1 00:00:04,839 --> 00:00:05,519 Speaker 1: What's going on. 2 00:00:05,719 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening to this podcast. It 3 00:00:08,199 --> 00:00:10,039 is heard live every day from noon to three on 4 00:00:10,199 --> 00:00:13,800 WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you want exclusive content 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:17,120 like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, my daily 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,440 show prep with all the links, become a patron, go 7 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:23,359 to dpeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the subscribe button. 8 00:00:23,399 --> 00:00:26,280 Get every episode for free right to your smartphone or tablet. 9 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:30,719 And again, thank you so much for your support. Last hour, 10 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:35,000 I mentioned some of the confusion over what was part 11 00:00:35,119 --> 00:00:40,679 of the framework for the ceasefire discussions. Right when we 12 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:43,280 got the fifteen points from America, we had the ten 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:47,520 points from Iran, and then there was like there were 14 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,880 different versions of it and whatnot than Iran's like that's 15 00:00:50,880 --> 00:00:52,679 not in the deal and that was in the deal, 16 00:00:52,679 --> 00:00:56,159 and so like there's a lot of a lot of confusion. 17 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,679 Speaker 1: So I think some of it. 18 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,239 Speaker 2: Is addressed and cleared up by comments from Vice President 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:10,959 jd Vance, who was on the tarmac yesterday departing Budapest, Hungary. 20 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:14,680 He was getting ready to board the jet and he 21 00:01:14,799 --> 00:01:18,400 did a quick like twelve thirteen minute Q and A 22 00:01:18,519 --> 00:01:20,400 with reporters before he got on board. 23 00:01:21,239 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: And so he addresses some of this stuff. 24 00:01:24,439 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 2: For example, he says, this is regarding why there are 25 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,040 you know, why is Iran saying things are in the 26 00:01:33,079 --> 00:01:37,560 ten point proposal that America had previously said, we rejected 27 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:40,439 these ten points. They were not they were maximalists, they 28 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:45,719 were non starters. And so then why is Iran talking 29 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,840 about these ten points and what's in them? And you 30 00:01:47,879 --> 00:01:51,640 know versus you know what's been reported. And here was 31 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:56,879 his explanation. Basically, it was that there were multiple ten 32 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,439 point proposals from Iran. 33 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,079 Speaker 3: I think it's very important for the American media to 34 00:02:03,079 --> 00:02:07,439 be honest with the American people on this particular issue 35 00:02:07,519 --> 00:02:11,599 because it affects not just you know, the normal. 36 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:14,000 Speaker 4: Issues of public policy, it actually affects peace and war. 37 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:14,800 Here's what I mean. 38 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:18,000 Speaker 3: So, in the past couple of days, I've seen a 39 00:02:18,039 --> 00:02:21,360 lot of reporting from the American media about the ten 40 00:02:21,439 --> 00:02:25,439 point proposal that the Iranians have made. Now, as I know, 41 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:27,800 because I've been involved in this, there are three different 42 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:30,319 ten point proposals at least that I've seen floating around. 43 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 4: The first ten point proposal was something that was submitted. 44 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,039 Speaker 3: And we think, frankly was probably written by Chat GPT 45 00:02:36,199 --> 00:02:39,199 that was submitted to Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner that 46 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:42,360 immediately went in the garbage and was rejected. There was 47 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,240 a second ten point proposal that was much more reasonable, 48 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:47,599 that was based on some back and forth between us, 49 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,800 between the Pakistanis and between the Iranians. That is the 50 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:53,159 ten point proposal that the President was referencing in his 51 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,360 truth yesterday. And then, frankly, I've seen a third ten 52 00:02:56,439 --> 00:02:59,560 point proposal that's even more maximalist than the first ten 53 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:02,800 point parm that's been floating around various social media channels 54 00:03:02,800 --> 00:03:06,000 now here. Here's what's interesting about all this is that 55 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:09,639 I've seen various organs in New York Times, CNN, others 56 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,280 pick up and run the original ten point proposal based 57 00:03:14,319 --> 00:03:17,919 on little more than a random Yahoo in Iran, submitting 58 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,319 it to public access television in the country of Iran, 59 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,080 and then them saying that somehow represents the negotiating position 60 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:29,120 of the government. It's the equivalent of somebody in let's say, 61 00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:34,759 a Democratic councilman in Boise, Idaho, saying something crazy, the 62 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,400 local public access TV picking up that crazy statement, and 63 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:40,719 then the New York Times running that as the position 64 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,280 of the President of the United States. It doesn't make 65 00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:45,919 an ounce of sense. What's happening on the ground in 66 00:03:45,919 --> 00:03:49,000 Iran is that you have clearly the position of the government, 67 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:52,000 which is to negotiate with the United States of America. 