Bannon's War Room - Episode 5181： Where The Next Few Weeks Go With The War With Iran

00:00:00.000 Formerly supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei is dead. 0.95

00:00:07.340 This wretched and vile man had the blood of hundreds and even thousands of Americans on his hands 0.57

00:00:14.920 and was responsible for the slaughter of countless thousands of innocent people all across many countries. 0.96

00:00:22.900 Last night, all over Iran, the voices of the Iranian people could be heard cheering and celebrating in the streets

00:00:31.440 when his death was announced.

00:00:35.040 The entire military command is gone as well, and many of them want to surrender into saving their lives.

00:00:44.140 They want immunity. They're calling by the thousands.

00:00:48.480 You know, will the real reason for this operation please stand up?

00:00:51.920 Because it is changing by the hour, right?

00:00:54.560 As regime change one moment, it's some undefined imminent threat, which, by the way, is a lie, right?

00:01:01.800 There is no imminent threat.

00:01:03.080 I sit on the Intelligence Committee, the Armed Services Committee.

00:01:05.440 I pay very close attention to this, and there is no imminent threat.

00:01:09.040 I can tell you that, right?

00:01:10.620 So what is really going on here?

00:01:13.560 Turns out the regime who chanted death to America and death to Israel

00:01:18.420 was gifted death from America. 0.83

00:01:21.920 And death from Israel. 0.98

00:01:24.920 This is not a so-called regime change war.

00:01:28.600 But the regime sure did change.

00:01:32.220 And the world is better off for it.

00:01:35.240 Brothers butchered by Iranian-backed roadside bombs and well-armed militias.

00:01:40.520 Thousands of our own.

00:01:43.340 We didn't start this war.

00:01:44.780 But under President Trump, we are finishing it.

00:01:49.380 Their war on Americans has become our retribution against their Ayatollah and his death cult. 1.00

00:01:56.120 To the media outlets and political left screaming, endless wars, stop.

00:02:04.060 This is not Iraq. 0.87

00:02:05.620 This is not endless.

00:02:07.480 I was there for both.

00:02:09.860 Our generation knows better, and so does this president. 0.96

00:02:12.940 He called the last 20 years of nation-building wars dumb. 0.83

00:02:17.740 And he's right.

00:02:19.160 This is the opposite.

00:02:22.080 This operation is a clear, devastating, decisive mission.

00:02:26.700 Destroy the missile threat.

00:02:28.000 Destroy the Navy. 0.80

00:02:29.100 No nukes.

00:02:29.860 Israel has clear missions as well, for which we are grateful.

00:02:36.260 Capable partners.

00:02:37.420 As we've said since the beginning, capable partners are good partners.

00:02:42.620 I just spoke to President Trump for several minutes about Iran.

00:02:46.340 I asked him about who is going to take over now that the Ayatollah, the supreme leader, is gone.

00:02:51.420 And his answer was interesting.

00:02:53.040 He said the attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates.

00:02:56.140 He told me, it's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead.

00:03:02.760 I talked to him about the fact that the Iranians had tried to kill him. 0.67

00:03:08.760 There was a plot in 2024, an Iranian plot to try to kill Trump.

00:03:13.280 And he said of the Ayatollah, I got him before he got me.

00:03:18.300 They tried twice.

00:03:19.840 Well, I got him first.

00:03:21.380 As for how long the war will go on, the president told me he always thought it was going to be a four- or five-week deal.

00:03:30.240 That's what he told me, a four- or five-week operation.

00:03:34.260 He said it could be shorter, and he was prepared to go longer.

00:03:39.260 And about the three Americans who were killed, the president said, it's war and you have casualties in war.

00:03:47.160 He marveled at the fact that with all the operations he has conducted as president in Venezuela, the one last summer in Iran, and this one, that the total casualty count, American casualties, is three.

00:03:59.920 That's a quick summary of a rather lengthy conversation with President Trump tonight.

00:04:03.900 Combat operations continue at this time in full force, and they will continue until all of our objectives are achieved.

00:04:11.720 We have very strong objectives.

00:04:15.340 They could have done something two weeks ago, but they just couldn't get there.

00:04:19.420 Earlier today, CENTCOM shared the news that three U.S. military service members have been killed in action.

00:04:27.620 As one nation, we grieve for the true American patriots who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation,

00:04:36.060 even as we continue the righteous mission for which they gave their lives.

00:04:42.260 We pray for the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen.

00:04:51.880 And sadly, there will likely be more.

00:04:55.520 Before it ends, that's the way it is.

00:04:58.640 Likely be more.

00:04:59.740 But we'll do everything possible where that won't be the case.

00:05:03.980 But America will avenge their deaths and deliver the most punishing blow to the terrorists who have waged war against, basically, civilization.

00:05:14.740 They have waged war against civilization itself.

00:05:19.560 Iran is a place that could be wonderful without Hezbollah. 1.00

00:05:24.260 Hezbollah has American blood on its hands. 0.72

00:05:26.740 It killed those Marines, 220, 18 sailors in 1983. 0.70

00:05:30.880 And Ronald Reagan, the great Ronald Reagan, left and never did a damn thing.

00:05:35.060 Mr. President, unleash the American military with Israel on Hezbollah tonight. 1.00

00:05:40.300 Finish these bastards off. 1.00

00:05:42.280 They have American blood on their hands. 1.00

00:05:44.140 And it shows you how desperate Iran is to have to rely upon Hezbollah.

00:05:49.140 We have a chance here not only to take the mothership of terrorism down, Iran, 1.00

00:05:54.420 we also have a chance to eliminate one of the most lethal proxies in the Mideast, Hezbollah. 0.97

00:06:00.420 Mr. President, do it and do it now. 0.98

00:06:02.700 They're weak.

00:06:03.580 We can take them out and we should take them out. 1.00

00:06:06.160 Between the United States and Israel, we've got these bastards on the ropes. 1.00

00:06:10.300 Finish them off. 1.00

00:06:11.320 Has President Trump finished the job that President Reagan failed to do?

00:06:15.380 I am a big admirer of Ronald Reagan, but I'm here to tell you that Donald Trump, in my opinion,

00:06:21.200 is the gold standard for Republicans, maybe any president when it comes to foreign policy.

00:06:27.540 Maduro, everybody talked about him.

00:06:29.680 Well, Donald Trump's got him in jail.

00:06:32.140 Cuba's next.

00:06:33.340 They're going to fall.

00:06:34.260 This communist dictatorship in Cuba, their days are numbered.

00:06:37.400 The Iranian regime, the mothership of international terrorism, is about to collapse. 0.99

00:06:44.060 The captain of the ship, the Ayatollah, is stone cold dead. 0.99

00:06:47.980 This is the duty and the burden of a free people.

