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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: IDF Resilience | Allen Jackson Now | June 25, 2025

Well.
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Good evening.
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I'm alan jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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All eyes remain on iran, israel and the greater mideast.
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Iran's nuclear production plants have been destroyed,
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But they still have hundreds, perhaps
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Thousands of ballistic missiles.
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There's a cease fire, but neither side appears
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Content with having fired its last shot.
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Nevertheless, iran's military has also been destroyed,
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And when they tried to hit the u.s.
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Military base in qatar yesterday,
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Their missiles were blown up
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Before they got anywhere close to the base.
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Does the iranian leadership have a death wish?
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The ayatollah is 86 and in bad health.
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Maybe he's having a hard time
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Just coming to grips with such a humiliating loss.
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Or maybe he's not even fully aware of just how much he's lost
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In this accelerated fight with israel in the u.s..
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This is how the president summed it up.
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Our objective was the destruction of iran's
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Nuclear enrichment capacity, and a stop to the nuclear threat
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Posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror.
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Tonight, i can report to the world
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That the strikes were a spectacular
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Military success.
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Iran's nuclear enrichment facility have been completely
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And totally obliterated.
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Well, from that sign of strength
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From washington to a much weakened dictatorship in tehran.
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The iranian people are most certainly weighing their options
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About whether they can rise up and push for new leadership.
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There's one wrinkle.
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The former russian president, dmitry medvedev,
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Said that multiple countries might be ready to help
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Arm iran with nuclear weapons that they produce.
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Evil certainly has a way of finding more likeminded
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Evil partners.
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But the truth
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Is that the good guys make up a much larger group.
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And with that, i want to bring in tonight's expert.
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It's a first time guest.
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Our program from the heritage foundation, daniel flesh.
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Daniel, welcome to our show.
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Thank you. it's great to be here.
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We saw in your background that before joining heritage,
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You were a senior advisor
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At israel's permanent mission at the united nations.
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And before that, a paratrooper with the idf.
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Would you start by giving us your take on
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How things are militarily now that the u.s.
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Has taken out three of the nuclear facilities,
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And with all the strategic bombing
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That israel has done to weaken iran's military?
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Well, certainly, alan,
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I mean, since israel
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Initiated operation rising lion in the evening of june
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12th to the 13th local time there,
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Bluntly, i have not stopped smiling.
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It's been a military success through and through
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And what is now called the 12 day war that culminated
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With over the weekend with operation midnight hammer,
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With the united states getting involved and striking three key
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Nuclear facilities.
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It's been a complete military success story and victory
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Over the iranians.
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Now, the question really is the
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The politics now what the future looks like.
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But israel is certainly debilitated,
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Iran's capacity to not only target israel,
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Because israel, iran largely pose a three fold threat
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To the region as a particular but also the united states.
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One is through its network of proxy
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Organizations around the region, which includes hamas in gaza,
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Hezbollah in lebanon, the houthis in yemen,
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And associated militias and terrorist groups in syria.
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Previously, the assad regime as well in syria, in iraq.
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In addition, the ballistic missile arsenal
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That you've mentioned.
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And third, and perhaps most importantly,
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Is the nuclear capacity.
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And we know what it's just been doing on the proxy front.
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And we know since operation rising
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Why they've been destroying iran's
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Ballistic missile capacity and production capacity.
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And now with, the united states is, hammer blow, if you will.
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Saturday evening, iran's nuclear production capacity is also
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Significantly a setback.
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We had a current member of the idf last week,
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And he said that despite the fatigue
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And the constant fighting since october 7th,
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That your colleagues
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Have all stepped up quite willingly across israel.
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Is that your experience as well?
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But most certainly, you know, before october
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7th, 2023, two things of note.
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One is actually israel security perspective was focused largely
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In judea and samaria and in the west bank
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And by its terrorist organizations there.
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They weren't really looking at hamas
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Or the broader regional threat.
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And secondly,
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If you can recall to a time in israel before october 7th,
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The main domestic issue was about judicial reform,
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And that was almost tearing israeli
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Society apart, or at least so it appeared.
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It appeared that way to yahia sinwar, the mastermind and,
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Of the october 7th invasion and massacre
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And the leader of hamas in gaza up until his,
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Unfortunate demise last fall at the hands of the idf.
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But israel is back to a person
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With the fight against the iranians.
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The fight against iran's proxy
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Groups around the region as well.
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But certainly there is near there has been a near
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Unanimous support for israel's fight against the iranians.
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This is not for long any sort of party
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Or ideological lines,
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Because israelis recognize the immediacy of the threat
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The iranians pose.
