In this episode, I talk about the assassination of a commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) by the United States of America, Qasem Soleimani. According to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, he was a commander of the Quds Force, a division of the IRGC responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations, and played a key role in the Syrian civil war through securing Russian intervention.
00:34:43.820Basically it was an Iranian military officer who served in Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp.
00:34:48.820from 1998 until his assassination by the United States in 2020.
00:34:50.820He was a commander of the Quds Force and IRGC's division primarily responsible for extraterritorial and clandestine military operations and played a key role in the Syrian civil war through securing Russian intervention.
00:35:04.820He was described as a single most powerful operative in the Middle East and a genius of asymmetric warfare.
00:35:09.820Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said Soleimani strategies and had personally tightened a noose around Israel's neck.
00:35:15.820So this guy was one of the top ops for Israel.
00:35:20.820So Trump killed him in a strike which let me see here if I can see if we can get like the how they did it.
00:36:06.820According to the FBI, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, through their intermediary Farad Shaikari, an Akin man hired Pop Rivera.
00:36:14.820A 49 year old welder from Brooklyn, New York, as one of the individuals allegedly involved in an assassination plot.
00:36:21.820In November 2024, after Trump won the election, the FBI's investigation uncovered damning evidence, including text messages, photos and voice recordings that detailed surveillance and assassination.
00:36:31.820Now mind you, they killed Qasem Soleimani in like 2020.
00:44:46.820I'll finish this video, then we'll go back to Soleimani and I'll read the chats.
00:44:49.820Decisions made by pilots operating the aircraft from hundreds of miles away.
00:44:53.820And some critics blame this distance for mistakes that have involved the Reaper in the past.
00:44:58.820The emotional investment is not the same as...
00:45:02.820And one of these things is $32 million.
00:45:04.820If you are in a fixed-wing aircraft, meaning you are the pilot in a plane and looking down on that particular place,
00:45:11.820you might not have the cultural sensitivity, you might not be embedded with that community.
00:45:16.820But the Air Force says processes intended to prevent mistakes do exist.
00:45:21.820There's absolutely a process and really that soak and that study of an objective area
00:45:27.820to ensure that we're both going after the correct target
00:45:30.820and that we're both accounting for any collateral concerns that there may be with an objective area
00:45:36.820when there's the possibility of the employment of munitions on a specific target.
00:45:41.820So what does it take to remotely fly the MQ-9 Reaper?
00:45:45.820And how are new pilots being trained to avoid harming innocent civilians?
00:45:50.820Military leaders began answering that question months after the incident in Kabul
00:45:57.820when Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin directed the Pentagon to come up with a plan
00:46:02.820addressing civilian casualties in drone warfare in January 2022.
00:46:07.820The civilian harm mitigation and response.
00:46:11.820All right. So let's go back to the customs of Soleimani.
00:46:13.820Now we know how the Reaper drones work.
00:46:16.820Airport since then a rotation of UAV has been continually monitoring the area and ready to strike should Soleimani arrive early.
00:46:24.820So they're just sitting there in wait, which I'm assuming they probably are also very difficult to pick them up on radar.
00:46:31.820These drones have been launched from Al Udad Air Base in Qatar, ensuring they were ready to execute the mission as soon as the opportunity presented itself.
00:46:40.820Interestingly, the drones involved in this operation are being controlled remotely from an Air Force base in Nevada.
00:46:46.820Despite the lethal potential of these.
00:46:49.820Holy shit. That's a way bigger distance than we thought.
00:46:52.820Remember, we thought it was from New York to Puerto Rico.
00:46:53.820So they must have had some even more advanced ones on this one if it's being controlled all the way from Nevada.
00:46:58.820Reaper drones, the air traffic control tower at Baghdad International Airport is notified of their presence and assured by American officials that the drones are unarmed and merely providing security overwatch.
00:47:17.820Presence and assures the air traffic control tower at Baghdad International Airport is notified of their presence and assured by American officials that the drones are unarmed and merely providing security overwatch.
00:47:33.820Cham Wings Airlines, Airbus A320 finally lands.
00:47:38.820Shortly after, two vehicles, an SUV and a white Toyota carry, drive through a private or cargo gate and onto the tarmac to meet the aircraft.
00:47:48.820These vehicles are carrying key Iran-backed Iraqi militia figures led by Abu Mahdi Al-Mahandas, the commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces.
00:47:58.820Al-Mahandas, a close ally and longtime friend of Qasem Soleimani, steps out to greet the Iranian general as he disembarks from the plane.
