PART 16

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]reading me? Read the New York Times and the Washington Post. They even report that you killed more civilians than that. What does he consider an innocent civilian?

[00:00:08]I mean, he and and this is the four-star leading the effort in Central Command.

[00:00:14]So, I don't know where we are, but I think we're going back to war, bottom line.

[00:00:19]Yeah.

[00:00:20]No, it appears so. Uh I don't see any way in I don't see any path to military victory, but I don't see any diplomatic settlement either moving forward. Uh but the the Iran issue though, it had a very key I think it's quite important also for the US uh Chinese relations because uh it seemed that when Trump, you know, um agreed to this initial meeting before postponing it with Xi Jinping, the that he wanted to defeat Iranians before they met. So, he had that to show off.

[00:00:54]Um but instead, we're in this situation where the US is in very deep deep trouble. And I thought it was fascinating as you probably read the article now by Robert Kagan, the checkmate in in Iran. This for me this is quite extraordinary to have one of the top neocons recognizing defeat. I mean, forever wars are there Yeah. One One of the top? He's the king. He's the prince.

[00:01:21]Take your term.

[00:01:23]So, what what do you read into this because this is quite significant. I mean, in you know, the the the mood in Europe, the limit of free speech, that is would be you know, if you if you recognize that we're losing, that means you're taking the side of the opponent. So, we always have to make you know, play play pretend that is, you know, the you know, the Russians unprovoked war, the Ukrainians are winning, everyone has to repeat these things, which you know isn't true, but the same goes with Iran, that is, you know, the the the attack was to you know, save liberate the country from the mullahs, and you know, the Americans are overwhelming, the Iranians are defeated.

[00:01:59]So, one can ask the