WEBVTT - Sharri | 23 June 0:00:01.120 --> 0:00:05.120 Live on Sky News. This is Sharry. 0:00:06.320 --> 0:00:09.880 Good Evening. It's a massive show tonight with huge interviews 0:00:10.000 --> 0:00:15.040 after America's strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Major guests coming 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:19.680 up live on the show Israeli military star Jonathan Conricus, 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:24.360 former British Commander Richard Kemp, who led forces in Afghanistan 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:29.520 and Iraq, Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Liberal Senator James Patterson, 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:34.840 and radio legend Ray Hadley all joining me live this hour. 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:40.040 We'll get the full astonishing details of Trump's midnight attack 0:00:40.560 --> 0:00:45.159 and the pathetic Albanezy response. And let's start with the 0:00:45.159 --> 0:00:48.919 new details emerging of how President Trump made the decision 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:54.240 to strike and exactly how this extraordinary military operation unfolded. 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.840 Where Trump was on Marine one flying over New Jersey 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:01.480 when he took a call from Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth. 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:05.399 He said it was time for a final decision on 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:10.040 the strikes. Just two days earlier, Carolyn Levitt, his press secretary, 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:13.560 had told the media that Trump would decide in the 0:01:13.600 --> 0:01:14.679 next week or two. 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.399 Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.640 negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:24.720 in the near future. I will make my decision whether 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.680 or not to go within the next two weeks. 0:01:28.520 --> 0:01:31.959 But that comment was designed to keep the world guessing. 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:35.800 It wasn't a reflection on the President's indecision. It was 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:39.360 just meant to throw the enemy off the scent instead 0:01:39.360 --> 0:01:42.680 of giving advance warning of what was most likely coming. 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.399 And once the President gave Hegseeth the go ahead, he 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:50.680 then returned to Washington and called his closest advisors to 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:54.240 the White House Situation Room. And these are the images 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:57.640 from that meeting. You can see Trump with Secretary of 0:01:57.680 --> 0:02:02.640 State Marco Rubio, Hegseeth, the CIA director John Ratcliffe, Vice 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:08.000 President JD. Vance, and security Advisor Andy Baker, and under 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:13.280 their watch, Operation Midnight Hammer began. There was a clever 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:18.080 deception plan with some B two bombers heading west captured 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:23.119 by public flight trackers, but the actual B two bombers 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:27.640 headed east toward Iran. It was a thirty seven hour 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:32.239 round flight for the pilots of these B two stealth bombers, 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:36.800 and it's been reported they flew in silence. They took 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:40.079 turns to sleep, and even had a microwave and fridge 0:02:40.120 --> 0:02:44.480 on board for food. A flight of fighter jets accompanied 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:48.200 the B twos as they approached Iran for added protection, 0:02:48.880 --> 0:02:53.200 and at the same time Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched 0:02:53.280 --> 0:02:57.440 from American submarines. In total, one hundred and twenty five 0:02:57.480 --> 0:03:01.880 aircraft were involved in this mission, including dozens of air 0:03:01.960 --> 0:03:07.120 refueling and intelligence aircraft. The risk was reduced by Israel's 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:12.440 supremacy over Iranian airspace. This operation took place under the 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:16.400 cover of night, the bombers and missiles entering Iranian airspace 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:21.200 at two ten am local time. The nuclear sites of 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:26.440 fo Do, Ntanz and Esfahan were all hit in the 0:03:26.480 --> 0:03:28.880 operation that lasted twenty five. 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:33.680 Minutes the attacked and the dead of night. These pictures 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:39.160 from Esfahan capture the site and sowned of the US 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.280 assault on Iranian nuclear sites. 