1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: We have got a lot to talk about on today's show, 2 00:00:03,080 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: including the latest coming out of Iran, and we're going 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:09,240 Speaker 1: to deal with that in just a moment. But what 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:13,039 Speaker 1: I also want to put your attention towards point it towards, 5 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:17,680 Speaker 1: I should say, is this Secretary of State, Marco Rubio 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: is now preparing we're being told to meet with officials 7 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: from Denmark and Greenland. President Trump is dead serious about 8 00:00:26,520 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: bringing Greenland into the United States. Russia and China are 9 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:36,160 Speaker 1: swarming the Arctic, and key global shipping lanes run right 10 00:00:36,400 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: past Greenland, and we know that this is an important 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: choke point for international shipping, and in fact, it's one 12 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:48,120 Speaker 1: of the most important choke points on planet Earth. Rubio 13 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,320 Speaker 1: did not hold back when he said, quote, if we 14 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:55,080 Speaker 1: own Greenland, we could put whatever we want there. If 15 00:00:55,120 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 1: Greenland were US territory, monitoring our adversaries would be far easier, 16 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:05,200 Speaker 1: especially in this area of the world. These routes are 17 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: how global commerce moves. The message could not be clear 18 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: coming from the White House. Greenland is a strategic territory 19 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 1: that deals specifically with national security, and it's also very 20 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,760 Speaker 1: clear that President Trump wants it under the American flag. 21 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 1: I'm gonna have more on this coming up. But now 22 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: let's move to the other big issue, and that's exactly 23 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:31,840 Speaker 1: what's happening right now in Iran. What we know now 24 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: in Iran is things are moving quickly. We also know 25 00:01:34,720 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 1: that they are under an internet blackout Think Goodness Starlink 26 00:01:37,959 --> 00:01:42,040 Speaker 1: has been put up because of the leadership of Elon Musk. 27 00:01:42,560 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: We also know that there has been a significant increase 28 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: in the killing of those that are taking to the 29 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 1: streets the citizens of Iran by the Ayatola. We also 30 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 1: have gotten video that has come out from Tehran and 31 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:02,320 Speaker 1: the airport there showing a Russian military aircraft as well 32 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 1: as a private jet that are spun up, meaning the 33 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:09,160 Speaker 1: engines are both on, the doors are open, and many 34 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:11,920 Speaker 1: are speculating that that could be the exit strategy for 35 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:15,679 Speaker 1: the Ayatola if he has to make that decision. Now, 36 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: these are historic protests in Iran, and how did Iran 37 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: get to this point? Well, there's a lot that you 38 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: can talk about. First, let's note that this month's huge 39 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:33,079 Speaker 1: anti regime demonstration is more than one hundred Iranian cities. 40 00:02:33,760 --> 00:02:37,079 Speaker 1: They were not ignited by a single big domestic event either. 41 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: That's important for you to understand. The Iranian ryo has 42 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: been crashing past a million to the dollar for weeks, 43 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: and inflation has reached the point where the bizarre in 44 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:54,079 Speaker 1: Tehran was losing money on every transaction, so it closed. 45 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: Now something else drove the following events such as the 46 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:02,640 Speaker 1: South Pars energy strike and in military defections. All of 47 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: this because the country is in financial strains. Now, why 48 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 1: if you talk to those in oilingdaos so explain it 49 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,960 Speaker 1: to you. When oil prices drop to where they are 50 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: right now because of the leadership of President Donald Trump 51 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:19,720 Speaker 1: and his simple policy, which is energy independence for the 52 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 1: United States of America. Countries like Iran, they get behind 53 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 1: quickly when oil is fifty dollars a barrel or lower. 54 00:03:27,840 --> 00:03:31,520 Speaker 1: That is when Iran is hurting. The President understands now 55 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 1: that this is one of the easiest ways to support 56 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: the people in Iran and get rid of the supreme leader. 