Transcript [00:00] So, this [00:01] not going to be just another video, you [00:04] know, bashing Tucker Carlson and Candace [00:06] Owens for saying outrageous things. Uh [00:09] but what I want to do is play a clip of [00:11] Victor Davis Hanson, another one where [00:13] he he talks about the voices from the [00:16] right that are opposed to what's going [00:18] on in Iran, that are opposed to [00:19] President Trump. And he raises some [00:21] interesting points uh um that uh [00:24] that we need to have in our back pocket [00:26] as we have conversations with people. [00:28] I'm sure everyone watching this [00:30] you have conversations with people who [00:31] are opposed to the war, people who [00:34] who are buying into some of this some of [00:36] these negative talking points. So, I I [00:39] want to respond to a few specific s- a [00:41] few specific things that uh that Victor [00:43] Davis Hanson raises here, which are [00:47] which are which are again, they're [00:49] important arguments against those who [00:52] who are who are saying that this whole [00:54] thing is a disaster and this war was a [00:56] terrible idea, etc. etc. Okay, so let's [00:59] take a look at Victor Davis Hanson, what [01:01] he has to say. I will stop this video at [01:03] various points [01:05] uh to comment, okay? That's how we're [01:07] going to do this one. So, let's take a [01:08] look. [01:09] goes off on nutjobs. [01:13] Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace [01:15] Owens, and Alex Jones over Iran war [01:18] criticism. I think that I'm I think this [01:20] is from the New York Post. President [01:22] Trump lashed out at four right-wing [01:24] critics of the Iran war. This was [01:26] Thursday, a few two days ago from when [01:28] I'm talking. [01:29] Describing them as nutjobs and losers [01:31] who will say anything for attention. I [01:33] know my Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, [01:34] Candace Owens, Alex Jones have been [01:36] >> [gasps] [01:36] >> all been fighting me for years, [01:38] especially by the fact that they think [01:39] it is wonderful for Iran, the number one [01:41] state sponsor of terror, to have a [01:43] nuclear weapon, because they have one [01:46] thing in common, low IQs. This is he's [01:49] writing this on Truth Social. They're [01:51] stupid people. They know it. Their [01:53] families know it, and everyone else [01:54] knows it, too, the president writes. [01:56] Look at their past. Look at their [01:58] record. They don't have what it takes, [01:59] and they never did. Mama mia. Well, I [02:02] don't know about Alex I don't know Alex [02:04] Jones. I've only met Candace um Owens [02:07] once, but I've you know, I've been yeah, [02:11] on Tucker's show quite a lot, and I've [02:13] been on Megyn's show quite a lot. [02:14] They're not low IQ people. [02:17] But what I don't understand about them [02:19] is this. [02:21] And I like them both personally. I don't [02:24] know what precipitated this. I see [02:27] Tucker had a little earlier [02:29] turn about, because on the bombing last [02:32] summer, he said it was going to char- [02:34] cause World War III, but we learned [02:36] afterwards that he he's been calling [02:38] Trump various times. He was back [02:41] on good terms. [02:42] So, when this other strike hit, [02:46] they got very very angry, and Megyn gave [02:48] a long excursus that she was sick she [02:51] had expletive um and that I watched that [02:55] clip. It was the F this and SH this. [02:58] But she was very angry at Trump's [03:00] existential threat to civilization, but [03:02] I think [03:05] cuz they're intelligent people, I think [03:07] and Tucker said it was what, satanic or [03:09] something on Easter to do that. [03:12] No one [03:14] of their caliber would believe that [03:17] Trump was going to wipe out the entire [03:20] s- civilization of Iran. [03:23] And you we know that is true because he [03:27] said help was on the way to the Iranian [03:29] people. And as I said with Sammy, if you [03:32] go back all of our wars, World War II, [03:35] Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War I, [03:39] the Serbian misadventure, the the Libyan [03:43] fiasco, [03:45] uh [03:46] we hit dual-use targets. We took out [03:50] civilian ships, port facilities in [03:52] Libya. We bombed