Donald Trump is Sending Ground Troops to Iran!

Peace of the saints. If you'd be kind enough to confirm that you can hear me through this microphone, we're going to go ahead and get started. I would like to point out the obvious, which is that Donald Trump is on the verge of invading Iran, uh, with a significant uh number of ground troops. And I would like to give some perspectives that frankly, I've not heard at all from any of the analysts.

Um, the fact that the Trumpster would invade Iran, most people say on the Iranian side are thinking that this is a negative thing. I actually think it's a positive thing. The sad reality is that, um, the nature of the white ruling class is so wicked and diabolical that you have to consider various sinister possibilities. And I'm going to explore some of them with you. But I think I will be the only person who's going to say that it's good for if Donald Trump pulls a ground invasion. That's one unique thought that I'm sharing. Here's the second one. I would not be surprised if Kar Island is not the chief target of a ground invasion. It's just a distraction tactic and the Donald is speaking about Kar Island while the plan is to invade elsewhere. There you go.

Mind you, as we go through, if you have any comments, questions, you can use the information in this banner here or the information in the description of the video to send through your comments and questions. Ties to because nobody can talk it like this. Let's go ahead and get, uh, brought up to speed on what's been happening. Uh, do forgive me. The media is overwhelmingly profit-focused and for that, they repost the same stories and intentionally they don't give the date of the happening within the video so as to confuse you and get you to rewatch things that have already been reported on. So we'll try to chop through the information and look at a couple of critical aspects of this one.

Noticed how the American and Western media refuses to consider certain basic questions. Uh, question number one, is it ethical for the United States to continue attacking countries? Uh, number two, is it ethical for the United States to continue stealing resources? Number three, is it ethical for a punitive democracy to, uh, basically rob other countries of sovereignty? Uh, number four, is it a war crime or a crime against humanity for the United States and Israel to attack civilian infrastructure, namely electrical grid and drinking water? Uh, I forget what number we're at now. What is it? Six. Uh, is it, uh, ironic or shall we say hypocritical that the United States claimed and and these folks are always lying. They claimed that they wanted to deal with Iran because they were, uh, taking the lives of their own citizens due to protests. Well, now the American government is taking the lives of Iranian citizens, no less than 1,000 of them. So, it shows that there was never a concern for the Iranians. We see consistently that the American ruling class is only focused on what you've historically seen Europeans focused on, which is theft. Whether they're taking life, stealing your culture and history, or your resources, this is pretty much the behavior of the Europeans on repeat. Come on now. We gonna get into it. Let's go ahead and get to this work. Here we go. And I've not previewed any of this. So, uh, let's see what they got for us.

>> Jets, and air defenses. But in week five, and this war has been aerial so far, a battle of missiles, jets, and air defenses. But in week five, there's a lot of talk about a ground invasion. Basically, injecting US soldiers into Iran.

>> So, let's be real, it's obviously a ground invasion. And the major folly again is on the part of Iran and it's a strategic folly and it only shows that they're fighting scared. They're fighting from a weak defensive position but in fact, they are weak. So you can understand it at some level but what they don't realize is that Israel is seeking to engage in a war of annihilation. The only thing that they would have left in Iran are women and children, uh, to basically be labor. But their true leadership, their intellectuals, their military brass, all of those folks are essentially targets to the Israelis and Iran is the last obstacle to the Greater Israel project. For that reason, Iran should start being offensive. The United States has telegraphed all of their moves in terms of their war with Iran and Iran has still maintained a defensive posture. It is, it was obvious that the United States was going to attack Iran before they did it. Now the question is, uh, when and that was unclear but we knew that it was looming. In addition, we see that the United States has pulled various, uh, resources from allies, including South Korea. They've moved, uh, various ground units and an amphibious unit toward Iran. There is going to be a ground invasion. Uh, the Donald is apparently not sophisticated enough to posture. The United States is clearly being controlled by Israel. So, there is no doubt that there is a pending ground invasion. And the Donald, being the extraordinary liar that he is, claimed that he gave Iran more time to negotiate. We all know that this is not the case. The, uh, the mediator said that that was not true. Iran said that that was not true. And we know Donald Trump to consistently be a habitual liar. And the reason that he gave them more time is because a repeat performance. He's so deceitful. And this is not unique. We saw that, uh, the Austrian painter did the same thing. They'll say one thing, they'll sign treaties, break treaties, they'll be in the midst of the negotiations, and they'll still attack your country. So, Donald is trying to lull them to sleep with false claims. He's also trying to manipulate markets, commodities markets, uh, with certain statements while all the while knowing that an invasion of Iran is inevitable. And that's why he's taking the time, effort, and financially consuming, uh, action of moving all of those assets to, uh, that region of the world. So, you're going to get attacked, Iran. But the real question is, why are you waiting? Well, why wait? Go ahead and start swinging death blows. Um, because if you know you're going to get punched, you'd be wise to throw the first punch. You're going to get punched guaranteed.

>> The question is, how would that play out and what would be the fallout? Let's look at how the chess pieces are placed. The US currently has around 50,000 soldiers in West Asia. Normally they have 40,000, meaning there are 10,000 extra troops right now. This includes 2,500 Marines as well. These are soldiers who specialize in landing on enemy shores. Plus 2,000 paratroopers are on their way. These soldiers come.

>> Now, this is what I'd actually meant to mention just now. The reason that he extended the negotiation is so that he can, uh, basically ensure that Iran's not going to take any proactive move because they're negotiating and Iran is fairly honorable while he's giving himself more time to position troops, uh, so that they can take an offensive, uh, measure. That's essentially what's going on right now. Shout out to None of the Above. He writes, "Does ground invasion mean the initial aerial bombardment was a failure?" No, the aerial bombardment did what it's supposed to do. Um, it definitely reduced capacity. It provided an opportunity to where many would, in Iran's position, start to negotiate. You know, anytime you hear the claim of a thousand targets and they're being hit by countries that are very effective and have significant technical ability, namely Israel and the United States, you know that there's utter devastation throughout the topography of Iran. However, you do not change a regime. You do not unseat a well-protected, uh, leadership corps from aerial bombardment when they have significant underground bunkers where weapons are stored, where leadership is retreating to. And so it's necessary to get on the ground. The aerial bombardment has certainly caused havoc with, uh, infrastructure, electricity, internet, um, weapon systems. So it's reduced their capacity and you use your aerial bombardment to provide for, uh, the ground invasion because if you sent in the ground invasion straight away, they'd have a better chance at defending themselves. So it is a part of the process but you cannot win a whole war with aerial bombardment. These things are all a part of a greater approach.

