Glenn Beck

They also know America is really tired of these wars.

We're polarized.

And sustained pressure could fracture U.S.

support the way it did in Iraq and in Afghanistan.

They also see that global dependence on oil gives them asymmetric power.

Close to the straight, even partially, you close that and the world screams at Washington, not Tehran.

And they know that.

They also know China and Russia will backstop them.

Weapons, diplomatic cover, oil purchases.

Or so they think.

Now here's what they really see.

They believe their people will endure hardship under martyrdom narrative longer than the Western public will tolerate high gas prices.

So this isn't, they don't have any real power in a military sense because they're way overmatched.

They're done.

Their power comes in time.

They believe time and pain on our side will win the war for them.

That's what's really happening here.

When you look at all of this, you have to realize it's us that they see.

It is us.

That's why it is so incredibly critical to make sure that we are