How do President Trump's airstrikes on Iran impact GOP unity? Or, more importantly, we ask republican consultant Chris Walker what it might do to the unique Trump expanded coalition??
President Trump informed the world that "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.” Is America at war? What’s next? What will enemies or Iran do next? And where?
Institute of World Politics expert Dr. Jim Robbins has been following these developments closely. We visited with Robbins on what’s next??
How is Iran responding to the weekend attacks? What is the reaction on Capitol Hill? National Correspondent RORY O’NEILL shares the latest. Plus, new polls are showing that the young adults known as “Gen Z” are actually quite conservative.
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Speaker 3 (00:31):
I think by now you all know what the US
did with Operation Midnight Hammer. The question is now, what
will Iran do next? What will China do next? What
will Russia do next? How vulnerable are we two sleeper
sell attacks to the streets of Hormuz.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Cutting off oil.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Doctor Jim Robbins is going to join us for the
Institute of World Politics coming up next half hour. And
Chris Walker on this delicate unity in the Republican Party
as well, this expanded unique coalition and how it will
hold together. We can't have your morning show without your voice,
especially on days like this. Woodie Kate, Why I in
Phoenix gets us started?
Speaker 5 (01:11):
So it seems like one of the threats Iran is
thrown out is choking off these straits, the global shipping
transport of oil. And what I don't understand is why
Iran even has a navy that's still floating with the
air superiority of Israel. Seems like those should be the
next targets. Take out anything that floats that Iran can
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use to mess with those straits.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Well, I think the President made that clear in his
announcement on Saturday night that it's up to Iran now
we're ready to talk peace, We're ready to talk about disarmament.
If they're up to further trouble, they'll be far worse
consequences to play. Would I would think that is a
part of that. James and Youngstown.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Morning, Michael and Gang.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
We can thank the Democrats for this whole mess and
Iran because Jim Carter interfered with the Shaw of Iran.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Who is no prince himself.
Speaker 6 (02:06):
The least he had a stable government and now we're
dealing with aftermath of that.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
And Carter was so.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Stupid he said, look, Deshaw is a religious man, we
can do business with him, while behind Carter's back, the
Shaw was saying death to America.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, I think the main point is if there's going
to be a regime change. At this point, we're not
in the nation building mode. This isn't our war to fight.
It's four thousand years and counting. But as far as
taking decisive action to remove this threat for Americans and
for Israel, that decision was made in an air strike.
Big John gets the final stand in this segment.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
Big John is back keeping an eye on the markets.
We're up slightly on the now. Oil did not go crazy,
up one percent. That's not bad at all. Let's see
where it goes.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, let's see where it goes is really kind of
a theme for today. I know a lot of you
are very concerned and stuff like this apps, and you
should be. It shouldn't be taken lightly. Things can escalate,
Wars can begin, world wars can begin. Some of you
are concerned, and I've seen many people not that I respect,
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per se, biblically or prophetically, you know, but being provocative
online about this being the end of time. I always
remind people that is just a fool's pursuit. You're just
going to spend all your time obsessed on how much
time you have left and not how you spend that
time you have left For me personally, I just don't
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play that game. I've done it. I learned a lot,
and I learned how crippling it can be. I'm going
to live today like he is, coming back at two o'clock.
That's kind of my exeget of Matthew when christ was
talking about end times, and that's kind of my experiential finding,
having lived this obsession with how much time is left,
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whether Jesus comes back today at two o'clock, and it'll
be on the Father's timeline, not an iatolas. I'm going
to be busy about his business just like he is,
whether he does or doesn't, because that's my calling and
I've been purchased.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I don't see signs of that now. That could change.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
If I see the entire world, including the United States,
turn against Israel, I might change my opinion. As far
as world war, we have China, you know they're not
liking this. Russia we have a passed president saying some
pretty provocative things, but nothing really coming from Putin. So
for threat of world war, I don't see it yet.
(04:38):
That could change whether this is war or not, whether
this is a war or a nation building we should
be doing. I don't see signs that that was the intent,
but I get the debate and I get the fight.
I'll tell you Another really interesting angle is what's next politically,
And the narratives are so obvious from the left calling
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for impeachment, Bernie Sanders acting somber and shocked like we're
the enemy, not Iran, like it is an acceptable outcome
to just allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, and
so the rhetoric is going to all be consistent. He
didn't have this authority, he should be impeached, more obstruction.
(05:25):
A very serious person with very serious people around him,
had to make a very serious and difficult decision, and
the president made it. It was carried out with great precision.
Seven B two bombers leaving from Missouri, refueled throughout. There
were decoys in this mission over the Pacific, zero leaks,
total surprise, one hundred and twenty five aircraft and all participated,
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seventy five precision guided weapons and not two bunker busters fourteen.
There was an amazing mission with amazing results. What's next,
that's mainly in the hands of the Iranian leadership as
far as regime change, that would only be in the
hands of the Iranian people. But here at home, what
does this do to Republican party unity? Or moreover and
more important, this very unique Trump expanded coalition. For that,
(06:12):
we turned to Republican consultant Chris Walker joining us. Chris,
what do you make of where this may go politically?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
You know, it feels it feels weird kind of talking
about politics when there's so much at state kind of
on a on a global level, it almost seems small.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
But uh, you know, well, I think.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
Obviously the president is uh is, He's built this coalition,
he has this, you know, the overwhelming support of not
only you know, Republicans, but even Democrats in terms of
like keeping you know, Ran not having a nuclear weapons.
So we can see kind of the fringe elements talking
about this domestically and you know, kind of suggesting, you know,
(06:52):
a moral clarity that that.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Most people don't share.
Speaker 8 (06:54):
I mean, people realize people who grew up and saw
the World Trade Center blow up and continues to see
terrorism proxibilities from radicalismic extremism. Nobody thinks that kind of
crew needs to have a nuclear weapon. And President Trumps
is saying that for a long time. But so as
a lot of so have Democrats and Republicans and so
yes to the extreme elements and Keeing Jeffries and AOC
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and others are out there kind of beating their chests
today talking about constitutional authority. But you know, they haven't
cared about the constitution since they've been elected, and all
of a sudden, because it's President Trump, they're against it.
I think the President's in pretty sound position politically. I
think he has the complete support of his party. You know,
there's gonna be a few outliers, but on the whole,
this is a coalition that he's built in a and
(07:36):
you know, has earned the benefit of the doubt. Whether
he's been shot at or you know, arrested or prosecuted,
his political coalition is strong and solid, and it's not
going to buckle based on what he sees as a
real threat because he was in nine to eleven. He
was in New York on nine to eleven and understands
the threat by the.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Way point well made. I really don't care what a
legacy media that nobody's watching things. I can spot their narrative,
I can share their narrative. More importantly, the American people
have been able to see through those narratives. There's obstruction,
politicians playing political games. It's very unfortunate. It's far worse
now than it was when I was growing up. But
(08:14):
it is worth talking about, you know. And I you know,
I guess to some degree, I'm a little shocked, you know.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
And it began with a.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Very misleading edited onslaught on social media from Tucker Carlson
in his dealings with Ted Cruz. In other words, the
clips he sends versus watching the entire interview leave a
very different taste in your mouth. Tucker normally hasn't played
those games they did this time, and that was the
prelude and then now more outspoken conversations with Bannon and others.
