Ben Williams

Something for #Trump and all the #climatechange deniers to try and explain. @BBCNews UN issues new climate warning as El Niño looms - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/….

Callers on @bbc5live were today claiming that it's antisemitic to refer to an '#Israel lobby'. 🤔👀 If that's the case, how on earth do we correctly describe groups such as @AIPAC @_LFI or deal with books like this?

@bbcnickrobinson @ZackPolanski BBC News - Israel committing genocide in Gaza, world's leading experts say bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Simple answer Zack. Our job is to report. We interview you & those you quote who use the word genocide. We do the same for those who disagree. We also report that no international court has yet made a judgment. Nor has the UN. That’s not me or the BBC taking sides or downplaying what’s happened in Gaza. It’s doing our job.

Amnesty International say what is happening in Palestine is a genocide. The UN Special Rapporteur say it's a genocide. Countless genocide scholars say it's a genocide. How are we still doing this? And why is the BBC doing this? youtu.be/Es_wxH04bgs?si…

@OborneTweets @davelawson35 I think we've heard this one before. 🙄🤔

BRITS 45 MINUTES FROM DOOM

@David5914241491 @CBSNews How naive these comments are. #Iran have been planning this for decades, there are plenty of weapons left, well hidden in the caves and mountains. Another #vietnam quagmire beckons with troops on the ground.

BREAKING: The Pentagon is preparing detailed plans for a possible U.S. ground force deployment in Iran, sources say. cbsn.ws/4bsFiCw

@RM2074125449497 @DMiliband @Channel4News tonight reported that #Israel is targeting innocent people and families, not #Hezbollah. We've seen this disturbing playbook before. 👀

@BenWill1973 @DMiliband Then we can agree that Hezbollah is the problem and if it decided to live in peace, the war would end and people could live in South Lebanon without fear.

Today, a 5 year old child in Lebanon will have known 2 wars and possibly been forced to flee their home twice. “Long after the bombs stop, the children of Lebanon will still be reeling from the psychological impact of the multiple conflicts that they’ve experienced.” link.nbcnews.com/view/69a0d037f…

@RM2074125449497 @DMiliband No, but your non-answer was very revealing.

@BenWill1973 @DMiliband When is over? Hezbollah refuses to stop. It wants to kill Jews and destroy Israel. Do you agree with its objectives?

@RM2074125449497 @DMiliband So they'll let the displaced million innocent civilians move back when it's over?? 🙄

@BenWill1973 @DMiliband If only Hezbollah would stop!

Outrageous that western powers, including the UK government, continue to arm this violent rogue state. #israelwarcrimes #boycott

@MrHarryCole The UK and USA have different political systems/structures. Most people should know this. 😳

Trump on Starmer: ‘I spoke to the PM of UK yesterday, he said “I’m meeting with my team”. ‘I told him: “You don’t need to meet with your team”… Why do you have to meet your team to decide…?’

@christopherhope #Trump having another full-blown tantrum because he can't get his own way. 😳

NEW President Donald Trump cannot hide his disappointment with PM Sir Keir Starmer in this extraordinary Oval Office press conference. He says that the US has a "tremendous" relationship with the UK. But he adds: "It was the best until Keir came along. He is a nice man but he doesn't produce." Trump adds again that Starmer "is a nice man but I am disappointed with the immigration policy and his energy policy". Analysis now on @GBNEWS.

I’m Keir Starmer’s biggest critic, but the war of words coming from the White House is childish.

@darrengrimes What a 'patriotic' take. 😬👀

Trump says the UK-US relationship was “always the best” until “Keir Starmer came along” It’s very clear Starmer is a threat to our relationship with the US.

@christopherhope @GBNEWS @beverleyturner It's called manufacturing consent. 😬

NEW President Donald Trump praises @GBNEWS @beverleyturner as a "fantastic reporter". 💪

@PressSec @RyanSaavedra Sounds a bit like Israel first according to his credible statement. 🤔

There are many false claims in this letter but let me address one specifically: that "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation."   This is the same false claim that Democrats and some in the liberal media have been repeating over and over.   As President Trump has clearly and explicitly stated, he had strong and compelling evidence that Iran was going to attack the United States first.   This evidence was compiled from many sources and factors. President Trump would never make the decision to deploy military assets against a foreign adversary in a vacuum.   Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. The Iranian regime is evil. It proudly killed Americans, waged war against our country, and openly threatened us all the way up to the launch of Operation Epic Fury.   Iran was aggressively expanding their short-range ballistic missiles to combine with their naval assets to give themselves immunity – meaning they would have a degree of a capabilities that would give them immunity to hold us and the rest of the world hostage.   The regime aimed to use those ballistic missiles as a shield to continue achieving their ultimate goal – nuclear weapons.   The President, through his top negotiators, gave the regime every single possible opportunity to abandon this unacceptable course by permanently giving up their nuclear ambitions in exchange for sanctions relief, free nuclear fuel, and potential economic partnerships with our country.   But they would not say yes to peace because obtaining nuclear weapons was their fundamental goal.   President Trump ultimately made the determination that a joint attack with Israel would greatly reduce the risk to American lives that would come from a first strike by the terrorist Iranian regime and address this imminent threat to America’s national security interests.   All of this led to President Trump arriving at the determination that this military operation was necessary for U.S. national security, which is why he launched the massively successful Operation Epic Fury. The Commander-in-Chief determines what does and does not constitute a threat, because he is the one constitutionally empowered to do so - and because the American people went to the ballot box and entrusted him and him alone to make such final judgments. And finally, the absurd allegation that President Trump made this decision based on the influence of others, even foreign countries, is both insulting and laughable. President Trump has been remarkably consistent and has said for DECADES that Iran can NEVER possess a nuclear weapon. As someone who actually witnesses President Trump’s decision-making process on a daily basis, I can attest to the fact that he is always looking to do what’s in the best interest of the United States of America — period. America First.

@piersmorgan @SebPalac He's saying what was the quiet but out loud now.

Wow…

@joekent16jan19 Thanks for confirming why this needless war in #Iran happened.

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

@BBCNews - Top #US counterterrorism official resigns over Iran war and urges Trump to 'reverse course' #Trump administration "started this war due to pressure from #Israel" and its powerful American lobby. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…