00:06:52.740 These actions are right and they are necessary to ensure that Americans will never have to face

00:06:58.740 a radical, bloodthirsty terrorist regime armed with nuclear weapons and lots of threats.

00:07:06.060 For almost 50 years, these wicked extremists have been attacking the United States while 0.98

00:07:13.100 chanting the slogan, death to America or death to Israel or both. 0.98

00:07:19.100 They are the world's number one state sponsor of terror.

00:07:23.480 We are the world's greatest and most powerful nation so we can do something about what they do.

00:07:29.540 These intolerable threats will not continue any longer.

00:07:33.060 I once again urge the Revolutionary Guard, the Iranian military, police to lay down your arms

00:07:42.180 and receive full immunity or face certain death.

00:07:45.160 It will be certain death.

00:07:47.200 Won't be pretty.

00:07:48.380 I call upon all Iranian patriots who yearn for freedom to seize this moment, to be brave, be bold, be heroic and take back your country.

00:08:00.600 America is with you.

00:08:02.260 I made a promise to you and I fulfilled that promise.

00:08:06.340 The rest will be up to you, but we'll be there to help.

00:08:10.040 Thank you.

00:08:10.700 God bless you to our incredible warriors and God bless the United States of America.

00:08:18.220 I never admired you more than I do right now.

00:08:22.680 When it comes to Hezbollah, seize the moment here. 1.00

00:08:26.520 They picked this fight.

00:08:27.800 They joined the fight.

00:08:29.120 Make sure they pay a price.

00:08:30.900 I heard the question about four weeks.

00:08:33.400 It's the typical NBC sort of gotcha type question.

00:08:37.080 President Trump has all the latitude in the world to talk about how long it may or may not take.

00:08:41.440 Four weeks, two weeks, six weeks.

00:08:42.820 It could move up.

00:08:43.780 It could move back.

00:08:45.020 We're going to execute at his command the objectives we've set out to achieve.

00:08:49.020 And what he has shown ability to do that other presidents can't quite seem to have the aperture to do.

00:08:54.320 Well, I mean, Joe Biden didn't even know what he was doing, is to look for opportunities and off ramps and escalations for the United States that creates new opportunities to execute what we need on our own timeline.

00:09:06.140 So you can play games about four weeks, five weeks.

00:09:08.180 He has all the latitude, and I'm glad he does, because there's no better communicator than our president expressing those things.

00:09:14.740 I've been in meetings with the president for the last two and a half days.

00:09:17.920 We know exactly where his head space is, and he will communicate, as he should, exactly what he would like, and we will follow those orders.

00:09:26.000 And I think everything he said on that is right down the middle.

00:09:29.500 Absolutely.

00:09:30.380 Thank you, sir.

00:09:31.020 As you've said, there are a large amount of U.S. service members that are in harm's way right now.

00:09:36.400 What is your prayer for them?

00:09:39.300 First of all, my prayer for them is that I do pray for them.

00:09:42.700 My wife prays for them.

00:09:43.980 Our family prays for them.

00:09:45.000 Our cabinet prays for them.

00:09:46.460 None of this is done on a whim.

00:09:52.060 Having been in their boots, having been in their shoes, having been in their flight suits, I think we – I mean, I know we think about them with every decision that we make and every recommendation that we make to the president of the United States.

00:10:04.620 Those recommendations are made prayerfully.

00:10:07.840 And when I pray every day for them and for this mission, I pray simply for the biblical wisdom to see what is right and the courage to do it.

00:10:17.800 It's going to take courage to follow through on this.

00:10:19.820 There's going to be a lot of noise, and we pray for that, and we hope all of you do as well.

00:10:24.440 Thank you very much.

00:10:25.240 Appreciate it.

00:10:25.840 Thank you.

00:10:26.180 Secretary Hexeth, I have two questions for you.

00:10:29.640 First, are there currently any American boots on the ground in Iran?

00:10:33.520 No, but we're not going to go into the exercise of what we will or will not do.

00:10:39.980 I think it's one of those fallacies for a long time that this department or presidents or others should tell the American people – and our enemies, by the way – here's exactly what we'll do.

00:10:49.980 Here's exactly how long we'll go.

00:10:51.760 Here's exactly how far we'll go.

00:10:53.620 Here's what we're willing to do and not do. 0.98

00:10:55.280 It's foolishness.

00:10:57.020 And so President Trump ensures that our enemies understand we'll go as far as we need to go to advanced American interests. 0.97

00:11:03.840 But we're not dumb about it.

00:11:05.200 You don't have to roll 200,000 people in there and stay for 20 years. 0.97

00:11:08.060 We've proven that you can achieve objectives that advance American interests without being foolish about it. 0.74

00:11:13.580 Now, will we be bold about it?

00:11:15.540 Are we willing to be decisive about it?

00:11:17.620 Do we put months and months of planning into what kind of effects we want to achieve?

00:11:21.360 Absolutely.

00:11:22.900 But going forward, why in the world would we tell you, you, the enemy, anybody what we will or will not do in pursuit of an objective?

00:11:31.860 We fight to win.

00:11:33.400 We fight to achieve the objectives the President of the United States has laid out.

00:11:37.360 And we will do so unapologetically.

00:11:39.580 Thank you.

00:11:40.140 To every American, you are safer tonight because the Ayatollah is dead. 0.99

00:11:43.860 You're safer tonight because the largest state sponsor of terrorism is on the run.

00:11:47.880 It's just not about a nuclear weapon.

00:11:49.880 They have been killing Americans through their proxies, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis for decades. 0.80

00:11:55.360 It's about not just, not just nuclear weapons.

00:12:00.580 It's about being the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

00:12:04.080 What do we need to know?

00:12:05.440 Well, Trace, what's amazing here is that the President has showed that for the first time, someone who comes in as a businessman, someone who didn't have a background in government, is able to achieve his objectives in the Middle East without boots on the ground.

00:12:21.440 This isn't going to be a forever war.

00:12:24.240 We're not seeing the gender studies programs in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

00:12:28.140 We're not seeing the pallets of cash to the mullahs.

00:12:30.660 We're seeing President Trump understanding what the situation is and figuring out how to deal with it smartly and swiftly and then hopefully getting home and getting to peace.

00:12:39.900 Okay, Monday, the 2nd of March, year of our Lord, 2026, just some logistics.

00:12:46.080 There's going to be a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House at 11 o'clock, I believe.

00:12:50.540 The President, I think, is actually, we're hearing now, may actually do a spray or talk to some reporters.

00:12:56.080 So we've got a packed show, as we do on Saturday and Sunday, with the best brains in the business and best experience.

00:13:02.860 But we may have to do some juggling, and I'm sure you'll bear with us.

00:13:07.700 So we'll be going to the President of the White House, Eric Prince.

