HUGE IDF General Reveals Iranian Protesters To Overthrow Regime!?

[00:00:00]Well, we're back and I'm here with Rabbi Pes.

[00:00:03]>> It's good to be on the same table as you.

[00:00:05]>> Yeah, you know, I've never seen you this close to me. Like, >> don't look too close. [laughter] >> Up till now, I just been photoshopping my face to look good. All right, are we bit ready to get back into some of these >> question some questions and these are questions asked by viewers like yourselves. Here we go. So, here we go.

[00:00:23]Got some good ones this week. If you were asked about the future or current meaning of the prince of Persia detaining the angel in Daniel 10:11, does this have any esqueological application to today's conflict between Israel and Iran?

[00:00:43]It I'm sure it does because you know the book of Daniel a lot of important esquetology is prophesied in Daniel. Um, there are a number of books of the Bible that are very important in terms of end times, in terms of future prophecies, you know, prophecies of the future. And I know there's a lot of people out there and probably some people watching here that roll their eyes. They don't like to hear about prophecies of the end times.

[00:01:07]A lot of people don't uh uh, you know, don't take esque esquetology seriously.

[00:01:12]I think we have to take it very seriously because esquetology is about um, you know, what game are we playing?

[00:01:20]What does it mean to get to the perfect world? How do we get there? So, I I I it's it's beyond the scope of a conversation like this to unpack Daniel [snorts] 10 and 11 right now, >> but Persia certainly plays a role in the end times in Jewish tradition. What I will share with you is a very interesting passage from a um from uh a midrashic source. And the midrash is the homalytic teachings of the rabbis that goes back mostly between uh a thousand and 2,000 years ago is the period where a lot of the midash was being was being composed and compiled.

[00:01:58]>> And there's this one obscure passage in the midash in a book called the pikta rabati which talks about the end times and it says as follows and I I did this translation myself because I I don't I never I didn't find it in translation.

[00:02:13]says, "Rabbi said, it's the name of the rabbi quoted here, >> in the year that the king Messiah will be revealed, all the kings of the nations of the world will be struggling with each other. The king of Persia, that's Iran, will struggle against the Arabian king.

[00:02:37]The Arabian king will seek counsel."

[00:02:41]doesn't say who he's seeking counsel from. The king of Persia will pursue the destruction of the entire world.

[00:02:49]>> Wow.

[00:02:50]>> All the nations will be in an uproar and confused and will fall upon their faces.

[00:02:55]They will be seized by pangs like the pangs of a birthing mother. Israel will be in an uproar and will be confused and will say to where shall we go to where shall we go? And God will say to them, "My children, don't be afraid. All I have done, I have done only for you."

[00:03:14]What are you afraid of? Do not fear. The day of your redemption has arrived. And not like the first redemption is the last redemption. For the first in the first redemption, you had suffering and subjugation after it, but in the last redemption, you will not have suffering and subjugation after it. Then it goes on.

[00:03:35]So madash is written in a very kind of u vague poetic style. That's the nature of prophecies and and such things.

[00:03:45]>> And when it says the year the kingdom of will be revealed also in midashic language if you're talking about some future prophecy it could just mean an era. [sighs] >> But here we clearly see what is clear in this midash is that there will be some confrontation between the most powerful Arab nation. M >> and the most powerful Persian nation and and Persia and that Persia will be threatening the entire world or the entire region and that there will be a lot of confusion and look what's going on in the Arab world right now >> where all the Arab countries like they kind of they're enemies of Iran, Iran's attacking them, but they also are kind of trying to protect them and they don't want to be and you know like and they're all like where do they line up? There's a lot of meaning this isn't a simple like like America fighting the Nazis in World War II. Like there there's a lot of confusion here. There is literally the nation of Persia threatening the entire world, death to America, death to Israel, firing on all their on all their neighbors. That's never happened before.

[00:04:48]There's no other example in human history that fits this midash the way what we're dealing with right now does.

[00:04:54]So, I'm not into predicting what's going to happen next. And everyone always wants to know like what you know what's next.

