Tim Dillon
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It was about winning so that they could handle these government contracts to Palantir and all of these other companies, and they could go and topple regimes all over the world and take their resources.
And by the way, it's the last gasp of the American empire.
This is the tipping point.
We're being exposed a little bit in Iran.
Iran's ability to hit our bases, I've said it before, but this has been shocking to people.
I've spoken to smart people about this, and they're all pretty, pretty astounded at Iran's ability to fight back.
Iran's been preparing for this for a very long time.
And, you know, we always see ourselves as a military powerhouse, and we are to a degree.
But this has not gone well.
No one who is a serious person will tell you that this has gone well.
It's exposed weaknesses in our intelligence, in our decision-making skills,
capability in our overall military strategy with regard to Iran.
This has exposed a lot of fault lines in the American empire's ability to maintain an empire, which it seems like it can't.
It seems like it won't be maintaining an empire for much longer, but we're upping the military budget to $1.5 trillion and you won't have healthcare.
You're not going to have child care for your children.
You're not going to have the money to go to college and learn how to be a nurse or a physical occupational therapist.
Or, you know, you're not going to be able to have the money to put gas in your car to go to work.
And like feed your family.
Instead, we want $1.5 trillion so that we can go around the globe toppling empires and trying to suck up their resources.