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<v Speaker 1>Second, we will help stability insure stability in Eastern Syria,

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<v Speaker 1>protecting any personnel are personnel against any threats, and will

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<v Speaker 1>remain our mission against ISIS WIST have been maintained, including

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<v Speaker 1>the security of detention facilities where ISIS fighters are being

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<v Speaker 1>held as prisoners. We're cleared eyed about the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>ISIS will try to take advantage of the vacuum to

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<v Speaker 1>re establish its capabilities and to create a safe haven.

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<v Speaker 1>We will not let that happen. In fact, is today

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<v Speaker 1>US forces conducted a dozen of precision strikes air strikes

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<v Speaker 1>within Syria targeting ICEIS camps and ISIS operatives. Third, we

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<v Speaker 1>will engage with all Syrian groups, including within the process

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<v Speaker 1>led by the United Nations, to establish a transition away

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<v Speaker 1>from this sovereigy toward independent sovereign and independent independent. I

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<v Speaker 1>might to say it again. I'm sure you there's a new.

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<v Speaker 2>Constitution independent independent. I'll say it again because I really

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<v Speaker 2>want to emphasize it independent, which is why we sent

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<v Speaker 2>dozens of strikes into Syria just yesterday. Oh so independent.

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<v Speaker 2>First off, Joe Biden's a mess. I mean, he's reading

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<v Speaker 2>off a telepraptery he can barely get through the thing.

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<v Speaker 2>It's unbelievable, but you know, I guess that's why he's gone. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>welcome back to Libdy Lockdown. This is Clint Russell. You

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<v Speaker 2>beautiful people. I missed you so much. Got so much

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<v Speaker 2>to talk about today. Unbelievable turn of events all over

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<v Speaker 2>the world, including the pardon of Hunter Biden, Joe's son,

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<v Speaker 2>and blanket pardons that are being promised for Anthony Fauci

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<v Speaker 2>and a litany of other Cast of Evil characters. So

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest story, though, which just happened over the past

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<v Speaker 2>twenty four hours, is that Syria has fallen to be

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<v Speaker 2>more explicit, Bashar al Asad has been toppled. And for

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<v Speaker 2>those that are have not been paying attention to this,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure most of you have because you're a fan

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<v Speaker 2>of the show. I've had Scott Horton on many times.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure many of you listen to him, and you're

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<v Speaker 2>familiar with the shenanigans in Syria that have led to

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<v Speaker 2>this point in time. And it is complex, it is

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<v Speaker 2>very hard to dissect, but I think I have a

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<v Speaker 2>fairly good handle on it after years and years of

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<v Speaker 2>reading everything and listening to Scott Horton and reading a

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<v Speaker 2>whole bunch of other pieces on this topic to try

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<v Speaker 2>and try and wrap my head around it. This is

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<v Speaker 2>my opinion. I want to be very clear, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of this has to do with black ops. It has

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<v Speaker 2>to do with back room dealing between nation states, and

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<v Speaker 2>we don't we're not privy too much of this. This

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<v Speaker 2>is like analysis based off of the consequences of what

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<v Speaker 2>we see happening in the Middle East. This is my

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<v Speaker 2>opinion as to what it means. Iran, Syria, and obviously

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<v Speaker 2>Russia kind of our partners. They work together. Russia has

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<v Speaker 2>a base within Syria. They've been kind of the you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the axis of evil from the US State Department's perspective,

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<v Speaker 2>But to me, they just look like kind of an

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<v Speaker 2>attempt at a bipolar world order or a multipolar world order.

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen many instances of Russia actually bombing or fighting

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<v Speaker 2>within Syria to defend Basharlissad, So the assumption was that

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<v Speaker 2>that would happen again. It did not. So this is

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<v Speaker 2>a huge paradigm shift and a lot of people, including myself,

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<v Speaker 2>are scrambling to try and analyze it. Why Why did

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<v Speaker 2>both Iran, who was obviously allies with assad as well

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<v Speaker 2>as Putin, who WASUS obviously probably the top ally of

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<v Speaker 2>ASAD not intervene, and Assad and his troops also didn't fight,

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<v Speaker 2>so it was a full I mean, people are calling

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<v Speaker 2>it a coup because internally it looks as if there

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<v Speaker 2>was some underlings beneath Bashar al Assad that did not

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<v Speaker 2>flee along with him, and that are working with the

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<v Speaker 2>terrorists that are now taking over the country, which is

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<v Speaker 2>apparently a victory. Somehow, it looks as if there's been

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<v Speaker 2>some backroom dealing. Now this is my guess as to

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<v Speaker 2>what may have happened, and I don't know factually, but

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<v Speaker 2>I think that based off of the fact that they

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<v Speaker 2>all stood down simultaneously, it's plausible at minimum that Putin

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<v Speaker 2>and either the US State Department or the incoming Trump

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<v Speaker 2>administration made a deal. This is my thesis. We'll see

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<v Speaker 2>if I'm right. I hope I'm right, because it's actually

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<v Speaker 2>better for the world than the alternative. But what it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like to me is that perhaps Putin and Trump

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<v Speaker 2>or some you know, whatever the actual apparatus is that

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<v Speaker 2>runs our foreign policy, if it's the US State Department,

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<v Speaker 2>they appear to have made a deal to essentially stand

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<v Speaker 2>down in Ukraine, that's my guess, in exchange for Russia

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<v Speaker 2>standing down in Syria and probably abandoning Iran because of Israel.

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<v Speaker 2>I know most people in the conservative commentating space won't

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<v Speaker 2>say that out loud, and I understand why. It's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>a cancelable offense. But if you actually look at the

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<v Speaker 2>territories that since October seventh of last year, who has

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<v Speaker 2>Israel been going after? Well, obviously Gaza where the attack

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<v Speaker 2>came from, which was awful, and that none of that changes,

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<v Speaker 2>but also Lebanon, also Syria. If you look at even

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<v Speaker 2>though this has been called a conspiracy theory, if you

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<v Speaker 2>look at what's called the Greater Israel project, it looks

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<v Speaker 2>to me like Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, which has already fallen.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a whole list of the Wesley Clark Seven which

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<v Speaker 2>i'll play for you in a second, that have all

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<v Speaker 2>fallen except for Iran. Well, all of those nations are

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<v Speaker 2>not all of those seven, but those three nations that

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<v Speaker 2>I just listed off would constant to including a sliver

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<v Speaker 2>of Egypt and Turkey, would constitute what would be the

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<v Speaker 2>Greater Israel project, which is basically an expansionary project to

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<v Speaker 2>make Israel. It's you know, I don't know whatever it's

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<v Speaker 2>rightful homeland is. And it looks to me as if

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<v Speaker 2>that's what's happening, And it looks to me as if

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<v Speaker 2>the US military and the US taxpayer, you and I

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<v Speaker 2>are being used to that end. That we are not

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<v Speaker 2>in fact fighting as much for our own geopolitical interests

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<v Speaker 2>and certainly not for our national defense. That's laughable at

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<v Speaker 2>this point. Clearly this has nothing to do with our

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<v Speaker 2>national defense. We are arming and funding al Qaeda spinoffs

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<v Speaker 2>as well as Isis in order to topple Bashar al Asad.

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<v Speaker 2>So we're in fact arming and funding the organization that

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<v Speaker 2>was responsible for nine to eleven. Does that sound like

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<v Speaker 2>that's in our best national defense interests to you, because

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't sound like it to me. So what it

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<v Speaker 2>looks like to me is that we have waged these

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<v Speaker 2>endless wars in the Middle East to topple every leader

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<v Speaker 2>that had a oppositional stance towards Israel and in particular

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<v Speaker 2>their treatment of the Palestinians. And as a consequence, there

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<v Speaker 2>is now much more pliable leadership in most of those nations.

