1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: Good morning, Koonar country. Okay, my friends, this is now 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,840 Speaker 1: one of the most momentous moments in the war over 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: the next couple of days. As I speak to you. Now, 4 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 1: there are two massive developments now taking place on the 5 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 1: Iran warfront. Number One, Israel has now hit Iran's largest 6 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: gas field. It's called the South Pars gas field. That's 7 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 1: where Iran gets most of its energy both internally to 8 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:45,360 Speaker 1: run its economy, to power generators for fertilizer plants, and 9 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:50,960 Speaker 1: it's also key to selling its oil on the international market. 10 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: By hitting the stars this South Pars massive gas field, 11 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: the Iranians now are going absolutely berserk, and they are 12 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: now launching drone strike after drone strike, missile attack after 13 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: missile attack. They are now hitting Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, 14 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:22,160 Speaker 1: the Qatar Bahrain, and what they're hitting are their oil facilities, 15 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:27,880 Speaker 1: their gas fields, their refineries. And so what you now 16 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 1: have is an energy war on top of an actual 17 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 1: military war in which there are now tit for tat 18 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: attacks trying to destroy the oil infrastructure not just of Iran, 19 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: but of our key Persian Gulf allies like Saudi Arabia, 20 00:01:49,920 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: like the United Arab Emirates like Qatar. Now it's creating 21 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: a massive headache and a problem for Trump, for the 22 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 1: United States, and for the world economy. Our golf allies, 23 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: in particular, the Saudis, the Kuwaitis, the Kataris, and the 24 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 1: United Arab Emirates. They are, to say furious and angry 25 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 1: and livid with us is an understatement. They urged the 26 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 1: administration three weeks ago when the war started. They said, 27 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: whatever you do, do not hit Iran's oil infrastructure. If 28 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: you target their refineries, their facilities, their gas fields. They 29 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:41,399 Speaker 1: have told us they're going to level hours. And as 30 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: you know these Persian Gulf nations, oil is their lifeblood, 31 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: for their livelihood, for their economy, for their people. And 32 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: on top of all of this, it is now tearing 33 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:59,560 Speaker 1: away at our relationships with those pivotal Sunni countries and 34 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: soon powers in the Persian Gulf. So their leaders are 35 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: livid for allowing this to take place. They're angry at us, 36 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: They're angry at the Saudist sorry, they're angry at the Israelis, 37 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: and they're also obviously furious with the Iranians. So the 38 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: Persian Gulf now is starting to see it's vital oil 39 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: hubs being decimated. Now what does this mean. It means 40 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,440 Speaker 1: that as their oil is taken off the market, there's 41 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: going to be a shortage, and there already is a 42 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 1: shortage of supply. Price of oil is surging again. It 43 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: is now at one hundred and ten dollars a barrel. 44 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,280 Speaker 1: This is going to start to damage the world economy. 45 00:03:50,320 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: It's already happening. It is going to lead to even 46 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: higher gas prices, oil prices already happening, and it may 47 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 1: even now start to trigger a potential global recession. If 48 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 1: this thing goes up another thirty forty bucks a barrel, 49 00:04:07,120 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: if we're looking at one hundred and fifty dollars a barrel, 50 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 1: the global economy will grind to a halt. You will 51 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:18,520 Speaker 1: see a global recession, and this may boomerang here have 52 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: ripple effects here in the United States. In other words, 53 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:27,320 Speaker 1: this could lead to a massive increase in inflation five 54 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,200 Speaker 1: dollars a gallon at the pump, maybe even six bucks 55 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:35,039 Speaker 1: a gallon, and this could badly hurt the economy going 56 00:04:35,080 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: into the midterms. And Trump is very much aware of this. 57 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:44,120 Speaker 1: So as you see now this war entering a new 58 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: savage energy stage, where now they're destroying not just military targets, 59 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:56,000 Speaker 1: but now literally the oil infrastructure that Iran and its 60 00:04:56,040 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: population rely on, and that these other Gulf nations that 61 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:04,919 Speaker 1: neighbor Iran are allies who, by the way, are paying 62 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:07,760 Speaker 1: us a lot of money to protect them. And they're 63 00:05:07,839 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: angry saying, where's the protection. You started this war and 64 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:17,000 Speaker 1: we're becoming in some ways the collateral damage. These are 65 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 1: countries that have pledged trillions of dollars in investment into 66 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: the United States, and now they're openly telling Trump through 67 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,360 Speaker 1: diplomatic back channels, we may pull out all of our investments. 68 00:05:30,680 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: We have no influence. You're not listening to us, We're 69 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:38,000 Speaker 1: not having any negotiations with you, we have no pull 70 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 1: with you whatsoever. So Trump now diplomatically has to find 71 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 1: a way to a protect, militarily protect these Gulf states 72 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: and diplomatically heal this rift. He's got another problem now. 73 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: The Strait of Hormuz has now been closed. The Iranians 74 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: have effectively now closed it down. They have laid sea 75 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: mine after sea mine. They are launching these small boat 76 00:06:05,880 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: attacks that are harassing these convoys and tankers. Drones are 77 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,799 Speaker 1: now attacking the ships as well, and they have deep 78 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: underground missiles that are getting through and really just ravaging 79 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: shipping all across the Strait of Hormuz. So now that 80 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: is completely bottled up. Twenty percent of the world's oil 81 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:36,160 Speaker 1: and liquefied natural gas is no longer getting out. That 82 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:39,040 Speaker 1: means the price of oil, on top of everything else, 83 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: is shooting up. And so Trump now has to unblock 84 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:49,120 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuse. The Mullahs are not willing to 85 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,839 Speaker 1: unblock it. In fact, they're hardening their defenses. They say 86 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: they will never unblock the Strait of Hormuse until we 87 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:02,040 Speaker 1: end the military campaign, and then the Mullas will declare victory, 88 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:07,440 Speaker 1: essentially saying they control the Strait of Hormouse. They control 89 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: this key waterway. They now have a veto and control 90 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: over much of the world's oil and natural gas flow. 91 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:20,720 Speaker 1: So President Trump now is going to his generals and 92 00:07:20,760 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 1: his commanders and he's saying, give me options. I need options. 