Bannon's War Room - Episode 5192： Updates On Iran War From CENTCOM

00:00:00.000 Numbers that, I mean, literally double what anyone said.

00:00:02.900 Okay, this is the war room.

00:00:03.860 We're going to continue with President Trump in the East Room,

00:00:06.140 honoring the MLS Miami franchise for winning Major League Soccer.

00:00:10.800 We're going to cut to the CENTCOM brief as soon as that starts.

00:00:15.760 We will take that in its entirety,

00:00:17.620 and we've got several of our best analysts and military strategists

00:00:24.040 to comment afterwards.

00:00:25.520 Back to the East Room.

00:00:26.280 We're all with the press.

00:00:28.260 But we're going to have an amazing year.

00:00:30.000 But I just want to thank you so much, Aris, for the job you've done.

00:00:33.640 I've known you for a while, and I've known of you for a long period of time.

00:00:37.400 You are a spectacular man.

00:00:38.760 And please say a few words.

00:00:39.980 Thank you, Mr. President.

00:00:48.040 Thank you very much, Mr. President.

00:00:51.600 To all these distinguished guests, secretaries,

00:00:54.640 so many friends and supporters,

00:00:58.760 on behalf of myself, my wife, Aleda, my brother, Jose, and his wife, Patty,

00:01:03.860 and my whole family who is here today with David Beckham,

00:01:07.200 I want to express to you what an extreme honor and privilege it is

00:01:11.260 to be in the People's House, led by you,

00:01:14.980 celebrating in the presence of champions, winners all.

00:01:18.760 Because this championship was very, very well-deserved,

00:01:23.080 greatly played, and you're looking at one of the best teams on the face of the earth

00:01:28.980 standing behind us.

00:01:31.800 And this all became possible because we dared to dream.

00:01:35.720 Seven years ago, Inter-Miami was nothing but an idea and a dream.

00:01:42.600 I remember after talking to Commissioner Garber and being awarded a team,

00:01:47.000 we sat in the conference room of our family business in Miami

00:01:51.080 and said to each other,

00:01:52.600 what do we do now?

00:01:53.280 And as the son of a man and woman who left Cuba just seeking freedom in this great country,

00:02:04.620 it has driven us to excellence.

00:02:07.020 And we thought, what can we do to make a difference?

00:02:10.140 What can we do that's special?

00:02:12.000 And at that time, I told myself what many people thought impossible.

00:02:16.020 I said, we are going to bring the world's greatest player to play at Inter-Miami.

00:02:21.280 And that was in 2019.

00:02:24.880 And today, standing before you,

00:02:26.720 you have the world's greatest player here to my right.

00:02:30.000 Over the course of the last two and a half years that he has been here,

00:02:33.820 we've been on an epic run of records, of trophies, of winning.

00:02:38.820 Because what I've wanted to establish with Inter-Miami is a winning culture.

00:02:42.860 That it be a reflection of our community, of South Florida and Miami,

00:02:47.040 made up of winners, of hardworking men and women,

00:02:50.040 and I want our team to be an embodiment of our fan base

00:02:53.600 and everyone who aspires to a better future and to a better life.

00:02:58.640 On the back of our jersey, Mr. President, it says freedom to dream.

00:03:02.820 Because that's our family moniker and what embodies our team and our aspirations.

00:03:08.220 But that all began many, many years before at the dinner table of our family

00:03:13.600 with my late father, Jorge Mascanosa, and my mother, Irma, who is here today.

00:03:18.600 And I speak now in tribute to our parents' generation.

00:03:31.580 And I share that with Secretary Marco Rubio,

00:03:35.060 of men and women who fled communism, who fled tyranny,

00:03:37.900 who wanted a better life for their boys and their daughters and their sons in the future.

00:03:41.880 And at that table was instilled in us that if you work hard and you sacrifice and you dream,

00:03:47.900 it can be possible.

00:03:49.700 And today, standing before you, Inter-Miami, is one of the world's biggest clubs.

00:03:54.460 Most based on history, but our history has been short.

00:03:58.000 But having a winning culture,

00:04:00.380 having the best-selling jersey on the face of the earth,

00:04:03.940 making a global difference,

00:04:05.460 and not only because of Lionel Messi,

00:04:08.060 but these men standing behind you

00:04:09.760 have changed the culture of football in the United States of America forever.

00:04:14.780 We can play with the big boys.

00:04:16.780 We can be heavyweights.

00:04:18.420 Our league can be one of the top leagues in the world.

00:04:21.280 And it is this ability to dream,

00:04:23.140 to persevere,

00:04:24.060 to have no obstacles ahead of us

00:04:25.960 that we will continue to be successful.

00:04:28.400 And hopefully, Mr. President,

00:04:29.480 this is not our only visit here celebrating an MLS Cup championship.

00:04:33.860 But this team is an embodiment of that.

00:04:38.080 And I want to thank you to be able to express this to you,

00:04:41.240 to so many dear friends, loved ones,

00:04:43.120 and global fans all over the world.

00:04:45.460 We fill stadiums everywhere.

00:04:47.320 We're playing this weekend against D.C. United

00:04:49.280 at the Ravens Stadium in Baltimore

00:04:51.760 because we'll have a sellout there.

00:04:53.620 We sellout everywhere we go.

00:04:55.040 We open this season in the L.A. Coliseum

00:04:57.600 with a record crowd.

00:04:59.440 But it is our aspiration to continue breaking barriers

00:05:03.220 to putting no limits,

00:05:05.140 to making sure that Major League Soccer

00:05:06.940 and Inter-Miami over the course of the next few years

00:05:09.860 is considered with the elite of global football.

00:05:13.240 So with that said, Mr. President, thank you.

00:05:15.860 Thanking you for sharing this championship with us,

00:05:18.480 that we can share it with our families,

00:05:20.120 in the people's house,

00:05:21.020 and we can share it with the world.

00:05:23.080 Thank you.

00:05:23.480 And now we have some gifts we'd like to present to you.

00:05:35.960 Thank you.

00:05:36.340 Thank you.

00:05:36.900 Thank you.

00:05:37.180 Thank you.

00:05:44.220 Mr. President, that's USA 250,

00:05:46.560 on the front which we have on our jersey.

00:05:49.000 And this is from 47,

00:05:52.380 the Lionel Messi's number 10 is a best-selling jersey.

00:05:55.060 Thank you.

00:05:55.260 Thank you.

00:05:55.320 Thank you.

00:05:55.340 Thank you.

00:05:55.440 Thank you.

00:05:55.900 Thank you.

00:05:56.040 Thank you.

00:05:56.060 Thank you.

00:05:56.120 Thank you.

00:06:06.340 And then, most importantly,

00:06:19.220 this is a very, very special limited edition

00:06:23.540 Inter-Miami pink Tudor watch.

00:06:26.060 It's etched on the back with your name,

00:06:29.740 in a tribute to you,

00:06:30.940 and special because time is a precious element.

00:06:33.920 Time has a lot of meaning, I think, to all of us.

00:06:36.760 And we wanted to give you that.

00:06:39.740 And also, we have an additional gift,

00:06:41.960 which is another jersey for a very luscious chief of staff.

00:06:45.460 Thank you.

00:06:46.280 Thank you.

00:06:46.400 Thank you.

00:07:00.060 So we do have her jerseys somewhere.

00:07:02.500 It's number 32.

00:07:07.440 But thank you, Mr. President.

00:07:09.060 Thank you very much.

00:07:09.880 And I want to just invite the team to the Oval Office.

00:07:12.520 Very, very special place.

00:07:14.360 It's sort of the center of the world,

00:07:16.100 especially now, but always.

00:07:17.460 It's the center of the world.

00:07:19.140 We have a little present for you there.

00:07:21.240 And anybody would like to come,

00:07:23.320 you can just follow me on down there, okay?

00:07:25.280 You can see the Oval.

00:07:26.440 And you'll have some fun.

00:07:27.640 Thank you all very much.

00:07:28.780 Thank you very much.

00:07:28.800 Thank you very much.

00:07:29.100 Thank you very much.

00:07:29.360 Thank you very much.

00:07:46.920 Bring it in to me.

00:07:47.840 Mr. President, why are you going to go away?

00:07:52.060 There's the President of the United States,

00:07:53.540 East Room, packed house for this great soccer team, right?

00:08:00.020 And President Trump spending a good part of the day

00:08:03.620 celebrating excellence.

00:08:05.840 He's now going to go as traditional President Trump

00:08:08.200 to take these teams into the Oval Office.

00:08:13.320 You're in the War Room.

00:08:14.320 And we are momentarily going to go to the CENTCOM briefing

00:08:19.620 down, I think they're doing the briefing in Tampa.

00:08:23.580 I think, is that correct?

00:08:24.580 I think they're doing it at the CENTCOM headquarters in Tampa.

00:08:27.180 Of course, they got a Ford deployed in Doha,

00:08:29.220 but they're doing the CENTCOM commander, Admiral Cooper.

00:08:32.980 Okay, we're going to go to it right now.

00:08:34.280 Let's cut life.

00:08:38.920 ...this operation, Operation Epic Fury.

00:08:42.300 And, Admiral, I want to thank you for everything you do

00:08:45.240 and your incredible leadership, for your dynamic thinking,

00:08:47.600 the way you're attacking this problem set on every level.

00:08:50.900 In just days of Operation Epic Fury,

00:08:53.280 you and your team have delivered nothing short

00:08:55.720 of devastating, precise strikes,

00:08:58.240 taking out the better part of Iran's Navy,

00:09:00.980 making it combat ineffective, neutralizing missile sites

00:09:03.580 and launchers, and establishing total dominance

00:09:07.000 over the skies we fly over and seas we fly over.

00:09:10.080 Our forces are executing with unmatched skill

00:09:13.280 and the mission is advancing decisively.

00:09:16.620 This is the kind of no-nonsense, results-driven warfighting

00:09:20.580 that America demands.

00:09:22.960 And you're delivering it in spades.

00:09:25.260 You are the man for this moment.

00:09:28.140 Admiral Cooper, on behalf of the President,

00:09:30.220 the Department of War, and every American watching,

00:09:32.100 I want to thank you for the outstanding job

00:09:33.860 you and CENTCOM are doing.

00:09:35.100 Keep pressing the fight, and we are with you all the way.

00:09:40.060 A few thoughts before I hand it over to the Admiral for an update.

00:09:44.360 Iran is hoping that we cannot sustain this, 0.89

00:09:48.620 which is a really bad miscalculation for the IRGC in Iran.

00:09:54.800 You see, there's no shortage of American will here.

00:09:58.160 We remember and honor our fallen,

00:10:02.220 those six that we will soon welcome at Dover

00:10:04.620 who gave everything for their country in this mission.

00:10:07.880 We remember them.

00:10:09.620 But we remember them by rededicating ourselves

00:10:12.580 even more fervently to this mission.

