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13:57Now PlayingCenk Uygur went on Piers Morgan and argued about Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon — but the core issue is simple: Hezbollah attacked Israel’s northern border after October 7th in support of Hamas.
In this reaction, I break down Cenk’s argument that Hezbollah is “defending Lebanon,” and why that framing completely ignores how this conflict started. Israel is not randomly fighting inside Lebanon for fun. Hezbollah opened a northern front against Israel, displaced Israeli civilians, and dragged Lebanon into a war on behalf of Iran and Hamas.
The guest debating Cenk pushed back hard, and I think this exchange exposes a much bigger problem in the way people talk about Israel, Hezbollah, and the Middle East.
This is not just a Lebanon debate. This is about whether people are willing to admit who attacked first, who escalated the war, and who is using Lebanon as a battlefield.
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