93 00:07:26,760 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: How do we unblock the Strait of Hormoose And this 94 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: is now the option that they are increasingly now saying 95 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: could be the best option of all the other options. 96 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: Send in boots on the ground now, in particular here 97 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:48,600 Speaker 1: is exactly what Trump and his military leadership are now 98 00:07:48,640 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: contemplating and almost on the verge of signing off on. 99 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: They haven't quite given it the green light, but it's 100 00:07:55,120 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: very close. As I speak to you now, the thirty 101 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: first Marine Expeditionary Force is on its way the USS 102 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 1: Tripoli from Japan, making its way to the Persian Gulf. 103 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 1: They should arrive there about middle of next week. Trump 104 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:26,720 Speaker 1: now is seriously weighing sending in the Marines to take 105 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:31,440 Speaker 1: over a series of strategic islands in the Strait of 106 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:38,199 Speaker 1: Hormuz that Iran controls, and the big one is Carg Island. 107 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: Remember I talked about them on Monday. This is the key, 108 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: the crown jewel of Iran's oil infrastructure. Ninety percent, ninety 109 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: percent of Iran's oil goes through Carg Island. It's their 110 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 1: big oil export hub. It's where everything is refined, cested 111 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: and then export it out to the world. You control 112 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:09,040 Speaker 1: Carg Island and you literally have your boot on the 113 00:09:09,080 --> 00:09:13,160 Speaker 1: neck of the mare of the Iranian economy. It is 114 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:19,240 Speaker 1: their economic jugular vein. Trump wants to send about two thousand, 115 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:24,679 Speaker 1: two hundred of these troops. This Marine Expeditionary Force and 116 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 1: deploy them onto Carg Island, either through an amphibious landing 117 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:35,040 Speaker 1: from a sea to shore or to drop them in 118 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: from the air using F thirty five b's and helicopters, 119 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: so that they take control of the entire island. And 120 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: then Trump can go to the mullets and say, I've 121 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 1: got the mother of all bargaining chips on block the 122 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:57,320 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz, or We're gonna blow up Carg Island 123 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: and all of its oil pipelines and all of its 124 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: oil refinery and processing, which would bring the Iranian economy 125 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: completely to its knees. But there's a catch. If you 126 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 1: bring Iran's economy to its knees and you blow up 127 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:24,719 Speaker 1: the oil infrastructure, the refineries, the pipelines on Carg Island, 128 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 1: it will also make oil prices sore because now no 129 00:10:31,280 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: Iranian oil is going out to the world market, and 130 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 1: that can cause even more damage to the world economy 131 00:10:38,840 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: and make gas prices surge even more. And it will 132 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 1: also put ground troops now in play. Okay, let me 133 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:52,720 Speaker 1: ask all of you, is it time for us to 134 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:59,160 Speaker 1: put boots on the ground in Iran. President Trump now 135 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: has an ex Peditionary Marine Force they're on their way 136 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: from Japan on the USS Tripoli. He and his team 137 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:11,280 Speaker 1: are now putting together and in an operation, a military 138 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 1: operation in which they would insert these forces, about twenty 139 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:20,839 Speaker 1: two hundred of them troops, to take over several key 140 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: strategic islands currently controlled obviously by Iran in the Strait 141 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: of Hormuz. And they believe that by getting our troops 142 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: in there and taking over these islands, it will give 143 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: us tremendous more leverage to unblock the Strait of Hormuz. 144 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 1: And in particular, they want to take the key island 145 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: of Karg Kharg is how it's spelled as I said, 146 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: it's the crown jewel of Iran's oil infrastructure. Ninety almost 147 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: over ninety percent, just over ninety percent of all of 148 00:11:55,880 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: the oil that is refined, processed, exported out of Iran 149 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:04,440 Speaker 1: through its pipelines and refineries that they have on the 150 00:12:04,440 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: island is at Carg. So they took out all the 151 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: military targets a few days ago Israel and the United States. 152 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:16,240 Speaker 1: It's pretty much defenseless. I don't think there's a fear 153 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: of the amphibious invasion. It's what comes afterwards. But anyway, 154 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: the plan is to send in the troops, have them 155 00:12:24,559 --> 00:12:28,440 Speaker 1: occupied carg and several of these other islands, and then 156 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: they can use them as a very strong bargaining chip 157 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:36,920 Speaker 1: leverage to try to force the Mullahs to end their 158 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: harassment of convoys and oil tankers and to unblock the 159 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:48,080 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuse. Furthermore, along these islands is where the 160 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: Mullahs have stored some of their boats, these small boats 161 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,720 Speaker 1: that are harassing a lot of these ships and tankers, 162 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:02,559 Speaker 1: as well as they have others their weapons and ballistic 163 00:13:02,640 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: missiles that they have stored away as well. So this 164 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,800 Speaker 1: would be a blow to the regime on multiple levels. 