00:48:06.820At this moment, the Reaper drones confirm their positive identification of Soleimani, and the operation is officially given the green light.
00:48:13.820Soleimani and Al-Mahandas exchange greetings before entering the lead vehicle of the convoy.
00:48:18.820This small convoy, consisting of two vehicles, drives back through the cargo gate and onto the access road leading out of the airport.
00:48:25.820As the convoy proceeds, one of the Reaper drones arms its Hellfire missiles and tracks the movement of Soleimani's group.
00:48:34.820The drone operators stationed in Nevada await the final order to strike.
00:48:39.820The vehicles are probably needed from the Secretary of Defense or the President.
00:48:43.820...about to merge onto the highway leading toward downtown Baghdad when the command is given.
00:48:48.820The Reaper drone fires three Hellfire missiles, two targeting the lead vehicle, which carries Soleimani and Al-Mahandas, and one aimed at the following SUV.
00:49:00.820At 12.40 a.m., the missiles hit their targets with deadly precision, obliterating both vehicles and eliminating all of the occupants.
00:49:11.820In total, ten people are lost their lives in the strike, including Soleimani, Al-Mahandas, and five members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard.
00:49:21.820Following the successful strike, the drones immediately exit the airspace and their surveillance duties are taken over by three F-18 Super Hornets.
00:49:30.820Although the air traffic control tower requests that the fighter jets also leave the area, one Super Hornet remains on station to document the aftermath of the strike,
00:49:39.820ensuring there is visual confirmation of Soleimani's death.
00:49:42.820The assassination of Qasem Soleimani marks a significant escalation in U.S.-Iran tensions, creating a ripple effect to this day.
00:49:50.820Yeah, this assassination was huge, guys. It was very big. Obviously, it was a big W for the Israelis as well, because this guy was, I mean, literally, right here.
00:49:59.820You got Mossad admitting that this guy was their top-up. The single most powerful operative in the Middle East and a genius of asymmetric warfare, former Mossad director Yossi Cohen said...
00:50:13.820Let's take a look at the Hellfire missile. The missile has a laser seeker on its nose that detects the laser light reflecting off the target. It's designed to seek and destroy tanks and other anti-aircraft weapons.
00:50:25.820In response to Soleimani's assassination, the Iranian government vowed retaliation, swiftly preparing to strike back American forces in Iraq.
00:50:34.820Just after midnight on January 8, 2020, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi received a direct warning from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard that an attack was imminent.
00:50:44.820The primary target at Al-Assad Air Base in Western Iraq, which housed nearly 2,000 U.S. service members.
00:51:08.820Revolutionary Guard Korv's IRGC launched over 12 ballistic missiles at the Al-Assad Air Base in Al-Ambar Governorate, Western Iraq, as well as another air base in Erbil,
00:51:18.820in response to the assassination of Major General Qasem Soleimani by a United States drone strike.
00:51:24.820Lieutenant Colonel Tim Garland, stationed at the base, was alerted to the incoming threat by the Pentagon and immediately began organizing evacuation.
00:51:33.820By 1 a.m., most U.S. personnel had been successfully moved to safety, while essential base staff were left behind to take cover in a small bunker.
00:51:41.820At 1.30 a.m., the Iranian Revolutionary Guard launched a barrage of Fada and ballistic missiles.
00:52:30.820The missile can carry a single or multiple warheads, depending on the variant.
00:52:35.820The warhead separates from the single-stage rocket after it has traveled about more than half the distance to its target.
00:52:42.820The most prolific Scud variants had a circular error probable of 300 to 450 meters.
00:52:48.820This means that 50% of the missiles fired at a target would land within a circle of that diameter.
00:52:55.820The newly established U.S. Space Force detected the missile launches early and relayed urgent warnings to the base, giving the last remaining Americans just enough time to seek cover.
00:53:04.820At 1.34 a.m., the first missile hit Bravo ramp, severely damaging six air maintenance facilities.
00:53:11.820For nearly three hours, the missile assault continued with explosions rocking the base until…
00:53:19.820As dawn broke, base personnel cautiously emerged from their bunkers, surveying the damage.
00:53:24.820The airfield was scared with craters and several buildings were destroyed, but thanks to the early warning system, no American service members lost their lives.
00:53:32.820However, over 100 personnel suffered traumatic brain injuries from the blasts, many of which would take time to be diagnosed and treated.
01:02:02.820Obviously, as they get back into the warfare, we have Donald Trump attacking the Houthis to prevent them from boarding ships and sending missiles into Israel.
01:02:12.820So, definitely was a coordinated plan together to kind of kick off this ceasefire.