(08:46):
I bring that up to say, who could possibly I mean,
I would think if I was seeing Telsey Gabbert leave
the administration, or like, what signs would you see that
that Trump expanded unique coalition is fracturing? I don't see
any signs early signs of unity in the Republican Party
fracturing over this. There's a few outspoken anti warriors, but
(09:09):
most of them are libertarian and not true establishment Republicans.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
So but what are you seeing politically?
Speaker 8 (09:16):
Well, you know, I looked at Marthie Taylor Green's tweet
last night as an example of.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Someone trying to.
Speaker 8 (09:23):
You know, threat a needle between being against foreign you know,
misadventurism and domestic prioritization. You know, you have a situation
where there are a lot of people in the Magna
Coalition who are looking to President Tromp to support the
legal aliens, you know, fix American manufacturing and focus inward
and not always outward when.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
The world, when the world war economically versus get involved
in any foreign entanglements.
Speaker 9 (09:50):
Right. But even even Margie you know promersoron mcgreen.
Speaker 8 (09:53):
Is she's she's not going to be against the president's
efforts here. She understands. You know, there's two kinds of people,
it seems to me in this debate, those that take
intelligence briefing seriously and those who don't seem to want
to read them or care about them. And you know,
like growing up in a world where you know, President
Trump gets the weight of the world put on his
(10:15):
shoulders every morning, and you know, like I have to
believe and I will trust him in understanding that there
are things that has happened over the last couple of
weeks that have let him to a position where he
cannot not act. And I trust him on that, and
I think most people do. And so I mean, this
is not a man who's you know, inkling for war
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based on you know, some kind of lobbyist effort. This
man is is unbiable and so he looks at a
situation and says, Okay, this is a threat, we have
to eliminate it. And his resoluteness and set fastest in
it is a plus. It's not a negative. So I
don't see a scenario where the political kind of wins
change too much against them. He's he's leading, and you
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know that's what's happening.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
I look at all issues through a biblical lens, a
historical lens, and a geopolitical lens. We're kind of doing
the geopolitical right now, and there's other aspects of a Russia,
China and some of the proxy groups that get involved
in acts of terrorism, and then ultimately what I'm most
concerned about, sleeper cells in the US.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
I'll get to that in a second.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
From a biblical perspective, it's a four thousand year look
and I don't see any real yeah, yeah, and I
see that classic fight playing out. I don't see anything
that would necessarily translate to Gog Magog end of times
as far as World War Then you're looking at decades.
It's interesting, you know the listeners have and I brought
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this up too. Jimmy Carter meddled in the Iranian elections
that led to the hostage crisis, and it led to
the rise of the Ayatola and the Islamic Republic of
Iran that still exists today. Ronald Rigan never really dealt
with it because upon inauguration they went ahead and caved
released the hostages. They spitefully waited till Carter left office.
We've had others over the four decade lack of action
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that have spoken of all of them, I will say
we'll never know. Had Hillary Clinton been elected president, whether
it was two thousand and eight or whether it was
later in twenty sixteen, I think she probably would have
done something. But here's Hillary on allowing Iran to become
nuclear weapon capable.
Speaker 10 (12:19):
The Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we
will attack Iran whatever stage of development they might be
in their nuclear weapons program. In the next ten years during.
Speaker 11 (12:29):
Which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
We would be able to totally obliterate them.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Obliterate them the exact same word Donald Trump used in
past tense. Here's Barack Obama, who did get elected and
said he would do something, which he kind of did.
I'll get to that in a minute.
Speaker 12 (12:48):
Clear Orom is a threat to our national security, and
it's a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford
to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile
region in the world. Theronza state sponsor of terrorism, and
for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to
non state actors.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
That's unacceptable.
Speaker 12 (13:09):
And they have said that they want to see Israel
wiped off the map.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
There's Obama getting it. It's a threat to Israel and
America and they would use them and it can't be allowed,
and I'll do something about it. So here comes Donald Trump,
but he does something, and now we can't agree that
that something was necessary.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Hard to take these people out, I mean.
Speaker 8 (13:31):
Well, I mean Obama's talking about both sides.
Speaker 9 (13:33):
Us.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
Let's not forget that Iran is in the position is
in because of the Iran Deal. That Obama created during
his presidency. You can't give them billions and billions of
dollars and not have them use it to enrich geranium.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Well that's what I was gonna. I was gonna dismount
with that.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
He not only left not taking out this threat, he
left sending him a plane full of cash.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Donald Trump try seven.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Be two bombers and planes filled with munitions. So yeah,
it's hard to take but you know, it's hard to
take any of this seriously in the matrix. All you
can do is pray for peace, Pray that there is
more time for those who may not have their eternity
squared away, Pray that a world war is avoided, Pray
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that the Iranian leadership will do the right thing now
so this doesn't escalate, and then just expect this kind
of nonsense at home. But there are very serious people
doing serious things for very serious concerns, and then there's
some people that just shouldn't be taken very seriously right now.
And I always, at the end of the day, I
trust the American people. They somehow see through all this
and get it.
Speaker 8 (14:38):
Well, it's unfortunate that a lot of our unserious, you know,
rhetoric comes to coming from our elected leaders right now.
I mean, like you're saying it, couldn't have said it
any better. This is a serious time, and thank godness,
there are serious people in the White House that are
looking at it, you know, soberly. When you Congress, I
think you should be both sides for some degree.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
It's it's it's not really working very Wellten, I'm right.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Now, it's your morning show with Michael dell Choino.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
President Trump says obliteration is the accurate term to what
became of three nuclear sites in Iran.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
The big question now is what will our enemies? What
will Iran do?
Speaker 13 (15:13):
Next?
Speaker 3 (15:13):
We'll talk to doctor Jim Robbins from the Institute World
Politics coming up next half hour. Can have your morning
show without your voice. Let's start with Angela I believe
in Arizona.
Speaker 14 (15:22):
Thank you for what you have said about being busy
about his business. Because these large name influencers who have
turned quote on Trump and said he's starting World War
three and misquoting the Bible.
Speaker 15 (15:42):
I really feel.
Speaker 14 (15:43):
Sorry for them that they don't realize what they're doing.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Yeah, even a fool conseem wise as long as they
remained silent. Shannon K s no K, t l K,
and Saint Louis Shannon is our caller of the day.
Speaker 16 (15:57):
Here we live in the United States where the Democrats
knowing anybody to have a gun and they scream about
mental health issues and needing background checks. But they went
Iran to have a nuclear weapon. In what world does
this make any sense?
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Speaker 3 (16:38):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US is ready
to meet with Iran. State Department has issued a worldwide
caution security alert. Oil prices So far early signs are
up one percent, not as bad as others might have thought,
and the big question is now what. Meanwhile, Simone Biles
has deleted her social media account after her Riley Gaines
(17:00):
fight five point two billion more social media accounts to
go and we'll have sanity restored. And then the Ayatola
has apparently secretly designated three successors in line, kind of
indicating what he thinks may be coming. And then finally
I got rebuked by Josh. LSU won the NCAA World Series. Honestly,
(17:24):
the NBA, it's not even worth mentioning. How about a
few more mentions for the best college baseball team in
the United States.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I even went to LSU.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
I'm sorry, I got very much caught up in the
Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Finals championship last night one oh
three ninety one over the Indiana Pacers. Uh SGA your
series MVP, League MVP and scoring leader. And yes, the
LSU Tigers wrapped up another national championship in college baseball.
All right, So the big question is the President made
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it clear we've successful taken out three nuclear sites in
Iran FORDEAU, the fans Asfahan is America at war.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
What's next?