165 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: But what this would do is to economically cripple Iran. 166 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:17,559 Speaker 1: That's the goal, to basically bring the country economically to 167 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: its knees, because if they can't sell oil on the 168 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: world market, there's no money. If there's no money, the 169 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:30,320 Speaker 1: economy will collapse. So do you support President Trump sending 170 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 1: in two thousand, two hundred ground forces? These are, you know, 171 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:38,960 Speaker 1: an expeditionary unit. It would be the first use of 172 00:13:39,040 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: ground forces in the war. Or like me, do you 173 00:13:43,920 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: fear a they could be potentially ambushed. I know they'll 174 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: have a tremendous amount of naval power protecting them, air 175 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: power protecting them. But still they're now on the ground. 176 00:13:57,720 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: The IRGC will the Revolutionary Guard Corps will be gunning 177 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: for them. There's about two hundred thousand members of the IRGC, 178 00:14:08,160 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 1: so it's a fairly you know, large fighting force. They 179 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: will target our troops. They will go after our troops. 180 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: They will lob missiles and bombs and obviously drone strikes 181 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:23,240 Speaker 1: against our troops. So we could start seeing boys coming 182 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 1: home in body bags. Thirteen are already dead, but thish 183 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: could potentially escalate now the death count. And politically, do 184 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:38,160 Speaker 1: the American people have the appetite now for even a 185 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 1: limited ground insertion and a limited ground war in Iran? 186 00:14:44,560 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 1: So I want to ask you, Kooner Country, because to me, 187 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:51,160 Speaker 1: you are the core of MAGA, you are the core 188 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 1: of America. First, do you support sending in these two thousand, 189 00:14:57,120 --> 00:15:01,160 Speaker 1: two hundred troops to try to break stalemate over the 190 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz? Furthermore, second question, because it's all intertwined 191 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 1: now with this massive attack on the Iranian gas field 192 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:16,520 Speaker 1: and then the retaliation, the savage retaliation, especially Katar has 193 00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: taken a beating. Some of their big export hubs of 194 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: liquefied natural gas have been destroyed, so much of the 195 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:31,200 Speaker 1: Saudi Arabia is being hit Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, some 196 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:36,120 Speaker 1: of their oil facilities refineries have been badly damaged. So 197 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: you're now seeing less and less oil, less and less 198 00:15:40,160 --> 00:15:44,520 Speaker 1: ability to produce oil and natural gas, to export oil 199 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: and natural gas, which means you're going to see even 200 00:15:47,840 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: higher oil prices. So the Mola strategy is obvious. Take 201 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:58,480 Speaker 1: a beating, take the punishment, take the pounding, absorb blow 202 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: after blow after blow, blow, but slowly but surely degrade 203 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: the ability of the neighbors of Iran, these Persian Gulf 204 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: countries that produce so much of the world's oil, from 205 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: being able to produce oil and export their oil, driving 206 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,480 Speaker 1: up oil to one hundred and fifty two hundred dollars 207 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: a barrel and triggering a world recession and including a 208 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: recession here in the United States at a minimum, much 209 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:35,920 Speaker 1: higher oil gas prices, much higher inflation. Are you willing 210 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 1: to endure higher prices at the pump, higher energy costs, 211 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 1: and overall higher inflation in order to finish the war 212 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: with Iran? Or is it time for President Trump to 213 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: end the war, declare victory, and come home. Six one 214 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:05,719 Speaker 1: seven sixty eight sixty eight is the number the United 215 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 1: States is now on the verge of sending in boots 216 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: on the ground. Are we now seeing the beginning of 217 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 1: a protracted cragmire or is this the last phase of 218 00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: the war to deliver the knockout blow. Okay, I want 219 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 1: to read to you two text messages, one pro one con. 220 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: And then I want to ask you this may be 221 00:17:32,560 --> 00:17:36,320 Speaker 1: the defining question of Trump's presidency. I mean, we shall see. 222 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 1: No final decision has been made. However, again, I'm just 223 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: going by information that was being reported last night. Wall 224 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 1: Street Journal, the Hill Newspaper, the Washington Times, the Fox News. 225 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: I can go on and on the Financial Times, the 226 00:17:55,920 --> 00:18:01,119 Speaker 1: Times of London, all these people plugged into the White House. Obviously, 227 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 1: the big story, at least on the surface, is now 228 00:18:06,200 --> 00:18:11,640 Speaker 1: this massive energy war that is breaking out between Iran 229 00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:16,960 Speaker 1: and its golf neighbors, this facilities. It just broke right now. 230 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: Iran just launched a massive drone strike on Kuwait, hitting 231 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 1: their oil refineries. Luckily nobody was killed, but they are 232 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:31,440 Speaker 1: now degrading Kuwait's oil ability to refine oil and export oil. 233 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:35,959 Speaker 1: And the Kuwaitis are livid, livid, they're almost schizophrenic. On 234 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:39,080 Speaker 1: the one hand, they're asking for Trump and Israel to 235 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:43,679 Speaker 1: stop hitting the oil infrastructure of Iran, and on the 236 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:46,680 Speaker 1: other hand they're saying topple the mullets because what they're 237 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:50,600 Speaker 1: doing to us is unforgivable. But what's happening now is 238 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:55,080 Speaker 1: as Iran's as their gas field was hit in a 239 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:59,639 Speaker 1: massive attack yesterday, hurting their ability now to produce an 240 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: export oil. And now these golf nations, Saudi Arabia Ha 241 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 1: was just hit hard yesterday. Their ability now to get 242 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:10,639 Speaker 1: oil out crude has now gone to one fifteen. It 243 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: was one ten. It's already up five dollars. It's going 244 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: up and up and up one point fifteen. I'm just 245 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,680 Speaker 1: going by the financial papers what I'm reading. They're saying, 246 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: be careful, this could go to one thirty one forty 247 00:19:23,080 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: one fifty a barrel. And if it goes to one 248 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:30,360 Speaker 1: fifty a barrel, you will have a global recession and 249 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: it will have a massive impact on inflation, not just 250 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:37,320 Speaker 1: around the world but here in the United States. And 251 00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: I don't want to turn this into the finance hour, 252 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:44,080 Speaker 1: But in the Europe, across the European Union, just that 253 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: one attack by Israel on the big gas field in 254 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:53,239 Speaker 