Pete Hegseth

When Saddam Hussein, sometimes with indirect or direct American support, would use his Scud missiles and Tupolev bombers to effectively bomb and attack Iranian cities. And the Iranians didn't have really an effective strategy.

defense against them or even a effective way to counter strike Iraq they were able to get some scud missiles from Libya and other sources it's interesting story Qaddafi and Saddam had this kind of rivalry so Libya even though being an Arab secular Arab socialist state kind of like Iraq they wound up backing

defense against them or even a effective way to counter strike Iraq they were able to get some scud missiles from Libya and other sources it's interesting story Qaddafi and Saddam had this kind of rivalry so Libya even though being an Arab secular Arab socialist state kind of like Iraq they wound up backing

defense against them or even a effective way to counter strike Iraq they were able to get some scud missiles from Libya and other sources it's interesting story Qaddafi and Saddam had this kind of rivalry so Libya even though being an Arab secular Arab socialist state kind of like Iraq they wound up backing

uh iran but they were never able to match uh iraq's long-range strike capabilities and so that is a big reason why they have invested so heavily in developing missiles drones cruise missiles and things like that that can strike all across the region and that is really the the real threat and that is iranian conventional weapons missiles correct as of right now yes

uh iran but they were never able to match uh iraq's long-range strike capabilities and so that is a big reason why they have invested so heavily in developing missiles drones cruise missiles and things like that that can strike all across the region and that is really the the real threat and that is iranian conventional weapons missiles correct as of right now yes

uh iran but they were never able to match uh iraq's long-range strike capabilities and so that is a big reason why they have invested so heavily in developing missiles drones cruise missiles and things like that that can strike all across the region and that is really the the real threat and that is iranian conventional weapons missiles correct as of right now yes

I won't necessarily get into that, but part of their conventional capabilities have been weakened, but not defeated, and they still retain significant capabilities.

I won't necessarily get into that, but part of their conventional capabilities have been weakened, but not defeated, and they still retain significant capabilities.

I won't necessarily get into that, but part of their conventional capabilities have been weakened, but not defeated, and they still retain significant capabilities.

There is a real potential to that. Again, there's a saying in the military that no plan survives the first contact. And it's largely true that no assumptions survive the first contact. But it's still a significant risk that that could happen. And I think it's fair to say that that is weighing in the calculus of a lot of people in the administration.

There is a real potential to that. Again, there's a saying in the military that no plan survives the first contact. And it's largely true that no assumptions survive the first contact. But it's still a significant risk that that could happen. And I think it's fair to say that that is weighing in the calculus of a lot of people in the administration.

There is a real potential to that. Again, there's a saying in the military that no plan survives the first contact. And it's largely true that no assumptions survive the first contact. But it's still a significant risk that that could happen. And I think it's fair to say that that is weighing in the calculus of a lot of people in the administration.

I think that is a real risk, if not significantly curtailing the ability to ship energy through that vital sea lane.

I think that is a real risk, if not significantly curtailing the ability to ship energy through that vital sea lane.

I think that is a real risk, if not significantly curtailing the ability to ship energy through that vital sea lane.

They catastrophically spike. Now, over time, the oil market will sort itself out. For sure. You'll have more production here domestically and elsewhere. Oil is fungible. But initially, it would have a pretty catastrophic impact on global oil markets at a time where the United States is facing some economic headwinds.

They catastrophically spike. Now, over time, the oil market will sort itself out. For sure. You'll have more production here domestically and elsewhere. Oil is fungible. But initially, it would have a pretty catastrophic impact on global oil markets at a time where the United States is facing some economic headwinds.

They catastrophically spike. Now, over time, the oil market will sort itself out. For sure. You'll have more production here domestically and elsewhere. Oil is fungible. But initially, it would have a pretty catastrophic impact on global oil markets at a time where the United States is facing some economic headwinds.

Now, see, this is very interesting, Tucker, is Why are they part of that coalition? And it's because of our own stupidity. We force these countries together that don't naturally have aligned interests. Iran is a Shiite theocracy. Russia is an authoritarian country run by Vladimir Putin and a group of oligarchs, essentially. China is a quasi-communist, quasi-state capitalist state.