57 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: That is something that now is real and the battle 58 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:47,480 Speaker 1: space started shaping up about six years ago. In fact, 59 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 1: this month, under Donald Trump, he killed the Islamic Revolutionary 60 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: Guard Coued Force commander Solamani. He was the second most 61 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: powerful man in Iran and he was killed by US drone, 62 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,480 Speaker 1: as you may remember at the Baghdad airport. Now remember 63 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: that is when democrats lost their minds, saying that he 64 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: couldn't do that. Well, the President did it anyway, and 65 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: it was the right move. And again this is why 66 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: you have to understand this has had a long time 67 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:19,200 Speaker 1: in the making to where we are there. He was 68 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 1: not only so Am I, the second most powerful man 69 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: in Iran, and he was killed. He had just arrived 70 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: from Damascus where he was briefing the former Syrian president 71 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: Ali Sad on a plan to attack the US embassy 72 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: in Baghdad. And that is the same exact attack plan 73 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,640 Speaker 1: that they had back in Tehran in nineteen seventy nine. 74 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: Iran's Iraq emissaries there and ten senior Iranian briefers and 75 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:50,799 Speaker 1: bodyguards were also killed in that strike. After twenty years 76 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,800 Speaker 1: of President Bush and Obama and Biden's with her kid gloves, 77 00:04:55,320 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: Tehran is now legitimately frightened because of Donald Trump and 78 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: what he has done taking out their nuclear sites, and 79 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:07,520 Speaker 1: also by what he has done in Venezuela, which quickly 80 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: seems to be empowering the people there, and then after 81 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:15,040 Speaker 1: the Tehran directly undirected I should say there are atrocities 82 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: against Israel. In October of twenty twenty three, Israel killed Sinhoar, 83 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: and that was a massive attack. Not only did they 84 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 1: kill Sinhar, but they went after many other leaders that 85 00:05:27,400 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 1: came in to take over the role as the IRGC. 86 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: They killed them in a safe house in Tehran, for example, 87 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 1: and almost one hundred more of their leaders in Lebanon 88 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: and then in Gaza. So they've been in Iran deprived 89 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:44,640 Speaker 1: of their well major military leaders. They decapitated Hesblah and 90 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 1: their guard as well. The Syrians Bath Party didn't trust 91 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: its own people anymore, and so then you've got that issue. 92 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: Now you have what's happening in Maduro, in Venezuela, and 93 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:59,320 Speaker 1: now in Cuba. What we're witnessing right now is people 94 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:01,359 Speaker 1: are standing up up because they feel like they have 95 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: an ally a supporter in President Donald Trump, whether it's Maduro, 96 00:06:07,240 --> 00:06:10,679 Speaker 1: whether it's the Cubans, whether it's what's happening with Israel 97 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:15,720 Speaker 1: with Hamas and Hesblah and Assad. You may remember Assad 98 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: fled to Moscow, the criminal family of Assad fled to Moscow. 99 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: Last summer. Israel and US force has wiped out much 100 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:27,599 Speaker 1: of Iranian's military's general staff, and then the key nuclear sites. 101 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 1: You put all of this together and now you're starting 102 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,520 Speaker 1: to understand the picture of how we're at the point 103 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: now where there's a very good chance that the leadership 104 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:45,599 Speaker 1: in Iran will fall. Now pro Tehran, Moscow and Beijing 105 00:06:46,320 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 1: they have done everything they can to help keep them afloat, 106 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 1: but those dominoes are continuing to fall. With the capture 107 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: of Maduro and the massacre of this Cuban protection detail, 108 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 1: then the seizure of Russia's ghost ships has had a 109 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:02,359 Speaker 1: huge impact, and the spread of the star leak terminals 110 00:07:02,400 --> 00:07:05,599 Speaker 1: in Iran to allow the people to stay online again. 111 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 1: It's not one thing that happened, it's a multitude of 112 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 1: things have happened over the last six seven years. Now, 113 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: Iranians have seen the regime and its backers exposed and 114 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 1: they've been humiliated, showing how weak they are by the 115 00:07:20,080 --> 00:07:24,840 Speaker 1: Trump administration. They were quick to exploit the roll of 116 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: the dice right the people, they are understanding that hey, 117 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:30,800 Speaker 1: we may actually be able to stand up to the 118 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: Ayatola and maybe they're not actually as powerful as we 119 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:39,160 Speaker 1: thought they were. America has also made it clear the 120 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 1: people there. We will defend you, we will protect you, 121 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: and if they come out to try to massacre you 122 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 1: in the streets, we will stand up to them. That 123 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: again is massive for the people they're in Iran. So 124 00:07:55,840 --> 00:07:58,200 Speaker 1: that is just the overview of how we got to 125 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: where we are right now. Now