1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Israel has done what they needed to do to go 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: after Iran and their nuclear program. Well, now we are 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 1: saying the response as Iran is firing back. One hundred 4 00:00:10,920 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: and fifty missiles hit Israel. Most of them think, goodness, 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,920 Speaker 1: we're intercepted and Donald Trump is warning make a deal 6 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,080 Speaker 1: or else. Now I want you to hear the latest 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:25,480 Speaker 1: from on the ground in Israel. This coming from Fox 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: News channel as they are talking about this being uncharted 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:32,040 Speaker 1: territory in Tel Aviv. Take a listen. 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 2: It's a bit hard to hear you as we're moving here, 11 00:00:35,640 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: but I'll talk a little bit about Iran's capabilities because 12 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 2: I could pick that out of what you were saying 13 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 2: as we're headed to this missile site. It's certainly something 14 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 2: to think about because the images that we've seen already 15 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,000 Speaker 2: from the place that we are headed are devastating. It 16 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 2: shows the impact of a ballistic missile and the damage 17 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 2: that it can do. But it raises an important question 18 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 2: about Iran's ballistic missile capabilities. We know that they have 19 00:00:57,920 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: thousands of missiles, They have the capability to resupply launchers, 20 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,000 Speaker 2: and many of their missiles are stored in underground facilities 21 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,280 Speaker 2: and so the question is actually how many can they 22 00:01:08,360 --> 00:01:11,319 Speaker 2: launch at one time, And this is an indication that 23 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 2: they have limited launching capabilities because they're not launching all 24 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 2: of these missiles from permanent positions. Many of them are 25 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 2: mobile launchers. And while it's difficult for Israel to hit 26 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:23,320 Speaker 2: those mobile launchers because they can move quickly after firing, 27 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 2: what they can't do is resupply quickly. And so this 28 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: is likely what we're. 29 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 3: Going to see in the days ahead. 30 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 2: The Israelis striking Iranian targets, more of their nuclear facilities, 31 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 2: likely taking out more top Iranian officials, and then Iranian 32 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: responses that will come in different barrages. The real X 33 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:42,640 Speaker 2: factor here will is how the Iranians are going to 34 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,080 Speaker 2: respond to American interests in the region, and it will 35 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 2: be interesting to see how President Trump responds to the 36 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: threats from Iran and also interesting to see how the 37 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 2: Americans are preparing across the region. It's part of the 38 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 2: reason that earlier in the week you saw those orders 39 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 2: to partially evacuate the US embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, over 40 00:02:00,080 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 2: concerns that the Iranians would use not only their own 41 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 2: military and the IRGC, whose top commander was killed in 42 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: the Israeli strikes overnight, but use their militias in places 43 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: like Iraq and Syria. These around back to Rocky and 44 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 2: Syrian Shia militias that have missile and drone capabilities of 45 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: their own, and what they can do is target American 46 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:22,320 Speaker 2: bases or target American embassies in the region, and so 47 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:24,840 Speaker 2: certainly the Americans are going to be on high alert again. 48 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 2: We can confirm at Fox that the Israelis have told 49 00:02:27,760 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 2: us American forces are participating and helping to shoot down 50 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 2: these incoming missiles that are targeting Israel, and we are 51 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: truly will in uncharted territory. There's really no other way 52 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: to explain it. What we saw earlier live on Fox 53 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:44,160 Speaker 2: with these ballistic missiles slamming into Israel's second largest city. 54 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 2: It's something that I've never seen before, and it's an 55 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: indication that Israel's missile defense capability is not perfect, something 56 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 2: that we knew, but there are real questions about how 57 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 2: Israel is going to respond in the hours and days ahead. 