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:45.720 And just to get an idea of how massive those 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:50.560 bombs are. They weigh thirteen thousand, six hundred kilograms, but 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:54.480 look how big they are in size compared to the 0:03:54.520 --> 0:03:58.880 height of a six foot tall man. Now, fourteen of 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:02.760 those were dropped on the Nutance and the four Door facility. 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.360 And as you know by now, the four Door facility, 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:08.240 that's the one that some eighty to ninety meters beneath 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:13.560 Mount Alvind south of Tehran. Both President Trump and Hegseth 0:04:13.800 --> 0:04:18.560 said the nuclear sites had been destroyed. Trump was flanked 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:22.000 by Rubio, Hegseth, and JD. Vance when he announced that 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:23.880 the mission had been a success. 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:27.920 Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:34.279 were a spectacular military success. Iran's key nuclear and Richmond 0:04:34.320 --> 0:04:37.720 facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:43.480 Speaking the next morning, Hegseeth agreed the nuclear program had 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:44.360 been destroyed. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:51.159 We devastated the Iranian nuclear program. Iran's nuclear ambitions have 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:58.080 been obliterated. Many presidents have dreamed of delivering the final 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:05.280 blow to Iran's nuclear program, and none could until President Trump. 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:10.919 Now this was a single operation to demolish the nuclear sites. 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.200 But Trump has now left open the possibility of further 0:05:14.320 --> 0:05:19.440 action if Iran retaliates, and his warning sends a clear. 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:23.760 Message around the bully of the Middle East must now 0:05:23.800 --> 0:05:27.159 make peace. If they do not, future attacks will be 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:30.679 far greater and a lot easier. There will be either 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:34.360 peace or there will be tragedy for Iran, far greater 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:38.600 than we have witnessed over the last eight days. Remember, 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:42.200 there are many targets left, but if peace does not 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:47.520 come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed, 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:51.719 and skill. Most of them can be taken out in 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:52.880 a matter of minutes. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.240 And further to that, if Iran doesn't come to the 0:05:57.279 --> 0:06:00.760 table and agree to peace, Trump now threatens there could 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:04.640 be regime change. He wrote on truth Social it's not 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.920 politically correct to use the term regime change, but if 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:11.200 the current Iranian regime is unable to make a run 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:15.880 great again, why wouldn't there be a regime change? And 0:06:15.960 --> 0:06:19.560 this comment came really not that long after Vice President 0:06:19.680 --> 0:06:23.320 Jade Vance said the strikes and Iran's nuclear sites had 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.320 nothing to do with regime change. 0:06:26.600 --> 0:06:28.440 But our review has been very clear that we don't 0:06:28.440 --> 0:06:31.920 want a regime change. We do not want to protract 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.159 this or build this out any more than it's already 0:06:34.160 --> 0:06:36.560 been built out. We want to end their nuclear program 0:06:36.880 --> 0:06:39.159 and then we want to talk to the Iranians about 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:40.640 a long term settlement here. 0:06:41.720 --> 0:06:46.640 Now, the Iotola and his Mullers are irrational extremists, and 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:50.320 the world would undoubtedly be safer if they weren't in control, 0:06:50.720 --> 0:06:54.040 and Iranians would be better off without their cruel oppression, 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.359 But there is the unpredictability of who the Supreme Leader 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.840 Kamani could be replaced by, and there's the possibility it 0:07:01.839 --> 0:07:06.240 would be an equally extremist leader or even worse. It's 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:10.280 up to the Iranians to rise up and demand democracy. 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:13.240 This is not an easy feat and it is a 0:07:13.320 --> 0:07:16.560 long shot. So for now, Trump threatens a round with 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:21.040 regime change or more attacks if it doesn't choose peace. 