Gentleman writes, "What's your prediction for its outcome?" I truly believe that the Donald is not allocating more soldiers up front because number one, he doesn't have the funding, which he's working on, and number two, he doesn't have the will, not his own will, but the will of the American people. You can never underestimate the stupidity and hatred, racism, discrimination, anti-Muslim fervor of the American populace. And because they will make un like unreasonable decisions based on hatred and racism. Um, you can count on the idea that white Americans, which are the majority in the United States, if you have any significant number of Americans shedding blood there, then the white American populace will then seek vengeance, for they are a vengeful, aggressive, violent people. And that is what the Donald will use to manipulate, um, the American populace to send more troops and give greater funding so that they can win the war. And so, at some level, the initial, uh, introduction of ground forces will be a sacrificial lamb that's utilized strategically to manipulate the emotions of the American masses. So, would America win a war with Iran? Absolutely. And I think that's because of the determination of Donald Trump. And we have every advantage. We have superior population, superior technology, and Donald is far more ruthless than any Ayatollah they can find. At the end of the day, the Ayatollahs are religious leaders. Uh, they're not, uh, you know, demon-worshipping, demon-worshipping, Epstein class puppets.

Gentleman writes, "Could we see other actors take the stage?" Not overtly. No, the Chinese, uh, will remain in the background. The United States is too scared to confront the Chinese. Uh, the Russians, to a much larger extent, um, will play some part, but it'll be very limited. After all, they can't even put down Ukraine, which is fairly pathetic. But the great comedy and irony is that the United States has created its own Russia-Ukraine situation whereby the United States is Russia. And similar to the Russians, they did not call it a war. They call it a military operation, despite it being quite obvious that it is, in fact, a war. And this is the age that we live in. And that's why we see so much destruction of integrity and goodness. You have the would-be conservatives saying that the leftists manipulate language. They say, "Oh, that's a man." When that's not really a man. That individual was born a female. So they say the leftists lie and create words. And right now, when you're calling a war a military operation, you're doing the same thing. And it's this consistent lack of honesty that degrades the society because if you can't trust your leaders to be moral and to set a good example, how could you expect everyday people to, you know, respect the government and its laws when the government and its laws have no moral authority? Uh, by the way, if you're a grown man in my chat using LOL, I consider you an not a very intelligent or masculine person, just in case you're curious. Shout out to Frank supporting the work using the Stripe link. I appreciate you. Also acknowledge via Venmo and as well, let's see by Venmo. Jefferson writes, "Phone bill contribution." Peace of the saints. Appreciate you. Uh, shout out to Pawan writes, "Peace of the saints, tuition came in by Venmo." Shout out to Brad. He writes, "I saw a report headlines that state Israel won't send troops to potential US Iran ground ops."

You know, that brings up another very meaningful point. Number one, you have to realize that the first casualty of war is the truth, which is to say, as soon as war starts, the lies and propaganda go up a hundredfold. So, it could be that Israel is saying that to to support Trump's, uh, rhetoric that he's not sending in ground forces, or it could be that Israel is refraining from sending in ground forces because they plan on using the nuke. And if you're going to use the nuke, you don't want to nuke your own soldiers. The reason that I said earlier that it's to Iran's advantage that the United States sends in ground forces is because Iran has a million, uh, ground forces themselves who are well-trained, well-armed, and filled with religious and nationalistic fervor, and they're going to fight to the death. And so for that reason, Iran can certainly compete on the ground. Number one, they have the advantage. It's home court. They know the terrain and they have a large army and they've been expecting this for some time. Then number two, it reduces, does not eliminate, it merely reduces significantly the likelihood that Israel will utilize a nuclear weapon, at least not a nuclear weapon in the parts of Iran that the United States may have ground forces in. So that's to Iran's advantage that it provides some level of guarantee against a nuclear attack from Israel. Uh, but anyways, as I was saying, whatever the news reports, when they're saying, when they're reporting out on what Israel said or what Donald Trump said, we must take that as, uh, language that's used to achieve a particular end and certainly language that is probably manipulative.

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Carrying on. >> 82nd Airborne Division, they're usually airdrop behind enemy lines. So by the end of this week, the US could have around 52,000 troops. Most of them are stationed at US bases in the region. The remaining are on US warships. But will this be enough to invade and occupy Iran? The simple answer, no. Compare this deployment to past operations. Israel.

>> Enough to invade? Yes. Enough to occupy? Probably not. Um, okay.

>> Use 300,000 soldiers in Gaza. The US coalition used 250,000 troops in the Iraq war. They had up to 100,000 troops in Afghanistan plus more than 500,000 in Vietnam. Iran would require a lot more.

>> Iran is four times bigger than Iraq.

>> It is.

>> She's bringing up some meaningful facts, but I want you guys to consider this. Uh, you may have heard the news that the age of military service has been raised. So if the age of military service has been raised to frankly a ridiculous age, then that lets you know, A, you're experiencing a degradation of the quality of our armed forces. No doubt that's obvious. And in addition to that, it is a harbinger of the fact that there will be significant demands on our military resources. We're going to need more people. I would forward that not only is the United States, which is to say Trump, planning to engage a war, a significant war with Iran, I would forward that they're looking to engage a war of annihilation, a brutal and staggering conflict wherein there will be enormous levels of civilian casualties. And there is, with a country as large as the United States, 360 million population against the population of Iran, which I believe is about 93 million. We already have the tactical advantage. Uh, we've used our air force to prepare the way and still the United States is recruiting more troops by in, uh, lowering the requirements to swell the ranks. That lets you know that there is a serious militarization going on and at the very least, you can expect to see a much bigger theater of war in Iran. At the very least, it just would not make sense to change the requirements for participating in the military.

>> Twice the size of Afghanistan and five times bigger than Vietnam. So invading Iran with 50,000 troops is impossible. Especially because Iran is waiting for it. They're mobilizing a ground army of 1 million soldiers. Listen to what the Iranian guards are saying. In response to Trump's recent threats of a ground operation or the occupation of any part of Iran's territory, which is nothing more than a wish, we declare the fighters of Islam have long been awaiting such actions in order to demonstrate that aggression and occupation will yield no result other than the humiliating capture, dismemberment, and disappearance of the aggressors, and that American commanders and soldiers will become good.