58 00:02:57,520 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 4: One more question, Trey, and I appreciate it's hard to 59 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:01,959 Speaker 4: hear while in that vehicle moving through Tel Aviv. What 60 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:06,680 Speaker 4: you said Israel characterized as Iran's targeting of population centers 61 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 4: as a red line. What is your understanding of what 62 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 4: that means. What would an Israeli response be for someone 63 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 4: crossing a red line. 64 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 2: It's a great question, and we have to look at 65 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 2: the targets that were hit last night in Iran in 66 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: a wave of strikes, and we had some reporting from 67 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 2: an Israeli security source that said they used Mussad intelligence 68 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: to basically track these top leaders from the IRGC, their 69 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 2: air force unit, and get them to hold a meeting 70 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: based on Israeli activity in the region, and then they 71 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: were able to keep them at this location and then 72 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 2: they targeted these top Iranian commanders from the IRGC. These 73 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 2: were military targets, though not political targets. Remember, you have 74 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 2: Iran Supreme Leader, the Ayatolahamanai, and then you have President 75 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 2: Masud Pezeshkian. There are other leaders, including Iran's Foreign minister, 76 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 2: political leaders, some of whom have been involved in the 77 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 2: negotiations that were taking place between the Americans and the 78 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:01,040 Speaker 2: Iranians over the past two months, and so there are 79 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 2: political targets they could consider, and they also could ramp 80 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 2: up strikes on nuclear facilities. We know that two key 81 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 2: nuclear facilities were hit, including the Natans enrichmentd Center. This 82 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:13,800 Speaker 2: is one of the largest enrichment facilities in Iran. But 83 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,760 Speaker 2: they four doll nuclear facility that is said to be 84 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 2: very deep underground. The critical components of it was not targeted, 85 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,000 Speaker 2: according to the sources that we talked to and from 86 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 2: what we can gather by open source intelligence, and so 87 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:28,520 Speaker 2: there are certainly more targets that can be hit. And 88 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 2: I think we also have to look at what President 89 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 2: Trump said today. President Trump has made very clear he 90 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 2: wanted to give the Iranian regime an opportunity to come 91 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 2: to the negotiating table. There was supposed to be a 92 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:41,039 Speaker 2: six round of talks on Sunday between US Special ENVOYE. 93 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:44,559 Speaker 2: Steve Witcoff and his Iranian counterparts in Oman. It doesn't 94 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 2: appear at this point that is going to take place. 95 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: But of course the Americans will continue to push for 96 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 2: negotiations because President Trump has made clear he wants a 97 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: deal here. But of course, given the fact that the 98 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 2: Israelis conducted these strikes overnight and now the Iranians are 99 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,719 Speaker 2: firing ballistic missiles into Israel, the idea of diplomacy will 100 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:05,360 Speaker 2: at this moment seems quite far fetched. Now. 101 00:05:05,400 --> 00:05:07,479 Speaker 1: The question that you got to ask yourself that when 102 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:10,040 Speaker 1: you hear all of this coming out of Israel, is 103 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,400 Speaker 1: how do we get to this point. Let's be very clear, 104 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:18,279 Speaker 1: Donald Trump said that they referring to Iran, had sixty 105 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: days to make your deal, and they didn't. And now 106 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 1: they're paying the price for that. They're for not dealing 107 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: with the West when it comes to the development of 108 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: nuclear weapons. And when the warning came out from the 109 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: UN about them being very close to getting these nuclear weapons, 110 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:36,600 Speaker 1: there was no other option but for someone to step up, 111 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: and that was clearly Israel. They had no other option 112 00:05:41,040 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: but to do this. I also want you to hear 113 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: one other thing that was said, and this goes back 114 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 1: to what I was mentioning a moment ago, and even 115 00:05:49,760 --> 00:05:54,679 Speaker 1: CNN saying this, Scott Jennings going on there and talking about, look, 116 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: they should have made a deal, they chose not to. 117 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,120 Speaker 1: And now this is the consequences of the actions for 118 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: I Ran and. 119 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 3: Scott Prime ministudents in Ya who says he gave Trump's 120 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,640 Speaker 3: a heads up about the strikes. But initially the Trump 121 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 3: administration made it pretty clear that this is Israel's operation, 122 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 3: not the United States, and President Trump said he was 123 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 3: opposed to the strikes. What are your sources telling you 124 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 3: about President Trump's true feelings on this operation. Was he 125 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 3: part of a deception campaign or is he just being 126 00:06:25,720 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 3: supportive of Israel even though he was not supportive of 127 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:29,279 Speaker 3: the strikes. 