Warmongers IN SHAMBLES as NO ONE Can Define Iran "Victory"

Added: 2026-05-11

[00:00:00]Let's do some Iran war news. You know, the past week, I won't say it's been light on news, but it's been a whole lot of talk. Um, and it's to the point where the talk gets exhausting uh to to cover because for every tweet that Trump makes, he'll tweet out something the opposite hours later. But um this just gives you a sense of how the war is going and how the narrative is becoming too difficult to maintain even for the most hawkish supporters of this disastrous effort here. So this is Lindsey Graham uh six weeks ago, March 17th, encouraging Trump to take Car Island. So this is then >> has to and I don't think it's going to be much longer.

[00:00:51]>> No, we're not going to invade Iran.

[00:00:53]There's no reason to. We're going to destroy their ability to hurt us. Uh have a nuclear weapon, build missiles to hit America and terrorize the region.

[00:01:01]Car Island, 90% of their income for comes from oil and gas revenue. 100% of that revenue generating capability is on a single island. Mr. President, take Car Island. This war is over.

[00:01:15]Take Card Island and this war is over.

[00:01:19]That was Graham then.

[00:01:21]>> Wow.

[00:01:21]>> Here's Graham now. How would you define victory? His answer regaining freedom of navigation in the straight of war moose >> on his watch. He followed through on his promise. Now it's a matter of just finishing this up. How do you def how do you now define victory as as this seems to be in the closing days?

[00:01:44]regain uh freedom of navigation of the straight of Hermuz if they continue to attack our allies like the United Arab Emirates. The UAE has been champion allies. They've done everything we've asked and more. So when Iran attacks them with missiles and drones, >> by more he means, I guess, genocide in Sudan. I guess they really went the extra mile, committed another genocide for the sake of Western hegemony.

[00:02:08]>> Is that is that Saudi Arabia who's bombing Yemen? I thought it was but is is it the UAE also doing that too now?

[00:02:14]>> Uh well I don't know about the I don't know about that but I know the Saudis bombed Yemen for a long time but I know the UAE is getting it done in Sudan for Lady G over here.

[00:02:22]>> Jesus we need to be there for the United Arab Emirates. If they do this they continue to do this attack ships and our allies I would let Admiral Cooper finish the job. Go against targets like General Katalog indicated. I'm not a real advocate of taking Car Island. Oh, you're not the >> Wow. 6 weeks ago you were. What happened? The war didn't go the way you thought it would. What happened? Hit a little bit of a snag there. 6 weeks ago you were gone about taking Car Island.

[00:02:50]>> Not anymore.

[00:02:51]>> Huh. Interesting.

[00:02:53]>> Indicated. I'm not a real advocate of taking Car Island. I think we were to tell the Iranians we will destroy it from the air. That will accomplish the mission I have in mind, which means they can never regenerate anytime soon to become the state sponsor of terrorism.

[00:03:08]and their nuclear programs been obliterated. We're close to victory.

[00:03:12]Victory to me would [clears throat] be regaining freedom of navigation of the straight of Hormuz.

[00:03:17]>> Wow.

[00:03:17]>> Degrading a little >> regaining what you had before the war started. That would be victory to him.

[00:03:22]In other words, breaking even, right?

[00:03:23]And let's see what else. A >> little bit further. Short big uh strong response to degrade their military capability a bit further. Threaten Car Island with destruction and pull out and try to get and Saudi Arabia back to the peace table. The ultimate victory is that Saudi Arabia and Israel make peace ending the Arab-Israeli conflict because Donald Trump put Iran in a box. He was not Obama. He was not Biden. He didn't beg them. He didn't give them a bunch of money. He blew up their capability to wage war and terrorism. You will go down in history, Mr. President, as being the greatest peacemaker in the history of the Middle East. If you can put Iran in a box and have Saudi Arabia and Israel make peace on your watch this year, that is victory.

[00:04:08]>> No, that is cope, my friend. That is what that is. That is cope. That is saying, "Hey, uh let's get back to zero.

[00:04:15]Let's let's win back the chips that we lost and then uh make up a framework uh that uh an existing deal was better than the Obama deal and uh declare victory and uh leave. Um, no more regime change.

[00:04:32]Uh, no going in for the uranium. I guess no ground invasion, right? Because you can't launch a ground invasion without putting troops on Car Island. That seems to be what everybody seems to feel like would have to be a precursor to that.

