The former US ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, condemned the Israeli army as "the saddest army in the world, the most bloodthirsty army on earth", and said that it operates without moral and legal limitations. In an interview with Thomas Karat (behavioral, public analyst and podcast host from Malcomb Analytics), Freeman linked the Israeli genocide in Gaza to Israel's military ideology, and warned that deepening internal divisions, economic decline and growing international isolation threaten the country's future. The saddest army in the world - Chase Freeman.