00:13:11.660 Aaron Reitz is also going to join a situation in Austin, Texas.

00:13:15.160 Aaron's running for Attorney General who's going to update us on momentarily.

00:13:18.560 Of course, Jack Posobiec.

00:13:19.780 Jack, we didn't get to play the package.

00:13:21.880 We have a whole package on General Raisin Cain.

00:13:25.100 People should understand, General Cain has just been a tremendous military advisor and architect and implementer execution of the plan for President Trump.

00:13:38.260 A lot of credibility there.

00:13:39.440 Jack, you've given a number of briefings.

00:13:42.840 So with all that, to kind of did the level reset, the level set today, we did have a briefing this morning.

00:13:48.920 We played some of Pete's Hegseth's overall, but we didn't get to Raisin Cain.

00:13:55.220 We'll do that later.

00:13:56.900 But your assessment, particularly on the briefing itself, of what we actually know, and it was some of this we didn't see a Norman Schwarzkopf video, grainy video, really didn't talk about the command structure.

00:14:08.500 Because my understanding is that they've destroyed a lot more of the command structure than the Ayatollah and 40 guys having a picnic with him. 0.97

00:14:16.220 So is this because of OPSEC?

00:14:18.860 Is operational security still paramount right now?

00:14:21.840 And that's why they're bringing very close hold about putting up maps, putting up charts, showing any video, sir?

00:14:29.340 Well, Steve, let's go back, right?

00:14:31.720 Rewind the clock back to June of 2025.

00:14:35.200 When Operation Midnight Hammer was conducted, that was General Raisin Cain at his finest.

00:14:40.980 That was the tech.

00:14:41.840 He gave us the technical briefing.

00:14:43.260 He explained how those bunker busters worked.

00:14:45.700 He explained the angle, the diameter.

00:14:48.800 He explained exactly how the holes work, how they punched through, et cetera, et cetera.

00:14:53.560 Everything that took place to those underground bunkers that was done.

00:14:56.960 That was the level of briefing that we got after Midnight Hammer.

00:15:00.560 Didn't have that here.

00:15:01.880 And perhaps one of those reasons is because, you know, we were told the B-2 bombers came in, conducted another bombing run.

00:15:08.400 We didn't get a lot of specificity about that.

00:15:10.580 But also, Steve, to your point on the leadership, Marco Rubio briefed over the weekend that it was, in fact, Israel that's been taking the lead in focusing on these leadership, these decapitation strikes.

00:15:21.540 Looks like Israel was the one that led the strike on Ayatollah Khomeini.

00:15:25.960 And so, of course, the question remains, what is the level of intelligence sharing between Israeli special forces, between Mossad intelligence and the United States?

00:15:34.580 Are their operations being conducted directly with us, or are they doing things and then telling us after the fact that, of course, remains to be seen?

00:15:44.080 Isn't the hit on their senior regime, wasn't that predicated principally by CIA intelligence?

00:15:51.300 That's what I'm hearing.

00:15:52.080 Are you hearing that it's more Shara Mossad or Shin Bet, or was it CIA intelligence that actually maybe even did the targeting?

00:15:59.680 The Israelis actually dropped the hammer.

00:16:02.920 From what I'm hearing, it's that the intelligence was American, but the operation was Israeli.

00:16:08.280 Yes, yes.

00:16:09.380 And that being said, it remains to be seen what level of operations Israel is still conducting.

00:16:15.980 And look, if they're still conducting these operations, they may not want to put that information out because of the fact that the Iranians have lost the C-2.

00:16:24.640 They want to keep, for strategic ambiguity, they want to keep the leadership guessing as to who exactly is alive, who is not.

00:16:33.420 You saw the Iranian foreign minister even sort of mention this himself yesterday when he said IRGC units are isolated and operating independently.

00:16:41.960 That means that a lot of these attacks you're seeing on the Gulf partners, this is part of a contingency plan that was put in place should leadership communications be severed.

00:16:51.720 This was the plan, attack U.S. and U.S. allies across the Gulf. 0.89

00:16:56.480 Eric Prince, on Saturday, you had some concerns about this.

00:17:02.880 Are you more comfortable that it looks like they're going through, as Captain Fennell walked us through over the weekend,

00:17:08.220 that they're going through a pretty systematic degradation, particularly of command and control,

00:17:13.860 and the Iranians and the Persians' ability to have even organized strikes back?

00:17:19.740 Because it looks like what they're hitting us back with is a little haphazard.

00:17:23.600 I do understand, and probably for operations and security reasons, maybe they're not talking about it in depth,

00:17:27.780 but my understanding is they've gone pretty deep in the command structure.

00:17:31.620 People are saying the battalion or brigade level have even taken out some of these bad IRGC folks. 0.81

00:17:37.080 Your thoughts on Monday, sir?

00:17:40.840 Well, the thing about taking out the top of their command structure means that the bottom is still very much intact.

00:17:47.380 And they also, the Iranian foreign minister said that they had delegated authority and responsibility

00:17:54.240 to the lowest level units to maximize their fight.

00:17:58.100 And, look, the Straits of Hormuz are closed.

00:18:01.980 The Rastanur facility in Saudi Arabia, which flows six – it's a loading terminal for six million barrels a day of crude.

00:18:10.860 It was hit.

00:18:12.340 Fire.

00:18:13.040 Fire was put out, fortunately.

00:18:15.320 The Qataris just took off 20% of the world's gas production from their facility, which has also been attacked.

00:18:23.940 So even if there's a lot of command and control at the senior levels that have been damaged,

00:18:29.100 if they can still launch the hundreds if not thousands of drones they still have, there can be significant economic damage.

00:18:37.760 I think it's a great opportunity for the president to declare a win.

00:18:42.340 They did.

00:18:42.800 They took out the leadership of Iran, the people that killed those protesters over the last months.

00:18:49.740 And if they negotiate with the mullahs or whatever for some kind of transition, give them the city of Mashhad, 0.99

00:18:59.700 almost like a Vatican, where the mullahs can go and be super Islamic and strict and let the rest of Iran breathe free if they want to. 0.82

00:19:09.860 But ultimately, it's the Iranian people's opportunity to do this.

00:19:14.380 It is not up to our air power, our troops, and our blood to fix it.

00:19:23.440 Look, America owes a debt of gratitude to France, remember, because it's the French Navy that showed up at Yorktown,

00:19:29.880 which assisted us to trap Cornwallis' army, giving us the victory at Yorktown.

00:19:35.820 The United States has done a great gift to the Iranian people by removing their leadership and degrading some of their capabilities. 0.80

00:19:44.160 But ultimately, this has to be decided by the Iranian people on the ground.

00:19:48.360 If I were the president, I would not encourage him to go deeper and deeper on this.

