Are we at war? What was accomplished? Where does this go? What is the end game? What should we keep our eye on moving forward? Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano lends his lifetime of service and expertise to the future of Iran.
Did we do the right thing? What’s next? Are we in danger? Are we the good guys or bad guys? What voices should be listened to vs ignored? How to know narrative from truth??? Real answers come from asking the right questions. Michael shares some insights and warnings.
President Trump has been signaling for weeks that military action against Iran was imminent, and people were betting cash on when it would happen. National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL will take a look how who made money off betting on the attack – and if there might have been inside information.
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minutes after the hour and good morning. Welcome to Monday, March,
the second year of Our Lord twenty twenty six. Has
Belat and Israel continue to trade attacks on this third
day of fighting. Pete Hegseth is at the Pentagon right
now giving updates on the US drike Center. Ron Olpeck
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and other oil producing countries say they'll increase output to
help offset any shortfalls from Iran. Did get a listener
who just sent me the email saying, well, this Venezuelan
oil is coming in handy as well. There are a
lot of things that make this different. I assure you
if if you were long term concerned about an energy crisis,
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I suspect you're in China or Russia, not America because
of what we're producing, what we've get. He's right to
point out what we've taken from Venezuela and what Opek
is pledging.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
The Strait of Hormuz is still a problematic area. As
Rory pointed out, the insurance companies alone aren't allowing them
to come through yet, but there are no long term signs.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
That that will be choked off.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
What should you expect anywhere from twenty five to fifty cents?
I did get one report from Broken Aarrow, Oklahoma where
at quick trip it went from like two twenty to
three dollars overnight, And there could be examples of this.
But the notion of, you know, some short term energy
pay is expected, but not as vulnerable as we've been
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in the past, is a part of the perspective. Officials
are identifying that man Weile. He was wearing apparently an
Iranian flag was found in his car. He had a
shirt that said property of all lah I mean This
was clearly politically and religiously motivated. He killed two people,
wounded fourteen others before he was taken out by law
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enforcement from Senegal and a naturalized citizen, but obviously radicalized
and in response. So just a reminder of the vigilance
that needs to be to be had on the home front.
You know, we often talk about when immigration happens like this,
we don't know who's in our country. Now we've had
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two million self deport The president has found a lot
of the dangerous people and deported them. But sleeper cells,
loan attackers like this could exist. And the FBI and
cash betel a On I alert obviously for these kinds
of attacks. And tomorrow we expect the administration to brief
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Congress the air strikes themselves. Very successful operation taking out
the supreme leader of Iran, the Ayatola. I am certain
he had successor plans. One of his successors probably was
the president, but he was killed. The first successor was
taken out in twenty two hours. Again, you're looking at
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amazing intelligence in addition to coordinated military operations, and I
mean from bombers to tomahawks to ships in different oceans,
planes coming from different continents. This has been an amazing
coordinated effort. We said, from the very beginning, is the
president you know because it was imminent, we knew it
was coming. How do you regain element of surprise? Well,
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the answer to that apparently was daylight. I means to
convince themselves the US would only attack at night. And
so they're having meetings and I don't know that they
were waiting so much for the Olympics to end or
the state of the Union to pass as much as
they were for everyone to gather and gather they did,
and the bombs took them out. In addition to the Ayahtola,
his daughter's son in law, some of his grandchildren were
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collateral damage. Senior running officials killed Salal Asadi, who was
the head of intelligence, Mohammed Shahrazi, who was the brigadier
general and the head of the military office for the
Supreme Leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. You had the
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brigadier general and commander of the Iran Police intelligence. Obviously
the intelligence from Israel on where these key operatives were
and when they were all gathered together clearly was at play.
The brigadier general involved in advanced weapons and research programs
also was taken out. The Defense minister reportedly killed top
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commanders your military and security officials. In all, in addition
to the Ayahtola, forty eight senior figures of the Islamic
Republic's political military and the Revolutionary Guard taken out in
these first twenty four hours of strikes, which added up
to one thousand targets in twenty four hours. Now the
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question will be narratives. The political narratives from the left
are going to be this was an illegal war, that
Iran was not an imminent threat. You're going to hear
that from the media. You're going to hear that from politicians,
mostly Democrats. The question is who to listen to? Are
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we at war? Is probably the biggest question, and it
lends itself to where it goes from here, which is
why it began with what was accomplished. What has been
accomplished is Iran is isolated, and not just from the
US and not just from Israel, but from a lot
of Arab and Muslim nations in the region. They're isolated
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alone with Russia and China who are isolated, China choosing
to remain silent, Russia denouncing the actions. Of course, this
could bankrupt them in their war with Ukraine, and I'm
certain that was a part of the strategy.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
The only two.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Countries dependent on Iran for energy and oil, and thus
you cut off the funding for terrorism is Russia and China.
US is drilling and producing more than ever has Venezuelan
resources and has OPEC's commitment. David Danati was the first
to kind of tackle the uncomfortable conversation, why would they
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choose to start attacking Cutter and other Arab and Muslim friends.
And now you get back into a fourteen hundred year
conversation of Sunni and Shia's agreeing on the successor to Muhammad,
those embracing political influence and infiltration, and playing long term
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in those that believe war warriors jihad defeat is the
immediate offensive solution. So they obviously looked at these nations
waving women's hair at the president when he visited, or
giving him camel parades, or not denouncing this more as
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taken care of the infidels within their own faith. But
it's further isolated them and further protected us from long
term energy crisis. So the president has flawlessly taken out
the proxies flawlessy developed relations with Muslim and other Arab nations,
and a strike that decapitates the head of the snake,
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all of their senior leader and who knows how deep
on the list of successors for the Ayahtola have been
taken out. Remember the Ayatola was a former president. Many
would suggest and I would think it would be obvious
that the president of Iran was probably next in line
to be the Ayatola. Well he's gone now. The future
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of Iran, the great uncertainty on the unknown is in
the people. That's another thing that falls under what's different
this time. Usually it's burning American flags and chanting death
to America. But with the Iyahtola taken down after thirty
thousand were killed, were standing against the regime. Whether it's
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in New York City here at home in America or abroad,
they're celebrating. It's the people of Iran that control the
future of this outcome. These military strikes will give them
the opportunity to create a new future, and whether they
do or do and whether it's radically Islamist or not,
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is in their hands. Just as who we are and
who we become is in our hands, and that's what
led to our overall conversation of voices we're going to
listen to, and voices we're.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Going to ignore.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
And to ask the questions that matter most. Are we
at war? What was accomplished? Where do we go from here?