128 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 5: Well, what I've been made to believe is that, yes, 129 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 5: this was part of an elaborate ruse to really trick Iran. 130 00:06:36,240 --> 00:06:37,919 Speaker 5: I mean, the amount of planning that went into this, 131 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 5: when you look at what Israel did on the ground 132 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 5: in Iran, when you look at the massive planning that 133 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 5: they had to undergo over a long period of time 134 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 5: to get ready to pull this off, and then everything 135 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 5: that happened on the world stage, I do think President 136 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 5: Trump was part of a ruse here. I mean, but 137 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 5: you go back sixty days in time, Jake, you know 138 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 5: about sixty days ago Donald Trump said, yeah, they've got 139 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 5: about sixty days to make a deal. So you know, 140 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 5: they didn't do that, and now they're paying the price 141 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 5: for not dealing with the West when it comes to 142 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 5: their development of a nuclear weapon. I mean, when you're 143 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 5: here on the ground, this is my first trip Israel, 144 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 5: I've talked to a lot of people. I've been to 145 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 5: the Gospel Order, I've been to the Lebanon border, I've 146 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 5: been all over this place. Living with a nuclear armed 147 00:07:17,360 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 5: Iran is not a possibility for these people. It's an 148 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 5: existential threat to them. Living with Hamas and other Iranian 149 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 5: terror proxies. That's not really acceptable to them either, after 150 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 5: what happened on October the seventh. So everyone here in 151 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:32,880 Speaker 5: Israel has a lot of resolve right now, I think, 152 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 5: for what's going on and not letting Iran, which is 153 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,280 Speaker 5: the head of this octopus over here, get away with 154 00:07:38,400 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 5: developing missiles and weapons that if they got them, they 155 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 5: have no doubt would immediately fire them into Israel. 156 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: One other thing that's interesting here is Donald Trump was 157 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: asked by seeing Dana Bash about Iran's hard line negotiators 158 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:53,559 Speaker 1: and asking are they dead? Are they now dead? Dana 159 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 1: Bash said, quote, does that mean Israel got them? Donald 160 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 1: Trump responded with the line quote, well, they didn't die 161 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: of COVID. I think it's pretty clear the President's saying, 162 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: We're not going to screw around here, and they need 163 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:09,920 Speaker 1: to get a deal done, and they need to get 164 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: a deal done soon or things are going to get 165 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,800 Speaker 1: worse in Iran. We're not messing around now. We also 166 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: know that there have been people that have been killed 167 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: in Israel by this retaliatory attack from Iran, and the 168 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,680 Speaker 1: question becomes, now, what happens next. We know the missiles 169 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 1: have hit Jerusalem, we know the missiles have hit Tel Aviv. 170 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: We know that they had one hundred and fifty missiles 171 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: that were coming in that Iran was firing. Most of 172 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: them were intercepted, but to be clear, some of them 173 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: were able to hit and get through that iron dome. 174 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:45,280 Speaker 1: They're trying to overwhelm that technology by having this barage 175 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: of missiles. So this is far from over. I will 176 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 1: say this, my thoughts and prayers were the people in 177 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: Israel right now. It is so important that we stand 178 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: with them. Israel has struck Iran, and Iran is now 179 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: confirming that the IRGC terar chief Salami has also been eliminated. 180 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: Benjamin Nettnahu announcing the operation as well, talking about what 181 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: this means. And we also have found out that not 182 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: only did Iran state run Islamic Republic News Agency confirm 183 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: in the early hours of Friday morning that the Israeli 184 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: airstrike on targets in the country, eliminated the major General Salami, 185 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard other arms of 186 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: Iran state. News apparatus also confirm this several high profile 187 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,520 Speaker 1: regime members, including not one, but two of their top 188 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:46,080 Speaker 1: nuclear scientists. Now this is obviously massive because if you 189 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,320 Speaker 1: want to take out their nuclear program, taking out the 190 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:53,439 Speaker 1: scientists behind it is huge. It's very hard to get 191 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: nuclear scientists to defect and come to Iran, so taking 192 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: them out could put back their program literally years. They 193 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: were killed in these strikes, and that is again massive. Now, 194 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: Salami may be by far one of the highest ranking 195 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:15,719 Speaker 1: Iranian regime officials who have been targeted successfully in the operation. 