Valuetainment - ＂Iran Has NO Friends＂ - Andrew Bustamante SLAMS CIA’s Role In The Shah’s Fall

00:00:00.000 They know that we set them up.

00:00:03.320 When you're saying we set them up, where else could have given them their land?

00:00:08.720 That's by Jerusalem.

00:00:09.960 So it's not like it's a setup, right?

00:00:11.920 That was the location.

00:00:13.760 That's what you're getting.

00:00:16.000 We didn't have to help you.

00:00:17.740 We helped you.

00:00:18.560 You got the land.

00:00:19.560 You're grateful.

00:00:21.600 Explain to me the setup part because I don't understand why they would think that we set them up for failure.

00:00:26.440 I don't think they think we set them up for failure.

00:00:27.980 I think they know that they can't trust us fully.

00:00:30.620 I think they know that.

00:00:31.900 Tell me why they don't trust us.

00:00:33.740 Same reason Taiwan doesn't trust us.

00:00:35.580 Why?

00:00:36.120 Because they see that we have rhetoric that shifts.

00:00:39.780 It shifts every four years with politicians.

00:00:41.680 It shifts every two years with midterm elections.

00:00:43.760 It shifts with the marketplace.

00:00:45.960 And it was the end of World War II that many of these, quote, unquote, new countries were born.

00:00:53.300 Israel obviously doesn't believe they were born after World War II,

00:00:56.180 but many Americans believe that that's when Israel was born.

00:00:59.680 So Taiwan came about as a result of the nationalists being forced out of China.

00:01:05.460 Israel came about as Jewish populations were forced out of Europe,

00:01:11.360 and they were given this land.

00:01:14.080 That's how so many people believe it.

00:01:15.740 That's not how they see it themselves.

00:01:17.240 And then from that point forward, their economy was kind of forced on them.

00:01:21.400 Their trade with the United States was forced on them.

00:01:23.900 It's the same way with Japan.

00:01:25.100 It's the same way with Germany.

00:01:26.140 It's the same way with France, Poland.

00:01:27.860 All these countries that were devastated after World War II,

00:01:31.560 the United States swept in and was like, hey, we'll help you rebuild.

00:01:35.160 And we'll put you in debt.

00:01:36.620 And you'll build markets that benefit the United States.

00:01:39.600 And this long list of things, including ideologies,

00:01:42.460 you'll have to be a democracy,

00:01:43.740 and you'll have to follow our democratic principles.

00:01:46.520 All of that worked, Pat.

00:01:48.260 It worked for a long time until about 2020

00:01:51.820 when 20 years of an American conflict in the Middle East

00:01:56.400 started to show that we didn't know as much as we thought we did.

00:02:01.380 And then strongman leadership started to pop up and started to work.

00:02:05.160 People like Putin, people like Netanyahu.

00:02:07.780 In other countries of the world,

00:02:09.100 we started to see a shift towards socialist beliefs

00:02:12.420 and socialist practices rather than democracies.

00:02:14.300 And they were working.

00:02:16.720 Economies were building and growing.

00:02:19.080 Militaries were winning in a way other than America was distracted for 20 years.

00:02:23.120 That's what changed everything recently.

00:02:25.440 So let's move on from how they feel about us and how we feel about them.

00:02:29.300 How does Russia and China feel about Israel?

00:02:35.640 I think that Russia and China look at Israel

00:02:38.800 and they see pragmatic decision-making.

00:02:41.620 And that is something that our adversaries appreciate

00:02:46.180 because there's no ideology involved there.

00:02:49.220 Whether you like Netanyahu's ideology or not,

00:02:52.300 whether you care that he's a right-wing supporter or not,

00:02:56.560 what he is pragmatically doing

00:02:58.640 is destroying, step by step,

00:03:01.940 the enemies that surround Israel,

00:03:04.120 which will guarantee Israel security

00:03:06.820 for five years, a decade, 15 years, 20 years.

00:03:10.220 He's doing as much damage as he can to Israel's enemies, 0.98

00:03:13.900 which are all America's enemies, 0.82

00:03:15.140 in the time that he can

00:03:17.140 before he's essentially forced to back off of his war path.