the grid into zero uh [03:55] blackouts in Belgrade. One and a half [03:57] people no electricity. [03:59] We destroyed every bridge on the Danube. [04:02] First Gulf War, Saddam didn't have any [04:04] infrastructure. TV, radio, [04:07] uh power, fuel, you name it, we wiped it [04:09] out. [04:11] So, Trump never has done that. He's [04:13] taken out one bridge. And the reason he [04:15] hasn't done that [04:17] last time he went he bombed for 24 hours [04:20] is he thinks he wants a dividend of this [04:23] campaign to end and be a revolt of the [04:27] people. He said that. So, when he said [04:31] their civilization is going to end, it [04:33] was a sloppy use of nouns. What he meant [04:36] was this radical Shia Islamic regime, [04:41] culture, civilization is going to be [04:43] ended. The the civilization that has [04:46] been imposed on the Persian people. [04:47] That's what he meant. He should have [04:49] said that. But what what what he does [04:53] shows you what he means. [04:55] Megyn and and Tucker would have had a [04:57] good case if this [04:59] prior 4 weeks, he had been hitting power [05:03] plants. He'd been hitting schools. He'd [05:05] been hitting water plants. He'd been [05:07] hitting solar all of that. And then he [05:10] said I I'm going to just take it out. [05:11] But he hadn't. He didn't want to because [05:14] he's on the side of the Iranian people [05:16] that [05:17] 93 million people that he feels are [05:19] enslaved by this corrupt theocratic [05:22] interloping civilization that was a [05:24] hiatus, an interruption in Persian [05:26] history. Okay. So, I don't understand [05:29] that. [05:30] So, that means to me that they [05:33] they were angry about the mega, but [05:36] Trump never said he wasn't going to use [05:38] force. The first I was on Megyn's show [05:42] shortly after the summer bombing, and [05:44] she thought that was great. And she was [05:46] correct. It was to nullify at that point [05:50] what we thought were all of its nuclear [05:53] um potential. [05:55] So, [05:56] and then when you look at what he's [05:58] done, Soleimani, Baghdadi, bombed ISIS, [06:01] took out Wagner Group, got rid of [06:03] Maduro, bombed last summer, and bombed [06:07] they all have one thing in common. This [06:09] is longer, [06:10] and what's the thing in common? Except [06:12] for Maduro, there's no boots on the [06:14] ground. There's no door-to-door fighting [06:17] in Fallujah on the enemy's terms. [06:19] There's no Helmand province going into [06:22] villages and never know who's going to [06:24] shoot you, friend or foe, or [06:26] green on green, or whatever we want to [06:28] call it. Soldiers on the Afghan army [06:30] shooting us. [06:32] There's there's none of that. It's an [06:33] air campaign. And yes, it is now [06:37] getting close to 40 days, if not beyond. [06:40] But [06:42] that's not a war. That's not 20 years in [06:44] Afghanistan. That's not eight in Iraq. [06:46] That's not even 72 days in Serbia. It's [06:50] about what the first Gulf War, I think [06:51] was 42. [06:53] So, they know it's not a forever or [06:55] endless war. It's a Jacksonian [06:58] preemptive deterrent act, so that these [07:00] nuclear t- they don't have [07:02] nuclear-tipped missiles pointed at the [07:05] West. [07:06] And as we said before, they're not [07:08] sending billions of dollars to these [07:10] ring of fire Arab terrorist proxies, [07:13] Hezbollah, Houthis, and Hamas. [07:16] And and they're not killing Americans as [07:19] they've done for 47 years. Right. [07:22] >> And they're not trying to assassinate [07:23] presidents and secretary of states. [07:26] So, it was long overdue, but what I'm [07:27] getting at is finally is they know that. [07:31] So, then my next question to them is [07:34] what's the alternative? Now, [07:37] Okay, before we get to the to the next [07:39] thing he says about what's the [07:40] alternative, [07:41] so, I want to I want to drill down on [07:43] something that he said at the beginning [07:44] there, where he was talking about how [07:47] back in June, when Tucker Carlson was [07:50] opposed to the war in Iran, even after [07:54] that, even though he was opposed to it, [07:55] he he he got back on good terms with [07:58] President Trump. They they've been [07:59] talking again. [08:01] But now