Iranians have seen the 126 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 1: regime and it's backers exposed and humiliated, that is, and 127 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 1: a lot of that is because of America standing up 128 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: and making it very clear that we will kill you 129 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,360 Speaker 1: wherever we have to, and we've gotten really good at it. 130 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: As the moment that I am talking about this right now, 131 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,119 Speaker 1: the regime has turned off the Internet. They have also 132 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 1: turned off all the landline phone lines so that information 133 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,400 Speaker 1: cannot get out of the country, but also so that 134 00:08:29,480 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: people can't coordinate with one another together. We also know 135 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: that after two days of silence, the leader there has 136 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: emerged to express defiance. And it's no surprise that he 137 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: is an individual there that is like, oh, everything's fine, 138 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: I'm totally fine. But you can see the Russian jets 139 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:55,080 Speaker 1: waiting on him at the airport in case they need 140 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,840 Speaker 1: to get him out. Now, this is all happening as 141 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 1: the death toll has begun to rise over the crackdown 142 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: and the massacre there. We're now hearing it's well over 143 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 1: five hundred protesters that have been killed in Iran's biggest 144 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: movement against the Islamic Republic in more than three years. 145 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:18,559 Speaker 1: The human rights groups are warning that they are seeing 146 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: the numbers grow and that they were starting to see 147 00:09:22,360 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: what they were describing as a massacre to sqell the demonstrations, 148 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,079 Speaker 1: Coilier wanting blood in the streets. The protests that were 149 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 1: initially sparked by anger over the rising costs of living 150 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:37,079 Speaker 1: have now become a movement against the system in place 151 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 1: in Iran since nineteen seventy nine's revolution, and it has 152 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: lasted now for two weeks straight. The mass rallies are 153 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: one of the biggest challenges to the rule of the 154 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: Supreme Leader, the Iatola, who's by the way, eighty six, 155 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,480 Speaker 1: and this coming in the wake of Israel's twelve day 156 00:09:56,520 --> 00:10:01,080 Speaker 1: war against the Islamic Republic in June, which was and 157 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 1: it was a total domination that showed just how weak 158 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:06,960 Speaker 1: they actually are. Now. Protests, as I mentioned earlier, have 159 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: swelled in recent days despite the internet blackout, and has 160 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 1: lasted more than sixty hours activists warning the shutdown was 161 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:19,000 Speaker 1: limiting the flow of information and the actual toll risk 162 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,559 Speaker 1: being far higher. Quotes and the Star of the Protests 163 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,280 Speaker 1: rating Human Rights has confirmed the killing of at least 164 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 1: five hundred protesters, warning that desks may have even been 165 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: more extensive than they can currently count because of the 166 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:37,240 Speaker 1: phone block that you know, the Internet blockouts and blackouts 167 00:10:37,280 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 1: and all of the phone lines being shut down because 168 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: it's hard to get information from all of these different 169 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 1: cities where you're seeing these protesters that may have been 170 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:50,800 Speaker 1: attacked and or killed. Now, videos of large demonstrations in 171 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 1: the capital Tehran and other cities over the past three 172 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 1: nights have filtered out despite the internet cuts, and that's 173 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: been a great thing. It's rendered impossible normal communication with 174 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: the outside world via messing apps or even phone lines. 175 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: But when you have star linked, it's up. People are 176 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 1: getting it out and that is huge. Now, video that's 177 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:14,200 Speaker 1: been verified shows large crowds taking the streets in new 178 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: protests Saturday night in several Iranian cities, including Tehran and 179 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,840 Speaker 1: Mashad in the East, where images show vehicles that were 180 00:11:21,880 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 1: even set on fire. There are also several videos which 181 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: have not been verified by AFP, But they've been putting 182 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 1: out there showing relatives in Tehran more identifying bodies of 183 00:11:34,679 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 1: protesters killed in the crackdown. So there's that and that's 184 00:11:37,800 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: part of the concern now. The US based Center for 185 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 1: Human Rights in Iran, known as HRI, said it had 186 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:52,000 Speaker 1: received