00:03:21.580 And when he has to back off of his war path,

00:03:24.120 then we'll see what the criminal courts of Israel have to say about him.

00:03:27.120 So he doesn't quite know what the future holds.

00:03:29.260 But other strongman leaders, China and Russia,

00:03:31.820 see that and they say,

00:03:33.040 America's supporting that.

00:03:34.280 So what America says to its people

00:03:37.040 and what America does in policy

00:03:39.220 is not always the same.

00:03:40.660 And how can we use that?

00:03:42.700 So criminal courts in Israel,

00:03:44.800 when he's done,

00:03:45.600 it could be very nasty for Bibi. 0.99

00:03:47.300 Could.

00:03:47.800 So Bibi could, 0.71

00:03:48.660 but he could end up being a useful individual

00:03:51.920 for people that want peace there.

00:03:54.060 But to Russia,

00:03:55.840 what issues does Russia have with Iran?

00:03:57.720 Doesn't Russia have a better relationship with Iran than Israel?

00:04:00.100 Oh yeah, for sure.

00:04:00.860 So then does Russia indirectly view Israel as,

00:04:10.620 would Russia rather see Israel get weaker 0.94

00:04:12.680 or Iran get weaker?

00:04:13.640 Because they help Iran. 0.97

00:04:14.880 So.

00:04:15.240 And Iran buys from them, no? 0.91

00:04:16.540 Like they go back and forth.

00:04:17.880 So what Russia wants is Iran dependent on Russia. 0.79

00:04:23.160 And as long as Iran can be hurt, 1.00

00:04:27.280 damaged, put in a box,

00:04:28.420 they will just become that much more dependent on Russia.

00:04:32.360 What Russia and China need are strong, dependent, 0.97

00:04:36.280 I want to call them allies,

00:04:37.620 but allies implies that you have a common ideology, right?

00:04:41.320 What they want is partnerships

00:04:42.820 that are pragmatically predictable.

00:04:45.620 And as long as Iran has no other friends in the world, 0.99

00:04:48.500 they're going to keep going to China and Russia.

00:04:50.300 As long as China has no other friends in the world, 1.00

00:04:52.500 it's going to keep going to Russia and vice versa.

00:04:54.960 Okay.

00:04:55.560 And I know Iran has these drones that they sell to Russia.

00:04:59.040 They're known for the weapon that they're selling.

00:05:01.440 So that's like where the revenue comes from as well for them.

00:05:04.180 But say somebody wants to, now flip it.

00:05:08.660 So we just saw the motivation.

00:05:10.220 Why would U.S. want to see Iran fall?

00:05:12.340 For what?

00:05:12.700 It's not our problem.

00:05:13.300 Let Israel deal with it, right? 0.97

00:05:15.340 Let somebody else deal with it.

00:05:16.440 But then why did they back then create a coup

00:05:19.900 and allow Iran to fall? 0.53

00:05:22.540 Those were the years before government oversight.

00:05:26.380 So that was the left hand and the right hand

00:05:28.480 not knowing what each other was doing.

00:05:31.840 And so Kissinger promised Shah that they would help

00:05:36.260 and that they would allow him to use the hospitals

00:05:39.120 and all this other stuff.

00:05:40.460 And at last minute, they didn't help him.

00:05:42.420 And there could be a possibility that Kissinger

00:05:46.100 wasn't necessarily reporting everything to Carter,

00:05:48.260 that Kissinger may have been more powerful than Carter was.

00:05:50.820 And these are all suspicions that can't be validated

00:05:55.140 but are completely probable.

00:05:57.460 And that's what sucks so much about the days before oversight.

00:06:03.720 This guy was a very powerful guy.

00:06:05.740 Oh, yeah. 0.90

00:06:06.120 Feared, hated, powerful, interesting, womanizer, all in one. 0.96

00:06:13.500 Very interesting.

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Valuetainment - August 15, 2025

＂Iran Has NO Friends＂ - Andrew Bustamante SLAMS CIA’s Role In The Shah’s Fall

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