Shout out to them for actually, you know, getting the audio in English. That is much appreciated. I would note that Iran would be wise to, uh, maintain the American troops that they capture, and they will inevitably capture American troops, uh, but to hold them hostage, uh, to utilize them as psychological tools or tools of psychological warfare on the American public because what they'll have to do is say, "Hey, we have a thousand American soldiers. We have them alive. Um, they will continue to be POWs, but we want everyone to know that they are, in fact, alive such that they can prevent being hit with a nuclear bomb and or, um, you know, significant bombardment, you know, of conventional weapons and essentially they, the Iranians would be able to tell the story of, hey, we showed the world that we have a thousand of your troops as POWs and you still bombed us in the places that we are holding those troops. So, you took the lives of your own soldiers. So, I think Iran should, uh, set up that, uh, challenge for the Americans. And we already know that the Americans on Iranian soil in some of the theaters of war, some of the skirmishes will be outmaneuvered. There's just no doubt about it. But one thing that would not surprise me is if the American strategist and, you know, despite Trump being goofy, uh, certainly there's some competent generals around him. We'd have to anticipate that there are meaningful places to, um, meaningful places for amphibious landings in Iran that are unrelated to Kar Island. And I think that, um, when it is decided upon, that will surprise and perhaps even impress many onlookers. I just don't think that despite the Americans being foolish enough to follow after the Israelis, I, I could not imagine that they do not know how to execute, uh, a military surprise.

>> Pray for the sharks of the Persian Gulf. Now, that's a scary threat from Iran. They say US soldiers will be shark food in the Gulf. And that's not an empty threat. Invading and occupying Iran will be a huge military challenge. And I'll give you three reasons why. Number one, the regime is still in power. This is very different from previous invasions. Just think back to Iraq. The US military captured Baghdad in less than 3 weeks. Even the locals joined in towards the end. You may have seen these pictures.

>> Well, that's not surprising. Everyone wants to join the winners. I mean, what choice do you have? So, that just shows how naive for even saying something like that. It's quite silly.

>> Of Saddam Hussein's statue being toppled. You will not see that in Iran. The regime has full control of the internal security. Their army and paramilitary is equipped and ready to fight. So, expect a tough and bloody response. Reason number two, tough geography. We've already mentioned the size of Iran. Add to that rough terrain. You cannot airdrop tens of thousands of soldiers. They will have to cross over by land. So, what are the options? The US has military bases in Iraq and Turkey. Both countries offer a staging ground for US soldiers. Just one problem. Look at the terrain. Both frontiers are filled with mountains, deep trenches, and narrow passes. This formation is called the Zagros Mountains. It runs from Iran's northwest and along the Gulf Coast. Think of it as a natural shield for Tehran and central Iran. It will be extremely difficult to ferry soldiers and vehicles along this route. Which brings us to reason number three, lack of public support in America. In 2003, around 72% Americans supported the invasion of Iraq.

>> Again, I'm still perplexed as to where they get these figures, but as we could see on the map that she showed, there's still other, uh, opportunities for invasion, um, that could go through the ground entrance from Turkey or from Iraq. But what we have to realize is that is expected and the art of war is to do that which is unexpected. So, I'm actually quite curious to see, uh, the strategy. And furthermore, um, we have to ask ourselves, what special uninvited guests, uh, may Trump and the American military be able to have factor into this? Are there any forces in Iraq, uh, that would engage on behalf of the Trump administration? What will the Israelis be doing? Um, are there any Syrians that will get into this? So I think those are pieces that have yet to be calculated very well, uh, by the observing public and the media pundits.

>> Yes, it plunged drastically in the years to come. But when it started, the support was overwhelming. Same with Afghanistan. Both wars were fought in the aftermath of 9/11. So Americans supported military action. But this war is very different.

>> No, it's actually not different. The propaganda will catch up and the American government and the Israelis are certainly, um, working on some things to pull on the heartstrings of the American people. Precisely why you often hear me talk about character education, education broadly, in terms of, of course, arithmetic, English, but also, uh, philosophy and logic and these, you know, interpretive skill sets or, excuse me, these, uh, skills that allow you to better interpret the world, which Americans frankly lack.

>> 61% Americans disapprove of the strikes on Iran. Trump himself is polling at around 36%. That's his lowest approval rating since returning to office. So, he doesn't have the political capital for a full-scale invasion. But will he do it anyway? Reports say the Pentagon is preparing for ground operations. That too, over multiple weeks. But their target is not a full-scale invasion. They're looking at limited operations like taking over Iran's Kar.

>> Are they though?

>> Island or occupying locations along the Strait of Hormuz. These could involve special forces and conventional be dropping into a killing field. Honestly, Trump has boxed himself in. He,

>> won the facts.

>> Next. I didn't think that was very insightful. Personally, it seems like a repeat on many things that we've all heard, uh, people mention before. So, shout out to Melvin supporting the work by Emma writes, "Tuition." Appreciate you. I also acknowledge by Venmo, Constantine writes, "Tuition." Shout out to Ibrahima comes in via PayPal. Writes, "Peace of the Saints, tuition." Shout out to Miles. He writes, "I have two messages sent via email." Uh, one via Venmo, the other from PayPal pending. Okay, watch for that. Yes, I see that it is pending. It's funny how PayPal does that, but no other entity does. Peace, Mr. Burton.

Military strategy of invading makes no sense with the Iranian mountains terrain, drone technology, missiles, etc. This seems like a a mission of self-deception. Wouldn't the Iranians, excuse me, wouldn't the Iranians blow up the oil assets on Kar Island, which would skyrocket oil prices more? No, I, I don't think they would. I was thinking earlier that it'd be wise of them wherever the uranium is stored that they would booby trap it such that whoever discovered it, uh, would be blown up with that uranium and thereby it would essentially, uh, poison the land so that the Americans and the Israelis, uh, don't have much of worth to take over. Moreover, with regards to your comment on the Iranians blowing up the infrastructure on Kark Island, there's no doubt that when your enemy is covering ground, you want to reduce that which can sustain them. You know, namely things that can be used for them to take defensive positions. You want to destroy food stores, water resources. But you have to realize that, and there's no issue with Iran doing this because Iran does not rely on desalination plants at the level that the Gulf states or even Israel does. So that was a strange thing for Trump to suggest that he would bomb a desalination plant because one, that's a crime against humanity and number two, Iran does not have a heavy reliance on that. Moreover, when you're talking about the strength of a country, especially one like Iran, which relies heavily on oil, because we, we know that the Trump administration, Israel has bombed universities. They're trying to take out their, their intelligentsia, their intellectual class, their scientists. Commodities will be increasingly important for Iran over the next couple decades while they regroup and regenerate, uh, their intellectual class. But with regards to destroying Kar Island and the oil infrastructure, this stuff can take decades to rebuild. And remember, it's unlikely as of now that Iran will have the capital to rebuild such things. So, they'd be better off to try to maintain that infrastructure. You know, destroying it will be a lose-lose. So, no, I wouldn't recommend that at all. Now, booby trapping, uh, areas around it. Yeah, for sure.

Carrying on. >> US President Donald Trump has made contradictory statements on talks with Iran. On one hand, he says that negotiations with Iran are going extremely well. But at the same time, he is threatening to take Iran's Kar Island, which is the heart of the country's oil production in the Persian Gulf. The Iranian side has been consistently denying any direct talks with US Israel and excessive. The speaker of Iran's parliament, Muhammad Galibah, has also rejected Donald Trump's claims and called his statements a tactic to manipulate markets.