68 00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 4: You have the position of the President of United. 69 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:56,719 Speaker 3: States, which is to send the negotiators to Pakistan and. 70 00:03:56,719 --> 00:03:58,639 Speaker 4: Engage in this good faith negotiation. 71 00:03:59,039 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 3: And then yes, you have some crazy people at the 72 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,199 fringes of the Iranian system who are leaking anonymously, either 73 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:08,879 for propaganda purposes or because they're embarrassed, or because they 74 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:11,199 don't like what happened. And the final point, when I 75 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,639 say they don't like what happened, what we know is 76 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,399 that the United States accomplished its military objectives. What we 77 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:20,439 know is the United States could have imposed significant additional 78 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:23,399 military and economic costs in Iran and still has the. 79 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:24,360 Speaker 4: Capacity to do so. 80 00:04:24,759 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 3: But we think, thankfully at this point, I think have 81 00:04:27,399 --> 00:04:29,600 a ceasefire thanks to the leadership of the President of 82 00:04:29,639 --> 00:04:32,720 United States. We have the Iranians promising to open the 83 00:04:32,759 --> 00:04:35,279 straits of poor Moves, and we have a negotiation that's 84 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:36,560 supposed to start this weekend. 85 00:04:36,959 --> 00:04:39,279 Speaker 4: That's the truth. I think it's a good first step. 86 00:04:39,399 --> 00:04:41,319 Speaker 3: We're going to see if we can make more progress 87 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:43,720 here in the day's toc com think you can, all. 88 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,920 Speaker 2: Right, so multiple ten point proposals. Donald Trump put out 89 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:52,199 a truth social post about this also last night around 90 00:04:52,279 --> 00:04:56,120 ten pm. He says the failing New York Times and 91 00:04:56,199 --> 00:05:00,519 fake news CNN each reported a totally faked ten point 92 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,879 plan on the Iran negotiations, which was meant to discredit 93 00:05:03,879 --> 00:05:08,279 the people involved in the peace process. All ten points 94 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:13,120 were a made up hoax. Evil losers, make America great again. 95 00:05:15,759 --> 00:05:19,759 So again I mentioned this last hour. We have to 96 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,959 maybe think in different terms about the Iranian government being 97 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:28,800 like a single functioning government. It may not be any longer. 98 00:05:29,319 --> 00:05:32,800 It doesn't appear to be. There are factions. They're like 99 00:05:32,879 --> 00:05:36,480 maybe dozens of factions, and not all of them want peace. 100 00:05:37,240 --> 00:05:40,600 Not all of them are gonna be interested in negotiating anything, 101 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:46,160 and so they are being pitted against each other. They 102 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:54,279 have competing interests. They have financial incentives, power incentives, safety incentives. 103 00:05:54,360 --> 00:06:01,680 Right if the government falls, the worst abusers are probably 104 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:05,720 gonna meet death at the hands of the Iranian people soon. 105 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:12,639 I mentioned yesterday that the the Prince, the the exiled 106 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:15,600 son of the last Shah of Iran. 107 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,519 Speaker 1: This guy's name is Reza pa La. 108 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 2: Vi, and he was he did a he put out 109 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,399 an address to the people of Iran. He has been 110 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:28,879 doing this pretty regularly, but he did he did another 111 00:06:28,879 --> 00:06:31,560 one last night. And I was thinking, like, did we 112 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:36,000 suspend the air campaign under the the you know this uh, 113 00:06:36,319 --> 00:06:39,120 this ruse of a ceasefire, because like it didn't seem 114 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,000 like who's doing the ceasefire? 115 00:06:41,120 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 1: And Iran's like, we're not doing ceasefires. 