From wars and rumors of war abroad, to the rise of anti-Christian, "woke" ideology here at home, it's clear that Americans are living in perilous and unprecedented times. Some would even say that we're witnessing biblical prophecy unfold in real time. Stakelbeck Tonight will make sense of these stunning developments through a bold and biblical lens.
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Stakelbeck Tonight | Erick Stakelbeck: Economic War: U.S. vs. Iran | Stakelbeck Tonight | April 14, 2026
- Welcome to stakelbeck tonight.
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- I'm erick stakelbeck.
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- And if you look real closely at what the united states
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- Is doing right now in iran and around the world, you'll see
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- That there is a broader strategy at work.
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- The demolition of iran's regime and its nuclear
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- Program are just two very crucial pieces
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- On a much larger global chessboard.
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- It involves, number one,
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- Controlling the world's most critical waterways
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- And, by extension, the global flow of oil.
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- Right now, the us navy is blockading
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- The strait of hormuz,
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- Where some 25% of the world's oil trade passes
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- Through every day.
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- Instead of going through the strait,
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- Empty oil tankers are now heading
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- To the united states to fill up and in the process,
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- Putting an absolute squeeze on iran's economy.
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- At the same time,
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- The us navy is also patrolling another major checkpoint,
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- The bob al mandeb street between yemen and the horn of
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- Africa, where iran backed houthi terrorist lurk
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- And where some 12% of the world's
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- Oil passes through each and every day.
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- And just yesterday, the united states and indonesia
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- Signed a major defense agreement that could enable the u.s.
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- To keep a very close eye on the strait of malacca,
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- Another critical global trade route between malaysia
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- And indonesia, where some 35% of the world's
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- Oil flows through
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- These three straits malacca, baba, mandeb and hormuz
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- Are the three most important waterways in the world,
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- And it looks like
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- The united states
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- Will now have a very strong presence in all three.
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- This is not by coincidence.
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- President trump knows exactly what he's doing here.
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- The big loser is communist china.
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- Beijing was already hurting from the loss of its ally, nicolas
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- Maduro in venezuela,
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- Where it gets a large chunk of its oil.
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- And now its friends in tehran are on the ropes.
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- And the u.s.
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- Is blockading the strait of hormuz.
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- Since china gets roughly half of its oil from the middle east.
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- That ain't good for the gi coms.
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- Neither is the us indonesia defense pact
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- In china's backyard, because a majority of china's
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- Energy supplies pass through, you guessed it,
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- The strait of malacca.
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- All of this is unfolding
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- As president trump gets set to visit beijing
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- Next month and meet with chinese premier xi jinping.
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- As the chess pieces are clearly moving in america's favor,
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- It seems to me that president trump had a grand vision
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- And strategy all along here, and he always has.
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- Check out this compilation of clips from way back in the 1980s
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- Where the president, then a businessman, talked about
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- Iran.
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- That this country sits back and allows a country
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- Such as iran to hold our hostages.
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- To my way of thinking is a horror.
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- Obviously, you're advocating that
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- We should have gone in there with troops, etc.
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- And brought our boys out.
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- I absolutely feel that, yes.
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- I don't think there's any question.
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- And there's no question in my mind.
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- I think right now would be an oil rich nation,
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- And i believe that we should have done it.
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- And i'm very disappointed that we didn't do it.
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- Why couldn't we go in
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- And take over some of their oil, which is along the sea?
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- You're going to have a war by being weak.
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- The next time iran attacks this country.
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- Go in and grab one of their big oil installations.
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- And i mean grab it and keep it and get back your losses,
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- Because this country has lost plenty because of.
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- Nearly 40 years ago, trump saying i'd be harsh on iran.
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- They've been beating us psychologically,
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- Making us look like a bunch of fools.
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- One bullet shot at one of our men or ships.
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- And i do a number on kharg island.
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- I'd go in and take it.
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- Iran can't even beat iraq.
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- If they push the united.
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- States around, it'd be good for the world to take them on.
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- And now, 40 years later,
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- You're seeing trump's vision play out in real time.
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- Just as ronald reagan spent years
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- Before his presidency
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- Thinking about how to bring down the soviet empire,
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- Trump did the same with iran's terror empire.