[00:04:45]So, none of that at this point. at this point uh let's just uh make outrageous threats that we have not backed up uh in the past and uh let's get uh Israel and Saudi Arabia to normalize relations and uh we'll [ __ ] make up that this was all worthwhile and we'll call it a day when even a [ __ ] horn leg horn here uh can't sell the war uh that's how uh you know uh the narrative is really unraveling. They're really having a very difficult time uh keeping the script making any kind of sense. And I'll toss your kit in a moment, but uh we got one more piece from Lindsey Graham here.

[00:05:27]>> Of her moves is the only thing left.

[00:05:30]This has been a brilliant campaign by President Trump and our >> No, it hasn't. Brilliant. Program of Iran has been destroyed.

[00:05:37]To spread terrorism has been destroyed because they're on their knees economically. If we can control the straits, if we can take back control of straits of Hormuz, it is checkmate. This checkmate over.

[00:05:51]>> Checkmate over. Checkmate. What do you mean checkmate?

[00:05:54]>> Checkmate. I think I think you have it backwards. I think that's getting back to zero and then knocking over our king and say, "Okay, never mind." How is that checkmate?

[00:06:04]>> How is that checkmate? Like, it is just incredible how this guy can't even go out and sell it anymore. No, I mean this this is this is Donald Trump's biggest cheerleader, which I remember not too long ago he was against Donald Trump.

[00:06:17]And and by the way, again, how's this checkmate, folks? Hey, let's have democracy in the chat. Type one for Oh, the checkmate in my gas for for my gas price is absolutely perfect. I love it.

[00:06:27]We're winning even though I have to $8 a gallon. Type two, no, we're not winning.

[00:06:32]Don't ask that question again. TW will show up in the chat.

[00:06:35]>> Yeah. Who's on their knees? Iran is on their Who's on their knees? Gas is $450 a gallon here. You can't fill a grocery bag for less than $100 here.

[00:06:45]>> Yeah, $450. Well, I'm out here in the sticks in upstate New York. You're a sophisticated city man. It's $6 for your gasoline.

[00:06:52]>> We got the tasty sweet gas for $6.

[00:06:54]>> Yeah, you got that deep dish gasoline out there.

[00:06:57]>> Oh god.

[00:06:57]>> Uh yeah. Uh US and Iran exchange taunts as attacks imperil fragile cease fire.

[00:07:05]So, a sharp escalation in attacks in the straight of Hormuse and the Persian Gulf is threatening the shaky ceasefire between Iran and the United States as the two sides struggle to make progress in talks on a lasting end to the war.

[00:07:19]Iran accused the US of ceasefire violations and issued new warnings Tuesday after two US destroyers closely followed by two merchant vessels came under attack Monday morning during successful transits of the straight in an expansion of US operations in the waterway. The United Arab Emirates reported an Iranian assault on an energy hub that caused the fire and Oman state media reported an attack in the country but did not identify a perpetrator.

[00:07:46]Iranian officials issued warnings following the flare up in hostilities.

[00:07:51]Parliamentary Speaker Muhammad Bger Galabaf accused the US of ceasefire violations, saying, "We know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America while we have not even begun yet in a post on X."

[00:08:07]Yeah, that statement says it all. That tells you who has the cards. That tells you who's on their knees. And it's not the Iranians. Everyone knows this.

[00:08:18]Everyone knows this. We just had massive sticker shock at the gas pump last week.

[00:08:23]It was a boom, snap of a figure.

[00:08:25]>> It was, you know, 407 last week. Now it's 447.

[00:08:30]>> It's higher over here. And I I dread to think about the West Coast. I dread to think about Los Angeles.

[00:08:37]>> I think it's up around eight there. I think it's up around eight there. I caught some of Jimmy show yesterday. I think that's what they said.

[00:08:42]>> Oh god. Jim. Hey Jimmy. I'm so sorry buddy. I'm so so sorry. [laughter] Foreign Minister Abbasarachi said events in the Strait make clear that there's no military solution to a political crisis.

[00:08:54]In a separate statement, the US should be wary of being dragged back into quagmire by ill-wishers, he said, adding in reference to the US military mission to reopen the straight of Hormuz.

[00:09:06]Project freedom is project deadlock.

[00:09:09]Trump reiterated comments about what he described as US military dominance over Iran. while speaking to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Monday saying, "One way or the other, we win. We either make the right deal or we win very easily from the military standpoint," he said, adding that the US had knocked out Iran's previous leadership. They talk a lot differently when they're talking to me than they talk when they're talking to the media, he said. Uh, yeah. Yeah, I'm sure that's true. I'm sure that's true. Uh here Trump is talking to the media. Here is uh the Fox News talking what was this guy's name? Trey Yinst uh reports on a recent conversation with Donald Trump where he says that Iran will be blown off the face of the earth if they target US ships guiding vessels through the straight.

