Sam Faddis

And now all of a sudden we got Erdogan talking about sending F-16s to Northern Cyprus, which they occupy, to protect Cyprus from the Greeks who are invading again.

You know, like everybody's thinking, what the hell does this have to do with hitting Tehran?

But it's that kind of ripple effect as it goes on.

And some of it will just be nonsensical.

No, not at all.

Look, when I lived in Athens many years ago, there was graffiti on the wall across the street from my house.

It said in Greek, Constantinople is the capital of Greece now and for forever.

So a 15-year-old kid, an idiot kid with a spray can, that's what was on his mind.

was something that happened in 1453 i mean come on that's like not his gang sign or anything else it's like we got to go retake constantinople so i mean every group out there has this this

you know, some vision.

Look, I actually was having, talking to a Greek asset many years ago, a very senior guy, retired military officer, and he actually brought up the Battle of Lepanto, which I think was, what, 1571?

And he said, the problem with you guys is you think that we defeated them then.

And he was like, they didn't go away.

They're still here.

I mean, meaning the Muslims.

So, yeah, that's the way the whole region works.

There's these kinds of issues that we

barely acknowledge they live and die by this stuff.

You're talking about people who have an apocalyptic worldview.

They believe that they will win.