116 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,720 Speaker 2: And like, are we just like stopping the air campaign 117 00:06:48,079 --> 00:06:51,800 in order to give the Iranian people maximum ability to 118 00:06:53,040 --> 00:06:55,879 you know, take to the streets overthrow their government. Not sure, 119 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:59,800 doesn't appear to be the case, because Paula Vi once 120 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:04,639 again told the people to remain patient. This is what 121 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,360 Donald Trump has said, this is what Benjamintanyahu said. Right 122 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:12,160 there will be a moment where you will be empowered. 123 00:07:12,199 --> 00:07:15,959 You will have a chance to take back your liberty. 124 00:07:16,959 --> 00:07:21,759 I mean, that's the thing. If you want liberty, you 125 00:07:21,879 --> 00:07:24,240 have to take it. We can't do this for you. 126 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:26,920 We are not going in there with all the ground troops. 127 00:07:26,959 --> 00:07:30,759 This is not a raq this is not Afghanistan. You've 128 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:37,240 demonstrated repeatedly for years that you want this Islamic colonizing 129 00:07:37,319 --> 00:07:42,639 regime gone. This is your chance to do so. The 130 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:46,360 boots on the ground will be Iranians. So how do 131 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:50,439 you do that? Probably need some weapons. Well, we heard 132 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,279 the other day Trump said that they had sent weapons, 133 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:57,199 but apparently they sent them reportedly through the Koords. And 134 00:07:57,240 --> 00:07:59,199 then Trump said that he was not happy that the 135 00:07:59,199 --> 00:08:01,480 people who were post to hand off the weapons just 136 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:08,319 kept them. Okay, well what if they didn't, right, What 137 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:11,560 if that's a lie? What if the Kurds did in 138 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,800 fact hand off the weapons. Why would Trump lie? 139 00:08:15,839 --> 00:08:17,639 Speaker 1: Then? Maybe? 140 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 2: So this way the Iranians don't know that there are 141 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:22,839 a whole bunch of people in various areas that are 142 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:28,920 now armed. Also, Paula V issued a direct and pointed 143 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,440 challenge to the Iranian National military this week. They are 144 00:08:32,480 --> 00:08:36,279 different than the IRGC. Okay, the IRGC is sort of 145 00:08:36,279 --> 00:08:40,679 the internal security forces. They work for the Mullahs. The 146 00:08:40,759 --> 00:08:47,240 national Army different and so he is now calling on 147 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:50,960 soldiers to break ranks with current leadership. In a series 148 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,519 of statements shared on social media, Paula V called for 149 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:57,720 the regular armed forces to step forward and protect the 150 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:02,559 Iranian people from the ir G. He characterized the current 151 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:06,080 regime as occupiers who are driven by a destructive and 152 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,399 apocalyptic madness that has pushed the nation toward a total collapse. 153 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:14,279 He targeted the tension that already exists between the traditional 154 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,600 national army and the IRGC. He said, how have you 155 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,879 closed your eyes to these realities and withdrawn from your 156 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:25,519 duty to defend the nation and the people. How will 157 00:09:25,639 --> 00:09:30,080 history and future generations of Iran judge you. Paula Vie, 158 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:32,919 who has previously expressed a willingness to serve as a 159 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:37,120 transitional leader should the current regime fall, frame the situation 160 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,279 as a final opportunity for the military to reclaim its 161 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,759 professional honor. He called on the Iranian public to put 162 00:09:44,799 --> 00:09:49,039 pressure on the military, asking citizens to demand that the 163 00:09:49,159 --> 00:09:52,879 army fulfill its national role before it's too late, stand 164 00:09:52,919 --> 00:09:58,360 together with the nation and save Iran. He acknowledged the 165 00:09:58,399 --> 00:10:03,200 reports of the cease fire and said that this should 166 00:10:03,240 --> 00:10:05,600 not be seen as a setback for the Iranian people. 167 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:09,799 He claimed that recent developments had significantly damaged Deron's military 168 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,360 and security leadership, including senior commanders across the IRGC, the 169 00:10:14,399 --> 00:10:18,960 besiege and intelligence services, while saying that the state's command 170 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,159 and control system had been paralyzed. He says, await the 171 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:28,120 decisive moment, Remain vigilant. All right, if you're listening to 172 00:10:28,159 --> 00:10:29,679 this show, you know I try to keep up with 173 00:10:29,679 --> 00:10:31,799 all sorts of current events, and I know you do too, 174 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,480 And you've probably heard me say get your news from 175 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:39,159 multiple sources. Why well, because it's how you detect media bias, 176 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,759 which is why I've been so impressed with ground News. 177 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,519 It's an app, and it's a website, and it combines 178 00:10:45,639 --> 00:10:47,639 news from around the world in one place so you 179 00:10:47,679 --> 00:10:51,080 can compare coverage and verify information. You could check it 180 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:55,639 out at check dot ground, dot news slash pete. I 181 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,559 put the link in the podcast description too. 