196 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: He is one of those that was important to take out, 197 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: and Israel had planned this for quite some time and 198 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,720 Speaker 1: they were able to do it. Salami had to stay 199 00:10:24,720 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 1: in a place as one of the most prominent and 200 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: also belligerent senior leaders in the Iranian Islamic regime. He 201 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: regularly threatened attacks on America and Israel, and what was 202 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: perhaps his final public appearance on Thursday, Salami declared that 203 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: his forces were quote war tested and experienced, prepared for 204 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: war against its enemies now. That was just twenty four 205 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 1: hours ago. He said that publicly now, the IRGC is 206 00:10:55,559 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: both a US designated terrorist organization he was in charge 207 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 1: of it, and a formal wing of the Iranian Armed Forces. 208 00:11:02,559 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: Among its chief operations is to sustain relations between the 209 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:11,360 Speaker 1: Iranian tear state and its Jihadis proxies. Who does That 210 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:15,680 Speaker 1: include the Huthis and Yemen, the Lebanese Hesblah, and with 211 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:20,040 Speaker 1: fellow rogue states such as Venezuela and Cuba. The IRNA 212 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 1: confirmed Solami's death and a brief message that offered no 213 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: details on the occurrence. It just confirmed that Salami died 214 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: in Tehran and claimed him a victim of assassination their 215 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: words now. Also in a separate report, the state news 216 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:39,959 Speaker 1: outlet confirmed a barrage of air strikes over the capital 217 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: city by the Israeli Air Force. Another Iranian state media outlet, 218 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: press TV, reported early Friday that the strikes had martyred 219 00:11:49,720 --> 00:11:56,000 Speaker 1: several other senior IRGC commanders and nuclear scientists. So we're 220 00:11:56,040 --> 00:11:59,360 Speaker 1: getting lots of confirmation about how deadly and how surgical 221 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:03,720 Speaker 1: these strikes were. On the top leadership in Iran veteran 222 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 1: nuclear scientists, two of them in fact, they, as they 223 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:11,680 Speaker 1: described it, were martyred in the attack. Press TV reported, 224 00:12:11,760 --> 00:12:16,079 Speaker 1: adding confirmation from now that at least one Iranian military leader, 225 00:12:16,480 --> 00:12:20,440 Speaker 1: the chief of the Iranian Armed Forces also a major 226 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:25,600 Speaker 1: General Bagheri, is still alive and in Iran's war room 227 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:30,600 Speaker 1: quote plotting the nation's response. Now, The Times of Israel, 228 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:36,240 Speaker 1: citing Iranian state television, reported that Israel apparently also bombed 229 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:41,239 Speaker 1: one of the most prominent uranium enrichment facilities in the country, 230 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:47,440 Speaker 1: the facility known as the Natanz facility, and there was 231 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: several hits apparently on that facility. It was scattered among 232 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,640 Speaker 1: anonymous reports as well on social media that this had 233 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,760 Speaker 1: also happened, and we also been told that there was 234 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: disruptions in Iran by undercover MASAD agents. Have also now 235 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,000 Speaker 1: surfaced that Israel has not confirmed that. I want to 236 00:13:06,000 --> 00:13:09,719 Speaker 1: be clear now. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettanna, who 237 00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:12,640 Speaker 1: also confirmed the air strikes during a national address on 238 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 1: Friday morning, identifying the strikes as Operation Rising Lion. I 239 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 1: want you to hear what Netnya, who had to say 240 00:13:21,840 --> 00:13:24,280 Speaker 1: as he addressed not only the people of Israel, but 241 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: also the people of the world. 242 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 6: Moments ago, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, a targeted military 243 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:37,679 Speaker 6: operation to roll back the Uranian threat to Israel's very survival. 244 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,000 Speaker 6: This operation will continue for as many days as it 245 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,080 Speaker 6: takes to remove this threat. For decades, the tyrants of 246 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 6: Tehran have brazenly openly called for Israel's destruction. They've backed 247 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:55,080 Speaker 6: up their genocidal rhetoric with a program to develop nuclear weapons. 