[00:05:00]>> But clearly we are in a time that uh that was foreseen by people with a prophetic sense going back thousands of years.

[00:05:12]>> That's very interesting that you're bringing up this uh midash about the redemption and the eve of this when this video that we're recording now is coming out is right before Tishabove.

[00:05:23]>> Yeah. [snorts] Tishab is the nth of Yeah. That's the the anniversary of the destruction of the temple >> which some people say is also can be flipped to the >> day of redemption.

[00:05:34]>> Yeah. There's so there's a line in the Talmud in the Jerusalem Talmud. You know when people talk about the Talmud, they usually mean the Babylonian Talmud written in Babylonia. [snorts] >> There's also a shorter Yeah.

[00:05:45]>> slightly earlier Talmud, meaning it was was completed earlier. Uh it it was called the Jerusalem Talmud. That was uh it was written between the first and third centuries in is in Israel.

[00:05:56]>> More to the point usually.

[00:05:58]>> Yes. It's much it's much more concise.

[00:05:59]And in the Jerusalem Talmud, there's a passage there that speaks uh that that uh that says that the Messiah will be born on the 9th of A on the day of the destruction of the temple on the anniversary of the day of the destruction of the temple. Now obviously from a homalytic perspective it's pretty obvious what that's referring to. It it doesn't necessarily have to be taken literally that on that day a baby will be born who's the Messiah >> born on the 9th of A.

[00:06:27]>> But the point being that it is out of the ashes of the destruction. It is out of the mourning. It is out of the the collective memory and the way we commemorate it by remembering events and by >> not letting go of them and still mourning and still fasting. We keep we keep the fire burning so that ultimately the redempt meaning the redemption comes from the mourning and the sense of loss on the 9th of A. So that you know this is yeah it is an auspicious time to be talking about this.

[00:06:58]>> Okay shall we move on?

[00:07:00]>> Sure.

[00:07:01]>> Next started a little spiritual there. Yeah.

[00:07:05]>> All right.

[00:07:06]>> Be careful people. [gasps] There is a significant push back against the idea of a US military base in Israel or Gaza.

[00:07:15]Is Gaza's part of Israel people? Let's get that right. Viewers are asking, is this a velvet handcuff that would ultimately compromise Israel's sovereignty and freedom of action? Great question. So, first of all, let's let's level set about what we're talking about here in this war. the United States um they didn't make a big deal out of it publicly, a little bit of a deal >> uh for diplomatic reasons, but the United States is very is is is uh let's just say they're a little bit uncomfortable right now with their presence in the Middle East because for decades the US built up very significant bases in Arab countries. Qatar is the most famous one, but the the United States also has a major air force base in Jordan and it has very important air force base in Saudi Arabia. These are major major American military installations. The one place we talked about this before, the one place in the Middle East where America does not have a base is in Israel.

[00:08:08]>> And that [clears throat] was always because oh, Israel doesn't Israel can protect itself and [snorts] but the United States has that presence.

[00:08:13]But what happened in this war, you'll remember when when Trump back in April after the ceasefire was in effect and then uh and then the Iranians disrupted shipping in the straight of Hormuz, President Trump announced Project Freedom, Operation Freedom, whatever it was called, to try to open the Straight of Hormuz. And he wanted to launch it.

[00:08:32]He wanted to use the the bases in Saudi Arabia, which are right there on the Straight of Hormuz. And the Saudis refused. And that and that was a big wakeup call to the American establishment. And I'm not just saying this from from media accounts. I'm saying this from conversations I've had with people in the know. The American security establishment went, "Whoa, we've got this massive air force base in Qatar. We've got a massive air force base in Saudi Arabia, and when the time comes that we actually need them in the region, we're not even allowed to use our own bases."

[00:09:03]>> And it was they didn't turn it into a diplomatic crisis with these countries because there's other considerations.