>> It's 100% a tactic and the level of fraud that we're seeing in America in the American government is really extraordinary and it's out in the open. It's not hidden at all. It's really sad. As fellow writes, "Are you in Jacksonville? Let's work out. Are you a member?" We only, we only deal with our own within the SAS. So if you're a member, yeah, tap in. But if you're not a member, nah, be a fan.

>> Remember, Donald Trump earlier had claimed that Galibah was one, was the one authorizing the ship's passage through the, giving. Separate talks are underway with mediators like Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. But the offers and counter offers are being exchanged via these glacia battlefield. Iran is also responding in kind. The intensity of the Iranian missile attacks has come down, but the impact is now growing stronger by the day. Iranian ballistic missiles caused fire and at at an oil refinery in the city of Hifur today. This, remember, comes a day after another attack which caused massive fire at a chemical facility. So what we're seeing on a consistent basis is that the claim of the Israelis that their golden, or excuse me, their Iron Dome is impenetrable. Increasingly, we see that this is false and this only underscores the fact that the United States and Israel, uh, do certainly have a time limit on how long they can keep this up. Uh, and the limiting factor is certainly finances, but also it's, uh, supply chain. Even if they could afford more weapons, the weapons can't come fast enough. May I acknowledge Mr. Chapman right saying, "This war has created an opportunity for Israel to advocate for rerouting energy shipments through the strait controlled by Iran and Houthis, bypassing them and using Israel and Gulf countries as intermediaries potentially." We, I'd really want to look at that. I think that's worth considering. I've seen some mention of that. But we have to ask ourselves, um, is that, is that, uh, other opportunity a safe opportunity? Feel free to send along a link. I'd be curious to to look into that.

>> Near BHBA.

>> Iranian attacks come after US and Israeli strikes hit Iran's universities, water plants, energy facilities, and industrial hubs. Iran has al.

>> Now, I was thinking about doing a, a weekly series and calling it, it's like, you know, is the West evil? Something like that. Let me know if you have any different way to phrase that. The idea that Donald Trump is hitting civilian infrastructure, it only underscores the fact that there's no respect for human life. And when the US calls folks terrorists, it's like, come on, buddy. When you kill innocent civilians and their family members, you're going to radicalize them. So everything you see in terms of what the West calls terrorism, unfortunately, is retaliation would be the more accurate term for it.

>> Also hit aluminum facilities in Bahrain and the UAE. The IDF has stepped up its bombing campaign as well in the recent days. In fact, the Israeli army says that it has hit 40 locations across the in the last 2 days. And in the latest, a prochemical plant in Iran's Tabriz city also came under attack. Now, this comes as Iran sounded alarms over the possibility of America launching a ground invasion. A massive number of American troops, remember, have gathered in West Asia. The total manpower has now reached 57,000 paratroopers.

>> Oh, yeah. It's also worth noting and feel free to send over the link for this. Is I do believe, um, there were more confirmed attacks on US aircraft carriers, in fact, the largest one in the world. I do believe that Donald himself conceded to this and now we're seeing increasingly that Iran has been so successful not only taking fighter jets out of the sky but also hitting US bases and aircraft carriers that it's essentially limitless what they can do and no longer can the American military lie and claim that these are like laundry fires and these are things coming from, you know, mishaps on the aircraft carrier. It's very clear that Iran has real firepower and they're swinging for the fences and they're landing haymakers. It's very obvious.

So, Mr. Chapman writes, "How viable do you believe rerouting trade will be for Israel? And do you believe that around 40% of energy would actually start going through Israel?" I believe that Israel will do anything it can to gobble up more power, resources, and control. So nothing is beyond imagining and that's why it's all worth looking into. But with a, a country as truly sinister and ruthless as Israel, nothing is ever off the table. And that's why, frankly, Israel is a fascinating country to watch because they're willing to do anything. And I mean literally anything. So, you know, we are living in remarkable times. And I honestly wonder what happened leading up to World War II. You know, what were the observations that were going on in that time that that Austrian painter made some observations and said, "Hey, I got to do something about this." And the fact that he was so universally supported, you know, is this like that or is this worse? I, I tend to feel like the level of control, uh, that certain group, a certain small group exercises on the planet Earth, uh, is outsized compared to what it had to have been then because of technology.

>> Making it the largest military buildup since 2003 when America had invaded Iraq. Donald Trump put out this social media post. It focuses on the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, Iran's power plants, oil wells, the K Island, and possibly the water des.

>> So he's publicly stating that he's going to commit war crimes on the record. And this is actually already going on. Crimes against humanity in the case of Cuba, in what the United States is doing to cut off oil supply and thereby leave them in the dark without electricity, causing the fairly quick, uh, passing of infants, um, and as well the elderly who are in hospital and depend on the machines to sustain their life. And you see consistently that the American populace, which is to say whites, uh, do not care at all for the death of Cubans. They don't care at all for the death of those in Iran. And this lets you know that their claims of Christianity or of goodness are completely, um, untrue. They are a dishonest people. And the only, uh, contradiction I can accept would be white folks taking action against those of their kind who are clearly engaging in behavior that creates havoc on earth. If there is to be a third world war or the destruction of human life on Earth as we know it, it will clearly be brought by the white population on Earth. All they know is war. Shout out to Dell 4000 supporting the work. Appreciate you. Now also acknowledge Miles writes, "Is there any chance of impeachment since Trump's approval rates are low? Did you see Trump allowed a shipment of over half a million barrels of oil from Russia to Cuba? Does that mean anything?" Uh, the chance of impeachment, yes, there's a chance. Is there a likelihood? No. I'd say that the sentiment in the United States is not what it was, uh, in previous times where such things were attempted. I do believe that after the Republicans performed poorly in the midterm elections, we're highly likely to see an attempt at impeachment. With regards to, uh, Russian oil reaching Cuba, I'd be curious to take a look at that and see if it actually made it there successfully. If it did, shout out to the Russians. I understand that the Chinese are making similar efforts. And if it is true that both the Russian and the Chinese are making efforts to support Cuba, it is a creepy bit of history. In as much they say history repeats, but you might recall that Russia, formerly known as the Soviet Union, the Soviets are the communists who basically created modern China. And Russia also has strong alliances with Cuba historically. Remember the Russian, uh, the Cuban Russian, uh, missile crisis. And so it's quite a bit of fascinating history to see this, this group coming together again wherein Russia supposedly is no longer communist and Cuba no longer has the strong man, but the history is undoubtedly repeating itself. So shout out to them for those longstanding and meaningful ties. There's no doubt that the Cubans are a legendary people, like the Iranians, a very determined and strong people. But we're certainly not talking about the Cubans in Florida.