eyewitnesses, accounts, and credible reports indicating that hundreds and 187 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:55,560 Speaker 1: hundreds of protesters have been killed across Iran during the 188 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: current internet shutdown. They said, and their quote was a 189 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:03,079 Speaker 1: mask is unfolding in Iran. The world must act now 190 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:06,440 Speaker 1: to prevent further loss of life. It also said that 191 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: hospitals were overwhelmed, blood supplies were running low, and that 192 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 1: many protesters have been shot in the eyes in a 193 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 1: deliberate tactic. They also said that there has been an 194 00:12:17,679 --> 00:12:20,880 Speaker 1: uptick in the last twenty four hours of a significant 195 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 1: number of those have been arrested. 196 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:23,280 Speaker 2: Now. 197 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: The US based human rights Activist News Agency said it's 198 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: confirmed the death of one hundred and sixteen people in 199 00:12:28,120 --> 00:12:31,440 Speaker 1: connection with the protests that just happened, including thirty seven 200 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,800 Speaker 1: members of the security forces or other officials. 201 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:34,560 Speaker 2: Now. 202 00:12:34,640 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 1: State TV in Tehran on Sunday broadcast images of funeral 203 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 1: processions for security forces killed in recent days, and authorities 204 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: of course condemned the riots and as they describe it, vandalism. Now, 205 00:12:47,320 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: the national police chief known as Raddan said authorities made 206 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: quote significant arrests of protest figures on Saturday night, without 207 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 1: giving details on the numbers or identities of those arrested. 208 00:12:58,120 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: This again coming from state TV in Iran. Iranian security 209 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: chief drew a line between protests over economic hardship, which 210 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:10,600 Speaker 1: he called completely understandable, and riots accusing them of actions 211 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: very similar to the methods of terrorist groups, so trying 212 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: to paint the citizens as actual terrorists. Therefore they can 213 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:21,760 Speaker 1: kill the terrorists right. Justifying the deaths of the individuals Iran, 214 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 1: Iran's president also said quote the writers must not disrupt 215 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:30,400 Speaker 1: Iranian society, saying quote the people of Iran should not 216 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:34,240 Speaker 1: allow rioters to disrupt society. The people should believe that 217 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,160 Speaker 1: we the government went to establish justice and that was 218 00:13:38,200 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: all put on state sponsored television. Now. In Tehran, an 219 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: AFP journalist described a city in a state of near paralysis. 220 00:13:47,480 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: The price of meat, for example, is nearly doubled since 221 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 1: the start of the protests, and some shops are opened, 222 00:13:53,080 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 1: many many are not However, now all of these details 223 00:13:57,080 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: can obviously change. They also what's interesting about the shops 224 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: that are open is that the that the doors must 225 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,079 Speaker 1: close around four or five PM when security forces deploy 226 00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 1: in force. So the hours for which you can actually 227 00:14:11,640 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 1: go to the store have just disappeared. 228 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:14,559 Speaker 3: There. 229 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 1: We also know that there is real concern now that 230 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: the protesters could be killed in massive attacks by the 231 00:14:23,480 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: government hoping that everybody will go home, and and that's 232 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,160 Speaker 1: they're hoping that people stop or be afraid if there's 233 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: enough dead bodies or a big enough attack. And again, 234 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: without the internet and without the phones, we really don't 235 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: know everything that could be happening, where it could be happening. Now. 236 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: That brings us to what President Trump had to say. 237 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 1: President Trump has spoken out and supported the protests and 238 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: threatened military action against Iranian authorities if they start killing people. 239 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,880 Speaker 1: His words also, Israel's Foreign minister urges the European Union 240 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: on Sunday the designate a Rands Revolutionary Guard as a 241 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,560 Speaker 1: terrorist organization over the suspecta violence against the peaceful protesters. 