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Well, the enemies do Russia, China, or how about the
proxies of Iran or Iran or the people of Iran.
There's a lot of questions as to what is next
to help us get the answers to those questions is
doctor Jim Robbins from the Institute of World Politics, Jim, great.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
To have you back day, Mike gol how you're doing.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Yeah, there's a lot of you know, I think the
President made a crystal pretty crystal clear. This was a
tough decision, a decision he made in the interest of
the security of Israel and America both. It is a
decision that hasn't been made for decades in a war
that really spans four thousand years, but one he felt
was And then I think the Vice President made it
(18:50):
pretty crystal clear. We're not at war, We're at war
with their nuclear program. That's easier said than the distinction
is done.
Speaker 17 (18:57):
Right, Well, well, yes, I mean from our point of view,
we're just after the nuclear program.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
We're not after any other targets.
Speaker 17 (19:08):
And we took out those three enrichment facilities, but you know,
there's more to do.
Speaker 9 (19:14):
The Iranians now don't necessarily want to talk to us,
even though we want to talk to them.
Speaker 17 (19:20):
The IAEA, the UN is asking the question where is
Iran's nuclear stockpile that they did have, like where's the uranium?
Speaker 9 (19:29):
We don't know where that is.
Speaker 17 (19:30):
And now the Iranians are talking to the Russians, and
Vladimir Putin intimated that, hey, maybe someone will just give.
Speaker 9 (19:37):
Iran nuclear weapons.
Speaker 17 (19:39):
So there are you know, some loose ends to be
tied up, to say the least, that's.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Mostly rhetoric not action yet can't really respond to things
that aren't action yet. But it's interesting, you know, in
what you bring up. If the president was interested in
more than taking out their nuclear capabilities, and obviously our
intelligence feels like it did. We don't have an exact
damage assessment of how far this has pushed them back,
and certainly someone could replace them, and there should be
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consequences if they do. I suspect deep down nobody wants
Iran to have weapons of mass destruction other than a rum.
But that leads to my most important question, Doc, and
that is, Look, you know they're not going to come
to the table and negotiate. Why because they would rather
die martyrs than find a peaceful solution to this, which
is exactly why you can't allow them to have nuclear weapons.
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I don't know, which explains why we struck in the
first place. And really the future of Iran belongs to
the Iranian people and the Ayatola and what they do next, right.
Speaker 17 (20:38):
Yeah, the President intimated this in a post yesterday when
he said that this regime is not going to make
Iran great again. So yeah, they are very much driven
to get a nuclear weapon. So long as this group
is in power, or their successors or whoever, but everybody
from the Islamic radical regime, they're going to seek new
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their weapons. No matter what we do. We can sign
deals with them, we can blow stuff up, they are
still going to have that impulse. So until there's a
new government, we're not getting rid of the problem. Now,
that doesn't mean regime change, which you know is the
buzzword that people like to talk about. But what I
like to talk about is a revolution that the people
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of Iran need to take to the streets like they
have in the past.
Speaker 9 (21:24):
Just get out there, overthrow this.
Speaker 17 (21:26):
Thing, get a new government and some people that we
can deal with.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
All right, Doctor Jim Robinsons joining us with the Institute
of World Politics. If the President was interested in regime change,
you would have targeted more than these three facilities, So
that was clear.
Speaker 4 (21:40):
What about Israel?
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Is Israel on the same page, do they want regime change?
Speaker 4 (21:45):
Ultimately?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I sense they kind of want the block cleaned up,
and the same is to be said for the Gaza
area too in the future. Otherwise, just the next evil
force fills the vacancy. But I think the president is
pretty sincere and he's not really involved in regime change.
He would probably define that as not our war, and
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in a foreign entanglement, I'm not so certain that Israel's
on the same page.
Speaker 17 (22:12):
What do you think, Well, yeah, the Israelis understand also
that this government is always going to be a threat
to them, and so long as it's there, they have
a problem. So they've been doing subtle things to help
promote the idea that the Iranian people need to have
this revolution. And again I don't like the word regime
change because it implies a lot of bad things that
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you know in our failed experiments in nation building. But
if the Uranian people take care of it, well, then
that's fine.
Speaker 9 (22:40):
They should take care of it. So the Israelis are.
Speaker 17 (22:43):
Targeting certain regime targets of the apparatus of oppression, if
you will, the Secret Police headquarters and some of their
top generals who help oppress the people. They blew up
the entrance to a notorious political prison where dissidents are held,
you know, with the idea that hey, why don't you
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escape and going down the streets and get this thing going.
Speaker 9 (23:06):
You know.
Speaker 17 (23:07):
So they're doing these subtle things to help out, but
in the end it's going to take the Iranians to
get it done.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
If I was co counsel, i'd whisper in your ear, ear,
and you'd be lead counsel, because after all, you got
all the degrees in the doctor. But what if I
leaned into your ear and I said something to the
effect of, well, it was the people of Iran that
rose up and created this mess, should it be their
job to solve it?
Speaker 15 (23:31):
Ultimately, absolutely, in nineteen.
Speaker 17 (23:34):
Seventy nine, they threw out the Shah and they got
the government that they got.
Speaker 9 (23:39):
But the thing about that is, even though.
Speaker 17 (23:41):
The mythology is that the Ayah Toolahmini came in and
you know, led this wonderful revolution, he actually showed up
after the Shah had fled, and it was this broad
based group of liberals and dissidents and communists and workers
and intellectuals. There was a whole bunch of people that
made the original Orra revolution, and then the Islamis took
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it over.
Speaker 9 (24:03):
They co opted it. They killed the liberals and.
Speaker 17 (24:06):
The moderates, and they.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
Populate, they infiltrate, they agitate, then they wage war. Then
once they've secured their area, they wage war against Israel.
First come Saturday, then Sunday America. I mean, come on,
it's been going on four thousand years. Everybody needs to
catch up.
Speaker 9 (24:23):
Yeah, oh for sure. So, yeah, they have had a revolution.
They can have it again.
Speaker 17 (24:29):
The regime, of course, rewrote all the history so that
it was you know, the Islamis did everything. But that's
not true. It is a weak regime that people hate it.
They want their rights back, you know, women especially, but
also minority groups, different national minorities, Kurds and the Zarias
and Bluki's and you know, all kinds of people like that.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
So yeah, just give them the.
Speaker 17 (24:50):
Green light, you know, subtly say hey, you know, if
you if you take over, we'll be your friends. And
it can be like Syria where the Assad regime that
ruled there for fifty years was thrown out and the
US immediately lifted sanctions. People in Damascus are dancing in
the streets. I mean, it could be a model like that.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
All right, final minute with doctor Jim Robbins, someone I
respect greatly, Institute of World Politics. So let me ask
you this, how hard would it be for the people
to rise up? You know, there's a reason they haven't
been rising up. They're oppressed and they probably end up dead.
But enough of them at once, how would that look?
How would that work? And how difficult will it be?
Speaker 17 (25:28):
Well, it's hard to do because there aren't a lot
of organizations inside Aron that are working on this. There
are some, but I mean they need to get their
act together. And also, yeah, it'll be dangerous. I mean
when they rise up, the regime is going to fight
back hard, but they've done it before, and the mass
of people is what we're talking about.
Speaker 9 (25:46):
If they can get.
Speaker 17 (25:47):
The army and the secret police people and you know,
the thugs to kind of come over and desert the regime,
then we're going to start seeing something.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
And if not now, when right?