>> Alination plans as well. Statements and the state of war are sending out mixed signals. Is the US president buying time for a possible ground invasion?

>> Yeah.

>> Or is he seriously pursuing a path out of this war through diplomacy? That's the big question. In fact, in either case, what the Iranian side has in its plan remains crucial. Top Iranian officials say they are not willing to make concessions and they're ready to fight till the end.

>> I respect it and they absolutely should fight till the end. And if you decide that you're going to fight till the end, you have every reason to, um, uh, prepare and utilize a nuclear weapon and they should have done that already. Shout out to William. He comes in via Venmo. He writes, "Are you representing Iran? I'm confused. I see you wearing a flag on your sweater." This is a sweatshirt, a hoodie actually. And yes, it is an Iranian flag. Do you think they care about you? Well, that's actually a really good question and I'd be happy to have an extended conversation with you if you'd like to come on, uh, to engage the conversation. I very much so welcome it. Be very civil. But when you say me, me as an individual, I don't know that I'm famous in Iran. I do know that I have some Iranian fans, but I don't think I'm famous in Iran. So, do they, the government, care about me? Who knows? Probably not. My guess is that you're referring to me as a member of a demographic of black people. And it is worth noting that there was a time that the Iranians held hostage some Americans, some of which were female and some of which were black and of course others white. And they released the females of all of the racial groups. And then they also released the blacks. And they stated that the reason that they released the blacks is because the blacks had been oppressed in the United States. And in as much as that is the case, I'd say yeah, perhaps they do care about the demographic. Furthermore, if you look at the state of Israel, you would find that during apartheid South Africa, they supported apartheid South Africa in oppressing the black Africans in a significant way, which did also include sending weapons and of course supporting them in international bodies, you know, things like the UN. So, the Israelis have a very bad track record of dealing with black people, even including sterilizing the black Ethiopians. However, the Iranians conversely were against South Africa being an apartheid state and it's the track record of things like that that show consistent regard for humanity. And so I'd say yeah, probably maybe they do care, but frankly, that is not what drives me. What drives me is the fact that if there is a God, God is for sure on Iran's side. Iran is a victim of aggression by two imperialist states and I support them because in not supporting them, those imperialist states will continue their evil whether it's in Venezuela, it's in Cuba, it's in Greenland or anywhere else you would want to name. Individual writes, "I thought you were from Cali. What's going on?" So you now have your answer. If you'd like to come on and have a discussion, I invite you to do so. Often these, uh, these persons writing are bots, that's why they never come on. Shout to Rammon writes, "Tuition. Peace of the saints." Appreciate you. May I also acknowledge Darren, he writes, "Oh, actually no, I think it looks like they have it pending so I can't see what he would have written." Uh, shout out to Desan supporting the work using the Stripe link. I appreciate you. Carrying on.

>> Both sides now have a choice to find common ground or fight it out in the battleground. On this latest situation, I'm joined by Omar the broadcast from. I want to start or is it? There are thousands of American troops.

>> There are some off-ramps to pursue by by the potential of an Israeli spoiler role, but that being said, the developments on the ground, the past that that worries the region. To get the.

>> Bro, is a dweeb. How are you going to be on international television and not even have a proper microphone? Goofy rascal. Unless he's in Iran, then he's getting bombed. Then I understand. But anything short of that is like, come on, buddy.

>> Reporting from Jerusalem. Nicholas Kristoff, New York Times columnist.

>> Okay. So, one of these individuals is reporting from Jerusalem. So, we already know what side they're on.

>> And author. And Richard Stengel, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, former managing editor for Time magazine, and an MS now political thread. Troops on fire. Meanwhile, Trump says the US is in serious discussions with a new who these more reasonable people might be.

>> We know very little, Alex, and it's now been about a week of this same dynamic playing out where we hear from Trump and various Trump administration officials about these negotiations ostensibly taking place, but we don't actually know who the negotiations are taking place with. Again, given how much of the Iranian political and military leadership has been killed in this war, it is not clear what this new regime is that Trump. Listen to a little bit of what he's.

>> I want to talk to you guys a little bit about why the Iranians are persisting. Yes, it's true that a significant, uh, number of their military brass, their political leaders, and even their scientists have been eliminated. However, they clearly have a true sense of nationhood. And you might also know that Iran has a significant, uh, level of diversity within it. It's not all people who come from the same language group, the same, uh, uh, sect of Shia Islam, and all speak Farsi. No, there's Afghans there, there are Jews there, there are various ethnic groups and linguistic groups. But, uh, the truth of the matter is, uh, and I did a whole lecture on the development that has occurred in Iran and the fact that they've spread it fairly equitably and made every effort to make, uh, education accessible, which would also include accessible to women. Um, they have a very strong national identity and though you may see people here and there, uh, disagree with the regime, typically LGBTQ folks, um, this is not representative of a meaningful portion of their population. You always will have people who disagree with a given leader. When Obama was in office, you had the, uh, the likes of the, uh, skinheads and such. Trump's in office. You have the, uh, anarchists and the BLM and the No Kings movement. Quite a few, uh, groups of folks. But no one is universally loved is the point. But in Iran, the government is well respected. They've been competent despite crippling sanctions. And so their sense of national identity has been what holds them together very strongly. And that's something that the Americans have trouble dealing with. I mean, after all, our president is married to an immigrant. Me personally, I don't like it and I don't respect it. It's like, you're the American president married to an immigrant. And ironically, while kicking out immigrants, it's like, come on, buddy. Give me a break here.

Who is this new and more reasonable, um, you know, at large scale bombing, uh, Iranian energy and other infrastructure that the general consensus among experts in international humanitarian law is that those kinds of attacks on, uh, civilian infrastructure are unlawful. So it remains to be seen.

>> Unlawful. That's very euphemistic. Yes, they're unlawful. They're deadly. Um, it's wicked. But what you find very quickly is that Western civilization is not civilization because the laws that they claim to have, international laws are far. And if there is no one to create the consequences, then wickedness will reign. And it's even more sad that the main group of people that are complacent or even pushing forward the wicked behaviors of the Donald and Bibi Netanyahu are those who purport to be Christians. So it's all these Jesus's king folks who are supporting mass murder. And that just, if that doesn't tell you that, uh, you've been raised on some fraud, I don't know what does.

>> Whether those attacks actually take place. In the meantime, today, MS Now got a statement from a spokesperson for the Iranian foreign ministry, uh, pretty harshly rejecting the notion that they might be negotiating with the United States and and rejecting the notion that the United States might be conducting these negotiations in good faith. In that statement, the spokesperson said that they do not evaluate the claims of the United States honestly. They say that they have experience in flesh and blood that they characterize as a betrayal that's been committed twice during negotiations. What he was referring to, of course, is the fact that this war is not the first, but actually the.

