Saagar Enjeti
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They're like, we can't be paying the Iranians, not after they've bombed the hell out of all of our countries.
And that's why I think Iran was so forceful in its reaction against all the Gulf countries, not just because they believe it was a UAE, clearly, they think that it was, but that's why they struck the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia.
That's why they struck oil infrastructure in Bahrain, oil infrastructure in the UAE.
It was a message also to the Gulf.
So don't just forget, it's not just Israel that wants to drag us back in.
It's these Gulf countries, too, because for them, the truceβ UAE in particular.
UAE in particular.
I mean, they've beenβI mean, they're not even hiding it.
They went before the UN to try and authorize a use-of-force resolution.
Like, they're pretty open.
They want regime change.
Their boosters all over Twitter, you can go and look, are like, this is unacceptable.
We need regime change right now.
So their aims are explicit at this point.
Sorry, I tweeted about this ethnic cleansing.
People are like, what are you talking about?
They literally said a million of you have to go.
And that anybody who wants to come back can't come back near the border.
What do you call that?
I'm just like, look, take the rhetoric for what it is.