00:06:39.240But, you know, a number of the top leaders there are gone.
00:06:43.340I think even the top leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon has been taken out by Israel.
00:06:47.940So there seems to be a lot of casualties in the leadership.
00:06:50.500And it sounds like there was, again, some great Israeli intelligence that led to some of this.
00:06:57.300The latest story, and I don't know whether to believe it.
00:06:59.660I can't put any credibility into this.
00:07:01.220But apparently the story is that Israel had infiltrated all of the dentists and was implanting locator chips into the fillings of the Iranians so they knew where everybody was.
00:07:16.720And I don't know if that's misinformation or propaganda.
00:07:23.100Maybe it's meant to just create some paranoia.
00:07:45.500But whatever it is, I have to hand it to Israeli intelligence.
00:07:51.260They're geniuses as to what they do, even if it is all propaganda.
00:07:55.300But it does seem like they did know where Ayatollah Khomeini was and a lot of his leadership.
00:08:00.860The story around that is that they were at some sort of breakfast meeting and they had intelligence that they were going to be at this breakfast meeting.
00:08:08.020And so that's where the timing of the initial attack came from was they said, well, we got to take advantage of this.
00:08:13.980We know where they are and we're going to take them all down.
00:08:18.420And there's been bombing, you know, pretty consistently since then.
00:08:23.380Trump came out with a statement at three in the morning announcing the attack.
00:08:27.800And then there was a more recent one yesterday giving an update and just kind of reinforcing that we're going to continue down this path and we're going to achieve all of our objectives.
00:08:39.980And reiterating his, I guess I would call it a demand to lay down their weapons if they're the IGRC or the military or the police.
00:08:51.900But apparently so far they've rejected that.
00:08:55.280They've sent a bunch of missiles all over the Middle East and pissed off all their neighbors.
00:08:59.140So now I think they're getting even more people upset against them and essentially, you know, getting probably almost the whole world upset at them.
00:09:09.620I saw a statement or a story recently that Germany, France and the UK or something like that.
00:09:16.160I mean, there were a few European countries that said, hey, maybe we're going to get involved now because of this counterattack stuff that's going on around the region.
00:09:22.660Because a lot of these missiles went into countries that hadn't been part of the attack and they're saying, you know, we can't allow this to continue.
00:09:29.120So it looks like there's a broadening coalition.
00:14:22.520The Operation Epic Fury, what the war Secretary Pete Hexat said, is that it's narrowly tailored,
00:14:29.060define objective, destroy Iran's offensive missile capabilities, cripple its navy,
00:14:35.220and prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.
00:14:40.640Of course, the commander-in-chief, which is President Trump, he sets the standard of how long they're going to be there.
00:14:47.680Secretary Hexat said, couldn't say how long he defines it, because for him, it's defined as getting these objectives done.
00:14:58.940Now, legally, the president can have 60 days until he has to go to Congress and get approval for this war.
00:15:07.160I believe Thursday, there will be, from the Speaker Johnson has said that on Thursday, there probably will be a vote on this conflict.
00:15:21.920I believe either today or tomorrow, they will be briefed about everything that has gone on and all their information that they have.
00:15:32.560But from my understanding is that there had been new attempts to create nuclear weapons by Iran,
00:15:41.420and that is something that intelligence that they have, and intelligence that they will have to prove to the Senate and the Congress in general,
00:16:57.860So what, for those that are wondering, okay, I'm going to speak for the people that are like, but wait, I don't understand.
00:17:06.740So did we do this because we don't want Iran to have a nuke?
00:17:13.580Because didn't we just do a strike on their nuclear facility and we were told it was taken out?
00:17:18.340Or are we doing the 4D chest because we want the oil so we can kneecap China from getting their oil and they're not getting it from Venezuela now?
00:17:28.620So was this like a bigger thing but going in under the premise of nukes?
00:17:33.640I think Scott would say there's always more than one reason, right?
00:17:38.660Like people don't do these things just for one reason.
00:17:41.220They may declare this is the reason, but there's always more strategy to it.
00:17:46.000So I think it is going to be an all of the above situation where, yes, it's strategic in the sense of trying to get peace in the Middle East.
00:17:53.640You know, the Abraham Accords, it's strategic in terms of oil to keep the Strait of Hormuz flowing oil.