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- So the moment of reckoning has arrived for iran's regime.
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- Up next,
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- We get the inside story on the strait of hormuz blockade
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- From a former u.s.
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- Navy commander and top military analyst.
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- And it all starts now.
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- The strait of hormuz is under a u.s.
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- Naval blockade, and a surge of empty oil
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- Tankers are headed to the united states to refuel.
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- That spells big trouble for iran's regime.
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- Joining us now to break it
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- Down is commander kirk lippold, former commanding officer
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- Of the uss cole and a top national security analyst.
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- Commander, always great to see you.
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- Hey, i know we're only
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- A day into the blockade, but early returns, do you think?
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- So far, it's having the desired effect on the iranian regime?
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- I think, eric,
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- It's going to take a few days, if not weeks, for it
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- To really have the effect that we'd like it to.
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- But $13 billion a month is what the iranian regime
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- Is not going to receive,
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- Because they're not going to get oil out.
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- Their economy was already in a state of weakness to begin with.
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- Before the conflict started.
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- This is really going to apply pressure.
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- So it's hopefully it will.
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- As vice president pence said,
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- Bring them back to the negotiating table
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- With a serious outlook to be able
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- To discuss the four key areas.
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- And that is no nuclear program,
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- Including centrifuges, limited ballistic missile program.
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- Stop the support for the proxies throughout the region
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- That are terrorizing and killing people,
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- And get the strait of hormuz open as a freedom of navigation
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- Under international law.
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- Yeah, commander,
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- It seems they have no leverage whatsoever.
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- And yet this is an apocalyptic islamic jihadist regime.
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- You've dealt with islamic terrorists in the past.
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- Of course.
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- You commanded the uss cole,
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- Which was attacked by al-qaida terrorist back in 2000.
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- Can you talk a bit more about the ideology of this regime?
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- You and i were talking off camera trust, but verify.
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- The old reagan maxim during the cold war with the soviets
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- Does not apply to the ayatollahs.
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- Absolutely not.
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- At this point, given their track record of 47 years of lying
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- And murdering at this point, trust nothing they say
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- Tehran is going to have to come to a realization
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- That they are getting backed further into a corner.
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- We have already decimated them militarily,
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- But they are still dangerous.
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- They still have missiles available,
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- They still have small boats available,
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- So they can still project power out and threaten u.s.
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- Forces.
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- What we want to do is, number one, ensure the strait is clear.
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- Those mines
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- Make sure that any targetable assets
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- Ashore that can threaten
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- The strait of hormuz or other transit areas are eliminated.
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- And then make sure that then they come to the table.
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- They're serious.
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- They understand that they have to give up those four key areas.
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- And at the end of the day,
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- We need to make sure that iran understands
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- You need to be thinking about a transition in power,
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- Because if you don't, we'll put the conditions
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- Into place where your people will.
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- Command a great breakdown.
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- And by the way, iran's ring of fire,
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- That axis of terror, including hezbollah
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- In lebanon, they're under fire as well.
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- Israel continuing to pound hezbollah
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- As we speak, and direct negotiations
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- Now between israel and lebanon in dc today.
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- Very interesting time and very weak moment,
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- Needless to say, for iran's regime, speaking of which,
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- The nuclear program commander,
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- That enriched uranium still under the rubble,
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- I guess, of those destroyed nuclear sites,
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- Courtesy of operation midnight hammer.
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- Does iran right now have any capacity to try to
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- Restart its nuclear program?
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- They absolutely do.
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- They are going to be trying, even using other nations
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- And what they may be able to give and support them
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- With, to be able to restart that nuclear program.
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- What they came to the table with vice president vance,
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- They did not want to give that up.
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- That clearly shows that unlike what the obama and biden
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- Administration has tried
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- To put into place their pursuit of a nuclear weapon,
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- A lot of them are apologists and try to explain that, oh,
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- No, iran was just enriching as a deterrent effect.
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- That's a bald faced lie.
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- They were in pursuit of a nuclear weapon.
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- They were improving their ballistic missile program.
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- Clearly, they lied about that because of the ranges
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- That we saw when they took the shot
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- With two of them at diego garcia.
