Episode 5152: Tensions Rise In Iran And Cutting Of Oil To The CCP; Live From Athens
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What are the current tensions in Iran and their implications?
This is the primal scream of a dying regime. Pray for our enemies, because we're going medieval on these people. I got a free shot on all these networks lying about the people. The people have had a belly full of it. I know you don't like hearing that. I know you've tried to do everything in the world to stop that, but you're not going to stop it. It's going to happen.
And where do people like that go to share the big lie? Mega media. I wish in my soul, I wish that any of these people had a conscience.
Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.
War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Bann.
Every country in the Middle East, except maybe the UAE, is desperate to avoid this war. The Chinese and the Russians don't want this war. Trump really doesn't want this war. Who wants this war? Benjamin Netanyahu. Will he get the war that he wants? Boy, it's very hard to say. I go back and forth on this one. On one hand, I say this war can happen because we can't achieve our goals by striking Iran. And furthermore, you have to take into account what Iran can do in retaliation. You were just talking about the Straits of Hormuz and what the consequences would be if that one heated up. And of course, the Iranians are going to launch ballistic missiles at Israel as well. So it's hard to see why it makes sense to start this war from a purely strategic point of view.
But then it looks like Trump has boxed himself in. And furthermore, the Israelis appear to be putting enormous pressure on him to go to war against Iran. And can he disobey his masters? I don't think so. So that pushes me in the other direction. So I feel one day war is inevitable because of pressure from the Israelis. And the next day, I think it's not going to happen because I can't tell the story as to how a war leads to some sort of happy ending for all the parties.
Okay, that's Professor Mersheimer. Obviously, the guy's been dead right on Ukraine the entire time. Matt Boyle now joins us from... Greece, another tinderbox of this part of the broader region. Matt, overnight Axios came out with a, and we had Captain Fennell on here yesterday to go through a detailed presentation, kind of an NSC-type briefing of all the assets pouring into the region. Axios this morning reports that this is much farther advanced strategically in the planning in the White House than people understand. You're in the region right now. The event you had with Kimberly Guilford was great yesterday. She's our great ambassador. I don't know what's more beautiful, Matt, is that your smiling visage of Matt Boyle, the national political editor at Breitbart, or the Acropolis at sundown in the background, sir?
Yeah, well, I mean, the Greeks are totally hooking it up here for me. We've got the Acropolis back behind me, which is pretty impressive to see. It's my second trip here. Really exciting. To your point about what may or may not be looming with regard to Iran and the president's eventual decision making. Everyone here is talking about that, right? So I've been having a series of discussions with folks in the media in Athens, as well as political, defense, business leaders, both inside and outside government, since I've arrived a little over a day ago. And everybody expects something to happen from President Trump. Exactly what? Nobody really seems to know yet. And I don't think anybody knows except President Trump.
Ultimately, the president will make a decision. I think that there are several things that the president is keeping in mind as he makes any kind of a decision with regard to Iran. And the first and most important thing, if you remember, Steve, last time we talked, is the polling data that shows Iran.
How is President Trump navigating the potential for war with Iran?
that support for taking out the regime in Iran significantly drops when you start talking about even one American casualty. So I think the president, you know, if you look at the two major military successes so far, and I'm talking about major ones, there have been a lot of minor ones as well, like taking out the terrorists and stuff, but I'm talking about the major ones.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What are the current tensions in Iran and their implications?
0:02–4:24
2
How is President Trump navigating the potential for war with Iran?
4:24–9:07
3
What strategic options are being considered for military action?
9:07–13:46
4
How do regional players perceive the possibility of conflict?
13:46–18:16
5
What role does Israel play in the U.S. military strategy against Iran?
18:16–23:46
6
What are the economic consequences of a potential war with Iran?
23:46–28:59
7
How might public opinion affect U.S. military decisions regarding Iran?
28:59–33:40
8
What are the long-term implications of U.S. actions in the Middle East?
33:40–54:25
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