1: Iran sent gas prices up across Europe six percent in 255 00:19:53,320 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: one hour, because they fear and their traders are factoring 256 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,680 Speaker 1: in that there's now going to be more and more 257 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: of a short, shorter supply, that there's just not going 258 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 1: to be enough supply to meet the global demand, which 259 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: means prices are going to keep going up and up 260 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: and up. So Trump, on the one hand, is not 261 00:20:16,800 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: happy with Israel having escalated the war by hitting that 262 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,200 Speaker 1: gas field. He's obviously incensed at the Mullas for targeting 263 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: the Persian Gulf countries who are at least in theory 264 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 1: are allies. And the Strait of Hormoose remains blocked, which 265 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 1: is preventing a lot of the flow of oil from 266 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: going through there and liquefied natural gas. And his political 267 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 1: advisors are saying, you're going to get killed in the 268 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 1: midterms if this continues. So he wants now to break 269 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,199 Speaker 1: the log jam. And to break the log jam, his 270 00:20:51,320 --> 00:20:56,640 Speaker 1: commanders have said, let's seize carg Island, maybe other islands, 271 00:20:56,640 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 1: but definitely Carg In the Strait of hormoose in that 272 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: whole area and then control Iran's ninety percent of their 273 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 1: oil processing, refining, and ability to export oil. So basically, 274 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,120 Speaker 1: you have the Iranian oil economy in your hands by 275 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 1: the throat, and then tell the Mullahs if you want, 276 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 1: we can just squeeze and squeeze and squeeze. So either 277 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:26,160 Speaker 1: you unblock the Strait of Hormuz or we will literally 278 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 1: cripple you. And by doing that, he wants to send 279 00:21:31,640 --> 00:21:35,240 Speaker 1: in twenty two hundred US troops to take over carg 280 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: and some other islands as well, and he believes this 281 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: will finally break the back of the Mullus. It's very 282 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,919 Speaker 1: high risk. He knows it's high risk. His commanders have 283 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: told him it's high risk because then our troops will 284 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:55,880 Speaker 1: be exposed and the RIRGC is just itching to start 285 00:21:55,920 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 1: going after our troops. So I've got two conview, counterpoint 286 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 1: and countervailing points on this issue, and I want to 287 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 1: go to the phones right after that. Six seven two 288 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: six six sixty eight sixty eight. Okay, this is from 289 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 1: seven to eight to one. Jeff Trump is right. He 290 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 1: needs to now go for the kill. Send in two 291 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: thousand two hundred of those troops take over Carg Island 292 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 1: the other islands. This will force the Ayatolas to the 293 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,520 Speaker 1: table and they will have no choice but to give 294 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:37,080 Speaker 1: up their blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Jeff. And 295 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: if they give up the blockade, it's over. We win, 296 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:46,720 Speaker 1: they lose. Interesting. Interesting this is from six to oh 297 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: three up in New Hampshire, Jeff. Here is my issue 298 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: with taking Carg Island other than the fact that it 299 00:22:55,320 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: ultimately puts boots on the ground. Once are forces ease 300 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:06,159 Speaker 1: that island, there's nothing preventing the Iranians from bombarding the 301 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:10,600 Speaker 1: island with missiles. The island is well within reach of 302 00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:14,719 Speaker 1: their weaponry, meaning the IRGC. And if the regime feels 303 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,960 Speaker 1: they have nothing to lose, I don't think they'll hesitate 304 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 1: to just destroy it along with our troops who would 305 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: be occupying it. I gotta be honest. I hear the 306 00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 1: argument of seven eight one. I'm not saying it's a 307 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,240 Speaker 1: weak argument, it's a strong argument. I gotta go with 308 00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: six oh three on this one. I don't want boots 309 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: on the ground for precisely that reason, because I believe 310 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: they could be potentially sitting ducks and you're dealing with fanatics, 311 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,880 Speaker 1: you're dealing with suicide bombers, You're dealing with these irrational, 312 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,440 Speaker 1: crazed mullahs. God knows what they would do. They could 313 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 1: go for the Sampson option and just destroy Cark and 314 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:02,240 Speaker 1: destroy their economy, but in the process kill how many 315 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 1: of our troops? And then there's the escalation issue. Then 316 00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:10,480 Speaker 1: if our troops get let's just say ambushed or hit 317 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: hard because the Molas go all in and attack carg Island, 318 00:24:15,720 --> 00:24:18,480 Speaker 1: then there's going to be inevitable pressure to send in 319 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 1: more troops. And this is what I mean. Then you 320 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 1: have almost like a Vietnamization of the war. In other words, 321 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:30,520 Speaker 1: then it's two thousand, then you got to send in 322 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: five thousand, Then you got to send in ten thousand, 323 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,640 Speaker 1: then you got to send in twenty thousand, and this 324 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:40,120 Speaker 1: thing becomes an open ended, protracted quagmire. And yes, we're 325 00:24:40,160 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: winning politically, I mean militarily, we're winning. We're winning everything, 326 00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: but it's not translating to political gains. Remember, politically, Trump 327 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:57,200 Speaker 1: wants the Mulas to say uncle, and so far they're 328 00:24:57,200 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: not willing to say uncle. And point Taul Sae Gabbard yesterday, 329 00:25:02,600 --> 00:25:07,520 Speaker 1: and John Radcliffe, the CIA Director, gave their intelligence assessment 330 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 1: and they said what the Israeli intelligence has been telling us. 331 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: BB has openly said it. The Iranian Mullahs have been degraded, 332 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:23,840 Speaker 1: no question, but the regime is still intact, meaning it's 333 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 1: not going to collapse any time in the near future. 