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Let me jump over to the text line 193 00:11:34,559 --> 00:11:38,799 here and read what you've been writing, Jim says, Pete. 194 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:41,480 The British Navy is not even really a coastguard anymore. 195 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,039 That Russian tanker going through the English Channel with a 196 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:49,240 military escort shows that the Royal Navy shadowed them, but 197 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:55,919 with a tanker. Oh my gosh, that's even worse. Jefferson says. 198 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:59,440 That's why we need greenland. The North Sea is wide 199 00:11:59,519 --> 00:12:02,720 open to keep choke points open for NATO. Also, Southeast 200 00:12:02,759 --> 00:12:06,440 Asia country started gasoline rationing and were instructed to work 201 00:12:06,440 --> 00:12:09,480 from home for their people. They don't have the resources 202 00:12:09,639 --> 00:12:14,759 to help keep the Gulf open. Yeah, this is the problem. Like, 203 00:12:14,799 --> 00:12:20,720 if you guys are so reliant on imports through dangerous territories, 204 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:25,240 then maybe you need to contribute to the safety of 205 00:12:25,279 --> 00:12:32,960 those vital choke points. You know, I don't know what 206 00:12:33,039 --> 00:12:35,960 the hell in your time to rename the thing, oh 207 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:41,720 oh hormones the Strait of America, we could call it, 208 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,960 uh seven oh four number says I served on various 209 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:48,879 mind sweepers from eighty six through ninety five. As a 210 00:12:48,919 --> 00:12:51,960 sonar technician, we're the ones who would hunt, find and 211 00:12:52,039 --> 00:12:55,720 neutralize the mines. The last mind sweeper to actually work 212 00:12:55,799 --> 00:12:59,720 in a live minefield was the USS Guardian in nineteen 213 00:12:59,799 --> 00:13:04,080 nine ninety two. I served on the Guardian during Desert Storm. 214 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,240 None of these MCMs remain in the fleet today. To 215 00:13:08,399 --> 00:13:12,240 my knowledge, we don't have a proven mind countermeasureship available. 216 00:13:12,399 --> 00:13:16,679 Only the airborne platforms from the MHC helicopters enjoyers show daily. 217 00:13:16,679 --> 00:13:16,919 Speaker 1: Thanks. 218 00:13:17,879 --> 00:13:22,279 Speaker 2: Yeah, they I saw a report that they had they 219 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:27,960 had taken offline the last mind sweepers like in I 220 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:31,720 think last year or something, and so like, we may 221 00:13:31,759 --> 00:13:34,360 not have the capability to do those old mind sweeping 222 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:39,720 operations or is there some other tech that they have right? 223 00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:44,159 But again, like all indications to me are that the 224 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:50,919 Trump administration is on purpose not moving to reopen the 225 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:54,120 Strait of Hormuz. I do not believe that we are 226 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:58,399 incapable of reopening it if we wanted to. I believe 227 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:02,559 we could. The quest is when do we do it? 228 00:14:03,159 --> 00:14:06,879 And do we try to get others involved? And Trump 229 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,559 has repeated he said it with NATO, He's been saying 230 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,960 it with the Gulf countries like You guys have to 231 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:18,720 step up and secure yourselves. You cannot rely on us 232 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:20,480 to do all of these things for you all over 233 00:14:20,519 --> 00:14:26,519 the world. Steve says, one story says iron has four 234 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:30,600 hundred pounds of uranium, and another story says Iran has 235 00:14:30,639 --> 00:14:33,080 one thousand pounds. Which is it? 236 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: It is? 237 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:37,159 Speaker 2: The numbers I saw were like four hundred and forty 238 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:42,840 kilograms of your sixty percent enriched uranium. And there is 239 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:46,600 no reason to enrich uranium to that level. The only 240 00:14:46,639 --> 00:14:48,480 reason you're at sixty percent is because you're trying to 241 00:14:48,480 --> 00:14:51,320 get to ninety percent, and that's like a two week process. 242 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,519 And so they have it at sixty percent, and they 243 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:59,360 bred to Witkof and Kushner about it. And that's u 244 00:15:00,679 --> 00:15:05,840 and that's enough for eleven missiles, and they have the 245 00:15:05,879 --> 00:15:10,000 ballistic missiles. They could strap this material onto any kind 246 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:16,559 of you know, ordinance and deliver a radiological bomb. Seven 247 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:19,039 oh four number says, I hope you are right in 248 00:15:19,080 --> 00:15:21,399 your suspicions that something else is going on, but as 249 00:15:21,399 --> 00:15:23,519 of right now, with what is known, this whole thing 250 00:15:23,559 --> 00:15:25,000 is making America look like a joke. 251 00:15:25,039 --> 00:15:27,759 Speaker 1: I disagree. I disagree. 