00:19:53.360 Treat this almost like the way the Romans used to do a punitive raid at the edge of empire.

00:19:59.480 When they had a misbehaving state, they would send a Roman general like Scipio Africanus, who punished Carthage after Carthage had been marauding up and down Italy and Spain.

00:20:12.080 Remember, Hannibal was the one that took the elephants all the way to Rome.

00:20:17.420 But use this as a punitive raid, pound them for a few days, and then leave.

00:20:23.160 If I remember my history, I think Scipio Africanus took it part brick by brick in Salt of the Earth.

00:20:32.700 Maybe it's more than what I would do, but your point is one of these Roman punitive raids and or Viking raid where you go in and punch hard.

00:20:40.920 You heard today discussion, and the president told Jonathan Karl again in an interview, hey, it could be four or five weeks.

00:20:46.220 I'm not going to put a timeline on it.

00:20:47.520 But your advice is that you think you could hit hard enough in the next couple of days because the new guy that's kind of their spokesman or leadership spokesman, he's not a religious cleric.

00:21:00.000 He's saying we have no interest in talking right now.

00:21:02.840 The president said, hey, I'm open to talk.

00:21:04.820 He said it the other day.

00:21:06.060 But they're not interested in talking.

00:21:08.520 So how do you get your off-ramp or your, hey, let's get this done in 24, 48, 72 hours instead of five or six weeks, that punch, you have to have somebody on the other side to actually talk to, let them do a transition, get back in a room and talk about their nuclear program.

00:21:27.100 How do you do that?

00:21:30.120 That's a good question, Steve.

00:21:31.440 That's why I counseled against this kind of strike in the first place.

00:21:34.360 But now that we've done it, go as hard as possible for a few days and then pull back.

00:21:42.940 Okay.

00:21:43.320 What would Eric, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.

00:21:46.360 What would Eric Prince's, if this is a Roman punitive raid like the Empire used to do or even the Republic, if you're going to hit them, what is your recommendation?

00:21:56.580 You're our expert.

00:21:57.220 What do you, from what you've seen in operational security, they haven't put a lot out.

00:22:01.620 But what would you do in the next 24 to 48 hours to make sure that they understood this is rough Roman justice?

00:22:09.400 The Persians should respond to that. 0.99

00:22:11.040 They got enough of it when those two empires wanted each other, sir.

00:22:14.640 Every IRGC, not that they would be in the barracks anymore, but anything that was of value to the IRGC that enables the IRGC could force MOIS to continue to suppress the people, bomb the hell out of those, and then be done.

00:22:33.360 And then cut away and then tell the Iranian leadership that remains, if we have to come back, we're going to take apart all your economic infrastructure. 0.98

00:22:43.080 The problem is, the problem with bombing, with picking a fight now with Iranian cleric religious extremists, is they are really willing to die for their cause. 0.80

00:22:58.100 And they will take everything else with them, and they will burn down the rest of the Middle East. 1.00

00:23:02.340 I suspect they will continue to launch drone attacks into the rest of the GCC countries.

00:23:08.520 Hell, they even built, they even hit Cyprus yesterday, the British base at Aquitari, because there's US aircraft launching from there.

00:23:17.300 So they have the ability to punch, punch much harder than we suspected.

00:23:21.360 For all the smoke and thunder about the US action against the Houthis, the fact is, the Houthis are still there, controlling the same terrain with significant weapons load.

00:23:33.780 And for those period of months, they effectively shut off the Suez Canal at the southern end.

00:23:40.640 And now we're thinking we're going to do the same to the Iranians in their home country with as much as they've been stockpiling. 1.00

00:23:47.960 Look, the Russians have been at war in Ukraine for four years.

00:23:50.940 The Iranians have been learning.

00:23:53.120 The Russians bought that shot head drone for $20,000, $30,000 apiece.

00:23:58.860 And they have produced many, many improved variants of it.

00:24:02.680 And so the Iranians certainly have been learning.

00:24:05.180 They had good capability before.

00:24:07.040 They reinvested.

00:24:08.020 And for us to have to shoot down a shot head drone with a $1 million, $2 million, $3 million Raytheon Pac-3 level missile, it's really, really bad math.

00:24:22.580 And on top of that, we lost three F-15s today.

00:24:28.460 It's probably an accident.

00:24:29.600 It was probably a friendly fire incident.

00:24:31.360 Not sure.

00:24:32.020 I doubt it was not over Iranian territory. 0.71

00:24:34.560 But it's another important note.

00:24:36.680 To my knowledge, there are not a lot of US aircraft going over Iranian territory getting after these targets.

00:24:44.560 So, again, the president should call a win.

00:24:49.520 Like he said in his comments, I have paid my debt to the Iranian people.

00:24:53.400 I removed this leadership, which killed them.

00:24:56.060 Now leave it to the Iranian people. 1.00

00:24:58.080 The other thing that the administration should do is it's ripe for a change in Afghanistan.

00:25:02.440 Even the Taliban are sick of their leaders, not to mention all the other ministers, all the other former generals, all normal Afghans. 1.00

00:25:12.500 They very much want to shift back to the middle and be closer to America. 0.97

00:25:19.240 Make a couple of quick changes there and go to Bagram.

00:25:23.120 And now you have a staging area that you can threaten Iran from if you need to. 0.96

00:25:27.020 Hang on one second.

00:25:27.980 I want to come back.

00:25:29.320 I'm going to hold you for a minute.

00:25:30.160 I want to talk about that Cyprus because Matt Bull was in Greece last week and said how the Turks, the Greeks, everybody were concerned about this.

00:25:37.160 And they hit Cyprus yesterday or tried to hit Cyprus. 0.74

00:25:39.100 So hang on for a second.

00:25:39.740 Jack Posobiec, as we go to break here, your thoughts on Eric's Roman punitive strike or a Viking strike. 0.75

00:25:48.220 Hit him, hit him hard and then say, hey, it's your deal. 0.63

00:25:53.980 You take it from there. 0.98

00:25:55.040 What would that mean?

00:25:55.900 In your definition as a naval intelligence officer, a Roman punitive strike on Iran that would take a couple more days would look like what?

00:26:04.740 Well, you remember, I mean, that this is what Rome would do.

00:26:07.180 They would they would take out the leader and then they would see who comes up next, see if they wanted to cut a deal.

00:26:13.000 If that guy didn't want, they'd take him out and then they'd keep going down the line up until they found a leader that was willing to make a deal.

00:26:20.120 Look, you know, we could see exactly how that's done.

00:26:23.220 President Trump, I believe, in remarks to ABC last night, Jonathan Karl said something along the lines of how the second and third runners up for who they thought would take the leadership of Iran were also killed in Israeli strikes.

00:26:37.240 So they're actually now looking for either that leader or potential group to be able to take the reins.