242 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,040 Speaker 1: He also said there's Israel's support for the Ranian people 243 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: struggle for freedom. We are with you. Iran's parliament speaker 244 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: said Iran would hit back at the US launches military action, 245 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: saying quoting in the event of a military attack by 246 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:21,640 Speaker 1: the United States, both the occupied territories and centuries of 247 00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 1: the US military and shipping are centers of the US 248 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 1: military and shipping will be our legitimate targets. He said 249 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,640 Speaker 1: that on state broadcast TV he was also referring to Israel, 250 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: which the Islamic Republic does not recognize and considers to 251 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: occupy the Palestinian territory. So that's why they said, if 252 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,760 Speaker 1: the US and our occupied territories are referring to Israel, 253 00:15:44,920 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: they don't believe they have a reason to even be alive. Now. 254 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: The Washington Post at this hour is also running this 255 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 1: headline saying hundreds of Iranian protesters have been killed. US 256 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: is now considering military strikes. Hundreds of demonstrators have been 257 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: killed in a rand they're reporting now. Rights groups say Sunday, 258 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: as reports of a dramatic escalation in the use of 259 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 1: deadly force by the security forces began to break through 260 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:16,480 Speaker 1: a communications blackout imposed by the authorities struggling to contain 261 00:16:16,520 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 1: some of the largest protests since the Islamic Republic was 262 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: founded in nineteen seventy nine. Again, this is coming from 263 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,560 Speaker 1: the Washington Post. It's not conservative, it's very liberal. There 264 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:30,239 Speaker 1: is also a big debate right now, a big divide 265 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: on what role America should play in all of this. 266 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: There are warhawks that have never seen a war or 267 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: a place they didn't want to invade. A perfect example 268 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 1: of that is Lindsey Graham. What Lindsey Graham is saying 269 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 1: is exactly what got us into the war in Iraq 270 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: and Afghanistan. It was a disaster. But again he's never 271 00:16:52,760 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: met a war he didn't love. I want you to 272 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: hear what Lindsey Graham had to say on Sunday morning 273 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 1: on Fox Business, And I'm. 274 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 4: Back with Senator Lindsay Graham. Senator on Fox last week, 275 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 4: you said, if the Komane kills its citizens, Donald Trump 276 00:17:07,960 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 4: will kill him. There reports that he could flee to Russia. 277 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 4: Do you want President Trump and the US military to 278 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 4: go in and extract the Ayatola from Iran? 279 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 5: I don't care if they extract him, but I want 280 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 5: him to be considered. He's the modern day Hitler. He's 281 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 5: a religious Nazi. He's a horrible person. It's time for 282 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,960 Speaker 5: him to go. The people want him to go. Trump 283 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:32,520 Speaker 5: has done what Reagan did. Reagan went to the Berlin 284 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 5: Wall and said, tear this wall down. Donald Trump picked 285 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 5: the people over the iatola. Donald Trump says, the best 286 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,119 Speaker 5: way to make a ron great again is for the 287 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 5: protesters to win, in the regime to come down. 288 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:45,880 Speaker 6: How do you do that. 289 00:17:46,119 --> 00:17:48,879 Speaker 5: Whatever action we're going to take, mister President needs to 290 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,840 Speaker 5: embolden the protesters and scare the hell out of the regime. 291 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,639 Speaker 5: If I were you, mister President, I would kill the 292 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 5: leadership that are killing the people. You got to end this. 293 00:17:57,800 --> 00:18:02,119 Speaker 5: If it ends well, then peace breaks out. All the 294 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 5: state sponsor of terrorism activity stops has blaha moas they 295 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 5: go away. Israel and Saudi make peace a new day 296 00:18:09,600 --> 00:18:12,120 Speaker 5: in the mid East. If the Ietola hangs on, it's 297 00:18:12,119 --> 00:18:15,119 Speaker 5: a giant Obama step backward. I have faith in you, 298 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 5: mister President. I have trust in you. You are the 299 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 5: Ronald Reagan plus of our time in this in this 300 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 5: will stand with the people, mister President. Let them know 301 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,400 Speaker 5: you're going to kill their oppressors. 302 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: Thank you. 303 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 4: Lindsey Graham, I'll see tomorrow. 304 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 6: Listen to me. 305 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 1: You hear that, and it really is shocking. I mean, 306 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: Lindsey Graham will send American troops anywhere just to top 307 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: anybody that he doesn't like or insults him. I think 308 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 1: that is a terrible foreign policy. I want to make 309 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,320 Speaker 1: that very clear. He always is in favor of this. 310 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,200 Speaker 1: It is dangerous. It is not what I think many 311 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,880 Speaker 1: of us should be saying right now. In fact, it's 312 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:54,000 Speaker 1: the complete opposite of what we should be saying. But 313 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:56,680 Speaker 1: then there's also others on the other side. Senator Tim 314 00:18:56,760 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: Kaine saying this about military action on face the nation. 