252 00:15:27,759 --> 00:15:29,879 Speaker 2: I look at the I look at what we just 253 00:15:29,919 --> 00:15:36,399 accomplished in five weeks. And I understand the difference between 254 00:15:36,639 --> 00:15:41,399 you know, tactical versus strategic, and so what is the 255 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,600 strategic end game? But the tactical side there is like 256 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,399 we sliced through all of their air defenses, took them 257 00:15:51,399 --> 00:15:57,639 all down. They have nothing left for air defenses? Are 258 00:15:57,679 --> 00:16:01,240 are f fifteen that was shot down? That was that 259 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,240 was a man pad right, that was like some guy 260 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:08,799 with an RPG on his shoulder. So like all of 261 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:12,600 the systems that countries have purchased from Russia and China 262 00:16:13,799 --> 00:16:16,519 are worthless, and every country that bought it knows it. 263 00:16:17,159 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: Russia and China know it too. 264 00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 2: We have we've taken out more than fifty of the 265 00:16:25,039 --> 00:16:31,519 IRGC leadership. We've made the we've we've created an environment 266 00:16:31,559 --> 00:16:35,480 that may be most conducive to the Iranian people finally 267 00:16:35,519 --> 00:16:41,840 overthrowing this regime. Right, they Israel has once again decapitated Hesbela. 268 00:16:41,879 --> 00:16:44,240 They're blowing up all of their stuff in southern Lebanon, 269 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:48,399 and now they're in talks Lebanon the government of Lebanon 270 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:51,399 who may actually finally step up and fight with Israel 271 00:16:51,559 --> 00:16:55,440 against Hesbolah. Right, there was a reordering going on of 272 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:59,080 the ally of the alliances in the Middle East, and 273 00:16:59,159 --> 00:17:04,039 they're all tar marketing this Shia doomsday death cult ideology, 274 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:08,680 which is a good thing that hopefully it creates greater stability. 275 00:17:09,519 --> 00:17:11,640 Speaker 1: But I don't know. We're gonna have to wait and see. 276 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:13,240 I was told I said that too much yesterday. 277 00:17:15,640 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: You know, stories are powerful. 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Not kidding, that's 297 00:18:23,799 --> 00:18:28,200 what the IRGC affiliated news agency is called. 298 00:18:28,279 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 1: It's called Farce. 299 00:18:29,720 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 2: I mean, it's spelled fars, but Farce, citing an informed 300 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:40,440 source who says that the Islamic Republic rules out negotiations 301 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,079 with Washington and will keep the straight up hoor moves 302 00:18:43,119 --> 00:18:47,079 closed until a full cease fire is established in Lebanon. 303 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:54,640 So again further evidence there is a fractured government in 304 00:18:54,640 --> 00:18:58,279 Iran right now. You have different factions that are in 305 00:18:58,319 --> 00:19:02,960 disagreement about how to pro You got a civilian government 306 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:06,359 and you have the IRGC and the Ayahtola and the 307 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:11,039 Mullahs the clerical crowd, right, and so you've got these 308 00:19:11,079 --> 00:19:11,880 two different camps. 309 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 1: The IRGC. 310 00:19:14,039 --> 00:19:18,519 Speaker 2: Has been muscling the president and the other members of 311 00:19:18,519 --> 00:19:20,039 the like the parliament and all of that. 312 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:22,400 Speaker 1: The civilian government. 313 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:30,880 Speaker 2: Now on whether or not the Israeli actions in Lebanon 314 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,559 should stop before any talks between the US and Iran 315 00:19:37,839 --> 00:19:39,079 jd Vance was asked. 316 00:19:38,839 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: About this on the tarmac last night. 317 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 3: I actually think and there's a lot of bad faith 318 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:46,599 negotiation and a lot of bad faith, you. 319 00:19:46,559 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 4: Know, propaganda going on. 320 00:19:48,319 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 3: I think this comes from a legitimate misunderstanding. I think 321 00:19:51,279 --> 00:19:55,160 the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon, and it 322 00:19:55,279 --> 00:19:58,240 just didn't. We never made that promise, We never indicated 323 00:19:58,279 --> 00:19:58,799 that was going to. 324 00:19:58,799 --> 00:19:59,319 Speaker 4: Be the case. 325 00:19:59,559 --> 00:20:01,880 Speaker 3: What we said is that the ceasefire would be focused 326 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:05,000 on Iran, and the ceasefire would be focused on America's allies, 327 00:20:05,039 --> 00:20:08,559 both Israel and the Golf are of states. Now that said, 328 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:11,119 the Israelis, as I understand it again, I'm supposed to 329 00:20:11,160 --> 00:20:12,720 get a fuller report when I get on the plane, 330 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:18,359 have actually offered to be frankly, to check themselves a 331 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:21,319 little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure. 332 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:22,759 Speaker 4: That our negotiation is successful. 