334 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: We wish it did, but so far it looks like 335 00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,719 Speaker 1: they're going to hang on and the regime is still 336 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:42,840 Speaker 1: firmly in control. Battered, bruised, wounded, degraded in some ways, 337 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:51,320 Speaker 1: beaten militarily, no question, but there's no uprising. So this 338 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,719 Speaker 1: thing could go on and on and on while Trump 339 00:25:55,840 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 1: is looking to deliver the final blow. Okay, two six 340 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:06,400 Speaker 1: six sixty eight sixty eight lines are loaded. I want 341 00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 1: to go to all the calls. I want to take 342 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,640 Speaker 1: as many calls today as possible. Okay, let me ask 343 00:26:12,720 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: all of you. It is the Kooner Country Pole Question 344 00:26:16,800 --> 00:26:24,000 Speaker 1: of the Day sponsored by Marios Marios Quality Roofing, siding 345 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:29,760 Speaker 1: and windows. Is it time for boots on the ground 346 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: in Iran? President Trump now wants to send a marine 347 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:42,359 Speaker 1: expeditionary Force, the thirty first Expeditionary Marine Expeditionary Unit, to 348 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 1: be precise. They are racing now, literally racing from Japan 349 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 1: towards the Persian Gulf on the USS Tripoli, and it 350 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:55,359 Speaker 1: looks very likely, very very likely that they will be 351 00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: deployed somewhere in one of these islands or multiple islands 352 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: in the Strait of Hormos, to take over those islands, 353 00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:09,360 Speaker 1: especially the oil infrastructure on carg Island, and to really 354 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: now hold a proverbial gun economic gun to the head 355 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:19,480 Speaker 1: of the mullas. Do you support deploying troops in Iran? 356 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:26,159 Speaker 1: A yes, B no. You know my position. I'm a no, 357 00:27:26,359 --> 00:27:28,679 Speaker 1: but that's me. I want to hear from you. You 358 00:27:28,720 --> 00:27:32,760 Speaker 1: can vote on our web page WRKO dot com slash 359 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: cooner wrko dot com slash coooner. You can also vote 360 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 1: via x very active on x my handle all one 361 00:27:42,240 --> 00:27:47,159 Speaker 1: word at the Kuner Report at the Kuner Report k 362 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 1: U h n E R. Paul in Rhode Island. You're 363 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 1: gonna kick us off, Paul, thanks for holding and welcome. 364 00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:00,920 Speaker 2: Hey, Jeff, good morning's taken my call, my pleasure. Paul. 365 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,080 Speaker 2: So I'm the first time calling to your show. I 366 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,120 Speaker 2: listened to you just about daily and I appreciate all 367 00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:08,000 Speaker 2: the takes. 368 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: But welcome. Go ahead, you with welcome. 369 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,439 Speaker 2: With me on this issue with President Trump, I have 370 00:28:13,560 --> 00:28:16,919 Speaker 2: to go with no. I'm not in support of further 371 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:22,000 Speaker 2: escalation of this of the war. And there may be 372 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: other geopolitical factors around it, but my red line, Jeff, 373 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 2: is President Trump promised me a great economy and and 374 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:37,159 Speaker 2: made very bold statements on how the economy was going 375 00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 2: to be a new golden age, and if he doesn't 376 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: deliver that, I'm going to be pretty disappointed with his 377 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 2: overall presidency. 378 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,400 Speaker 1: Paul, if I can just ask you a personal question, 379 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:53,240 Speaker 1: and if it's too you know, too private or too personal, 380 00:28:53,280 --> 00:28:57,600 Speaker 1: please tell me. I won't be offended. Are you against 381 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 1: the war in principle or are you just against US 382 00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 1: troops on the ground. In other words, do you support 383 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:09,960 Speaker 1: the bombing, the navel the missile strikes but you're saying 384 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: your redline for you is sending in US forces or 385 00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 1: were you against the operation in Operation Epic Fury from 386 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 1: the beginning. I'm just curious, and if it's too personal, 387 00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 1: please tell me. Cohed Paul, Well. 388 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:31,280 Speaker 2: It's not personal. I guess I was neither for nor against. 389 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 2: I really haven't heard a great reason why we why 390 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 2: we started the invasion and the bombing in the first place. 391 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 2: But I trust the president. I trust he has our 392 00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 2: country my best interest in mind. So I was good 393 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 2: with it, assuming he had a bigger plan in place. 394 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,719 Speaker 2: What I don't like is boots on the ground. And 395 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,320 Speaker 2: what I you don't like this further escalation. And I 396 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 2: still don't have a clear defined reason what's the best 397 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,240 Speaker 2: interest of the United States was in the first place. 398 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 2: So you know, I don't believe a further escalation is wise. 399 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:24,000 Speaker 2: I'm not sure. I'm not comfortable. The president is getting 400 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:28,320 Speaker 2: great advice and he may be going over his head. 401 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:34,320 Speaker 1: Interesting. Interesting, Paul, Please don't be a stranger. Call again. 402 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,520 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for that call, Paul, very thoughtful call. 403 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:41,440 Speaker 1: All right, Paul is against ground troops. Okay, let's go 404 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: to Ed in Marblehead. Thanks for holding Ed and welcome. 405 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 3: Jeff. 406 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:54,800 Speaker 4: I think you nailed it when you labeled this latest 407 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,160 Speaker 4: escalation as the Vietnamization of the war. And I ran 408 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,160 Speaker 4: I came of age in the sixties and that's all 409 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 4: I remember from the sixties was Vietnam. And to quote 410 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 4: you from earlier in the show, I think it's time 411 00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 4: for Trump to and the more declare victory and come 412 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:18,520 Speaker 4: home to get about the midterms. They're already that's already 413 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:19,320 Speaker 4: going to be a disaster. 414 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 1: Ed Ed, let me ask you this, and just to 415 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,680 Speaker 1: play devil's advocate. And this is why Trump is going 416 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 1: in this direction, he said, And this is what he 417 00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: would say to you. Okay, no, Ed, I hear you. 418 00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: Listen as he said, I hate war, he goes, I 419 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,800 Speaker 1: really didn't want to do this, but I felt that 420 00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: the threat of the Mullahs that they posed to potentially 421 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 1: get a nuclear bomb was too great and I couldn't 422 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 1: allow it to happen. And so finally, I want to 423 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: deal with this problem that other presidents have refused to 424 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: deal with for the last forty seven years. And then 425 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,560 Speaker 1: he'll say this to you. I know exactly what he 426 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: would say. I wouldn't say what his style and his 427 00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: personality and his charisma, but essentially here's what he would say. 428 00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 1: If I leave now. They have blocked the Strait of Hormuse. 