00:26:42.840 But we're also seeing, you know, in parsing the tea leaves here, we're also seeing the administration say that this again, this isn't regime change.

00:26:52.020 This isn't a forever war, that this isn't going to be nation building like we saw in Iraq and Afghanistan.

00:26:57.560 But instead, it's taking out the current leadership and then working with who remains after.

00:27:03.860 What does that look like?

00:27:04.940 That looks like Maduro.

00:27:06.540 That looks like exactly the Venezuela model that we saw just last month, last early February.

00:27:13.840 So, you know, I think that seems to be where the administration is settling in this.

00:27:17.720 Look, you get to the point where you have stable leadership, where they're able to meet the president's objectives.

00:27:21.940 I think the objectives clearly have been met.

00:27:23.940 You saw that from Secretary Hegseth as well this morning, stating it several times.

00:27:27.900 They may have some more objectives that we don't know about yet.

00:27:30.180 But it does look as though the president has the ability now to find that stable leadership, cut the deal, ensure peace and do so swiftly and smartly rather than get into a prolonged and protracted conflict.

00:27:42.900 Do you really believe there's stable leadership over there?

00:27:45.460 I mean, you were talking about the hardcore, what's left would be, you know, a couple of tiers down on the IRGC.

00:27:53.400 I mean, is that your idea of stability?

00:27:55.220 Also, when you go down and layer, like like Fennell said, you take it down layer by layer.

00:27:59.580 To Eric's point, they're still getting off shots, taking out oil facilities, loading facilities in Saudi Arabia.

00:28:07.100 They're going after the gas fields and Qatar, all the things people are concerned about.

00:28:11.320 We got about a minute.

00:28:12.220 What about that?

00:28:12.820 Is there stable leadership there?

00:28:14.200 And if you peel this back and keep peeling it back, they keep dropping these pop shots.

00:28:18.900 How long do you stick around?

00:28:21.000 Well, Steve, remember that the secular president, the civil president of Iran is still in place.

00:28:26.040 The foreign minister is still in place.

00:28:27.780 So while the religious leadership has been removed, at least in terms of the Ayatollah, we know the Ayatollah has family members that survived.

00:28:34.160 His son's still alive.

00:28:35.340 We know there's mullahs that still that are still there, as well as the civilian leadership that does remain in place.

00:28:40.980 And again, these IRGC units that are operating under the standing orders from the previous Ayatollah. 0.86

00:28:47.160 Should the Ayatollah be killed?

00:28:48.620 That's when they embark on what? 0.98

00:28:50.140 The asymmetric warfare that we're now seeing, striking those economic implements, striking the OPLAT, striking pipelines, striking the ports.

00:28:58.900 Again, this is the asymmetric war, that radar system, billion-dollar radar system out in Qatar.

00:29:04.500 So the asymmetric warfare campaign has been continuing.

00:29:07.860 But remember, a lot of the civilian leadership is still there in Iran.

00:29:10.660 Okay, stick around.

00:29:12.620 Eric Prince, Jack Vesovia, we've been joined by all this.

00:29:15.520 Aaron writes, is this war spreading to the great state of Texas?

00:29:20.780 A FBI is investigating, Karen Terrorism Unit, investigating this shooting and mass casualty event in Austin, Texas.

00:29:29.340 Aaron writes, a combat veteran that is running for the attorney general, is going to join us here in a moment.

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00:32:52.260 This morning, police in Austin, Texas, along with the FBI, are investigating whether a deadly mass shooting there is connected to the U.S. war on Iran.

00:33:00.740 This happened at a bar in the busy entertainment district.

00:33:03.120 Authorities say the shooter was armed with a pistol and assault rifle and started firing out of the window of his SUV.

00:33:18.000 Two people are dead, 14 others wounded.

00:33:26.840 Police shot and killed the suspect.

00:33:29.040 CNN's Holmes Libran joins us now with the latest on this.

00:33:32.120 What are the details?

00:33:32.780 What are you learning?

00:33:34.600 That's right, John.

00:33:35.480 And so this individual, armed with a pistol, with a rifle, did end up shooting two individuals who died, as well as 14 others.

00:33:43.660 Now, investigators are looking at whether there is a nexus in terms of the attacks on Iran.

00:33:49.440 This individual was seen with a shirt that had the Iranian flag.

00:33:53.200 And there were other items that were found that kind of give investigators this potential idea that he may have been motivated by the recent attacks by the U.S. against Iran.

00:34:03.240 Now, something to kind of contextualize that is this individual also, who originally from Senegal, became a U.S. citizen in 2013,

00:34:11.820 has had mental health issues and mental health instances with authorities in the state of Texas.

00:34:18.400 That also could be part of this, and it is certainly part of the investigation.

00:34:22.560 Now, all of this also ties into the FBI and DHS really being on high alert for any potential attacks on U.S. soil inspired by the attack against Iran.

00:34:35.340 We already have multiple assassination plots that have been foiled by Iranian government in the U.S.

00:34:43.700 That's including against President Donald Trump twice, as well as his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and his former National Security Advisor, John Bolton.

00:34:55.220 So this is certainly something that investigators will continue to look into.

00:34:59.020 It is something that they are very concerned about, especially in these early days after the attacks against Iran.

00:35:05.880 For our seven-day-a-week coverage yesterday morning, I'm really proud of Rav and our own team here at War Room putting together.

00:35:12.920 I want to – David Nino Rodriguez, the great podcaster, former boxer, had the – we talked – our show came on at 10 o'clock Eastern time yesterday.

00:35:22.140 We talked at 7, and David kind of had this story, but we didn't feel comfortable enough that we had enough verification by FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force.

00:35:31.700 That's why we didn't put it up yesterday.

00:35:33.340 I want to give a hat tip to Nino, who actually had this story.

00:35:36.920 Aaron writes – Aaron, first off, you've served your country in these bad neighborhoods.

00:35:42.800 Your thoughts of what you've seen over the last 24, 48 hours, and then specifically you're running basically as the law and order candidate in the attorney general's race in Texas.

00:35:54.720 Your thoughts about this weekend, sir?

00:35:57.700 Yeah, look, I think it's – as you teed up in that CNN clip, right, it's – we're asking to – we see a guy who came into Austin, Texas.

00:36:05.680 He's wearing a shirt that says Property of Allah.

00:36:08.800 He's wearing under that sweatshirt a flag of the – of Iran.

00:36:13.840 They found a Quran in his vehicle.

00:36:17.600 We know that he's from Senegal, which is a Muslim-majority country.

00:36:21.860 And now we're being asked to speculate about what his motive is.

00:36:25.400 And, look, I appreciate that law enforcement has to sort of be very careful about what they say publicly.