00:18:00.660That's 20% of the oil flow in the whole world.
00:18:04.440And, you know, they got, I think, I think it was Saudi Arabia or the UAE agreed to pump more oil in the wake of this attack to keep the supply coming,
00:18:16.820to keep there from being too much disruption in oil prices.
00:18:19.480And I think it does make sense, at least strategically, that it would also benefit, well, it would benefit us from an oil perspective in terms of having control over it.
00:18:31.020And it would hurt Russia and China potentially because they were the ones that were getting supply from Venezuela and from Iran.
00:18:39.760And so even though we had all these really big sanctions over all this stuff, they were still selling a lot of oil to China.
00:18:47.140They were still selling a lot of oil to Russia.
00:18:49.400And I don't think oil alone is the reason they're doing this.
00:18:59.280I think it's easy to jump to that conclusion and say, oh, it's just all about oil.
00:19:05.400And I do think that's an element of it.
00:19:07.280For example, if you just imagined that Iran didn't have any oil, would this have happened?
00:19:15.720Now, it's, in my mind, impossible to separate those two because if they didn't have oil, then they probably wouldn't have the money to go build nuclear weapons.
00:19:24.980So I think the nuclear weapons probably is the primary reason.
00:19:29.740And if they weren't going after nuclear weapons, like at all, then, you know, let's say they were, you know, I don't know what good example there would be, but some other, you know, enemy of ours.
00:19:39.920But they weren't pursuing nuclear weapons in any way, then you might say, okay, we're not going to, we don't need to go take them over.
00:19:48.440You know, maybe Syria would be a good example where, like, they're kind of an enemy, even though they're on more friendly terms with us now.
00:19:54.520But we didn't feel the need to, you know, take them out or take over from that standpoint because they're not as much of a threat from that perspective.
00:20:04.480They don't have weapons of mass destruction.
00:20:19.220I mean, I think when you have a country that for decades has been saying death to America and death to Israel very openly, and they're also very openly trying to get nuclear weapons, then it would be stupid not to take them seriously.
00:20:34.960Or to understand that if they get nuclear weapons, they're probably the most likely country in the planet to actually use them.
00:20:42.460Because they have this extremist rhetoric, they're willing to die for their cause, they do all this terrorism.
00:20:48.360And if they were able to use even a dirty bomb of nuclear material, they probably would.
00:20:53.880And so I think, you know, it would be very likely that they would at least attack Israel with a nuclear weapon if they were able to.
00:21:01.460And so I think that's definitely a primary component of it.
00:21:04.440But I don't think you can just say, oh, no, oil doesn't have anything to do with it, because I think it certainly does.
00:21:09.440But it's also the way they were buying the oil, they weren't using the dollar, you know, our currency, and that was a big problem.
00:21:30.920I think if I just want to dip my toe into the controversial part of the pool right now for a second, you know, I think some people are going to be like, Israel told us to do this.
00:21:43.640Like, we're doing Israel's bidding and their wars, and it's costing lives of our people.
00:21:49.340I don't have a dog in this fight this way.
00:25:47.120The administration does define it as a war because they are going to go get Congress's approval.
00:25:53.960Now it's not a war like Iraq and Afghanistan where we're going to be there for years and nation building.
00:26:00.340There's not going to be any nation building.
00:26:01.980We're just going to get those three defined objectives out of it.
00:26:07.360Now, I mean, obviously you can say there's going to be all these other consequences that are going to hit us that we don't know, you know, but you go in and you do your job and you think of the outcome.
00:26:23.760But one of the things that I did want to have Owen read for us, and I think he made a list of Scott's takes on the war.
00:26:32.720And that would be really helpful to all of us.
00:26:36.760And, you know, we remember one of the things that I have to say is, and I don't want to cry, but when this happened on the weekend, my first thought is like, Scott is watching and I just, I missed him so much.
00:26:53.440And I think Erica was saying the same thing.
00:26:57.920Well, we certainly all miss him at this point.
00:27:00.460And I wish he was here to give his take.
00:27:02.460And I can't say for sure what his take would have been, because it's often not something anyone can predict.
00:27:07.180But I think the, you know, I can certainly give you my take based on past things that he said of what I think he might say.
00:27:14.520But before I get into that, I wanted to respond in terms of the Israel question.
