00:20:54.880to stop them from bombing people and building missiles0.92
00:21:00.480we hoped that it would end in freedom but we've learned two lessons this war has taught us two0.97
00:21:08.180things lesson number one the 12ers are not going anywhere anywhere these are the radicals that1.00
00:21:15.380believe they can wash the world in blood and bring about the return of the Mahadi. It is crazy.
00:21:21.360These are the apocalyptic clerics and the generals, the ones whose whole theology runs this country
00:21:27.580now from beginning to end. We bombed and the moderates did not rise to the top. We killed
00:21:34.460and they did not. Instead, the IRGC got stronger. We bombed. We made it possible for it to be
00:21:42.960weakened, the people did not pour into the streets to finish it. The people that were in power that
00:21:49.160could have stopped the IRGC did not stop the IRGC. The people who still pray for the end of the world0.96
00:21:58.400to come so the Mahadi can return, those are the people who hold the country today. And that teaches1.00
00:22:04.200you something really hard. If your actual goal is to end the regime, not bruise it, but to end it,
00:22:10.080There is only one model in history that will do that, and it's the one we ran on Germany and Japan in 1945, and that is total defeat.0.96
00:22:20.700Occupation, dismantle the apparatus, try and hang the leadership, denazify the entire machine, and build it into something that can't do this again by using the Iranian people.1.00
00:22:34.520Okay, that's the only thing that has worked in the past1.00
00:22:37.780and the only thing that will work in the future.
00:22:41.260But that requires two things that we don't have.
00:22:45.800So before everybody gets all hot and bothered
00:22:48.420and oh my gosh, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump,
00:22:51.320can we just look at ourselves for a minute?
00:22:54.980There are two things that we don't have
00:22:56.640or won't give American troops on the ground.
00:23:01.620I won't, I don't want American troops on the ground there.
00:37:01.440You know, I love living in a farming community because when a man's crop doesn't come in, when the hail takes the wheat or the back goes out or cancer comes to your house, the neighbors don't form a committee.
00:42:37.700all you have to do is just keep living it don't give up here's cnn play cut three here's cnn
00:42:49.200uh talking about democrats and what they found about democrats on the fourth of july listen
00:42:53.620what does july 4th mean to you celebrate america friends and family time among republicans what
00:42:59.480do you see you see the clear majority say it's a time to celebrate america 65 among democrats
00:43:05.180However, the plurality disagree. Look at that. What do you see? Friends and family time at 42 percent versus just 24 percent who say that what it means most to them is to celebrate America.
00:43:15.620What do they say about the flag, even on the basic level of flag? Look at this. Look at how we have an increasing polarization on this issue.
00:43:23.760We'll display the flag on July 4th, the American flag back in July of 2001.
00:43:28.640Come on, look at this. You had 68 percent of Republicans, 65 percent of Democrats saying that they would, in fact, display the flag on July 4th.
00:43:36.460You come over to this side of the screen. Republicans basically are where they were 25 years ago.
00:43:41.660Right. Sixty four percent. But look at that Democratic percentage. Absolutely plummeting.
00:43:46.080Just 27 percent of Democrats say they will, in fact, display the flag on July 4th.
00:43:51.820What about this idea? Are you proud to be an American, extremely or very proud to be an American?
00:43:57.060Again, look at this divide, a growing divide on this question.
00:44:02.260Back in January of 2001, 90% of Republicans, 85% of Democrats.
00:44:07.440This was after a very contentious 2000 election, keep in mind, right, with George W. Bush coming into the White House.
00:44:13.600You come over to this side of the screen in 2026, look at this.
00:44:17.000Again, the Democratic percentage absolutely plummets to just 29% of Democrats say they're extremely or very proud to be an American.
00:44:25.160That Republican percentage, the exact same, 90 and 90, the Democratic percentage.