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- So at the end of the day,
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- Their nuclear program, they're going to start it again.
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- And what we're going to negotiate is
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- We need to get people in there, whether it's u.s.
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- Or international atomic energy agency, folks
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- That can get to that facility, remove the 440kg of enriched
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- Uranium that are 60% or above, get it out of the country,
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- And then get rid of the centrifuges.
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- Don't even give them the capability
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- They need to demonstrate they can be trusted
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- To be a responsible nuclear power, even for peaceful
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- Purposes, before we give them that capability back again.
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- Commander. so well said.
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- Hey, about 40s left before the break.
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- Then we will bring you right back.
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- The ballistic missile program, which you mentioned a minute
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- Ago, intercontinental ballistic missiles were on iran's agenda
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- And they could have reached the united states.
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- The great satan was that the ultimate end game
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- For iran to mount a nuclear weapon on an icbm
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- And potentially send it to the u.s.,
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- Or at least have that capability in their toolbox?
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- Absolutely.
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- Eric, when you look at it,
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- Just go back, take a step back from a few years ago.
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- Every time north korea did a test,
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- You can bet there were people, scientists
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- From the iranian regime there to watch and learn
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- From their nuclear program and from their ballistic missile
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- And icbm program.
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- They were bringing it home to tehran.
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- They were trying to build that type of missile
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- Precisely for that reason.
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- Death to america, death to israel with a nuclear weapon.
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- That capability could not be allowed to exist
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- With the number one state
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- Sponsor of terrorism in the world.
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- Amen. commander. much more.
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- Kirk lippold, after the break, folks,
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- We're going to talk about, hey, we're talking strait of hormuz.
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- What about the bob island of strait,
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- The strait of malacca, these crucial waterways that the u.s.
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- Is exercising more influence over the effect
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- Not only on iran, but communist china?
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- More with commander kirk lippold after the break.
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- Don't move.
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- Don't move.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight,
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- We're talking to commander kirk lippold. folks.
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- No one does it better when it comes to national security.
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- Check out commander lippold on action across social media.
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- Commander, we're talking about
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- The strait of hormuz in the last block.
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- Now, we've got this defense pact between the u.s.
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- And indonesia announced yesterday,
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- Which impacts potentially the strait of malacca.
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- And then you have the baba mandeb strait
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- Between yemen and the horn of africa.
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- These three crucial waterways,
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- Probably the most
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- Crucial waterways in the world, especially when it comes to
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- Energy supplies.
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- The us seems to have a hand in all of them right now.
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- Is there a greater strategy at work here
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- On behalf of president trump?
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- He seems to have a vision here,
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- And that vision
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- Seems to lead back to weakening communist china.
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- How do you see it?
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- I think, eric, you're absolutely right.
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- When you look at those three key waterways
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- And a lot of fourth one in a minute,
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- When you look at those areas, clearly the houthi rebels in
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- Yemen have already threatened the strait of bob
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- Al mandeb and operations
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- In the red sea
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- And we saw how that really
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- Throttled the flow of oil and tankers and container ships
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- Through that region of the world.
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- Strait of malacca, a major waterway in southeast asia
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- That absolutely needs to remain open.
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- Maintaining freedom of navigation
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- Has always been viewed by the united states.
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- One of our primary responsibilities of our navy,
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- The fourth one that i will add into, besides the,
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- The strait of bible mandeb, the strait of hormuz,
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- And the malacca straits is that look at the south china sea.
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- Look at what iran did in surrounding the middle east area
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- With proxy groups that threatened
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- And destabilize that region
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- So they could exert regional control.
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- Look at what china is doing in militarizing those nine
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- Dash line,
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- Those militarized islands throughout the south china sea
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- In violation of international law.
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- If anyone thinks that china is not paying attention
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- Into how they can exert control through the strait of hormuz
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- With iran, they're looking at it for the south china sea.
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- And at the end of the day, they may have designs on taiwan.
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- They need to clearly understand
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- From the united states perspective
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- That the south china sea will also have freedom of navigation
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- There as well.
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- And china needs to stop militarizing
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- Because they are in fact, doing what iran did.
