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Speaker 1: Top ink Club. Pard, Yes, sir, yes, sir. We back.

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Good evening, Good evening, and you're tuned in to top

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Speaker 2: And we got some information and we got some news

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reports of course by ABC News, and it's about Iran

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and I'm launching one hundred missiles towards Israel.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna give you the exclusive news.

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Speaker 2: About what's going on with Israel and also just keep

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you on the up and up with these updates again

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see your fortune, top inc World News.

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Speaker 1: Yes, let's get into it.

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Speaker 3: So I want to bring in a retired Army Colonel

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Seth Cromrick as well, a colonel before I ask you

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overall kind of step back and take an overall look

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at what we could see in the region moving forward

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as this volley of attacks continues now between Israel and Iran.

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Your thoughts on the US role here, Why we're not

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hearing from our president. We know that you did have

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the phone call with the UK's Prime Minister, but still

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nothing out on social nothing out. Formerly we heard from

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Benjamin Nett and Yahoo how he said to the Iranian people,

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this is your time to rise up and rebel. We

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are with you, We want to help you take down

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this regime. But what do you think is happening in

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addition to what Louie is now able to tell us

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on behalf of the United States and we know it

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supports Israel, how do you think it's playing a part

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in what we're seeing right now?

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Speaker 4: Absolutely, Curat, it's great to be on today. There's two

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answers to this question. First, from the political side, your

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deputy's committees, your Principal's committees are working on their strategic messaging.

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And this is really important because you want to be

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methodical and deliberate with how you message not only the

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United States but the world in what's going on and

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what roles are being played. So I'm very confident that

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the administration is thinking through what is going to be

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put out and making sure it's synchronized with the overall

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campaign that's unfolding here. And then more on the operational

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tactical level, when we look at the air defense, it's

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an integrated air defense of all the countries in the region,

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not just Israel in the United States. The ballistic missiles,

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which can move from twelve to twenty minutes between Iran

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and Israel have to fly over a number of Middle

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Eastern countries, So there's places in there and allies that

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will have an opportunity to attempt to intercept these missiles

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as they fly over their airspace, and we have agreements

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with those countries to assist. So there's a very delicate

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balance that's being played now between strategic, messaging, operational aspects

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of this and then those detailed tactical level activities. Talking

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about the commanders on the ground and the drones and

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that domestic street in Iran.

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Speaker 3: So, you know, spending so much of your career in

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the Middle East, do you think we could actually see

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a regime change here in Iran.

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Speaker 4: Anything's possible, But after studying them for over twenty five years,

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I always meet my expectations. Iran is run by a

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very intelligent man. I don't agree with them, but no

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one's done more with less in my experience in the world.

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So I always look at this from a very calculated perspective.

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But here's what we do know. The number one threat

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to Iran is the domestic street. It's not Israel or

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the United States. And there has been a lot of

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discontent a lot over the last months and years as

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we look at a failing power infrastructure, rolling blackouts, and

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the average Aranian is saying, hey, wait a minute, why

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are you sending a bunch of money to Hamas and

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HESBLA and these nuclear dreams when I can't even get

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my air conditioner work when it's ninety five degrees outside,

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and I can't get social services to work. So you

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have this disc that's brewing. You layer on top of

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it all of the protests that you've seen, and you

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see that in time there are more more indicators that

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the regime will collapse under its own way. But the

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question is when this is a savvy regime. Could be

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a year, could be ten years, Maybe it could be

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two months. I think the next seventy two to ninety

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six hours are going to be telling, But I wouldn't

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bet my next paycheck that it's going to happen immediately.

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I think it's just getting looser and looser, and more

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opportunities are coming up for that organic revolution, because regime

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change will not happen from a foreign power in Iran.

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It has to be organic. It has to come from

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the Iranian street.

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Speaker 3: Do you see the straits of Iran rising up?

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Speaker 4: At this point, I think people are taking a look

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at risks right, and it's they're going to see what's happening.

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There was a great point made by the previous reporter

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that you know, back in July twenty four there was

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a very sensational assassination of Hanya right after the presidential inauguration,

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of which the Iranian streets said, wait a minute, how

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could Israel penetrate something that's so near and dear in Tehran.

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Now we find out that they've had commandos and they've

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been shipping in drones for a long time, and they've

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been biding their time and putting everything in place. The

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average Iranian has to look at their government and go,

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you're incompetent. You can't protect us. We have these foreign

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agents working all over our country, dropping all of our defenses.

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You can't keep power going, you can't keep logistics going.

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There's all sorts of breakdowns. You can't do security, Hey,

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what can you do? And that is going to create

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more and more of an instability, and I like to

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think of it as more and more opportunity for governmental

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change inside of Iran.

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Speaker 3: Do you see a broader regional war about that to

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take place, or do you see at some point someone

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you know slapping the hand on the mat and getting

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back to the negotiating table.

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Speaker 4: I think in the short term you're going to see

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spasm of spasms of emotional violence because Iran sees the

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threat at home, knows they have to strongly respond, as

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you're seeing with the ballistic missiles. But do I see

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emotions sway from other countries to support Iran.

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Speaker 1: No.

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Speaker 4: People made up their minds about Iran and the Iatolas

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regime a long time ago. There's no sort of centrious

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votes out there for you to go get at this point.

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So at this point I don't see necessarily a regional

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war breaking out. But what I do see is Iran

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is going to fight as much as they can, even

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though they have very degraded options now. But at some point,

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as the emotions die down and they have to look

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at the longevity or what their number one goal is,

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which is survival, I believe it will shape them back

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to the negotiating table and they will be in a position,

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a much weaker position to have to negotiate exactly where

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they don't want to be. But they're going to be

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out of options. Frankly, Kira, and I'm not sure exactly

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what they think they can do. Outside of that, the

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question is going to be how long is it going

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to take them to get to the table. I would

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be shocked if it's any time in the next few weeks.

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I think that there is going to be a lot

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of internal issues going on there and a lot of

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attempts to strike Israel. I'm not sure we're going to

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see a lot of success. Hamas is degraded, hesbloods degraded,

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the drones are all knocked down. Yes, ballistic missiles will

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be able to get through and onesise Tuesdays, but that

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will have no subsident effect on Israel because Israel is

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absolutely focused on winning and taking away that nuclear capability

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from Wrong and again, when you look at the Jewish nation,

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there was a concerted effort to annihilate them three generations ago.

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They have not forgotten about it. They've been very clear

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on their strategic messaging and they are not gonna allow

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Ron to have nuclear capabilities.

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Speaker 3: Colonel Seth Cromer, great to have your insight and your experience.

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Appreciate you.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, top Ink Clube Park. It's talk