429 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 1: That means that they control the flow of oil through 430 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:14,040 Speaker 1: the most vital shipping lane in the world. They control 431 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:18,720 Speaker 1: the oil essentially by controlling the oil flow, the Saudis 432 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:23,080 Speaker 1: are at their mercy. The qataris, the kuwaitis, the United 433 00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,600 Speaker 1: Arab Emirates. Basically, they will come out of this in 434 00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:31,520 Speaker 1: some way, believe it or not, victorious. I cannot allow 435 00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:37,920 Speaker 1: them to control the Strait of Hormuse, especially after we 436 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,400 Speaker 1: have bombed their military to the Stone Age. So I 437 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,520 Speaker 1: would have given us military success after military success, almost 438 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:52,400 Speaker 1: spectacular military success, but politically were weaker, and geopolitically in 439 00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:56,680 Speaker 1: some ways were weaker because they didn't really control the 440 00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuse before, but now they have a choke 441 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:05,400 Speaker 1: hold over it. So I've got to get them out 442 00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 1: of the Strait of four moves. I've got to unblock it, 443 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,240 Speaker 1: and my generals are telling me it may have to 444 00:33:12,240 --> 00:33:14,880 Speaker 1: come down to boots on the ground. What say you 445 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,200 Speaker 1: add to that argument? 446 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,040 Speaker 4: Point of full disclosure, I voted for Trump in twenty 447 00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 4: twenty and twenty twenty four, but I did not vote 448 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 4: for this. And this is He's breaking all his biggest 449 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:35,160 Speaker 4: promise to me, which was no more regime change wars. 450 00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,719 Speaker 4: This is this is going to go down as a 451 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 4: colossal blunder. And I mean, the midterm elections are already over, 452 00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:47,240 Speaker 4: forget about it. I'm trying to avoid World War III 453 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,440 Speaker 4: at this point, and as far as the Straits of 454 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:55,480 Speaker 4: Horn moves go, that's that is that is going to 455 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:58,360 Speaker 4: be a total mess if he tries to undo all that. 456 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,640 Speaker 4: The only ones who can non do that, I think 457 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:05,400 Speaker 4: at this point is probably Iran, and they have motivation 458 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,839 Speaker 4: to undo it because they want to sell oil, and 459 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 4: they'll get support from all the other the Arab emirates 460 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,759 Speaker 4: in Saudi Arabia to undo it also because they want 461 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 4: to sell oil and they've got to find a way 462 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 4: to make peace out of this. This this war was unnecessary. 463 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:29,000 Speaker 4: Ed Trump did this and he's go ahead. Now he's 464 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:29,839 Speaker 4: got to undo it. 465 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:34,960 Speaker 1: Interesting. Wow, interesting, Okay, Ed, thank you very very much 466 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,560 Speaker 1: for that call. And look, I mean there is a 467 00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 1: player looming, big player, which is China. And obviously Iran 468 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 1: is a big proxy of China. But China fifty percent 469 00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,840 Speaker 1: of its oil literally comes through the Strait of Hormouse. 470 00:34:49,080 --> 00:34:51,480 Speaker 1: I mean, we're not feeling it, thank the Lord, so far. 471 00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:53,520 Speaker 1: And you know, look in the seventies, those long lines 472 00:34:53,520 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: at gas stations. You got to see the pictures and 473 00:34:56,200 --> 00:34:59,960 Speaker 1: images and I'm not just talking Beijing Shanghai. You know, 474 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 1: they're big cities and financial powerhouses across even in the 475 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:09,240 Speaker 1: rural countryside, you know, the more rural areas, gas lines 476 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 1: going back a mile because they're not able to you know, 477 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: there's a shortage of gas because the Strait of horn 478 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,960 Speaker 1: Moose is blocked. So now China is going to Russia. 479 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,440 Speaker 1: I know they were buying Russian oil more before, but 480 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,800 Speaker 1: now they're buying even more Russian oil. So ironically, believe 481 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 1: it or not, the big winner out of all this 482 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: is Putin because now gas is at one hundred and 483 00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:35,840 Speaker 1: fifteen bucks of barrel, where it was like, what was it, 484 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:38,399 Speaker 1: you know, fifty sixty bucks of barrel just a month ago. 485 00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:43,720 Speaker 1: So now he's flushed with cash and revenue to fund 486 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: his war machine and the war in Ukraine. And we're 487 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: depleting our stockpiles. I'm saying, look, you got to fight 488 00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,400 Speaker 1: to win the war. I get it, but I'm just 489 00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,360 Speaker 1: saying the consequence is are stockpiles that we were giving 490 00:35:56,360 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 1: to Ukraine, especially you know those air interceptions, which is 491 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,440 Speaker 1: what's knocking out you know, preventing Putin from winning that 492 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,480 Speaker 1: war decisively because we keep knocking out their miss or 493 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,040 Speaker 1: the Ukrainians with our technology keep knocking out their missiles. 494 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:14,279 Speaker 1: They keep knocking out their drones. Well now, and this 495 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:18,319 Speaker 1: is why Zelenski's furious, because he's like, there's nothing left 496 00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:22,840 Speaker 1: for us. So we don't have the military stockpiles that 497 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: you guys were selling us because you need it now 498 00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 1: for yourself. So we're weakened on the battlefield. And the 499 00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 1: Russians now are swimming in oil money so they can 500 00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,719 Speaker 1: fund their war machine. That's why Putin is smiling ear 501 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:43,279 Speaker 1: to ear. Now China may ultimately go to Iran. And 502 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,439 Speaker 1: I think this, I'm hoping this is how it plays out. 503 00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:50,280 Speaker 1: That Trump gives g a call and he says, listen, gee, 504 00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:55,560 Speaker 1: let's make a deal. I'll declare victory. You call up 505 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 1: your boys in Tehran and you tell them clear the 506 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 1: strait of Horme Moose. Okay, so you guys will get 507 00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 1: your oil coming to you. You don't have these long 508 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: lines and these astronomical prices because your consumers are just 509 00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:11,480 Speaker 1: as mad as my consumers. Hey, your people are just 510 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,480 Speaker 1: as mad as my people. And I declare victory now. 511 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: The price is the Mullas will stay intact. They'll hang 512 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 1: on now. They won't be what they were before, No question, 513 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 1: their nuclear program, their ballistic missile program will be set 514 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: back for ten years, I mean a generation, but they 515 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:37,040 Speaker 1: stay in power. Is that the end game we're looking at? 516 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:41,840 Speaker 1: I'm just curious. John in Quinsy, Thanks for holding John 517 00:37:42,360 --> 00:37:42,960 Speaker 1: and welcome. 