00:10:15.820 Our commitment to our mission objectives

00:10:18.960 only increases as our advantages continue to increase.

00:10:23.740 We've got no shortage of munitions.

00:10:27.180 Our stockpiles of defensive and offensive weapons

00:10:29.820 allow us to sustain this campaign as long as we need to.

00:10:34.400 Again, our munition status only increases

00:10:37.560 as our advantage increases.

00:10:41.060 Our capabilities?

00:10:42.960 We have only just begun to fight,

00:10:46.800 and fight decisively.

00:10:48.500 Having a chance to hear from Admiral Cooper,

00:10:51.140 if you think you've seen something, just wait.

00:10:54.400 The amount of combat power that's still flowing,

00:10:56.900 that's still coming,

00:10:57.960 that we'll be able to project over Iran

00:10:59.780 is a multiples of what it currently is right now

00:11:03.180 when you add up our capabilities

00:11:04.620 and those of the Israeli Defense Forces.

00:11:08.380 And we have no shortage of authorities.

00:11:11.100 The Admiral knows we have clear objectives

00:11:12.800 with maximum authorities on the battlefield. 0.97

00:11:16.460 The dumb, politically correct wars of the past 0.90

00:11:19.260 were the opposite of what we're doing here. 0.98

00:11:21.260 They had vague objectives

00:11:22.960 with restrictive, minimalist rules of engagement.

00:11:27.080 No more.

00:11:28.980 Our authorities, his authorities,

00:11:31.260 CENTCOM's authorities through the President

00:11:33.240 and myself are maxed out.

00:11:35.680 Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still,

00:11:39.600 as are those of our Israeli partners.

00:11:42.540 Our munitions are full up,

00:11:44.700 and our will is ironclad,

00:11:48.660 which means our timeline

00:11:49.860 is ours and ours alone to control.

00:11:54.100 As long as it takes

00:11:55.760 to ensure the United States of America

00:11:57.420 achieves these objectives,

00:11:58.820 and as we flow more forces,

00:12:00.580 and as we flow more capabilities,

00:12:02.560 and as our munitions,

00:12:04.400 as we're flying over the top,

00:12:06.140 have even more devastating effects,

00:12:07.780 we set the tempo,

00:12:09.180 we set the timeline,

00:12:10.380 led by the commander on the ground.

00:12:12.760 Our ear is to the ground

00:12:14.580 to listen to Admiral Cooper,

00:12:15.760 what he needs,

00:12:16.460 and what he needs he will get.

00:12:19.080 We are built for this fight,

00:12:20.800 and we are in it to win it,

00:12:23.800 and we have the right commander in the lead.

00:12:25.500 So I'll now hand it over to Admiral Brad Cooper

00:12:27.880 to give you an update right here from CENTCOM.

00:12:30.160 Admiral.

00:12:30.600 Mr. Secretary, first,

00:12:31.760 thank you very much and good afternoon,

00:12:33.260 and welcome to U.S. Central Command Headquarters,

00:12:35.280 America's war fighting headquarters.

00:12:37.620 It's great to be here alongside the Secretary

00:12:39.700 and representing the more than 50,000

00:12:41.540 men and women in uniform

00:12:43.000 currently executing Operation Epic Fury.

00:12:46.200 So, Mr. Secretary, first,

00:12:47.360 thank you very much for your leadership and support

00:12:49.140 and the very clear vision and objectives

00:12:51.000 that you've given us

00:12:52.020 to allow us to use overwhelming force

00:12:54.600 against the Iranian terrorist regime.

00:12:56.840 And thanks to all of you for attending today,

00:12:58.860 and welcome to Tampa.

00:13:00.240 We are now starting our sixth day

00:13:02.660 of a historic mission

00:13:03.940 to eliminate Iran's ability 1.00

00:13:06.080 to threaten Americans.

00:13:07.900 We are,

00:13:08.620 if I could channel my inner Navy officer,

00:13:11.420 we are at full speed ahead

00:13:12.780 in executing orders

00:13:13.880 given by leadership in Washington.

00:13:16.100 The President and Secretary Hexth

00:13:17.460 have been crystal clear

00:13:18.600 in their expectations,

00:13:19.760 and we are at a high level of execution.

00:13:22.920 As described by the Secretary

00:13:24.480 and earlier this week by me,

00:13:26.560 U.S. combat power is building

00:13:28.040 as Iranian combat power declines.

00:13:30.380 Our air dominance allows us

00:13:32.700 to hit Iran's center of gravity

00:13:34.180 with overwhelming power and reach.

00:13:36.520 A couple of examples.

00:13:38.500 In just the last 72 hours,

00:13:40.420 America's bomber force

00:13:41.520 has struck nearly 200 targets

00:13:43.380 deep inside of Iran,

00:13:45.140 including around Tehran.

00:13:47.240 And in just the last hour,

00:13:49.080 U.S. B-2 bombers

00:13:50.120 dropped dozens of 2,000-pound penetrator bombs

00:13:52.860 targeting deeply buried

00:13:54.600 ballistic missile launchers.

00:13:56.560 Notably, we have also struck

00:13:57.980 Iran's equivalent of Space Command. 0.93

00:13:59.860 Which degrades their ability

00:14:01.420 to threaten Americans.

00:14:02.940 Then, if I just look back

00:14:04.440 over the last 24 hours

00:14:05.720 of the operation

00:14:06.340 compared to where we were at the start,

00:14:09.980 ballistic missile attacks

00:14:11.020 have decreased by 90% since day one.

00:14:14.100 Drone attacks have decreased

00:14:15.420 by 83% since day one.

00:14:18.280 Having said this,

00:14:19.080 we remain vigilant.

00:14:21.080 Our strikes against the Iranian Navy 0.97

00:14:23.060 have intensified.

00:14:24.360 You may have heard the President say

00:14:25.640 just a little while ago

00:14:27.300 that we have sunk or destroyed 24 ships.

00:14:30.140 That was true at the moment.

00:14:31.260 We're now up over 30 ships.

00:14:33.660 And in just the last few hours,

00:14:35.420 we hit an Iranian drone carrier ship,

00:14:38.140 roughly the size

00:14:39.020 of a World War II aircraft carrier.

00:14:41.200 And as we speak, it's on fire.

00:14:43.860 The President gave us another task

00:14:45.900 to raise or level

00:14:48.260 Iran's ballistic missile industrial base.

00:14:50.840 So we're not just hitting what they have,

00:14:53.020 we're destroying their ability to rebuild.

00:14:55.660 And so as we transition

00:14:56.480 to the next phase of this operation,

00:14:58.120 we will systemically dismantle

00:15:00.440 Iran's missile production capability

00:15:02.220 for the future,

00:15:03.120 and that's absolutely in progress.

00:15:05.120 This is going to take some time,

00:15:06.200 but our forces are well supplied,

00:15:08.000 as the Secretary said,

00:15:09.180 and we are absolutely ready

00:15:10.680 to prosecute this mission decisively.

00:15:13.880 Our combined joint forces

00:15:15.060 have relentlessly destroyed

00:15:16.600 Iran's air defenses

00:15:17.540 over the past few days,

00:15:18.740 and they've continued hunting

00:15:20.020 for more systems to kill.

00:15:21.380 Our air defenders are operating

00:15:23.400 at the very top of their game.

00:15:25.300 I couldn't be prouder,

00:15:26.400 shoulder to shoulder,

00:15:27.200 with our partners in the region,

00:15:28.360 in many cases,

00:15:29.300 providing the most integrated

00:15:30.720 air defense network

00:15:31.840 in Middle East history.

00:15:33.920 We are fighting to win.

00:15:36.240 Through combined U.S.

00:15:37.180 and Israeli combat power,

00:15:38.580 we will continue decimating

00:15:39.940 Iran's ability to project power 0.97

00:15:41.380 outside its borders.

00:15:42.880 And if I can just conclude by saying

00:15:45.080 a strong salute to the brave men and women

00:15:47.760 who are out on the pointy edge of this,

00:15:49.640 really doing exceptional work.

00:15:50.940 I just couldn't be prouder,

00:15:52.320 and I know the American people

00:15:53.380 share in that same pride.

00:15:54.740 So thank you very much.

00:15:55.880 Absolutely.

00:15:57.120 And with that,

00:15:57.600 we'll take a few questions.

00:15:58.380 Yeah, right here.

00:15:59.140 Sir, I appreciate it.

00:16:01.360 Admar, I wanted to ask,

00:16:02.600 or Mr. Secretary,

00:16:03.800 the Ukrainian president said today

00:16:05.740 that the U.S. has asked

00:16:07.560 for specific capabilities

00:16:08.740 to deal with shadow drones,

00:16:10.520 Iranian drones.

00:16:11.620 Can you guys talk about

00:16:12.540 what you asked for,

00:16:14.020 and has there been any surprise,

00:16:16.120 any surprise from Iranian capabilities 1.00

00:16:18.020 that you guys have seen

00:16:18.700 in the past six days?

00:16:19.780 Go ahead.

00:16:21.340 We're very familiar

00:16:22.320 with Iranians' capabilities,

00:16:23.800 and as you might imagine,

00:16:25.220 we planned for it right from the outset,

00:16:27.020 and I feel good about what the plan was.

00:16:29.440 Like any good organization,

00:16:32.900 we adjust as necessary

00:16:34.520 to meet the environment,

00:16:35.520 and we've made those appropriate adjustments.

00:16:37.280 Absolutely.

00:16:37.940 Right here.

00:16:38.560 Thanks, Secretary.

00:16:39.160 I had two for both of you.

00:16:40.940 One, was an American pilot shot down today

00:16:44.200 in Iraq,

00:16:45.000 and two,

00:16:46.100 I've heard reports

00:16:47.020 that there's enriched uranium stored in Isfahan.

00:16:50.180 I've also heard reports

00:16:51.440 that there's not a lot of bombing there.

00:16:53.440 Is that on purpose?

00:16:54.420 Do we believe there's enriched uranium there,

00:16:56.280 and would we ever send special forces to secure it?

00:16:58.640 As CENTCOM pointed out,

00:17:01.300 that those reports of an F-15 being shot down are false.

00:17:05.300 As you can imagine,

00:17:07.120 Iran is doing everything it can to peddle in lies, 1.00

00:17:09.560 deception,

00:17:10.600 and inflation of numbers and reality,

00:17:13.000 mostly to propagandize to their own people.

00:17:15.180 Right?

00:17:15.420 They don't,

00:17:15.900 they've shut down the internet.

00:17:17.580 They're hoping they can convince their own population

00:17:20.280 that they're having success.

00:17:22.020 One thing one of their leaders said recently

00:17:23.500 is that, you know,

00:17:24.300 500 Americans have been killed, they claim.

00:17:27.160 These are lies.

00:17:28.320 The lies will continue.

