Iran Invites Neighbors to War by Attacking Them, Noem Out-Mullin In & Elections are BIGGER in Texas Week In Review
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Welcome. It is Verdict with Ted Cruz. Week in Review. Ben Ferguson with you. And these are the stories that you may have missed that we talked about this week. First up, Iran doing everything wrong. Now attacking countries all around them. So what does that mean for the region and the escalation of this war? Also, a big shakeup in the Department of Homeland Security as Kristi Noem is out. Who's replacing her?
What recent actions has Iran taken that threaten regional stability?
We'll give you the background. And finally, it was election night in America, a big primary on Tuesday, and a lot of big things happening in Texas. We break it all down for you. It's the Week in Review, and it starts right now. Let's go back to the Middle East for a moment. One of the things that we talk about, you know, the Ayatollah and his team, they're homicidal and you could also even say suicidal in their obsession with killing, you know, innocent people in their own country, going after Americans, going after Israelis as well. But one of the things that I was even a little bit shocked by was how quickly they decided to bring in every other country on the side of Israel and the U.S. by attacking the
these other Middle Eastern nations around them weren't involved, right? They were outside. Were you as shocked as I was that they just decided, all right, like whoever's still left standing, let's just go after Bahrain. Let's go after Qatar. Let's go after, I mean, the list is pretty long now of countries they've attacked. And now they brought them into the fold. I mean, that to me just seems like a suicidal mission on their part.
What led to Kristi Noem's removal from DHS?
Yeah, I will admit I was surprised by that. There's been a lot of public reporting that suggested that other Middle Eastern nations were discouraging President Trump from going after Iran. I'm a little bit skeptical of that.
What implications does the shake-up in DHS have for national security?
I have not recently had those conversations with other Middle Eastern nations, but I've had many conversations with the Saudis, UAE, Bahrain. And and they have always been very focused on, number one, doing everything necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. The Saudis have said publicly if Iran ever got a nuclear weapon, that they would do everything possible to get a nuke themselves to defend themselves from Iran. And so I don't know if it's true or not that in the recent weeks, Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries were urging Trump not to attack. But I do know that Iran's behavior, so they fired missiles and sent drones and had attacks at almost every single Arab country all throughout the Middle East.
So they've attacked Saudi Arabia. They've attacked UAE. They've attacked Kuwait. They've attacked Qatar.
What were the significant outcomes from the recent Texas elections?
They've attacked Bahrain. They've attacked Jordan. And we've seen statements from many of those other Middle Eastern countries, mostly Arab countries, expressing, condemning, condemning Iran's response. And, you know...
How are Middle Eastern countries responding to Iran's aggression?
In my view, they're just indiscriminately firing abroad, and I think their reasoning was that if the United States and or Israel hit them, that they wanted to make it as painful as possible for the entirety of the region, right? What they have ensured is that there's basically nobody standing up and siding with the Iranians. They're demonstrating, essentially, they're willing to kill anybody and everybody. I got to say, that's also a really powerful illustration. If that's what they do now... Yeah.
What would they have done with a nuclear weapon?
Yeah. Can you imagine how much worse if they had a nuclear weapon? And during the whole go back to Obama and the debates on Obama's terrible Iran nuclear deal, I always said most of the debate rotated around, well, if they had a nuclear weapon, it would change the balance of power. It would make them more aggressive. They would fund more terrorism. And I always said, look, that's the best case scenario. The best case scenario is a horrible situation. The worst case is that they would actually use the nuclear weapon, and everyone operates under an assumption, well, having a nuclear weapon doesn't mean you use it.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:28
2
What recent actions has Iran taken that threaten regional stability?
0:28–1:32
3
What led to Kristi Noem's removal from DHS?
1:32–1:48
4
What implications does the shake-up in DHS have for national security?
1:48–2:39
5
What were the significant outcomes from the recent Texas elections?
2:39–2:57
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How are Middle Eastern countries responding to Iran's aggression?
2:57–10:30
7
Who is the Democratic challenger James Talarico and what are his positions?
10:30–13:38
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What does the Texas Senate runoff mean for the Republican party?
13:38–32:38
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