01:02:16.820Now, while he's doing this, he's also telling Iran, hey, you need to accept a nuclear deal under our terms or we're going to bomb you.
01:02:27.820Now, as we discussed before, there's a multitude of different reasons why Iran doesn't want to necessarily do a deal with the United States, right?
01:03:29.820Lebanon has been significantly weakened with the Patriot attack and the assassination of Hassan Rasarallah, as well as many of their top officials in Hezbollah.
01:03:35.820We know that Bashar al-Assad basically ran out of Syria after Hezbollah and Israel negotiated a ceasefire.
01:03:41.820And we know that those rebels that took over, basically al-Qaeda members that took over Syria, they were backed by the United States and Israel.
01:03:50.820So they're not going to necessarily wage war on Israel.
01:03:52.820It's also important for you guys to note that when Israel took over, excuse me, when the rebels took over Syria, while this was all occurring and there was pandemonium everywhere, what Israel did was they bombed all of the Syrian military's missile defense systems, weapon caches, ships, etc.
01:04:09.820They destroyed their military infrastructure and capabilities so that even when the rebels come in, they're not going to have access to these weapons.
01:04:16.820So if they ever do try to mount a resistance against Israel, which I doubt they will, but if they ever did try, they would be significantly weakened.
01:04:23.820Also, Israel strengthened the presence on the Golan Heights and was able to ensure that basically these rebel forces that took over Syria don't necessarily intrude into Israel.
01:04:36.820Right. Now, this is all very important because Iran basically is between a rock and a hard place.
01:04:44.820All of their allies have been weakened. And on top of that, we know that Russia is fighting their own war with Ukraine.
01:04:51.820Now, people suspect that if, you know, there was to be an escalation in the United States were to be to overtly attack Iran, that Russians would step in, which, you know, there's a good chance that that could potentially happen.
01:05:01.820But hell, they couldn't even step in when Bashar al-Assad was getting run out. So Israel sees this as an opportunity to deal the finishing blow. Right.
01:05:14.820And that is why they are desperately trying to get the United States involved in this conflict.
01:05:20.820Now we're doing it from a more auxiliary position where Trump is attacking the Houthis and, you know, disrupting them.
01:05:28.820But that's more along the lines of because the Houthis are kind of a nuisance to trade and commerce because they're boarding these ships.
01:05:34.820People are losing billions of dollars. It affects international business. And, you know, Trump wants to obviously quell that.
01:05:41.820Now, with that said, let me turn up the other camera. Give me a sec, Chad. Camera's off.
01:06:56.820And I refer to this memo all the time.
01:06:59.820A clean break, a new strategy for security in the realm, commonly known as a clean break report, is a policy document that was prepared in 1996 by a group led by Richard Perel for Benjamin Netanyahu,
01:07:08.820the then prime minister of Israel. OK, and Richard Perel.
01:08:01.820During World War Two, as you guys know, many of many Jews were removed from Germany by something called the Havara agreement.
01:08:09.820OK, the Havara agreement was an agreement between the Nazis and the Zionists to basically allow them to leave Germany unhindered with the majority of their resources and go to Israel.
01:08:21.820OK, migrate to Israel and immigrate to Israel.
01:08:24.820Now, what a lot of people don't know. Right.
01:08:26.820And most historians want to tell you guys is that in the 1930s during Hitler's rise to power, Hitler actually was responsible for a significant amount of the growth that Israel experienced in the 1930s prior to becoming an official state in the night in 1948.
01:08:42.820Because remember, Jews are migrating there all throughout the 30s and then obviously World War Two, et cetera.
01:08:48.820But the point is, is that in the 30s, Hitler, interesting fact, was by far one of the biggest contributors when it comes to world leaders of getting Israel up to par and getting its economic growth going so that it would lead to the growth of Israel in 1948. Right.
01:09:02.820Now, with that said, and obviously no one ever talks about that, but that is true.
01:09:07.820Now, with that said, there were many things that came into place that threatened Israel's security.
01:09:12.820But to make things nice and simple for you guys, the Suez Canal crisis basically occurred where Israel and France paired together and tried to fight Egypt to take control of the canal.
01:09:21.820They lost and they embarrassed themselves and they were basically sent back to Israel with their tails between their legs.
01:09:26.820Now, and on top of that, they had many skirmishes with the Palestinians.
01:09:31.820This is before the IDF was created and they had a more reformed military force.
01:09:35.820You had the Ergon, Haganah and Stern Gang, which nowadays are considered terrorist organizations.
01:09:41.820But they ended up rebranding and becoming the idea.