00:27:18.900I, you know, I certainly think Israel is part of the picture, too.
00:27:21.680But I think I also, you know, I don't think it's at all there in terms of evidence that we're just their puppet or that we're just doing it because Israel wanted us to.
00:27:32.340I think Trump has had an agenda to get peace in the Middle East for a very long time.
00:27:39.980And he's been working towards that with the Abraham Accords and all these things.
00:27:42.780And Iran really was the last big sticking point preventing that from happening, partly because of all the terrorism that they were still doing,
00:27:50.660but also because they were the one that would just say, no, we're not doing that.
00:27:54.660And, you know, we want death to Israel and all this stuff.
00:27:56.800And so pretty much all the other players in that region had kind of come around to the Abraham Accords and at least partially had signed on to it.
00:28:06.080And Iran was the one that was the big player in the region that was just not willing to play ball.
00:28:11.480And so I think from that perspective, I think the U.S. has an agenda to say we need to topple this regime.
00:28:18.900We need to get new leadership in place that will be willing to sign on to the Abraham Accords or to be peaceful or to not have all this terrorism all the time.
00:28:26.960And I think that's been an agenda of the Trump administration for a very long time.
00:28:31.880And they've been working very steadily towards that.
00:28:34.580And even the Board of Peace is part of that.
00:28:36.720You know, I mean, it's all very consistent with the direction that they've been going.
00:28:41.480And the other statement I would make about it is that I think I see Trump as a very confrontational style person.
00:28:51.120That this is something I kind of learned myself that I wasn't nearly as willing to directly confront a problem as I probably should have been early in my career.
00:29:01.040And so, like, you know, I might have someone on my team that's not really performing the way they need to be or doing everything I need them to do.
00:29:07.560But I just wouldn't make a big deal of it.
00:29:09.220You know, I'd say, oh, yeah, everyone has their own weaknesses or problems and it's not that big of a deal.
00:29:13.860We can make it work, you know, and so I just wouldn't deal with a problem.
00:29:17.220And then that problem would persist, right?
00:29:18.900I mean, that's the logical outcome of that is it's not going to get better unless you confront it.
00:29:22.720And I worked with someone who was the exact opposite.
00:29:25.140He would just get in your face and deal with the problem right now.
00:29:28.700Like, we're getting to the bottom of this.
00:29:30.620We're going to understand why this is happening.
00:31:23.120You know, and he just goes all the way.
00:31:24.720And one of the ways Scott would frame that is Trump always takes the strongest position.
00:31:29.520I think that I always see, this is how I frame what Trump does, is that I think he's such an amazing father, okay?
00:31:40.280Like, the way he raised his children, him and his wife, Ivana, raised their children.
00:31:46.440And I feel like, you know, he's got all these grandkids and there's a future and he's, you know, he's got Barron, who's still young.
00:31:56.580And I think he does things like with the thought of his family and wanting the country to be okay for them and their future, which is fine.
00:32:07.380Like, take it over as a concerned father because it benefits all of us.
00:32:11.680And I think he's just like, I can't leave this earth, you know, until I know it's going to be, like, where it needs to be for America to succeed and go on.
00:33:01.640And it's like, why don't you just step back and look at the country and the world as a whole?
00:33:06.300And what is the best thing for all of us?
00:33:08.840So we can never forget how much these people don't care about us or what's happening.
00:33:16.800Like, they live within their own little quarterly bubbles of, like, how they have to move toward an election.
00:33:23.540So I think it is up to us to really, we really don't call these people enough and call them out enough.
00:33:31.240Like, I really think that we need to have, like, our local state jurisdiction people on our speed dials and be like, listen, yeah, hey, hey, it's me again.
00:34:39.840So getting into what I imagine to be Scott's take, I mean, certainly part of it is we're still in the fog of war.
00:34:46.620You know, this is still just the first few days.
00:34:48.060So anything you hear on either side, you can't really just take it as truth.
00:34:52.640You have to look at it skeptically and understand it may not be accurate.
00:34:57.700That's going to be true in any war situation like this.
00:35:00.080But there's so much going on right now.
00:35:01.740And there's so many stories flying out that you don't know exactly what's true and what's not.
00:35:05.800So that's just something to keep in mind.
00:35:08.000Another is that, you know, Scott probably would have said the most predictable thing would have been that both sides are going to immediately claim that the other side went and hit a school or hit a hospital.