315 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 7: We know the President has been briefed on military options, 316 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 7: but our reporting is no decision made, no military assets 317 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 7: put in place to execute anything. Yet, there aren't even 318 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 7: any aircraft carriers in the Medias region at this moment 319 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 7: in time. Would you support military. 320 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:22,080 Speaker 8: Action, Margaret? US military action in Iran would be a 321 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:27,720 Speaker 8: massive mistake. It would have the effect of giving the 322 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:32,360 Speaker 8: Iranian regime the ability to say it's the US that's 323 00:19:32,400 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 8: screwing our country up. Right now, Iranians are blaming appropriately 324 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:40,119 Speaker 8: the regime for screwing up the country. This Iranian regime 325 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:45,959 Speaker 8: has spent years focusing outside its borders on fomenting terrorism 326 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:51,119 Speaker 8: and aggression in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Gaza, instead of 327 00:19:51,240 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 8: listening to the needs of its own citizens, and much 328 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 8: like Syrian citizens finally threw off the yoke of Bashra 329 00:19:59,359 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 8: Lasad and brutal regime without US military intervention, it looks 330 00:20:04,320 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 8: to be that Iran's doing the same. So let's celebrate 331 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:11,120 Speaker 8: their freedom loving spirit. Let's keep up the sanctions pressure 332 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:15,400 Speaker 8: which helped in Syria and is helping I think dramatize 333 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:19,920 Speaker 8: the misdeeds of this regime. But US military action would 334 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:24,199 Speaker 8: just bring back the painful history of the US toppling 335 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,879 Speaker 8: the Iranian prime minister back in the nineteen fifties, and 336 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 8: would give the regime the ability to blame their own 337 00:20:30,560 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 8: failures on the United States. 338 00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:36,640 Speaker 1: You hear these two different perspectives. Tim kN US military action, 339 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,159 Speaker 1: we bring back the painfullssor of US toppling the Iranian 340 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: prime minister in the nineteen fifties. Then you have Lindsey 341 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: Graham's like, kill him, just kill the leader. But he's 342 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 1: never seen a leader wh didn't want to kill. Is 343 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: there an in between? It's a real question, like is 344 00:20:54,280 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 1: there an in between here? And what should America's role 345 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,880 Speaker 1: actually be? The Supreme leader, by the way, putting out 346 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,280 Speaker 1: his own statement about President Trump in the US, and 347 00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: I want you to hear this. 348 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 3: Now, this comes as a runs a supreme leader threatens 349 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 3: a greater crackdown, saying, quote, the Islamic Republic will not 350 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:15,840 Speaker 3: back down in the face of vandals. Trump should know 351 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:18,879 Speaker 3: that world tyrants were brought down at the peak of 352 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 3: their arrogance, He too will be brought down. 353 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:26,320 Speaker 1: Now that's the same dude that's got a Russian airplane 354 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: waiting to take him out of the country. So let's 355 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:33,720 Speaker 1: just put that in perspective. Senator John Thune talking about 356 00:21:33,760 --> 00:21:37,480 Speaker 1: peace through strength and what does that look like? Saying 357 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:41,480 Speaker 1: this to Laura Trump in her show on Fox. 358 00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,520 Speaker 6: Said President Trump's decisive action to disrupt the unacceptable status 359 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 6: quo and afrahenm Maduro through the execution of a valid 360 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 6: Department of Justice warrant is an important first step to 361 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 6: bring him to justice. So maybe you can expand on 362 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:59,040 Speaker 6: your thoughts there and what kind of ripple effect this 363 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 6: ultimately will have, not just here in America, but around 364 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:01,840 Speaker 6: the world. 365 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 9: You know, that was an incredibly decisive move by the president, 366 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 9: not unlike some of the other things he's done. Elsewhere 367 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 9: in the world that I think demonstrate the piece to 368 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 9: strength philosophy that he's adopted, and I think in our hemisphere, 369 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,600 Speaker 9: at least for as we know now, for many, many years, 370 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 9: these narco terrorists, led by people like Maduro have been 371 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 9: poisoning the American people with illegal drugs, and I think 372 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 9: the President has said enough already. And they're also in 373 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,359 Speaker 9: bed with China and Russia and Iran and all of 374 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 9: our adversaries around the world. So you couple, you know, 375 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:43,040 Speaker 9: narco terrorism with the fraternizing with all these unsavory elements, 376 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 9: and it makes the United States a less safe place. 