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- And we better pay attention before that
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- Turns into a malignant cancer as well.
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- Yeah, commander, great point.
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- And all this comes, by the way, as president trump
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- Prepares to travel
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- To beijing a month from now and meet with xi jinping.
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- Should be a very interesting meeting.
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- And, folks, by the way,
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- Commander lippold has done this at the highest levels.
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- As a naval man, he knows the seas very well,
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- So he knows what he is speaking of
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- When it comes to this.
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- You also know the nato
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- Alliance commander very well, and it seems like the alliance,
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- Sadly, is in a very shaky place right now.
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- How surprised? maybe not surprised.
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- How disappointed are you that europe
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- Just hasn't stepped up to the plate here
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- Over the past six and a half weeks
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- And essentially help to defend
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- Judeo-christian western civilization
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- Against the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism?
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- Well, eric, i think you're exactly right.
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- And i'll even go back
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- Further than the last six and a half weeks.
- 00:13:54.891 --> 00:13:57.260
- Look at what happened with the invasion of ukraine
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- And how the europeans,
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- In a very feckless and weak manner, did not respond,
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- Did not take a leadership role to the largest land conflict
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- On the european continent since world
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- War two, when russia invaded.
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- So at the end of the day,
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- They're trying to deal with that conflict.
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- They're not living up to their nato commitments.
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- They're not allowing us to use the basis
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- We need in order to handle iran, because let's face it,
- 00:14:21.384 --> 00:14:25.588
- Everybody said, oh, iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
- 00:14:25.588 --> 00:14:29.559
- Okay, what are you going to do about it?
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- We've spent 47 years,
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- Both republican and democrat administrations here at home,
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- Multiple administrations throughout europe,
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- But nobody wanted to do the hard work
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- Until president trump came along and said,
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- This threat can no longer be allowed to exist,
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- And we are going to take the necessary action
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- First with midnight hammer and now with
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- The current operations that are ongoing,
- 00:14:51.815 --> 00:14:53.750
- It is the europeans are going to have to step up
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- And begin to realize that they need to live up
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- To their commitments, help the united states.
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- If you want to be a defender of democracy,
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- Stop the flow of immigration into their countries
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- That are actually destabilizing them
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- Because they won't act against the radical islamists.
- 00:15:07.864 --> 00:15:10.867
- So at the end of the day,
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- Europe has got to learn that they need to be looking out
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- For their own welfare first with us as a complement,
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- Not taking a leadership role
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- And not taking advantage of the umbrella
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- That we gave them for decades to build out socialist programs.
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- Yeah.
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- So we'll said, commander, either
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- They want to
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- Defend their civilization or they don't command it.
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- Kirk lippold great stuff as always, folks.
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- Check them out. x across social media.
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- Commander god bless. keep up the great work.
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- We'll see you again soon.
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- Coming up after the break,
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- We're talking about jihadist islamic terror overseas.
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- Well, you won't believe what's happening right here at home.
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- We get a breakdown from a texas state representative next.
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- We get a breakdown from a texas state representative next.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight.
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- As the war with iran continues, we can't forget that right here
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- At home. we're also fighting a battle.
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- One between good and evil, right and wrong.
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- Western civilization versus sharia law.
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- This is a battle, folks,
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- For the mind, heart and soul of our country.
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- And one person who's been on the front lines
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- Of this war is texas representative
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- And member of the national faith advisory board nate
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- Schatz, line. nate, always great to see you.
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- Florida governor ron desantis just signed
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- Legislation banning sharia law in his state
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- In texas, a vote here last month.
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- Nate, look, 90% i believe there 90 or 95% of all
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- Texans said no to sharia in the lone star state.
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- Your representative obviously here in the state of texas,
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- How serious is the administration
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- Here in texas taking this sharia threat?
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- Well, it's huge.
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- You know, we've had the support
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- Of governor abbott since day one.
- 00:16:53.837 --> 00:16:56.072
- It's been it's been really beautiful, actually,
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- To watch as governor abbott has really risen
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- To the occasion on this this last session, i was,
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- Proud to carry the amendment that let us,
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- You know, designate, the muslim brotherhood as well as care,
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- Which is exotic relations as terrorist organizations.