00:35:16.820And we've already seen that, you know, we've already seen the story come out that we apparently supposedly attacked a school of girls, of course, or girls.
00:35:26.700And, you know, we killed 85 girls in a girl's school.
00:35:29.300And then, you know, the debunk took a day or two, but it basically came out that not only was this girls' school part of an IDRC military compound, so it really was part of a military target.
00:36:08.700So I would just take with a grain of salt any story you hear, especially if it's too on the nose, as Scott would say.
00:36:13.960That it's like, oh, here's the perfect story to make it seem like we're the monsters or they're, you know, the good guys or whatever.
00:36:21.100And so I think you need to step back, wait a while, see how this all fleshes out, what the debunks are that come out, and eventually things will become more clear.
00:36:32.460But I think right now we're still in that fog of war phase.
00:36:34.780I mentioned about Trump taking the strongest position.
00:36:38.880I think that certainly would have been an element of what Scott would say, because that seems to be what he's doing in this context.
00:36:44.740And also that he's shaking the box, that he's, you know, not willing to just take things the way they are and say, well, that's just the way they are.
00:36:54.280And so I think he's definitely shaking the box with this, where he's putting Iran in play in a way they've never have been in the past, you know, for generations.
00:37:03.100They've had been under this regime, and no one's done anything significant about it.
00:37:07.960Everyone just considered it impossible and just thought, okay, we can't do anything about this.
00:37:13.260And some presidents have shoveled money towards them.
00:37:17.420You know, they've done little things, but nothing that would ever be decisive.
00:37:20.940And I think it left Israel in the mode of saying, okay, every once in a while, we got to go blow up their nuclear site so they don't get enough uranium to do anything.
00:37:29.880But again, now Trump is putting an end to it at this point.
00:37:32.740And I think it's much more likely that by taking out all the leadership and putting in most likely some new leadership that would be more amenable to America, that we could see a resolution.
00:37:45.980I don't think it's by any means certain yet, but I think it's much more likely than it ever was before.
00:37:50.720And it is interesting to see the reactions of the other countries in the region where most of the other Arab nations seem to be on our side and seem to be cooperating.
00:38:02.740And, you know, you mentioned Qatar and others that might even get involved with the conflict.
00:38:05.820And it probably was a huge mistake for Iran to spew out all these missiles all over the place and around the region because now they're basically just pissing off everybody around them.
00:38:18.180And they don't really have any allies left at this point.
00:38:24.940There may be some strategic element to the Russia being involved with Ukraine, so they can't really devote any military assistance that way.
00:38:31.680And there may be some, you know, China question going forward about how it's all going to shake the box with that.
00:38:39.300But I think that's certainly, you know, part of the picture as well.
00:38:43.820And, you know, I mentioned that Iran openly says death to Israel and death to America and is trying to build nuclear weapons.
00:38:51.200And, of course, we can't let that happen.
00:38:52.600And I think that, from Scott's perspective, falls in line with what he would say about, you know, countries are going to do what's in their best interest or they're going to do what is necessary for their national security and for their self-defense.
00:39:04.080And so from that perspective alone, I think it justifies what's going on here.
00:39:07.360I want to say to the chat really quick, you guys have lots of good statements and comments and questions and counterpoints.
00:39:33.280So, you know, just like weapons of mass destruction, you know, in Iraq, I don't know.
00:39:40.240And I think, you know, Owen's point of like, you just can't really, you just have to like hope for the best with these things.
00:39:47.660And really quick, you guys, I just want to say, if you're enjoying anything we're doing today, could you just take one second to hit the like button, thumbs up, subscribe, do all the things?
00:39:56.320It would really, really mean a lot to us and comment, comment on X that you like it.
00:42:10.480So, I think that this is also, or so, like, the positive thing for me is I do think that whatever country next wants to be like, you won't touch us, I think they're going to be like, oh, shit, Trump, Trump's serious.
00:42:27.860And maybe he can talk about what he wants.
00:42:30.320So, you know, it's a good example to set.
00:42:32.840Isn't that what you want in your neighborhood, somebody that is taking care of business, somebody that is taking all the homeless, all the crime, and is cleaning up everything for the commerce, you know?
00:42:44.700But, you know, I think there is at least a chance that this is going to lead to a golden age in the Middle East.