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.080 But the President's actions this weekend have also shaken the 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.920 axis of evil that consists of China, Russia, Iran and 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:34.640 North Korea. Trump has now re established American deterrence, which 0:07:34.760 --> 0:07:40.480 was surrendered with Biden's chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan. Beijing and 0:07:40.560 --> 0:07:44.960 Moscow have reason now to take pause. There are new 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:49.400 limits on their aggressive ambitions, and Albanize should also be 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:55.240 taking serious notice of the changing dynamics unfolding and global politics, 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:59.119 and he should realize that he's been on the wrong 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:03.120 side of his The Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pennywong 0:08:03.560 --> 0:08:08.640 today said, perhaps through gritted teeth, that they endorsed the 0:08:08.680 --> 0:08:13.760 American strikes in Iran. It took one twenty four hours 0:08:14.200 --> 0:08:17.600 to work out that she did support America's action to 0:08:17.680 --> 0:08:19.680 obliterate the nuclear sites. 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:24.840 So we support action to prevent Iran from obtaining a 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:26.760 nuclear weapon, and that is what this is. 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:31.480 But Albinizi is so weak that he refused to speak 0:08:31.520 --> 0:08:35.520 publicly until he'd held a national security meeting. He needed 0:08:35.520 --> 0:08:37.800 a meeting to tell him what to do. He could 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.800 have called one on Sunday, of course, right after the strikes, 0:08:41.360 --> 0:08:43.160 but that would have been asking too much of the 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.439 Prime minister. He's only paid over six hundred thousand dollars 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:49.600 after all. So he had his meeting today and then 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.160 he finally fronted the press. 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:57.320 The world has long agreed that Iran cannot be allowed 0:08:57.520 --> 0:09:01.480 to get a nuclear weapon, and we support action to 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:02.679 prevent that. 0:09:02.679 --> 0:09:03.760 That is what this is. 0:09:05.040 --> 0:09:08.320 I mean watching Albanize in Wong, it seemed like they've 0:09:08.400 --> 0:09:11.760 been to a funeral having to come out and endorse 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:16.200 Trump's action in support of Israel. But they couldn't, in 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:20.640 all seriousness have opposed such an important move that's for 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:26.480 the clear benefit of mankind, stopping a depraved extremist regime 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:31.080 develop an atomic weapon. They had to support that. Now 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:34.040 the UK has confirmed it knew about the strikes ahead 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.439 of time, but Australia was kept out of the loop. 0:09:38.080 --> 0:09:42.520 Richard Miles was still calling for a return to dialogue 0:09:42.600 --> 0:09:47.200 and de escalation less than two hours before the strikes 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:47.760 took place. 0:09:49.240 --> 0:09:53.800 In this moment is seeking for greater diplomacy and dialogue 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.880 and a de escalation of the current conflict that's playing 0:09:56.920 --> 0:09:58.599 out in the Middle East. 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.120 PHAPS. He would have taken a different tune had he 0:10:02.200 --> 0:10:06.959 known the American strikes were in action, even I'd heard 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:10.000 a whisper and the hours before they took place, But 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:15.160 the Albanezy government hadn't. That is alarming and my national 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:19.360 security sources have told me that Australia was not given 0:10:19.600 --> 0:10:24.560 fore warning before the strikes, but the UK was. The 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:28.240 Prime Minister was too embarrassed to admit this today that 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:31.800 he didn't know. He wouldn't directly answer the question. 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:35.640 The UK has been one of the countries that's been 0:10:35.760 --> 0:10:40.280 at the negotiating table with Iran for many years on 0:10:40.320 --> 0:10:42.000 its NEWCOO weapons program. 0:10:43.720 --> 0:10:46.320 Your government breathed prior to the Attabitan. 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:54.040 This was unilateral action taken by the United States. This 0:10:54.240 --> 0:10:57.040 was unilateral action taken by the United States. 