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- And in doing so,
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- We were able to ban them from owning texas land,
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- Which is huge in some of these cases
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- Where they're trying to build developments
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- For, property that is really a no go zone for law enforcement
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- In their eyes.
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- And they're trying to inflict sharia law,
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- Which, as you know, is completely unconstitutional
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- And goes against every christian or texas value that we have.
- 00:17:31.241 --> 00:17:34.677
- And you've done great work on that land issue.
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- You and i discuss that here in the show a few months ago.
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- You've done great work, on that land issue.
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- And, you know,
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- People are saying, well,
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- Some people i should say are saying, well,
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- The islamic sharia law threat is overblown.
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- It can never happen here in america.
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- We've been discussing it here on the show on a bunch
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- And warning the american people that, yeah, it could happen.
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- Zoran mamdani in new york city, i mean, we see minneapolis,
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- We see texas.
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- This is a serious threat.
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- It seems you're operating on the state level,
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- But also on the national level.
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- Do you see this as a national threat?
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- Absolutely.
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- You know, i, i know that, president trump has designated,
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- You know, the muslim brotherhood as a terrorist organization
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- As well, which i think was a huge step
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- Federally for us to start taking, some strong stances.
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- I know in us
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- Congress, they now have the anti sharia caucus that's come in.
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- And really what we're seeing here is,
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- It's not just an invasion, but it's something that's that's
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- Being presented to the american people
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- As subtle, almost like a religious freedom issue.
- 00:18:32.802 --> 00:18:35.605
- The problem is islam is not a religion.
- 00:18:35.605 --> 00:18:38.775
- It's a political ideology.
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- When we really look at it,
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- It gives no freedom to any other religion.
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- In fact, i question one of our other state
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- Reps who's a muslim, and i said, hey,
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- I said, can you name one predominantly muslim nation
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- That would allow me, or rather my daughter,
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- To practice her christian faith?
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- And he couldn't answer it.
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- And the reason he couldn't answer
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- Is because there isn't one.
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- My daughter would be killed in the streets
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- For practicing her christian faith.
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- Which is exactly why we're pushing back.
- 00:19:02.966 --> 00:19:05.401
- But since islam operates under a law called tequila,
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- In their their book in, in, in the koran,
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- It explains that they're allowed to lie, to push the further
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- Cause of islam or to water down the facts.
- 00:19:16.179 --> 00:19:18.781
- And so we're really against
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- A deception campaign right now in america.
- 00:19:20.183 --> 00:19:22.051
- Yeah, nate, great break down by the way.
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- Just switching gears and speaking of deception,
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- You have been a big proponent of voter id for every american.
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- Imagine that.
- 00:19:30.159 --> 00:19:30.960
- Well, nate, close to home here
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- In carrollton, texas, we have a man running for mayor
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- Who admittedly committed voter fraud back in 2020.
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- Now his name is on the ballot.
- 00:19:39.469 --> 00:19:40.903
- He's running for mayor of a town here
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- In texas in the dallas-fort worth area.
- 00:19:42.905 --> 00:19:45.508
- Can you talk a bit about how bad it's gotten here?
- 00:19:45.508 --> 00:19:48.278
- The lack of voter id in the save act still has not passed in
- 00:19:48.278 --> 00:19:51.514
- Dc for some reason, but how bad has it gotten?
- 00:19:51.514 --> 00:19:54.917
- The lack of voter i.d.
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- And what that's led to madness.
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- Like a guy who committed election
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- Fraud, running for mayor of an american town.
- 00:20:01.924 --> 00:20:04.294
- Well, you know, we've seen a
- 00:20:04.894 --> 00:20:06.296
- Breakdown of really what is our constitutional republic
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- And our voting rights.
- 00:20:09.432 --> 00:20:10.500
- You know, that the the its voting is not, a right.
- 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:14.537
- Voting is a privilege.
- 00:20:14.537 --> 00:20:15.772
- And so when we look at,
- 00:20:15.772 --> 00:20:18.041
- Our elections, i think we have to be fully
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- Aware any time someone openly admitted acknowledges
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- That they committed voter fraud,
- 00:20:24.314 --> 00:20:25.548
- This should be a huge red flag.