What is the endgame? What should we keep our eye
on moving forward? Have we done the right thing? Are
we in danger? Are we the good guys in this
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or are we the bad guys? And in terms of
the voices, don't turn to podcasters or talking head media
narratives you have to address. You have to first of all,
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don't listen to narratives and don't feel forced to play
this game of having an immediate, firm, immovable position. That's
the game we play now. You can have that firm,
immediate immovable position if you've spent the time studying the
fourteen hundred year history, if you've studied the Hadith, if
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you've studied the Qoran, if you have studied the Bible,
and the Old Testament and the New Testament are one
complete story, one same god of nature, one complete story,
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a covenant promised and a covenant fulfilled. And if you
believe in any politian Politian theology. Obviously, you know, the
only identity you have and the only coverage you have
is in the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
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So if you are in Christ, you are a new creation,
and in that new creation you have a past to
present in the future with Israel, not Islam, certainly not
radical tyrants. But ultimately I respect you enough to tell
you you get to choose this day whom you're going
to serve and whom you're going to root for. Choose
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it wisely based on a podcaster's opinion. I'm going to
play you coming up at seven thirty five. It's kind
of like a Sounds of the Day, only I'm not
going to frame it as such, but you're going to
hear leftist politicians and politicians on the right. Which is right.
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You have to decide Hollywood elite aside on the left
versus those that get it, and what you're going to
listen to and what you're going to trust. And ultimately,
the first choice you're gonna make is whether to believe
in God and trust in God or believe in man
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and trust in men. Because if you're in the right
position right now, you're praying for your leader, not trying
to sabotage him or blame him. You're praying for our military,
not denouncing it, and you're praying for good to triumph
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over evil. Real answers come from asking the right questions.
Beware of those who aren't asking questions and those that
are espousing absolutes. Beware of the source of the narrative
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you're following. Is it a political narrative or is it
a biblical truth? What are the qualifications of the voices
and the context for which they're opining translation, I'm praying
for your peace, your wisdom. I'm on my knees praying
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for our military and every man and woman who is
serving and risking their life for our protection today and
our future tomorrow. And I hope you're doing.
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The same.
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Well.
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comes next, that should lead people of faith praying for freedom,
for God's people to be protected in the Holy Land.
Red alert sirens are filling the air sirens that give
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you fifteen seconds to not have an opinion or make
a post, but fifteen seconds to reach the nearest bomb shelter.
That's the difference in the seriousness of the situation, because
the threat is real in times like this, Freedom and
faith they're not abstract ideas, they're what the Jewish people
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This is your morning show with Michael del Chrono.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
The kuwaitis shooting down three F fifteen s might only want.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
To thinking that that might have been intentional.
Speaker 5 (15:41):
Who else is flying in the sky other than the
US and the Israelis.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
So what are they shooting at?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Ah?
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Well, Asktenant Colonel James Carafana. We flipped things. So he's
going to join us here just after the local news break,
so we'll get the military briefing from our foremost military
and foreign policy expert, Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano. In moments
from now, Opeck and other producing countries say that they're
going to increase the output to help with the shortfalls
coming out of Iran in terms of oil.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Mark Mayfield has more. The move was announced on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
The group is taking action after these sort of military
strikes on Iran by the US and Israel. Oil tankers
are avoiding the Strait of Horn Mouz near Iran, a
critical corridor that typically sees around a quarter of the
world's oil trade.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I'm Mark Mayfield. As Bela and Israel continue to trade
at tax. The Pentagon is right now giving a briefing
on all operations in and around Iran. We are expecting
the administration to brieve Congress tomorrow. The UK, France, and
Germany all say they'll work with the US and other
allies to protect themselves from what they call indiscriminate and
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disproportionate missile attacks from Iran.
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Jeffrey's got the sound reds keeping an eye on the content.
And I know you've been bombarred a all weekend long,
probably with uncertainty, probably with fears, probably with people trying
to tell you what to think. We're just kind of
informing and asking questions today and the big question is
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are we at war? What was accomplished in these strikes,
what continues to be accomplished, Where does it go from here?
What is the ultimate end game? What should we keep
our eye on moving forward? What are the voices we
should be listening to and those that we should be ignoring.
I'm honored and privileged to have access to James Carafano
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and have for going on scary over two decades now.
His lifetime of service and expertise on military and foreign
policy is simply unmatched, and he's joining us here to
talk about the future of Iran and what's happening in
the moment.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Good morning, colonel.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Hey. So, first of all, nobody in the world has
declared a war since nineteen forty five, no country, any
country's long history about the whole idea of war. Declaration
in the US Constitution, by the way, says Congress can
declare war, doesn't say Congress after declare war. So the
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actual declaration of war in the modern world has very
little to do with whether you're at war or not.
War is a choice between two sides. If they're fighting
each other, then they want to call it a war.
They call it a war. It's not even really essentially
an international legal term. It's really super weird, right, But
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the reality is we've been at war with the Iranian
regime since nineteen seventy something, when you know, Jimmy Carter
sent the iotola back to Iran, and technically it's never
stopped me Technically, we're actually still at war with North Korea. Technically,
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the question is where this goes is I think it's
very clear that in the long term the United States
is going to continue to bomb and degrade to the
point that it ensures that it is completely decimated both
in nuclear and ballistic missile programs. I don't think that's
up for negotiation. The whether they found somebody to negotiate
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an offer for this or not is a matter of contention.