[00:09:08]But what's happening now is there's some conversations taking place about possibly having a US base, a major US base in Israel somewhere because Israel is never going to do that and it's a much it's a better base of operation. On the other hand, >> no pun intended, >> on the other hand, on the other hand, um, and I put myself in this camp, there's a lot of people on the Israeli side who are like, I'm not so sure I want an American base here. So, I really I I I sympathize with the with the questioner and I'll refer you to a conversation that I had with with Dr. David Wormser. If you follow this channel and if you're watching this, you probably do. Every you know that once a week >> I have a conversation with Dr. David Wormser about what's going on in the Middle East. And this past Sunday, usually on Sunday, lately it's been Sundays.

[00:09:53]>> This past Sunday, our conversation, we talked about this exact issue. And Dr. Worms uh put it really beautifully. So, I'm just going to reiterate what he said. and he was like, "Look, on the one hand, it could be a good thing because there's been there's been a suggestion made by some in the Israeli security establishment uh to perhaps put an American base in Gaza, in the southern part of Gaza, where no one lives right now, or maybe even in the very in the very northern part of Gaza, which is also empty of population, >> to put a US base there, which would serve which would serve the purpose of the of America. Gaza is right on the Mediterranean, which means it would also have sea access to this base. Okay. So, they could also use it for naval purposes. Could be very convenient.

[00:10:34]There's plenty of space. It's a flat area, so you could set up air strips very easily. I mean, topographically and geographically, it's a great location for a US base. It also might help in whatever the future plans are for rehabilitating the Gaza Strip and preventing bad actors from taking over.

[00:10:50]Having an American military presence there might be good. So, that's the positive. On the other hand, what what [snorts] our culture the velvet handcuffs >> velvet handcuffs >> if if there's an American military presence there could it end up remember it's not always going to be the Trump administration we could end up with an anti-Israel administration some sort of you know like imagine Kla Harris was in charge or Joe Biden was president and there or Barack Obama's president someone like that and there's a and there's a US base and some and there's some terrorist incidents and there's some rockets being fired at our southern southern communities because someone is, you know, stirring up trouble from the Gaza Strip and Israel wants to do something about it and and there's a US military presence nearby that that could try to stop us or tie our hands.

[00:11:40]This is where my my gut is that I don't want a US base in Israel because again, right now we've got a great relationship with America, >> but once you once you put facts on the ground, it's hard to undo them. And I'm not sure that long term this is something that Israel wants. I prefer Israel to be >> Where is the closest base?

[00:12:00]>> The closest US base >> to Israel >> to Israel. Um it might be the one in Jordan. There are US bases in Syria, but they're pretty far north. I don't know what I don't know which one is further, but it's probably one of those. I'm asking because if there is one that's very close, wouldn't that be similar to having I know it's not the same as having one inside the base, but like let's say you have one almost bordering Jordan and Israel. I don't know where it is exactly, but wouldn't that >> but that might not serve the but that might not solve the problem the Americans are trying to solve.

[00:12:33]>> Yeah.

[00:12:33]>> Because again, if their problem is that these Arab partners are not trustworthy >> Mhm.

[00:12:39]>> Well, were they ever >> Well, I'm just saying this is that's a side that's a side question. That's a side that's [clears throat] a side point.

[00:12:46]>> That's the problem that they're facing right now that they built these massive American bases. I mean, Sentcom's major ba like all in these Arab countries and then during this war >> they were told by those partners that they cannot use those bases which is which is causing them to question their where how they distribute their presence in the Middle East.

[00:13:08]>> There you go. That's the those are the concerns.

[00:13:10]>> I remember there was just one last thing on this. I remember We do um allow um America to land their planes in our airports.

[00:13:19]>> Sure. Oh, no. We have all kinds of cooperation.

[00:13:21]>> But there was also a point when we told them not to because it was with the uh >> was the the the fueling tank.

[00:13:28]>> Yeah. But you know, landing a few planes, using it as part of your supply lines during a war, that's very different than having a permanent presence. Having a US base here would change things. And it's one of these be careful what you wish for moments as far as I'm concerned.

[00:13:46]>> Okay.