[00:10:01]>> Sandra, good afternoon. I spoke with President Trump for 20 minutes about the situation with Iran. He talked about project freedom and the US efforts to guide vessels through the straight of Hormuz issuing a new warning to the Iranian regime saying if the Iranians try to target US ships in this area they will be quote blown off the face of the earth. Remember this was a project implemented >> they will be sucked off the face of the I mean blown off the face.

[00:10:27]>> Not like what I did to not [laughter] >> nobody pay attention to that.

[00:10:33]Lindsy Gra, we will suck you off the face of this >> Americans overnight [laughter] to assist the hundreds of vessels that are currently trapped in the Persian Gulf. We're talking about more than 20,000 sailors. And the president told Fox he's doing this for humanity. Some of these sailors were running out of food and supplies on these vessels due to the Iranian threats that are ongoing in this area. And again, the president saying that if US ships in the region are targeted, the Iranians will be blown off the face of the earth. Now, I also asked President >> that's their only play. that that that's their only play is uh yeah, we will destroy you, we will annihilate your civilization, we will blow you off the face of the earth. That's literally all they got. And uh it's it's wearing thin.

[00:11:14]It's wearing thin on even the former Magist Wards like Megan Kelly. Here she is.

[00:11:20]>> This has been a disaster for the Trump administration and for our country and for the world. I mean, the global fuel supply, just take a look at the numbers.

[00:11:30]You've got American European airlines, Middle East Airlines now completely revamping their forecast for this year.

[00:11:38]We reported this morning that American Airlines had projected a $4 billion uh profit uh expected this year. It's all been wiped out. They said that entire thing has been wiped out by the rising price of jet fuel. Spirit Airlines just went over here in America. They were already struggling for years, but this didn't help. Uh and all of that's going to eventually get passed on to the consumer. So, and that's and that's just one example. That's airline fuel. I mean, forget prices at the actual gas pump and the the cost of um oil in general, which tends to skyrocket energy and other prices. All of that's coming even if we end the war today.

[00:12:10]>> So, my best advice to the president would be give the Iranians the deal they want. They seem to be willing to deal on the street of Hormuz, which of course is is an absurd place to be. It was open before this war. If we had just left them alone, it we would never have this problem. But give them a deal to get that thing back open because it does need to open back up and get let them give you a fig leaf on nuclear ambitions because look, we already devastated their ability to develop a nuclear weapon back in June with the with a strike on the plants. We know that. We know they were nowhere near getting a nuclear bomb from our own intelligence community who told that to President Trump just before we unleashed this war on them.

[00:12:50]>> So, we don't need much from the Iranians on that front. They haven't gotten better able to produce a nuke as a result of this war.

[00:12:55]>> Okay. So, what she's saying there, I mean, she's going on a little bit more than Graham did, but she's essentially saying the exact same thing that Graham was saying, except Graham is trying to put a positive spin on it. And she is, I guess, now that Trump uh truth out what a nasty person she is, I guess she is at liberty to be a little bit more honest about where she's coming from. But that is essentially a version of what Lindsey Graham said, which is get the straight open and make some deal that you could spin as a propaganda win for yourself and call it a war because that's the best you can hope for at this point.

[00:13:32]Now, uh, Captain Morgan here, Pete Hegsth, uh, had a press conference this morning, uh, and, uh, even the pro-war press corps is getting a little impatient here, or at least a little confused about what the mission actually is.

[00:13:47]>> Go ahead, >> Mr. Secretary. Thank you, General. Thank you. I want to first express my gratitude and admiration for the work you do and for everyone involved in our armed forces and also for the accomplishments of operation epic uh fury which I think are too often uh uh dismissed too lightly. Uh but those accomplishments don't obscure I think a central default that has occurred here and I would like you both to address it.

[00:14:14]On the first day of this conflict, President Trump addressed the Iranian people directly and said, "When we're finished, take over your government.

[00:14:22]It'll be yours to take."

[00:14:24]>> Remember that?

[00:14:25]>> And then on the seventh day of the conflict, >> in a truth social post, the president said, quote, "There will be no deal with Iran except all caps exclamation mark unconditional surrender."

[00:14:38]What happens to that pledge to the Iranians? And when did the president decide to capitulate on his demand for unconditional surrender?

[00:14:47]>> Well, James, I wouldn't uh I wouldn't You started out nicely, but you ended >> exactly where we knew you would end. The president hasn'tulated on anything.

[00:14:55]>> Yeah, exactly.