00:17:29.320 CENTCOM will continue to debunk those lies.

00:17:31.500 So,

00:17:32.160 and as often is the case in conflict,

00:17:34.900 first reports are often wrong.

00:17:37.200 As it pertains to nuclear material and things like that,

00:17:39.720 one of the objectives the president has always said

00:17:41.360 is that Iran will not have a nuclear bomb,

00:17:43.320 nuclear capabilities,

00:17:44.240 but we would never disclose what we will

00:17:46.000 or will not do inside operational plans.

00:17:48.100 So, Admiral Cooper's got a plan.

00:17:49.620 We're working that plan,

00:17:50.620 and targets will be struck or not struck

00:17:53.000 according to what we want to achieve.

00:17:55.900 Yeah, right there.

00:17:56.640 Secretary Hexer,

00:17:57.700 the president said earlier today

00:17:59.460 in an interview that he would like to have a say

00:18:02.400 in who's the next leader of Iran.

00:18:04.540 Is this an expansion of your military objective?

00:18:07.780 Do you view it that way?

00:18:08.880 And additionally,

00:18:09.620 you spoke earlier today

00:18:11.120 about how previous leaders

00:18:13.440 have drawn resources from our hemisphere

00:18:15.980 to the Middle East.

00:18:17.560 How do you avoid that?

00:18:19.780 Well, there's no expansion.

00:18:21.520 Ultimately,

00:18:21.960 I think the president's having a heck of a say

00:18:23.640 in who runs Iran

00:18:25.020 given the ongoing operation we have.

00:18:27.340 So, there's no expansion in our objectives.

00:18:28.800 We know exactly what we're trying to achieve.

00:18:30.500 I think today's a great example

00:18:31.640 of what this war department is capable of doing.

00:18:34.660 I was just in another part of Florida today

00:18:36.480 where we announced, you know,

00:18:38.540 America's counter-cartel conference.

00:18:41.520 18 countries coming together

00:18:42.720 from Central, South America, and the Caribbean

00:18:44.800 coming together to fight cartels.

00:18:46.820 That is something that is ongoing.

00:18:49.080 We're focused there.

00:18:49.860 We're focused in the Indo-Pacific.

00:18:51.260 We can mass combat power in CENTCOM.

00:18:54.000 UCOM is able to support that as well.

00:18:56.380 So, we know we're laser-focused

00:18:58.200 on our hemisphere and our homeland.

00:18:59.480 That's why we lock down the border.

00:19:00.800 That's why we're working with partners

00:19:01.800 to take on cartels.

00:19:02.900 That's why we're sinking drug boats. 0.99

00:19:04.120 That's why we're on the offense there.

00:19:06.040 But the beautiful things about combatant commands

00:19:08.240 is that, you know,

00:19:09.980 Brad Cooper's laser-focused on Central Command,

00:19:13.680 just like Frank Donovan is laser-focused

00:19:16.180 on Southern Command.

00:19:17.960 We can do both.

00:19:18.940 That's what a global power can do.

00:19:20.740 Ultimately, this issue of Iran's nuclear pursuit

00:19:24.340 and their unwillingness through negotiations

00:19:26.220 to stop it was something President Trump

00:19:28.340 has said for a long time needs to be dealt with.

00:19:31.520 And after 47 years, he's doing something

00:19:33.480 that no other president was willing to do.

00:19:35.200 And we're doing it overwhelmingly,

00:19:37.200 and we're doing it decisively,

00:19:38.620 while also in other parts of the globe

00:19:41.480 having the desired effects.

00:19:42.880 I mean, take, for example,

00:19:44.040 what we displayed yesterday,

00:19:45.960 the Iranian ship in the Indian Ocean,

00:19:50.340 sunk by Indo-PACOM, another combatant command,

00:19:52.840 who coordinated with us in order to make that happen.

00:19:55.320 So, America's reach is global.

00:19:57.480 Our focus here, though,

00:19:58.680 these missions are narrow, they're scoped,

00:20:01.180 and Admiral Cooper is well on his way

00:20:03.660 to ensuring that we reach those objectives.

00:20:06.120 Right here, yes, sir.

00:20:06.820 You know, Howard Olman spoke with

00:20:08.640 the troops killed.

00:20:12.880 Do the Ukrainians are talking about providing 1.00

00:20:15.720 low-cost interceptors, given their experience.

00:20:20.340 Is that something that the Pentagon is looking for?

00:20:22.820 And for Admiral Cooper,

00:20:23.460 can you walk us through a little bit

00:20:25.200 about how effective the Lucas drones have been,

00:20:28.160 what kind of targets they've hit,

00:20:29.680 and how much that's helped,

00:20:31.780 given that they're low-cost alternative

00:20:33.840 to a more expensive killing?

00:20:36.820 Go ahead. 0.99

00:20:37.780 Sure.

00:20:38.640 I'm not familiar with the particular offer,

00:20:41.140 but the interceptors in general,

00:20:43.540 we've had a number of new capabilities being fielded.

00:20:46.900 Obviously, I'm not going to talk about it

00:20:47.960 from an operational perspective of what those are,

00:20:50.760 but I think you have seen over a period of time

00:20:52.920 us kind of get on the other side

00:20:54.800 of this cost curve on drones in general.

00:20:57.160 If I just walk back a couple of years,

00:20:58.980 you remember what you used to always hear,

00:21:00.220 we're shooting down a $50,000 drone

00:21:03.040 with a $2 million missile.

00:21:04.740 These days, we're spending a lot of time

00:21:06.400 shooting down $100,000 drones

00:21:09.520 with $10,000 weapons from ours.

00:21:11.640 So that's one aspect.

00:21:12.700 But Lucas, indispensable.

00:21:14.760 As many of you know, and if you don't know,

00:21:16.920 this was an original Iranian drone design.

00:21:19.540 We captured it, pulled the guts out,

00:21:21.900 sent it back to America,

00:21:23.240 put a little Made America on it,

00:21:24.640 brought it back here, 1.00

00:21:25.300 and we're shooting at the Iranians. 0.99

00:21:28.340 Good targets. 1.00

00:21:30.560 Good targets.

00:21:32.620 Right there.

00:21:33.340 Yes, ma'am.

00:21:33.540 Thank you so much, Secretary.

00:21:35.380 President Trump, in his first speech

00:21:38.020 after the launch of the operation,

00:21:41.000 Epic Fury,

00:21:42.180 he addressed Iranian people

00:21:43.980 and he said that there's going to be a time

00:21:46.120 for you to come out,

00:21:47.500 but it's not now.

00:21:48.540 Stay home.

00:21:49.200 It's not safe.

00:21:50.560 I want to know if there was a timeline for that,

00:21:53.240 that you're going to urge Iranian people to come out.

00:21:56.160 How that is going to play out

00:21:57.920 and how are you going to protect the protesters?

00:22:02.400 You know that they're going to be shot probably

00:22:04.760 as we witnessed in January.

00:22:06.980 That's what happened.

00:22:08.060 How are you going to protect

00:22:09.580 and support the protesters?

00:22:11.540 And Admiral, I have one question for you.

00:22:13.860 How are you going to minimize the civilian harms?

00:22:19.400 We have a lot of evidence

00:22:21.600 that the passage units, IRGC commanders,

00:22:25.500 they are now gathering in schools and hospitals

00:22:28.100 and purely residential areas

00:22:31.180 because their headquarters are bombarded.

00:22:33.580 They are ruined, of course.

00:22:34.960 So how are you going to protect the civilians

00:22:38.480 while you're attacking the IRGC people hard?

00:22:42.520 Thank you.

00:22:43.240 I'm just saying the protests,

00:22:44.600 obviously a lot of Iranian people,

00:22:46.340 the Iranian people showed a lot of courage

00:22:47.940 in those protests.

00:22:48.880 And we saw the Iranian regime

00:22:51.360 was revealed for what it is

00:22:52.520 in the way they reacted to that.

00:22:54.000 The world saw that.

00:22:55.320 No one's done more than President Trump

00:22:57.020 to reopen the opportunity

00:22:58.500 for those who want to free Iran to do so.

00:23:01.860 Ultimately, it's common sense,

00:23:03.520 as he said up front.

00:23:04.880 Don't go out and protest

00:23:06.140 while bombs are dropping inside Tehran

00:23:08.880 and elsewhere.

00:23:10.240 So there will come a moment

00:23:11.720 where he determines or they determine

00:23:14.280 that it's the time to seize that advantage.

00:23:16.160 But there's a lot of things we're doing

00:23:18.060 and the Israeli military is doing

00:23:20.240 targeting those individuals

00:23:21.740 who are targeting those who protest.

00:23:23.820 The more you do that

00:23:25.000 and you erode their will

00:23:26.200 and you erode their capabilities,

00:23:27.480 the more you create an opportunity

00:23:28.580 for people to boldly stand up.

00:23:30.840 Yeah, I would just reinforce the point

00:23:32.060 we're targeting the people,

00:23:33.400 we're targeting the headquarters

00:23:34.460 and the people who are targeting

00:23:36.320 the protesters, you know,

00:23:37.300 first and foremost.

00:23:38.120 I'd also just double down

00:23:39.280 on the president's comments

00:23:40.440 that he previously made

00:23:41.540 to the people,

00:23:43.200 stay in your homes,

00:23:44.300 keep things calm,

00:23:46.080 you know, stay out of the way.

00:23:47.380 There's a lot of U.S.

00:23:49.940 and Israeli capacity coming over.

00:23:52.180 We're hitting a lot of targets.

00:23:53.400 The best thing for them to do

00:23:54.340 for right now is just to lay low.

00:23:56.700 Right here.

00:23:58.220 Secretary, one common outcome

00:24:00.440 of American military action

00:24:02.200 in the past has been

00:24:03.140 taking in thousands of refugees

00:24:05.420 into the American homeland.

00:24:07.800 And I'm wondering

00:24:08.200 if there's any safeguards

00:24:10.040 put in place to make sure

00:24:11.320 that the American people

00:24:12.640 aren't having to have

00:24:13.440 another wave of refugees 1.00

00:24:15.600 from the Middle Eastern

00:24:17.100 or anywhere else

00:24:17.900 come and stay here.

00:24:20.600 I think it's safe to say

00:24:21.280 there's no plan for a wave

00:24:22.420 of new Middle Eastern refugees

00:24:24.500 to the United States of America.

00:24:26.160 I think as the president

00:24:26.780 has pointed out for a long time,

00:24:28.000 there are a lot of countries

00:24:28.740 in the region

00:24:29.580 who would be capable

00:24:31.160 of providing that kind of support

00:24:33.900 if need be.

00:24:35.220 But that's certainly not

00:24:36.000 something we're planning on.

00:24:37.920 Yep, back there.

00:24:38.740 Yes, sir.

00:24:40.120 Michael in Washington Times.

00:24:41.420 I wanted to ask,

00:24:42.420 I know Semper Gumby

00:24:44.200 is always a truism

00:24:45.980 in the military.

00:24:47.160 Did the British decision

00:24:48.260 to refuse Diego Garcia

00:24:50.480 have any impact

00:24:52.100 on the mission itself?

00:24:53.520 Did you have to adjust

00:24:54.200 or were you able

00:24:55.440 to just completely

00:24:56.620 go with the mission

00:24:58.380 without even worrying about that?

00:25:00.080 Well, as the president stated,

00:25:01.060 it was unfortunate

00:25:01.680 that the Brits didn't

00:25:04.520 from day one

00:25:05.460 say, hey, go ahead

00:25:06.820 and have access.

00:25:08.180 But we got there.

00:25:09.660 We got there.

00:25:10.660 And that's now part

00:25:11.760 of the way

00:25:12.340 that we're operationalizing

00:25:13.300 bomber runs.

00:25:14.200 And it's part of

00:25:14.760 when we say more to come,

00:25:16.980 it's more fighter squadrons,

00:25:18.440 it's more capabilities,

00:25:19.460 it's more defensive capabilities,

00:25:21.420 and it's more bomber pulses

00:25:23.000 more frequently.

00:25:24.300 The amount of firepower

00:25:25.480 over Iran 0.52

00:25:26.400 and over Tehran

00:25:27.560 is about to surge dramatically.

00:25:29.760 And part of it

00:25:30.540 is that we're going to have

00:25:31.060 even more basing.

00:25:31.940 And it's not just the UK.

00:25:33.200 We've had other friends step up

00:25:34.340 and we're grateful for that.

00:25:36.880 Maybe one more right here.

00:25:38.960 Yeah.

00:25:40.260 The Azeri president

00:25:41.380 earlier today

00:25:42.040 basically authorized

00:25:42.940 his minister of defense

00:25:43.900 to begin preparing troops

00:25:45.040 for some type of retaliatory action

00:25:46.880 after the airport strike.

00:25:48.380 Has the Department of War

00:25:49.380 and CINCOM

00:25:50.160 been working on deconflict

00:25:51.240 with the Azeri

00:25:51.980 if they were to move in

00:25:53.020 or attempt something

00:25:54.000 in retaliation?

00:25:56.280 I'm sure there are plans

00:25:57.280 while the Admiral

00:25:57.800 will speak to that.

00:25:58.780 But that does allow me

00:26:00.620 to kind of address this idea

00:26:01.700 that the war might be expanding

00:26:04.200 or there's chaos

00:26:05.420 and nothing could be further

00:26:07.200 from the truth.

00:26:07.980 If anything,

00:26:08.880 what Iran is doing 0.59

00:26:09.760 by targeting allied countries

00:26:11.400 that would otherwise

00:26:12.660 want to stay out of this,

00:26:14.260 they've actually pulled them

00:26:15.040 into the American orbit.

00:26:16.920 So now you've got UAE 0.99

00:26:18.680 and Qatar

00:26:19.620 and Bahrain

00:26:20.320 and Saudi

00:26:20.880 and Kuwait

00:26:21.480 and others saying,

00:26:22.320 hey, we're with you. 1.00

00:26:24.180 We'll shoot with you. 1.00

00:26:25.420 We'll fly with you. 1.00

00:26:26.300 We'll defend with you.

00:26:28.200 We'll allow you more basing

00:26:29.680 and a lot of which

00:26:31.300 we can't talk about

00:26:32.260 and won't talk about.

00:26:33.080 But it's actually

00:26:33.820 firming up the unity

00:26:35.080 of the resistance

00:26:36.300 in order to focus

00:26:37.180 exactly where we need to.

00:26:38.640 So this idea

00:26:39.620 that it's expanding

00:26:40.460 or going,

00:26:41.240 no, it's actually

00:26:41.880 simplifying

00:26:43.940 in a number of ways

00:26:44.860 exactly what we need

00:26:45.820 to achieve

00:26:46.240 and how we'll achieve it.

00:26:47.440 I don't know

00:26:47.580 if you want to add to that.

00:26:48.680 I won't get ahead

00:26:49.120 of policy

00:26:50.360 in terms of

00:26:50.800 what we might do.

00:26:51.560 What I will point out

00:26:52.160 is this is now

00:26:52.940 the 12th country

00:26:54.020 that Iran has attacked. 0.95

00:26:55.920 12 countries

00:26:56.540 and it goes right back

00:26:57.160 to the Secretary's point.

00:26:58.580 Those 12 countries

00:26:59.360 are none too happy

00:27:01.120 and I look forward

00:27:02.860 to working with

00:27:03.520 all the partners

00:27:04.480 who are willing

00:27:05.000 to join us in this.

00:27:06.320 And I would just close

00:27:07.160 by saying...

00:27:08.000 Mr. Secretary,

00:27:08.860 one more question.

00:27:09.980 Would you...

00:27:11.060 What is your message

00:27:11.820 to Americans

00:27:12.740 who are concerned

00:27:14.000 about security

00:27:15.040 here at home

00:27:15.700 with the change-up

00:27:16.680 that we're going to see

00:27:17.580 at the Department

00:27:18.200 of Homeland Security?

00:27:18.980 Well, I think...

00:27:19.560 I think...

00:27:20.520 Chris, you know,

00:27:21.280 did an excellent job

00:27:22.080 over there

00:27:22.340 securing our border

00:27:23.120 and keeping us focused

00:27:24.580 on threats

00:27:26.060 and the President

00:27:26.600 making a change.

00:27:27.840 We all serve

00:27:28.320 the pleasure

00:27:28.640 of the President.

00:27:29.360 I'm sure

00:27:29.780 Mark Wayne Mullen

00:27:30.600 will do a fantastic job.

00:27:32.180 He's been a friend

00:27:32.780 of mine for a long time.

00:27:34.060 But Christie did a great job

00:27:35.640 setting us up for success.

00:27:36.920 So I don't have any concerns

00:27:37.960 about whether or not

00:27:38.900 the Homeland

00:27:39.720 will be covered down on.

00:27:40.880 And I'll just end

00:27:41.480 by saying

00:27:41.940 I wish every American

00:27:43.380 could get a chance

00:27:44.020 to see what we see.

00:27:45.480 I had a chance

00:27:45.940 to go into the control room,

00:27:47.980 into the Tactical Operations Center,

00:27:49.680 go see these young men

00:27:50.520 and women

00:27:50.800 that are doing this,

00:27:51.540 the dedication

00:27:52.120 that they show

00:27:53.060 at every level,

00:27:54.520 the way they've refined

00:27:55.420 their craft.

00:27:56.380 I'm talking to a young colonel

00:27:58.120 who's iterating

00:27:59.320 on how we target

00:28:00.120 and how we find

00:28:02.360 and fix

00:28:02.960 different aspects

00:28:03.900 of what the Iranians 0.94

00:28:04.940 are trying to do.

00:28:05.540 If they don't know

00:28:07.340 what they're up against

00:28:08.020 and if they think

00:28:10.540 they've got it solved for,

00:28:11.740 they're wrong.

00:28:12.860 And ultimately,

00:28:13.780 the combination

00:28:14.260 of our ingenuity,

00:28:15.600 the skill,

00:28:16.540 the professionalism,

00:28:17.540 the discipline,

00:28:18.220 and then the sheer weight

00:28:19.440 of the capabilities

00:28:20.340 of the U.S. military,

00:28:22.120 what you're going to see

00:28:23.160 may look routine.

00:28:25.440 It may start to be like,

00:28:26.360 oh, another boat.

00:28:27.900 Oh, another launcher.

00:28:29.240 Oh, another drone facility.

00:28:30.840 What it takes to do this

00:28:32.600 with the precision

00:28:34.120 that we do

00:28:34.700 is world-class.

00:28:35.720 No one else can do it.

00:28:36.720 And it's world-class Americans.

00:28:39.100 Like the ones I saw here,

00:28:40.580 like the ones

00:28:41.080 that are coming home

00:28:41.780 that we're going to greet home

00:28:42.760 that are the engine

00:28:44.140 of what makes

00:28:44.800 our country great.

00:28:46.180 And so I'm so grateful

00:28:47.160 for folks like those here

00:28:48.760 at CENTCOM,

00:28:49.320 at Central Command,

00:28:50.140 who are under your command,

00:28:51.700 thank you for your

00:28:52.220 decisive leadership.

00:28:53.300 And all I'll say to you

00:28:54.500 is what I say to them,

00:28:55.360 keep going.

00:28:56.140 Because the president

00:28:57.000 and myself,

00:28:57.700 we have your back.

00:28:58.380 Thank you, Admiral.

00:28:59.060 Appreciate it.

00:28:59.680 Thanks very much.

00:29:00.280 Thank you all.

00:29:04.080 Okay, that's at CENTCOM

00:29:06.220 headquarters in Tampa.

00:29:07.300 You had Admiral Bradley Cooper,

00:29:09.740 the Secretary of War,

00:29:10.680 Pete Hexeth.

00:29:12.040 Let's go.

00:29:12.540 We got Brandon Weikert,

00:29:13.600 Dr. Bradley Thayer,

00:29:14.700 George Papadopoulos

00:29:15.760 to start it off.

00:29:17.280 Brandon Weikert,

00:29:18.200 tell me,

00:29:19.500 discern for me,

00:29:21.180 what was signal

00:29:23.360 and what was noise

00:29:24.080 in that briefing.

00:29:26.360 A key takeaway

00:29:27.360 is that we do have

00:29:28.700 localized air superiority,

00:29:30.900 which means that

00:29:31.680 we can start bombing 0.90

00:29:32.820 these sites. 0.72

00:29:33.920 But I just want

00:29:34.700 to make it clear,

00:29:35.600 this is not the same thing

00:29:36.780 as air dominance.

00:29:38.140 There's no indication yet

00:29:39.700 that we have achieved

00:29:40.600 air dominance.

00:29:41.680 So that's another

00:29:42.560 signal noise issue.

00:29:44.260 Another thing

00:29:44.880 they kept repeating

00:29:45.760 was the missile launchers.

00:29:47.560 It's true.

00:29:48.200 We have destroyed

00:29:49.060 the missile launchers

00:29:50.080 we can find and see.

00:29:52.200 The Iranians have switched 1.00

00:29:53.580 now to popping off

00:29:54.800 these missiles

00:29:55.520 from within the entryways

00:29:57.700 or in these covered positions

00:29:59.700 near these underground tunnels.

00:30:02.200 We have no idea

00:30:03.820 how many they have.

00:30:05.440 So I think it's a little misleading

00:30:07.020 on the part of the Pentagon

00:30:08.100 to say that,

00:30:09.600 oh, well,

00:30:09.980 you know,

00:30:10.200 we're going to be able

00:30:10.800 to get all these things.

00:30:11.900 We will eventually,

00:30:13.060 over time,

00:30:13.680 likely be able

00:30:14.520 to find many of them

00:30:15.800 but it requires them 0.61

00:30:17.380 to shoot off

00:30:18.280 the missile first.

00:30:19.460 So it's sort of like

00:30:20.160 closing the barn door

00:30:21.180 after the horse

00:30:21.860 has already left.

00:30:22.820 I just,

00:30:23.140 I want to be,

00:30:23.920 hang on,

00:30:24.920 hang on.

00:30:25.260 I want to be specific.

00:30:26.260 The term of our superiority

00:30:28.240 and their air supremacy.

00:30:29.920 I don't think I heard

00:30:30.860 air supremacy.

00:30:32.300 They said they had local

00:30:33.220 air superiority,

00:30:36.300 correct?

00:30:37.480 Yeah,

00:30:37.820 that's what they're saying

00:30:39.780 and then Hegseth said

00:30:41.480 we have total air dominance

00:30:43.880 and that is just not accurate.

00:30:46.000 That is a turn of phrase

00:30:48.260 and I understand

00:30:48.860 he wants to do that

00:30:50.200 but just so we're clear,

00:30:51.860 there are many steps

00:30:52.880 between what we have achieved

00:30:54.460 at great cost,

00:30:55.560 mind you,

00:30:55.940 to our stockpiles

00:30:56.900 and what is happening

00:30:58.520 or what he wants to happen

00:31:00.020 which is total air dominance

00:31:01.860 but I just want to make it,

00:31:03.240 yeah.

00:31:03.980 Go ahead.

00:31:04.840 I think those briefings,

00:31:05.740 I think those briefings,

00:31:07.400 particularly from CENCOM

00:31:08.340 would be better

00:31:09.100 if you had CENCOM

00:31:10.520 do more,

00:31:11.680 I think people want more

00:31:12.740 numbers,

00:31:14.200 more about

00:31:15.300 what the combat operations are.

00:31:17.160 That's right.

00:31:17.680 But let me go,

00:31:18.300 let me go back to something.

00:31:19.480 It does seem like

00:31:20.580 and Admiral Cooper

00:31:21.480 reiterated this

00:31:22.400 unless I missed it

00:31:23.260 that we continue to flow

00:31:25.200 more systems,

00:31:27.180 more weapon systems,

00:31:28.240 more platforms

00:31:28.960 into the region

00:31:30.700 and have consistently

00:31:32.860 and that degradation,

00:31:34.240 we're still going down

00:31:35.280 their target sets

00:31:37.180 while it seems

00:31:39.920 more scattergunned,

00:31:42.040 you know,

00:31:42.300 a guy coming out

00:31:43.120 of the thing

00:31:43.360 and popping something

00:31:44.100 out there.

00:31:44.520 These are random pops

00:31:46.340 instead of systematic

00:31:47.460 retaliation.

00:31:49.160 Do you think

00:31:49.720 the same way?

00:31:50.420 I'm not convinced

00:31:51.720 of that.

00:31:52.360 That's just my personal take

00:31:53.760 and I'm sure other guests

00:31:54.700 will disagree with me

00:31:55.640 but I'm not convinced

00:31:57.120 of that,

00:31:57.620 that this is just random

00:31:58.700 dead-enders,

00:31:59.740 if you will.

00:32:00.060 Remember that was

00:32:00.400 the Rumsfeld term

00:32:01.240 back in the day,

00:32:02.520 dead-enders.

00:32:03.340 This doesn't seem

00:32:04.200 like dead-enders to me.

00:32:05.660 This seems like

00:32:06.340 a very organized

00:32:07.440 and now maybe

00:32:08.200 the C2 functions

00:32:09.320 we know have been degraded

00:32:10.420 but the Iranians 0.71

00:32:11.720 were anticipating this

00:32:12.980 and this is why

00:32:13.540 they desegregated

00:32:14.680 or decentralized rather

00:32:16.540 as many command authority

00:32:18.240 to their local

00:32:18.980 field commanders

00:32:19.660 as possible.

00:32:20.860 I would also like

00:32:21.580 to remind everybody

00:32:22.580 that the weapons

00:32:23.800 that the Iranians

00:32:24.680 are firing,

00:32:25.460 now the CENTCOM

00:32:26.460 is running around

00:32:27.000 with this percentage thing,

00:32:28.140 they're playing

00:32:28.440 a numbers game.

00:32:29.480 Well, it looks like

00:32:30.700 that the systems

00:32:31.740 that are being fired

00:32:32.580 at the region

00:32:33.540 are increasingly

00:32:34.720 more complex.

00:32:35.800 They're MIRVing 0.99

00:32:36.420 in many cases,

00:32:37.880 which means

00:32:38.580 they're separating

00:32:39.260 into smaller warheads.

00:32:40.820 I was witnessing

00:32:41.620 one strike from

00:32:43.440 I think about

00:32:44.040 12 hours ago

00:32:44.920 in Israel

00:32:45.480 where this thing

00:32:46.740 let out a series

00:32:47.700 of decoy systems

00:32:49.500 which basically

00:32:50.560 forced the air defense

00:32:52.120 system in Israel

00:32:53.080 to go after the decoy.

00:32:54.600 This is happening

00:32:55.400 repeatedly, Steve.

00:32:56.820 So I want to make

00:32:58.040 it clear that

00:32:58.920 this thing is not over

00:33:00.700 and the Iranians 0.89

00:33:01.820 are still very much

00:33:02.660 in the fight

00:33:03.440 and the fact

00:33:04.220 of the matter is

00:33:05.140 Hegseth says

00:33:06.100 this thing isn't

00:33:06.680 expanding.

00:33:07.300 Well, the Iranians 1.00

00:33:08.100 just expanded it

00:33:09.400 into Azerbaijan.

00:33:10.740 They just blew up

00:33:11.360 the Zangzhar corridor

00:33:12.320 pipelines.

00:33:13.820 You know,

00:33:14.140 you've got the Kurds 1.00

00:33:14.840 coming in.

00:33:15.340 So this thing

00:33:15.800 is very much expanding

00:33:17.000 and they're saying

00:33:17.900 it's not going to be done

00:33:18.720 until September now.

00:33:20.220 So this is

00:33:20.640 a very big problem

00:33:21.880 for us.

00:33:22.400 Hang on.

00:33:22.720 Okay, hang on.

00:33:25.120 Actually,

00:33:25.660 it also expanded

00:33:26.460 into Beirut today.

00:33:27.660 There was kind of

00:33:28.020 a mass evacuation

00:33:28.960 out of Beirut.

00:33:30.240 In fact,

00:33:30.800 George Papadopoulos

00:33:31.620 is going to join us

00:33:32.160 here in a second

00:33:32.700 actually to talk

00:33:33.540 about Azerbaijan

00:33:35.400 and other areas

00:33:36.900 up there

00:33:37.500 that it looks

00:33:38.000 like is expanding.

00:33:39.880 Just go back

00:33:40.800 though to what

00:33:41.280 you just said.

00:33:41.920 Where have you

00:33:42.760 seen for the audience?

00:33:44.380 Yeah.

00:33:44.660 Is there any place

00:33:45.440 in the Gulf

00:33:46.080 or even Tel Aviv

00:33:47.680 or Jerusalem

00:33:48.120 where you've seen

00:33:48.980 a consistent

00:33:50.080 looks like

00:33:52.060 counter-strike

00:33:52.840 by the Iranians?

00:33:55.740 Something like

00:33:56.340 they did

00:33:56.880 in the 12-day war

00:33:58.700 or anything close

00:33:59.600 to what they did

00:34:00.180 in the first

00:34:00.520 couple of days here?

00:34:02.040 Well, I mean,

00:34:02.640 they've flattened

00:34:03.420 large portions

00:34:04.320 of Tel Aviv.

00:34:05.280 They continue to strike.

00:34:06.920 They flattened

00:34:07.880 our 5th Fleet headquarters,

00:34:09.560 which we are not

00:34:10.200 getting back

00:34:10.800 after this.

00:34:12.340 I mean,

00:34:12.760 to me,

00:34:13.200 this is a very

00:34:14.000 significant

00:34:14.640 and consistent

00:34:15.660 offensive capability.

00:34:17.580 Yeah,

00:34:17.780 we've degraded them

00:34:18.840 in key areas,

00:34:20.240 but they planned

00:34:21.200 for this.

00:34:21.740 They are continuing

00:34:23.500 to execute

00:34:24.280 their strategy.

00:34:25.120 And I want to say

00:34:26.140 something else also.

00:34:27.240 NBC interviewed

00:34:28.140 Ergachi,

00:34:29.100 who's the foreign 0.67

00:34:30.000 minister for Iran,

00:34:31.160 and asked him

00:34:31.980 point-blank,

00:34:32.660 are you worried

00:34:33.660 about a U.S. invasion?

00:34:35.300 And his response,

00:34:36.380 and this might have

00:34:36.860 been braggadocio,

00:34:37.800 but we shouldn't

00:34:38.580 just take that

00:34:39.200 at face value.

00:34:40.400 His response was,

00:34:41.940 the Iranian military

00:34:43.220 has prepared

00:34:43.960 for this contingency.

00:34:45.120 And he smiled.

00:34:46.000 He said,

00:34:46.460 we are waiting

00:34:47.020 for the Americans

00:34:47.700 to come.

00:34:48.460 This could end up

00:34:49.360 being the Vietnam 0.94

00:34:50.420 of our era

00:34:51.440 with a protracted

00:34:52.540 insurgency

00:34:53.140 on our hands.

00:34:53.880 What did you,

00:34:55.400 when you say September,

00:34:56.980 who said September today?

00:34:59.960 I must have missed that.

00:35:00.340 This is coming out,

00:35:01.080 this is coming out,

00:35:02.020 I think there was

00:35:02.480 a Politico report

00:35:03.580 where they mentioned this.

00:35:04.760 This is coming out

00:35:05.520 of contacts

00:35:06.140 at the DOD

00:35:07.060 where now they're

00:35:07.680 talking about

00:35:08.400 these intelligence analysts

00:35:09.620 being tasked

00:35:10.460 for 100 days now,

00:35:12.580 and they're talking about,

00:35:14.000 I think it was

00:35:14.920 the Politico this morning

00:35:16.040 that said that.

00:35:16.160 Tell the audience

00:35:16.800 about that.

00:35:17.260 Politico broke a story.

00:35:19.540 Yeah.

00:35:20.200 Poso and I talked

00:35:20.900 about it

00:35:21.080 because he was

00:35:21.500 an intelligence officer.

00:35:22.660 Talk about this 100.

00:35:24.300 It turns out

00:35:24.840 that's not rumored

00:35:25.560 to actually do it.

00:35:26.400 They're forward deploying

00:35:27.680 100 intelligence analysts

00:35:29.780 or officers

00:35:30.400 from the Department of War,

00:35:32.720 D.C.,

00:35:33.740 or D.C. environment

00:35:34.760 to actually forward

00:35:35.820 deploying them now

00:35:36.640 into the region,

00:35:37.340 correct?

00:35:38.180 Yeah.

00:35:38.520 I have a friend

00:35:39.120 in Naval Intelligence

00:35:39.960 that he did this

00:35:40.980 during the Afghan war

00:35:42.040 as well.

00:35:42.760 Usually this is because

00:35:43.940 we are,

00:35:44.660 it's part of a surge,

00:35:45.940 if you will.

00:35:47.180 And that's my word,

00:35:48.500 that's not the president's word,

00:35:49.560 but it's,

00:35:49.940 for lack of a better term,

00:35:51.040 it's part of a surge.

00:35:52.280 And the reason you do this

00:35:53.540 is because you are anticipating

00:35:55.080 a bigger fight on your hands.

00:35:57.240 You are anticipating

00:35:57.940 having to do more.

00:36:00.020 I was talking also

00:36:00.980 with somebody

00:36:01.840 who has a lot of ties

00:36:03.040 to this Mujahideen 0.99

00:36:04.160 Kalk group,

00:36:05.140 M-E-K, 0.99

00:36:06.140 who point blank told me

00:36:07.520 that the U.S. Special Forces

00:36:09.180 is going to be,

00:36:10.340 you know,

00:36:11.300 linking up with these guys

00:36:12.600 at some point

00:36:13.260 in the next several weeks

00:36:14.440 so that we can begin

00:36:16.140 doing joint operations

00:36:17.640 on the ground in Iran,

00:36:19.000 not a normal invasion,

00:36:20.720 but with Special Forces.

00:36:21.960 But the point is,

00:36:22.940 this is not ending

00:36:24.660 anytime soon.

00:36:25.660 And I argue

00:36:26.340 the reason we're even

00:36:27.320 talking about doing

00:36:28.360 even Special Forces

00:36:29.360 on the ground

00:36:29.980 is because the air war

00:36:31.260 has been limited

00:36:32.380 in effectiveness at best.

00:36:35.160 Yeah,

00:36:35.720 there is a bunch

00:36:36.540 of rumors going around

00:36:37.440 and this is in addition

00:36:38.860 to the paramilitary CIA

00:36:40.600 massage and bad IDF

00:36:43.240 with the Kurds.

00:36:43.480 And they're all over

00:36:44.280 with the Kurds.

00:36:45.260 Right, exactly.

00:36:46.200 Yeah.

00:36:46.400 Exactly.

00:36:46.660 There's that whole group

00:36:48.360 up with the Kurds. 0.57

00:36:49.500 There's also,

00:36:50.200 all rumors flying,

00:36:51.100 it's probably just rumors

00:36:51.880 right now,

00:36:52.880 but there is some talk

00:36:54.000 about Joint Special Forces

00:36:55.440 operations maybe

00:36:57.100 in different parts of Iran.

00:36:58.580 Yeah.

00:36:59.000 And I want to say something

00:36:59.880 also real quick

00:37:00.640 about the Kurds here.

00:37:02.160 The Kurds are very angry 1.00

00:37:03.680 with us because of our treatment

00:37:05.140 of the Syrian Kurds

00:37:07.100 next door.

00:37:08.400 I do not trust the fact

00:37:10.040 that the Iraqi Kurds

00:37:11.120 are going to take the guns

00:37:12.060 and money we're giving them

00:37:13.080 and use it on the Iranians.

00:37:14.460 I think they're going

00:37:15.020 to turn on the Turks 0.86

00:37:15.900 because that's their

00:37:17.080 big number one threat.

00:37:18.820 And I think that this thing,

00:37:19.940 that's another side story

00:37:21.100 that's about to blow up

00:37:22.020 in our face

00:37:22.700 because this thing

00:37:23.220 is a disaster in the making

00:37:24.600 in my opinion.

00:37:25.640 You mean bringing the Kurds in? 1.00

00:37:28.040 Yeah, the Iraqi Kurds. 0.91

00:37:29.340 That's correct.

00:37:29.920 In northern Iraq.

00:37:31.180 And we're giving them money

00:37:32.680 and weapons

00:37:33.700 and telling them,

00:37:35.000 hey, go fight

00:37:35.840 the Iranian-backed

00:37:37.520 Shiite militias in Iraq.

00:37:39.040 And they might do that

00:37:40.080 a little bit,

00:37:40.680 but they're going to save

00:37:41.820 that stuff to fight

00:37:43.140 their big enemy,

00:37:43.860 which is turkeys.

00:37:44.980 The turkeys, yeah.

00:37:45.620 I'm sure Erdogan's got 0.54

00:37:46.520 something to say about that.

00:37:47.800 Brandon, where do people

00:37:48.740 go and get you? 0.83

00:37:49.480 Where to get you

00:37:50.960 on social media

00:37:51.880 to follow all your analysis?

00:37:53.420 You can find me

00:37:54.240 at WeTheBrandon

00:37:55.080 on Twitter X.

00:37:55.880 Find me NatSecGuy

00:37:57.500 on Emerald.tv

00:37:58.560 and I'm a senior

00:37:59.280 national security editor

00:38:00.360 at 1945.com.

00:38:03.800 Thank you, sir.

00:38:04.360 Appreciate you.

00:38:05.280 Thank you.

00:38:05.900 Have a good one.

00:38:06.340 Dr. Bradley Thayer,

00:38:09.120 your assessment

00:38:09.680 of what you heard

00:38:10.240 from CENTCOM.

00:38:11.300 Also, do you agree

00:38:13.260 with Brandon?

00:38:13.840 Do you think the air campaign

00:38:15.040 here has been less effective

00:38:16.420 than what CENTCOM

00:38:18.640 and General Raisin Cain

00:38:20.520 is saying?

00:38:22.900 Well, Steve,

00:38:23.460 on that,

00:38:23.820 it's difficult to say.

00:38:24.780 It's attritional war.

00:38:26.680 So the air war

00:38:28.320 is going to be

00:38:30.700 fought between

00:38:31.980 the Iranians

00:38:33.240 who want to preserve

00:38:34.220 their assets

00:38:35.200 because once they emit

00:38:37.020 their radars

00:38:38.780 or once they fire

00:38:40.920 a surface-to-air missile,

00:38:42.300 for example,

00:38:43.620 there's going to be

00:38:44.320 a response.

00:38:45.280 So they want to

00:38:45.840 husband their capabilities

00:38:47.120 as they do

00:38:47.860 their ballistic missiles,

00:38:49.560 their drones,

00:38:50.880 and UAVs.

00:38:52.980 They want to keep

00:38:54.160 the fight going,

00:38:56.420 but they don't want

00:38:57.460 to use up

00:38:58.080 all of their capabilities

00:38:59.320 because they want

00:39:00.100 to draw out the fight.

00:39:01.920 So it's difficult

00:39:02.760 to discern whether,

00:39:04.020 and of course,

00:39:04.420 our choice

00:39:05.800 is to treat them

00:39:06.980 as rapidly as possible,

00:39:08.600 to find them

00:39:09.260 by whatever means 1.00

00:39:10.600 and destroy them. 0.92

00:39:12.520 And that's the entire chain

00:39:13.920 where they're being produced,

00:39:15.080 how they're being transported,

00:39:16.900 how they're being generated,

00:39:18.280 and then how they're

00:39:19.280 being fired.

00:39:20.360 So we need to keep

00:39:22.380 that in mind.

00:39:23.560 So what comes out

00:39:24.840 of Hegseth's remarks

00:39:26.500 and Admiral Cooper's remarks

00:39:28.860 to my mind

00:39:29.760 are three things.

00:39:31.020 First, Hegseth stressed

00:39:33.280 the will is ironclad,

00:39:35.300 right?

00:39:35.540 One thing

00:39:36.460 that he repeated

00:39:38.380 time and again

00:39:39.380 was that the United States

00:39:41.220 is in this to stay

00:39:42.500 as long as it takes.

00:39:45.180 Secondly,

00:39:46.240 as he stressed,

00:39:47.540 of course,

00:39:48.140 again repeatedly,

00:39:49.940 more forces,

00:39:51.320 more capabilities

00:39:52.380 are going to flow

00:39:53.660 to the region.

00:39:54.660 Iran hasn't seen,

00:39:57.580 just to paraphrase,

00:39:59.240 but Iran hasn't seen

00:40:00.380 all of U.S. capabilities

00:40:01.980 and allied capabilities.

00:40:04.340 So again,

00:40:05.260 that's important.

00:40:07.340 Third,

00:40:07.860 both Hegseth

00:40:08.800 and Cooper

00:40:09.600 independently,

00:40:11.760 of course,

00:40:12.260 stressed that we have

00:40:13.200 the means,

00:40:14.200 right?

00:40:14.440 That we have

00:40:15.080 the offensive

00:40:15.920 and defensive capabilities

00:40:17.540 to sustain

00:40:18.560 the fight.

00:40:20.340 So that's a very

00:40:22.380 important point

00:40:23.180 to keep in mind.

00:40:24.020 But Steve,

00:40:24.880 if we take a step back,

00:40:26.520 I think when we

00:40:28.240 think through

00:40:29.320 the war as attritional,

00:40:30.640 we need to understand

00:40:31.640 that that attrition

00:40:32.640 is taking place

00:40:33.700 really in five fronts.

00:40:36.360 First front

00:40:37.360 is going to be

00:40:38.100 the missile war,

00:40:39.120 if you will.

00:40:39.740 That's the ballistic missiles,

00:40:41.340 the cruise missiles,

00:40:42.220 the UAVs

00:40:43.060 and the drones.

00:40:44.480 The second front

00:40:45.280 is going to be

00:40:46.080 the air war,

00:40:47.500 as Brandon

00:40:48.400 was describing.

00:40:50.100 A third front

00:40:50.880 is the naval war,

00:40:52.280 now largely fought

00:40:53.440 in the Gulf.

00:40:54.940 A fourth front

00:40:56.460 is the ground war,

00:40:57.960 which is heating up.

00:40:59.440 The Kurds,

00:41:00.620 obviously,

00:41:02.280 U.S. special forces,

00:41:04.260 Israeli special forces,

00:41:06.260 perhaps the Azeris

00:41:07.560 will send in

00:41:09.180 a force

00:41:10.220 as well

00:41:11.340 in time.

00:41:12.580 And then,

00:41:13.060 fifthly,

00:41:14.260 the fifth front

00:41:15.540 of the war

00:41:15.980 is the proxy war,

00:41:17.200 right?

00:41:17.400 Being fought

00:41:17.860 in Lebanon

00:41:18.400 between Israel

00:41:20.360 and Hezbollah

00:41:21.200 and perhaps

00:41:22.100 broadening out

00:41:22.960 elsewhere

00:41:24.020 in the world.