[00:13:48]And um lastly on that, you mentioned your discussion with the Dr. Worms. You should really everyone should check out these conversations. They're incredible.

[00:13:56]After you finish this video, obviously go to our channel and uh binge.

[00:14:02]Maybe I'll make a a whole playlist about with you and Dr. Worms. I should do that. Okay. Next question. The India factor. A viewer proposed that India is the missing link for peace, acting as an anvil to Israel's hammer against the IRGC.

[00:14:19]How does Israel's relationship with India factor into the strategy to sideline the Iranian regime? Uh well, it it factors into way more than that. It factors into Israel's overall [snorts] overall security and geopolitical strategy in a very big way. I'll remind everyone that lost in the in the shuffle of everything that's happened over the last few months since the Iran war began on February 28th is that literally two days before that war broke out Modi the head of state of India >> not the comedian >> sorry [laughter] >> Modi was Modi was visiting >> uh was visiting Israel he visited Prime Minister Netanyao uh he spoke in the Knesset >> so it's a very public visit and 16 cooperation agreements.

[00:15:06]>> Wow.

[00:15:06]>> On a whole range of issues including security issues were signed between India and Israel. India and Israel are building a closer and closer alliance.

[00:15:14]There's also a project which is an American initiative that we've talked about before called the IMC corridor, the India >> Middle East uh corridor. Okay. that is that is supposed to be a a mostly land corridor for shipping that would run from India use the United Arab Emirates.

[00:15:35]It would need Saudi Arabia and that was part of the whole normalization issue and then run through Israel and then up through Cyprus and Greece into Europe the India Middle East Europe corridor.

[00:15:45]That's really what it is. Uh and this is supposed to be a response or u an alternative to what China is trying to do with the belt and road initiative where they're trying to build their own overland corridor to Europe from China.

[00:15:59]So and India very much views China as its primary adversary. It also views Pakistan as an adversary. Both those countries China and Pakistan are adversaries of Israel. uh and the and also the Indian government recognizes now I'm thinking even in in in an even broader picture the Indians recognize the danger of Islam >> even better than we do okay they they understand the problems of radical Islam very very well and they see Israel as an ally so the answer to this question to this this questioner is India is not just important it is central to Israel's overall geopolitical positioning moving forward and it will continue to be very important during the war itself.

[00:16:44]It's on a low boil because there's no need we don't need India's military help. There's no need for there to be any any you know but but those partnerships are moving forward in a big way.

[00:16:54]>> Are they a strong military?

[00:16:55]>> They're very strong. They have a very strong military. Uh the partnerships between India and Israel are moving forward in a very big way.

[00:17:02]>> They never jumped on the anti-Israel bandwagon after October 7th. U India is is uh in in the long-term picture, India is a major major ally of Israel. Wow.

[00:17:15]Okay.

[00:17:19]Arming the opposition. Next. If the goal is regime change, why hasn't there been a coordinated effort to arm and train the Iranian population directly rather than relying on air strikes and sanctions?

[00:17:31]>> So, first of all, we don't know that there hasn't been. We don't know what's going on. uh beneath the surface, we do not know the extent to which the Mossad is operating in Iran. Just to give you a taste of it on at the beginning of the 12-day war and then at the again at the beginning of this war on February 28th on in both of those wars, remember they both opened the same way with a lot of these assassinations of leading figures in the Iranian military in the 12-day war. All the nuclear scientists and a lot of political figures were all killed in the opening days of those two wars. What a lot of people don't realize is that they were not killed.

[00:18:12]A lot of them were not killed by air strikes from airplanes of the Israelis flying overhead.

[00:18:17]>> The car bombs.

[00:18:18]>> They were killed. A lot of them were killed by drones that were launched from within Iran.

[00:18:23]>> Who launched those drones?

[00:18:26]>> The Israelis do a lot there. There are a lot of Israeli operatives on the ground in Iran.

[00:18:31]>> So there were sabotage operations that were critical to this war and probably still are.