Speaker 9 (25:59):
Exactly exactly?
Speaker 17 (26:00):
I mean, got to get it done because this war
is just going to continue and is this going to
get worse?
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Doctor Jim Robbins, thank you so much for your time.
Hopefully we don't have to talk too soon, but it's
nice to know you're there as a resource. Have a
great day, sir, all right, forty four minutes after the hour.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
While at home, lawmakers are waging war.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Against each other, all weighing in on the US bombing
around nuclear site. Now all of them would agree, we
can't let these nuts have nukes. So when somebody finally
does something, of course we're nuts for doing it. Lawmakers
across the country responding and weighing in.
Speaker 18 (26:33):
Former Ohio Republican Congressman brad Winstrup, who sits on President
Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board, say that Iran's threat has been
dramatically lessened after the attacks.
Speaker 15 (26:42):
I think that there is a sigh of relief across
the world knowing that the possibility of a Ran getting
a nuclear weapon, which undoubtedly they would use against US,
against Israel and anyone else who might want to get
in their way.
Speaker 9 (26:57):
It's a big day.
Speaker 18 (26:58):
The strike named Iran up for Midnight Hammer, included more
than one hundred US military aircraft and targeted three Iranian facilities,
four now Natanz and Isfahan.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
On mark Netview, Secretary of State Mark or Rubio says
the US is ready to meet with Iran.
Speaker 10 (27:11):
According to media reports, Minister of Iranian Foreign affairs A
boss Arachchi told reporters in Istanbul on Sunday that Iran
and Russia have a strategic partnership and always consult with
each other as close allies. The Kremlin has helped Iran
with its civilian nuclear program in exchange for supplying Russia
with military drones for its war in Ukraine. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Governor Kathy Hockel says counter terrorism protections have been put
in place in New York.
Speaker 19 (27:39):
Vochl says that while there is no specific or credible threat,
she acknowledges that New York has large Jewish and Muslim
communities and that her top priority is the safety of
New Yorkers. In a statement, she went on to say
that she's been in close contacts with State Police, Home
and Security, as well as counter terrorism and cybersecurity experts.
She added as a precaution, the MPTA and Port Authority
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are partnering with local law enforcement and the State Police
and will continue safety patrols outside houses of worship and
other at risk sites.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
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Mark Mayfield's back with that story, smoothpilp.
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A study from San Diego State University says eating four
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eight weeks led to better performance on cognitive tests. Researchers
said the strawberries also helped lower blood pressure and increased
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(30:03):
your morning show with Michael del Chono.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
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hope we got you all the right answers. If you
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And there's still some to come. President Trump says obliteration
is the accurate term. Secretary of State Marco Ruby says
US is ready to meet with Iran. Oil prices have jump,
but not much, only one percent. And the Thunder are
(30:29):
your NBA champions defeating the Pacers, and the LSU Tigers
are your college baseball champions. There I answered the rebuke
of one of our emailers, who was so right. All right,
Roy O'Neil's here with the final story. Probably the biggest
question of today is so now, what what does Iran do?
Speaker 4 (30:47):
So far? Not a lot right right? So far, not much.
Speaker 13 (30:50):
We've seen more of those exchanges from Israel and Iran
that we've seen in the past, what eight or nine
days now, Israel striking at Tehran quite a bit. At
these past few hours. We have seen some Iranian diplomats
in Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin today, so it looks
like they're getting closer as a result of this. So
(31:11):
but we have not seen either that direct response or
an attack on a US base or some sleeper cell
activation here in the US.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Yeah, so why don't you dust that out? What would
be the areas of concern straight of Hormuz oil supply.
I know China is concerned about that, what other enemies
might do in replacing weapons. I can't imagine Russia would
want to do something that provocative. I got my money
on sleeper cells. I was looking over some statistics of
the fifteen hundred and four Iranian arrested at the border,
(31:43):
seven hundred and twenty nine were allowed into the country
in a four year span, So we don't just like
chapter nine to eleven, we don't know who's in our
country and what they've been up to. Sleeper cell would
be of the greatest concern. It seems to be for
the New York governor as well. Did I leave anything out?
I guess bases in the area right right?
Speaker 4 (31:59):
Say?
Speaker 13 (32:00):
That would be the only other one to be concerned
about is that direct strikes from Iran to one of
the many US military bases there. We've got about forty
thousand personnel in the region, so clearly they are all
on alert, but they are still vulnerable.
Speaker 3 (32:15):
I said this behind your back. If this was the
first piece of poll No, not that well, I said
that too. No, if this was the first piece of polling,
it'd be purely anecdotal. But it's not. It's been consistent.
It's been persistent. There's something different about this gen Z generation,
and a lot of people have already quickly surmised all
the way they were impacted by COVID, which was government
(32:37):
gone too far. It certainly impacted them in school in
a remarkable way, wokeness gone too far. There's a lot
of factors that could have led up to this, but
this latest piece shows the gen Z were not just
a transactional uniqueness this passed election. They're actually quite conservative,
well at least half.
Speaker 13 (32:55):
Of them are, according to this, And COVID makes a
big difference in how young they were. They were in
tenth grade during COVID. Suddenly they're on lockdown, they're stuck
at home with mom and dad for the whole time,
and they were in college young with Telton's still in
that gen Z birth date range.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Then you were great with it. It was fine.
Speaker 13 (33:17):
So the older gen Z seemed to be liberal. The
younger gen Z tend to be more conservative, but a
little asterisk on that. Apparently the younger gen Z don't
like what they've seen with these ice raids, with the
blanket tariffs, and with the partnering of the people from January.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
Sixth, So we'll keep an eye on that gen Z response.
By the way, time goes by a lot slower the
younger you are, which made the COVID impact greater. All right,
that'll do it for today.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
We're all in this together.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
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Speaker 3 (00:31):
I think by now you all know what the US
did with Operation Midnight Hammer. The question is now, what
will Iran do next? What will China do next? What
will Russia do next? How vulnerable are we two sleeper
sell attacks to the streets of Hormuz.
Speaker 4 (00:50):
Cutting off oil.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Doctor Jim Robbins is going to join us for the
Institute of World Politics coming up next half hour. And
Chris Walker on this delicate unity in the Republican Party
as well, this expanded unique coalition and how it will
hold together. We can't have your morning show without your voice,
especially on days like this. Woodie Kate, Why I in
Phoenix gets us started?
Speaker 5 (01:11):
So it seems like one of the threats Iran is
thrown out is choking off these straits, the global shipping
transport of oil. And what I don't understand is why
Iran even has a navy that's still floating with the
air superiority of Israel. Seems like those should be the
next targets. Take out anything that floats that Iran can
(01:33):
use to mess with those straits.
Speaker 3 (01:35):
Well, I think the President made that clear in his
announcement on Saturday night that it's up to Iran now
we're ready to talk peace, We're ready to talk about disarmament.
If they're up to further trouble, they'll be far worse
consequences to play. Would I would think that is a
part of that. James and Youngstown.
Speaker 4 (01:54):
Morning, Michael and Gang.
Speaker 6 (01:56):
We can thank the Democrats for this whole mess and
Iran because Jim Carter interfered with the Shaw of Iran.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
Who is no prince himself.
Speaker 6 (02:06):
The least he had a stable government and now we're
dealing with aftermath of that.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
And Carter was so.
Speaker 6 (02:11):
Stupid he said, look, Deshaw is a religious man, we
can do business with him, while behind Carter's back, the
Shaw was saying death to America.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Yeah, I think the main point is if there's going
to be a regime change. At this point, we're not
in the nation building mode. This isn't our war to fight.