377 00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:49,919 Speaker 9: And I think the President recognized that steps had to 378 00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 9: be taken. This is obviously a sort of a plan 379 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 9: they'd had in place for a while, but when they 380 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 9: executed it, they executed it flawed. 381 00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: I actually like what siner Thom's saying there. You got 382 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,679 Speaker 1: to stand up to these bullies around the world. You 383 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 1: have to do what you have to do to protect 384 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:11,000 Speaker 1: innocent people, and you have to do what's in the 385 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,399 Speaker 1: best entry of the United States of America. Does that 386 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,560 Speaker 1: mean invade, No, does that mean to assassinate? Probably not. 387 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:26,080 Speaker 1: One of my favorites is Jack Keane. He was on 388 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: Brettbear's show on Friday talking about Iran and turmoil and 389 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 1: the rampant inflation and the anti regime grievances and the 390 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 1: people they're sitting up and many of them have been 391 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,840 Speaker 1: killed and are being killed as I'm recording this right now. 392 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: And what he had to say is something a little 393 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 1: different than what you heard from anyone else. He said, 394 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:50,920 Speaker 1: there are different and a number of options that Trump 395 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 1: can take. And also, as he mentioned, and this is 396 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:57,800 Speaker 1: part of what you need to be paying attention to 397 00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: do closely, also is may do things that the US 398 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:03,160 Speaker 1: wouldn't do. 399 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 10: Take a listen serious here general, the question is what 400 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 10: does that look like when the president puts out that 401 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,800 Speaker 10: we're going to we're locked and loaded. If you're killing 402 00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 10: these protesters. As you mentioned, there are arguably some reports 403 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,280 Speaker 10: at sixty plus already killed and twenty three hundred captured 404 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 10: and detained. There's all kinds of reports of an increased 405 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 10: crackdown that's coming on protesters. And then you have Israel's 406 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,600 Speaker 10: concerns about the build up of ballistic missiles starting up 407 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 10: again that could lead to more strikes either by the 408 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:37,879 Speaker 10: US or by Israel. 409 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: Well, the strikes. That guess, ballistic missiles are inevitable. It's 410 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,119 Speaker 2: just a matter of when. And that's the reality. No 411 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:50,320 Speaker 2: physical restart of the program for nuclear weapons, although they 412 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,359 Speaker 2: certainly intend to do that. But the matter right hand 413 00:24:53,400 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 2: dealing with the protests. Look at the United States and 414 00:24:56,680 --> 00:24:59,919 Speaker 2: our Central Intelligence Agency and other agencies are gathering and 415 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,879 Speaker 2: intelligence here. They're monitoring this close. Remember, Israel killed not 416 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,840 Speaker 2: some of the Iranian senior military leaders. They killed all 417 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,359 Speaker 2: of the Iranians senior military leaders. They chose not to 418 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: kill any of the civilian leaders. Did they know where 419 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:16,680 Speaker 2: they were? Could they have killed them? You bet you. 420 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:21,400 Speaker 2: We're sharing intelligence. It is likely if we do something here. 421 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: And as the Iranians continue to blow off President Trump, 422 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 2: I think that likelihood becomes considerably more possible and potential. 423 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,200 Speaker 2: And that is the leaders themselves in the movement. There's 424 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 2: headquarters out there that are responsible for this as well. 425 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: There's military capability out there that certainly supports all of this. 426 00:25:40,960 --> 00:25:44,199 Speaker 2: There are a number of options that the President and 427 00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:49,399 Speaker 2: his team and the Israelis have in dinner with this reality. 428 00:25:49,119 --> 00:25:54,119 Speaker 1: You notice there he's talking about Israel. Israel may do 429 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,760 Speaker 1: what America doesn't do and it may be planned that 430 00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:01,919 Speaker 1: way by design. Forget Share this podcast wherever you can 431 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: with your family and your friends, and I'll see you 432 00:26:03,720 --> 00:26:04,480 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow