Episode 5178: US And Israel Attack Iran; War Builds In The Middle East Cont.

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What led to the US and Israel's military action against Iran?

Steve Bannon 0:02

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.

Unknown (Stephen K. Bannon mentioned) 0:24

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.

Steve Bannon 0:34

Ask yourself, what is my task and what is my purpose? If that answer is to save my country, this country will be saved.

Unknown (Stephen K. Bannon mentioned) 0:44

War Room. Here's your host, Stephen K. Babb.

Steve Bannon 0:52

It's Saturday, 28 February in the year of our Lord, 2026. Our coverage today was going to be quite heavy. On the preparations potentially, how negotiations are going in preparation for a potential military conflict, the President of the United States about, I don't know, early morning hours came forward with an eight-minute video and talked about Major combat operations against Iran and the Ayatollah and the mullahs. And we're going to try to break it down for you. I think that we may add an extra hour of bonus coverage here to our traditional two hours on Saturday morning. So we're going to work through that. We've got so many people to get in, so many of the experts we've worked with. Over the years to talk about this, Sam Faddis, I want to start with you.

Steve Bannon 1:37

Sam, you dedicated, I think, about 30 years of your life in defense of your country in some of the baddest neighborhoods in the world, sir. Is that correct?

Sam Faddis 1:48

Yes, sir. We won't try to count how many years it is. They'll tell me how old I am now, Steve.

Steve Bannon 1:56

But you're quite familiar with this particular bad neighborhood, I would say, sir.

Sam Faddis 2:02

Yes, sir.

How does the historical context of Iran influence current conflicts?

Sam Faddis 2:03

Absolutely spent a lot of my life there.

Steve Bannon 2:06

And so tell us about it. Put us in the mindset, because I think this is one of the things we have to do, is that the enemy gets a vote here. And this is not, you know, this is an ancient civilization. This is a country, it's a vast country. If you're over there, it's like shocking how big it is, how it looks, most of it barren. But it's an ancient civilization, 90 million people, highly bureaucratic, has been an enemy of the West since the times of the Greeks and the Romans. Always, I think the Romans would tell you their biggest enemies were not the Germans or the pacification of Gaul. It was always the Persians. The Athenians will tell you the exact same thing. So many of the great battles handed down to us about the defense of democracy is against the Persians.

Steve Bannon 2:55

Talk to us. What is their mindset today? Because clearly President Trump and the Israelis had a sense of the Persian people standing up against the Ayatollah, against the mullahs, against the Revolutionary Guard. And this is why it was at least the first wave looks like a potential decapitation strike, sir.

Sam Faddis 3:17

Yeah, that's right. And of course, as you have outlined exhaustively here, it has now been explicitly stated that the goal is regime change. So this is a fight for survival on the part of the guys we're up against. Internally, they'll be as brutal as they have to be. They do not care how many people They kill, and it's great to ask the Iranian people to rise up, and I hope that happens, but it is not that simple. The Iranian regime will fight back. They're already fighting back. They have fired on, watching the news, it seems to be at least six countries. that are allied with the United States and where U.S. forces are. It appears that missiles or drones got through in Bahrain and hit fifth fleet, American fifth fleet headquarters.

Sam Faddis 4:07

They have already, there are surrogates I know in northern Iraq where the Kurds are, have already fired on Erbil. I don't know that that was particularly effective, but as you noted, the Houthis are already making noises. But look, the Iranians are going to take this

What is the mindset of the Iranian people regarding the regime?

Sam Faddis 4:21

And they're going to take this into the realm where they feel they have an advantage. So that means not just their surrogates all over the Middle East.