01:09:43.820Now, after the Suez Canal crisis in 1956, right, what ended up happening was Israel realized that it needed the nuclear bomb to be able to maintain its power in the Middle East because it's surrounded by adversaries.
01:09:56.820This is where John F. Kennedy comes in.
01:09:59.820John F. Kennedy did not want them to have nuclear weapons because John F. Kennedy was against nuclear weapons in general.
01:10:04.820He was actually, you know, he was trying to make peace with the Russians, etc.
01:10:07.820Many people didn't like that because back then, you know, being a Democrat or being liberal was considered evil and communism was bad.
01:10:14.820Communism back then was like the equivalent of what terrorism is today.
01:10:18.820The point I'm trying to make here is that he didn't want them to have the nuclear bomb.
01:10:22.820Israel knew that they would not be able to exist without the nuclear bomb.
01:10:25.820And that was a big contributor as to why there's Zionist fingerprints all over JFK's death.
01:10:29.820I won't go too much more into it than that because you guys have seen my many different podcasts where I explain how he found out they had the uranium and all sort of stuff.
01:10:36.820Anyway, so after Israel acquired the nuclear bomb, their next mission was to either destabilize, destroy or neuter any Arab adversary in the Middle East against them.
01:10:53.820Right. So you look at countries like Jordan and Egypt, they used to be enemies of Israel.
01:10:58.820But one that I'm happening was because they're they border Israel.
01:11:02.820Right. If you look on a map real fast for you guys, if you look at this on a map, so Israel sits right here.
01:11:11.820OK, fairly small country. It borders Jordan and it borders Egypt.
01:11:16.820Jordan to the to the east, Egypt to the south.
01:11:21.820And what basically happened, because Egypt used to be a bitter enemy of Israel.
01:11:25.820But what ended up happening was we pay Egypt and Jordan a bunch of money.
01:11:30.820Right. To basically play nice with Israel.
01:11:34.820We pay that. We basically bribe them. OK, this is why the Egyptian and the Jordan Jordanian governments work alongside Israel.
01:11:43.820Now, with that said, their people dislike Israel, the Jordan Jordanian people and the Egyptian people dislike Israel because, you know, they look at it like these guys are hurting our Palestinian brothers and sisters.
01:11:54.820But the governments support Israel. Now, with that said, other countries have either been destabilized or neutered like you see those two or are paid off.
01:12:04.820Now, another one. Right. Sudan, Libya, all of these countries pretty much have been destabilized in North Africa.
01:12:17.820And then these other countries, UAE, et cetera.
01:12:20.820These countries are basically incentivized to play nice with Israel to maintain good foreign Western relations.
01:12:26.820So the clean break memo that I mentioned to you guys is basically and effectively been pretty much completed.
01:12:34.820Almost the only thing that's standing in their way now at this point, their biggest adversary is Iran.
01:12:38.820And Israel is doing everything in its power to get rid of Iran because they are the last left.
01:12:44.820They're the last one standing right now. OK, so.
01:12:48.820And I predict. Right. I predict the big reason a lot of these donors came and supported Trump was because they look at it like, OK, who is going to help us deal the final death blow to Iran?
01:13:04.820Is it going to be Kamala Harris or is it going to be Donald Trump?
01:13:07.820And I think many of the Zionists, whether left wing or right wing, feel as though Trump is going to be far more pro-Israel than Kamala Harris would have been.
01:13:14.820And as you already know, under the Biden administration, which she was the vice president of, by the way, we all got a taste of our foreign policy.
01:13:21.820They basically couldn't control Netanyahu.
01:13:25.820But at the same time, he would at the same time that he would listen to them, they would not give him everything that he wanted.
01:13:31.820Right. Biden would try to put strings attached to certain aid that he would give bombs, resources, et cetera.
01:13:36.820This obviously pissed Netanyahu off and many of the Zionists that support Joe Biden and the Biden administration.
01:13:41.820So that is why we saw such a huge shift of people that typically would have been supportive of the Democratic Party voting for Trump.
01:13:51.820And I think a big part of that is a lot of them want a president that's going to be more pro-Israel.
01:13:58.820You look at someone like Ben Shapiro. Right. Ben Shapiro was a never Trumper before. OK.
01:14:02.820But why did he say I'm going to vote for Trump this time around? We know why.
01:14:06.820Because Donald Trump is going to have a far more friendly policy towards Israel than Kamala Harris would.
01:14:12.820And that is that's extremely important because I would argue the next four years is going to dictate whether Israel is able to operate as the hegemony in the Middle East or not.