00:42:51.780I don't think that was a possibility any other way.
00:42:53.980I don't think with Iran there the way they were that that would happen, and so I think, you know, Scott may have mentioned the possibility of a golden age, and he might have talked about how Jared Kushner and Steve Whitcoff have been these amazing negotiators, and if they could have found a diplomatic solution, they probably would have.
00:43:11.920And they were certainly the lead negotiators with Iran, so I think we definitely had our best people on the case from a diplomatic perspective.
00:43:20.080But I think, you know, and in terms of war, I mean, I think, to me, war is, you know, it is kind of a hard thing.
00:43:31.400Like, I don't like to argue over words, because it's like, of course it's war.
00:43:34.940But at the same time, like, the last time we declared war as a country was World War II.
00:43:49.320You could answer it however you want, depending on how you want to weasel your way into it.
00:43:53.120But I do think there, in my mind, the difference is, is this going to be a short-term thing or a long-term thing?
00:43:59.780I mean, I would consider Afghanistan for 20 years to be a massive war.
00:44:05.400And even the Iraq, Persian Gulf sort of things, because it was going on for so many years, then I would consider that a major war operation.
00:44:12.400And this does not look at all like it's going to go that way.
00:44:16.980I mean, anything could change, but I doubt it.
00:44:19.360I think everything logistically from what we've set up has been, we've got these two aircraft carriers, we've got planes all over the place in the region, and we're mostly doing it with air power.
00:44:29.500We're not sending in massive troops on the ground where they're going to be occupying Iran.
00:44:34.520And I think everything Trump has said is consistent with that, that we're not going to do that, that we're looking for the Iranian people to stand up and take control of their country, and that we're going to be leaving it up to them to figure out who's going to lead things going forward.
00:44:47.600I'm sure if they pick the wrong person, we may veto that with a bomb.
00:44:52.600But I think, and anybody who declares that they're now the leader of Iran is pretty brave at this point.
00:45:00.340But I think, you know, I think once this operation is done, I think it will be probably in a matter of weeks, will probably just be done at that point.
00:45:10.860I mean, there may be little things like we've seen in Gaza, where things keep going a little bit here and there, because there might be pockets of IDRC or other people that don't give up, and they'll have to be dealt with.
00:45:20.740But I think for the major operation, I'm expecting it will be probably just, you know, two, three, four more weeks, and that'll be good.
00:45:34.720I mean, just like we've seen many times, it's forcing the Democrats to take the side of the terrorists.
00:45:42.320It's forcing them to, I mean, we saw the New York Times had some kind of complimentary sounding title on their obituary for Ayatollah Khomeini.
00:45:53.980And Scott even made it in the room, in the news for that.
00:45:57.360I mean, Libs of TikTok, I think, was the one that posted it, but, you know, they compared how they ran the story about Scott's obituary versus Ayatollah Khomeini, and it made Ayatollah Khomeini sound like a better person.
00:46:08.660So even after Scott's death, he ends up being part of these big news stories that he never intended to be part of.
00:46:14.000But, you know, I do think it is kind of, you know, I don't know if I want to say funny in this context, but it is kind of funny to me that it is sort of forcing them to take this position that can't be defended.
00:46:27.080Like, they're suddenly on the side of the terrorists, and they're suddenly on the side of the losers, too, in terms of, you know, clearly Iran's not going to come out on top here, and Democrats are taking the losing side again.
00:46:42.300And the Iranians are, like, cheering and dancing in the streets, you know, in America and Iran, and then you've got your live women, like, oh, no, Trump.
00:46:52.780You're like, what? What? Like, what happened to you?
00:46:57.240Erica, with all those people, they can be, at this point, they're, like, at the right point, they're ripe for awakening, I'm telling you.
00:47:06.560I was there, and it happened to me, right?
00:47:10.100So I know that it can happen to other people at this point.
00:47:13.420So be there as a listening, you know, and a hug for people to…
00:47:23.940Because there's a lot of cognitive dissonance going on, right?
00:47:27.620I mean, people are going to try to explain how is it possible, right, that this is happening.
00:47:32.240So who knows what kind of explanations they're going to have, but they're going to be suffering a lot, and they want to find solutions and happy people like us, you know?
00:48:20.480I mean, there's no question at this point that Iran is going to fall.