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:01.520 So embarrassing for him, and he abruptly ended that press 0:11:01.559 --> 0:11:05.240 conference after just nine minutes walking out, our journalists still 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.920 had questions to ask and I'm going to speak with 0:11:08.000 --> 0:11:11.439 James Patterson about this shortly. But the fact that the 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:15.600 UK was briefed goes to the good relationship that Keir 0:11:15.679 --> 0:11:19.040 Starmer has managed to forge with Donald Trump. It's a 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:23.800 relationship that is nonexistent for Albanesi. Australia is out in 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:28.559 the cold thanks to this pathetic government. Albinizi and wog 0:11:28.640 --> 0:11:33.679 have made our nation irrelevant on the global stage through absurd, 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:39.400 confused and morality free foreign policy. And you'd have to 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:42.760 say now that Alberinizi is the most inconsequential prime minister 0:11:42.840 --> 0:11:47.400 in global politics in a long time. It's coming up 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:51.440 to eight months since Trump won the election, eight months 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.240 and Albanizi has never had a face to face meeting. 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.640 This is a new low in American and Australian relations 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:03.840 and the only worse international leadership has come from the 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:09.520 United Nations. Antonio Guteris should be celebrating America removing the 0:12:09.600 --> 0:12:15.200 nuclear threat from Iran. Instead he's objecting to it. Here's 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.040 what he said on social media. He said, I am 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.360 gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United 0:12:20.440 --> 0:12:24.600 States against Iran today. This is a dangerous escalation in 0:12:24.640 --> 0:12:28.480 a region already on edge and a direct threat to 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:32.480 international peace and security. He said, at this perilous hour, 0:12:32.559 --> 0:12:36.280 it is critical to avoid a spiral of chaos. There's 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:39.960 no military solution, he says, the only path forward is diplomacy. 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:44.719 The only hope is peace. I mean, that is the 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:49.520 worst possible analysis of the situation. It's Iran that has 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:54.360 continued to use force and terrorism against the West for decades, 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:59.320 most recently financing and sparking the October seven massacre. Yet 0:12:59.360 --> 0:13:02.439 even after this, Tehran was given the option of deploymacy 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:07.960 and five months of negotiations with the Trump administration, and 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:13.800 it's still refused to give up its nuclear ambitions. Compare 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:19.840 Trump and edin Yahoo's courage with Albanezi's spineless timidity and 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:25.120 the United Nations appeasement of terrorism and moral depravity. There's 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:29.960 no comparison Trump and Nettignao, who have formed quite the 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:33.679 formidable partnership of our time. It's a conversation I'll come 0:13:33.720 --> 0:13:36.040 back to later in the show with Timothy Lynch. He's 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:40.880 a professor of American politics, and there's no question that 0:13:40.960 --> 0:13:45.040 Trump made the right call in taking this military action. 0:13:45.640 --> 0:13:50.520 It's the only sensible decision. Another trade deal with Iran, 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:54.760 like former US presidents chose to do, would have only 0:13:54.800 --> 0:14:00.559 given this dangerous and murderous regime billions of dollars, billions 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.680 to finance another wave of terror against Israel and the West, 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:09.920 billions to finance and re empower their proxies Harmus and Hesbela, 0:14:10.480 --> 0:14:15.000 after Israel has spent the past twenty months weakening them, 0:14:15.840 --> 0:14:17.880 and in doing this action and the way he went 0:14:17.920 --> 0:14:21.680 about it, the President of the United States showed he 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:27.040 is capable of calm, rational decisions. He followed a careful 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:31.320 and considered process. He didn't rush into this. He weighed 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:36.000 his options and the consequences. He has shown himself to 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:37.920 be a leader of our time. 