It's four thousand years and counting. But as far as
taking decisive action to remove this threat for Americans and
for Israel, that decision was made in an air strike.
Big John gets the final stand in this segment.
Speaker 7 (02:42):
Big John is back keeping an eye on the markets.
We're up slightly on the now. Oil did not go crazy,
up one percent. That's not bad at all. Let's see
where it goes.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, let's see where it goes is really kind of
a theme for today. I know a lot of you
are very concerned and stuff like this apps, and you
should be. It shouldn't be taken lightly. Things can escalate,
Wars can begin, world wars can begin. Some of you
are concerned, and I've seen many people not that I respect,
(03:15):
per se, biblically or prophetically, you know, but being provocative
online about this being the end of time. I always
remind people that is just a fool's pursuit. You're just
going to spend all your time obsessed on how much
time you have left and not how you spend that
time you have left For me personally, I just don't
(03:37):
play that game. I've done it. I learned a lot,
and I learned how crippling it can be. I'm going
to live today like he is, coming back at two o'clock.
That's kind of my exeget of Matthew when christ was
talking about end times, and that's kind of my experiential finding,
having lived this obsession with how much time is left,
(04:00):
whether Jesus comes back today at two o'clock, and it'll
be on the Father's timeline, not an iatolas. I'm going
to be busy about his business just like he is,
whether he does or doesn't, because that's my calling and
I've been purchased.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
I don't see signs of that now. That could change.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
If I see the entire world, including the United States,
turn against Israel, I might change my opinion. As far
as world war, we have China, you know they're not
liking this. Russia we have a passed president saying some
pretty provocative things, but nothing really coming from Putin. So
for threat of world war, I don't see it yet.
(04:38):
That could change whether this is war or not, whether
this is a war or a nation building we should
be doing. I don't see signs that that was the intent,
but I get the debate and I get the fight.
I'll tell you Another really interesting angle is what's next politically,
And the narratives are so obvious from the left calling
(05:00):
for impeachment, Bernie Sanders acting somber and shocked like we're
the enemy, not Iran, like it is an acceptable outcome
to just allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon, and
so the rhetoric is going to all be consistent. He
didn't have this authority, he should be impeached, more obstruction.
(05:25):
A very serious person with very serious people around him,
had to make a very serious and difficult decision, and
the president made it. It was carried out with great precision.
Seven B two bombers leaving from Missouri, refueled throughout. There
were decoys in this mission over the Pacific, zero leaks,
total surprise, one hundred and twenty five aircraft and all participated,
(05:48):
seventy five precision guided weapons and not two bunker busters fourteen.
There was an amazing mission with amazing results. What's next,
that's mainly in the hands of the Iranian leadership as
far as regime change, that would only be in the
hands of the Iranian people. But here at home, what
does this do to Republican party unity? Or moreover and
more important, this very unique Trump expanded coalition. For that,
(06:12):
we turned to Republican consultant Chris Walker joining us. Chris,
what do you make of where this may go politically?
Speaker 4 (06:19):
Good morning, Michael.
Speaker 8 (06:21):
You know, it feels it feels weird kind of talking
about politics when there's so much at state kind of
on a on a global level, it almost seems small.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
But uh, you know, well, I think.
Speaker 8 (06:30):
Obviously the president is uh is, He's built this coalition,
he has this, you know, the overwhelming support of not
only you know, Republicans, but even Democrats in terms of
like keeping you know, Ran not having a nuclear weapons.
So we can see kind of the fringe elements talking
about this domestically and you know, kind of suggesting, you know,
(06:52):
a moral clarity that that.
Speaker 4 (06:53):
Most people don't share.
Speaker 8 (06:54):
I mean, people realize people who grew up and saw
the World Trade Center blow up and continues to see
terrorism proxibilities from radicalismic extremism. Nobody thinks that kind of
crew needs to have a nuclear weapon. And President Trumps
is saying that for a long time. But so as
a lot of so have Democrats and Republicans and so
yes to the extreme elements and Keeing Jeffries and AOC
(07:14):
and others are out there kind of beating their chests
today talking about constitutional authority. But you know, they haven't
cared about the constitution since they've been elected, and all
of a sudden, because it's President Trump, they're against it.
I think the President's in pretty sound position politically. I
think he has the complete support of his party. You know,
there's gonna be a few outliers, but on the whole,
this is a coalition that he's built in a and
(07:36):
you know, has earned the benefit of the doubt. Whether
he's been shot at or you know, arrested or prosecuted,
his political coalition is strong and solid, and it's not
going to buckle based on what he sees as a
real threat because he was in nine to eleven. He
was in New York on nine to eleven and understands
the threat by the.
Speaker 3 (07:54):
Way point well made. I really don't care what a
legacy media that nobody's watching things. I can spot their narrative,
I can share their narrative. More importantly, the American people
have been able to see through those narratives. There's obstruction,
politicians playing political games. It's very unfortunate. It's far worse
now than it was when I was growing up. But
(08:14):
it is worth talking about, you know. And I you know,
I guess to some degree, I'm a little shocked, you know.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
And it began with a.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
Very misleading edited onslaught on social media from Tucker Carlson
in his dealings with Ted Cruz. In other words, the
clips he sends versus watching the entire interview leave a
very different taste in your mouth. Tucker normally hasn't played
those games they did this time, and that was the
prelude and then now more outspoken conversations with Bannon and others.
(08:46):
I bring that up to say, who could possibly I mean,
I would think if I was seeing Telsey Gabbert leave
the administration, or like, what signs would you see that
that Trump expanded unique coalition is fracturing? I don't see
any signs early signs of unity in the Republican Party
fracturing over this. There's a few outspoken anti warriors, but
(09:09):
most of them are libertarian and not true establishment Republicans.
Speaker 4 (09:13):
So but what are you seeing politically?
Speaker 8 (09:16):
Well, you know, I looked at Marthie Taylor Green's tweet
last night as an example of.
Speaker 4 (09:20):
Someone trying to.
Speaker 8 (09:23):
You know, threat a needle between being against foreign you know,
misadventurism and domestic prioritization. You know, you have a situation
where there are a lot of people in the Magna
Coalition who are looking to President Tromp to support the
legal aliens, you know, fix American manufacturing and focus inward
and not always outward when.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
The world, when the world war economically versus get involved
in any foreign entanglements.
Speaker 9 (09:50):
Right. But even even Margie you know promersoron mcgreen.
Speaker 8 (09:53):
Is she's she's not going to be against the president's
efforts here. She understands. You know, there's two kinds of people,
it seems to me in this debate, those that take
intelligence briefing seriously and those who don't seem to want
to read them or care about them. And you know,
like growing up in a world where you know, President
Trump gets the weight of the world put on his
(10:15):
shoulders every morning, and you know, like I have to
believe and I will trust him in understanding that there
are things that has happened over the last couple of
weeks that have let him to a position where he
cannot not act. And I trust him on that, and
I think most people do. And so I mean, this
is not a man who's you know, inkling for war
(10:35):
based on you know, some kind of lobbyist effort. This
man is is unbiable and so he looks at a
situation and says, Okay, this is a threat, we have
to eliminate it. And his resoluteness and set fastest in
it is a plus. It's not a negative. So I
don't see a scenario where the political kind of wins
change too much against them. He's he's leading, and you
(10:57):
know that's what's happening.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
I look at all issues through a biblical lens, a
historical lens, and a geopolitical lens. We're kind of doing
the geopolitical right now, and there's other aspects of a Russia,
China and some of the proxy groups that get involved
in acts of terrorism, and then ultimately what I'm most
concerned about, sleeper cells in the US.