00:48:24.640They're not going to be able to survive this.
00:48:26.980And, you know, it may or may not be better long term.
00:48:30.000I can't predict how it's all going to play out long term.
00:48:33.060Because you don't know who's going to be in charge.
00:48:34.540You don't know if it's going to be better or worse than what it was before.
00:48:37.380But I do think it's going to shake the box and it's going to be a different set of leadership.
00:48:41.400And I think they hopefully will learn their lesson not to try and stand up to the United States and make stupid statements like death to America.
00:48:48.040And, you know, hopefully they will be cooperative from a nuclear standpoint and make sure we can do our inspections and make sure they're not doing anything they shouldn't do.
00:48:57.420Israel certainly does seem to have a lot of great intelligence one way or another.
00:49:00.820And so I think we probably will know to some extent what's going on.
00:49:05.040I don't know that any intelligence can ever be perfect.
00:49:07.420And so, sure, it might be even a lie from the Israeli intelligence.
00:49:11.920But I would think this regime change would probably take away their motive to lie if they had one about how close they are to getting nuclear weapons.
00:49:22.260Because if we have a regime that is now more cooperative and is willing to negotiate a better overall relations with all these countries, including Israel, then, you know, it should hopefully move everything in a positive direction.
00:49:37.840I want to just focus for the last 10 minutes, if you guys can indulge me.
00:49:43.180So, you know, we're seeing, I don't know how to like really frame this, but so we're potentially going to see people that are mental, like this guy that shot up in that bar in Austin wearing, you know, an Allah sweatshirt with an Iranian sweatshirt underneath and alleged Koran in his car.
00:50:09.880So I think, and then, you know, there's other potential attacks that we've heard about after this and potentially based around this.
00:50:19.300So I just want to like have a quick discussion, like on a human level here for people that live in cities or if you're like out and about.
00:50:27.760And, you know, do we need to be careful?
00:50:30.840Do we need to really see something, say something?
00:50:34.860And my big prolific comment is going to be this, and this I'm not afraid to say.
00:50:42.900I really feel this with all my heart is that Islam has no place in our country and our values do not align.
00:50:51.100And their objective has always been to overtake the world, not just this country, but the world.
00:50:58.920And they've been doing it under the cloak of Americans saying we need to be tolerant and accepting of these people after they, you know, trashed us on 9-11.
00:51:17.560I always knew that it didn't matter to them how long it took.
00:51:20.460I always knew that they would insert themselves into politics and mayor of New York, maybe, maybe Ilhan Omar, get their way into the Capitol, onto school boards and local positions and all of this.
00:53:10.260I would tend towards staying away from any large gatherings of people, stadiums, concerts, you know, whatever it is, even large restaurants or other things.
00:53:22.160And so to whatever extent you can, just be careful.
00:53:26.440Obviously, have situational awareness around you.
00:53:28.700If you see something, say it and get out of the area and, you know, protect the people you love.
00:53:35.700And I think that's just a reality for now and, you know, probably for the, you know, short-term future.
00:53:42.700And if there's an action you might want to take right now is to call your representatives and say, hey, guys, let's fund Department of Homeland Security.
00:53:50.620You know, this isn't the right time to have no funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
00:53:57.280You know, the government loves to play these games and the Democrats are playing this game by saying, oh, we're not going to fund DHS.
00:54:04.220And this is the absolute worst time and circumstances to be playing these stupid games.
00:54:09.800And, you know, I'm all for defunding the government in general and having a smaller government.
00:54:14.740And I think even the DHS probably does too much and has too much money.
00:54:18.740But at the same time, right now, I know that we can't have the DHS saying we can't do our job because we don't have funding.
00:54:27.040So I think that may be a more persuasive argument if you made it right now than if you made it two weeks ago or maybe three months from now.
00:54:35.540So if you want to take action, even if you have a blue senator or blue congressperson, you know, it might be a good time to make that phone call or send that email and say, you know, put a stop to this.
00:54:47.740Let's get Department of Homeland Security back on the job.
00:54:50.580I want to clarify, too. So Muslims, I'm not talking about Muslims.
00:54:55.140I'm talking about Islam. And, you know, you guys have to understand, like, not all Muslims practice Islam.
00:55:02.940OK, there are such things as peaceful Muslims. Islam is not a religion.