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And i must say, as well, iran has been at war
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With the united states since 1979.
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So this is not just an israeli fights, also an american fight.
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Well, i'd like to ask a political question.
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There were many times the first months
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That the prime minister was getting all sorts
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Of criticism for his handling of the war,
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But now that the end may be near, has bibi and his team
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Received the support that he needs
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To finish this rather long cycle?
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It's a bit of a complicated answer, because getting back to
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Now get to the politics
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Of israel's,
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Execution of the war in gaza, and particularly because he
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Still had 53 hostages.
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I think the last count, 53
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Hostages, about 20 of whom are confirmed, confirmed dead,
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I believe the current count is,
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You know,
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There's still a dual goal
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That the government has in respect to gaza.
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One is to ensure that hamas no longer is a governing force
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And that hamas, gaza cannot pose a threat to israel.
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And two, is to secure the, rescue of the hostages.
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And so there's people in israel who prefer one versus
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The other for a variety of good and bad reasons.
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The way it goes, people are very complex,
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But this will now come back up to the four.
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So the past 12 days, the past two weeks has kind of been
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Almost an interregnum period, if you will, to the goodwill
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Behind the israeli government.
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But overall, people have come to appreciate
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Certainly netanyahu will be able to handle,
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At least the american government under biden,
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Navigating that complex political dynamics
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In the first about, you know, about 14, 16 months, the war
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And then now returning to gaza,
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You know,
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Didi's government's been holding there were some thoughts
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That it might fall before the iran operation.
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We might return to that.
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But overall, there is broad support
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For the likud led government.
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Well, according to the white house,
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The iranians gave the us some notice ahead of the time
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They were sending missiles to the us base in qatar.
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President trump responded
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By trying to open the door to some peace discussions.
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What do you make of what iran meant with this early notice?
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I think it was just the prelude to the cease fire.
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In some ways, it almost enabled this cease fire
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Because iran is at least militarily defeated.
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There's no combating or going to toe to toe, even
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With the united states and much less israel
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Demonstrated that it achieved air supremacy over western iran
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Within a couple days of its initial operation.
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And so the the response from iran,
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They had a few different options.
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I mean, in some ways they had to do something
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At the end of the day, recognize that this regime since 1979
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Has made its chant of death to the united states
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And calling us the great satan, which it also says
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Death to israel and calls them a little saying
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It's not just a mantra, it's state policy, and it's unite.
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So for the united states to initiate operation
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Midnight hammer,
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Which they bombed, fordo is fired at its facilities.
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They had to do something in some ways,
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Almost as, at the very least, as a safe phase,
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A face saving gesture to their own people. questions.
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What would they do?
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They could maximize, maximize their response,
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Doing something it's almost suicidal.
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Is mining the straits of hormuz to impede
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Shipping through there,
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And also the export of of oil and energy.
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They could also do a more full scale attack
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Against israel, against the united states
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And our bases and assets in the region.
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They chose this kind of small, low scale, response
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Against the al to date air base in qatar, outside of doha.
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Now, it's not insignificant that they attacked missile.
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They launched missiles there because even if you gave the us
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And the guitarist advanced warning,
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You're still launching deadly projectiles
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At american servicemembers,
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And you stand on the defensive side.
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You still have to trust
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In the capabilities of our air defense systems and interceptors
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To knock out those missiles.
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But these systems are not foolproof.
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Sometimes they do get through.
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But if you look back the last time that,
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President trump initiated a strong operation
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And a precise strike against the iranians,
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It was in january 2020 when he took out carson slimani,
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The now deceased head of the irgc,
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And in response, their iranian proxies launched
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Missiles against bases in iraq, american bases in iraq.
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There were some service members who were wounded,
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No one was no critical casualties or anything,
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But that was kind of a small,
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Safe, face saving gesture as well.
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So this was a kind of a
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Calibrated response, but we should not lose
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Sight of the fact they still put american,
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Troops in harm's way.
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We're back now with daniel flesch
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From the heritage foundation.
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You know, it's interesting to see
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How much of the rest of the world
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Has stayed pretty quiet while israel and the u.s.
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Go after the terror regime in tehran.
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What do you make of that?
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Well, it's.
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You know, it's it's saddening and disheartening in some ways
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Because iran, again, is not just a threat to israel.
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They're a threat to the western world, to western civilization.
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And they've been this way since 1979.
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I'll tell you, some colleagues imagine a world where
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The united states, recognizing the immediacy of the threat from
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Is from iran.
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And israel obviously recognizes they are, with operation
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Rising, launching their attacks on iran.