If they if they find somebody to do that, they
will you know, why things down. Although I think the
reality is even if they can find somebody to negotiate
with who says, yeah, there'll be parts of the regime
because the regime is deconstructed now, who will continue to
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want to you know, shoot at people, and so we'll
probably be continuing to plant things, or it may go
to the point where they just take out so much
of the command infrastructure that that the government dissolves and
is replaced by by something else. So I think the
presence being very clear and honest when he says, hey,
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it's kind of open ended, probably could go on for
a couple of weeks. It's you know, it's very likely
that there will be more American casualties by the fact
that war is a thirty messy business. You know, we
get people killed all the time just training for war.
So the notion that you could go through an entire
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conflict and not see any casualties is actually pretty pretty unrealistic.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Let's address theo. Let's address what was accomplished in that.
You know, for a while, I was thinking, oh, this
is eminent. I mean I turned on one network on
Saturday morning and the level of fear and the level
of shock was astounding to me. I'm like, what bunker
have you been living in? I was actually speculating, as
the President waiting toll after the Olympics, is he waiting
toll after the State of the Union. No, we were
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on ready, waiting for these idiots to all meet together
at the same time in broad daylight. I mean, we
took out the Ayatola and forty eight, and I'm talking
about all of their intelligence heads, all their military heads.
I mean, this was extraordinary. Would you like to put
into perspective? This could be the greatest since D Day
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military strike.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Look, I mean here's the thing is this is you know,
this is often called shock and awe, right, which is
a capability the United States has been developing or fining
for for decades, probably has more capacity to everybody else
to do this, and you do it can junk true
to the Israelis, which are kind of like an American
mini me when it comes to military capability. And I
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don't want to say this is the easy part because
anybody that's been involved in UFF it is really super
complicated and really really dangerous. But we can do this, right,
So anybody that's worried about us doing this, they just
don't understand you us military capabilities. The issue is, I
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think rightly so, is what comes after this? And the
reality is is there is no guarantee on that. I mean,
this has only been true since the Pelotonnesian Wars, and
war is a step into the dark. You do not know,
nobody can guarantee you what's going to come out on
the other side. You know, we all remember the Iraq War.
I don't think this is analogous to what we did
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in Iraq, but you know, we had a brilliant campaign
that militarily wiped the enemy off the face of the
earth in days, and then we had an ugly protracted
insurgency that dealt with for years, which was horrible and horrific.
So you know, I remember for everybody saying, oh, this
isn't is amazing that shakanah, this is so incredible, But
it's what comes after. And so the lesson learned for
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the US military is not how we do shatk and
ah that or we just get better at that because
we work on it. But it's the question is is
what can you what do you do after the chakanawe? Now,
I take great comfort in what we did in Venezuela,
which was a very kind of controlled, you know, decline
of the government, and I think that model could well
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work here. It's a lot more difficult here than in Venezuela,
but it could well work here.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
But the.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Panic mode, right, no, no, And there are signs of differences.
I mean, you know, the relationships that were built with
the Muslim and Arab nations leading up to this, the
taking out of the Huthis and Hesbalan, diminishing the surrogates
and the proxies. Seeing Iranians celebrating with it, not death
to America, burning American flags, but with Iranian and American flag,
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there is something different on the ground.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
You're right.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Ultimately this is the easier part. The tough part is
what those people, given the opportunity, will choose for their future.
We had similar conversations about Palestine, the Palestinian territory. What
if the Palestinian people don't see Israel's right to exist
and want to kill the Little Satan and then the
Great Satan first Saturday, then Sunday in America. So really,
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the futures in the hand of the people of Iran,
is it not?
Speaker 4 (24:50):
You know, well, you know, we'll see. I mean, many
Germans and Japanese were unhappy to lose World War Two,
but they were actually very helpful in reconstructing the country.
So you know, it's it's not how a war ends
that determines the future, it's what's done after the war ends.
Many people in Iraq we're glad to see, you know,
Saddam husing on that didn't turn out so well. So
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there's two factors. One is inside the country, and you
have to remember that the people who are dancing in
the streets have had no opportunity to govern and have
no instruments of governance and haven't had that in in
in decades. The people that all the instruments of power
are suspect and uh. And then you have to what's
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going on outside the country. Who's coming in and trying
to meddle it is? Isis is going to drop in?
Alcada's going to drop in? You know, the Russians will
send people. I mean so you know, I just you know,
nobody can. You can't promise anybody a rose garden. Uh.
That's just the reality of it is where you know,
kind of costs and benefits come in. The point is
is what the present will have accomplished. Is the likelihood
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of that country being a strategic threat to the United
States for a decade or more is probably not going
to happen. That is our key strategic interest that has
been achieved. The rest is kind of if we get
better outcomes out of this, that's all to the good,
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all right.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
I had a great mentor and actually talking to him,
James Carafinal, Lieutenant Colonel, I think he's one of the
foremost military foreign policy minds in America. The things that
you have taught me war is always means motive an opportunity.
So the means the enriched advanced centrifugius and uranium, whether
you believe that was for energy purposes or military grade weapons.
They were making advancements of missiles and delivery systems, motive
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ancient successor of Mohammad Jihad bringing about the hidden emom
for world control, followed by judgment from Allah. All that
was really left was opportunity. The left is telling everybody
that this war is illegal and that there was no
eminent threat coming from Iran. That basically this is haven't
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we learned our lesson? We're starting another endless war and
we learned anything from Iraq, whereas this has been an
endless war since nineteen seventy nine. And the President making
an attempt at stopping And I want to get to
something you said earlier, and it's a.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Kind of a bookend.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
I noticed one of the great bookends for America's history
is FDR and LBJ, FDR with a new deal LBJ
with the bookend the Great Society. And in between was
John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated. I don't think the
Great Society happens if Kennedy lives. Donald Trump is in
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the middle of Jimmy Carter meddling, which got the Shaw
removed and the creation of the Islamic Republic we've been
dealing with for forty seven years. And then there's Donald Trump,
who doesn't get assassinated, a lives and gets a second
term and addresses this.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Is that striking to you.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
In any way? I mean, you know, presidents always are
balancing kind of the revitalization of America and the responsibility
to protect America from foreign enemies and the truly great ones.