333 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:25,839 Speaker 3: That's not because that is part of the ceasefire. I 334 00:20:25,839 --> 00:20:28,240 think that's the Israelis try to set up us up 335 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,440 for success. And we'll, of course see how that unfolds 336 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,519 in the next few days. But look, if Iran wants 337 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:36,960 to lead this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where 338 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,000 they were getting hammered over Lebanon. 339 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,839 Speaker 4: Which has nothing to do with them. 340 00:20:41,759 --> 00:20:44,279 Speaker 3: And which the United States never once said was part 341 00:20:44,319 --> 00:20:45,000 of the ceasefire. 342 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,759 Speaker 4: That's ultimately their choice. We think that would be dumb, 343 00:20:47,880 --> 00:20:48,839 but that's their choice. 344 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:49,359 Speaker 1: Mm hmm. 345 00:20:50,279 --> 00:20:55,079 Speaker 2: But it also, you know, proves the point that hasbala 346 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:59,079 is their proxy army that has colonized Lebanon in order 347 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:05,640 to attack Israel, just like Hamas was is and the Houties, right, 348 00:21:05,839 --> 00:21:10,720 these armies that they support militarily and train and fund 349 00:21:10,799 --> 00:21:13,240 and everything else, they've. 350 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:14,759 Speaker 1: Always said, oh no, no, that's not us. 351 00:21:14,759 --> 00:21:17,720 Speaker 2: So this way, like their hands wouldn't be you know, dirty, like, 352 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:22,799 oh we didn't do that, that wasn't us. Then he 353 00:21:22,839 --> 00:21:26,480 was asked, when will the Iranians stop blocking the Strait 354 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:27,319 of Hormuz. 355 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 4: The deal is a ceasefire, a negotiation. 356 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:33,039 Speaker 3: That's what we give and what they give is the 357 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:35,039 straits are going to be reopened. If we don't see 358 00:21:35,079 --> 00:21:37,680 that happening, the president is not going to abide by 359 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:40,240 our terms if the Iranians are not abiding by their terms. 360 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 2: Fair enough? Is the threat? He was asked, this was 361 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,400 a direct question from a reporter. Is the threat to 362 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,960 wipe the Iranian civilization off the map, still on the table, 363 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,720 and is it fair to keep ninety million Iranians under 364 00:21:53,799 --> 00:21:55,920 that threat for the actions of their leaders. 365 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,440 Speaker 3: Well, look, the leadership is really to blame for the 366 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:00,960 condition of the country in Iran. The President of the 367 00:22:01,039 --> 00:22:04,000 United States has made very clear that the United States 368 00:22:04,079 --> 00:22:06,400 has a lot of leverage here. We have economic leverage, 369 00:22:06,440 --> 00:22:07,960 we've got military leverage. 370 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:09,279 Speaker 4: What he's trying to do. 371 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,559 Speaker 3: Is make sure the American people are safe and strike 372 00:22:11,599 --> 00:22:14,279 a deal that's good for the American people. I just look, 373 00:22:14,599 --> 00:22:16,759 I encourage the Iranians to come to the table. 374 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,440 Speaker 4: Seriously, we've seen. 375 00:22:18,279 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 3: Some signs that they're gonna do that. We've seen some 376 00:22:20,759 --> 00:22:24,440 signs of bravado. Fundamentally, weren't a good spot. They're reopening 377 00:22:24,519 --> 00:22:27,039 the straits, we have a ceasefire, and frankly, if they 378 00:22:27,039 --> 00:22:29,079 break their into the bargain, then they're going to see 379 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:30,920 some serious consequences. 380 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 1: Wiping them off the map. 381 00:22:31,599 --> 00:22:34,680 Speaker 2: It's different than an economic leverage or military leverage. 382 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:37,680 Speaker 3: Why is that kind of language useful in this kind 383 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,480 of scenario. Well, again, the President of the United States 384 00:22:40,599 --> 00:22:43,519 is saying that unless the Iranians do the right thing, 385 00:22:43,799 --> 00:22:46,200 he is going to have some serious consequences for the regime. 386 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,000 We obviously don't want the people of Iran to suffer, 387 00:22:49,319 --> 00:22:51,200 but we have a lot of leverage the. 388 00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:53,440 Speaker 4: President United States could use. And it's why I. 389 00:22:53,359 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 3: Think it's so important for the Iranians to be negotiators 390 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:56,960 in good faith. 