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<v Speaker 2>And if they're not pliable, if they're not actually going

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<v Speaker 2>along with US State Department and Israeli interests. Well, they're

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<v Speaker 2>in such disarray that they don't have any capacity to

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<v Speaker 2>actually threaten Israel. So either way, it actually benefits Israel clearly.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you, when you're trying to figure out something you can't,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, no, definitively, you ask yourself what quibono? Who benefits? Well,

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<v Speaker 2>all of those wars, as best I can tell, are

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<v Speaker 2>to the detriment of the West and to the benefit

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<v Speaker 2>of Israel. Because if you actually look at where the

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the illegal immigration, but the really refugee flow

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<v Speaker 2>from those nations that we toppled time and time again, Libya, Syria, Yemen,

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<v Speaker 2>where do they go. Do they flee into Israel? Well

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<v Speaker 2>the fuck no, they don't, not at all. They flee

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<v Speaker 2>into Some of them go to Egypt, but many of them,

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<v Speaker 2>probably most of them go into Europe. And we've seen

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening in Europe as a consequence of that hasn't

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<v Speaker 2>been pretty. The rest or a huge percentage of the

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<v Speaker 2>rest go to America and they're offered either refugee status

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<v Speaker 2>or citizenship or just come here illegally. In what world

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<v Speaker 2>is that to the benefit of the American people. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>to me, it doesn't appear to be to our benefit

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<v Speaker 2>and it doesn't even appear to be obviously in our

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<v Speaker 2>strategic interests. So I started to think about Okay, so

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<v Speaker 2>what is the what is the trade off? What is

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<v Speaker 2>the American benefit? Well, who's the real prize? Is it putin?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so. I think it's probably China that

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<v Speaker 2>has been at the end of the day, who they

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<v Speaker 2>really want to get after. So here's the game board

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<v Speaker 2>as I see it. A toppel Syria. You take the

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<v Speaker 2>supply line that for Hesbola off the table, so you

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<v Speaker 2>can no longer easily, at least no longer easily get

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<v Speaker 2>weaponry to both Hamas in Gaza as well as Hesbola

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<v Speaker 2>and Lebanon, So you take them off the map. Now

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<v Speaker 2>Iran is isolated, but also Russia is weakened because they

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<v Speaker 2>had a military base in Syria, which I would assume

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<v Speaker 2>they won't have access to anymore. So that's not good

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<v Speaker 2>for them, but it is very good for one nation obviously.

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<v Speaker 2>So now you have Iran isolated. Okay, once they fall,

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<v Speaker 2>it's basically game over for the Middle East. Israel has

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<v Speaker 2>conquered it entirely or more or less. So then where's

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<v Speaker 2>the trade off after that? Well, the biggest are not

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest, but two of the biggest allies to Russia

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<v Speaker 2>were Syria and Iran. So you've now taken some of

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<v Speaker 2>their biggest allies off the map and they're now still

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<v Speaker 2>theoretically bogged down in this quagmire and Ukraine facing all

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<v Speaker 2>of NATO potentially. You've heard some geopolitical strategists, neo conservative

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<v Speaker 2>bent that are talking about how the real end goal

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<v Speaker 2>is to topple Putin and then to use Ukraine slash

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<v Speaker 2>Russia as method or our method for encircling or weakening

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<v Speaker 2>or potentially attacking China. Is that's probably what we've witnessed

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<v Speaker 2>over the past twenty years, is that we secure the

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<v Speaker 2>Greater Israel project for Israel, and then we move on Russia,

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<v Speaker 2>which we're already moving on, and then from there, assuming

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<v Speaker 2>we're victorious and we don't all die in nuclear winner,

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<v Speaker 2>then you move on China. So that's my honest opinion

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<v Speaker 2>as to probably what we're seeing, what I think may

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<v Speaker 2>have happened, though, the reason that Russia stood down is that,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's a few options. Either A they were

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<v Speaker 2>so weakened from this multi year fight against Ukraine that

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<v Speaker 2>they just didn't think that it was worth expending the

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<v Speaker 2>resources to try and defend Bashar al Asad in Syria.

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<v Speaker 2>That's possible. Alternatively, it's possible that they've come to an

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<v Speaker 2>agreement with the incoming Trump administration that says, hey, we

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<v Speaker 2>get Ukraine, you stand down, you stop AID, we take it,

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<v Speaker 2>we stop messing with NATO descends you get Syria and Iran.

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<v Speaker 2>Now I'm not saying it's fair, I'm not saying it's good.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying that's what it looks like could have happened.

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<v Speaker 2>And if that's the case, maybe it's the best case

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<v Speaker 2>scenario in terms of or the best we could hope for,

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<v Speaker 2>I should say, in terms of avoiding a hot war

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<v Speaker 2>between nuclear powers or NATO and Russia, which is the

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<v Speaker 2>same thing. I think that's a distinct possibility too. So

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<v Speaker 2>that's my current operating hypothesis as to what we've witnessed

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<v Speaker 2>over the past twenty four hours. Why people stood down

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<v Speaker 2>or I mean, it could just be that they thought that,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the Syrians weren't prepared to fight and defend

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<v Speaker 2>themselves from the on oncoming hordes. And they didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to expend any resources because they thought it was a

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<v Speaker 2>losing battle. That's possible. So I don't know, it's very hard,

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<v Speaker 2>it's very hard to decipher all of this, but I

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<v Speaker 2>think that we are witnessing major chess moves, major like

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<v Speaker 2>moves that I didn't think were possible to be honest, like,

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<v Speaker 2>I really didn't think that Beshar Alesad well, obviously I

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<v Speaker 2>thought he was capable of falling, but I did not

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<v Speaker 2>think it was imminent. I mean, they've been in this

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<v Speaker 2>circumstance for years and years and years, like a decade

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<v Speaker 2>of civil war. And for those that think that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>making up any any aspects of this, except for the

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<v Speaker 2>guessing part. But in terms of American involvement in this, well,

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<v Speaker 2>first off, Joe Biden just told you, okay, dozens of strikes.

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<v Speaker 2>He also in that same speech goes on to by

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<v Speaker 2>the way, those dozens of strikes are going to support

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<v Speaker 2>al Qaeda they they move on the capital of Syria.

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<v Speaker 2>That's crazy, that's unbelievable. Okay, So we already have acknowledgement

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<v Speaker 2>from the President of the United States that yes, in fact,

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<v Speaker 2>we are essentially providing overwatch we're providing cover with bombardment

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<v Speaker 2>on Syrian troops for ISIS and al Qaida, two groups

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<v Speaker 2>that are definitely our enemies, right, So that's one which

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<v Speaker 2>is nuts in its own right. But then if you

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<v Speaker 2>think I'm making up any aspect of this in terms

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<v Speaker 2>of the history of our involvement in that arena, well

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<v Speaker 2>let me fill you in on what's called Operation Timber Sycamore,

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<v Speaker 2>straight from Wikipedia. Take it for what it's worth. It

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<v Speaker 2>is just Wikipedia after all. But Timber Sycamore was a

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<v Speaker 2>classified weapons supply and training program or run by the

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<v Speaker 2>United States Central Intelligence Agency and supported by the United

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<v Speaker 2>Kingdom and some Arab intelligence services, including Saudi intelligence. The

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<v Speaker 2>aim of the program was to remove Syrian President Bashar

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<v Speaker 2>al Asad from power. Launched in twenty twelve or twenty thirteen,

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<v Speaker 2>it supplied money, weaponry, and training to Syrian opposition groups

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<v Speaker 2>fighting Syrian government forces in the Syrian Civil War. According

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<v Speaker 2>to US officials, the program was run by the CIA's

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<v Speaker 2>Special Activities Division and has trained thousands of rebels. President

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<v Speaker 2>Barack Obama secretly authorized the CIA to begin arming Serias

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<v Speaker 2>and battled rebels in twenty thirteen. The program became public

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<v Speaker 2>knowledge in mid twenty sixteen, so basically right when the

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<v Speaker 2>Civil War began, America had its hands already in the

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<v Speaker 2>pot continuing. One consequence of the program has been a

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<v Speaker 2>flood of US weapons, including the assault rifles, mortars, and

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<v Speaker 2>rocket propelled grenades, into the Middle East black market. Critics

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<v Speaker 2>of the program within the Obama administration viewed it as

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<v Speaker 2>ineffective and expensive, and raised concerns about seizure of weaponry

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<v Speaker 2>by Islamist groups and about Timber Sycamore backed rebels fighting

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<v Speaker 2>alongside the al Qaeda affiliated Alnowserfront and its allies. In

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<v Speaker 2>July twenty seventeen, US officials stated that Timber Sycamore would

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<v Speaker 2>be phased out, with funds possibly redirected to fighting the

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<v Speaker 2>Islamic State Order or to offering rebel forces defensive capabilities. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't look like it was phased out to me personally,

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<v Speaker 2>particularly when you keep in mind that President Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 2>attempted to remove our troops from Syria and was lied

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<v Speaker 2>to by his generals about the troop count there. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>com code lockdown. And I think that what we witnessed

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<v Speaker 2>yesterday was evidence that it did not end. Also, what

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<v Speaker 2>makes this really fascinating is that Turkey, who has been

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<v Speaker 2>one of the in terms of NATO members, one of

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<v Speaker 2>the more outspoken supporters of the people of Palestine, they

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<v Speaker 2>also moved on as SOD, a SOD who by all

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<v Speaker 2>accounts was in fact a big supporter of the Palestinians

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<v Speaker 2>as well. So what the fuck right? So that tells

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<v Speaker 2>me there's major horse trading happening. You have a NATO

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<v Speaker 2>member that is arming and funding these Isis ALCADA groups

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<v Speaker 2>that are then invading into Syria. Obviously, there's been you know,

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<v Speaker 2>wars raging for a decade plus now, so this is

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<v Speaker 2>nothing new. But in terms of the troop count and

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<v Speaker 2>the weaponry that they had and the plans that they had,

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<v Speaker 2>that was that was fueled by in my opinion, Israel, Turkey,

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<v Speaker 2>six CIA, US State Department. That's what it looks like

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<v Speaker 2>to me. It looks like this was a full on

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<v Speaker 2>takeover operation that was ran by you know, the West,

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you want to call it, and it succeeded. So

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<v Speaker 2>let me let me take off my libertarian cap and

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<v Speaker 2>just put on the analysis or tactical analysis cap. I'm impressed.