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- We need to go through our voter rolls
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- And clean out the system here in texas.
- 00:20:28.818 --> 00:20:30.620
- I can only imagine the type of voter
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- Fraud we're seeing in states like california,
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- New york, new jersey, you name it.
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- Around the country, those states matter,
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- Especially as we look at, the voter, laws
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- That are in place in those states.
- 00:20:42.031 --> 00:20:43.232
- Now, texas has some strong voter id laws.
- 00:20:43.232 --> 00:20:46.402
- The reality is we need this back to pass.
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- And so, you know, it's shocking that we have republicans
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- That are pushing back on the federal level
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- For the save act right now.
- 00:20:55.178 --> 00:20:56.579
- And that's
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- Honestly should be
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- One of the biggest pushes
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- That we try to get across the finish line
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- Before these midterms come into play.
- 00:21:00.783 --> 00:21:02.151
- I believe the american people expect this,
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- And i think it's the bare minimum we can do,
- 00:21:04.887 --> 00:21:06.956
- At a federal level is to pass this, say back.
- 00:21:06.956 --> 00:21:08.825
- Oh, gosh, nate.
- 00:21:08.825 --> 00:21:09.525
- Well said.
- 00:21:09.525 --> 00:21:10.426
- I've been saying here on the show, look,
- 00:21:10.426 --> 00:21:11.627
- You and i, nate, we have to show id to get a library card,
- 00:21:11.627 --> 00:21:15.898
- But not to vote for president.
- 00:21:15.898 --> 00:21:17.567
- It's insane. hey, last question. about a minute left.
- 00:21:17.567 --> 00:21:19.969
- You sit on president trump's national faith advisory panel.
- 00:21:19.969 --> 00:21:22.939
- Tell us a bit more about some great
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- Things are happening in
- 00:21:24.340 --> 00:21:25.541
- Dc right now for people of faith under this administration.
- 00:21:25.541 --> 00:21:28.478
- We know it's so beautiful.
- 00:21:29.045 --> 00:21:30.213
- Is there are what i like to call woke wolf pastors
- 00:21:30.213 --> 00:21:34.150
- Who will take any shot at the president for any excuse.
- 00:21:34.150 --> 00:21:37.053
- But the reality is,
- 00:21:37.053 --> 00:21:38.187
- President trump has done more for religious freedom
- 00:21:38.187 --> 00:21:40.556
- Than any other president in the history of our country,
- 00:21:40.556 --> 00:21:43.493
- Taking a stand for christians, making sure
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- That we're not being discriminated against,
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- Standing for israel, you name it, it has been beautiful.
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- And so even today,
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- And tomorrow will be leading about 100 pastors
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- Into the white house for a white house
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- Briefing to hear about all that god
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- Is doing through the white house faith office.
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- This president truly cares about our freedom.
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- And more than anything, this president cares
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- About our religious liberty.
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- And religious liberty is the basic liberty
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- That we must have for all other.
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- Liberty's incredible revival is in the air.
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- Texas state representative nate schatz,
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- Line, always great to see you, my friend.
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- Folks, be sure to follow nate on x across social media.
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- Nate god bless. keep up the great work.
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- We'll see you again soon.
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- Coming up, my final thoughts on preserving this union of ours.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- That's next. stick around.
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- Welcome back to stakelbeck tonight, folks.
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- As we wrap up here, we're talking about
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- Preserving our civilization, our way of life.
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- Ultimately, that entails
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- Putting trust in the lord, following him.
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- Europe has clearly and sadly forgotten about that.
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- Here in america, we're seeing the
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- Stirrings of revival, thank god.
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- I think of one of my favorite
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- Psalms, psalm 91, verses nine and ten in particular.
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- If you say, the lord is my refuge
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- And you make the most high, your dwelling,
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- No harm will overtake you.
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- No disaster will come near your tent.
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- Put god first.
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- It always works, and it will save
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- Your very civilization tomorrow night.
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- Somebody knows that very well. rodney martin is here.
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- Our good friend marty shoshana joining us from jerusalem.
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- Until then, god bless you.
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- We'll see you soon.
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