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If the western world were to galvanize, to speak
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With one voice and one action against the iranian regime,
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We have not seen that.
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To your point, that's become a silence.
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And in fact, most of the, chatter we've heard is from
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The united nations castigating israel for attacks, on iran.
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Despite that,
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Iran is intentionally target or has been intentionally
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Targeting civilian sites in israel.
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They're not targeting military bases in the desert,
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Where the f-35s and other plays that are used that are used in
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These attacks are launching from there.
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Not talking, targeting,
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Israel's nuclear sites or anything like that.
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They're targeting tel aviv and most of this,
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About 40% of the population of israel
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Lives in a fairly confined space
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In the middle of the country, around the tel aviv area.
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So if you fire something there, you're bound to hits,
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You know, fire missile there.
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You're bound to hit something.
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And that something is
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Very likely to be a residential or civilian facility.
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And it's really unfortunate as we begin to cover it
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Because it's really, an abrogation of our moral duty
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In the west to be leaders and guides in this regard.
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But this is also kind of keeping the track record of the world
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In general response since the october 7th attack.
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Well,
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President trump put out a push for the iranian people to drive
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What he called a make iran great again message.
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He called it.
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It's an obvious twist on his maga movement.
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Do you think he's trying to push
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For a leadership change in iran?
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Actually, a regime change, a terror regime change.
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What the president doing there is speaking directly
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To the ayatollah.
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I mean, i think he's saying to him, a couple of things.
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One is, you know, we know we've stopped short
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Of replacing you, whatever that means.
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But also, it's not outside the realm of possibility
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That we will pursue that action one day.
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And it's true that nation building
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Regime change, we in america, we don't have the best
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Recent history with that.
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And we should not be pursuing
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It, particularly as we've done the last 25 years.
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However, he's speaking to the ayatollah.
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He did that a couple of weeks ago
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When he was in the situation room and said,
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You know, unconditional surrender.
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Another tweet said something to the effect of,
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You know, we're not going to take you out,
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Ayatollah, but we know where you are.
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We can if we want to.
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That's very much the case.
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Israel is certainly not pushing
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For regime change
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In the capacity or the interest or the will to do so.
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But it's also saying
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To the iranian people, and one thing
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You saw the last couple of days of israeli strikes
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Was targeting not so much military sites in terms of,
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Holistic missile production
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Facilities or launching pads, etc., or nuclear sites.
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They're actually targeting regime sites.
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The state broadcasting network, the irgc headquarters.
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Iran actually has a doomsday clock in tehran,
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Where they do a countdown to supposed
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The supposed destruction of israel in 2040.
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Israel destroyed that.
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These are very symbolic gestures showing to the iranian people.
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The regime is a weakened.
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It's as weak as it's ever been.
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And your comments or your
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Your mentioning of the president's tweet,
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You know, it's on the iranian people,
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Of which most are opposed to this regime.
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And they're intelligent, largely western individuals, society.
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They should be
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And can be the best of friends to the united states
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And to israel, to the western world.
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The only thing preventing that is the regime now
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That the regime is significantly weakened.
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You know, we can hope and pray,
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But we can also take some action to support the iranian people
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In they're hopeful, you know, intentional or one day
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Headed bid to reclaim the country.
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Well before we run out of time,
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Can you look past the next few weeks and imagine
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What could come of a mideast without terror?
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Gang running iran,
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A future with several countries working together on issues
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That affect each of them?
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What do you think is really possible?
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What the risk of the last few weeks showing that
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We can't really look past
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The next couple of days in the middle east?
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I will say that
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In particular, the heritage foundation,
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And one thing we're focused large a lot on is normalization.
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This was a great legacy of the president's first term
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With the abraham accords.
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And we want to work on expanding
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Those that circle of normalization,
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Which we think is very much possible in the president.
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I think it also as well.
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So looking past,
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You know, the next few weeks or months or years,
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There's always
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Already been chatter about which are the next countries
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To be brought into the abraham accords.
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It's effectively a new middle east.
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I mentioned earlier the assad regime is no longer in syria.
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Syria is kind of a basket case right now.
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It remains to is seen
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Who's going to rise out of those ashes.
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The lebanon's a different situation
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With hezbollah effectively destroyed.
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There are setbacks, and that's a good way.
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Iran is as vulnerable and weak as it's ever been.
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It's really a new opportunity for peace and normalization.
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I think peace people going be singing kumbaya together,
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But actually recognizing
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That there's common interests and common
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Opportunities between israel and the arab countries
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And really the arab countries with israel.
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That is certainly a possibility, something we could all,
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You know, work and hope for.