we're seeing a completely [08:02] different type of rhetoric. He also [08:04] talked about Megyn Kelly, who at the [08:05] time was like, "Hey, it worked out. We [08:06] got rid of the nuclear." Why are they so [08:08] angry [08:12] now? What is this actually in an earlier [08:14] video that I did. [08:16] But I I think there's something else [08:19] going on here. [08:20] You know, let me show you this uh this [08:22] this piece of Newsweek that I just saw [08:25] the other day, which I think I think is [08:27] uh [08:28] is worthy of discussion, let's say. [08:31] Here. [08:32] Fears Donald Trump will use nuclear [08:35] weapons against Iran grow online. [08:39] Right. President Donald Trump's threat [08:40] to Iran on Tuesday that a whole [08:42] civilization will be wiped out sparked [08:44] concern online that the US could be [08:46] poised to use a nuclear weapon against [08:48] Iran. [08:49] The president's Truth Social post, which [08:51] began a whole civilization will die [08:54] tonight, "Never to be brought back [08:56] again. I don't want that to happen, but [08:57] it probably will." Immediately saw [08:59] reaction on social media. [09:01] Trump didn't specify a nuclear weapon [09:03] would be used. No No credible sources [09:05] have stated this. [09:07] But commentators have said this, "Wake [09:09] up. He's calling for a nuclear strike. [09:11] Seek his removal immediately." Anthony [09:14] Scaramucci, a 2017 White House [09:16] communications director, posted to X, a [09:18] former Trump staffer. [09:21] Um [09:23] And then [09:26] uh and then and Trump had had it goes [09:28] over it again. [09:30] Uh that he that he tweeted that a whole [09:32] civilization will die tonight. [09:35] Then it says here, "The post saw much [09:36] discussion online and on morning TV news [09:38] channels with with with CNN [09:42] asking Republican New York [09:43] Representative Mike Lawler if he [09:44] supported seeing the US end a [09:46] civilization." [09:48] "No, I don't support making a whole [09:50] civilization die, but certainly the end [09:52] of the terrorist regime that's been in [09:53] effect for 47 years." [09:55] Okay? [09:57] Others were more critical of the [09:58] president's word, including former GOP [10:01] Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, [10:03] who posted to X, "25th Amendment, not a [10:06] single bomb has dropped on America. We [10:08] cannot kill an entire civilization. This [10:10] is evil and madness." [10:14] Okay? And then, look at this. Former Fox [10:16] News host Tucker Carlson spoke Monday [10:18] night about the potential for nuclear [10:20] war. [10:22] Telling his audience on the Tucker [10:23] Carlson show [10:24] that the Trump administration had [10:26] reached the end of its conventional [10:27] power. If you reach the end of your [10:29] conventional power, where does that [10:31] leave you? Oh, with non-conventional [10:33] power. What's a [10:34] What's that a euphemism for? Nuclear [10:36] weapons, he said. The effects of that [10:38] hardly need to be explained. They can't [10:40] fully be known because modern nuclear [10:42] weapons have never been used. [10:44] Carlson said the reality would be that [10:47] life would not be possible in Iran or [10:49] likely in neighboring countries in the [10:51] Gulf. [10:53] What on Earth [10:54] talking about nuclear that that Trump is [10:56] going to possibly use nuclear weapons? [10:59] This is [11:00] Now, [11:01] this goes back to the point that Victor [11:03] Davis Hanson was just making in in this [11:05] clip that I just showed you, which is [11:07] they know that this isn't true. [11:10] You don't have to be that intelligent to [11:12] know that when Trump said that he's [11:15] going to wipe out a civilization, he was [11:16] talking [11:17] as as Victor Davis Hanson said, he was [11:19] he was using sloppy language talking [11:21] about taking down this radical Shiite [11:23] regime. [11:25] And hopefully by doing that [11:28] uh [11:29] dealing a [11:31] crippling blow [11:32] to this Shiite ideology [11:35] that grips so many millions of people. [11:38] That is what he meant by taking down a [11:39] civilization. You That's obvious. He [11:41] said help is on the way. He was He's [11:43] obviously trying to liberate the Iranian [11:47] people. And anyone who