>> So, sounds like the Iranians are smartening up at some level. And I do believe they realize that this is for all the marbles. You know, this, this war right here is a war that can lead to the death of the Iranian nation state. It's not just that their leadership will be neutralized. It's that their culture, their civilization, their heritage will be eradicated. And by the way, the Israelis did hit a couple, uh, cultural and heritage targets, uh, in Iran, which I don't think was, uh, accidental. And they will effectively do to the Iranians what has been done to the South Africans. This is why you see the black South Africans, uh, behave in the bootlicking ways that they behave because they have no sense of self-national pride and dignity, ethnic history and lineage. And if the Iranian, issuing the United, uh, snakes of Israel are successful, then you will find that the Iranian people, uh, will be completely destroyed and there will be a further effort, a propaganda effort, an education effort to detach them from their history of the Persian Empire, of Shia Islam, of all of the things that make them feel one. And I promise you that is the case. Child to school boy supporting work writes, "Peace of the Saints."

>> Second time that Iran has been bombed by Israel and the United States, uh, in the midst of negotiations with those countries over its nuclear program, its ballistic missile program, and so on. The first instance having been last year during the so-called June war when Israel and subsequently the United States bombed Tehran and other locations in Iran, again during the course of negotiations over the issues that that under.

>> And the funny thing that reasonable people will concede to is that the Iranians have bombed American military bases, whereas the United States has bombed Tehran, which is a city of civilians. We've not heard the.

United States identify that they've been bombing exclusively military targets and personnel. Conversely, they've bombed all of the above. They've bombed military targets. They bombed a school full of elementary age girls. They've bombed universities. Uh, they've bombed water and electrical infrastructure. And all of this is a very wicked thing.

>> Pin this entire conflict. Alex.

>> Okay, David Noriega, thanks so much. I know you have more reporting to get to, so we will pivot now to Nick. Uh, in a new interview with the Financial Times, the president was pretty blunt about his priorities, saying, "My favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran." with some stupid people back in the USA. Why are you doing that? But they're stupid people.

>> We've not seen this kind of naked imperialism since the the Roman Empire. The modern politician generally lies about the theft of the resources uh that occurs in the global south. The Donald has been very blatant about it, which is distasteful, but at the same time time refreshing. It's extraordinary that you'll still find people uh with melanin who are able to believe in any of these uh mythologies, be it Christianity or American exceptionalism.

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Ethan comes in by Venmo. He writes, "What do you think is the potential of a national draft piece of the Saints? I see a lot of young men are worried about that."

I think the potential of a national draft is very low and that'll come in after listen if a national draft does come we're at least a whole calendar year off from that and a national draft will be a point of utter desperation and I frankly don't think that that would happen. I believe the United States has enough current personnel to uh wage a successful war albeit very bloody but a successful war. And I think that they'll also be uh successful in bringing in some folks who are older and uh need a little bit of emotional variation. So I think they'll be able to fill the ranks. The only problem is that in the midst of this war with Iran, this may allow for China to be emboldened to take Taiwan and this may um cause the United States to feel as though they do need some replacements uh folks in case any other country wants to take an aggressive posture. But I'd say we're at least in a year out from a draft if such a thing were to occur. And of all the silly things that the Donald has done, I do not believe a draft would be one of them.

Shout to Jamal. He writes, "I feel personally offended with you calling him Benjamin Netanyahu. Please refer to him by his true surname, Benjamin Milikovski. I'm trying to tell you, right? These Europeans are something else."

I saw an interview recently with a Jewish fellow in is uh he was asked is it America first or Israel first and this particular individual said he has dual citizenship. He's lived halftime in Israel and halftime in the United States. Mind you he was blonde both his beard and the hair on his head. And this again underscores what I've said many times. You have the whites lying to you. And so many people of color are so foolish that they uh take these pronouncements, the false idea that those who identify as Jewish are not white. Well, they are white, they are also Jewish. Two things can be uh true at the same time. And I think that's something that we should take of serious concern. Um, so sad that the blacks just continue to be easily fooled.

>> So Nick, is that what this is all about at the root of it?

I mean, no. I think it's about more than that, but that does underscore the delusion with which I think the administration is pursuing. It's not going to be able to seize Iranian oil. It's not going to be able to take that. I mean, I don't look, it it could take Har Island, um, but it would be incredibly difficult to hold it. It would lose a lot of American troops along the way, and the Iranian response would be to attack um, oil and gas infrastructure around the region and perhaps desalination plants in ways that would create a, you know, long-term disaster and send uh, oil prices soaring much higher. So when Trump talks about seizing Iranian oil, it's that's just there's not a plausible path to do that. If they tried more plausibly to seize it outside the Straight of Romas and tankers, um, then Iran would stop shipping out oil and uh, oil prices would again start soaring.

>> No, I don't think that's necessarily true. I think that's a view that's overly optimistic on the side of Iran. If Iran stops shipping oil, uh, you have this thing called OPEC and they essentially can control the price of oil and especially knowing that they're in league with the Americans and Trump and probably Israel would be putting pressure on them to control the price of oil, we wouldn't see things escalate in a rapid fashion. Of course, at some point they would have to allow the price of oil to reach market and allow them to recover because there's no doubt that the GCC the oil producing countries I should say um have suffered significant losses of infrastructure and of tourism which does contribute to certain economies at a significant level namely the economy of Saudi and UAE particularly the emirate of Dubai.

There's, >> you know, that and when Trump talks about how there's regime change, I mean, he has a point, but the regime change is to a government that is harder align, more militaristic, more led by the IRGC, and less willing to make concessions.

>> Yeah, that's a sobering concept. So, Richard, uh, Trump also said that Iran was going to let 20 oil ships through the straight as a sign of respect. So, doesn't that also indicate how much power Iran still has to control the trap that will be allowed through?

>> Yes, Alex. It's like a king and his court saying that people are paying respect to him. That seems to what be what Trump wants. Just like we have no evidence that the president is uh negotiating with anybody or the fact everything that he has done has has fallen flat and been and been a mistake. Uh, the incredible rise in oil prices which triggers rises in prices everywhere that that increases inflation. uh he's feeling the economic pain and

>> Okay while that's loading um and this guy doesn't seem like he has particular any particular insight so we may go on to the next guy.