Speaker 4 (11:16):
I'll get to that in a second.
Speaker 3 (11:17):
From a biblical perspective, it's a four thousand year look
and I don't see any real yeah, yeah, and I
see that classic fight playing out. I don't see anything
that would necessarily translate to Gog Magog end of times
as far as World War Then you're looking at decades.
It's interesting, you know the listeners have and I brought
(11:37):
this up too. Jimmy Carter meddled in the Iranian elections
that led to the hostage crisis, and it led to
the rise of the Ayatola and the Islamic Republic of
Iran that still exists today. Ronald Rigan never really dealt
with it because upon inauguration they went ahead and caved
released the hostages. They spitefully waited till Carter left office.
We've had others over the four decade lack of action
(12:01):
that have spoken of all of them, I will say
we'll never know. Had Hillary Clinton been elected president, whether
it was two thousand and eight or whether it was
later in twenty sixteen, I think she probably would have
done something. But here's Hillary on allowing Iran to become
nuclear weapon capable.
Speaker 10 (12:19):
The Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we
will attack Iran whatever stage of development they might be
in their nuclear weapons program. In the next ten years during.
Speaker 11 (12:29):
Which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel.
Speaker 4 (12:34):
We would be able to totally obliterate them.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Obliterate them the exact same word Donald Trump used in
past tense. Here's Barack Obama, who did get elected and
said he would do something, which he kind of did.
I'll get to that in a minute.
Speaker 12 (12:48):
Clear Orom is a threat to our national security, and
it's a threat to Israel's national security. We cannot afford
to have a nuclear arms race in the most volatile
region in the world. Theronza state sponsor of terrorism, and
for them to be able to provide nuclear technology to
non state actors.
Speaker 4 (13:07):
That's unacceptable.
Speaker 12 (13:09):
And they have said that they want to see Israel
wiped off the map.
Speaker 3 (13:13):
There's Obama getting it. It's a threat to Israel and
America and they would use them and it can't be allowed,
and I'll do something about it. So here comes Donald Trump,
but he does something, and now we can't agree that
that something was necessary.
Speaker 4 (13:28):
Hard to take these people out, I mean.
Speaker 8 (13:31):
Well, I mean Obama's talking about both sides.
Speaker 9 (13:33):
Us.
Speaker 8 (13:33):
Let's not forget that Iran is in the position is
in because of the Iran Deal. That Obama created during
his presidency. You can't give them billions and billions of
dollars and not have them use it to enrich geranium.
Speaker 4 (13:44):
Well that's what I was gonna. I was gonna dismount
with that.
Speaker 3 (13:47):
He not only left not taking out this threat, he
left sending him a plane full of cash.
Speaker 4 (13:53):
Donald Trump try seven.
Speaker 3 (13:55):
Be two bombers and planes filled with munitions. So yeah,
it's hard to take but you know, it's hard to
take any of this seriously in the matrix. All you
can do is pray for peace, Pray that there is
more time for those who may not have their eternity
squared away, Pray that a world war is avoided, Pray
(14:17):
that the Iranian leadership will do the right thing now
so this doesn't escalate, and then just expect this kind
of nonsense at home. But there are very serious people
doing serious things for very serious concerns, and then there's
some people that just shouldn't be taken very seriously right now.
And I always, at the end of the day, I
trust the American people. They somehow see through all this
and get it.
Speaker 8 (14:38):
Well, it's unfortunate that a lot of our unserious, you know,
rhetoric comes to coming from our elected leaders right now.
I mean, like you're saying it, couldn't have said it
any better. This is a serious time, and thank godness,
there are serious people in the White House that are
looking at it, you know, soberly. When you Congress, I
think you should be both sides for some degree.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
It's it's it's not really working very Wellten, I'm right.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
Now, it's your morning show with Michael dell Choino.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
President Trump says obliteration is the accurate term to what
became of three nuclear sites in Iran.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
The big question now is what will our enemies? What
will Iran do?
Speaker 13 (15:13):
Next?
Speaker 3 (15:13):
We'll talk to doctor Jim Robbins from the Institute World
Politics coming up next half hour. Can have your morning
show without your voice. Let's start with Angela I believe
in Arizona.
Speaker 14 (15:22):
Thank you for what you have said about being busy
about his business. Because these large name influencers who have
turned quote on Trump and said he's starting World War
three and misquoting the Bible.
Speaker 15 (15:42):
I really feel.
Speaker 14 (15:43):
Sorry for them that they don't realize what they're doing.
Speaker 3 (15:48):
Yeah, even a fool conseem wise as long as they
remained silent. Shannon K s no K, t l K,
and Saint Louis Shannon is our caller of the day.
Speaker 16 (15:57):
Here we live in the United States where the Democrats
knowing anybody to have a gun and they scream about
mental health issues and needing background checks. But they went
Iran to have a nuclear weapon. In what world does
this make any sense?
Speaker 1 (16:14):
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Speaker 3 (16:38):
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US is ready
to meet with Iran. State Department has issued a worldwide
caution security alert. Oil prices So far early signs are
up one percent, not as bad as others might have thought,
and the big question is now what. Meanwhile, Simone Biles
has deleted her social media account after her Riley Gaines
(17:00):
fight five point two billion more social media accounts to
go and we'll have sanity restored. And then the Ayatola
has apparently secretly designated three successors in line, kind of
indicating what he thinks may be coming. And then finally
I got rebuked by Josh. LSU won the NCAA World Series. Honestly,
(17:24):
the NBA, it's not even worth mentioning. How about a
few more mentions for the best college baseball team in
the United States.
Speaker 4 (17:35):
I even went to LSU.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
I'm sorry, I got very much caught up in the
Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Finals championship last night one oh
three ninety one over the Indiana Pacers. Uh SGA your
series MVP, League MVP and scoring leader. And yes, the
LSU Tigers wrapped up another national championship in college baseball.
All right, So the big question is the President made
(17:58):
it clear we've successful taken out three nuclear sites in
Iran FORDEAU, the fans Asfahan is America at war.
Speaker 4 (18:11):
What's next?
Speaker 3 (18:12):
Well, the enemies do Russia, China, or how about the
proxies of Iran or Iran or the people of Iran.
There's a lot of questions as to what is next
to help us get the answers to those questions is
doctor Jim Robbins from the Institute of World Politics, Jim, great.
Speaker 9 (18:27):
To have you back day, Mike gol how you're doing.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Yeah, there's a lot of you know, I think the
President made a crystal pretty crystal clear. This was a
tough decision, a decision he made in the interest of
the security of Israel and America both. It is a
decision that hasn't been made for decades in a war
that really spans four thousand years, but one he felt
was And then I think the Vice President made it
(18:50):
pretty crystal clear. We're not at war, We're at war
with their nuclear program. That's easier said than the distinction
is done.
Speaker 17 (18:57):
Right, Well, well, yes, I mean from our point of view,
we're just after the nuclear program.
Speaker 9 (19:04):
We're not after any other targets.
Speaker 17 (19:08):
And we took out those three enrichment facilities, but you know,
there's more to do.
Speaker 9 (19:14):
The Iranians now don't necessarily want to talk to us,
even though we want to talk to them.