thinks that Trump [11:49] Anyone who credibly thinks that Trump is [11:50] going to use a nuclear weapon is out of [11:52] his mind. And I don't think Tucker [11:54] Carlson really believes that. [11:56] Right? So, this speaks to This speaks to [11:59] the question, what are they trying to [12:01] accomplish? [12:04] Cuz it's obviously not true. [12:07] And when you when they when they start [12:08] talking about 25th Amendment and and [12:11] Trump being evil [12:14] and Trump has to be stopped and this is [12:17] a year of midterms, [12:19] you realize [12:20] that these people are actually trying to [12:22] get Trump to lose the election. He's [12:24] actually They're actually get the [12:26] Republicans to lose the House, to lose [12:29] the Senate, [12:31] to actually lose in the midterms. [12:33] Because that's going to be the net [12:34] result. Because there are a lot of [12:36] people, especially young people. Young [12:38] people tend to be [12:40] um they don't have as strong a voter [12:42] turnout as people who are a little [12:43] older, who are more [12:45] kind of at a stage in life, more [12:46] responsible citizens. There's a higher [12:48] voter turnout for people who are older [12:49] than younger. That's a known thing. [12:51] Uh so, getting out the vote among young [12:53] people is a big issue. [12:55] And on the right, this toxic insanity is [12:59] is has much more traction among young [13:02] people. [13:03] And therefore, the net result of all of [13:05] this insane talk, 25th Amendment, [13:07] nuclear weapons, the net result of it is [13:09] going to be to keep young people home [13:12] from voting. [13:15] Okay? [13:16] That's the net result of it. Young [13:18] people [13:19] being kept home from voting. The trends [13:21] in terms of being pro-Israel or [13:22] anti-Israel show that the that younger [13:25] part of the MAGA movement is where you [13:28] have this swing against Israel. [13:31] Um [13:32] We see that in the polling. That's where [13:34] the opposition to the war is strongest [13:36] is in the younger part of the MAGA [13:38] movement, who don't have the same [13:40] collective memory about what Iran has [13:42] done for 47 years. They don't have the [13:44] same sensitivity. They don't understand [13:46] They don't have the same sense of the [13:47] ups and downs [13:49] uh uh in terms of if gas prices rise for [13:52] a couple of months, it's not the end of [13:53] the world. They don't have that same [13:54] sense. [13:55] Um and they're much more narrow and [13:58] shallow in their understanding of [13:59] America first. [14:02] The net result of everything these [14:03] people are saying is younger people will [14:05] stay home from the elections. That is [14:07] the point that I wanted to raise. [14:09] And that means [14:11] it cuz again, [14:13] let's work with the logic that Victor [14:14] Davis Hanson is using. They know [14:17] themselves that this isn't true if they [14:18] thought about it for 2 minutes. It [14:20] doesn't take so long to realize that [14:23] when Trump said a civilization will die [14:25] tonight, he didn't mean he was going to [14:26] wipe out the Iranian people. This war [14:28] would be prosecuted very differently if [14:29] he if his intent was to wipe out the [14:31] Iranian people, if he wanted to do that, [14:33] if he was open to doing that. It's [14:34] ridiculous. [14:36] Anyone who knows anything about Donald [14:37] Trump it it it it's absurd. And they [14:40] know Donald Trump very well. [14:43] Which means work with that assumption [14:44] that they know themselves that the [14:46] things that they're saying aren't aren't [14:48] accurate. And therefore, what is the [14:50] agenda? That's my point. Okay? [14:53] All right. Let's uh Let's see a little [14:55] bit more about what he has to say here. [14:59] midterms or we're going to have a [15:01] So, [15:03] you're not going to vote for the this [15:05] man because he used force [15:08] in a way that contradicts in your belief [15:12] um the forever [15:14] bans on forever wars. So, you are going [15:17] to turn over by your absence or your [15:19] your lack of advocacy, [15:22] you're going to see the Democrats win to [15:24] punish Trump, to punish MAGA. So, all [15:27] the things that you fought for, Tucker, [15:29] Megan, Alex Jones, I