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:43.600 OGA. 0:14:43.720 --> 0:14:46.080 That's cross live to Israel now, where I'm joined by 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:50.640 retired Lieutenant Colonel, former IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus, who's now 0:14:50.720 --> 0:14:54.000 senior Fellow at the Foundation for Devents Democracies and co 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:57.440 founder of bottom Line Media. Jonathan, thank you very much 0:14:57.480 --> 0:15:00.200 for your time. Once again now just to start the 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:04.200 breaking news this evening, Iran's foreign ministers meeting with Russia 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:07.520 as we speak. Do you think there is a chance 0:15:07.800 --> 0:15:11.680 that Russia could support a run against Israel. 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:16.040 Hello, Sherry, thanks for having me on. I think it's 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.360 the first time on your show, but I'm very happy 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:22.160 to be here. Regarding Russia, you know, the interesting statement 0:15:22.240 --> 0:15:26.200 that apparently was released by the Kremlin is that Russia 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:31.000 seeks to support the Iranian people. And that's an interesting statement. 0:15:31.160 --> 0:15:34.960 It could indicate that the Russians are hedging their beds 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:39.080 and they are assessing the situation with regards to the regime. 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:44.960 And if I were an Iranian regime spokesperson, I wouldn't 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.240 be very happy with that statement. I would have wanted 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:53.400 something much stronger from Iran's closest strategic ally, and they're 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:57.600 not getting it. So, you know, there's never any telling 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:01.360 what Putin will do, and decision making in Russia is 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:05.280 always very complex and interesting, so I wouldn't want to assess. 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:08.720 I just you know, observe that there is They have 0:16:08.760 --> 0:16:11.640 a full plate of their own, do the Russians. They 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:14.760 are challenged by the situation, and usually the saying in 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:18.160 military affairs and strategy is that you never throw good 0:16:18.200 --> 0:16:21.680 money after a losing horse, and Iran in this case 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:25.000 they're losing, So it wouldn't make sense for the Russians 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:28.360 to invest resources that they apparently don't have a lot 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:32.280 of after someone who one of their allies that is 0:16:32.320 --> 0:16:35.520 apparently not doing very well on the battlefield. So I'd 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:39.320 say a cautious no, and I'll be watching the space 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:41.920 of you know, the messaging here. Interesting that they chose 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:45.520 to focus on the Iranian people and not Kaminai so 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.440 called supreme leader, and not the Islamic regime. 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.320 No, a very good point there. Now, there's been a 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:56.200 lot of discussion since the strikes yesterday over whether the 0:16:56.440 --> 0:17:02.120 nuclear sites were completely obliterated. With you military background, what's 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:03.640 your assessment of this question. 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:08.639 I mean, my military background says that we have to 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:12.639 be patient in order to get final intel, which is 0:17:12.720 --> 0:17:17.400 based on real, hard evidence that can indicate what exactly 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:21.119 is the extent of the damage that has been inflicted 0:17:21.160 --> 0:17:23.560 at four Dou. I think the other sites are a 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:27.160 little bit easier to assess because most of the infrastructure 0:17:27.200 --> 0:17:29.960 is above ground, and therefore it's easier to understand. For 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:33.120 DOAU is underground and it will take longer time, but 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:38.440 I think we can. You know, Israel reportedly conducted strikes 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.359 air strikes on four Door just a few hours ago 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:46.840 after the American strike, So perhaps there's need for additional targeting. 