Speaker 17 (19:20):
The IAEA, the UN is asking the question where is
Iran's nuclear stockpile that they did have, like where's the uranium?
Speaker 9 (19:29):
We don't know where that is.
Speaker 17 (19:30):
And now the Iranians are talking to the Russians, and
Vladimir Putin intimated that, hey, maybe someone will just give.
Speaker 9 (19:37):
Iran nuclear weapons.
Speaker 17 (19:39):
So there are you know, some loose ends to be
tied up, to say the least, that's.
Speaker 3 (19:44):
Mostly rhetoric not action yet can't really respond to things
that aren't action yet. But it's interesting, you know, in
what you bring up. If the president was interested in
more than taking out their nuclear capabilities, and obviously our
intelligence feels like it did. We don't have an exact
damage assessment of how far this has pushed them back,
and certainly someone could replace them, and there should be
(20:05):
consequences if they do. I suspect deep down nobody wants
Iran to have weapons of mass destruction other than a rum.
But that leads to my most important question, Doc, and
that is, Look, you know they're not going to come
to the table and negotiate. Why because they would rather
die martyrs than find a peaceful solution to this, which
is exactly why you can't allow them to have nuclear weapons.
(20:26):
I don't know, which explains why we struck in the
first place. And really the future of Iran belongs to
the Iranian people and the Ayatola and what they do next, right.
Speaker 17 (20:38):
Yeah, the President intimated this in a post yesterday when
he said that this regime is not going to make
Iran great again. So yeah, they are very much driven
to get a nuclear weapon. So long as this group
is in power, or their successors or whoever, but everybody
from the Islamic radical regime, they're going to seek new
(21:00):
their weapons. No matter what we do. We can sign
deals with them, we can blow stuff up, they are
still going to have that impulse. So until there's a
new government, we're not getting rid of the problem. Now,
that doesn't mean regime change, which you know is the
buzzword that people like to talk about. But what I
like to talk about is a revolution that the people
(21:20):
of Iran need to take to the streets like they
have in the past.
Speaker 9 (21:24):
Just get out there, overthrow this.
Speaker 17 (21:26):
Thing, get a new government and some people that we
can deal with.
Speaker 3 (21:29):
All right, Doctor Jim Robinsons joining us with the Institute
of World Politics. If the President was interested in regime change,
you would have targeted more than these three facilities, So
that was clear.
Speaker 4 (21:40):
What about Israel?
Speaker 3 (21:42):
Is Israel on the same page, do they want regime change?
Speaker 4 (21:45):
Ultimately?
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I sense they kind of want the block cleaned up,
and the same is to be said for the Gaza
area too in the future. Otherwise, just the next evil
force fills the vacancy. But I think the president is
pretty sincere and he's not really involved in regime change.
He would probably define that as not our war, and
(22:08):
in a foreign entanglement, I'm not so certain that Israel's
on the same page.
Speaker 17 (22:12):
What do you think, Well, yeah, the Israelis understand also
that this government is always going to be a threat
to them, and so long as it's there, they have
a problem. So they've been doing subtle things to help
promote the idea that the Iranian people need to have
this revolution. And again I don't like the word regime
change because it implies a lot of bad things that
(22:34):
you know in our failed experiments in nation building. But
if the Uranian people take care of it, well, then
that's fine.
Speaker 9 (22:40):
They should take care of it. So the Israelis are.
Speaker 17 (22:43):
Targeting certain regime targets of the apparatus of oppression, if
you will, the Secret Police headquarters and some of their
top generals who help oppress the people. They blew up
the entrance to a notorious political prison where dissidents are held,
you know, with the idea that hey, why don't you
(23:04):
escape and going down the streets and get this thing going.
Speaker 9 (23:06):
You know.
Speaker 17 (23:07):
So they're doing these subtle things to help out, but
in the end it's going to take the Iranians to
get it done.
Speaker 3 (23:15):
If I was co counsel, i'd whisper in your ear, ear,
and you'd be lead counsel, because after all, you got
all the degrees in the doctor. But what if I
leaned into your ear and I said something to the
effect of, well, it was the people of Iran that
rose up and created this mess, should it be their
job to solve it?
Speaker 15 (23:31):
Ultimately, absolutely, in nineteen.
Speaker 17 (23:34):
Seventy nine, they threw out the Shah and they got
the government that they got.
Speaker 9 (23:39):
But the thing about that is, even though.
Speaker 17 (23:41):
The mythology is that the Ayah Toolahmini came in and
you know, led this wonderful revolution, he actually showed up
after the Shah had fled, and it was this broad
based group of liberals and dissidents and communists and workers
and intellectuals. There was a whole bunch of people that
made the original Orra revolution, and then the Islamis took
(24:02):
it over.
Speaker 9 (24:03):
They co opted it. They killed the liberals and.
Speaker 17 (24:06):
The moderates, and they.
Speaker 3 (24:09):
Populate, they infiltrate, they agitate, then they wage war. Then
once they've secured their area, they wage war against Israel.
First come Saturday, then Sunday America. I mean, come on,
it's been going on four thousand years. Everybody needs to
catch up.
Speaker 9 (24:23):
Yeah, oh for sure. So, yeah, they have had a revolution.
They can have it again.
Speaker 17 (24:29):
The regime, of course, rewrote all the history so that
it was you know, the Islamis did everything. But that's
not true. It is a weak regime that people hate it.
They want their rights back, you know, women especially, but
also minority groups, different national minorities, Kurds and the Zarias
and Bluki's and you know, all kinds of people like that.
Speaker 9 (24:49):
So yeah, just give them the.
Speaker 17 (24:50):
Green light, you know, subtly say hey, you know, if
you if you take over, we'll be your friends. And
it can be like Syria where the Assad regime that
ruled there for fifty years was thrown out and the
US immediately lifted sanctions. People in Damascus are dancing in
the streets. I mean, it could be a model like that.
Speaker 3 (25:08):
All right, final minute with doctor Jim Robbins, someone I
respect greatly, Institute of World Politics. So let me ask
you this, how hard would it be for the people
to rise up? You know, there's a reason they haven't
been rising up. They're oppressed and they probably end up dead.
But enough of them at once, how would that look?
How would that work? And how difficult will it be?
Speaker 17 (25:28):
Well, it's hard to do because there aren't a lot
of organizations inside Aron that are working on this. There
are some, but I mean they need to get their
act together. And also, yeah, it'll be dangerous. I mean
when they rise up, the regime is going to fight
back hard, but they've done it before, and the mass
of people is what we're talking about.
Speaker 9 (25:46):
If they can get.
Speaker 17 (25:47):
The army and the secret police people and you know,
the thugs to kind of come over and desert the regime,
then we're going to start seeing something.
Speaker 4 (25:55):
And if not now, when right?
Speaker 9 (25:59):
Exactly exactly?
Speaker 17 (26:00):
I mean, got to get it done because this war
is just going to continue and is this going to
get worse?
Speaker 3 (26:06):
Doctor Jim Robbins, thank you so much for your time.
Hopefully we don't have to talk too soon, but it's
nice to know you're there as a resource. Have a
great day, sir, all right, forty four minutes after the hour.
Speaker 4 (26:17):
While at home, lawmakers are waging war.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Against each other, all weighing in on the US bombing
around nuclear site. Now all of them would agree, we
can't let these nuts have nukes. So when somebody finally
does something, of course we're nuts for doing it. Lawmakers
across the country responding and weighing in.