00:36:31.420 But for civilians that are watching this sort of thing, there is no question that this guy is an example of the spreading jihad not only into the United States in general, but in Texas in particular.

00:36:45.480 And this is something you've covered and I've been on this show before to talk about, the Islamification that is happening in Texas. 0.89

00:36:51.560 We know exactly what motivated this guy.

00:36:54.520 We know exactly what led to him coming here.

00:36:57.340 A lot of people make this distinction between illegal immigration and legal immigration.

00:37:02.720 Okay, illegal immigration is bad, but legal immigration is good.

00:37:06.480 Well, let me tell you something.

00:37:07.880 This terrorist who killed two people and injured at least 14 was technically a legal immigrant.

00:37:14.340 The problem is that we have such a lax immigration system that not only have we allowed the invasion of tens of millions of illegal aliens, but we've rubber stamped all of these so-called legal immigrants. 0.95

00:37:28.600 And this is why I've called for several things as the next Texas Attorney General.

00:37:33.060 Number one, we need to treat the Sharia pushers, the Islamification pushers, like the feds have treated the mafia in the latter half of the 20th century. 1.00

00:37:42.600 We've got to smoke them out.

00:37:43.660 Number two, we have got to audit all of the so-called legal immigrants that have come here over the past couple of decades to ensure that they comply with the highest standards of federal law, statutes, and case law.

00:37:56.880 And number three, we need to get rid of these so-called gun-free zones, which is just another word for we're here as sitting ducks dones.

00:38:05.380 That's why terrorists like this man from Senegal came and shot up a bar because of the 51 percent law. 0.99

00:38:12.340 He knew that people wouldn't be in there armed and that he could just open fire and slaughter a bunch of Americans. 0.51

00:38:18.260 And so, look, we know what inspired this guy.

00:38:20.980 Law enforcement has to do their due diligence to speculate.

00:38:23.300 But as an observer, myself and as your audience darn well knows, we know exactly what motivated this guy.

00:38:30.020 And when I'm elected attorney general, we are going to smoke out the sorts of networks that inspired this man to commit his act of terror.

00:38:37.900 And we're going to get them all out of Texas. 0.98

00:38:39.480 Aaron, the governor has designated Muslim Brotherhood and CARE as terrorist organization, but obviously he's going to leave it up to the attorney general to implement this.

00:38:49.340 As attorney general, what do you tell our audience you will do in that regard, sir?

00:38:55.060 Well, the governor declared, as you said, declared these entities foreign terrorists and transnational criminal organizations back in November.

00:39:01.560 That was a great move because in that executive order, it unlocked a whole wing of the armory of legal weapons that we can use to smoke out the Islamic network here in Texas. 1.00

00:39:14.400 And so the attorney general now has new tools in the Texas Property Code, the Civil Practices and Remedies Code, the Health and Safety Code, the Penal Code, all these other provisions under state law.

00:39:24.400 The AG now has access to those tools.

00:39:26.400 One of the campaign promises I've been making on the campaign trail from the very beginning for the last nine months is that I'm going to treat the Islamic network here in Texas like the feds treated the mafia in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. 0.95

00:39:39.920 How many mob bosses did we put behind bars for committing murder in the latter half of the 20th century?

00:39:45.700 The answer is not very many.

00:39:47.160 Why?

00:39:47.460 Because they're sophisticated.

00:39:48.760 They wipe their fingerprints off the weapons that they committed their heinous acts with.

00:39:52.880 But what we got them with instead were the process crimes, the financial crimes, the money laundering, the racketeering, RICO violations, human sex and drug trafficking, tax fraud, tax evasion, all of these sorts of things to where we created a bramble bush of litigation, investigations, regulations that crippled their ability to operate and choke them out.

00:40:12.500 We can do the same exact thing here in Texas.

00:40:16.400 As Attorney General, I have vast constitutional, statutory, regulatory, and administrative weapons and tools at my disposal to ensure that the kinds of networks that aided, abetted, gave cover, and inspired this act of terror here in Austin, where I live, frankly.

00:40:32.600 I drive by Buford's, where this act was committed, all the time, right here in downtown Austin.

00:40:38.320 We are going to stop this sort of thing, and we're going to roll back the Islamification. 1.00

00:40:42.880 We're then going to partner with the federal government, the Trump administration, to conduct a widespread audit of legal immigration paperwork.

00:40:50.660 We're going to remigrate these people that came here over the past couple of decades. 1.00

00:40:54.480 And I'm going to partner with the legislature to get rid of so-called gun-free zones.

00:40:59.180 All of these are critical actions that the next Attorney General needs to take.

00:41:03.040 Tomorrow is Election Day, Tuesday, March 3rd.

00:41:05.840 Texans need to get to the polls and vote Aaron Reitz for Texas Attorney General if we're going to effectuate all of these things.

00:41:11.920 Last thing, the grassroots and MAGA champion, Ken Paxton, endorsed you.

00:41:16.900 Give me a minute.

00:41:17.580 Why did he do that, and what about his agenda?

00:41:22.020 Did he endorse you because he wanted to see you fulfill his agenda?

00:41:25.480 Why did he endorse you among all the candidates, and what are you going to implement of his agenda?

00:41:30.960 Yeah, look, Paxton has been in office serving our state ferociously, effectively for the past 12 years as Attorney General.

00:41:37.960 The number one question that Texans have on the campaign trail in the grassroots is who is going to be able to keep his foot on the pedal, keep his foot on the gas, to continue and even amplify the sorts of effective fights that Paxton has gotten us involved in and got us victory in.

00:41:55.900 When Paxton endorsed me earlier this fall, he made it very clear about why he endorsed me.

00:42:01.620 He said, Aaron Reitz is the only battle-tested, proven, and qualified candidate that I trust to carry on the baton into the next generation of legal fights up and down the chain of the justice system.

00:42:14.780 Paxton has known all of the candidates in this race for decades, and yet he said Aaron is the only guy who has proven himself in legal combat,

00:42:24.220 leading legal troops into the most consequential legal fights to deliver legal victories for Texas, for our nation, and for our constitutional values.

00:42:32.920 If Texans want somebody who has been endorsed by Paxton, trusted by Trump, I most recently came from the senior ranks of President Trump's Justice Department.

00:42:41.460 Trump called me a true MAGA attorney and a warrior for the Constitution, who's trusted by Trump, endorsed by Paxton,

00:42:47.800 and who has a Marines fighting spirit to advance our values in court, it's Aaron Reitz for Texas Attorney General.

00:42:55.820 Tomorrow, Tuesday, is Election Day. Get out to the polls. Aaron Reitz for Texas AG.

00:43:01.280 Aaron, thank you for joining us and making that clear. Appreciate you, sir.

00:43:05.540 Jack Posobiec, you've been one of the leaders of saying, hey, look, this war is going to metastasize.