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<v Speaker 2>I know you're like, what, how could you possibly say that,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm impressed. I didn't think this was possible. I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>I did not think that they could possibly pull this off.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, most of us, including myself, have perceived the

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<v Speaker 2>empire to be in decline. We've lost time and time

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<v Speaker 2>again every war. All these wars that I'm talking about

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<v Speaker 2>appeared to be losses when they ended. You know, scare

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<v Speaker 2>quotes ended Afghanistan, Iraq, Did they go, well, are we

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<v Speaker 2>are we kicking ass in Ukraine?

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<v Speaker 3>No?

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<v Speaker 2>So the fact that this played out how it did

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<v Speaker 2>and and happened without any US troop or limited there

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<v Speaker 2>are some limited US troop participation to top al Asad

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<v Speaker 2>is pretty remarkable. And then you add into the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that they've essentially gutted or weakened a lot Hesbela in Lebanon.

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<v Speaker 2>They've obviously weakened Hamas tremendously as well, the Hoho Thies

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<v Speaker 2>and Yemen. What Israel has set out to do this?

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<v Speaker 2>This is kind of goes back to the analysis of

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<v Speaker 2>the Belfer Bellefoort Declaration and how Israel came to exist

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<v Speaker 2>in the first place. It's like, regardless of how you

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<v Speaker 2>feel about it, it's impressive it's like it's modern day

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<v Speaker 2>conquest in a way that somehow is largely internationally accepted,

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<v Speaker 2>Like how did you do that? You look at what

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<v Speaker 2>Putin's doing right now, He's trying to take just a

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<v Speaker 2>small portion of Ukraine. They're like, yeah, we're just gonna

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<v Speaker 2>take an entire country, like we're gonna take all of it.

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<v Speaker 2>And there the entire international community stands almost entirely unified

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<v Speaker 2>in opposition to Putin and what he's doing. No, in fairness,

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<v Speaker 2>a huge percentage of the world stands in opposition to

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<v Speaker 2>what Israel is doing in Gaza right now. But in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of like the actual creation of Israel, it's pretty

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<v Speaker 2>much worldwide accepted. Totally fine, it's okay, like it happened, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>sure they did. They took you know, ninety percent of

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<v Speaker 2>a land mass that wasn't theirs, but.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah they did it.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's okay. It's seventy years ago, move on seventy five,

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<v Speaker 2>give or take. So what I'm looking at here and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just like, man, this is impressive, Like that this

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<v Speaker 2>is a dying empire. Right, We're thirty six trillion in debt.

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<v Speaker 2>We haven't won a war in my lifetime or since

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<v Speaker 2>I was a kid least, I guess you could say

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<v Speaker 2>Iraq War one we won. All of a sudden. You

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<v Speaker 2>just see these chess pieces moving and you're like, WHOA,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, I think I see the game board now.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I see exactly what this has all been about.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not as if I'm like just guessing, like

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<v Speaker 2>this is what the neocons talked about back in the nineties,

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<v Speaker 2>and the neocons talked about a lot of this had

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<v Speaker 2>to do with Israel, as you know. So it looks

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<v Speaker 2>to me as if they're pulling it off, like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>setting all morality aside and death and destruction in my

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<v Speaker 2>opposition to war. I'm just saying, look at what's happening,

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<v Speaker 2>and tell me I'm wrong. Tell me that they're not

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<v Speaker 2>prevailing in this attempt all of the opposition, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>the Pager attacks to take out almost all of the leadership,

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<v Speaker 2>like the higher level leadership that opposed them in Lebanon Amas.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, Jesus Christ, could they could they have more,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, more thoroughly devastated the Palestinians. I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 2>And now Syria goes down pretty much pretty much without

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<v Speaker 2>a fight, and It's starting to make me feel like

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<v Speaker 2>Iran has to feel like they're on deck. They have

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<v Speaker 2>to feel like that. I mean, and I think that's

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<v Speaker 2>the big war that we have to be very loudly

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<v Speaker 2>outspoken against because that is the that's the final nail.

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<v Speaker 2>As Wesley Clark told us, let's listen.

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<v Speaker 5>He said, I just got this down from upstairs, meaning

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<v Speaker 5>Securarated Events office today and he said, this is a

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<v Speaker 5>memo that describes how we're going to take out seven

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<v Speaker 5>countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan,

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<v Speaker 5>and finishing off Iran.

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<v Speaker 2>Iraq, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, and finishing off with Iran.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you noticing something? Yes, those first six have fallen.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, people also forget that just six months ago,

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<v Speaker 2>the President Raisi of Iran died in an accidental helicopter crash. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and the Israeli war Room Twitter account posted a picture

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<v Speaker 2>of a helicopter right after that news broke. Now does

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<v Speaker 2>that mean that they were responsible. No, But at the

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<v Speaker 2>time no one knew what had happened, and it turned

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<v Speaker 2>out that in fact, yes, he had crashed and it

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<v Speaker 2>was faulty equipment or whatever. But they've essentially toppled the

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<v Speaker 2>leadership in Iran already, and I think that that could

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<v Speaker 2>be the explanation as to why Iran did not come

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<v Speaker 2>to serious defense in the final hours. So it looks

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<v Speaker 2>to me as if this is a done deal that

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<v Speaker 2>Iran is almost certainly going to fall in the next

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<v Speaker 2>few years, maybe sooner. I just want to be very clear,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not gleeful about any of that. This is just

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<v Speaker 2>pure analysis. In fact, I oppose it. I think it's terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's extraordinarily dangerous. I think that we're going

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<v Speaker 2>to deal with refugee crisis and immigration crisis that pales

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<v Speaker 2>in comparison to what we've already dealt with as a

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<v Speaker 2>consequence of all of our other prior interventions in the

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<v Speaker 2>Middle East. So I'm not rooting for any of this.

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<v Speaker 2>I oppose all of it. Just set my bona fides

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<v Speaker 2>aside and just talk about the analysis here. It looks

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<v Speaker 2>as if it's a done deal. It looks as if

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<v Speaker 2>you can basically put the Aran on the board as

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<v Speaker 2>a w for them too. So as far as I'm concerned,

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<v Speaker 2>Wesley Clark in two thousand and three, who was talking

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<v Speaker 2>about his meeting in the days just after nine to eleven,

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<v Speaker 2>everything he said has already happened. So if you think

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<v Speaker 2>that there isn't a master game plan, you think that

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<v Speaker 2>our national defense is in fact predicated off of just

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<v Speaker 2>you know, well, when people mess with us, we strike back,

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<v Speaker 2>that there's not actually an overarching thesis a game plan

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<v Speaker 2>for conquest. You're just lying to yourself. And I guess

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<v Speaker 2>that the point that's most important all this is to

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<v Speaker 2>just realize that if that's if that's the case, if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm right that, in fact the seven nations that fell,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's many others that weren't even on that list

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<v Speaker 2>that have fallen over the past twenty years as a

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<v Speaker 2>consequence of American interventionism, what in what world do we

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<v Speaker 2>have a right to tell Putin and Russia, Hey, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't have a say over who runs one of your

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<v Speaker 2>most important, you know, neighbors governments, like again setting morality aside.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just saying, like, is fair fair or not? We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna pretend is if we don't do that, like thousands

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<v Speaker 2>and thousands and thousands of miles away from our border.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can't do it on your border. Wait are

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<v Speaker 2>you a nuclear power? Oh you are? Okay, well we're

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<v Speaker 2>in nuclear power and we say you can't do that.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just not a it's not a reasonable way. Like

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<v Speaker 2>my preference would be that we don't do that either,

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<v Speaker 2>and Putin and Russia don't do that to Ukraine either.

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<v Speaker 2>That like that that's the good answer if you want

414
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<v Speaker 2>to be you know, pure about this. But if you're

415
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<v Speaker 2>going to be kind of tactical about it or try

416
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<v Speaker 2>and analyze things on how they are as opposed to

417
00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:13.680
<v Speaker 2>what you wish they were, well, then how the fuck

418
00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.480
<v Speaker 2>are you going to tell Putin that he can't do that?