00:41:26.640 So,

00:41:26.960 that attritional

00:41:27.740 dynamic

00:41:28.320 is taking place

00:41:29.540 in each of those

00:41:31.360 areas.

00:41:32.520 And we need to

00:41:33.100 understand that

00:41:34.020 attritional wars

00:41:35.000 are going to be

00:41:35.660 like two heavyweight

00:41:36.580 boxers pounding

00:41:37.520 on one another.

00:41:39.520 Right?

00:41:40.120 It's like

00:41:41.640 Muhammad Ali

00:41:42.480 and,

00:41:42.780 you know,

00:41:45.820 pounding against

00:41:46.780 one of his heavyweight

00:41:47.620 arms.

00:41:47.660 But that's my point.

00:41:48.660 I haven't,

00:41:49.100 hang on,

00:41:49.580 but that's the point

00:41:50.220 I haven't seen

00:41:51.000 in day,

00:41:52.280 what,

00:41:52.560 day six.

00:41:53.720 We've had a pretty

00:41:55.020 substantial target

00:41:57.120 package.

00:41:57.860 We're going down

00:41:58.980 that,

00:41:59.340 that punch list.

00:42:01.300 I just haven't

00:42:02.400 seen the,

00:42:03.980 the response

00:42:05.300 of the Iranians 0.66

00:42:07.100 at any kind

00:42:08.440 of scale

00:42:08.920 or depth.

00:42:10.040 Yes,

00:42:10.240 they've gotten

00:42:10.700 some shots off.

00:42:11.580 They've hit,

00:42:12.040 they've hit some

00:42:12.900 ore refineries.

00:42:14.540 They've taken

00:42:15.240 out a tanker.

00:42:16.800 They're hitting,

00:42:17.720 even what Brandon

00:42:18.780 said,

00:42:20.260 what Brandon

00:42:20.860 was talking about

00:42:21.340 were things that

00:42:21.780 happened over the

00:42:22.280 first or second day.

00:42:23.140 we're in day six

00:42:24.080 and it's not

00:42:25.200 that they don't

00:42:25.840 have certain

00:42:26.880 weapons systems

00:42:27.500 that can hit

00:42:27.940 and particularly

00:42:28.460 deliver a lot

00:42:29.980 of carnage

00:42:30.500 to Tel Aviv.

00:42:32.320 But it looks like

00:42:33.780 for the limited

00:42:34.900 information they give,

00:42:35.900 it looks like

00:42:36.400 they,

00:42:36.800 we are having

00:42:37.680 some sort of

00:42:38.540 degradation

00:42:39.500 to their systems,

00:42:41.100 which is supposed

00:42:42.040 to be what this

00:42:42.860 whole thing's about.

00:42:43.860 So if you're looking

00:42:44.680 for an off ramp

00:42:45.620 anytime in the next

00:42:46.460 72 hours,

00:42:47.580 you want to make

00:42:48.360 sure that you can

00:42:48.960 look and say,

00:42:49.840 okay,

00:42:50.820 the,

00:42:51.040 the nuclear weapon

00:42:51.900 system's gone.

00:42:52.780 Their air defense

00:42:54.460 are gone.

00:42:55.140 Their capabilities

00:42:56.120 are producing

00:42:56.800 any more missiles

00:42:57.580 are gone.

00:42:59.180 Their fighters

00:42:59.980 are gone.

00:43:01.040 Their Navy's now

00:43:01.840 sunk.

00:43:02.360 You just go through

00:43:03.080 that punch list.

00:43:03.920 It looks to me

00:43:04.840 like CENTCOM

00:43:05.940 because there's

00:43:06.360 two different

00:43:06.780 briefings.

00:43:07.440 Pete's got one.

00:43:08.820 The Secretary of War

00:43:09.620 is more policy

00:43:10.640 and overview.

00:43:12.120 And then CENTCOM

00:43:12.820 are actually,

00:43:13.340 that's the combatant

00:43:14.260 commander.

00:43:14.780 He's kind of telling

00:43:15.420 you what we're doing

00:43:16.280 and how we're doing

00:43:17.480 it, sir.

00:43:17.980 Right.

00:43:20.120 So that's the key

00:43:21.220 issue, Steve.

00:43:22.380 Are we winning

00:43:23.400 that attritional war

00:43:24.900 in some areas?

00:43:27.580 Obviously,

00:43:28.240 in the Navy,

00:43:28.860 we are.

00:43:29.660 Are we winning

00:43:30.320 in the missiles,

00:43:31.340 for example,

00:43:32.340 the drones,

00:43:33.400 the UAVs,

00:43:34.320 or are they

00:43:34.980 husbanding their

00:43:36.000 capabilities for a

00:43:37.140 longer fight,

00:43:38.520 sending a few

00:43:39.220 every day,

00:43:40.320 right?

00:43:40.860 Recognizing that

00:43:41.560 they have been

00:43:42.200 attrited,

00:43:42.920 recognizing their

00:43:43.620 command and control

00:43:44.580 is greatly damaged,

00:43:45.760 recognizing their

00:43:46.660 leadership is

00:43:47.620 greatly damaged,

00:43:48.560 right?

00:43:49.180 Their brain has

00:43:50.260 been damaged,

00:43:50.980 their nervous system

00:43:51.960 has been damaged.

00:43:52.980 How much muscle

00:43:53.860 do they really have?

00:43:55.500 And that's the

00:43:56.060 key question.

00:43:57.400 Are we successfully

00:43:58.620 attriting the brain,

00:44:00.260 the nervous system,

00:44:01.740 and the muscle,

00:44:03.620 or are they

00:44:04.880 doing what they

00:44:06.640 want to do,

00:44:07.400 which is to ensure

00:44:08.320 that they're going

00:44:08.880 to be able to hit

00:44:09.780 every few days?

00:44:10.800 They're going to be

00:44:11.340 able to keep up

00:44:12.040 a trickle or a flood

00:44:14.320 at some days

00:44:16.120 to attack allies,

00:44:18.280 to attack U.S.

00:44:19.060 Before we,

00:44:20.800 I only got a few

00:44:22.020 minutes,

00:44:22.440 but I just want

00:44:23.980 people should

00:44:24.520 understand these

00:44:25.200 are tough people,

00:44:26.520 particularly the

00:44:27.060 people in charge,

00:44:28.500 and the citizens

00:44:29.380 too,

00:44:29.680 but these are,

00:44:30.280 and I think they

00:44:31.100 understand what

00:44:31.960 Trita Parsi told us

00:44:34.000 over and over again.

00:44:35.220 To capitulate to

00:44:36.240 the Americans,

00:44:36.820 it looks like in

00:44:37.700 either deals or

00:44:38.860 negotiation or

00:44:39.760 diplomacy,

00:44:40.940 they think it's

00:44:41.860 to end their

00:44:42.420 regime,

00:44:43.060 and so they're

00:44:43.780 hunkering down

00:44:44.520 now to try to

00:44:46.220 fight this,

00:44:46.720 it looks like,

00:44:47.180 to the bitter end,

00:44:48.100 and so that's

00:44:48.700 why,

00:44:49.120 you know,

00:44:49.820 this continues,

00:44:50.580 and it looks like

00:44:51.320 we're going through

00:44:51.800 our punch list to

00:44:52.600 take this thing

00:44:53.740 down pretty

00:44:54.260 systematically,

00:44:55.060 so I think both

00:44:56.420 sides have their

00:44:58.060 strategy,

00:44:58.720 and it looks like

00:44:59.200 it's being pursued

00:44:59.960 from my perspective,

00:45:01.140 at least on the

00:45:01.780 limited information

00:45:02.480 we're getting.

00:45:04.340 Right,

00:45:04.880 so the Iranian 0.90

00:45:05.860 regime is in the

00:45:06.740 domain of losses,

00:45:07.660 so they're going to

00:45:08.560 be risk-accepting,

00:45:09.820 right?

00:45:09.980 They're like a

00:45:10.500 gambler who's losing,

00:45:12.060 and what do gamblers

00:45:12.960 who are losing do,

00:45:14.040 they bet more,

00:45:15.700 and so when you're

00:45:17.300 in the domain of

00:45:17.920 losses,

00:45:18.280 you're going to be

00:45:18.800 risk-accepting,

00:45:19.740 so we should expect

00:45:20.640 the Iranian regime

00:45:21.900 to lash out

00:45:23.660 by any means

00:45:24.960 necessary.

00:45:25.880 They have the

00:45:26.500 intent,

00:45:27.080 do they have the

00:45:27.760 capabilities?

00:45:28.900 So that's critical.

00:45:30.900 Do they have the

00:45:31.980 capabilities to hurt

00:45:33.380 us significantly,

00:45:35.780 either using their

00:45:36.800 missiles,

00:45:37.560 either using terrorists,

00:45:39.020 either using the

00:45:39.760 other proxies,

00:45:41.300 or using,

00:45:43.960 closing down the

00:45:44.860 strait,

00:45:45.500 and hinting energy?

00:45:47.480 So they've got the

00:45:48.740 intent to hurt us,

00:45:50.500 again,

00:45:51.180 because they recognize

00:45:52.380 they don't have a

00:45:53.300 future, right?

00:45:54.040 Their future is,

00:45:54.900 you don't want to sell

00:45:55.640 these guys a life

00:45:56.400 insurance policy,

00:45:57.640 right?

00:45:58.040 It's,

00:45:58.680 but do they have the

00:46:00.880 capabilities to hurt us?

00:46:02.720 Hegseth and Admiral

00:46:03.940 Cooper are saying,

00:46:05.720 we're successfully

00:46:06.780 trading their capabilities

00:46:08.160 in the missile realm,

00:46:09.960 in the Navy,

00:46:10.880 which I think is quite

00:46:11.700 clear.

00:46:12.740 In the air realm.

00:46:13.500 And in air defenses,

00:46:17.800 which is also,

00:46:18.560 there's strong evidence

00:46:19.480 that the air defenses

00:46:20.380 are,

00:46:21.320 suppression of enemy

00:46:22.800 air defenses

00:46:23.320 has been successful.

00:46:24.700 Dr. Thayer,

00:46:25.920 we've got to bounce.

00:46:26.800 Where do people go

00:46:27.480 to get your updates

00:46:28.660 on all your observations

00:46:30.080 and analysis?

00:46:30.940 Dr. Brad Thayer at X

00:46:32.920 and Bradley Thayer

00:46:33.900 at Truth

00:46:35.060 and on Getter

00:46:37.680 as well, Steve.

00:46:38.620 Thanks very much.

00:46:39.940 Thank you, sir.

00:46:40.540 Appreciate you.

00:46:41.140 Great, great breakdown.

00:46:42.580 Thank you for joining us

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00:52:10.040 George Papadopoulos,

00:52:11.360 you join us

00:52:12.000 on another aspect.