518 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:47,759 Speaker 3: Yeah, thanks for having me. Okay, I wanted to my 519 00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:49,799 Speaker 3: short answer. Let me give you my short answer, which 520 00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,279 Speaker 3: is no boats on the clown that would be. But 521 00:37:52,320 --> 00:37:55,680 Speaker 3: it's coming from how immediately triggered a life lesson that 522 00:37:55,719 --> 00:37:59,239 Speaker 3: I've been learning for a while, and that is not 523 00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:06,040 Speaker 3: to old or react to the temptation to to react 524 00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:10,480 Speaker 3: to something that's bad, that's already happened, and the specter 525 00:38:11,160 --> 00:38:16,440 Speaker 3: something bad happens. Uh. And I know the specter of 526 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,399 Speaker 3: what that could pretend is real, and I'm saying it's 527 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:23,279 Speaker 3: not real in that case is but there's a temptation 528 00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 3: to react to it, and the temptation to react out 529 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,759 Speaker 3: of just you know, and I need to react, to 530 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:37,640 Speaker 3: react a panic or fear. Maybe don't don't give into 531 00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:42,400 Speaker 3: the temptation just to react just out of alarm. Don't like, 532 00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:43,040 Speaker 3: don't do that. 533 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:45,479 Speaker 1: I agree. I agree Now John, if you don't mind, 534 00:38:45,520 --> 00:38:49,240 Speaker 1: and again, if I'm getting too personal, please tell me specifically, 535 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:52,520 Speaker 1: what are you worried about where what do you see? 536 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:55,839 Speaker 1: Where do you see the overreaction, Where do you see 537 00:38:55,880 --> 00:39:01,360 Speaker 1: the maybe unnecessary panic or alarm? 538 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,160 Speaker 3: Your mind is one fine day, they're gonna they're gonna 539 00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,560 Speaker 3: if our boots are on Carrig Island, they're gonna stage it. 540 00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:10,839 Speaker 3: There's going to be a massive terrorist attack on it, 541 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:14,279 Speaker 3: and that's gonna it's gonna lead to even more. But 542 00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,640 Speaker 3: we got we got to look at the reason is Oh. 543 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 1: Okay, I see what you're saying. Yeah, so just John, 544 00:39:19,800 --> 00:39:21,360 Speaker 1: I promise I'll give you all the time in the world. 545 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: So you're saying, hey, jeff A, this is not going 546 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:27,640 Speaker 1: to be you know what happened in Lebanon with our 547 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,319 Speaker 1: marines and the barracks, you know, nineteen eighty three under 548 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,239 Speaker 1: Reagan and it was actually has Belaw, it was the 549 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,560 Speaker 1: Iranians who backed Hasblah and they sent in that suicide 550 00:39:36,560 --> 00:39:38,640 Speaker 1: bomber and two hundred and forty one marines came. You know, 551 00:39:38,719 --> 00:39:40,879 Speaker 1: we're dead. You know, two hundred and forty one came 552 00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:44,239 Speaker 1: back in taskets. You're saying, look, if we do send 553 00:39:44,239 --> 00:39:48,560 Speaker 1: them into carg Island. A it's a highly trained expeditionary 554 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:54,359 Speaker 1: force they'll be loaded with air assets, naval assets, uh 555 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: you know, American firepower protecting them. So don't assume that 556 00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:01,600 Speaker 1: they're going to be hit in some kind of an 557 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:07,239 Speaker 1: ambush or a massive missile barrage. Correct that. 558 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 3: I was saying that one one fine day, they're going 559 00:40:09,560 --> 00:40:12,920 Speaker 3: to be We're going to relax at some point, relax 560 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 3: our guard and then there we're gonna we're gonna be 561 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:21,680 Speaker 3: dealing with a military uh you know, a catastrophe where 562 00:40:21,719 --> 00:40:24,480 Speaker 3: where our blood is spilled, and then we're compelled to 563 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:27,200 Speaker 3: do even more so that we've made it even worse. 564 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 3: I think what we've got that when all the duff 565 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:35,800 Speaker 3: settles down on this right now, we've actually got more 566 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:39,560 Speaker 3: you know, more left with more of our sand than 567 00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:42,440 Speaker 3: we think we are. I use that word sand with imagery, 568 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,160 Speaker 3: meaning we've got more of our good assets than we 569 00:40:46,239 --> 00:40:51,759 Speaker 3: think we do. Because the real, the real goal of 570 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:55,319 Speaker 3: this when all settles out, and the most important goal 571 00:40:55,520 --> 00:41:00,560 Speaker 3: when it all settles out, is we degraded there nuclear 572 00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:05,719 Speaker 3: military and then following off from that, their military as 573 00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:08,399 Speaker 3: a whole, which plays into it. That's important for them 574 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:12,560 Speaker 3: degrading their military, I mean their nuclear their nuclear capability 575 00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:16,879 Speaker 3: as well, those were the real goals, and we've got 576 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:21,160 Speaker 3: to accept we should have accepted, and we should know 577 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,880 Speaker 3: and should have known that the consequent the fallout was 578 00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:27,960 Speaker 3: going to be, you know, a hornet's nest that was 579 00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:30,799 Speaker 3: stirred up, and the you know, the victim of it 580 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,919 Speaker 3: was world oil supply. It's gonna happen. So we've got 581 00:41:35,200 --> 00:41:39,040 Speaker 3: we made, we made that dead and by a margin, 582 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:45,000 Speaker 3: we got what we needed. And it's good. And now 583 00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 3: just let you know, don't go in and and make 584 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,080 Speaker 3: it worse by overreacting. That's kind of. 585 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:55,520 Speaker 1: Interesting, interesting, interesting, John, Thank you very very much for 586 00:41:55,560 --> 00:41:59,680 Speaker 1: that call. Again, really so far three very thoughtful calls. Okay, 587 00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:02,239 Speaker 1: So what John is basically saying, and it's a good point. 