419
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<v Speaker 2>And then to add into that the fact that you're

420
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<v Speaker 2>responsible for the leadership change that happened in Ukraine on

421
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<v Speaker 2>his border in twenty fourteen, So you definitely don't have

422
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<v Speaker 2>a leg to stand on when you tell him, oh,

423
00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:36.799
<v Speaker 2>you can't do that, sorry you can't. He's like, you

424
00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:41.559
<v Speaker 2>do it to everyone. He's like, I can't do it

425
00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:44.039
<v Speaker 2>to my neighbor. Are you fucking kidding me? So that's

426
00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:47.960
<v Speaker 2>that's the paradigm. That's like, that's really what like real

427
00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:52.880
<v Speaker 2>politic analysis, right, Like that's what we actually are looking at.

428
00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:55.720
<v Speaker 2>That's what we're actually dealing with. I think I got

429
00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:58.720
<v Speaker 2>it down. I would love to hear your thoughts, though.

430
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<v Speaker 2>If you think I got any of this wrong, please

431
00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:03.920
<v Speaker 2>let me know. I'll respond to the comments and we

432
00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:07.200
<v Speaker 2>can duke it out. But I'm pretty sure. I'm pretty

433
00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:10.400
<v Speaker 2>sure that's what we're witnessing. So why did I say

434
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<v Speaker 2>that I think that this could be the best outcome

435
00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:16.839
<v Speaker 2>that we could hope for. Is that, Well, if Putin

436
00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:21.480
<v Speaker 2>didn't stand down, if he didn't make a deal with

437
00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:25.200
<v Speaker 2>the US State Department or the incoming Trump administration, well

438
00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:28.960
<v Speaker 2>then that means that he is extraordinarily weak, that he

439
00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:33.799
<v Speaker 2>could not assist the Syrians because he's overextended, or he's

440
00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:37.559
<v Speaker 2>running low on resources or troops or something. I don't

441
00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:42.160
<v Speaker 2>know which, in which case he is desperate, in which case,

442
00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:47.880
<v Speaker 2>really desperate measures may be taken, like firing a tactical

443
00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:50.759
<v Speaker 2>nuke to try and get NATO to stand down, to

444
00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:54.599
<v Speaker 2>back off. So I guess my hope is that this

445
00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.960
<v Speaker 2>has been negotiated, that there has been conversations, because everything

446
00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:00.799
<v Speaker 2>I've been hearing is that there are no conversations that

447
00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:03.799
<v Speaker 2>Anthony Blincoln, our State Department rep. Has not had a

448
00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.799
<v Speaker 2>conversation with Latimer Putin in years. If that's the case,

449
00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:10.880
<v Speaker 2>well then we're in a lot of trouble. Not to

450
00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.440
<v Speaker 2>not again, just to make this fucking crystal clear for

451
00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:16.319
<v Speaker 2>the imbeciles that might tune in that don't understand my worldview,

452
00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:20.880
<v Speaker 2>not because I'm rooting for Putin, but because I'm very

453
00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:24.880
<v Speaker 2>concerned about what desperate leaders might do when they're sitting

454
00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:27.720
<v Speaker 2>on an arsenal of six thousand nuclear weapons and you

455
00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:31.680
<v Speaker 2>have the largest alliance of nuclear powers that have ever

456
00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:35.119
<v Speaker 2>existed in human history, breathing down your neck on your

457
00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:38.319
<v Speaker 2>southern border. Can you understand why that may be dangerous?

458
00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:40.559
<v Speaker 2>You ought to be able to understand why that may

459
00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:43.799
<v Speaker 2>be dangerous. This is not a stretch of the imagination

460
00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:47.400
<v Speaker 2>to go well, given what happened to Gaddafi in Libya,

461
00:27:47.839 --> 00:27:49.799
<v Speaker 2>given what just happened to Asad by the way he

462
00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:54.039
<v Speaker 2>got asylum in Russia, he flew out last night. Early

463
00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:56.480
<v Speaker 2>reports was that he crashed and now it looks as

464
00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:59.079
<v Speaker 2>if he got his family out, which I guess may

465
00:27:59.079 --> 00:28:02.720
<v Speaker 2>be a good thing depending on your worldview. But if

466
00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:07.160
<v Speaker 2>you look at what happened to Saddam Hussein, Saddam Hussein

467
00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:12.279
<v Speaker 2>and in Kadafi alone would be enough that yet you

468
00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:16.839
<v Speaker 2>do not want to lose to the NATO hegemonic power,

469
00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:21.599
<v Speaker 2>like if you lose, you probably perish. So that's my

470
00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:24.119
<v Speaker 2>concern is that if he didn't make a deal to

471
00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:27.039
<v Speaker 2>stand down in Syria and to essentially turn the chessboard

472
00:28:27.119 --> 00:28:30.079
<v Speaker 2>over and say hey, I get Ukraine, you get this, well,

473
00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:34.319
<v Speaker 2>then he is in dire straits. That means he is

474
00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.559
<v Speaker 2>up against a wall, and they may be planning to

475
00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:42.880
<v Speaker 2>finish the job no matter what the consequences are. Now,

476
00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I don't even want to put that into the world.

477
00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:49.480
<v Speaker 2>So I'm just gonna hope that there has been negotiations

478
00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:52.279
<v Speaker 2>that Trump, who has been having meetings with a lot

479
00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:55.720
<v Speaker 2>of foreign diplomats, has almost certainly reached out to Putin

480
00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:58.359
<v Speaker 2>and they have come to an agreement of some kind

481
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<v Speaker 2>to avoid that possible endpoint. We'll see, but I think

482
00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.920
<v Speaker 2>I think that's it's probably airb Like I don't see

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<v Speaker 2>a C in those in those possibilities. Let me know

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<v Speaker 2>com slash lockdown. An entire Arab leadership was executed, yet

499
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<v Speaker 2>we stood on the sidelines. Why any one of you

500
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<v Speaker 2>might be next? Yes, they laugh, there's a sad laughing.

501
00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:09.519
<v Speaker 2>Why won't there be an investigation in the killing of

502
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<v Speaker 2>Saddam Hussein? America fought alongside Sadda Hussein against Khmadians. He

503
00:30:19.559 --> 00:30:24.920
<v Speaker 2>was their friend. Cheney was a friend of Saddam Hussein. Brumsfeld,

504
00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:27.519
<v Speaker 2>the US Defense secretary at the time Iraq was destroyed,

505
00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:30.920
<v Speaker 2>was a close friend of Saddam Hussein. Ultimately they sold

506
00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:33.440
<v Speaker 2>him out and hanged him. You are friends of America.

507
00:30:33.559 --> 00:30:37.960
<v Speaker 2>Let's say that we are not you. But one of

508
00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:41.000
<v Speaker 2>these days America may hang us. I was a speech

509
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<v Speaker 2>by Molmargaret Afi in two thousand and eight. Three years

510
00:30:43.440 --> 00:30:48.039
<v Speaker 2>later he was dead at the hands of rebel groups.

511
00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:53.480
<v Speaker 2>Charl Asad who sat there and laughed that day. Maybe

512
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<v Speaker 2>he laughed out of incredulity, maybe he laughed out of nervousness.

513
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<v Speaker 2>I don't know which. He has now been toppled to.

514
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<v Speaker 2>I would have imagine many of the other leaders in

515
00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:06.519
<v Speaker 2>that room have since been removed from power. Again, I'm

516
00:31:06.519 --> 00:31:11.119
<v Speaker 2>setting morality aside in this analysis. It's amazing what they've accomplished.

517
00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.839
<v Speaker 2>Like they are doing this, It is happening, and they

518
00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:20.279
<v Speaker 2>are succeeding at it, not without enormous expense, not without

519
00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:24.559
<v Speaker 2>enormous loss of financial resources as well as life. It's

520
00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:29.359
<v Speaker 2>been disastrous, but they are succeeding in their mission. I

521
00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:32.039
<v Speaker 2>think it's very hard to deny that at this point.

522
00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:34.079
<v Speaker 2>If you think I'm exaggerating at all when it comes

523
00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:37.160
<v Speaker 2>to the rebel groups that have toppled Asad, listen to

524
00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:39.839
<v Speaker 2>the former head of I six Sir John Sars.

525
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<v Speaker 4>When I was chief of mi I six ten twelve

526
00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:45.759
<v Speaker 4>years ago, we looked at all these Syrian opposition groups

527
00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:48.880
<v Speaker 4>and classified them into those that we could support and

528
00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:51.039
<v Speaker 4>those who will be on the pale and too close

529
00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:53.599
<v Speaker 4>to Al Kayada, and Tafari Ra Shan was definitely in

530
00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:57.319
<v Speaker 4>the lattter category. But I think Abu Muhammad al Jolani,

531
00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:00.920
<v Speaker 4>the leader, has made great efforts the last ten years

532
00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:04.839
<v Speaker 4>to distance himself from those terrorist groups, and certainly the

533
00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:08.440
<v Speaker 4>actions we've seen of Taparia is Sham over the last

534
00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:12.359
<v Speaker 4>last two weeks has been those of a liberation movement,

535
00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:13.759
<v Speaker 4>not of a terrorist organization.