248 00:13:55,400 --> 00:13:59,640 Speaker 6: In recent years, Iran has produced enough highly enriched uranium 249 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:04,840 Speaker 6: for nine atom bombs. Nine In recent months, Iran has 250 00:14:04,880 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 6: taken steps that it has never taken before, steps to 251 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 6: weaponize this enriched uranium, and if not stopped, Iran could 252 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,200 Speaker 6: produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time. It 253 00:14:16,240 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 6: could be a year, it could be within a few months, 254 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,840 Speaker 6: less than a year. This is a clear and present 255 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:26,840 Speaker 6: danger to Israel's very survival. Eighty years ago, the Jewish 256 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 6: people were the victims of a holocaust perpetrated by the 257 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 6: Nazi regime. Today, the Jewish state refuses to be a 258 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 6: victim of a nuclear holocaust perpetrated by the Iranian regime. Now, 259 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 6: as Prime Minister, I've made it clear time and again 260 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 6: Israel will never allow those who call for our annihilation 261 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,920 Speaker 6: to develop the means to achieve that goal. Tonight, Israel 262 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 6: backs those words with action. We struck at the heart 263 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 6: of Iran's nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart 264 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 6: of Iran's nuclear weaponization program. We targeted Iran's main enrichment 265 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 6: facility in Atans. We targeted Iran's leading nuclear scientists working 266 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 6: on the Iranian bomb. We also struck at the heart 267 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 6: of Iran's ballistic missile program. Last year, Iran fired three 268 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 6: hundred ballistic missiles at Israel. Each of these missiles carries 269 00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:23,040 Speaker 6: a ton of explosives and threatens the lives of hundreds 270 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:27,400 Speaker 6: of people. Soon, those missiles could carry a nuclear payload, 271 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 6: threatening the lives not of hundreds, but of millions. Iran 272 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,440 Speaker 6: is gearing up to produce ten thousands of those ballistic 273 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 6: missiles within three years. Now. Just imagine imagine ten thousand 274 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 6: tons of TNT landing on a country the size of 275 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 6: New Jersey. This is an intolerable threat. It too must 276 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 6: be stopped. Iran is now working on what it calls 277 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:57,160 Speaker 6: the new plan to destroy Israel. See the old plant failed. 278 00:15:57,320 --> 00:16:00,160 Speaker 6: Iran and its proxies try to encircle Israel with the 279 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:02,960 Speaker 6: ring of fire and to attack us with the horrible 280 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 6: attack of October seventh. But the people of Israel, the 281 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 6: soldiers of Israel, rose like lions to defend our country. 282 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 6: We crushed fromas we devastated Rizbalah, we hit Iranian proxies 283 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,680 Speaker 6: in Syria and Yemen, and when Iran directly attacked us 284 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,360 Speaker 6: twice last year, we struck back inside Iran itself. Yet 285 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 6: in defending ourselves, we also defend others. We defend our 286 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 6: Arab neighbors. They too have suffered from Iran's campaign of 287 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 6: chaos and carnage. Our actions against Iran's proxy Hizbalah led 288 00:16:33,040 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 6: to the establishment of a new government in Lebanon and 289 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 6: the collapse of Asad's murderous regime in Syria. The peoples 290 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 6: of those two countries now have a chance for different future, 291 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,040 Speaker 6: a better future. So too, to the brave people of Iran, 292 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:50,080 Speaker 6: and I have a message for them. Our fight is 293 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 6: not with you. Our fight is with the brutal dictatorship 294 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 6: that has oppressed you for forty six years. I believe 295 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 6: that the day of your liberation is near. That happens, 296 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 6: the great friendship between our two ancient peoples will flourish 297 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 6: once again. I want to assure the civilized world, we 298 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:11,639 Speaker 6: will not let the world's most dangerous regime get the 299 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 6: world's most dangerous weapons. And Iran plans to give those 300 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 6: weapons nuclear weapons to its terrorist proxies that would make 301 00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 6: the nightmare of nuclear terrorism all too real. The increasing 302 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,200 Speaker 6: range of Iran's ballistic missiles would bring that nuclear nightmare 303 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 6: to the cities of Europe and eventually to America. 