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You know, get it right, you know, and and if
you you know, the problem Ndon Johnson, of course, is
he reluctantly wanted a fight a war in Vietnam. He
did it very poorly, and at the same time he
tried to ignore that implication to that on a domestic economy,
and he wound up tanking both simultaneously. Jimmy Carter, of course,
famously managed to create the stagflation, which was unheard of
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until he came along, and he's he's screwed up both
domestic and foreign policy at the same time. So Trump
is a delicate balancing actor. He's trying to revitalize the
American economy and deliver growth, but also restore America's place
in the world. I would say, so far, he's been
pretty remarkable. He's probably done more foreign policy achievements in
the year of the most presidents do in two terms.
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I mean, he's already completely evaporated any claim. I mean
he is. He has a marathon complanet compared to Obama
walking around the corner. And he's doing well in the
domestic economy. So he's got a lot, you know, on
his plate and a lot of his challenges. So it
remains to be seen. But honestly, you know, it is
hyperbole to say so far he has achieved more in
a year than some presidents do in two terms. And
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right now it's very very it's almost impossible to say
that he is probably the most the most successful foreign
policy president that we've had in UH in modern times
since Montal Reagan, and and could surpass Ronald Reagan.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Yeah, final final two questions. That's what I was suggesting
the fate of it not necessarily the design of it.
Perhaps the more interesting question as to why did Donald
Trump do this would be why didn't Bush? Why didn't Clinton?
Why didn't w Bush? Why didn't Obama? Uh could be
more of the interesting question when you think of what
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to keep your eye on, well, I would think Russian
troops on the ground in Iran would be very problematic.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
But what are you keeping your eye out for? I know,
war is uncertain.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
The difference is, you know, not only is Russia distracted
and China's not going to step in, but Iran was
greatly weakened as a result of the post October seventeenth
and the Israeli attacks on Iran. So, but the reason
why it is pretty clear. Having having significantly degraded their programs,
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the the Iranians on the ground showed every intention of
rebuilding those programs. So it's like you're a fighter and
you knock a guy down and the guys getting up again.
You know, do you let him get up, go back
to his corner, you know, swish out of his mouth,
you know, get fanned off, you know, kiss his girlfriend
and then come back and beat the oality or do
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you knock him down again. That's that's the choice of pressent.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I have James Garrafano as always. Thanks for making Monday
possible and not waiting till Wednesday. I think everybody needed
to hear these things. I thought the accomplishment. I think
the only thing we could do now is just encourage
people to pray for our troops, the men and women
who are serving whose lives are at risk, and to
pray for our leaders and wisdom rather than join in
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in the opinionated, divisive fights of the internet. But appreciate
your insights very much.
Speaker 4 (31:24):
Thank you. Yeah, yeah, I might be here Wednesday because
I can't fly anywhere because the Middle eastes all right,
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In Israel, continue to trade attacks, Opeck promising more oil
production being released into offset shortfalls with Iran and straight
up hoorn Moose challenges and President Trump says members of
the Revolutionary Guard who stop fighting will be granted full immunity.
The Pentagon just addressed the American people and the media
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on the latest of the results from the attacks, and
we expect the administry to address Congress tomorrow. Royal and
NILA national correspondences here to take a look at who
made money off betting on the attack. I found this
story even well, it's remotely interesting from the standpoint of
only in America, where we bet on everything, and of
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all things, this was so eminent. I kept and I
said this to you Friday. I mean, I don't know
if he's waiting for the Olympics to end or the
state of the Union.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
It looks like he was just waiting for everybody to
be in the same room. I don't know how anybody
could have known when that was going to happen, but
who won and how much?
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Well, we talked.
Speaker 7 (34:33):
About this last week, right, and how this had been
used in Venezuela by going to Polymarket or Kalshi, that
people were placing these bets on when the US military
would strike, and that's what happened again this weekend.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
On Polymarket.
Speaker 7 (34:46):
Several accounts earned a total of one point five million
dollars a lot of on the date of the US
strikes on Iran. Six of the accounts were brand new.
It was the first time they've ever placed a bet
on anything, leading to suspicion that maybe they were people
who had some inside information about these operations.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
And that's troubling, all right, So it is possible. I'll
just suggest this, because I'm sure you've already thought about it,
that everybody knew was I mean, if you'd have said,
I don't gamble, but if you'd have called me, I'd say, well,
I think any day, so give me a hundred on
February twenty eighth, give me an I mean, it could
have been that or it could have been first time
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betters because they knew it was coming. But this one
in particular seems like it had to do with those
people all gathering in daylight and together so well, either
somebody guessed lucky or they knew well.
Speaker 7 (35:39):
And then the story surface that at the Venezuela operation,
that's when somebody won four hundred thousand dollars. So it
seems now that maybe someone else along the chain said, wait,
I can turn a quick buck here.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
You know, I don't know whether to denounce this stuff,
be worried about this stuff, or really start betting, because I.
Speaker 4 (35:57):
Could make a lot more money doing it.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Alry, great reporting today, as always.
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He'll be back tomorrow, as will John Decker.
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depending on how long he's trapped, maybe even Lieutenant Colonel
Carafano one.
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Someone's life, cherish your own, pray for our troops.
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And see you tomorrow.
