WEBVTT - Why Trump Shouldn't Be Claiming Victory in Iran

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<v Speaker 1>It is Wednesday, June the twenty fifth. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>warning Donald Trump attacked Iran. Donald Trump appeared before the

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<v Speaker 1>nation and made a claim. Here is what he said.

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<v Speaker 2>Our objective was the destruction of irans nuclear inrichment capacity

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<v Speaker 2>and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the

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<v Speaker 2>world's number one state sponsor of terror. Tonight, I can

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<v Speaker 2>report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular

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<v Speaker 2>military success. Iran's key nuclear and Richmond facilities have been

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<v Speaker 2>completely and totally obliterated. Ran, the bully of the Middle East,

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<v Speaker 2>must now make peace. If they do not, future attacks

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<v Speaker 2>would be far greater and a lot easier. I decided

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<v Speaker 2>a long time ago that I would not let this happen.

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<v Speaker 2>It will not continue.

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<v Speaker 1>Standing behind him was Champagne, Pete Little Marco A JD.

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<v Speaker 2>Vans.

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<v Speaker 1>All of them repeated the claim that the Iranian nuclear

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<v Speaker 1>weapons program was destroyed.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>It is interesting because just a few days earlier, Israeli

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<v Speaker 1>Prime Minister Benjamin Netton Yahoo claimed the Israelis had destroyed

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<v Speaker 1>the Iranian nuclear program. And it begs the question, if

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<v Speaker 1>Netan Yahoo and the Israelis destroyed the program, why would

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<v Speaker 1>it be necessary for the United States to destroy the program,

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<v Speaker 1>and so Donald Trump ordered in a reality television special

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<v Speaker 1>made for television programming branded absurdly around what he calls

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<v Speaker 1>the Twelve Day War and his role as a warrior

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<v Speaker 1>diplomat in ending it. He orders an attack, claiming the

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<v Speaker 1>purpose of the attack is the eminence of an Iranian

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear weapon, refuted by his own National intelligence director. And

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<v Speaker 1>so what Donald Trump has accomplished, no doubt because he

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<v Speaker 1>went for the head of the snake and missed, is

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<v Speaker 1>the speeding up of the Iranian nuclear bomb program and

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<v Speaker 1>the endangering of the peace of the world. It is said,

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<v Speaker 1>according to many media reports, that there are twenty massive

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<v Speaker 1>ordinance penetrator bombs of the type that were dropped on

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<v Speaker 1>the Iranian mountain in the American arsenal. Now there are

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<v Speaker 1>eight left. And the job was not finished, because no

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<v Speaker 1>air wing commander in the history of any air force

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<v Speaker 1>ever would say that pardon targets very deep in a mountain,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter how spectacularly explosive the ordinance can be guaranteed

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<v Speaker 1>to destroy the hardened positions in the mountain on one

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<v Speaker 1>raid in one night. It might take fifty rays. And

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<v Speaker 1>thus here we are the collision of performance and reality

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<v Speaker 1>supported by the malice of Trump and his henchmen, their venom,

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<v Speaker 1>their delusion, their thirst for power. The corrupt media that

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<v Speaker 1>cheerleads this obscenity, calls it victory, tells the American people

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<v Speaker 1>they're safer, while ignoring completely the clear lessons of history

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<v Speaker 1>over the last twenty years, and the decisions of well

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<v Speaker 1>intentioned men and women of both parties that augured disaster

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<v Speaker 1>and sentenced the generation of America's soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines,

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<v Speaker 1>the physical injury and moral injury, and the service of

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<v Speaker 1>two wars that the politicians lost because they lacked wisdom

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<v Speaker 1>when it was necessary, they lacked vision when it was required,

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<v Speaker 1>and so the ideologues prevailed. The delusionists overcame the truth tellers,

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<v Speaker 1>and America went to war. And if there is one

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<v Speaker 1>thing that every person in America should be able to

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<v Speaker 1>agree on, it is that, boy, oh boy, is it

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<v Speaker 1>much easier to start a war than to end one.

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<v Speaker 1>And never in history, no matter how powerful a people

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<v Speaker 1>may be, has it ever been the case that a

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<v Speaker 1>country gets to start a war and declare it over

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<v Speaker 1>on its own terms without response from a forty year adversary.

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<v Speaker 1>And so I urge you to watch bb NET in

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<v Speaker 1>Yahoo over thirty years. This is the man who manipulated

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<v Speaker 1>the commander in full to do his bidding to launch

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<v Speaker 1>an attack that missed the mark. And so when this

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<v Speaker 1>is reported and reality confronts delusion, Trump decomposes, and the

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<v Speaker 1>man who says trust me is the same man who

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't tell the truth about an election, and who has

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<v Speaker 1>or into America cities, the United States Marine Corps and

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<v Speaker 1>masked federal agents, a Trump stormtrooper, if you will, off

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<v Speaker 1>their chain, off their leash by the orders of some

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<v Speaker 1>of the most powerful people in the American government, and

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<v Speaker 1>every detail of those orders, every lack of restraint, every

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<v Speaker 1>unprincipled action, every lawless sentence, will one day be accounted for.

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<v Speaker 1>And we see that right now in the confirmation of

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most duplicitous, dishonest men who has ever

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<v Speaker 1>in the history of the Republic been appointed nominated by

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<v Speaker 1>a president to an appellate bench, Emil Bove, whose dishonesty

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<v Speaker 1>is caught up with him, as Chuck Schumer fecklessness has

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<v Speaker 1>caught up with him. What happened in New York City

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<v Speaker 1>was a rejection of the Democratic establishment, who once again

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<v Speaker 1>again held a gun to the voter's head and said

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<v Speaker 1>us or that terrifying thirty three year old socialist. And

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<v Speaker 1>you know what, the people of New York picked the

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<v Speaker 1>thirty three year old young guy to socialist promising free

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<v Speaker 1>stuff over the certain malignity of an Andrew Cuomo restoration,

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<v Speaker 1>the establishment of the Democratic Party headed by Chuck Schumer,

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<v Speaker 1>who thinks he should pick the candidates all across the

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<v Speaker 1>country while presiding over this in his backyard. And Chuck

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<v Speaker 1>Schumer and Andrew Cuoma all stand on the same side

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<v Speaker 1>of a line that whether you're a socialist Democrat or

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<v Speaker 1>democratic socialist in New York or a common sense Texas

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<v Speaker 1>Democrat in Texas, people are rising up against and it's

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<v Speaker 1>necessary to rise up against it because of the massed

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<v Speaker 1>agents in the streets and because of the lying about

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<v Speaker 1>military attacks that miss the mark. It's necessary to rise

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<v Speaker 1>up against this because nobody in the American government can

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<v Speaker 1>be trusted to tell the truth. But there is the

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<v Speaker 1>truth that's been told about so many people who cheerleaded

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<v Speaker 1>these attacks. Before the smoke and rubble cleared, they were

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<v Speaker 1>hailing Trump's great victory. Some of these people, the architects

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<v Speaker 1>of the disaster a quarter century ago. Some of these

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<v Speaker 1>people Trump's most art infoes, who think that somehow, this liar,

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<v Speaker 1>this degenerate has the moral standing to launch an attack

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<v Speaker 1>and can be counted on to tell the American people

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<v Speaker 1>the truth about it. How naive can you be? In

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<v Speaker 1>naive atay is dangerous in the world where Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>is President of the United States. I'm Steve Schmidt. This

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