588 00:42:02,280 --> 00:42:05,360 Speaker 1: He said, Look, and this is where maybe the president's 589 00:42:05,440 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 1: rhetoric got the better of him, or his ambition or 590 00:42:08,520 --> 00:42:11,239 Speaker 1: his aspiration, however you want to put it. You know, 591 00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:13,719 Speaker 1: John says, Look, if we stick to just what the 592 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:19,200 Speaker 1: initial goals were, it's a resounding victory. What did we say, 593 00:42:19,360 --> 00:42:25,000 Speaker 1: wipe out their nuclear program, done, smash their ballistic missile program, done, 594 00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:30,200 Speaker 1: degrade and cripple their ability to fund terrorists and proxies 595 00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:34,000 Speaker 1: around the region. And around the world done. I mean, 596 00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:37,640 Speaker 1: we've set them back for ten years, you know. I 597 00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,279 Speaker 1: mean it's maybe not permanently, you know, obviously, because the 598 00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,759 Speaker 1: Moleas will still be in power. But Trump will turn 599 00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:44,920 Speaker 1: around and say, hey, look man, I've given you guys, 600 00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:47,480 Speaker 1: Iran is not going to be a problem for you 601 00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:52,680 Speaker 1: for a generation. We won the problem is or not 602 00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:54,839 Speaker 1: the problem. But what happened was he kind of moved 603 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:59,960 Speaker 1: the goalposts. He said, regime change. We want the regime gone, 604 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,520 Speaker 1: if you remember, and then he said freedom will you know, 605 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:06,280 Speaker 1: he wants freedom to rain in the streets of Tehran, 606 00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:08,960 Speaker 1: he wants the protesters to come out and as he 607 00:43:09,000 --> 00:43:12,040 Speaker 1: put it, you remember, famously take over your government, take 608 00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:16,000 Speaker 1: over your country. So a lot of people who support 609 00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:19,200 Speaker 1: the war thought, well, let's finish the job, Like, if 610 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:21,520 Speaker 1: we're going to do it, let's do it. And that 611 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:25,319 Speaker 1: means the mullets have to go. That's why it's it 612 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:29,719 Speaker 1: seems like a downer for many people. It's sort of like, well, yeah, 613 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:34,000 Speaker 1: but you know, we wanted you know, we wanted this, 614 00:43:34,239 --> 00:43:37,000 Speaker 1: you know, we wanted the Mullus done. We wanted the 615 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:41,520 Speaker 1: era of the Mullus to be over. This means they survive, wounded, 616 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: but they survive. And look, and then he said unconditional surrender. 617 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,440 Speaker 1: Now when you remember, I don't know if you remember 618 00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:53,640 Speaker 1: the show, but I came out right away and I said, no, no, no, no. 619 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:59,000 Speaker 1: If when the President says unconditional surrender, what he's saying 620 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:03,880 Speaker 1: is this is a fight and a war to the finish, 621 00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:09,080 Speaker 1: to the finish. So I said, no, no, Trump's not 622 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:13,400 Speaker 1: playing around. This is not going to be two three days, hit, 623 00:44:13,560 --> 00:44:16,360 Speaker 1: hit and we're out. I said, this is going to 624 00:44:16,400 --> 00:44:20,040 Speaker 1: be a sustained, you know, you know, it's going to 625 00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:24,920 Speaker 1: be shock and awe. This is going to be a sustained, devastating, 626 00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:31,239 Speaker 1: comprehensive military operation. Like they're not playing around. This is 627 00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:35,160 Speaker 1: no limited strike. And we've seen, I mean, how many 628 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:38,799 Speaker 1: bombs we've dropped, the missiles, the targets that we've hit. 629 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:42,560 Speaker 1: The problem is I'm just stating something. I'm just you know, 630 00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:48,440 Speaker 1: it's just an objective fact. The greed disagree. We achieved 631 00:44:48,520 --> 00:44:53,239 Speaker 1: unconditional surrender against the Nazis against Germany, but we conquered 632 00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:58,960 Speaker 1: the country to do it. We achieved unconditional surrender against Japan, 633 00:45:00,040 --> 00:45:04,520 Speaker 1: but we had to drop two atomic bombs to finally 634 00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:08,719 Speaker 1: finish them off. Well that's why, you know, a lot 635 00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:11,560 Speaker 1: of experts and even people within Trump's administration were saying, 636 00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,160 Speaker 1: if you want regime change, you're gonna have to put 637 00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,520 Speaker 1: boots on the ground. In other words, you're gonna have 638 00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:21,879 Speaker 1: to conquer them. Never has regime changed, never mind unconditional 639 00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:28,440 Speaker 1: surrender been achieved solely or only from the air and 640 00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:32,920 Speaker 1: the sea. So Trump was looking for ground troops, you know, 641 00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:37,040 Speaker 1: boots on the ground, and they thought, well, maybe the Kurds, Okay, 642 00:45:37,080 --> 00:45:40,000 Speaker 1: maybe some of these opposition groups. And I think what 643 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:44,160 Speaker 1: has surprised him the most? And it surprised me. And 644 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:46,080 Speaker 1: I was a skeptic of the war, if you remember, 645 00:45:46,080 --> 00:45:50,279 Speaker 1: from the beginning, but still I thought, I just thought 646 00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:53,560 Speaker 1: there was more opposition. I'm not saying there isn't, but 647 00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:59,000 Speaker 1: everybody surprised. I didn't think the Mullets had this kind 648 00:45:59,040 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 1: of as much control and as much support a base 649 00:46:04,680 --> 00:46:08,520 Speaker 1: of support as they do. I'm not saying it's fifty 650 00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:11,560 Speaker 1: sixty seventy percent. I think it's more thirty thirty five, 651 00:46:11,640 --> 00:46:14,879 Speaker 1: forty percent, but we all thought it was like ten 652 00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:18,759 Speaker 1: fifteen percent. So I thought, well, you push them, and 653 00:46:18,800 --> 00:46:22,080 Speaker 1: you push them and you push them and the regimeal 654 00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,320 Speaker 1: teeter and fall. But I'm just going by US and 655 00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:29,320 Speaker 1: Israeli intelligence. What they're saying is no man, these Mullas, 656 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:32,360 Speaker 1: especially in those rural areas. You don't see them on 657 00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:35,840 Speaker 1: TikTok and Instagram, and they don't do videos with women 658 00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:39,720 Speaker 1: taking their job off and you know, wearing makeup or whatever. 659 00:46:39,840 --> 00:46:44,480 Speaker 1: You know, they're not in those rural areas and towns 660 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:51,040 Speaker 1: in the provinces. They're sticking with the damn Mullas. And 661 00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:55,719 Speaker 1: so far they're not defecting. Now, there are some defections 662 00:46:55,719 --> 00:47:00,279 Speaker 1: in the besiege it started, some some defections in the military, 663 00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:04,920 Speaker 1: but so far it's a trickle. We need it to 664 00:47:04,960 --> 00:47:10,080 Speaker 1: be a flood. So far it's hanging on. As Tolsi 665 00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:16,400 Speaker 1: Gabbard said, they're degraded, but they're also intact and we 666 00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:22,520 Speaker 1: don't foresee them collapsing anytime soon. Anyway. That's it is 667 00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:26,319 Speaker 1: what it is. Keith, Keith. I don't want to rush it. 668 00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:28,759 Speaker 1: I want to go to Keith in North Carolina, but 669 00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:30,120 Speaker 1: I don't want to rush I'm going to come to 670 00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:33,840 Speaker 1: all of you, I promise, Okay. We are now on 671 00:47:33,920 --> 00:47:38,080 Speaker 1: the cusp of the most pivotal seminal decision of the war. 672 00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:42,799 Speaker 1: President Trump now wants to end the blockade of the 673 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:46,360 Speaker 1: Strait of Hormuz. I think once he does that, I 674 00:47:46,360 --> 00:47:49,439 Speaker 1: think he's ready to declare victory. But he doesn't want 675 00:47:49,440 --> 00:47:53,720 Speaker 1: to leave the Iranian regime claiming or ability to claim 676 00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:57,160 Speaker 1: that they have blocked the Strait of Hormuz and effectively 677 00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:01,760 Speaker 1: control all of that flow of oil and natural gas, 678 00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:03,800 Speaker 1: that vital shipping lane.