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Well, daniel flesch, thank you for your time today.
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We'll have you back again
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When things clear up a bit on the ground.
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Thank you so much. been a pleasure.
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Well, in a moment, my thoughts on a region
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Ready for hope.
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Ready for hope.
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You know, iran has long declared its intent.
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Their leaders openly chant, death to israel.
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Death to america.
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That's not political rhetoric.
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That's a declaration of war.
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And when someone tells you they want to destroy you,
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Believe them.
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Iran has poured
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Billions of dollars annually into hamas in gaza.
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Hezbollah in lebanon and the houthis in yemen.
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These are terrorist organization instruments of destruction.
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They're trained and armed to attack israel
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And to massacre the jewish people.
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The rockets raining down on israeli cities
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That cause families to flee into bomb shelters.
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They were supplied by iran, hezbollah rockets
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From the north, iranian hamas rockets from the south.
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Iran helped develop them.
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Iran doesn't hide its ambitions.
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They call israel a cancerous tumor.
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And we saw what evil personify allied
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Looks like on october 7th and 2023.
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It wasn't human behavior.
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Animals treat each other better,
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While israeli fathers and mothers wept with grief.
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The iranian mullahs, they rejoiced.
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Now, add to this the disturbing fact that previous white house
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Administrations were complicit in enabling iran.
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The obama administration lifted economic sanctions,
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Giving iran access to several billions
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In previously frozen overseas assets funds that
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Iran used in part to bolster terror proxies like hamas.
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Hezbollah. under president biden, the u.s.
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Reverse trump's maximum pressure campaign against iran.
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Easing enforcement of oil sanctions and allowing
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Iran to export billions of dollars in crude oil.
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Well, i believe that god showed mercy
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In the last election
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By giving us a pro-israel administration
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That is course corrected on policies
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Towards the enemies of israel and america.
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President trump,
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He took decisive action
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When he saw the window
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Of opportunity to take out iran's nuclear facilities.
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The results of all of that,
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He potentially prevented a nuclear holocaust
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For the jewish people in the future.
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You and i, we can pray for the peace of jerusalem
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And for wisdom for our leaders to make choices that
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Bring god's blessings to our nation and to our homes.
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We'll do that.
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There's more reasons for hope than despair.
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I promise i'll be back with your emails
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In just a moment.
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In just a moment.
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Welcome back to our program.
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Just a reminder, if you ever miss an episode,
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You can always go to aj. now, dot com.
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There's an archive there of all
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The programs are easy to watch and even share a link with
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A friend.
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And thank you for your emails, dina emailed.
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Some people say that israel of
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Today is not the israel god tells us to pray for,
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And that the jews of today
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Are not the jewish nation that the bible says to pray for.
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Other than praying, what can i say?
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You know, i get that question quite a bit.
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There's kind of a fancy word for that denial
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Of the modern state of israel being biblical.
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It's called replacement theology.
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And behind it is the rather arrogant, unbiblical notion
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That any place you read israel,
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You can just pencil in christian or church.
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It's bad theology.
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It'll lead you towards bad outcomes.
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And fueling it all, i believe, is the spirit of antichrist
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That you can love the people that have the wrong idea,
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But i'd share the scripture with them and encourage them
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To prayerfully consider what god's word says.
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Brian, from east vale, california says,
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Thank you for addressing illegal immigration.
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My wife and i paid all the fees, filled out all the forms,
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And waded through all the long lines to bring her into the u.s.
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Legally.
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It's disrespectful to all of those
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Who legally immigrated
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To allow illegals to do anything less than we did.
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If i tried to run across the border
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Of my wife's home country, i'd be shot dead, no doubt.
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Well, brian, i think you're exactly right.
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I think we dishonor all of the people
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Who participate in the system that's been built
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When we encourage millions of people to behave illegally.
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It's not a love for country.
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It's not compassion.
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It's fostering lawlessness.
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And we shouldn't do it. thank you for the reminder.
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And finally, don emailed.
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I was impressed
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By your messaging on wednesday, june 18th,
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Presenting the history of palestine as a history
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Major in college, i'd forgotten much of the facts
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And heritage of the region.
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I truly hope you'll encourage
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Everybody on ag now to to view this message.
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Well, don, thanks for a plug in my sermons.
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We hope that doesn't happen a lot.
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We got to be reminded of the truth.
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There's too many confusing messages.
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It's one of the reasons we do this program.
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Thank you for spending a few minutes with us
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This evening.
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You keep choosing the truth and god will move in our midst.
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I'm alan jackson.
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You have a wonderful evening.
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