[00:18:38]We don't know where some of these explosions that are happening. We we assume every time we hear that there's an explosion at some site in Iran that it comes from an air strike. It's not necessarily so. We don't [snorts] know the extent to which Israel is operating there. Now that said, the people have not been armed in any comprehensive way.

[00:18:53]Um but it's beginning. It's beginning. I just saw a report last week that there's starting to be uh on the not in the major urban centers which are much more controlled by the IRGC but in some of the outlying areas there's starting to be >> some actual armed attacks against IRGC like actual killings of IRGC guys.

[00:19:15]>> So it's beginning we definitely need to have more of it and you're right air strikes are not as are not going to be as effective in bringing down this regime as arming the population. Uh, and that's a criticism I have of the current strategy. It's great to bomb military installations. It's wonderful. But if you really want a lasting change, which is really going to bring the Straits of Hormuz open and make the whole nuclear issue go away and make the proxies go away, the best way to do it is to empower the people >> on the ground >> on the ground that to actually be able to overthrow the regime. I totally agree. So, I I hope that we could get weapons to these people because they're going to need them when the time comes.

[00:19:55]I hope it's actually happening. It might be happening. We don't know yet. We don't know.

[00:20:00]>> We also don't know how. We for sure have boots on the ground, but we don't >> We have people there. We have people there.

[00:20:05]>> Besides the people that we don't the people, the undercover people, do you think there's >> No, I don't think there's I don't think there's any presence that we know about.

[00:20:13]Not publicly.

[00:20:13]>> Not publicly.

[00:20:15]>> Um, it's interesting because this whole I don't know how verified it is, but I'm seeing it pop up more. The whole Ahmedinad thing.

[00:20:23]>> Oh, yeah. There was a so there's a there was a New York Times story about the former president Ahmed that he was working with the Mossad. Listen, the Israelis didn't deny it and you know >> you know what that means.

[00:20:34]>> You know it means it's either a very successful psychological warfare >> against the Iranian regime or it's true.

[00:20:41]>> So who knows we'll see. I we don't the Israelis certainly have things up their sleeves. Look, when it comes to the downfall of the regime, I'll also I'll I'll mention what uh Brigadier General Amamira Vivi said and he said it on our webinar that we had earlier in the week.

[00:20:55]We had this webinar on Sunday. I'm I'm sorry, on Monday. And if you haven't seen the webinar, you want to watch it.

[00:21:00]We're going to be releasing segments from this webinar over the next couple weeks.

[00:21:04]>> Uh we should release that when we should release those soon. And General Livi, General Levivi said outright that there are very detailed plans that that are that are being worked on and that are basically good to go by the Israelis to bring down this regime when the time comes. And that it's not a maybe. It's not like they're there are real plans.

[00:21:29]And he said it won't even take that long. So, and and he's as informed as anyone. Just understand who he is. He is he is as plugged in at the highest levels of the Israeli security establishment and he didn't say it as a piece of analysis or theoretically. He said it definitively there are such plans. They will be at some point implemented. So listen, it could still get bloody >> and it could still be really rough uh you know rough sledding for a while.

[00:21:54]>> Yeah.

[00:21:54]>> But but this regime is going to be taken down.

[00:21:57]>> Okay. [snorts] Next. With the US being a net exporter of oil, viewers are asking why the Strait of Hermuz is still treated as a primary strategic objective. Does the US actually need that oil or is this about protecting allies at Israel's expense?

[00:22:16]>> At Israel's expense. What does that mean?

[00:22:18]>> I I think what they mean to be asking like you're fighting for um Israel.

[00:22:23]>> For Israel.

[00:22:24]>> No. Well, >> which makes the question almost double.

[00:22:27]>> I mean, Israel doesn't care about the straight of moose. The straight of Hormuz has no Israel doesn't use the straight of Hormuz at all. Like if America doesn't use it, Israel uses it even less.

[00:22:35]>> Um like Israel literally does not get any oil from that part of the world anyway. Uh we really have it doesn't do anything for us.

[00:22:45]>> But on to the bigger question that that that is being asked here.