00:43:10.340 It's already gone to Cyprus. I know people in Greece is bold, talked to, and Turkey are saying, what?

00:43:14.980 These guys hit Cyprus, but it's also a war at home.

00:43:18.200 You've been one of the leading voices to say, hey, look, we've got to get serious about this.

00:43:22.520 Your thoughts about Austin, Texas, and what it means as we continue on, at least what Pete's talking about.

00:43:29.780 They're not going to give an exact timeline, but the arc that they've thrown out there is another four or five weeks.

00:43:34.340 And I guess you've got news from Jake Tapper that the worst is yet to come.

00:43:39.380 Well, Steve, to be fair, I'm not citing Jake Tapper on this.

00:43:42.200 I'm citing Donald J. Trump, who called in to CNN. 0.55

00:43:47.660 He stated that the U.S. military knocking the crap out of Iran, but the big wave is yet to come. 0.81

00:43:55.480 He said it's going. I think it's going very well. 0.97

00:43:57.620 It's very powerful. We've got the greatest military in the world, and we are using it.

00:44:01.980 He also said, I don't want to see it go on too long.

00:44:05.600 I always thought it would be four weeks, and we are a little head of schedule.

00:44:12.260 And so he said, we want everyone staying inside.

00:44:15.280 It's not safe out there.

00:44:16.680 Again, he's talking about the protesters, maybe sort of explaining why we haven't seen those mass protests materialize in terms of opposition groups to the regime.

00:44:26.320 And then again, saying that the big the biggest surprise was Iran's attacks against the Arab countries in the region, Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

00:44:37.020 So the the Gulfies, as they're called in the region, these partner forces, Saudi Arabia also attacked, by the way.

00:44:43.580 Right. And so you hear the president saying he expected four weeks.

00:44:47.320 We'd reported that originally over at human events and now saying that he believes they are ahead of schedule also says in terms of succession.

00:44:55.700 We don't know who the leadership is.

00:44:58.040 This is and this is key, by the way.

00:44:59.900 We don't know who they will pick.

00:45:02.940 Maybe they will get lucky and get someone who knows what they're doing.

00:45:06.680 So that says to me that that it does actually look like the United States may not be trying to play a role in picking who the successor will be on the Supreme Leader side as the Ayatollah from those mullahs that perhaps the United States will be trying to sit back and actually let the Iranian people, the Iranian leadership be able to reconstitute.

00:45:26.760 They're talking about being ahead of schedule, look, achieving those objectives that Pete Hegseth said.

00:45:31.520 That's what I was talking about last night when I was on Fox.

00:45:33.880 That's what I'll say here again. President Trump swiftly, smartly, and then hopefully be able to return home and return to peace very quickly.

00:45:41.380 You know, the president, you know, very well, loves always wants optionality and always wants a range of return alternatives, never wants to signal too much of what he's going to do.

00:45:51.800 He has said, hey, I'm open to talk to people.

00:45:53.920 If you get actually leaders there, I'm prepared to talk to them.

00:45:57.520 But people should take your number two pencil and write down when he says we haven't really hit hard.

00:46:02.600 The big wave is coming. We got 30 seconds, Jack.

00:46:05.720 What what do you take from that?

00:46:08.880 Look, he just showed that the B2s were able to get in and get out without taking any shrapnel, not taking any flack.

00:46:15.840 He's certainly able to do so. I've talked about as well.

00:46:18.640 We haven't seen attacks on civilian infrastructure as much yet.

00:46:21.580 Maybe, you know, a couple of pipelines here and there, but not too much in terms of oil platforms and other economic implements, which certainly could be responded to after seeing what Iran did to so many of the Gulf partners in terms of their asymmetric warfare. 0.85

00:46:35.220 So the escalatory ladder has many rungs left on it with which the president can ratchet up the leverage.

00:46:41.660 Jack, hang on for one second. Short commercial break.

00:46:43.960 Posobiec, Brandon Weikert on the other side.

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00:48:22.700 He said there is a plan.

00:48:25.260 He points to Venezuela as a template, which means to me that going in, they had some sense on the ground of what was coming next.

00:48:37.120 Wow, where did we hear that first, Jack Bosovic?

00:48:40.840 I think that might have been the war room.

00:48:43.140 Talk about the Venezuelan, where you've actually, you're going to think you're going to line something up with who's left, and then you move on.

00:48:50.460 Your thoughts, by the way, we're hearing right now, there's a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House.

00:48:58.160 And somebody's just reporting that President Trump may actually address there in a spray or with the media the Iranian people and talk directly to them.

00:49:08.040 So we're going to cover all this, and we have to juggle some breaks.

00:49:11.400 We'll juggle some breaks.

00:49:12.880 Jack, your thoughts right there.

00:49:14.460 You and I talked about this extensively about the Venezuelan model.

00:49:18.700 That would lead me to believe the Roman punitive hit is kind of the operating philosophy here, sir.

00:49:25.540 Well, Steve, again, you know, this weekend, I've been working the phones.

00:49:30.860 You've been working the phones.

00:49:32.340 We've been in discussion with members of, you know, high-level individuals.

00:49:39.360 And, you know, this tone, this rhetoric, this idea of the Venezuelan model certainly is something that has been shaken out because, look,

00:49:49.500 going back on the success of the Maduro raid, which President Trump spoke about at the State of the Union,

00:49:54.620 which was less than a week ago, I would remind everyone.

00:49:57.360 Less than a week ago, he gave that command performance at the State of the Union,

00:50:00.780 now conducting this operation, this weekend operation in Iran.

00:50:05.600 If this thing is able to be put to bed quickly, you could see something like the Venezuelan model being put forward. 0.90

00:50:12.240 That's what we talked about yesterday here on the War Room.

00:50:15.280 That's what we're seeing now the president saying to Brett Baier over at Fox.

00:50:18.720 And it certainly seems to be an angle that I think the United States would be hopeful for.

00:50:24.680 Now, the question, of course, as to what does Iran do?

00:50:28.060 Do you have these elements of the IRGC that continue going?

00:50:31.820 What does Israel do?

00:50:32.780 Does Israel sue for peace or does Israel try to take out more leaders?

00:50:36.740 A lot of this remains to be seen.

00:50:39.260 But, President Trump, we are told that Medal of Honor ceremony coming up is supposed to be 11 a.m.

00:50:43.960 Eastern, and he will potentially be speaking to press and potentially to the Iranian people as well.

00:50:51.600 Jack, your coverage has been amazing.

00:50:54.340 You got Human Events Daily at 2.

00:50:55.960 You're up all the time on Twitter.

00:50:59.440 And then you've been great jumping in here in the War Room.

00:51:01.900 Where do people follow you, sir, and particularly get ready for it?

00:51:04.300 You've got a very special engagement also besides Human Events Daily.