guess, even uh [15:32] Candace, [15:34] closed border, [15:35] deports We've deported over a half [15:38] million people in just a year and a [15:40] half, and another million and a half [15:42] have self-deported. [15:43] Crime is at an all-time low. [15:46] He's rebuilding the military. [15:49] >> [sighs] [15:49] >> We We're the greatest producer of gas [15:51] and oil in history. [15:54] He's the first president that's brave [15:56] enough to take on DEI. [15:59] And he's doing a great job. He's the [16:00] first person to take on the insanity in [16:04] higher education. [16:05] So, what I'm getting at is [16:07] he's done 85% of what they want. [16:11] That's Megan's agenda. That's Tucker's [16:13] agenda. That's Candace's agenda. But on [16:16] this one topic, it's so egregious, [16:20] apparently it it not only nullifies all [16:23] of that other, [16:24] but from what I understand, they're [16:26] they're gone now. They're off. They're [16:28] done. [16:28] >> Yeah. And then what's going to happen is [16:30] you're going to get a Kamala type of [16:33] candidate or her. [16:35] And the alternative is DEI in your face, [16:38] revenge DEI, revenge open borders, [16:41] revenge illegal immigration, revenge DEI [16:44] in the military, revenge uh an Afghan [16:47] skedaddle, two-theater wars, da da da da [16:51] da da. I don't get it. [16:54] Yeah, Victor. Also, especially by the [16:56] fact that they think it is one for the [16:58] this man because he used force [17:02] in a way that contradicts in your belief [17:05] um the forever back job. He's the first [17:09] person to take on them [17:11] attacking Iran. [17:13] Okay, sorry. Sorry about that little [17:14] glitch there. Um I just jumped around a [17:16] bit. Okay. [17:18] So, [17:19] what he's saying there is is so it [17:22] should be so patently obvious. Like all [17:24] the things that you want, that you say [17:26] you want, you're getting. [17:29] There's a war that you don't like [17:33] that is not causing damage to America [17:37] in any significant way, [17:40] in any way at all. And Trump deemed it [17:43] necessary. It's not a forever war. And [17:45] yet you're willing to throw that all [17:46] away. And that really gives away the [17:48] game. Okay, so now he gets to ask [17:50] something else. Sorry about about that [17:52] jumping around a little bit. Let's pick [17:54] it up from [17:54] >> revenge [17:56] uh an Afghan skedaddle, two-theater [17:59] wars, da da da da da da. I don't get it. [18:03] Yeah, Victor. Also, Donald Trump's been [18:05] a public figure for about 50 years, and [18:09] probably for 47 of them, he's been [18:11] attacking Iran. And two of those Megan [18:14] and Tucker, I think both were on [18:15] campaign platforms with him in 2024. I [18:18] mean, Donald Trump has spoken [18:20] relentlessly about 1980, said he would [18:22] bomb He would say he would bomb Iran. [18:24] So, I [18:25] I you know, like it or not, he's been [18:28] particularly consistent about this and [18:30] stressed this. And that that this should [18:32] come as a surprise to anyone. [18:34] And and plus that they have nuclear [18:36] capab- you know, And this point gets [18:39] into the whole issue of BB drag Trump [18:42] into the war. [18:43] Right? And you think of what you have to [18:44] believe. [18:46] Think of what you have to believe to [18:47] believe that. [18:49] You have to believe [18:51] that President Trump, [18:54] who [18:55] has been talking about Iran [18:59] since the '80s. [19:01] He was talking about Kharg Island in the [19:03] '80s. There's a clip of him talking to [19:05] Barbara Walters about Kharg Island. Most [19:07] of us never heard of Kharg Island until [19:09] a few weeks ago. [19:10] And in the in the '80s, he was talking [19:12] about the United States should go in and [19:14] take Kharg Island. Okay? Trump's been [19:16] talking about Iran [19:18] forever. [19:21] Long before he got into politics. And [19:22] the day that he announced his his his [19:24] presidency, very first time when he came [19:26] down the famous escalator, he talked [19:27] about Iran. He's been talking about Iran [19:29] forever. So, what we what we are told to [19:31] believe, if we're supposed to believe [19:32] that BB manipulated him, we're supposed [19:34] to believe that President Trump, who's [19:37] been talking about Iran forever, [19:43] and also President Trump, who never [19:45] conceals what he really feels about [19:47] people, [19:48] he's very transparent about what he [19:50] feels about people, where he'll, you [19:52] know, he's he's he's not good enough at [19:55] concealing what he feels about people, [19:57] is such a good actor when it comes to [20:01] Netanyahu and Israel, [20:03] that he treats him like an honored guest [20:05] and like a best friend and praises him [20:07] all the time, praises him all the time [20:10] for for the last year, [20:12] praises him constantly, [20:15] and treats him like a best friend, and [20:17] says all signs all kinds of, you know, [20:19] wonderful things about the Israel [20:20] relationship, is that's all concealing [20:24] the fact that really he was dragged into [20:27] this by Israel. That's what you That's [20:28] what you have to believe. It's so [20:29] absurd. [20:31] The ability to kill millions of us, or [20:34] that's what they were striving for. [20:35] Also, this new [20:37] this new right and and left that the war [20:40] is lost. [20:41] The war's not lost. Never in the history [20:43] of modern warfare or ancient warfare, [20:46] maybe ancient, has one army lost [20:50] tragically 13 people [20:52] and destroyed [20:55] basically destroyed the navy, and we [20:57] know they destroyed the air force. They [20:58] know they destroyed They have [21:00] shoulder-fired rockets, but they [21:01] destroyed the air defenses. [21:03] They've taken out the top echelon of the [21:07] Islamic Republican Guard Corps, of the [21:10] theocracy, of the army, a lot of [21:12] scientists. They've destroyed their [21:14] nuclear facilities, the assembly ability [21:16] to make ballistic missile. [21:18] There's some drones and missiles and [21:20] caches all over the country, maybe a [21:21] third, but [21:23] other than that, [21:24] uh it's going to take Iran years to It's [21:28] probably worth a half a trillion dollars [21:30] of infrastructure and weapons that [21:32] they've siphoned off from their own [21:33] people, and it's gone. [21:35] So, [21:37] it's this isn't the end. As soon as we [21:39] stop whatever we're going to do, the [21:41] people are going to be there, and [21:44] they're going to say, "I can't afford [21:45] gas, and I we were we're the second [21:47] largest oil reserves in the region, and [21:50] I can't afford gas. I can't afford food. [21:52] And you're now going to what? Restore [21:54] Hezbollah, Houthis, and Hamas with our [21:56] money? They're a bunch of Arabs. They're [21:57] not even Persian. And then you're going [21:59] to rebuild all this stuff? The world's [22:01] laughing at you." [22:03] And I think they're going to say, "You [22:04] know, we put up with you because you [22:06] were scary, and you Everybody was afraid [22:09] of Iran, but now you're impotent, and [22:12] you've been incompetent, and you you're [22:14] humiliated. You made this country a [22:16] laughingstock." And I think they're [22:18] going to have a lot of internal unrest [22:20] rest as soon as we get out of there. [22:22] People are going to say, "I'm not going [22:23] to [22:24] I'm not going to let these stupid [22:26] theocrats arm us to the teeth and give [22:28] our money away to a bunch of [22:30] terrorists across the the gulf." I just [22:33] Okay, that [22:35] is maybe the most important point of [22:36] this whole thing. Okay? [22:38] One of the And here's where what I said [22:40] at the beginning of this video that I [22:41] want to give you some ammunition. When [22:43] you're having conversations with people [22:45] who are who who who are number one, as [22:48] he said, they're saying, "Oh, the war is [22:49] all lost. The war is going badly." What [22:51] are you talking about [22:52] that the war is going badly? Where's [22:54] that coming from? We'll deal with that [22:55] question. And then the issue of [22:58] regime change that he talked about at [22:59] the end. Let's talk about the first one [23:00] first. Okay, this reminded me of a poll [23:05] that I talked about before the war. I [23:08] haven't brought it up in a while. [23:10] Um and it was a poll done in Breitbart. [23:14] Okay, about a month before the war. [23:16] Let's see the date on it. The date on it [23:18] is [23:19] uh You