[00:22:50]Even though the United States does not need the oil from the straight of Hormuz, that doesn't mean that it it's not a there's a false binary in the question. is that either America needs the straight and uses it or they're doing this for other people.

[00:23:03]>> Yeah.

[00:23:04]>> It's somewhere in between because the price of oil spiked and the price of gas skyrocketed in America when the straight of homes got closed. Why? It's not American oil.

[00:23:18]>> Because the global price of oil is what affects you at the pump.

[00:23:21]>> And the global price of oil can change the price of oil even in countries that are unaffected by the event itself.

[00:23:30]So even if you don't get your oil from the straight of Hormuz, the global price of oil is going to rise. And when the global price of oil goes up, it's not just about you putting gas in your car.

[00:23:39]It's also about everything in the economy. Everything runs on energy. When energy prices go up, there is not a single piece of the economy that isn't impacted by it because all manufacturing goes up. Shipping, you know, I mean, the cost of shipping goods in in in 18 wheelers going, you know, criss-crossing the country goes up, everything goes up.

[00:23:58]Right? Energy is the driver is is the number one driver for all price increases.

[00:24:02]>> So if the global price of energy goes up, even if even if it's from the straightforward moves and America doesn't need it, it's going to cause inflationary pressure and ultimately all the other economic uh problems for America too. So it's for the global economy and it and again it doesn't it does impact Americans. But that's not why they're doing it. doing it they're doing it because they need to have the global economy functioning better. It's better for America.

[00:24:29]>> Uh so yeah, let's not fall into these false binaries. A lot of I'll say this, I'm not a forever war person. I was not in favor of the Iraq uh war, the Afghanistan war, >> but we can't fall into this reductionist kind of black and white like I'm either I either don't want America involved in anything anywhere or we want full intervention. Both of those positions are are are extreme and and are missing the, you know, the big picture. The old Monroe doctrine from the 1800s where America doesn't have to worry about anything else going on in the world, you can close up shop.

[00:25:03]It functionally doesn't work anymore.

[00:25:05]The world is too interconnected and you can't and if you if if Americans who think that they can just say we don't care what happens in the other parts of the world, you know what that means? It means that China takes over completely in those parts of the world and and America will be greatly compromised even at home. America will be greatly compromised if they just say we don't care about the rest of the world and let China take control of all of it. It'll strengthen China, make them a much more powerful enemy.

[00:25:33]So, we have to be wise about it. Uh but let's again let's not fall into the mistake of thinking that just because they don't use the oil, they don't care about the straits. Even though the um energy coming from the straits is not >> America doesn't use it. Yeah. America.

[00:25:48]>> But in general from the world, how much energy does it supply?

[00:25:52]>> It's about 20% of of a big number. It's a big number.

[00:25:55]>> It's a huge amount. It's a huge amount.

[00:25:57]>> Although the United States is energy self-sufficient. So it's true. The United States isn't using oil from the Straits of Hormuz, but like I said, it affects everything. It affects everything.

[00:26:05]>> Interesting. Okay. You think we have time for one more?

[00:26:08]>> Let's do one more.

[00:26:10][clears throat] Um, expanding the Abraham Accords.

[00:26:12]>> Sure, let's talk about that.

[00:26:13]>> All right. Given the current tension, is there still a viable path to bring more Arab nations into the fold into the Abraham Accords? Or has the Palestinian cause been successfully used by bad actors to stall further normalization?

[00:26:32]Well, stall. Yeah, they have stalled further normalization because the as long as there's an ongoing situation, you know, it as long as the war is ongoing in terms of what's happening with Gaza, >> there's this is all on hold.

[00:26:49]But I expect that after the dust settles on the Iran situation with the Iranian regime taken off the table, [snorts] I expect there to be a wave of countries joining the Abraham Accords. Maybe I'm being optimistic. Are there any notable countries that you think >> that I think that I think are are ripe for it >> or or that would make a difference or [clears throat] I mean it all depends on what happens with Iran. It really all depends what happens with Iran. I don't know which countries it would be top of my head. It could be Azarbaian.