536
00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:16.880
<v Speaker 6>And so I think the Home Secretary will be asking

537
00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:21.200
<v Speaker 6>the MI five and the Joint Terrorism Assessment Center for

538
00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:25.359
<v Speaker 6>a review of the situation about tapari Is Sham and

539
00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:29.240
<v Speaker 6>whether it should remain on the prescribed entity list. It

540
00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:32.359
<v Speaker 6>would be rather ridiculous, actually, if we're unable to engage

541
00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:34.960
<v Speaker 6>with the new leadership in Syria because of a prescription

542
00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:36.559
<v Speaker 6>dating back twelve years.

543
00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:39.000
<v Speaker 2>So straight from the head of the former six. Yeah,

544
00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:47.319
<v Speaker 2>the leader of Tarirolsham is now the facto leader of Syria,

545
00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:49.920
<v Speaker 2>and he just so you know that I'm not making

546
00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:52.920
<v Speaker 2>this up. This is from the US State Department in

547
00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:59.200
<v Speaker 2>twenty seventeen. Stop this terrorist Muhammad al Jlani, So I

548
00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:01.319
<v Speaker 2>post there's a yes, hello, US State Department. I like

549
00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:03.519
<v Speaker 2>to collect on this bounty. He's in the Presidential Palace

550
00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:06.319
<v Speaker 2>of Syria. Also you put him there. This is a

551
00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:10.160
<v Speaker 2>up to ten million dollar reward for this guy. And

552
00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:13.519
<v Speaker 2>he was he was responsible, I shit, you not for

553
00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:19.480
<v Speaker 2>fighting alongside or as a high level leader in both

554
00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:24.119
<v Speaker 2>ISIS and al Qaida. He fought American troops in Iraq.

555
00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:29.279
<v Speaker 2>He was actually fighting against American troops. And we are

556
00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:32.119
<v Speaker 2>now arming and funding the organization that he is a

557
00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.599
<v Speaker 2>leader of, the leader of to take down Assad in Syria.

558
00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:39.000
<v Speaker 2>And this has been the case for years. That's what

559
00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:42.519
<v Speaker 2>Operation Timber Sycamore was, is that we have been funding

560
00:33:42.839 --> 00:33:46.640
<v Speaker 2>these terrorist groups because they are absolutely terrorists. These are

561
00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:52.240
<v Speaker 2>not good guys. That's preferable to the clean shaven Assad. Okay,

562
00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:59.559
<v Speaker 2>I guess I mean it's just madness. It's absolute madness.

563
00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Now that's not Again, this is not to say that

564
00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.440
<v Speaker 2>asd was a good guy, just like I don't think

565
00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Putin's a good guy. But you have to look at

566
00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:11.519
<v Speaker 2>like you have to analyze this in a relative fashion, right, Like,

567
00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.840
<v Speaker 2>if you're talking about who's going to be the leader,

568
00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:16.840
<v Speaker 2>you have to go, well, is he better than what?

569
00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:17.840
<v Speaker 3>Right?

570
00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.239
<v Speaker 5>So?

571
00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:22.000
<v Speaker 2>Was Asd great for the people of Syria? No, he

572
00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:24.079
<v Speaker 2>had tens of thousands of people that were locked up

573
00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:27.320
<v Speaker 2>in prison, political dissidence. There was a civil war that

574
00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:29.960
<v Speaker 2>waged there. Granted there was American involvement at a lot

575
00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:33.280
<v Speaker 2>of other foreign involvement to make that happen, but regardless,

576
00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:36.639
<v Speaker 2>like they were suffering, the people of Syria were suffering.

577
00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:39.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm certainly not saying it was all Asad's fault, but

578
00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:44.360
<v Speaker 2>it was certainly partially his. So yeah, not ideal, But

579
00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:48.119
<v Speaker 2>do you think it's better to have isis slash al

580
00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:53.719
<v Speaker 2>Qaeda now leading Syria. I'm gonna go out on a

581
00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:56.400
<v Speaker 2>lim and say no, no, actually it's not. In fact,

582
00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:58.920
<v Speaker 2>it's a fucking catastrophe. And I don't know how in

583
00:34:59.000 --> 00:35:01.840
<v Speaker 2>God's name you could spin it otherwise. But guess what

584
00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:06.280
<v Speaker 2>every foreign policy talking head in America is pretending as if, yeah,

585
00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:11.400
<v Speaker 2>this is great, what an unbelievable win. There's no no IFFs,

586
00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:14.360
<v Speaker 2>ends or butts about it. Well, I got a few ifs,

587
00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:21.960
<v Speaker 2>hands and butts like Hey, if this becomes iol if

588
00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:25.519
<v Speaker 2>this is actually now the breeding ground for the largest

589
00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:30.280
<v Speaker 2>terrorist organization in the world, that doesn't seem ideal, and

590
00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:34.519
<v Speaker 2>that seems really dangerous. But I don't think that this

591
00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:37.639
<v Speaker 2>should be happening, and I certainly don't think I should

592
00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:41.719
<v Speaker 2>be fucking forced to fund it. My god, so dangerous,

593
00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:44.719
<v Speaker 2>so reckless. But what do you think John Bolton has

594
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<v Speaker 2>to say about it?

595
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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I think she's totally unqualified to be a DNI,

596
00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:52.159
<v Speaker 7>and I think her positions put her beyond the outer

597
00:35:52.280 --> 00:35:57.159
<v Speaker 7>most fringe of American politics. When she visited Aside in Syria,

598
00:35:57.599 --> 00:36:01.840
<v Speaker 7>he was effectively a Russian iran An ally, and what

599
00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:06.239
<v Speaker 7>she said about Syria not being a direct threat to

600
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<v Speaker 7>the United States, that was her justification for going. It's

601
00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:13.920
<v Speaker 7>completely false. The Syrians and their combination with Iran and

602
00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:18.280
<v Speaker 7>Hezbela have posed direct threats to Americans across the region.

603
00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:21.920
<v Speaker 7>They certainly pose a direct threat to key American allies

604
00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:23.360
<v Speaker 7>Israel and Jordan.

605
00:36:24.320 --> 00:36:27.519
<v Speaker 2>Very important caveat that he throws in there, right, they

606
00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:32.320
<v Speaker 2>certainly pose a threat to our people across the region.

607
00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:37.039
<v Speaker 2>So her point is that, yeah, Syria is not a

608
00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:40.000
<v Speaker 2>direct threat to the homeland of the United States of America.

609
00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:43.920
<v Speaker 2>That's what she's saying. And even John Bolton, lying bloodsilk

610
00:36:43.960 --> 00:36:46.440
<v Speaker 2>monster that he is, still can't deny that. So then

611
00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:48.840
<v Speaker 2>he has to pivot and make it sound as if, oh, no, no,

612
00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:52.239
<v Speaker 2>she's an asset to Asad and therefore an asset to

613
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<v Speaker 2>putin because she denies that they're a threat to the

614
00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.519
<v Speaker 2>rest of our troops that are over in the Middle East,

615
00:36:58.599 --> 00:37:02.840
<v Speaker 2>thousands of miles away from our own homeland. Like, hey, John,

616
00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:05.800
<v Speaker 2>how about we bring them back? Maybe you ever consider that? No,

617
00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.320
<v Speaker 2>of course not.

618
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<v Speaker 7>And it's going to be very interesting to see what

619
00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:12.800
<v Speaker 7>the files that may be uncovered in the Syrian government

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<v Speaker 7>if the rebels succeed in capturing Damascus, what they show

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<v Speaker 7>about a number of Americans.

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<v Speaker 2>So you see what John Bolton did there, right, he's

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<v Speaker 2>insinuating that there will be documented proof that Tulsi Gabbard

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<v Speaker 2>is in the employe of Bashar al Assad. Slash the Iranians,

625
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<v Speaker 2>slash the Russians. That's what he's hinting at. Couldn't be

626
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<v Speaker 2>more clear. He's basically saying it explicitly. Wow, she is

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<v Speaker 2>in the National Guard. She has served honorably overseas in

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<v Speaker 2>the war on Terror, the war that he illegally pushed

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<v Speaker 2>for or didn't push for it illegally. Just the war

630
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<v Speaker 2>itself was illegal. It should be illegal what he did,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's not.

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<v Speaker 3>So.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, he is now already pivoting to I mean, obviously

634
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<v Speaker 2>this was right before fell, but he's trying to tarnish

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<v Speaker 2>her as DNI and keep anyone who isn't completely on

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<v Speaker 2>board with regime change in Iran and Russia off the chessboard.

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<v Speaker 2>Could it be more obvious that's clearly what he's there for.

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<v Speaker 2>That's clearly what he's doing. And I think that it's reprehensible.