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the second year of Our Lord twenty twenty six. Has
Belat and Israel continue to trade attacks on this third
day of fighting. Pete Hegseth is at the Pentagon right
now giving updates on the US drike Center. Ron Olpeck
(00:54):
and other oil producing countries say they'll increase output to
help offset any shortfalls from Iran. Did get a listener
who just sent me the email saying, well, this Venezuelan
oil is coming in handy as well. There are a
lot of things that make this different. I assure you
if if you were long term concerned about an energy crisis,
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I suspect you're in China or Russia, not America because
of what we're producing, what we've get. He's right to
point out what we've taken from Venezuela and what Opek
is pledging.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
Now.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
The Strait of Hormuz is still a problematic area. As
Rory pointed out, the insurance companies alone aren't allowing them
to come through yet, but there are no long term signs.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
That that will be choked off.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
What should you expect anywhere from twenty five to fifty cents?
I did get one report from Broken Aarrow, Oklahoma where
at quick trip it went from like two twenty to
three dollars overnight, And there could be examples of this.
But the notion of, you know, some short term energy
pay is expected, but not as vulnerable as we've been
(02:03):
in the past, is a part of the perspective. Officials
are identifying that man Weile. He was wearing apparently an
Iranian flag was found in his car. He had a
shirt that said property of all lah I mean This
was clearly politically and religiously motivated. He killed two people,
wounded fourteen others before he was taken out by law
(02:25):
enforcement from Senegal and a naturalized citizen, but obviously radicalized
and in response. So just a reminder of the vigilance
that needs to be to be had on the home front.
You know, we often talk about when immigration happens like this,
we don't know who's in our country. Now we've had
(02:46):
two million self deport The president has found a lot
of the dangerous people and deported them. But sleeper cells,
loan attackers like this could exist. And the FBI and
cash betel a On I alert obviously for these kinds
of attacks. And tomorrow we expect the administration to brief
(03:10):
Congress the air strikes themselves. Very successful operation taking out
the supreme leader of Iran, the Ayatola. I am certain
he had successor plans. One of his successors probably was
the president, but he was killed. The first successor was
taken out in twenty two hours. Again, you're looking at
(03:33):
amazing intelligence in addition to coordinated military operations, and I
mean from bombers to tomahawks to ships in different oceans,
planes coming from different continents. This has been an amazing
coordinated effort. We said, from the very beginning, is the
president you know because it was imminent, we knew it
was coming. How do you regain element of surprise? Well,
(03:56):
the answer to that apparently was daylight. I means to
convince themselves the US would only attack at night. And
so they're having meetings and I don't know that they
were waiting so much for the Olympics to end or
the state of the Union to pass as much as
they were for everyone to gather and gather they did,
and the bombs took them out. In addition to the Ayahtola,
his daughter's son in law, some of his grandchildren were
(04:18):
collateral damage. Senior running officials killed Salal Asadi, who was
the head of intelligence, Mohammed Shahrazi, who was the brigadier
general and the head of the military office for the
Supreme Leader and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard. You had the
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brigadier general and commander of the Iran Police intelligence. Obviously
the intelligence from Israel on where these key operatives were
and when they were all gathered together clearly was at play.
The brigadier general involved in advanced weapons and research programs
also was taken out. The Defense minister reportedly killed top
(04:59):
commanders your military and security officials. In all, in addition
to the Ayahtola, forty eight senior figures of the Islamic
Republic's political military and the Revolutionary Guard taken out in
these first twenty four hours of strikes, which added up
to one thousand targets in twenty four hours. Now the
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question will be narratives. The political narratives from the left
are going to be this was an illegal war, that
Iran was not an imminent threat. You're going to hear
that from the media. You're going to hear that from politicians,
mostly Democrats. The question is who to listen to? Are
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we at war? Is probably the biggest question, and it
lends itself to where it goes from here, which is
why it began with what was accomplished. What has been
accomplished is Iran is isolated, and not just from the
US and not just from Israel, but from a lot
of Arab and Muslim nations in the region. They're isolated
(06:09):
alone with Russia and China who are isolated, China choosing
to remain silent, Russia denouncing the actions. Of course, this
could bankrupt them in their war with Ukraine, and I'm
certain that was a part of the strategy.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
The only two.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
Countries dependent on Iran for energy and oil, and thus
you cut off the funding for terrorism is Russia and China.
US is drilling and producing more than ever has Venezuelan
resources and has OPEC's commitment. David Danati was the first
to kind of tackle the uncomfortable conversation, why would they
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choose to start attacking Cutter and other Arab and Muslim friends.
And now you get back into a fourteen hundred year
conversation of Sunni and Shia's agreeing on the successor to Muhammad,
those embracing political influence and infiltration, and playing long term
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in those that believe war warriors jihad defeat is the
immediate offensive solution. So they obviously looked at these nations
waving women's hair at the president when he visited, or
giving him camel parades, or not denouncing this more as
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taken care of the infidels within their own faith. But
it's further isolated them and further protected us from long
term energy crisis. So the president has flawlessly taken out
the proxies flawlessy developed relations with Muslim and other Arab nations,
and a strike that decapitates the head of the snake,
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all of their senior leader and who knows how deep
on the list of successors for the Ayahtola have been
taken out. Remember the Ayatola was a former president. Many
would suggest and I would think it would be obvious
that the president of Iran was probably next in line
to be the Ayatola. Well he's gone now. The future
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of Iran, the great uncertainty on the unknown is in
the people. That's another thing that falls under what's different
this time. Usually it's burning American flags and chanting death
to America. But with the Iyahtola taken down after thirty
thousand were killed, were standing against the regime. Whether it's
(08:40):
in New York City here at home in America or abroad,
they're celebrating. It's the people of Iran that control the
future of this outcome. These military strikes will give them
the opportunity to create a new future, and whether they
do or do and whether it's radically Islamist or not,
(09:02):
is in their hands. Just as who we are and
who we become is in our hands, and that's what
led to our overall conversation of voices we're going to
listen to, and voices we're.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
Going to ignore.
Speaker 2 (09:17):
And to ask the questions that matter most. Are we
at war? What was accomplished? Where do we go from here?