see it here. Oh, here we go. [23:22] January 27th, so exactly 1 month before [23:25] the war. The war started February 28th. [23:26] Exclusive poll. Americans want to topple [23:29] Iranian regime, but unwilling to risk [23:32] even a single American life to do so. [23:36] Look at that. [23:38] Stunning new data shows that yes, [23:40] Americans do not like the regime in Iran [23:41] and would love to see it wiped out, but [23:43] it also has a bright warning lights for [23:44] the White House. [23:46] As the president considers his options, [23:48] the data suggests that Americans broadly [23:50] and Republicans specifically do want do [23:52] not want to risk even a single American [23:55] life to accomplish that. [23:58] Look at that. [24:00] Not even a single American life. [24:04] What it says here, "Among Republicans [24:05] specifically, support for the US [24:06] toppling the Iranian regime goes up even [24:09] higher with 60% [24:12] supporting the move. Just 8% are [24:14] opposed." Great. Big support for [24:17] toppling the regime. [24:20] Okay? What seems strong on both accounts [24:22] among Americans broadly and Republicans [24:24] in particular, it's the follow-up [24:26] questioning where things get dicey. [24:29] Almost everyone who supports the US [24:31] toppling the Iranian regime only does so [24:33] if zero American lives are risked in [24:37] doing so. [24:39] Zero. [24:41] 51% [24:43] among all Americans and among [24:44] Republicans specifically, 51% of each [24:46] group said they would tolerate no [24:48] American casualties to achieve the [24:50] mission. Now, think about this, and it [24:52] goes on with more details here. [24:55] What on earth does that mean? [24:57] You know what that means? That means [24:58] that people [25:00] are not serious [25:03] about defeating evil. [25:04] It means they're not serious. [25:07] Because war has been a constant [25:10] throughout human history. [25:11] It is a necessary evil. [25:14] It has to be done. [25:15] It is like surgery. [25:17] And people lay down their lives for good [25:20] to defeat evil. That is the way it goes. [25:22] And to say, "I want to defeat evil, but [25:24] I don't want to risk anything. I don't [25:25] want to have a single person of our [25:27] nation die," is just not serious. [25:30] Okay? It It speaks to a a pampered, [25:34] cowardly nature [25:38] of the American people. I want to topple [25:40] the regime, but I'm not willing to risk [25:41] even a single US life. You know, when [25:43] Israel went to war after October 7th, we [25:46] knew that there would be soldiers who [25:47] would die. When we just went into war in [25:48] Lebanon over the last few weeks, we [25:50] know. And I have sons up there. [25:52] We know that there's going to be [25:53] casualties. It's a fact of life. [25:57] It's a tragic fact of life. We know [25:59] that. [26:00] But it's worth fighting for. [26:03] So, what does it What What does this [26:04] mean about Americans? And I think that [26:06] that's what's going on in this corner of [26:08] the right of the of the more [26:09] isolationist America part of the America [26:11] First movement, [26:13] that there's also a [26:15] uh just a a kind of cowardliness to it. [26:19] So, I think that's part of it. [26:21] Okay? [26:22] That So, they So, they're saying, "Oh, [26:23] the war is going badly." How is the war [26:24] going badly? And this speaks to Victor [26:26] Davis Hanson's next point. [26:28] It's almost like they're rooting for it [26:30] to go badly. They want it to be spun [26:31] that it's going badly because they [26:33] didn't want it, so they don't want it to [26:35] work out well. It's It's It's immature. [26:38] It's infantile. [26:39] But look at that last point that he [26:40] made. [26:41] Very, very important point. [26:44] That [26:45] you know, like like if you look at [26:48] at the full scope of how it's going, [26:50] right? You You You look at the whole at [26:52] the whole picture [26:54] of what's happening there [26:57] with regime change, with the Iranian [26:58] people. [27:00] Oh, when are they You know, because part [27:01] of This is part of the narrative of it's [27:03] not going well. Oh, you see the Iranian [27:05] people, the regime isn't falling. It [27:06] This is a failure. The regime isn't [27:08] falling. It's