John Bickley

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As tensions escalate over Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and the murder of thousands of protesters, the Trump administration is gearing up for war.

Yeah, bottom line, the war drums are beating and military action against Iran appears increasingly likely.

So let's give some context to start.

For the last year, the Trump administration has been pushing Iran on three main fronts.

First, they want Iran to cut off their support of terror groups like the Houthis and Hamas.

But that has not happened, so call that strike one.

Second, Trump has demanded that the Supreme Leader stop targeting protesters, warning that he was, quote, locked and loaded and ready to go if they continued to kill anti-regime demonstrators.

But despite those warnings, as we've talked about on the show, thousands, potentially tens of thousands of Iranian citizens have

have been slaughtered amid those unprecedented protests nationwide.

So we'll call that strike two.

And finally, and most importantly, the U.S.

has demanded that the Ayatollah give up his pursuit of nuclear weapons, offering sanctions relief in exchange for them doing away with their nuclear program.

Now, the two sides have held multiple rounds of talks on the topic, but those have failed to bear much fruit.

Meantime, the Ayatollah has continued to put out defiant statements,

reiterating that he will never give up his nuclear ambitions.

And that could potentially be strike three.

Right.

Over the last 36 hours, we've seen arguably the largest military buildup in the Middle East in decades.

Hundreds of cargo flights have transported weapons systems to the region, as hundreds more fighter jets, dozens of warships, and multiple aircraft carrier groups have also made their way towards Iran.