391 00:22:58,039 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 2: So on the text line, Jeff says, it's hard to 392 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:04,400 secure your freedom from a tyrannical regime without weapons. Our 393 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,000 forefathers understood this, and so do the Iranians, and I 394 00:23:08,039 --> 00:23:14,000 think so too does the US administration. A guy named 395 00:23:14,319 --> 00:23:18,039 or maybe it's a female, Zeneb Riboa, I've read from 396 00:23:18,079 --> 00:23:22,319 their work before. Research fellow at the Hudson Institute Center 397 00:23:22,319 --> 00:23:24,920 for Peace and Security in the Middle East wrote an 398 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,599 op ed at The New York Post titled all the 399 00:23:27,599 --> 00:23:31,559 pieces are lining up for regime change in Iran, and 400 00:23:31,599 --> 00:23:35,519 by that doesn't necessarily mean an invasion, a decapitation strike, 401 00:23:35,599 --> 00:23:38,680 a new flag over the capitol that was Iraq and Afghanistan, 402 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,400 where American power underwrote both the military campaign and the 403 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,640 political reconstruction that followed. Iran is a different problem, and 404 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:51,039 Trump is running a different playbook. See I hear so 405 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:56,119 many people Inevitably they're always of the same mindset that 406 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:01,279 America is losing this, and they seem to be arguing 407 00:24:01,319 --> 00:24:04,519 everything as if this is the Iraq War and it's 408 00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:11,640 not so. Iran's survival depends on three pillars, the ideology, 409 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:19,480 the patronage network, and a coercive apparatus right to bring 410 00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:22,799 a system like that down. All three must fall or 411 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:28,960 fail simultaneously. Iran was already decomposing before this operation began. Regionally, 412 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,839 the regime had been losing its grip for two years 413 00:24:32,319 --> 00:24:36,000 after the humiliating Hesbalah Pager attack in twenty twenty four, 414 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,400 the Twelve Day War last year that exposed its hollow 415 00:24:40,519 --> 00:24:46,039 air defenses. The deterrent Tehran spent decades building turned out 416 00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:49,799 to be largely performative at home. The economy had already 417 00:24:49,839 --> 00:24:52,680 collapsed after the sanctions cut off Iran from the global 418 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:56,000 financial system. When the government announced plans for a steep 419 00:24:56,079 --> 00:25:01,160 tax increase widely understood to fund the ir GC, the 420 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:06,039 Iranians erupted and they took to the streets. Revolutionary systems, 421 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:11,799 like the Islamo Marxist regime in Iran, they survive by 422 00:25:11,839 --> 00:25:19,279 continuously reproducing their founding idea across generations and the Islamic 423 00:25:19,279 --> 00:25:24,680 Republic has lost that capacity. The coercei of apparatus was 424 00:25:24,839 --> 00:25:29,519 already weakening because the ideology had failed. 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The bombs did not start the collapse, 454 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:19,079 but it accelerated two different crises that are now beyond recovery. 455 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,400 I talked about this the other day. The President of 456 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,200 Iran got in an argument with the IRGC leadership and 457 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:26,599 he's like, like. 458 00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:27,839 Speaker 1: We're not going to be able to recover from this. 459 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,839 Speaker 2: We've got like three weeks left before the entire country collapses. 460 00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:38,559 So the first crisis is legitimacy. When the IRGC chose 461 00:27:38,599 --> 00:27:42,440 the Nepo baby to be the new Ayatola to succeed 462 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:46,400 his father, it violated the Islamic Republic's own founding principles, 463 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:52,519 which bar hereditary succession. A regime built on rejecting dynastic 464 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:56,400 rule reached for a dynasty the moment it came under 465 00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:01,240 real pressure. So that's a crisis of Legitimacynumber two crisis 466 00:28:01,519 --> 00:28:05,960 regional isolation. The whole Arab street mobilization that Aron long 467 00:28:06,039 --> 00:28:09,839 counted on never materialized, and in fact, Arab states that 468 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,559 once tolerated to Iran's reach are now coordinating with Trump 469 00:28:13,640 --> 00:28:16,240 to eliminate the threat. By the way, you know, it's 470 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:22,799 not mentioned in their ten point proposal Palestine. It's almost 471 00:28:22,839 --> 00:28:25,279 as if they don't really care about that issue. Maybe 472 00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:28,440 they were just using it. Trump does not need a 473 00:28:28,519 --> 00:28:32,160 deal to persuade the IRGC that its regional ambitions have 474 00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:36,799 been amputated. He is making that a reality before their 475 00:28:36,839 --> 00:28:39,359 eyes without American boots on the ground, while keeping that 476 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:43,119 option visibly on the table. Meanwhile, the regime has waged 477 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:47,759 an information warfare campaign seeking to project resilience and shape 478 00:28:47,799 --> 00:28:51,519 perceptions of the damage. And it is succeeding in pushing 479 00:28:51,559 --> 00:28:58,240 its narrative in Western mainstream media because they don't want 480 00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:02,599 Trump to succeed, or they are of a mind that 481 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:07,799 the American project