Fox News Anchor Challenges Liberal Media’s Perception of Iran: ‘A Stalemate? Hardly

Brit Hume, a Fox News analyst, has taken a firm stance against what he perceives as hypocrisy among some liberal media figures concerning the ongoing conflict involving Iran, the United States, and Israel. Hume criticized public figures like Whoopi Goldberg, Joe Scarborough, and Symone Sanders Townsend for their comments labeling the conflict as a ‘stalemate.’

The conservative commentator raised eyebrows by posing a thought-provoking hypothetical scenario to challenge the assertions made by these media personalities. He was particularly critical of their claims that former President Donald Trump was ‘not prepared’ and had not disclosed a clear plan for the conflict. Furthermore, he dismissed the notion that the U.S. could win battles yet still lose the war as absurd.

In an effort to illustrate his point, Hume invited his audience to imagine a reverse situation where the United States found itself under attack from a formidable adversary like Iran. He painted a vivid picture of a scenario in which Iranian forces were conducting air raids over American skies without encountering any resistance, launching missiles at will, and targeting U.S. naval and missile systems.

‘For a moment, let’s turn the situation around and assume a situation in which the United States is under attack from a major enemy,’ Hume said.

He asked viewers to imagine Iran were instead bombing the US and ‘ranging freely over our skies with no resistance, bombing at will, sending missiles at will, attacking our vessels, attacking our ballistic missile systems, attacking our aircraft at will.’

Hume also envisioned a scenario where Iran has ‘killed the president and wiped out his Cabinet and countless officials in the echelons below.’

He then wondered how people would react if the US responded by ‘shutting off a major waterway that we need for our economy.’

His conclusion on that thought experiment: ‘Do you think anyone would be saying that this is, as Walter Russell Mead put it today, a stalemate? I don’t think so.’ 

Fox News analyst Brit Hume slammed liberal media pundits as hypocrites for declaring the war on Iran ‘a stalemate’ with the US and Israel

Hume said if you imagined for a second that roles were reversed between the US and Iran, no one would be declaring it a ‘stalemate’ or losing effort

The clips prior to Hume’s take all seemed to build a negative narrative against the war, which is now in its third week. 

‘It’s becoming clear, all the time frankly, was not prepared for that war to last,’ Sanders said.

Goldberg asked: ‘Are we any closer to finding out what the plan is here?’

Scarborough compared the situation to the Iraq War.

‘Here we find ourselves, again in a situation where we could actually win every single battle and still lose the war,’ he said. 

Host Martha MacCallum agreed with Hume and wondered how liberals would cover the war if roles were reversed. 

‘Yeah, no, it’s a great point, and it always helps to flip something around and think about what the coverage would be like in that situation,’ she said.

‘And people wouldn’t be saying of those who are invading us or firing missiles all over our country and killing the president, “Gee, I wonder why they haven’t defined how long it’s going to take.’” 

Earlier Tuesday, President Trump continued to face questions regarding the development, plans and timeline for the war, however. 

Fox News played clips of Whoopi Goldberg (pictured left) and Symone Sanders Townsend (pictured right) suggesting that there was no plan when Trump went into Iran

Joe Scarborough compared the situation to the Iraq War

‘Are you afraid that if you put boots on the ground in Iran, it could be another Vietnam?’ one reporter asked.

‘No,’ Trump shot back, adding, ‘I’m not afraid of anything.’ 

The president has previously said that he would deploy ground troops if ‘necessary,’ but he has offered few details on what scenario would prompt a boots-on-the-ground invasion. 

He also said during the sit-down with the Taoiseach that the US has contemplated destroying Iran’s energy infrastructure. 

‘We could take out their electric capacity in one hour,’ he said, adding, ‘there’s nothing they can do.’

Though the president said the war should only last weeks, there is concern among administration officials that the offensive could last much longer. 

Three sources familiar with the matter told Axios that the Middle East conflict could run into September, a much longer timeline than Trump has ever discussed publicly. 

Americans are against sending in troops, according to the latest Quinnipiac survey of 1,000 US voters published March 9. 

Earlier Tuesday, President Trump continued to face questions regarding the development, plans and timeline for the war, however 

The results showed that 74 percent of respondents oppose sending ground troops into Iran. A majority, 53 percent, said they are against the war altogether. 

The president was also confronted about the news that his top counterterrorism official, Joe Kent, resigned over the war. 

‘I always thought he was a nice guy, but I thought he was very weak on security. Very weak on security. I didn’t know him well, but I thought he seemed like a pretty nice guy,’ Trump said.

‘But when I read his statement, I realized that it’s a good thing that he’s out, because he said Iran was not a threat.’ 

Kent resigned early on Tuesday and published a letter publicly noting how he ‘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,’ Kent said in his dramatic public break-up with the administration.