304 00:17:32,480 --> 00:17:35,400 Speaker 1: Now, the Israeli Prime Minster net Now who also confirmed 305 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: that these air strikes may not just be a one 306 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: day and done, saying, quote, this operation will continue for 307 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: as many days as it takes, stating that the Iranian 308 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: officials were actively taking steps to weaponize it's enriched uranium 309 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 1: stockpile and calling on Tehran and saying they're a clear 310 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:56,119 Speaker 1: and present danger to Israel's survival and also to others 311 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 1: in the world. Now, the Israeli Prime Minster net Now 312 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,159 Speaker 1: who you also confirmed that these airstrikes may not just 313 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,880 Speaker 1: be a one day and done, saying, quote, this operation 314 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:09,399 Speaker 1: will continue for as many days as it takes, staying 315 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 1: that the Iranian officials were actively taking steps to weaponize 316 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: it's enriched uranium stockpile and calling on Tehran and saying 317 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: they're a clear and present danger to Israel's survival and 318 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: also to others in the world. Now, Center Cruz and 319 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: I set down for our podcast that we do Vertic 320 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 1: with Tech Cruz and I want to play for you 321 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,280 Speaker 1: what we had to say, because he had just gotten 322 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:35,640 Speaker 1: off the phone with the Israeli ambassador and had had 323 00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:39,439 Speaker 1: a briefing on this attack and what is next, and 324 00:18:39,520 --> 00:18:41,760 Speaker 1: I want you to hear what was said, So take 325 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: a listen. One of the things I love about doing 326 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 1: the show Center is moments after this attack took place 327 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 1: Israel on Iran, you were actually on the phone with 328 00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: the ambassador from Israel. What did he tell you about 329 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: this attack? How long had they been planning this? What 330 00:18:58,960 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: was the final decision that made this happen in the 331 00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,160 Speaker 1: last several hours. 332 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,880 Speaker 7: Well, understand, this show happens real time. It happens real 333 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,680 Speaker 7: time in real life. You and I are recording this 334 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,639 Speaker 7: early in the morning Friday morning. This podcast will come 335 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 7: out later in the day on Friday, So some of 336 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,000 Speaker 7: you will be listening to this on Friday, others of 337 00:19:18,040 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 7: you will be hearing this on radio on Saturday or Sunday. 338 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 7: And so the world may have changed forty eight hours 339 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,760 Speaker 7: at the time when a war is initiating, it is 340 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:30,879 Speaker 7: a mountain of time. What I can tell you is 341 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 7: late Thursday night, as Israel was launching it its attacks, 342 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:39,439 Speaker 7: before Iran has engaged in a counter attack, I was 343 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:42,080 Speaker 7: on the phone with the Israeli ambassador of the United 344 00:19:42,119 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 7: States and he told me that the attack at least 345 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 7: so far, had gone extraordinarily well, that they'd taken out 346 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 7: senior leadership of the IRGC. And I got to say, 347 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 7: by the way, that's a huge victory for the United 348 00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 7: States of America. The IRGC has murdered over six hundred 349 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:06,080 Speaker 7: American servicemen and women. They are grotesquely hostile to the 350 00:20:06,160 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 7: United States, and for Israel to take them out it 351 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,480 Speaker 7: is an enormous benefit to America. But at the same time, 352 00:20:12,520 --> 00:20:16,400 Speaker 7: the Israeli ambassador told me that the instruction had gone 353 00:20:16,400 --> 00:20:19,199 Speaker 7: out in Israel to the people of Israel go to 354 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 7: a bomb shelter, either be in a bomb shelter or 355 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 7: be very near a bomb shelter, because they are anticipating 356 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 7: early in the morning Friday morning, that Iran is going 357 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:35,480 Speaker 7: to launch a massive counter attack with ballistic weapons. And 358 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 7: Israel has extensive anti missile defenses, but Iran has sufficient 359 00:20:41,520 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 7: volume that if they launch everything, they have the capacity 360 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:47,640 Speaker 7: to overwhelm the defenses, and so there is a very 361 00:20:47,680 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 7: real possibility. The people of Israel are braced. They understand. Look, 362 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 7: look that they're not playing they're not playing games that 363 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,399 Speaker 7: they are playing with real stakes. They're playing with live rounds. 364 00:20:59,840 --> 00:21:03,199 Speaker 7: The people of Israel understand right now, as you and 365 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 7: I are recording this, that we may see Israelis die 366 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 7: right now because Iran has enough missiles that if they 367 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:14,960 Speaker 7: launch them all, there will be Israeli's murdered in the 368 00:21:15,040 --> 00:21:18,280 Speaker 7: minutes and hours ahead of us. But at the same time, 369 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 7: Prime Minister Netanyah, who made the decision, it's a decision 370 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 7: I agree with. It's a decision that I think was right, 371 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 7: which is the risk of Israelis dying and of Americans dying. 