and Western civilization is not worthy to 482 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:13,079 be at the station it is, and so good, we're 483 00:29:13,079 --> 00:29:17,160 going to lose. We're not a force for good. We're 484 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,160 not doing anything beneficial for anybody but ourselves. Like this 485 00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:24,480 is like, this is the whole black pill sector of 486 00:29:24,599 --> 00:29:30,319 a podcast is stand American? I'm sorry it succeeded in 487 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:33,000 pushing the narrative in Western mainstream media, but the targeting 488 00:29:33,039 --> 00:29:36,599 record tells a different story. American and Israeli strikes have 489 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,000 reached the core of the IRGC's command and control structure, 490 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,119 and no volume of social media output changes what those 491 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:48,079 commanders can no longer do. A third front may prove 492 00:29:48,119 --> 00:29:52,480 the most consequential, and that is the Iranian people. The 493 00:29:52,599 --> 00:29:56,319 regime has maintained a full Internet shutdown, showing that its 494 00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:02,440 leaders understand information travels faster than bomb. The US must 495 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:07,720 close every remaining corridor of IRGC survival. That's financial pressure, 496 00:30:07,759 --> 00:30:11,519 that's the most effective instrument, and Washington should directly pressure 497 00:30:11,599 --> 00:30:15,519 the UA to shut down the shadow banking infrastructure in 498 00:30:15,599 --> 00:30:20,400 Dubai that has long allowed the IRGC to circumvent sanctions, 499 00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:25,640 and the boots on the ground have got to be 500 00:30:25,799 --> 00:30:30,279 Iranian boots. Trump has a window, and windows close. The 501 00:30:30,319 --> 00:30:33,839 pressure and precision that brought Iran to this point must 502 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:36,880 now be sustained long enough to make the coming popular 503 00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:43,839 uprising irreversible. Right liberty is achieved by those willing to 504 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:47,440 win it, to fight for it, and Iranians are going 505 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:52,319 to have to do that themselves. On the text line, 506 00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:55,359 here's Dean again. We have lost focus. There you go, 507 00:30:56,440 --> 00:31:01,880 the Pannikins, the black pills, and Dean, this is what's 508 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,759 so frustrating. It's like, after all of the information I've 509 00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:05,480 been providing to. 510 00:31:05,519 --> 00:31:07,079 Speaker 1: You, and this is what he says. 511 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:09,559 Speaker 2: The purpose of this war was to remove their nuclear 512 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:14,279 capabilities and kill the leaders behind it all. No, that 513 00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:19,000 was not the objectives. I've gone over this. I don't 514 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,440 even know how many times I can't. How is it 515 00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:26,920 you still don't know the objectives. It was destroy their 516 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:35,160 nuclear capabilities. It was to eliminate their ballistic missiles and 517 00:31:35,279 --> 00:31:40,599 drone production lines and stockpiles. So they cannot project power 518 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:43,880 outside of their borders. And it was to destroy their 519 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:47,920 air force and their navy. Those are the objectives. The 520 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,839 objective was not to kill all the leaders. That was 521 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:55,559 Israel's objective. Israel was like, we want regime change. So 522 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,920 he says, job done, we achieved our objective. What now, 523 00:31:59,279 --> 00:32:03,400 how do you ever eliminate a person's ideology? Lobotomies, No, 524 00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,400 that's why you hope that the Iranian people rise up 525 00:32:06,440 --> 00:32:09,640 against them and overthrow the colonizing. 526 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 1: Islamist And then he says, it's all about power. 527 00:32:14,759 --> 00:32:17,079 Speaker 2: The US will not be happy until any until everyone 528 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,640 acknowledges Trump in America to be their hero. See this 529 00:32:19,759 --> 00:32:23,440 is you gotta stop looking at everything through a lens 530 00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:29,240 of Trump derangement syndrome. Okay, the elimination of the Islamic 531 00:32:29,279 --> 00:32:34,200 Republic regime has been something that every single president has said, 532 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:37,160 they can't get nukes, right, we don't want them in 533 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:37,920 power anymore. 534 00:32:38,279 --> 00:32:44,880 Speaker 1: Fifty years. This has been the posture of America, like. 535 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:47,440 Speaker 2: I'm just I'm at the point where I'm done, Dean, 536 00:32:47,519 --> 00:32:48,559 I'm done. 537 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:48,640 Speaker 3: With you. 538 00:32:51,039 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 4: All right. 539 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,759 Speaker 2: That'll do it for this episode. Thank you so much 540 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:55,839 for listening. 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