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Oh yes. And I would also like to um ask that if you're a university student or if you have any connection to a university or to a student union of any sort that we do want to make sure that we get on ground at college campuses. It's completely imperative. So whatever campus you're connected to, let them know I'd like to come and speak. Uh, especially if it's at a H.B.CU, the topic would be as follows. And you have my blessing uh to pursue this. It would be a new black unity and dealing with the rising tide of white supremacy. A new black unity and dealing with the rising tide of white supremacy. And the reason for that is that the the black leaders have been rubbish for a long time. This is not new. They've been rubbish for a long time. And white supremacy has of course always existed in the United States. However, it is reaching a fever pitch under the psychotic regime of uh Heg, Seth, uh BB, Trump and so on. And there must be some kind of uh consciousness and organizing on the part of all peoples who are not wicked. And that would include uh the whites, the blacks, the odds, the Latinos and what have you.

>> Really dangerous thing to even talk about.

>> In a new opinion piece, Nick u you write old men should not fix their messes by dispatching young people to die.

>> Silliness. That's not even interesting. I sometimes wonder where they get these people.

>> Arg Island or we will seize the ton islands in uh in the straight uh or we will go after their highlyenriched uranium. And you know, these would just be a disaster. They would get us more deeply into this quagmire. Uh, they would result in uh drastic destruction of infrastructure around the region. you know, President Trump's threat today to commit war crimes, including attacking desalination plants in

>> And these folks are really interesting. Shout out to Breezy's supporting the work in as much as they talk about what the problem is, but they never talk about actual solutions. You never hear hear them mention impeachment. You never hear them mention uh Americans gathering and protesting uh and the preservation of democracy. uh you never mention uh them suggesting mutiny to American troops. You never hear them suggesting American generals uphold their actual oath uh as opposed to obeying what a war criminal of a president is pushing. So these folks are commentators and yes they do provide information for pay. We have to remember that so much of what they're doing is entertainment and theater. In the same way that if you were watching a talk show or a Netflix show, these folks are all getting paid for this. There is no movement. There's no morality. There's no ideology. It's not going anywhere beyond babble babble. That's precisely why when they speak to things like international law or they say that he's violating uh Geneva conventions, there's no emotion because they they really don't care. It's like an academic exercise and it's commentary. And one of the main reasons that it is commentaries because these are these folks are Jewish and white. They're not the victims of the war crimes. They're not the victims of the crimes against humanity. And for those who are those people in the global south, those people who call themselves Muslims, be them Shia or Sunni, uh, those people or or even Latinos, espanolates, blacks, Arabs, those people are the victims. Yet they're sitting by foolishly, unorganized and susceptible. And we can only commend the Iranians and the Cubans who have fought against a foe that is much stronger. Iran. Well, you know, Iran depends for only 3% of its water on desalination. Some of the other Gulf countries are getting half their water from desalination. So, you know, President Trump is, I fear, headed toward sending ground troops in ways.

>> Do you fear? No, you don't fear. You predict, you surmise, but you don't fear. And of course, ground troops are going out there is it's obvious. Shout out to Mr. Tabet. But what's not something that people are willing to admit is that many of them are lambs being sent to slaughter. And the reason that they're being sent to slaughter is so that he can utilize that to persuade the uh American masses who are easily persuaded uh that we need to support our troops with more money, more weapons. And that's the play. I see someone in the live chat wrote, "How can we organize?" Gee, I don't know. Join the assassin at Peace of the Saints. Gee, I don't know. It appears as though there are uh organized groups throughout the entire planet Earth where we have members throughout with a strict chain of command and hierarchy and we train militants and all of the things that are needed to sustain cultural revolution globally. I I don't know maybe that's how perhaps peace of the saints log in boss up carrying on

>> ways it would be catastrophic for the US and for the world. So Rick, um, not only did we see Trump jokingly, although then he said he wasn't joking about it, but he referred to the Straight of Hormuz as the Straight of Trump, but to reflect in in detail what we just heard from Nick, he posted on Truth Social, if the Straight of Hormuz is not immediately open for business,

>> immediately.

>> We will conclude our lovely stay in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their electric generating plants, oil wells, and Car Island. And again, to Nick's point, possibly all desalination plants, which we have purposely not yet touched. So,

>> I mean, this fellow is completely sick. And the irony is that you'll hear the left argue more vehematly in favor of altering the bodies of children than you will arguing against this madman who truly is uh what we would have to call a terrorist and a threat to humanity. this this strategy of escalating to deescalate. Does that work? Does that translate with Iran?

>> Well, Alex, um, as Nick suggested, I mean, and and and Trump uh, tweeted, I mean, another historic first for pres President Trump, never before has an American president threatened war crimes against an adversary

>> in public, in writing. Um, what we're seeing and he and he used the word quagmire. What we're seeing is this kind of escalation.

>> These guys aren't talking about anything. Just trying to get paid. That's why it's an 11 minute video and they say nearly nothing. Now let's let's look at the uh possibility of invasion. And frankly, I think that it could be I want to hear an analyst say something novel. They all keep saying the same things, but I still think it's worth us analyzing what the conventional analysis is.

>> Invasion of Iran could look like. Harrison man, welcome to Democracy Now. Tell us what that ground invasion can look like as the US is bringing thousands more US troops to the Gulf region.

>> Thank you. So for context here, I think really from day two of this war, the Trump administration has not known what to do and and how the other

>> I utterly revile the consistent claim that the United States government doesn't have a plan. They don't know what they're doing. They do know what they're doing. They're preparing the mentality of the American populace to support a war that is being executed on behalf of the Greater Israel Project. So stop with the lies. And yes, these people may be unrefined. You know, they may be tattooed thugs like Pete Hegsth, but they are not imbeciles. Just because you disagree with an individual or a group doesn't mean that they're not smart. That's a lie. Trump's plenty smart. And to say he's a fool speaks even worse of the American voting public. So he he's not dumb.

context I want to add is that from the Israeli side as your last guest Tria mentioned a long war that that aims to collapse the Iranian state is good for them. So with that in mind um there there's a couple options that Trump administration officials themselves have have floated in the press. Uh, one is doing a a landing on something called Kar Island, which handles 90% of Iran's oil experts and is located deep uh in the Persian Gulf past the straight of Hormuz. Uh, another option also floated by Trump officials themselves is some kind of raid on Iranian nuclear sites to uh,

>> Now that's more interesting and I think that that would be more likely, you know, something that is a little less predictable and harder to prepare for and a place or or just a strategy where America could hold and occupy a position if they chose to. Um, the gentleman asked, "What about bricks? Are they heating up popcorn?" Well, was bricks ever a military alliance? I don't think it was a military alliance, and that's why you don't see bricks factoring in here. And I've mentioned many times that there's only one true power on earth, which is violence. And so often, especially if you're dealing with whites, if you cannot back whatever you're doing with violence, you're going to be overcome. They're going to take from you. They're going to steal from you. Um, because the veneer of Christianity and the veneer of civilization is often torn away. I mean, after all, the KKK is a Christian organization

>> to try and secure or sabotage Iran's highlyenriched uranium. Um, to talk about the the Marines you mentioned, I think it's really important to note uh, you know, we've seen this Marine Expeditionary Unit described as 5,000 troops or you said 2500 Marines. Uh, there's 5,000 sailors and marines aboard these ships altogether. There's only about 1,200 actual ground troops, which is a relatively small number if you're talking.