[00:27:24]They're a Muslim country. They might join the Abraham Accords.

[00:27:27]Um maybe Indonesia, another Muslim country that might join the Abraham Accords. Uh I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

[00:27:35]But let's instead of talking about the Accords as a as a as a specific agreement and whether people join it or not, let's talk about what the Abraham Accords is really about. Because the Abraham Accords is really about it. Is Israel benefits from people joining the Abraham Accords and it's an agreement with Israel. But whether or not an Arab country, a Muslim country I should say, is willing to make that agreement, that normalization agreement with Israel speaks to where they are as a nation in the struggle within the Muslim world for who is going to dominate the Muslim world. Is is the Muslim world going to be dominated by those who advocate jihad and those who are, you know, we call them radicals. They're not radicals.

[00:28:17]It's a type of Islam. They advocate jihad. They want to destroy Israel. they they uh ideologically are opposed to the west. They are supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood. that ideology which is which is now promoted heavily by Turkey, by Qatar uh and that that hostile ideology is that going to win out or is a more moderate >> is a is a more moderate Islam going to take over as exemplified by the UAE, by Kuwait, by Bahrain, by these countries.

[00:28:51]I could see Kuwait joining the Abraham Accords. They're not in yet. They could they could be next.

[00:28:56]Um it which which direction is the is the Arab world going? Which direction is the Muslim world going? I think that is when you think about that question whether a country formally joins the Abraham Accords or not is less important than whether which side they're on in in that in that in that tug of war match.

[00:29:18]And you see it going on right now in Iraq.

[00:29:21]>> [snorts] >> Iraq just brought in a new prime minister who's trying to pull Iraq away from the Iranian orbit. Iraq has a lot of radical Shiites in it and he's trying to align himself. He's trying to align the country more with American interests and marginalize those forces and disarm them. Will he be successful? This new guy Zedi or Zadi, whatever his name is.

[00:29:42]Zedi, I think his name is. I don't know if he'll be successful. I hope he is. Or you see it in, you know, with Syria where President Trump is trying to get Ashara to be part of the more moderate wing and line up with American interests, but he's also a former ISIS al-Qaeda guy, >> right? Meaning this is the and or and same thing in Lebanon. Where which way is Lebanon going to go? So the question really is are you going to align with the United States, Israel, UAE orbit or more with the Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey orbit? And every one of these countries is being pulled in different directions.

[00:30:18]And if the Iranian regime is actually taken off the table, it's not just one more country. The population of Iran and the land mass of Iran dwarf anything else in the region. You can add up the geography, the geography and population size of Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, all put together does not equal the size of Iran. If the Iranian regime, if the if the Islamic regime of ter in Thran is taken down and that country becomes a more moderate country, it's transformative for the whole region because now the because that would mean that the moderates Iran is a superpower by by almost by definition because of its land mass, because of its population size, and because it's a very educated population, has tremendous resources, it's a major oil producer, and that's why Iran was was able to become a global terrorist a superpower. Why all the bad actors around the world are being funded by them? Because they're so powerful. Well, the same thing happens if they flip.

[00:31:24]>> If they flip and the and the regime comes down and we get a more friendly uh Iran >> Mhm.

[00:31:30]>> it's not like Assad in Syria going away or Gaddafi in Libya going away. These are tiny little tiny tiny countries.

[00:31:38]They're like they're as small as individual provinces in Iran. If the Iranian regime flips, the dynamics of the whole region flip the the weight of which is, you know, looking which way the wind is blowing. If you're what if you're a head of state in the region if Iran becomes aligned with the American axis and the Israeli axis and the UAE, I think you're going to see it could be a civilizational change in the whole region. I think that's more important than which country does or doesn't formally join the Abraham Accords at this point.

[00:32:10]>> That's a very interesting insight.

[00:32:12][snorts] Um, great. Well, I think that's all we have time for today.

[00:32:15]>> All right, we'll be back with this next week.

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[00:32:22]Good.

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