not coming down. [27:11] He's saying, "The story's not over yet." [27:14] The story's not over yet. And this And [27:16] this is a good analytical point about [27:18] where we are in the war, cuz if you're [27:19] if you're also wondering, "When is the [27:21] regime going to fall? When are the [27:22] people going to come out and protest?" [27:25] Let's say this war ends tomorrow. [27:27] Okay? All this devastation that was [27:30] caused to the regime. They are so weak, [27:31] battered, tat- in their in tatters, and [27:35] the Israelis and Americans have total [27:37] control of the airspace, and the world's [27:39] eyes are watching on what's going to [27:40] happen in Tehran, and the people rise [27:43] up. Do you really think that the that [27:44] the remnants of this regime that are [27:46] licking their wounds and trying to put [27:48] the pieces together while the Americans [27:50] are looking down at them, and the [27:51] Israelis are looking down at them to see [27:53] how they behave? You really think [27:55] they're going to start shooting [27:56] protesters again? [28:00] It would be the end of them. [28:02] And you think it would work? [28:04] And their economy in tatters, and people [28:07] have The whole reason the protest began [28:09] was because of the economic conditions, [28:11] and they've only gotten worse. [28:13] So, of course the people will rise up [28:16] again. Of course, [28:17] the regime collapse is is going to be a [28:20] later stage of this. It's going to [28:21] happen after the kinetic conflict is [28:23] over, not during it. [28:26] That's the point he's making there, and [28:27] it's a point for all of us to remember. [28:29] Because again, around the water cooler, [28:31] around the kitchen table, wherever you [28:32] are, you're going to You're having We're [28:34] all having these conversations with [28:35] people. Oh, what's with the regime Oh, [28:37] you know, it's not [28:40] This is a process. [28:41] And we should And it's going really, [28:43] really well. It's going very well. It's [28:46] going extraordinarily well. [28:49] And we should just recognize that. [28:53] >> [sighs] [28:54] >> Okay. [28:55] I'm going to try to stop talking about [28:57] these people, but on the other hand, [28:59] they are a voice in this, and they're [29:00] causing some serious damage. If If If [29:03] the If the Republicans lose in the [29:05] midterms, if they lose the House and the [29:06] Senate [29:08] in the midterms, and Trump's presidency [29:10] gets crippled as a result of that, [29:13] it [29:14] it it's going to make life worse not [29:16] only for Americans, but for the entire [29:17] world, [29:19] and it will be on the heads of these [29:20] podcasters and these loudmouths [29:23] who are [29:24] who are poisoning [29:26] the discourse because of some sort of [29:28] sour grapes [29:30] uh infantile concern [29:33] or or just a a lack of political vision, [29:36] or actual grift, like I said at the [29:38] beginning of this, talking about Trump [29:40] dropping a nuclear weapon. They know [29:41] that's false. [29:43] They know that that's not true. They [29:45] They know that it's not true. [29:48] And this grift [29:50] can cause some very serious damage. It's [29:52] not something that we can just wave [29:53] away. Ah, let's stop talking about these [29:54] people. This is why I'm bringing it up. [29:56] This has real real political [29:58] implications. They are causing serious [29:59] damage. They are an enemy [30:02] of all the good things that President [30:04] Trump has been doing and the results [30:06] that that that that there are for the [30:08] world. [30:09] And we need to fight this. [30:11] We also need to get out the vote of the [30:13] good people in America in the midterm [30:15] elections for everyone's sake. [30:18] Um please [30:20] look in the description of this video. [30:22] You'll see a link to to register [30:25] for the for our newsletters so you can [30:27] follow everything that Israel 365 action [30:30] is doing and you can also sign up for [30:32] the Israel 365 news newsletter so that [30:35] you can really keep up to date with good [30:38] information from a biblical faith [30:40] perspective, news information and [30:42] analysis from Israel. 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