372 00:21:30,480 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 7: If Iran acquires a nuclear weapon is qualitatively different that 373 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 7: we could face. With an Iranian nuclear weapon, we could 374 00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 7: face millions murdered. And so listen, I want to underscore 375 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,960 Speaker 7: what I said at the beginning of this podcast. Pray 376 00:21:48,040 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 7: for the people of Israel and pray for our servicemen 377 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 7: and women in har harm's way, because this is a 378 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 7: very very dangerous time right. 379 00:21:55,200 --> 00:21:58,360 Speaker 1: Now, Well, let's talk about who is targeted and what 380 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: this looks like moving forward from the standpoint of Israel. 381 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,280 Speaker 1: I mean, the objective here is clearly to put them 382 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:07,160 Speaker 1: back when it comes to a nuclear program. But they 383 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,479 Speaker 1: also went after people that were involved in that program, 384 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,240 Speaker 1: which is a really big way to move things backwards. 385 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. 386 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,879 Speaker 7: Look, this was a decapitation strike. It was targeted at 387 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 7: the senior military leaders in Iran. It was targeted at 388 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 7: the nuclear facilities in Iran. It was targeted at the 389 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 7: anti air assault facilities in Iran. It was a very 390 00:22:31,160 --> 00:22:35,800 Speaker 7: targeted but massively effective strike. Now, Iran is going to 391 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,879 Speaker 7: strike back. Understand that that that's not a possibility or 392 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 7: a probability. It is a certainty that Iran will hit back. Now, 393 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 7: what I hope Iran understands is they should not hit 394 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:51,800 Speaker 7: back at America. Hitting back at America would escalate this dramatically. 395 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 7: And I will say the Secretary of State Marco Rubio, 396 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 7: he put out a statement Thursday night. Let me read 397 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 7: his statement tonight. Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We 398 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:09,400 Speaker 7: were not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top 399 00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 7: priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised 400 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 7: US that they believe this action was necessary for its 401 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,760 Speaker 7: self defense. President Trump and the administration have taken all 402 00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:25,200 Speaker 7: necessary steps to protect our forces and remain in close 403 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:30,200 Speaker 7: contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear, Iran 404 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 7: should not target US interests or personnel. Now, look, I'm 405 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 7: glad that the Secretary of State was putting out that 406 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 7: statement defending our servicemen and women. I wish there had 407 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,600 Speaker 7: been more in that statement saying we stand with Israel. 408 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 7: That was missing from the statement, and it shouldn't have been. 409 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:53,760 Speaker 7: From my perspective, we stand unequivocally with Israel. But I 410 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 7: understand why the Secretary of State didn't do that, which 411 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 7: is that he's concerned that Iran may strike at US 412 00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 7: military forces. Now, in my view, the way to prevent 413 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 7: that is not to say to Iran, hey, we had 414 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,560 Speaker 7: nothing to do with that, which was the main theme 415 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:16,479 Speaker 7: of the Secretary of State's statement, but rather to say, 416 00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 7: if you attack US forces, the consequences will be overwhelming. 417 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:26,439 Speaker 7: I think Iran responds more to stick than the carrot. 418 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,679 Speaker 7: But we shall see. And it is any way you 419 00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 7: look at it. On unbelievably dangerous time. 420 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: Senor, Let's talk about some of the people that have 421 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: been taken out here. There's two aspects of these strikes. One, 422 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,520 Speaker 1: nuclear scientists are being reported that they were targeted and 423 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:47,000 Speaker 1: have been killed, and that is the brains of the 424 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 1: nuclear program. If you want to stop Iran from doing this, 425 00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:55,400 Speaker 1: taking out nuclear scientists is absolutely brilliant. It's the computer system, 426 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,719 Speaker 1: the nervous system of everything they're trying to accomplish. That's incredible. 427 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,320 Speaker 1: But we we also now know from virtually every news 428 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:07,679 Speaker 1: agency is reporting this that the IRGC tear chief Salami, 429 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:11,200 Speaker 1: has also been eliminated. That is significant as well. 430 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:15,400 Speaker 7: Well, we now know that Hussein Salami is lunch meat 431 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,800 Speaker 7: and I feel a little cheesy making fun of him, 432 00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 7: but then again, the guy is a racist, genocidal, homicidal, lunatic. 