00:51:09.040 What else are you doing today?

00:51:11.060 We do.

00:51:11.460 So I encourage everyone to follow our special coverage of Human Events Daily.

00:51:14.900 Download the podcast, Apple, Spotify.

00:51:16.840 That really helps us out.

00:51:18.260 That really helps to support us in everything that we're doing.

00:51:21.080 We're also going to be doing special.

00:51:22.200 Just to let everyone know, we will be doing special coverage with the Thought Crime crew

00:51:26.180 over at the Charlie Kirk team for the Texas primaries on Tuesday,

00:51:31.780 and then potentially another Thought Crime episode on Thursday.

00:51:35.300 And today, I'll be on Piers Morgan.

00:51:37.620 And we're going to be having a little debate with Tim Miller, Dave Smith,

00:51:41.220 some of the others on Iran, and really just kind of chopping it up.

00:51:45.300 So that'll be a lot of fun.

00:51:46.360 Look for that.

00:51:46.580 Hold on, hold on.

00:51:47.540 Dave Smith at The Guardian and Tim Miller at The Bulwark?

00:51:50.640 Jack Posobiec?

00:51:51.520 No, no.

00:51:51.900 Dave Smith, the comedian podcaster, Dave Smith.

00:51:56.100 Oh, got it.

00:51:56.900 Got it.

00:51:57.200 Got it.

00:51:57.480 Okay, fine.

00:51:59.120 Where else?

00:51:59.680 Where do we go?

00:52:00.320 One more time.

00:52:00.920 To find you.

00:52:01.360 We don't want to miss the – the Piers Morgan will be up at 5 or 6 o'clock?

00:52:07.160 Yeah, yeah.

00:52:07.680 We pre-tape it, and then it'll come out later.

00:52:10.060 Okay, fine.

00:52:10.500 Where do people go, sir?

00:52:11.760 Get you.

00:52:12.780 Human Events Daily is always the one-stop shop for everything we're putting out.

00:52:17.260 Thank you, sir.

00:52:18.200 Brandon Weicker, you called this – yeah, go ahead, sir.

00:52:21.560 Jack?

00:52:22.000 If I could, by the way, one thing that we're working on before all this went together,

00:52:25.400 we went up this weekend to – and we're going to be putting a special video out of – if

00:52:31.880 people remember the Team USA, when Huffington Post was attacking Team USA and was attacking

00:52:36.500 the American flag, there was one organization, one business establishment that actually stood

00:52:41.940 up for them and told the Huffington Post to go F yourself, and that was Jimmy's Famous

00:52:46.820 Seafood out of Dundalk, Maryland.

00:52:49.360 Well, the Poso clan took to the road, and we went out to Jimmy's Famous Seafood.

00:52:54.760 We told them that we were with Turning Point.

00:52:56.620 They knew exactly who we were, and we're going to be putting a special video out on

00:53:00.300 that, and I would just encourage everyone in the War Room Posse, go and support the great

00:53:04.760 patriots at Jimmy's Famous Seafood.

00:53:07.720 They ship nationwide.

00:53:09.220 These guys, Steve, I got to tell you something, man.

00:53:11.360 I have never had crab cakes like I've had these crab cakes.

00:53:14.040 You will not believe it.

00:53:15.860 Unbelievable.

00:53:16.580 Can't wait.

00:53:17.040 Can't wait for it, sir.

00:53:18.120 Jimmy's Special Seafood.

00:53:19.900 Make sure we get it up there.

00:53:21.460 Thank you, sir.

00:53:22.000 Appreciate you, Jack.

00:53:23.200 Brandon Weikert, you've had a cold shot on the start of this, not too shabby over the

00:53:27.240 weekend.

00:53:27.620 What do you got for us?

00:53:28.360 Before the President of the United States takes the stage on this Medal of Honor ceremony,

00:53:34.020 we're going to cover, he's also supposed to talk to the press, and maybe directly to the

00:53:37.620 Iranian people.

00:53:38.500 Your thoughts, sir?

00:53:39.920 Well, I am, as I noted the last time I was on, getting very concerned about these stockpiles

00:53:45.120 in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, it looks like we have maybe about a week left if we

00:53:52.940 keep at this operational tempo.

00:53:54.640 Now, they're going to try to stretch that out, our logistics people, but if this thing

00:53:58.640 keeps going at the tempo that it is, we will run out of the critical stockpiles of air defense

00:54:05.160 interceptors and missiles for CENTCOM, which means our logistics guys are going to have

00:54:10.000 to then pivot and start pulling systems from the Indopaycom AOR, which is causing a lot

00:54:16.600 of dyspepsia, to say the least, among the guys I know at Indopaycom, because that could

00:54:21.540 leave a strategic window open for China to do something big and bold against Taiwan or

00:54:27.160 the Philippines.

00:54:28.100 So if this conflict can, in fact, end up being a punitive raid like you and Eric were talking

00:54:34.140 about, then Trump comes out looking like a genius.

00:54:36.960 Otherwise, we're going to have, he's going to have a headache, because we're going to

00:54:40.680 then have to start stretching our logistics chain, and it's going to be problematic.

00:54:44.880 The regime in Iran has been damaged.

00:54:47.820 It has been degraded, but it has not been destroyed.

00:54:50.360 And their only objective in this war right now is to hang on until they think we're running

00:54:55.820 out of weapons.

00:54:56.920 So there's still race to depletion.

00:54:59.680 Hang on for a second, because I want to hold you, I want to get you back in here.

00:55:03.220 I want to ask you point blank, what's it going to take?

00:55:07.100 Captain Fennell's been saying, going layer by layer.

00:55:08.880 What's it going to take?

00:55:09.740 Because President Trump's not going to want to just degrade.

00:55:13.020 He's, I believe, wants to destroy.

00:55:16.020 And can you do that in 72 hours, or is that the four or five week menu?

00:55:21.220 Okay, folks, we got some logistics issues, and that's because so much happening with

00:55:24.980 so many great people that want to come on here.

00:55:26.820 I want to thank Saturday and Sunday shows.

00:55:28.900 I think we're really extraordinary, and we're trying to do that level of quality every day.

00:55:34.020 President, though, I think is going to have a Medal of Honor ceremony.

00:55:37.320 We do not want to miss that.

00:55:38.780 I also believe he's going to address, at least maybe take some questions, talk to the press.

00:55:44.320 Now there's some rumors he may actually address part of this to the Iranian people.

00:55:49.000 As you know, this is about, he's a very big believer in freeing the Iranian people,

00:55:54.460 or giving them the opportunity, he said, will never come again in generations to actually

00:55:59.380 get their freedom.

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Bannon's War Room - March 02, 2026

Episode 5181： Where The Next Few Weeks Go With The War With Iran

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