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.040 I don't yet know the reason why, but I think 0:17:50.200 --> 0:17:54.160 one thing is pretty clear this conflict, this war will 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:58.800 only end once four Doau is totally destroyed, dismantled, and 0:17:59.600 --> 0:18:03.080 this destroyed to such a level that the Uranians won't 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:06.920 be able to salvage centrifuges or any other part of 0:18:06.960 --> 0:18:10.480 their critical infrastructure. So whether it was destroyed now or 0:18:10.520 --> 0:18:13.040 we will need to do a second and a third run, 0:18:13.440 --> 0:18:16.359 I think it's less pertinent. The end will be a 0:18:16.440 --> 0:18:20.160 destruction of FODO and an effective end to Iran's malign 0:18:20.400 --> 0:18:22.120 nuclear weapons intentions. 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.520 There's also the International Atomic Energy Agency. They release the 0:18:26.600 --> 0:18:30.200 statement today saying that Iran has a stockpile of more 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:35.080 than four hundred kilograms of highly enriched uranium, which agency 0:18:35.080 --> 0:18:40.200 inspectors last verified a few days before the military conflict began. 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.240 So Jonathan, again, this is also something that needs to 0:18:44.280 --> 0:18:47.919 be addressed if it hasn't been already. Does Israel know 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:52.040 where this is located and will it be destroyed or removed? 0:18:54.520 --> 0:18:57.120 So I think we can and the viewers at home 0:18:57.160 --> 0:19:01.000 and people around the world, can I think assess that 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:05.120 Israel has pretty good intel when it comes to Iran. 0:19:05.680 --> 0:19:09.800 Israel has been collecting, assessing intel, and preparing itself for 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.200 this moment for quite a few years, and I think, 0:19:13.359 --> 0:19:16.040 you know, I don't think that is what would you 0:19:16.280 --> 0:19:20.680 forget to deal with such an important and critical. 0:19:21.840 --> 0:19:23.719 Piece of asset. 0:19:24.320 --> 0:19:28.280 So my bet is that Israel is not only following, 0:19:28.680 --> 0:19:33.000 but actually knows where that material is and is taking 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:36.359 the necessary steps in order to make sure that they 0:19:36.400 --> 0:19:39.919 are never turned into weapons. Now, of course, dealing with 0:19:40.200 --> 0:19:44.920 radioactive or highly enriched material is a different bargain. Israel 0:19:45.000 --> 0:19:48.040 has to be careful and there are certain safeguards. I 0:19:48.080 --> 0:19:52.160 don't think that Israel wants to create an environmental catastrophe, 0:19:52.200 --> 0:19:54.920 And of course, wherever the Iranians have tried to hide it, 0:19:55.320 --> 0:19:57.960 I'm sure that Israel is on top of that and 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.960 following it. But bottom line, I understand that journalists around 0:20:02.000 --> 0:20:05.840 the world, especially those who wish to minimize President Trump's 0:20:05.880 --> 0:20:09.280 achievement and the Israeli achievement against the Iran's nuclear program 0:20:09.520 --> 0:20:12.239 and to show that, oh well, not everything has been 0:20:12.280 --> 0:20:17.000 taken care of, I would recommend that they be a 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:19.239 bit more cautious and a bit more modest in their 0:20:19.240 --> 0:20:21.200 assessments and judge by action. 0:20:21.400 --> 0:20:22.679 So far, so far, I. 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:28.320 Think Israel has demonstrated complete intel dominance and operational dominance, 0:20:28.359 --> 0:20:31.440 and I think we should assume that Israel is pretty 0:20:31.480 --> 0:20:37.040 well aware of the whereabouts of said enriched uranium. 0:20:37.240 --> 0:20:39.840 Just quickly before you go. In a message this evening 0:20:40.200 --> 0:20:43.000 the Prime Minister Benjaminetti and Yao who said that Israel 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:45.800 is very close to achieving its war goals in Iran, 0:20:46.160 --> 0:20:48.240 and he said the next step is the expansion of 0:20:48.280 --> 0:20:52.639 the Abraham Accords. I mean this clearly is how the 0:20:52.640 --> 0:20:56.600 Prime Minister is hoping to reshape the Middle East. 0:20:57.920 --> 0:20:58.800 Well, it's more. 0:20:58.680 --> 0:21:01.679 How I think he and many Israelis are hoping to 0:21:01.840 --> 0:21:08.639 finally have Israel live without terror organizations that constantly attack us, 0:21:08.680 --> 0:21:11.800 and without the fear of extinction by a weapon of 0:21:11.800 --> 0:21:15.679 mass destruction in the hands of a absolutely crazy and 0:21:15.760 --> 0:21:16.840 fanatical regime. 0:21:17.520 --> 0:21:20.879 And I think that's where we're heading. I hope that 0:21:21.000 --> 0:21:21.560 it will. 0:21:21.400 --> 0:21:25.080 Be prosperous and good and positive for the Iranian people, 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:28.840 for other people in the region, and definitely the Abram Accords. 0:21:29.119 --> 0:21:37.480 That is an excellent vehicle to do exactly that prosperity, peace, normalization, trade, economy, commerce, 0:21:37.560 --> 0:21:41.320 all of those beautiful things that usually benefit people and 0:21:41.400 --> 0:21:44.600 also companies and countries. I hope that will happen, and 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:48.840 I think by defeating Iran, Israel will be doing a 0:21:48.920 --> 0:21:53.399 great service to the region, enhancing the chances of prosperity. 