1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Well, US certainly ran things up over the weekend, didn't it. 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 1: And if you feel like this is an incredibly serious 3 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,479 Speaker 1: situation a situation right now, you're not wrong, because there 4 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 1: are very few examples. If any of the US involving 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: itself in the Middle East or surrounding areas and making 6 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: things better for the most part, it just ends up 7 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:20,000 Speaker 1: backfiring or ending badly. I mean, there are some really 8 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: obvious ways with regards to Iran that this could go badly. 9 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: First of all, of course, if Iran wasn't making a 10 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: nuclear weapon, and I have my doubts about that, but 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: if they really weren't, then this may convince them that 12 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,400 Speaker 1: they really need to get on and make that nuclear weapon, 13 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,240 Speaker 1: because there is only one way to ensure that you 14 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,159 Speaker 1: don't get bombed by the US, and that is to 15 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 1: have a nuclear weapon. This could also incentivize other countries 16 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: like Russia to give them a nuclear weapon, which has 17 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: been a threat from Russia in the last few days. 18 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 1: This could spiral into some sort of instability in the 19 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: country if there's a regime change in Iran that is 20 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: worse than the current one, and that's always possible and 21 00:00:55,720 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: often is the case. This could create instability in other 22 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,080 Speaker 1: parts of the world. The US, US gets involved more 23 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: deeply in Iran ties itself up there. Other countries have 24 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: a look at it. See the US is distracted. I'll 25 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:08,399 Speaker 1: take my chance over here in another part of the world. 26 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 1: All of that is absolutely fair to be worried about. However, 27 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: I would like to caution us all against thinking that 28 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: Iran is some sort of an innocent victim here, which 29 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 1: I think is something that we tend to do in 30 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: this country. We don't like the US meddling. We can 31 00:01:22,200 --> 00:01:24,679 Speaker 1: see from a distance how bad that is. So we 32 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,080 Speaker 1: see the US as an aggressor meddling in another country, 33 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: and then we feel sorry for that country, for the 34 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: US coming and bullying them. Do not feel sorry for Iran. 35 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: Iran a not good guys here. I personally think you'd 36 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: have to be naive to believe that they weren't working 37 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:43,199 Speaker 1: on a nuke. They've got their facilities underground, for God's sake, 38 00:01:43,360 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: what do you think that's for. And they are motivated 39 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:48,960 Speaker 1: to have a nuke, as I said before, to avoid 40 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: exactly this happening with the US bombing them, So they've 41 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 1: got the motivation. Circumstantially, it looks like they were up 42 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:56,800 Speaker 1: to something right and they are by the way. Also 43 00:01:56,880 --> 00:02:00,360 Speaker 1: remember the ones who supported and funded Hamas who arted 44 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: this war with Israel in the first place on October seven, 45 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: twenty twenty three, So they are not good guys at all. Now. 46 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: They probably had this coming. Actually, the only thing that 47 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:10,920 Speaker 1: we can hope for right now is that it ends 48 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: with this, and to be honest, as probably a long shot. 49 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 1: For more from Heather Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 50 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,800 Speaker 1: news Talks it'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 51 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.