What is the endgame? What should we keep our eye
on moving forward? Have we done the right thing? Are
we in danger? Are we the good guys in this
(09:38):
or are we the bad guys? And in terms of
the voices, don't turn to podcasters or talking head media
narratives you have to address. You have to first of all,
(10:02):
don't listen to narratives and don't feel forced to play
this game of having an immediate, firm, immovable position. That's
the game we play now. You can have that firm,
immediate immovable position if you've spent the time studying the
fourteen hundred year history, if you've studied the Hadith, if
(10:27):
you've studied the Qoran, if you have studied the Bible,
and the Old Testament and the New Testament are one
complete story, one same god of nature, one complete story,
(10:50):
a covenant promised and a covenant fulfilled. And if you
believe in any politian Politian theology. Obviously, you know, the
only identity you have and the only coverage you have
is in the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
(11:13):
So if you are in Christ, you are a new creation,
and in that new creation you have a past to
present in the future with Israel, not Islam, certainly not
radical tyrants. But ultimately I respect you enough to tell
you you get to choose this day whom you're going
to serve and whom you're going to root for. Choose
(11:35):
it wisely based on a podcaster's opinion. I'm going to
play you coming up at seven thirty five. It's kind
of like a Sounds of the Day, only I'm not
going to frame it as such, but you're going to
hear leftist politicians and politicians on the right. Which is right.
(11:56):
You have to decide Hollywood elite aside on the left
versus those that get it, and what you're going to
listen to and what you're going to trust. And ultimately,
the first choice you're gonna make is whether to believe
in God and trust in God or believe in man
(12:16):
and trust in men. Because if you're in the right
position right now, you're praying for your leader, not trying
to sabotage him or blame him. You're praying for our military,
not denouncing it, and you're praying for good to triumph
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over evil. Real answers come from asking the right questions.
Beware of those who aren't asking questions and those that
are espousing absolutes. Beware of the source of the narrative
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you're following. Is it a political narrative or is it
a biblical truth? What are the qualifications of the voices
and the context for which they're opining translation, I'm praying
for your peace, your wisdom. I'm on my knees praying
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for our military and every man and woman who is
serving and risking their life for our protection today and
our future tomorrow. And I hope you're doing.
Speaker 4 (13:34):
The same.
Speaker 1 (13:36):
Well.
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comes next, that should lead people of faith praying for freedom,
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Red alert sirens are filling the air sirens that give
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a post, but fifteen seconds to reach the nearest bomb shelter.
That's the difference in the seriousness of the situation, because
the threat is real in times like this, Freedom and
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This is your morning show with Michael del Chrono.
Speaker 4 (15:34):
The kuwaitis shooting down three F fifteen s might only want.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
To thinking that that might have been intentional.
Speaker 5 (15:41):
Who else is flying in the sky other than the
US and the Israelis.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
So what are they shooting at?
Speaker 1 (15:49):
Ah?
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Well, Asktenant Colonel James Carafana. We flipped things. So he's
going to join us here just after the local news break,
so we'll get the military briefing from our foremost military
and foreign policy expert, Lieutenant Colonel James Carafano. In moments
from now, Opeck and other producing countries say that they're
going to increase the output to help with the shortfalls
coming out of Iran in terms of oil.
Speaker 1 (16:10):
Mark Mayfield has more. The move was announced on Sunday.
Speaker 5 (16:14):
The group is taking action after these sort of military
strikes on Iran by the US and Israel. Oil tankers
are avoiding the Strait of Horn Mouz near Iran, a
critical corridor that typically sees around a quarter of the
world's oil trade.
Speaker 2 (16:27):
I'm Mark Mayfield. As Bela and Israel continue to trade
at tax. The Pentagon is right now giving a briefing
on all operations in and around Iran. We are expecting
the administration to brieve Congress tomorrow. The UK, France, and
Germany all say they'll work with the US and other
allies to protect themselves from what they call indiscriminate and
(16:47):
disproportionate missile attacks from Iran.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
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Hi.
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Jeffrey's got the sound reds keeping an eye on the content.
And I know you've been bombarred a all weekend long,
probably with uncertainty, probably with fears, probably with people trying
to tell you what to think. We're just kind of
informing and asking questions today and the big question is
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are we at war? What was accomplished in these strikes,
what continues to be accomplished, Where does it go from here?
What is the ultimate end game? What should we keep
our eye on moving forward? What are the voices we
should be listening to and those that we should be ignoring.
I'm honored and privileged to have access to James Carafano
(18:12):
and have for going on scary over two decades now.
His lifetime of service and expertise on military and foreign
policy is simply unmatched, and he's joining us here to
talk about the future of Iran and what's happening in
the moment.
Speaker 1 (18:28):
Good morning, colonel.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
Hey. So, first of all, nobody in the world has
declared a war since nineteen forty five, no country, any
country's long history about the whole idea of war. Declaration
in the US Constitution, by the way, says Congress can
declare war, doesn't say Congress after declare war. So the
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actual declaration of war in the modern world has very
little to do with whether you're at war or not.
War is a choice between two sides. If they're fighting
each other, then they want to call it a war.
They call it a war. It's not even really essentially
an international legal term. It's really super weird, right, But
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the reality is we've been at war with the Iranian
regime since nineteen seventy something, when you know, Jimmy Carter
sent the iotola back to Iran, and technically it's never
stopped me Technically, we're actually still at war with North Korea. Technically,
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the question is where this goes is I think it's
very clear that in the long term the United States
is going to continue to bomb and degrade to the
point that it ensures that it is completely decimated both
in nuclear and ballistic missile programs. I don't think that's
up for negotiation. The whether they found somebody to negotiate
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an offer for this or not is a matter of contention.
If they if they find somebody to do that, they
will you know, why things down. Although I think the
reality is even if they can find somebody to negotiate
with who says, yeah, there'll be parts of the regime
because the regime is deconstructed now, who will continue to
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want to you know, shoot at people, and so we'll
probably be continuing to plant things, or it may go
to the point where they just take out so much
of the command infrastructure that that the government dissolves and
is replaced by by something else. So I think the
presence being very clear and honest when he says, hey,
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it's kind of open ended, probably could go on for
a couple of weeks. It's you know, it's very likely
that there will be more American casualties by the fact
that war is a thirty messy business. You know, we
get people killed all the time just training for war.