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00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:21.960
<v Speaker 2>I really do, I think to smear someone in that

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<v Speaker 2>fashion when I mean, let's be honest, Tulsa Gabbert is

641
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<v Speaker 2>not some non invention as. She's certainly not a libertarian

642
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<v Speaker 2>like me. She would be totally fine with some of

643
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<v Speaker 2>these wars, just not all of them. And that is

644
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<v Speaker 2>enough for her to be smeared mercilessly because she said that, hey,

645
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<v Speaker 2>maybe we shouldn't be arming and funding the terrorist groups

646
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<v Speaker 2>that I fought against just ten years ago or fifteen

647
00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:50.920
<v Speaker 2>years ago. I don't want to be in bed with

648
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<v Speaker 2>these people. They're terrible. Well for John Bolton. He's like,

649
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<v Speaker 2>I don't mind being in bed with terrible people. I'm

650
00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:59.960
<v Speaker 2>terrible too. This is perfect. He has no problem with

651
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<v Speaker 2>it at all. So that's what that's the operation, And

652
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<v Speaker 2>this is the reason that I am. I have decided

653
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<v Speaker 2>to set some of my more puritanical beliefs aside to say, Look,

654
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<v Speaker 2>what's the best I can hope for? Is Pete hegg

655
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<v Speaker 2>Seth as Secretary of Defense? Is he some non interventionists? No,

656
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<v Speaker 2>he's not. Tulsi Gabbard is d and I is she? No?

657
00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:25.840
<v Speaker 2>I mean she's more of a non interventionist, but still not. Yeah. So,

658
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<v Speaker 2>But like, what's what are my alternatives? Anthony B. Lincoln,

659
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<v Speaker 2>Lloyd Austin. Is that an improvement? Fuck? No, it's not.

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<v Speaker 2>If we want to have the best possible outcome that

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<v Speaker 2>we can hope for, we probably need to get on

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<v Speaker 2>board with lending our vocal support to try and get

663
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<v Speaker 2>Tulsi Gabbart heg Seth. This the entire cabinet pushed through

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<v Speaker 2>for Trump because the alternative is so horrifying, and we'll

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<v Speaker 2>see if it works out fingers crossed. Here's Jeffrey Sachs

666
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<v Speaker 2>breaking down some of the history of Syria. For those

667
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<v Speaker 2>that don't believe what I have to say about it,

668
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<v Speaker 2>he's pretty much the top expert on this arena. How

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<v Speaker 2>out of control this could escalate.

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<v Speaker 8>It's true, but I think we have to step back

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<v Speaker 8>and not put this in partisan terms. This is a

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<v Speaker 8>US mistake that started seven years ago. And I remember

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<v Speaker 8>the day on your show when President Obama said Asad

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<v Speaker 8>must go, and I looked at you and Joe and

675
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<v Speaker 8>I said, huh, how's he going to do that? Where's

676
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<v Speaker 8>the policy for that? And we know they sent him

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<v Speaker 8>the CIA to overthrow Asad. The CIA and Saudi Arabia

678
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<v Speaker 8>together in covert operations, tried to overthrow Asad. It was

679
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<v Speaker 8>a disaster. Eventually it brought in both Isis as a

680
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<v Speaker 8>splinter group to the Jihadis that went in. It also

681
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<v Speaker 8>brought in Russia. So we have been digging deeper and

682
00:41:00.280 --> 00:41:03.719
<v Speaker 8>deeper and deeper. What we should do now is get

683
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<v Speaker 8>out and not continue to throw missiles, not have a

684
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<v Speaker 8>confrontation with Russia. Seven years has been a disaster under Obama,

685
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<v Speaker 8>continuing under Trump. This is what I would call the

686
00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:20.239
<v Speaker 8>permanent state. This is the CIA, This is a Pentagon

687
00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:24.280
<v Speaker 8>wanting to keep Iran in Russia out of Syria. But

688
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<v Speaker 8>no way to do that, and so we have made

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<v Speaker 8>a proxy war in Syria. It's killed five hundred thousand people,

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<v Speaker 8>displaced ten million. And I'll say predictably so because I

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<v Speaker 8>predicted it seven years ago that there was no way

692
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<v Speaker 8>to do this and that it would make a complete cast.

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<v Speaker 8>So what I would plead to President Trump is get out,

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<v Speaker 8>like his instinct told him. By the way, that was

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<v Speaker 8>his instinct. But then all the establishment, the New York Times,

696
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<v Speaker 8>the Washington Post, the Pentagon, everybody said no, no, that's irresponsible,

697
00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:02.639
<v Speaker 8>but his instinct, that's right. Get out. We've done enough

698
00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:07.519
<v Speaker 8>damage seven years, and now we really risk a confrontation

699
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<v Speaker 8>with Russia that is extraordinarily dangerous, reckless.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here's the unfortunate reality. From the US State Department's perspective.

701
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<v Speaker 2>They're going to say, Jeffrey Sex was wrong, you said

702
00:42:19.519 --> 00:42:22.320
<v Speaker 2>seven years and that this could never be victorious. Well,

703
00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:25.280
<v Speaker 2>we just prevailed. We topple a sod. They're not going

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<v Speaker 2>to really worry about what comes next. And if you

705
00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:29.599
<v Speaker 2>don't believe me, just look at what happened after Saddam

706
00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:33.920
<v Speaker 2>Hussein was out Orgadafi was out. They do a victory

707
00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:38.039
<v Speaker 2>lap and then the catastrophe that unfolds, including open air

708
00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:41.960
<v Speaker 2>slave markets in Libya, are just kind of written off

709
00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:45.039
<v Speaker 2>to history as if they don't matter. Is if we

710
00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:49.480
<v Speaker 2>weren't responsible for bringing that about because of our ridiculous

711
00:42:49.519 --> 00:42:53.480
<v Speaker 2>foreign policy. That's how they're going to view Jeffrey Sex's warning.

712
00:42:53.480 --> 00:42:55.920
<v Speaker 2>They're going to say, he got it wrong. Seven years

713
00:42:55.960 --> 00:42:58.280
<v Speaker 2>we couldn't do it. Well, we did it. The sod

714
00:42:58.360 --> 00:43:01.119
<v Speaker 2>is gone. That's going to be the challenge is that

715
00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:04.800
<v Speaker 2>they're going to argue that, look, we prevailed here, and

716
00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:08.320
<v Speaker 2>we have to argue that you prevailed in toppling Asad,

717
00:43:09.280 --> 00:43:13.039
<v Speaker 2>But did it actually make life better for the Syrian people,

718
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<v Speaker 2>or safer for the world, or for the American tax

719
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<v Speaker 2>pair And I think the answer is probably going to

720
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<v Speaker 2>be no on all accounts, because that's what the track

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<v Speaker 2>record is. Is what the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin

722
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<v Speaker 2>and Ya who had to say about it.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a historic day for the Middle East. The

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<v Speaker 3>collapse of the Acid regime, the tyranny in Damascus offers

725
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<v Speaker 3>great opportunity but also is fraught with significant dangers. This

726
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<v Speaker 3>collapse is a direct result of our forceful action against

727
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<v Speaker 3>Kibaala and Iran Asad's main supporters. It's set off a

728
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<v Speaker 3>chain reaction of all those who want to free themselves

729
00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:50.639
<v Speaker 3>from this tyranny and its suppression. But it also means

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<v Speaker 3>we have to take action against possible threats. One of

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<v Speaker 3>them is the collapse of the separation of forces agreement

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<v Speaker 3>from nineteen seventy four between Israel and Syria and held

733
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<v Speaker 3>for fifty years. Last night it collapsed. The Syrian Army

734
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<v Speaker 3>abandoned its positions. We gave the Israeli Army the order

735
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<v Speaker 3>to take over this positions to ensure that no hostile

736
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<v Speaker 3>force embeds itself right next to the border of Israel.

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<v Speaker 3>This is a temporary defensive position until a suitable arrangement

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<v Speaker 3>is found. Equally, we send a hand of peace to

739
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<v Speaker 3>all those beyond our border in Syria, to the Jews,

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<v Speaker 3>to the Kurds, to the Christians, and to the Muslims

741
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<v Speaker 3>who want to live in peace with Israel. We're going

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<v Speaker 3>to follow events very carefully. If we can establish neighborly

743
00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:42.079
<v Speaker 3>relations and a peaceful relations with the new forces emerging

744
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<v Speaker 3>in Syria, that's our desire. But if we do not,

745
00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:48.480
<v Speaker 3>we'll do whatever it takes to defend the state of

746
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<v Speaker 3>Israel and the border of Israel.

747
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<v Speaker 2>So they're basically admitting it thanks to our decisive actions,

748
00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:58.239
<v Speaker 2>Aside has fallen. So yes, they participated. Joe Biden to

749
00:44:58.320 --> 00:45:01.480
<v Speaker 2>open the show, he acknowledged the they had dozens of strikes.