00:55:07.820They don't have a right to an ideology. And we for some reason we overlook this.
00:55:12.580It's like, oh, you know, oh, no, it's their religious right.
00:55:15.760It's not a religion. And I'm not single.
00:55:19.500I have friends that are Muslim. They're amazing.
00:55:23.620Islam is not aligned and you can't not be a radical Islamist.
00:55:29.400It's just it's not a thing. OK, so if you're if you this is my opinion, again, allegedly, yada, yada.
00:55:35.460If you align yourself with Islam, you are not a peaceful person.
00:55:45.320And if you want to live out those ideals, you can't do that in America without being radical.
00:55:51.800Erika, I agree with you 100 percent that is incompatible with the way that America is being built.
00:56:00.400I wouldn't have come here if I if I knew that you guys are going to be run by Muslims.
00:56:04.680I mean, by Islam. I wouldn't have picked this country. Right.
00:56:08.260I picked it because of of of the fundamentals of this country, of the of the way that you're looking up to God.
00:56:16.180But again, it's taking advantage of our goodness. Right.
00:56:21.480Because we have given freedom of religion. Right.
00:56:25.500So anybody can say, you know what, I came up with this crazy idea to take over America and I'm going to call it a religion.
00:56:32.120I don't care if it's Islam or if any other religion, any whatever.
00:56:35.740If we have if somebody has to change the law, they need to change the law that it says that it doesn't matter if if you call it a religion.
00:56:42.440If it's something that is like in the future is going to destroy America, you got to stop it.
00:56:47.720That's it. So you have to look at it the way. Design is destiny.
00:56:51.820Scott said that many times. Design is destiny.
00:56:55.020If you look at something that is look at the pattern, is it is it helping the country or is it hurting it?
00:57:02.700So that's it. Right. So I'm glad you brought it up. Thank you, Erika.
00:57:08.180I believe in freedom of religion, Islam or Muslims to me.
00:57:14.240I don't agree with what Erika was saying in regards to the biggest nation of Islam or Muslims, however you want to call it, is Indonesia.
00:57:25.460And you don't hear them attacking anyone.
00:57:27.460So there is perhaps you're going to find some story about Indonesia attacking the U.S. somehow.
00:57:33.460But all I have to say is that it's there's nothing to be afraid of.
00:57:39.100The majority of Muslims are peaceful, which Erika indicated.
00:57:42.620And we have this idea that somehow that that's going to destroy us.
00:57:51.200The thing about America, which I think Sergio brought up, is the fundamentals.
00:57:55.100We're a republic. We have certain rights that no other nation allows freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom, the Second Amendment to carry weapons as bare arms, which no other nation allows.
00:58:13.580So I do believe in that. But going to the point of the sleeper cells, because we're all thinking religion war, Scott Adams theory of what could happen if we go against Iran, is there sleeper cells here?
00:58:27.460Are they going to attack us? Secretary Higgs had talked about that today.
00:58:33.280Someone from I forget who asked, but they asked him, what about the sleeper cells?
00:58:42.040And he goes, we're all watching. We're working as one entity.
00:58:46.520I know that I'm from the war department, but there's CIA, there's FBI, there's Department of Homeland Security.
00:58:55.420All of that, we're working in tune together.
00:58:58.320One of the things that that Scott talked about is systems.
00:59:02.000Right. And one of the things that I do find different in this administration is how efficient they are working with each other, which is great.
00:59:12.160You can tell that one hand knows what the other hand is doing, while in other administrations, that wasn't as prevalent.
00:59:23.120I think even in the first administration for Trump, it wasn't as prevalent as this is now.
00:59:28.240You can see all of his cabinet getting along and working together as well.
00:59:36.180However, you know, as one indicated, you know, be careful, watch yourselves.
00:59:41.240I know that for the synagogues, they've told them to not congregate or not be around too much, because in L.A., we have a lot of different areas which are Persian or Jewish.
00:59:58.700And so there's a lot of hide and alert by the sheriff's department and by the police department in L.A.
01:00:04.380But one last thing I do want to say is, I know we're running out of time, is that you don't see any Iranian that is in the U.S. or anywhere else, not, they're all celebrating this.
01:00:15.860They're not, none of them are talking about, none of them are angry at Trump.
01:00:22.000None of them are talking against this.