433 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,880 Speaker 7: So I hope after Salami, beloney and Pastrami both get 434 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 7: eliminated as well. And if you look at the head 435 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 7: of the IRGC, he has responsibility for murdering over six 436 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:49,879 Speaker 7: hundred US servicemen and women. So if you love the 437 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:51,840 Speaker 7: men and women of the Armed Services, if you are 438 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 7: grateful for friends, family, loved ones who serve defending this nation, 439 00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,760 Speaker 7: then you ought to say tonight to the nation of 440 00:25:59,760 --> 00:26:02,000 Speaker 7: his real thank you, thank you for taking out the 441 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:06,639 Speaker 7: head of the IRGC that is responsible for murdering hundreds 442 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:10,560 Speaker 7: of American servicemen and women. President Trump when he was 443 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:14,960 Speaker 7: president the first time, he took out General Solimani, and 444 00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:20,560 Speaker 7: now today the Israelis have taken out Solami a successor 445 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,960 Speaker 7: who is the terror chief of the IRGC, and he 446 00:26:25,119 --> 00:26:27,560 Speaker 7: is now with his seventy two versions, so that I 447 00:26:27,640 --> 00:26:30,679 Speaker 7: will tell you, much to his dismay, those virgins are 448 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 7: all Gomer Pyle and it's not what he hoped for. 449 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:35,480 Speaker 1: I got to say one of the best parts about 450 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:38,639 Speaker 1: this story just side note, if you look up Asaami 451 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:43,480 Speaker 1: on his pages on the Wikipedia, it already says he's 452 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:47,000 Speaker 1: like the former guy in charge of the IRGC. I 453 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,359 Speaker 1: love the Internet when they get it right really quickly. Center. 454 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: It is amazing to see this moment history, because this 455 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 1: is a moment in history. And I got to ask 456 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: you this. A ran now is going to respond. I'm 457 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: sure in some way. I'm sure Israel is expecting that 458 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:06,360 Speaker 1: you made it very quidinite America's warning and from this administration, 459 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 1: what happens next and what is Israel expecting in your mind. 460 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:15,840 Speaker 7: Well, it depends on the escalation. I think it is 461 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:19,679 Speaker 7: one hundred percent certain that Iran will respond by firing 462 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 7: missiles at Israel. Israel gets that, they understand that they're 463 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:28,119 Speaker 7: ready for that. There is some real possibility that Iran 464 00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,919 Speaker 7: will respond by firing missiles or other weapons at Americans. 465 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 7: And I think if they do that, they will dramatically 466 00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 7: escalate this conflict. I think they will provoke. If they 467 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 7: murder American servicemen and women, I think you will see 468 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 7: President Trump respond with devastating force. And so again my 469 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 7: message to the IATOLA is, do not do that. Their 470 00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 7: response to Israel, I don't know what it will be. 471 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 7: There is a risk that their response is devastating, that 472 00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:59,960 Speaker 7: it is overwhelming. They have a massive number of ballistic missiles, 473 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 7: so if they fire them, all the odds are significant 474 00:28:03,800 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 7: that we will see a very large number of Israelis murdered. 475 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 7: What I'm saying, Prime Minister Netanyaho understands. He knows that, 476 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 7: he knows that, but by virtue of engaging this attack tonight, 477 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 7: there is a real risk of a significant number of 478 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 7: Israelis being murdered. But he did this because he knows 479 00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 7: that if Iran has a nuclear weapon, many many more 480 00:28:27,720 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 7: Israelis and many many more Americans are at risk of 481 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:35,600 Speaker 7: being murdered. Look the Iatola chance death to America and 482 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:39,479 Speaker 7: death to Israel. I believe he believes that, and so 483 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 7: acquiring a nuclear weapon is not just an academic question. 484 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,400 Speaker 7: If he gets a nuclear weapon, I believe he is 485 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 7: trying to acquire one because he wants to carry out 486 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 7: his promises of death to Israel and death to America. 487 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 7: And that's precisely why Israel has launched this attack, to 488 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:57,640 Speaker 7: stop him from getting that capability. 489 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:01,240 Speaker 1: Don't forget Share this podcast with your family and friends, 490 00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:04,040 Speaker 1: share it on social media, please, and I'll see you 491 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:05,280 Speaker 1: back here tomorrow