00:52:13.940 Do you agree

00:52:14.720 with the statement

00:52:16.160 the war is actually

00:52:16.940 not expanding

00:52:17.720 at least geographically,

00:52:19.020 sir?

00:52:20.400 Hi, Steve.

00:52:21.280 Look,

00:52:21.680 I think what the

00:52:22.680 Secretary of War

00:52:23.500 was absolutely correct on

00:52:25.020 is that Iran's capabilities

00:52:26.700 domestically

00:52:27.520 have been degraded.

00:52:29.260 But what I disagree with

00:52:30.340 is whether the war

00:52:31.100 has metastasized

00:52:32.260 across various borders

00:52:33.640 and is now involved

00:52:35.120 foreign countries,

00:52:36.140 many of which

00:52:36.780 are critical

00:52:37.700 to this war of attrition,

00:52:39.780 including countries

00:52:40.760 like Cyprus,

00:52:42.180 Azerbaijan,

00:52:43.000 the GCC states,

00:52:44.740 Israel itself.

00:52:46.360 What Iran

00:52:47.340 has calculated

00:52:48.460 is that there's no way

00:52:49.520 that they will take on

00:52:50.440 the United States

00:52:51.220 1v1

00:52:52.020 and actually win.

00:52:53.440 So what they're looking at

00:52:54.860 is the soft underbelly

00:52:56.180 that basically

00:52:57.200 has underridden

00:52:58.040 the United States economy,

00:53:00.040 sea lanes,

00:53:00.820 global trade routes,

00:53:01.940 and of course,

00:53:03.220 how Israel operates

00:53:04.420 in the entire region,

00:53:05.820 given its abilities

00:53:08.180 to depend on

00:53:10.780 various oil reserves

00:53:11.840 from countries

00:53:12.440 like Azerbaijan.

00:53:13.960 So what has Iran 0.68

00:53:14.960 just done

00:53:15.600 the last 48 hours?

00:53:17.020 They haven't really

00:53:17.900 hit American facilities,

00:53:19.820 but what they are hitting

00:53:20.820 are different nodes

00:53:22.140 in energy pipelines

00:53:23.760 in countries

00:53:25.020 like Georgia,

00:53:26.520 Azerbaijan,

00:53:27.340 and they attempted

00:53:27.900 to do it in Turkey.

00:53:29.420 Now, what the pipeline

00:53:30.200 that your viewers

00:53:30.940 are looking at

00:53:31.760 does is

00:53:33.060 it provides Israel 0.87

00:53:34.520 with 30%

00:53:35.440 of its entire

00:53:36.520 oil consumption.

00:53:38.220 So what has Iran 0.68

00:53:39.400 done?

00:53:40.020 They said,

00:53:40.420 we're going to hit Tel Aviv,

00:53:41.500 we're going to hit Jerusalem 1.00

00:53:42.300 with our ballistic missiles 0.97

00:53:43.320 and our drones,

00:53:44.220 but we also are going

00:53:45.460 to hit the economy

00:53:46.460 of Israel.

00:53:47.600 That's what this logic

00:53:48.900 was behind

00:53:49.460 hitting this pipeline.

00:53:50.440 Why are they hitting

00:53:51.660 the GCC?

00:53:52.860 The GCC not long ago

00:53:54.340 pledged over $2 trillion

00:53:55.620 in FDI

00:53:56.600 to the United States economy

00:53:58.180 under the Trump administration.

00:54:00.080 So now the GCC members

00:54:01.820 seeing their cities hits,

00:54:03.940 their airports hit,

00:54:04.920 and their civilians

00:54:05.680 living in bunkers

00:54:06.980 are recalibrating

00:54:08.080 whether they can even

00:54:09.340 earmark those trillions

00:54:10.900 of dollars to the US.

00:54:12.320 That's why this has now

00:54:13.560 not only become

00:54:14.380 a war of attrition,

00:54:15.680 but it's also evolved

00:54:17.380 how Iran has approached 0.72

00:54:18.860 this war.

00:54:19.740 It's no longer Iran 0.98

00:54:20.720 versus the United States,

00:54:22.180 but Iran versus

00:54:23.260 the soft underbelly

00:54:24.400 that has underridden

00:54:25.320 both Israel's

00:54:26.440 and the United States economies.

00:54:28.840 Why did the GCC

00:54:29.780 means the Gulf Council

00:54:30.960 that's bringing the Gulf,

00:54:32.340 the Emiratis,

00:54:33.060 and the Saudis,

00:54:34.000 why would they take a risk,

00:54:35.780 something they haven't done before,

00:54:36.940 although they hate each other,

00:54:38.460 and they've been mortal enemies

00:54:39.580 for a long time,

00:54:40.600 although there has been

00:54:41.340 a rapprochement

00:54:42.060 between the monarchy

00:54:45.000 in Saudi Arabia

00:54:45.760 and the Persians,

00:54:46.680 why would they risk

00:54:47.920 bringing the Gulf Council

00:54:49.640 in here with a tax,

00:54:51.300 particularly on the oil

00:54:52.080 and gas assets?

00:54:53.700 Do you think that's

00:54:54.520 a roll of the dice

00:54:55.340 that was smart for them

00:54:56.620 to do in the opening,

00:54:57.680 the opening gambits of this?

00:55:00.880 I think they understand

00:55:02.240 that the GCC

00:55:03.240 does not have the appetite

00:55:04.840 for a war of attrition

00:55:07.060 or a prolonged conflict.

00:55:09.100 Now, of course,

00:55:09.880 oil hitting,

00:55:11.960 going up 15,

00:55:13.060 20% in a matter of days

00:55:14.700 and the Strait of Hormuz

00:55:16.120 closed,

00:55:17.260 that really affects

00:55:18.560 how the Europeans

00:55:19.840 and their energy security,

00:55:21.900 and that's something

00:55:22.520 what I believe

00:55:23.260 the Iranians calculated 0.95

00:55:24.920 when they did hit

00:55:25.960 Saudi Arabia.

00:55:26.920 We can't forget

00:55:27.400 that the United States

00:55:28.260 is now the largest

00:55:29.120 oil and natural gas producer.

00:55:30.660 It's a net exporter

00:55:31.320 of energy

00:55:31.820 for the first time

00:55:32.940 since World War II

00:55:33.760 under the Trump administration.

00:55:35.300 But the European Union,

00:55:36.480 in which NATO

00:55:37.460 is predominantly a part of,

00:55:39.420 is energy scarce,

00:55:40.580 and it can't actually depend

00:55:42.700 on $100 oil

00:55:45.060 for their crippled economies.

00:55:46.940 It also can't depend

00:55:48.040 on losing

00:55:49.060 various energy sources

00:55:50.820 from Azerbaijan,

00:55:52.300 which is a critical source

00:55:53.540 of natural gas and oil

00:55:54.640 also to the European market.

00:55:56.300 So that's really

00:55:57.160 what this calculated risk

00:55:59.240 that the Iranians took 1.00

00:56:00.360 so quickly

00:56:01.040 was really all about.

00:56:02.520 It's about getting

00:56:03.160 the Europeans

00:56:04.080 out of the game,

00:56:05.300 crippling the Arab countries 1.00

00:56:06.700 from actually investing

00:56:07.760 in the United States

00:56:08.640 and forcing Israel's hand 0.83

00:56:10.680 at the negotiation

00:56:11.520 by cutting off their oil

00:56:13.840 from Azerbaijan.

00:56:14.920 That is the risk

00:56:15.900 that the Iranians

00:56:16.520 have taken, I believe,

00:56:17.780 because they understand

00:56:18.400 that they're not going

00:56:19.100 to defeat the United States

00:56:20.040 militarily.

00:56:21.000 So they are lashing out.

00:56:22.540 They are a desperate regime.

00:56:24.160 But the most important thing

00:56:25.120 we have to understand is,

00:56:26.200 Steve,

00:56:27.020 desperate regime

00:56:27.720 means desperate measures.

00:56:29.980 George,

00:56:30.500 we're going to have you

00:56:31.080 on here more often.

00:56:32.160 Where do people go

00:56:32.780 for your social media

00:56:33.660 in the interim, sir?

00:56:35.580 Thank you.

00:56:36.140 You can follow me

00:56:36.720 on x at GeorgePapa19.

00:56:39.140 Thank you.

00:56:39.840 Thank you.

00:56:40.280 Thank you.

00:56:40.700 Okay.

00:56:42.020 Programming announcement

00:56:42.940 in War Room, Texas.

00:56:44.020 Peter Tickton

00:56:44.720 has a full report

00:56:46.180 on Tina Peters.

00:56:47.740 He's the lawyer

00:56:48.460 that got the pardon

00:56:49.220 for President Trump.

00:56:50.060 Peter's going to join us

00:56:51.120 in the 6 o'clock hour.

00:56:52.900 Also, Matt Boyle

00:56:53.920 and Caroline Wren

00:56:54.980 are going to talk

00:56:56.420 about this proposal

00:56:58.420 that Paxton

00:56:59.900 has put forward

00:57:00.620 about Cornyn.

00:57:01.280 So we're going to get

00:57:01.700 to all of that

00:57:02.480 in the next hour.

00:57:03.740 Now I want to turn

00:57:04.500 to Mike Lindell.

00:57:05.720 Mike, how's the factory

00:57:06.760 move going?

00:57:08.340 And how is our deal going?

00:57:10.760 Well, I'm heading down

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00:57:12.900 right now.

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00:58:00.180 when we went horizontal,

00:58:01.240 all this stuff that was

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00:58:15.340 We're right in the middle

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00:58:16.820 with the second

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00:58:30.440 You guys,

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00:58:34.500 is that we're

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00:58:36.320 You can help us out.

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00:58:51.280 There's no bigger

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00:58:53.740 And Steve,

00:58:54.800 I'm going to be

00:58:55.140 at the new factory

00:58:56.000 tomorrow.

00:58:56.500 I'm heading over

00:58:57.040 the old one right now

00:58:58.080 to see what we have

00:58:58.780 left.

00:58:59.120 And I'm going to

00:59:00.300 thank you all.

00:59:01.580 We're going to do

00:59:01.900 live from the factory

00:59:02.680 floor tomorrow.

00:59:03.280 Mike Lindell,

00:59:03.900 thank you.

00:59:04.280 We'll see you in the

00:59:04.700 morning.

00:59:05.920 Peter Tickton

00:59:06.780 is Tina Peters,

00:59:08.980 a gold star mother

00:59:09.700 that's in prison

00:59:10.320 right now,

00:59:10.900 her lawyer.

00:59:12.220 Going to be on

00:59:12.900 WARROOM,

00:59:13.320 Texas,

00:59:13.780 as is the great

00:59:14.540 Matt Boyle,

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Bannon's War Room - March 06, 2026

Episode 5192： Updates On Iran War From CENTCOM

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