750
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<v Speaker 2>I already showed you, Timber Sycamore, this is clearly not

751
00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:09.280
<v Speaker 2>some just purely organic revolution of the people rising up

752
00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:13.599
<v Speaker 2>against tyranny in Syria. Now, I hope for the best

753
00:45:13.840 --> 00:45:16.639
<v Speaker 2>for the people that are true, you know, freedom fighters

754
00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:21.039
<v Speaker 2>in Syria. I want them to have freedom and to

755
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<v Speaker 2>be able to self govern and decide their own future.

756
00:45:23.719 --> 00:45:26.760
<v Speaker 2>I am not rooting against these people, and I hope

757
00:45:26.760 --> 00:45:29.199
<v Speaker 2>that I'm wrong, and I hope that in fact, Isis

758
00:45:29.199 --> 00:45:33.320
<v Speaker 2>and al Qaida doesn't end up holding onto power for

759
00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:35.880
<v Speaker 2>the next for the foreseeable future. But that's who's in

760
00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:40.039
<v Speaker 2>power now, Like that's the strongest gang in Syria right now?

761
00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:44.320
<v Speaker 2>Are those guys like the head Choppers, as Scott Horton

762
00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:48.039
<v Speaker 2>famously calls them. That doesn't seem preferable to me, to

763
00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:51.079
<v Speaker 2>Basha al Asad, But hey, maybe I'm just being a

764
00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:54.440
<v Speaker 2>pussy about it. I don't know. It seems really not

765
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<v Speaker 2>ideal to me. I think that the important thing to

766
00:45:57.400 --> 00:46:01.400
<v Speaker 2>recognize in that is that it's not over. Like even

767
00:46:01.559 --> 00:46:04.360
<v Speaker 2>when Netyahu talks about it, he's still acknowledging this ain't

768
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<v Speaker 2>over Like the people that took over. He's like, we're

769
00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:09.440
<v Speaker 2>going to try and get along with them, but if

770
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<v Speaker 2>we can't, well then we'll do whatever we have to

771
00:46:11.679 --> 00:46:15.000
<v Speaker 2>defend ourselves. Well, what does defending ourselves look like? Well,

772
00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:16.960
<v Speaker 2>recently it's looked a hell of a lot like taking

773
00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:19.960
<v Speaker 2>land from people. So I would not be surprised given

774
00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:21.920
<v Speaker 2>that Syria is also part of the Greater Israel project.

775
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<v Speaker 2>That's that's the next move that they'll end up taking,

776
00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:28.400
<v Speaker 2>carving off some land. In fact, today there are already

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<v Speaker 2>reports that they took portions of the goal On Heights

778
00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:35.119
<v Speaker 2>from Syria under their control. Will they give it back,

779
00:46:35.719 --> 00:46:38.360
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, kind of doubt it, So I think

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's what we're witnessing right now is this entire

781
00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:46.360
<v Speaker 2>project has been rolled out and largely successful over the

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00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:50.719
<v Speaker 2>past thirty years, and unfortunately you and I have been

783
00:46:51.239 --> 00:46:55.360
<v Speaker 2>bled financially and physically, some of us the troops to

784
00:46:55.960 --> 00:46:58.800
<v Speaker 2>make this come to pass, and I didn't vote for

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<v Speaker 2>any of it. You'll kind of take an advantage of

786
00:47:01.400 --> 00:47:03.880
<v Speaker 2>if I'm being honest, and I don't really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 2>And what I really don't appreciate is that when I

788
00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:09.159
<v Speaker 2>realize what's happening and I kind of lay it out

789
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<v Speaker 2>for you the way I have over the past thirty years,

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00:47:11.360 --> 00:47:15.039
<v Speaker 2>that to just say, hey, I think that's what's happening here.

791
00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:19.199
<v Speaker 2>To be accused of bigotry or hatred for saying that

792
00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:25.039
<v Speaker 2>is so laughably absurd, Like why can't I not point

793
00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:27.679
<v Speaker 2>that out and go, I don't think that's right. In fact,

794
00:47:27.719 --> 00:47:31.000
<v Speaker 2>I think it's totally immral. And I certainly, whether whether

795
00:47:31.079 --> 00:47:33.480
<v Speaker 2>you agree with what's happening over there or not, I

796
00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:36.079
<v Speaker 2>think it should we should all be able to agree.

797
00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:39.159
<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't be getting taxed to do that, given that

798
00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:42.320
<v Speaker 2>it's against my morality, and I'm sure many of you

799
00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:46.000
<v Speaker 2>feel the same. I think it's terrible. I think it's evil, honestly.

800
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<v Speaker 2>So it's just very frustrating to witness all of this.

801
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<v Speaker 2>It really is just a little bit more evidence to

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<v Speaker 2>prove out my case. These are unclassified at US Department.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess the cables or emails. This is from Jake

804
00:47:57.440 --> 00:48:01.679
<v Speaker 2>Sullivan to Hillary Clinton on February twelve, twenty twelve, says

805
00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:04.679
<v Speaker 2>see last item. Aq is on our side in Syria,

806
00:48:04.719 --> 00:48:07.960
<v Speaker 2>that's al Qaida. Otherwise things have basically turned out as expected.

807
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<v Speaker 2>Next we have another unclassified document from the US Department

808
00:48:12.960 --> 00:48:15.199
<v Speaker 2>of State. The best way to help Israel deal with

809
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<v Speaker 2>Iran's growing nuclear capability is to help the people of

810
00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:22.280
<v Speaker 2>Syria overthrow the regime of Bashar As'ad. Negotiations to limit

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<v Speaker 2>Iran's nuclear program will not solve Israel's security dilemma, nor

812
00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:28.400
<v Speaker 2>will they stop Iran from improving the crucial part of

813
00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:32.039
<v Speaker 2>any nuclear weapons program, the capability to enricher uranium. At best,

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00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:34.199
<v Speaker 2>the talks between the world's major powers and Iran that

815
00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:37.400
<v Speaker 2>began in Istanbul this April will continue in Baghdad in May.

816
00:48:37.440 --> 00:48:39.960
<v Speaker 2>Will enable Israel to postpone by a few months a

817
00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:42.199
<v Speaker 2>decision whether to launch an attack on Iran that could

818
00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:45.719
<v Speaker 2>provoke a major Mid East war. Iran's nuclear program in

819
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<v Speaker 2>Serria's civil war may seem unconnected, but they are for

820
00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:54.000
<v Speaker 2>Israel's leaders, or excuse me, for Israeli leaders. The real

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<v Speaker 2>threat from a nuclear armed Iran is not the prospect

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<v Speaker 2>of an insane Iranian leader launching an unprovoked Iranian nuclear

823
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<v Speaker 2>attack on Israel that would lead to the annihilation of

824
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<v Speaker 2>both countries. What Israeli military leaders really worry about but

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<v Speaker 2>cannot talk about, is losing their nuclear monopoly. An Iranian

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear weapons capability would not only end that nuclear monopoly,

827
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<v Speaker 2>but could also prompt other adversaries like Saudi Arabia and

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<v Speaker 2>Egypt to go nuclear as well. The result would be

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<v Speaker 2>a precarious nuclear balance in which Israel could not respond

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<v Speaker 2>to provocations with conventional military strikes on Syria and Lebanon

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<v Speaker 2>as it can today. If Iran were to reach the

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<v Speaker 2>threshold of a nuclear weapons state, Tehran would find it

833
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<v Speaker 2>much easier to call on its allies in Syria and

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<v Speaker 2>hes Blood to strike Israel, knowing that its nuclear weapons

835
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<v Speaker 2>would serve as a deterrent to Israel responding against Iran itself.

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<v Speaker 2>Back to Syria, it is the strategic relationship between Iran

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<v Speaker 2>and the regime of Bisharl Assad in Syria that makes

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<v Speaker 2>it impossible for Iran to undermine Israel's security, not through

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<v Speaker 2>a direct attack, which in thirty years of hostility between

840
00:49:50.280 --> 00:49:53.039
<v Speaker 2>Iran and Israel has never occurred, but through its proxies

841
00:49:53.039 --> 00:49:56.559
<v Speaker 2>in Lebanon, like Hesbela. They are sustained, armed and trained

842
00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:59.440
<v Speaker 2>by Iran via Syria. The end of the Asad regime

843
00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:02.960
<v Speaker 2>would end this dangerous alliance. Israel's leadership understands well why

844
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<v Speaker 2>defeating ASAD is now in its interests. Speaking on CNN's

845
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<v Speaker 2>I'm a Poor Show last week, Defense Minister Ahud Barak

846
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<v Speaker 2>argued that the toppling down of ASAD will be a

847
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<v Speaker 2>major blow to the radical axis, major blow to Iran.

848
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<v Speaker 2>It's the only kind of outpost of the Iranian influence

849
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<v Speaker 2>in the Arab world, and it will weaken dramatically both

850
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<v Speaker 2>Hesbela and Lebanon and Hamas and Islamic Jahad in Gaza.