So the notion that you could go through an entire
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conflict and not see any casualties is actually pretty pretty unrealistic.
Speaker 2 (21:14):
Let's address theo. Let's address what was accomplished in that.
You know, for a while, I was thinking, oh, this
is eminent. I mean I turned on one network on
Saturday morning and the level of fear and the level
of shock was astounding to me. I'm like, what bunker
have you been living in? I was actually speculating, as
the President waiting toll after the Olympics, is he waiting
toll after the State of the Union. No, we were
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on ready, waiting for these idiots to all meet together
at the same time in broad daylight. I mean, we
took out the Ayatola and forty eight, and I'm talking
about all of their intelligence heads, all their military heads.
I mean, this was extraordinary. Would you like to put
into perspective? This could be the greatest since D Day
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military strike.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Look, I mean here's the thing is this is you know,
this is often called shock and awe, right, which is
a capability the United States has been developing or fining
for for decades, probably has more capacity to everybody else
to do this, and you do it can junk true
to the Israelis, which are kind of like an American
mini me when it comes to military capability. And I
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don't want to say this is the easy part because
anybody that's been involved in UFF it is really super
complicated and really really dangerous. But we can do this, right,
So anybody that's worried about us doing this, they just
don't understand you us military capabilities. The issue is, I
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think rightly so, is what comes after this? And the
reality is is there is no guarantee on that. I mean,
this has only been true since the Pelotonnesian Wars, and
war is a step into the dark. You do not know,
nobody can guarantee you what's going to come out on
the other side. You know, we all remember the Iraq War.
I don't think this is analogous to what we did
(23:08):
in Iraq, but you know, we had a brilliant campaign
that militarily wiped the enemy off the face of the
earth in days, and then we had an ugly protracted
insurgency that dealt with for years, which was horrible and horrific.
So you know, I remember for everybody saying, oh, this
isn't is amazing that shakanah, this is so incredible, But
it's what comes after. And so the lesson learned for
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the US military is not how we do shatk and
ah that or we just get better at that because
we work on it. But it's the question is is
what can you what do you do after the chakanawe? Now,
I take great comfort in what we did in Venezuela,
which was a very kind of controlled, you know, decline
of the government, and I think that model could well
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work here. It's a lot more difficult here than in Venezuela,
but it could well work here.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
But the.
Speaker 2 (23:59):
Panic mode, right, no, no, And there are signs of differences.
I mean, you know, the relationships that were built with
the Muslim and Arab nations leading up to this, the
taking out of the Huthis and Hesbalan, diminishing the surrogates
and the proxies. Seeing Iranians celebrating with it, not death
to America, burning American flags, but with Iranian and American flag,
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there is something different on the ground.
Speaker 1 (24:24):
You're right.
Speaker 2 (24:25):
Ultimately this is the easier part. The tough part is
what those people, given the opportunity, will choose for their future.
We had similar conversations about Palestine, the Palestinian territory. What
if the Palestinian people don't see Israel's right to exist
and want to kill the Little Satan and then the
Great Satan first Saturday, then Sunday in America. So really,
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the futures in the hand of the people of Iran,
is it not?
Speaker 4 (24:50):
You know, well, you know, we'll see. I mean, many
Germans and Japanese were unhappy to lose World War Two,
but they were actually very helpful in reconstructing the country.
So you know, it's it's not how a war ends
that determines the future, it's what's done after the war ends.
Many people in Iraq we're glad to see, you know,
Saddam husing on that didn't turn out so well. So
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there's two factors. One is inside the country, and you
have to remember that the people who are dancing in
the streets have had no opportunity to govern and have
no instruments of governance and haven't had that in in
in decades. The people that all the instruments of power
are suspect and uh. And then you have to what's
(25:34):
going on outside the country. Who's coming in and trying
to meddle it is? Isis is going to drop in?
Alcada's going to drop in? You know, the Russians will
send people. I mean so you know, I just you know,
nobody can. You can't promise anybody a rose garden. Uh.
That's just the reality of it is where you know,
kind of costs and benefits come in. The point is
is what the present will have accomplished. Is the likelihood
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of that country being a strategic threat to the United
States for a decade or more is probably not going
to happen. That is our key strategic interest that has
been achieved. The rest is kind of if we get
better outcomes out of this, that's all to the good,
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all right.
Speaker 2 (26:21):
I had a great mentor and actually talking to him,
James Carafinal, Lieutenant Colonel, I think he's one of the
foremost military foreign policy minds in America. The things that
you have taught me war is always means motive an opportunity.
So the means the enriched advanced centrifugius and uranium, whether
you believe that was for energy purposes or military grade weapons.
They were making advancements of missiles and delivery systems, motive
(26:44):
ancient successor of Mohammad Jihad bringing about the hidden emom
for world control, followed by judgment from Allah. All that
was really left was opportunity. The left is telling everybody
that this war is illegal and that there was no
eminent threat coming from Iran. That basically this is haven't
(27:06):
we learned our lesson? We're starting another endless war and
we learned anything from Iraq, whereas this has been an
endless war since nineteen seventy nine. And the President making
an attempt at stopping And I want to get to
something you said earlier, and it's a.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Kind of a bookend.
Speaker 2 (27:19):
I noticed one of the great bookends for America's history
is FDR and LBJ, FDR with a new deal LBJ
with the bookend the Great Society. And in between was
John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated. I don't think the
Great Society happens if Kennedy lives. Donald Trump is in
(27:39):
the middle of Jimmy Carter meddling, which got the Shaw
removed and the creation of the Islamic Republic we've been
dealing with for forty seven years. And then there's Donald Trump,
who doesn't get assassinated, a lives and gets a second
term and addresses this.
Speaker 1 (27:54):
Is that striking to you.