Speaker 18 (26:33):
Former Ohio Republican Congressman brad Winstrup, who sits on President
Trump's Intelligence Advisory Board, say that Iran's threat has been
dramatically lessened after the attacks.
Speaker 15 (26:42):
I think that there is a sigh of relief across
the world knowing that the possibility of a Ran getting
a nuclear weapon, which undoubtedly they would use against US,
against Israel and anyone else who might want to get
in their way.
Speaker 9 (26:57):
It's a big day.
Speaker 18 (26:58):
The strike named Iran up for Midnight Hammer, included more
than one hundred US military aircraft and targeted three Iranian facilities,
four now Natanz and Isfahan.
Speaker 3 (27:07):
On mark Netview, Secretary of State Mark or Rubio says
the US is ready to meet with Iran.
Speaker 10 (27:11):
According to media reports, Minister of Iranian Foreign affairs A
boss Arachchi told reporters in Istanbul on Sunday that Iran
and Russia have a strategic partnership and always consult with
each other as close allies. The Kremlin has helped Iran
with its civilian nuclear program in exchange for supplying Russia
with military drones for its war in Ukraine. I'm Lisa Carton.
Speaker 3 (27:34):
Governor Kathy Hockel says counter terrorism protections have been put
in place in New York.
Speaker 19 (27:39):
Vochl says that while there is no specific or credible threat,
she acknowledges that New York has large Jewish and Muslim
communities and that her top priority is the safety of
New Yorkers. In a statement, she went on to say
that she's been in close contacts with State Police, Home
and Security, as well as counter terrorism and cybersecurity experts.
She added as a precaution, the MPTA and Port Authority
(28:01):
are partnering with local law enforcement and the State Police
and will continue safety patrols outside houses of worship and
other at risk sites.
Speaker 4 (28:09):
I'm Lisa Salvadi.
Speaker 3 (28:10):
I never go to movies, but for those of you
that do, a lot of you want to see how
to train the Dragon again. The live action remake of
the twenty ten animated film brought in another thirty seven
million dollars in its second weekend. Meanwhile, the horror film
twenty eight years later scared up about thirty million dollars
in its debut week to come in second place. FedEx
(28:31):
founder Fred Smith is dead at the age of eighty.
Mark Mayfield's back with that story, smoothpilp.
Speaker 18 (28:35):
Create the overnight delivery industry, which revolutionized the way business
and consumers received goods and packages. He founded the company
as Federal Express in nineteen seventy one and began operations
in Memphis two years later. The Mississippi native served four
years in the US Marines and returned home from Vietnam
to start his company, which grew into a ninety billion
dollar global shipping giant.
Speaker 3 (28:57):
I'm Marknefield, a Tulsa Treasure an American Treasure Sure. Actor
Gaylard Certain is dead at the age of eighty one.
Sartaine was a regular on he HAAW for nearly twenty years.
His movie credits include Mississippi Burning, The Outsiders, Fried Green Tomatoes.
He played the wife of the one that took Itchi
in or The husband of the woman who brought it
to g In. He was the big bopper, and I
(29:18):
thought he was spectacular as the big bopper in the
Buddy Holly story. And he was in all three Earnest
movies as well. Filmed here in Middle Tennessee. According to
multiple art outlets, Sartainne died in Tulsa over on Thursday
of natural causes at the age of eighty one.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
Well, you're going to find this fascinating.
Speaker 3 (29:34):
A study from San Diego State University says eating four
strawberries and I'm in good shape here. Eating four strawberries
a day could improve your cognitive skills.
Speaker 11 (29:42):
The study of followed thirty five men and women in
their seventies and found that eating twenty six grams of
freeze dried strawberry powder made from freshberries every day for
eight weeks led to better performance on cognitive tests. Researchers
said the strawberries also helped lower blood pressure and increased
disease fighting antioxidants in the blood. I'm tamm this is
(30:03):
your morning show with Michael del Chono.
Speaker 3 (30:06):
I hope we asked all the right questions today. I
hope we got you all the right answers. If you
missed any of it, of course, that's why we have
the podcast. Search your morning show Michael del Joon on
your iHeart app and catch up what you missed today live.
And there's still some to come. President Trump says obliteration
is the accurate term. Secretary of State Marco Ruby says
US is ready to meet with Iran. Oil prices have jump,
but not much, only one percent. And the Thunder are
(30:29):
your NBA champions defeating the Pacers, and the LSU Tigers
are your college baseball champions. There I answered the rebuke
of one of our emailers, who was so right. All right,
Roy O'Neil's here with the final story. Probably the biggest
question of today is so now, what what does Iran do?
Speaker 4 (30:47):
So far? Not a lot right right? So far, not much.
Speaker 13 (30:50):
We've seen more of those exchanges from Israel and Iran
that we've seen in the past, what eight or nine
days now, Israel striking at Tehran quite a bit. At
these past few hours. We have seen some Iranian diplomats
in Moscow meeting with Vladimir Putin today, so it looks
like they're getting closer as a result of this. So
(31:11):
but we have not seen either that direct response or
an attack on a US base or some sleeper cell
activation here in the US.
Speaker 3 (31:20):
Yeah, so why don't you dust that out? What would
be the areas of concern straight of Hormuz oil supply.
I know China is concerned about that, what other enemies
might do in replacing weapons. I can't imagine Russia would
want to do something that provocative. I got my money
on sleeper cells. I was looking over some statistics of
the fifteen hundred and four Iranian arrested at the border,
(31:43):
seven hundred and twenty nine were allowed into the country
in a four year span, So we don't just like
chapter nine to eleven, we don't know who's in our
country and what they've been up to. Sleeper cell would
be of the greatest concern. It seems to be for
the New York governor as well. Did I leave anything out?
I guess bases in the area right right?
Speaker 4 (31:59):
Say?
Speaker 13 (32:00):
That would be the only other one to be concerned
about is that direct strikes from Iran to one of
the many US military bases there. We've got about forty
thousand personnel in the region, so clearly they are all
on alert, but they are still vulnerable.
Speaker 3 (32:15):
I said this behind your back. If this was the
first piece of poll No, not that well, I said
that too. No, if this was the first piece of polling,
it'd be purely anecdotal. But it's not. It's been consistent.
It's been persistent. There's something different about this gen Z generation,
and a lot of people have already quickly surmised all
the way they were impacted by COVID, which was government
(32:37):
gone too far. It certainly impacted them in school in
a remarkable way, wokeness gone too far. There's a lot
of factors that could have led up to this, but
this latest piece shows the gen Z were not just
a transactional uniqueness this passed election. They're actually quite conservative,
well at least half.
Speaker 13 (32:55):
Of them are, according to this, And COVID makes a
big difference in how young they were. They were in
tenth grade during COVID. Suddenly they're on lockdown, they're stuck
at home with mom and dad for the whole time,
and they were in college young with Telton's still in
that gen Z birth date range.
Speaker 4 (33:15):
Then you were great with it. It was fine.
Speaker 13 (33:17):
So the older gen Z seemed to be liberal. The
younger gen Z tend to be more conservative, but a
little asterisk on that. Apparently the younger gen Z don't
like what they've seen with these ice raids, with the
blanket tariffs, and with the partnering of the people from January.
Speaker 3 (33:34):
Sixth, So we'll keep an eye on that gen Z response.
By the way, time goes by a lot slower the
younger you are, which made the COVID impact greater. All right,
that'll do it for today.
Speaker 4 (33:44):
We're all in this together.
Speaker 2 (33:45):
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