>> Now, mind you, this I believe was recorded a few weeks ago, so these are not the latest numbers. And of course, the numbers that we get publicly are never the true numbers, but there's no doubt that he's underestimating um just due to this not being current. Uh, shout out to Marcos comes in by Venmo. He writes, "Peace to the saints. Uh, thank you for the fantastic practicum today. I started making the suggested changes on my app and I'm aiming to get my first paid users." That's a beautiful thing. Shout out to Marco. Shout out to all the saints who have uh who are taking my AI no coding course. Teaches you how to create mobile applications, web applications, and most importantly, how to monetize them. So, shout out to them. Kyle's creating a very fascinating product as well. It's a product that allows you to support veterans. My brother's in the military. I definitely support our troops. I don't support our government, but I support our our warriors and on his website you you can uh actually donate to support veterans and I am going to do that. So like do remind me on that one everyone. It's been busy days here. But shout out to all the folks taking the course. If you'd like to learn how to utilize AI so you're not broke and confused in the future, you can find the course at school.com. That's skol.commarquet mqt. Click classrooms and you'll see the course right there.

talking about invading a country even if it's just seizing a small island. So, I want us to keep that in mind. I think the the target that has seems to have risen to the top of Trump's list. Uh, we saw him and Lindsey Graham tweeting about it over the weekend is island. Again, it's a piece of critical oil infrastructure. The idea is that if you can capture it, you will basically get to hold 90% of Iran's oil exports hostage. Uh, the issue with this is that you have to sail if you're going by ship, you have to make it through the straight of Hormuz, which the US Navy currently determines is too dangerous for it to go through. Uh, or if you fly in, you're still landing on an island that's just about 15 miles. You see the I I just find it hard to believe that the United States is going to make that approach when a the enemy would expect it and b it would be hard to maintain dominance over it. So the only strategic thing the United States could do with Clark Island would be to destroy it. Not to occupy it, but rather to destroy it. And such an effort I could see the Israelis doing that for sure because remember the Israelis don't care about the price of oil. And if you destroy that, you're going to [ __ ] Iran from for now and moving forward. So it would be to your benefit to destroy it completely and you don't lose any soldiers trying to occupy it. So I could see a more likely scenario wherein the Israelis bomb Car Island to completely destroy the Iranian infrastructure and their source of economic uh prosperity and see the Americans making an invasion elsewhere, a ground invasion elsewhere.

Chunga writes, "The people without color do have some evil in them." The evidence would suggest so just based on the evidence would be would be close to a suicide mission, I hate to say it, uh, with US troops within range not just of the drones and missiles that Iran has targeted the whole Gulf and Israel with, but also shorter range weapons that they haven't had the opportunity to use yet. Uh, artillery, rockets, short-range drones. And it's really easy to imagine how if you drop troops on that island, they could really end up being trapped there, uh, which would really play into the hands of the Iranian government. And I think a US mass casualty event or even a a de facto hostage situation, uh, would be much more valuable uh, to Iran's surviving leaders than the the oil terminal that the

>> That was actually quite interesting. I'm surprised he said that because I said that earlier which is the idea that uh hostages can be very useful to Iran especially in deterring you know further aerial bombardment with conventional weapons from the United States or uh preventing nuclear warfare coming from Israel. So I think that he was correct there. the operation would purportedly capture.

>> And Harrison, man, what about the logistics nightmare? Even if they were able to land troops, which I'm sure they would be able to, the logistics nightmare of protecting and supplying uh any force like that. So,

>> yeah, extremely dangerous for all the weapons I mentioned. Plus, Iran, as has been discussed in the news, can mine these waters. both also discussed trying to land troops near the straight of Hormuz to clear out anti.

>> It's almost concerning to me that every news station keeps running the same concept straight of Hormuz.

>> Kind of weird.

>> I think Israel can honestly keep it up as long as as long as the US continues to supply it with munitions and an incredible amount of air defense and air protection. Uh, right. There's there's nothing really keeping the Israeli military from pulling out of Iran and focusing entirely on Lebanon. The US is already fighting the war Netanyahu wanted for him, right? Uh, Israeli air power is not adding a whole lot to that. So, we could see that happen. Uh, they could keep going in Lebanon for for a while if they continue to enjoy US air defenses.

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>> Resupply of interceptors and now the the ground munitions, tank and artillery shells that they need to fight in Lebanon. Uh, the the political side of that I'm less sure of. be successful uh at at keeping public support or at least preventing substantive opposition to starting new wars, especially over the past two years.

>> What about Harrison man? Um, and if you can just say what the DIA does, what you resign from the Defense Intelligence Agency.

>> Yeah, so it's it's sort of like a miniature CIA and it it performs a lot of the same analytic functions. So my office was responsible for assessing strategic intentions and military capabilities of all of the countries in the Middle East, figuring out what they were going to do uh and what the status of their army talking about uh uh at this moment doesn't look like there's any coalition. You have Italy saying and this is a right uh leader of it.

>> Hey folks, uh send any of your final comments, questions, ties to go ahead and wind down a minute. We didn't need to be in this war.

>> You know, this is this is uncalled for

>> and this is what we get.

>> Families are suffering right now. Not only our family, but there are other families that's lost.

>> Yeah, I hear you. I hear you. Um, the loss of life is always tragic. If you're a soldier, an airman, the marine, etc. Technically, you signed up to be in war, but there's no doubt that putting our troops in harm's way unnecessarily is not right. It shows no regard for uh the precious nature of life. So, my heart goes out to those families. And you know, I want to again encourage you all, you young men and some of you young women who may go into the armed forces, uh, another way of serving your communities and your country, uh, instead of going into the military, into the armed forces, you can go into law enforcement. I highly recommend that you go into policing, become a state trooper. Hell, you could even work for ICE. There's an infinite number of options going into the IRS. You know, we want to support you in doing that. And I realize that some of those organizations are hostile and you're in the belly of the beast, but we need more good people in positions of power in positions like that. And so, you know, we encourage you to uh try it out. And we have many members of the SAS who are in the military and law enforcement as well. And uh, we'd love to support you in that pursuit and make sure that you can maintain your sanity uh as you operate within those uh complex environments. Ladies and saints, it's been a pleasure this time to fellowship with you all. Until next time, let us end this with our tradition, the creed of the assassin. Repeat after me with full conviction, knowing this is true of you. The creed of the assassin. I'm going to be who I truly am because I'm remarkable and I'm going to strive every moment to show the greatest part of who I am. Until next time, peace to the saints.