[00:14:56]>> He holds the cards. We remain the we maintain the upper hand and Project Freedom only strengthens that hand >> and so he will ensure that >> When did Operation Epic Fury become Project Freedom? When did that happen? I didn't I didn't get a notification that Operation Epic Fury was over and now we're now we're calling it Project Freedom. Maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention.

[00:15:15]>> Correction, it's Operation Epstein file distraction.

[00:15:18]>> Yeah. Yeah. Operation Epstein Fury.

[00:15:21]>> Whatever deal is made or whatever end state is reached uh creates uh ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon which is a number one. And he's been focused on that and the deal and discussions are centered on that. and what the Iranian people take advantage of after the fact is up to them. And he's been very clear about that. And maybe you do it now, maybe it happens later, but ultimately he he's also been clear. We're not going to entangle this into some nation building project. Our objectives are clear. They're they're uh they've been pursued [snorts] from day one.

[00:15:51]>> Hopefully the Iranian people take advantage of that because they're being taken advantage of by this regime. As you know, 43,000 >> No, they're in better hands. innocent Iranians killed before the outset of this. That's what this government does.

[00:16:04]Kills their own innocent civilians.

[00:16:06]>> I've not seen any verification of that number whatsoever. Uh we know that uh those protesters were being armed.

[00:16:15]Donald Trump said that he armed them.

[00:16:18]The MSAD said that they were embedded within them. So, of course, that's just total nonsense as far as we could tell.

[00:16:26]getting out from underneath that is is going to be a challenge of the Iranian people and we certainly hope they take advantage of that. Thank you.

[00:16:34]>> We certainly hope they can take advantage of that. This is what they got. This is what they are reduced to at this point and this is all a function of the fact that even Donald Trump's team knew that this was ill advised.

[00:16:49]>> Yeah.

[00:16:49]>> He Seth the exception apparently, but we did a whole segment on this. You can go back and check it out. I'll link to it when we clip this. How the Trump took the US to war with Iran. Talked about in great detail Netanyahu came to the situation room, made his pitch about how easily how easily this was all going to go, how Iran was going to fall, how the people were ready to rise up. We just needed to embolden the protesters and hit the uh government targets from the air and uh the rest would take care of itself. Marco Rubio didn't believe him.

[00:17:19]JD Vance didn't believe him. His own CIA director, John Ratliff, didn't believe him. meaning Netanyahu. You know who believed Netanyahu?

[00:17:27]Donald Trump. And I think the reasons for that have to do with the aforementioned Epstein files. That is of course speculation. But what's not specul what's not speculation is that Trump's own team was telling him not to do this. And now you have eight weeks into a supposed four to six week operation. Uh absolute lack of direction about where this is going to go to the point where yes, even Lindsey Graham can't make a coherent argument about what quote unquote victory looks like.

[00:17:58]Go ahead.

[00:17:59]>> I I'd go on to say further like again, you know, I could see Netanyahu pacing back and forth talking about his plan, how it's all assured. Oh, that this is going to be a quick and easy win and that we'll win by winning and there will be an easy plan. It'll be an easy victory and it's all this will will fold in a matter of days and you'll see. Just trust the process and plan and if you don't do this, you'll lose me. If you don't do this, I'll reveal more things about the Epstein files. If you don't do this, you don't do that. And of course, it I mean, it says really who Netanyahu is. He's a gaslighter. Trump probably either if there's material allegedly on him or not uh just went ahead and bowed his head to a foreign leader and we're fighting this war on behalf of Israel.

[00:18:41]This is not the America's war. This is Israel's war in which Gen Z like that young like a young man said on the CNN panel. This is this is a war that Gen Z is fighting now just like us millennials did with the war on terror and Pete Hex and all these people in the Epstein administration I mean Trump administration are now flabbergasted.

[00:18:58]They are they made the worst decision.

[00:19:00]Even Bush Jr. and Cheney would not have done anything this stupid. And that's not saying much because of what they led us into regards to wars Iraq. All these politicians now are stuck holding the bag of the economic and social disaster or the eventual fallout when this war is truly done because this administration is going to be held accountable for the US economy for blowing up. It is going to go under. It won't be the Iranians who did it. It was the is Israel war and Israel's leader that led us the economic collapse of the United States because our leaders are just too stupid to think for themselves. And on a final note, uh Tulsi, Tulsi, where are you? Tulsi, did did you not say that we're not WMDs?

[00:19:41]Tulsi surfs up, baby. Where you at?

[00:19:44]>> You doing yoga? You doing surfing? Where where is she?

[00:19:47]>> Yeah.

[00:19:47]>> Open your goddamn mouth, lady.

[00:19:49]>> Not a public comment from her since this all got going.

[00:19:54]>> Please clap.

[00:19:56]>> [applause]