of the cold war (see North v South Korea and the failed two state solution in Vietnam). There should be a Bosnian style Republic where two sub national governments representing two bitterly divided communities work together to operate one state; with voting rights and civil rights for all

and I forgot to say sanctimonious, as well:)

Smart guy, but his voice sure is putting me to sleep. Also, when I saw the thumbnail, I thought maybe Palantir's role in Ukraine and Isarel would be discussed. This didn't actually go much into A.I. at all, however. And finally, you have some bizarre spam comments that should be reported and removed.

The content is super interesting, but the podcast is subpar due to the poor quality of Ignatius's lame audio setup. You have top notch talent come to the pod. I'd ask you to consider improving the production quality simply by insisting on an acceptable microphone/headphone like Scott wears. OK, end of rant, keep up the great work. :)

Maybe we stop sharing in the future

Scott not knowing that the occupier does not have the right to self defense is disappointing