01:14:25.820OK, because Iran is only one left standing. And that's why these tensions have escalated to this level.
01:14:32.820All right. So give me one's that chat. That all makes sense. I kind of went from World War Two on and I gave a very simplified summary.
01:14:41.820But that's how we got here. Give me one's if that makes sense, chat.
01:14:46.820And if it doesn't make sense, give me a two and tell me why.
01:15:07.820Cool. All right. I see a bunch of ones. Awesome.
01:15:11.820Yeah. I mean, there's way more to it than that chat, but I gave a very like, you know, quick summary there just to kind of let you understand that, like, this is the history of Israel.
01:15:20.820This is why they're fighting tooth and nail to destabilize Iran.
01:15:23.820So this brings us to this article here that I want to read for you guys.
01:15:31.820Iranian Supreme Leader threatens response to any American attack.
01:15:34.820President Trump is threatened to strike Iran over Houthi attacks on Israeli linked shipping.
01:15:37.820Ali Khomeini said Tehran does not control Sana.
01:15:42.820During an address on the Persian New Year, Supreme Leader Khomeini responded to Donald Trump's recent threats to attack Iran.
01:15:53.820He said on Thursday, the U.S. and others must know that if they commit any malicious act against the Iranian nation, they will receive a severe blow.
01:16:00.820Trump has threatened Iran multiple times in recent weeks.
01:16:04.820The hundreds of attacks made by Houthi, the sinister mobsters and thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanate from and are created by Iran.
01:16:13.820Any further attack or retaliation by the Houthis will be met with great force.
01:16:17.820And there is no guarantee that force will stop there, Trump wrote on Truth Social earlier this week.
01:16:22.820And here, uh, I tried to get it for you guys.
01:16:45.820The people of Yemen and resistance centers in the region have an inner motive to stand against the Zionists, and the Islamic Republic of Iran does not need proxies.
01:16:51.820Our stance is clear, and so is theirs.
01:16:53.820Additionally, Trump sent a letter to Khomeini urging Tehran to agree to a new nuclear deal within two months.
01:17:00.820Axios reporter Barack Ravid wrote that if Iran does not negotiate, the chances of U.S. or Israeli military action against Iran's nuclear facilities would dramatically increase.
01:17:10.820Khomeini rejected talks with Trump because he destroyed the 2015 Iran nuclear deal during his first administration.
01:17:15.820That's what I was showing you guys before setting up for this.
01:17:41.820Trump did rip up the nuclear deal that the Obama administration put in place that would have honestly, you know, allowed regular relations.
01:18:23.820The Israelis want a complete regime change.
01:18:26.820They do not like the theocracy that the Ayatollah runs in Iran.
01:18:33.820OK, the Ayatollah doubled down on that position during Thursday's speech, saying the U.S. must know when facing Iran threats will never achieve anything.
01:18:43.820Prior to Trump's second term, Axios reported that military action against Iran's nuclear facilities would be a real responsibility, a real possibility under the new administration.
01:18:51.820The Pentagon is currently updating its war plans for Iran and top U.S. and Israeli officials are meeting this week to discuss what will happen if Tehran does not come to an agreement.
01:19:00.820And this just came out a couple of hours ago.
01:19:21.820White House Press Secretary Carolyn Levitt said Thursday that President Trump fully supports Israel's renewed massive bombing campaign in Gaza, which has killed at least 200 children since Tuesday.
01:19:32.820The president made it very clear to Hamas that if they do not release all the hostages, there would be all hell to pay.
01:19:38.820Unfortunately, Hamas chose to play games in the media with lives, Levitt told reporters.
01:19:42.820The U.S. and Israel are blaming Hamas for the lack of continued ceasefire and hostage releases.
01:19:46.820But it was Israel that repeatedly violated the deal signed in January, which would have led to the release of all Israeli captives, a permanent truce and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza.
01:19:56.820And this is true. And we know that Israel doesn't want to make a final deal and a permanent ceasefire because a permanent ceasefire would leave Hamas in place.
01:20:05.820And that is a non-negotiable for Israel.
01:20:44.820And for the multitude of reasons I mentioned before, the Kassam, the Soleimani assassination, the ripping up the nuclear deal, the sanctions, all this shit.
01:20:54.820And also Trump's close ties to Israel.
01:21:38.820The negotiations were announced a little over a week ago, and Lebanon said as no direct talks were happening, Israel has expressed hope that these talks would ultimately give way to normalization of Israel-Lebanon relations.
01:21:52.820And as you guys know, Hezbollah is a significant part of Lebanon.
01:21:56.820And they have serious beef with Israel.