851
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<v Speaker 2>Bringing down a SOD would not only be a massive

852
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<v Speaker 2>boon to his israel security, it would also ease Israel's

853
00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:31.880
<v Speaker 2>understandable fear of losing its nuclear monopoly. Then Israel and

854
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:33.920
<v Speaker 2>the United States might be able to develop a common

855
00:50:34.000 --> 00:50:36.679
<v Speaker 2>view of when the Iranian program is so dangerous that

856
00:50:36.719 --> 00:50:39.760
<v Speaker 2>military action could be warranted. Right now, it is the

857
00:50:39.840 --> 00:50:43.360
<v Speaker 2>combination of iron strategic alliance with Syria and the steady

858
00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:46.800
<v Speaker 2>progress and Iran's nuclear richment program that has led Israeli

859
00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:50.400
<v Speaker 2>leaders to contemplate a surprise attack if necessary over the

860
00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:53.159
<v Speaker 2>objections of Washington. With a Sad gone and Iran no

861
00:50:53.239 --> 00:50:55.960
<v Speaker 2>longer able to threaten Israel through its proxies, is possible

862
00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:57.760
<v Speaker 2>that the United States and Israel can agree on red

863
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<v Speaker 2>lines for when Iran's program has crossed an unax sceptible threshold.

864
00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:03.280
<v Speaker 2>In short, the White House can ease the tensions that

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<v Speaker 2>have developed with Israel over Iran by doing the right thing.

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<v Speaker 2>In Syria, the rebellion in Syria has now lasted more

867
00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:12.719
<v Speaker 2>than a year. The opposition is not going away, nor

868
00:51:12.800 --> 00:51:15.159
<v Speaker 2>is the regime going to accept a diplomatic solution from

869
00:51:15.159 --> 00:51:17.920
<v Speaker 2>the outside. With his life and his family at risk,

870
00:51:18.079 --> 00:51:20.360
<v Speaker 2>only the threat of use of force will change the

871
00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:23.679
<v Speaker 2>Syrian dictator Bishah Asad's mind. So that's the State Department

872
00:51:24.239 --> 00:51:28.079
<v Speaker 2>cable that was unclassified, that was twenty fourteen, and they're

873
00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:31.360
<v Speaker 2>laying it all out like that's what this was about.

874
00:51:31.920 --> 00:51:35.400
<v Speaker 2>They toppled Asad at the direct request of Israel because

875
00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:38.840
<v Speaker 2>they wanted to weaken Iran and they wanted to cut

876
00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:41.880
<v Speaker 2>off supply lines to Hesbela and Lebanon. I know this

877
00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:44.760
<v Speaker 2>is very complicated, particularly if you're not interested in foreign policy.

878
00:51:44.800 --> 00:51:46.559
<v Speaker 2>So I hope that you've been able to stick with

879
00:51:46.599 --> 00:51:48.719
<v Speaker 2>me on this topic. But I think it's very important

880
00:51:48.719 --> 00:51:51.639
<v Speaker 2>that we understand what exactly is happening and why. And

881
00:51:51.719 --> 00:51:54.719
<v Speaker 2>I think that based off of those documents as well

882
00:51:54.760 --> 00:51:57.639
<v Speaker 2>as everything else that I've laid out, it's kind of irrefutable.

883
00:51:58.119 --> 00:52:01.679
<v Speaker 2>That's why this happened, That's why there was a decade

884
00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:05.760
<v Speaker 2>long civil war in Syria, is that he was fighting

885
00:52:05.800 --> 00:52:09.320
<v Speaker 2>to try and keep control of his nation. Now you

886
00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:12.920
<v Speaker 2>can be mad at his tactics. You can say, oh,

887
00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:16.880
<v Speaker 2>he's you know, he killed people and therefore he's evil like, yeah,

888
00:52:17.000 --> 00:52:21.239
<v Speaker 2>but the circumstance wasn't exactly of his own volition, now,

889
00:52:21.360 --> 00:52:24.639
<v Speaker 2>was it? Well, based off these documents, no, the fuck

890
00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:28.320
<v Speaker 2>it wasn't. It definitely was not. And if you're going

891
00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:33.119
<v Speaker 2>to look at his toppling as a unmitigated good, well

892
00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:35.679
<v Speaker 2>then I think you're just not paying attention. I think

893
00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:38.840
<v Speaker 2>you're not digging deep enough to actually figure out qui bono,

894
00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:43.320
<v Speaker 2>who actually made all of the death and destruction come

895
00:52:43.320 --> 00:52:47.079
<v Speaker 2>to bear? And unfortunately the answer is it wasn't usually

896
00:52:47.119 --> 00:52:51.119
<v Speaker 2>Asad and it's not usually put in either. It's unfortunately,

897
00:52:51.679 --> 00:52:54.840
<v Speaker 2>usually my government and a few of our allies that

898
00:52:54.880 --> 00:52:58.679
<v Speaker 2>are responsible for making most of this come about. And

899
00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:01.800
<v Speaker 2>also we are then stuck with the bill too, So

900
00:53:02.559 --> 00:53:05.159
<v Speaker 2>not very cool. Given that I oppose all of it,

901
00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:06.159
<v Speaker 2>as I'm sure most.

902
00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:06.400
<v Speaker 8>Of you do.

903
00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:09.920
<v Speaker 9>We also have a history of kind of moving in

904
00:53:09.960 --> 00:53:13.440
<v Speaker 9>and out of Pakistan. I mean, let's remember here, the

905
00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:17.719
<v Speaker 9>people we are fighting today we funded twenty years ago,

906
00:53:18.719 --> 00:53:20.760
<v Speaker 9>and we did it because we were locked in this

907
00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:25.880
<v Speaker 9>struggle with the Soviet Union. They invaded Afghanistan and we

908
00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:29.880
<v Speaker 9>did not want to see them control Central Asia. And

909
00:53:30.239 --> 00:53:33.960
<v Speaker 9>we went to work. And it was President Reagan in

910
00:53:34.079 --> 00:53:38.719
<v Speaker 9>partnership with the Congress led by Democrats, who said, you

911
00:53:38.760 --> 00:53:41.360
<v Speaker 9>know what sounds like a pretty good idea. Let's deal

912
00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:44.360
<v Speaker 9>with the ISI and the Pakistani military and let's go

913
00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:47.599
<v Speaker 9>recruit these Mujahadeen and that's great. Let's get some to

914
00:53:47.639 --> 00:53:51.639
<v Speaker 9>come from Saudi Arabian other places, importing their Wahabi brand

915
00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:54.760
<v Speaker 9>of Islam so that we can go beat the Soviet Union.

916
00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:59.800
<v Speaker 9>And guess what they retreated. They lost billions of dollars

917
00:53:59.800 --> 00:54:01.760
<v Speaker 9>and led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. So

918
00:54:01.800 --> 00:54:05.039
<v Speaker 9>there's a very strong argument, which is wasn't a bad

919
00:54:05.079 --> 00:54:08.400
<v Speaker 9>investment to end the Soviet Union? But let's be careful

920
00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:12.159
<v Speaker 9>what we sew, because we will harvest. So we then

921
00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:16.400
<v Speaker 9>left Pakistan. We said, okay, fine, you deal with the

922
00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:19.320
<v Speaker 9>stingers that we've left all over your country. You deal

923
00:54:19.519 --> 00:54:22.880
<v Speaker 9>with the minds that are along the border. And by

924
00:54:22.960 --> 00:54:24.880
<v Speaker 9>the way, we don't want to have anything to do

925
00:54:24.960 --> 00:54:28.639
<v Speaker 9>with you. In fact, we're sanctioning you. So we stopped

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<v Speaker 9>dealing with the Pakistani military and with Isi, and we

927
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<v Speaker 9>now are making up for a lot of lost time.

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<v Speaker 2>I never thought in a million years I would end

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<v Speaker 2>an episode of Liberty Lockdown with a quote from Hillary Clinton,

930
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<v Speaker 2>be careful because what you sew you will harvest. Exactly, Hillary, exactly.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you guys so much for tuning in. Please do

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<v Speaker 2>leave a comment, hit the like button, subscribe, and share

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<v Speaker 2>this around, particularly if you have any neok on friends

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<v Speaker 2>that are celebrating. I would love for them to watch

935
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<v Speaker 2>this just to understand how how fucking crazy it all is,

936
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<v Speaker 2>and how dangerous it is, and how much you're being

937
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<v Speaker 2>lied to about what's really happening. I hope you found

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<v Speaker 2>this informative. If you did, hit the like button and

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<v Speaker 2>appreciate you guys, See you soon, peace. Welcome to Liberty Lockdown.

944
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<v Speaker 2>Let's go to your plock home, your liberty and come.

945
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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, it's on call.

946
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<v Speaker 8>When did it come

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<v Speaker 2>From and where did he