Speaker 4 (27:54):
In any way? I mean, you know, presidents always are
balancing kind of the revitalization of America and the responsibility
to protect America from foreign enemies and the truly great ones.
(28:17):
You know, get it right, you know, and and if
you you know, the problem Ndon Johnson, of course, is
he reluctantly wanted a fight a war in Vietnam. He
did it very poorly, and at the same time he
tried to ignore that implication to that on a domestic economy,
and he wound up tanking both simultaneously. Jimmy Carter, of course,
famously managed to create the stagflation, which was unheard of
(28:40):
until he came along, and he's he's screwed up both
domestic and foreign policy at the same time. So Trump
is a delicate balancing actor. He's trying to revitalize the
American economy and deliver growth, but also restore America's place
in the world. I would say, so far, he's been
pretty remarkable. He's probably done more foreign policy achievements in
the year of the most presidents do in two terms.
(29:02):
I mean, he's already completely evaporated any claim. I mean
he is. He has a marathon complanet compared to Obama
walking around the corner. And he's doing well in the
domestic economy. So he's got a lot, you know, on
his plate and a lot of his challenges. So it
remains to be seen. But honestly, you know, it is
hyperbole to say so far he has achieved more in
a year than some presidents do in two terms. And
(29:24):
right now it's very very it's almost impossible to say
that he is probably the most the most successful foreign
policy president that we've had in UH in modern times
since Montal Reagan, and and could surpass Ronald Reagan.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Yeah, final final two questions. That's what I was suggesting
the fate of it not necessarily the design of it.
Perhaps the more interesting question as to why did Donald
Trump do this would be why didn't Bush? Why didn't Clinton?
Why didn't w Bush? Why didn't Obama? Uh could be
more of the interesting question when you think of what
(30:00):
to keep your eye on, well, I would think Russian
troops on the ground in Iran would be very problematic.
Speaker 1 (30:06):
But what are you keeping your eye out for? I know,
war is uncertain.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
The difference is, you know, not only is Russia distracted
and China's not going to step in, but Iran was
greatly weakened as a result of the post October seventeenth
and the Israeli attacks on Iran. So, but the reason
why it is pretty clear. Having having significantly degraded their programs,
(30:30):
the the Iranians on the ground showed every intention of
rebuilding those programs. So it's like you're a fighter and
you knock a guy down and the guys getting up again.
You know, do you let him get up, go back
to his corner, you know, swish out of his mouth,
you know, get fanned off, you know, kiss his girlfriend
and then come back and beat the oality or do
(30:52):
you knock him down again. That's that's the choice of pressent.
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I have James Garrafano as always. Thanks for making Monday
possible and not waiting till Wednesday. I think everybody needed
to hear these things. I thought the accomplishment. I think
the only thing we could do now is just encourage
people to pray for our troops, the men and women
who are serving whose lives are at risk, and to
pray for our leaders and wisdom rather than join in
(31:18):
in the opinionated, divisive fights of the internet. But appreciate
your insights very much.
Speaker 4 (31:24):
Thank you. Yeah, yeah, I might be here Wednesday because
I can't fly anywhere because the Middle eastes all right,
we'll have you then too, or Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (31:34):
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In Israel, continue to trade attacks, Opeck promising more oil
production being released into offset shortfalls with Iran and straight
up hoorn Moose challenges and President Trump says members of
the Revolutionary Guard who stop fighting will be granted full immunity.
The Pentagon just addressed the American people and the media
(33:54):
on the latest of the results from the attacks, and
we expect the administry to address Congress tomorrow. Royal and
NILA national correspondences here to take a look at who
made money off betting on the attack. I found this
story even well, it's remotely interesting from the standpoint of
only in America, where we bet on everything, and of
(34:15):
all things, this was so eminent. I kept and I
said this to you Friday. I mean, I don't know
if he's waiting for the Olympics to end or the
state of the Union.
Speaker 1 (34:23):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
It looks like he was just waiting for everybody to
be in the same room. I don't know how anybody
could have known when that was going to happen, but
who won and how much?
Speaker 1 (34:32):
Well, we talked.
Speaker 7 (34:33):
About this last week, right, and how this had been
used in Venezuela by going to Polymarket or Kalshi, that
people were placing these bets on when the US military
would strike, and that's what happened again this weekend.
Speaker 1 (34:44):
On Polymarket.
Speaker 7 (34:46):
Several accounts earned a total of one point five million
dollars a lot of on the date of the US
strikes on Iran. Six of the accounts were brand new.
It was the first time they've ever placed a bet
on anything, leading to suspicion that maybe they were people
who had some inside information about these operations.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
And that's troubling, all right, So it is possible. I'll
just suggest this, because I'm sure you've already thought about it,
that everybody knew was I mean, if you'd have said,
I don't gamble, but if you'd have called me, I'd say, well,
I think any day, so give me a hundred on
February twenty eighth, give me an I mean, it could
have been that or it could have been first time
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betters because they knew it was coming. But this one
in particular seems like it had to do with those
people all gathering in daylight and together so well, either
somebody guessed lucky or they knew well.
Speaker 7 (35:39):
And then the story surface that at the Venezuela operation,
that's when somebody won four hundred thousand dollars. So it
seems now that maybe someone else along the chain said, wait,
I can turn a quick buck here.
Speaker 2 (35:52):
You know, I don't know whether to denounce this stuff,
be worried about this stuff, or really start betting, because I.
Speaker 4 (35:57):
Could make a lot more money doing it.
Speaker 2 (36:00):
Alry, great reporting today, as always.
Speaker 1 (36:01):
He'll be back tomorrow, as will John Decker.
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I think our senior contributor David sonatti be back, and
depending on how long he's trapped, maybe even Lieutenant Colonel
Carafano one.
Speaker 1 (36:12):
Chance to live this day. Go make a difference in.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Someone's life, cherish your own, pray for our troops.
Speaker 1 (36:17):
And see you tomorrow.
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