0:21:53.760 --> 0:21:56.320 I hope that the Iranian people will be able. 0:21:56.040 --> 0:22:01.840 To free itself of that horrible, oppressive, coronen malfunctioning regime 0:22:01.880 --> 0:22:04.320 that has been oppressing them for forty six years. 0:22:04.520 --> 0:22:06.919 But that's up to the Iranian people to decide. 0:22:07.760 --> 0:22:11.160 Jonathan Conricas really appreciate your time in the show. Thank 0:22:11.200 --> 0:22:14.879 you very much. That's Jonathan Live in Israel. 0:22:15.200 --> 0:22:15.320 Now. 0:22:15.320 --> 0:22:17.760 It wasn't that long ago that Joe Biden was withholding 0:22:17.880 --> 0:22:21.120 weapons from Israel and demanding a cease fire. And it's 0:22:21.160 --> 0:22:24.520 no wonder that Israelis are extremely grateful to Donald Trump, 0:22:24.600 --> 0:22:27.920 with billboards in Tel Aviv lit up with the words 0:22:28.160 --> 0:22:32.080 thank you, mister President, let's bring you now. Former Prime 0:22:32.080 --> 0:22:35.719 Minister Scott Morrison, Scott, thank you very much for joining us. 0:22:35.760 --> 0:22:38.480 Great to see you. Do you agree this is true 0:22:38.560 --> 0:22:42.439 leadership from President Trump in taking the necessary action to 0:22:42.520 --> 0:22:44.920 eliminate the nuclear threat from Iran. 0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:46.360 Yes, I do. 0:22:47.080 --> 0:22:49.919 This is something that presidents have been seeking to achieve, 0:22:50.680 --> 0:22:56.480 and that is the distruction of around's nuclear capabilities for decades. 0:22:57.160 --> 0:23:00.359 And you know, they've tried diplomacy over and over again. 0:23:00.600 --> 0:23:04.399 The JCPOA, which was as President Trump described it many 0:23:04.480 --> 0:23:06.000 years ago when I was Prime Minister, it was a 0:23:06.000 --> 0:23:08.480 bad deal. It was a bad deal. It wasn't achieving 0:23:09.680 --> 0:23:13.560 that deal. Some years later, October seventh, we saw the 0:23:13.600 --> 0:23:18.639 most vile defilement of a nation in what occurred to 0:23:18.680 --> 0:23:21.440 the Jewish people on that day, the worst day since 0:23:21.480 --> 0:23:25.639 the Holocaust. And you know what we've seen now is 0:23:25.720 --> 0:23:29.480 finally after the fall of Hamasaf, the fall of his Blah. 0:23:30.320 --> 0:23:32.359 And along the way there was the fall of the 0:23:32.480 --> 0:23:37.200 Sad regime, and now the Iranian regime hangs by a thread. 0:23:37.520 --> 0:23:40.880 And you know, I think it's extraordinary what he's been 0:23:40.920 --> 0:23:43.240 able to do. And it wasn't it wasn't an easy 0:23:43.240 --> 0:23:45.359 thing for to do. It wasn't something he rushed to do. 0:23:45.440 --> 0:23:49.040 It's not something it's not his preferred option, but he 0:23:49.119 --> 0:23:50.320 was prepared to take the action. 0:23:50.440 --> 0:23:51.959 And I think he should be commended for it. 0:23:52.480 --> 0:23:56.560 Absolutely. I agree with you, And it's not just the 0:23:56.640 --> 0:23:59.040 Democrats who are saying he should be impeached, but there's 0:23:59.080 --> 0:24:02.080 even critics within Ay his own party who were mounting 0:24:02.119 --> 0:24:05.800 the argument that America shouldn't be involved in a foreign war. 0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:08.840 They say it's not their war. But Scott Morrison, what 0:24:09.040 --> 0:24:13.280 threat does Iran pos to the West, even Australia, not 0:24:13.359 --> 0:24:14.040 just Israel. 0:24:16.240 --> 0:24:18.080 When I was PM, I talked about an ark of 0:24:18.119 --> 0:24:21.639 autocracy that went all the way from Pyeongyang to Tehran 0:24:21.760 --> 0:24:24.600 and took in Beijing and of course took in Moscow. 0:24:24.680 --> 0:24:28.160 And Iran have been an important part of that ark, 0:24:28.800 --> 0:24:32.520 and they have worked together, as we saw in Ukraine. 0:24:32.600 --> 0:24:35.280 I mean the Uranians working together. What was happening in Ukraine. 0:24:35.680 --> 0:24:39.000 We've seen them swapping notes, encouraging each other. You know, 0:24:39.359 --> 0:24:44.360 we've got the Iranian foreign minister who's ducked off to Moscow, 0:24:44.480 --> 0:24:48.760 and we've got the Chinese government which is criticizing the 0:24:48.840 --> 0:24:51.400 United States. You know that they're swapping notes and they're 0:24:51.440 --> 0:24:53.000 working together, and they've been doing it. 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:53.720 For some time. 0:24:54.280 --> 0:24:56.639 And this is a very significant blow to that ark, 0:24:56.840 --> 0:25:00.359 I believe, and I think it. I mean, I mean, 0:25:00.400 --> 0:25:03.640 when you just stop and think about the fact that 0:25:04.040 --> 0:25:11.080 Iran's nuclear capability has been destroyed. I mean that is 0:25:11.160 --> 0:25:14.679 a Middle East game changer, and not just for Israel, 0:25:15.000 --> 0:25:17.639 not just for Israel, but I think it is the 0:25:17.680 --> 0:25:20.600 opportunity to create a stability in the Middle East that'll 0:25:20.600 --> 0:25:24.560 be welcomed by golf countries and to ensure that they 0:25:24.600 --> 0:25:28.200 can return to pursuing peace for their own countries, for commerce, 0:25:28.240 --> 0:25:30.359 for engagement, for all of these sorts of things. I 0:25:30.400 --> 0:25:32.960 think this is potentially a major turning point for the 0:25:33.000 --> 0:25:37.000 Middle East after so many decades of where it's just 0:25:37.080 --> 0:25:39.240 been a woeful tale of despair. 0:25:40.880 --> 0:25:43.439 So well said, I couldn't agree with you more, and 0:25:43.520 --> 0:25:46.439 I wish more of that sentiment was reflected in the 0:25:46.520 --> 0:25:50.800