On this episode of the podcast, Pat and Dan talk about the Iran case, the Shah's fall from power, and the rise of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. They also talk about some of the reasons why the U.S. should be worried about Iran's nuclear program.
00:00:37.780I had the former founder of IRGC here doing a podcast with us a few months ago.
00:00:41.920And then it's been now 46 years, okay?
00:00:45.360And everyone's been waiting for his son to go back and bring freedom to Iran, Reza Pahlavi, whose son we've had him on here a few times as well.
00:01:20.120If the CIA and others really wanted Iran to fall the last 46 years, it was a lot easier to do it under the Shah than it would be now.
00:01:33.180Why hasn't U.S., MI6, Mossad, the Middle East became chaotic after the Shah fell?
00:01:43.080Well, if we keep hearing these stories about, let me tell you, what's the word I'm looking for, that they got involved to create a coup, whatever the word is.
00:01:53.100But if they have the playbook, if they know how to do it, if they know Iran is chaotic and they call it what the, what's the phrase they say of terrorism, there's a, they're the such and such of terrorism.
00:02:10.440Like they're the ones that generate it all over the world.
00:02:13.600Why hasn't MI6, Mossad, and U.S. worked together, state-sponsored terrorism, yeah.
00:02:20.020Why haven't they worked together to cause a fall?
00:03:05.360These are all allies that we have, and we give them money.
00:03:08.840We have military bases that they host.
00:03:11.500We feed them intelligence, and they take action on the intelligence.
00:03:13.880A big part of the reason why Netanyahu, even still to this day, doesn't have to kowtow to the United States is because he understands the leverage he has.
00:03:21.300He understands that he is the wall that protects the United States and the Western allies from Iran, and it makes it so that we can spend our money on something else, and he spends his money and his lives protecting the rest of us against Iran.
00:03:36.560If it was a priority for us, like it was on the day that Trump went in and blew up the nuclear sites, when it's a priority for us, we reach right into that cookie jar and do our thing.
00:03:51.000But when it's not a priority for us, we reach into other cookie jars.
00:03:54.000So when you say they have to go through somebody else, it's kind of like, before you can come fight me, kick this guy's ass, that guy's Dan, you can come talk to me about final case.
00:04:08.640So then if that's the case, in this case, wouldn't that paint Israel as the protector to what Iran could do to others?
00:04:18.960If that's the case, why are they not seen and they're getting the level of criticism they've been getting the last two years, two and a half years?
00:04:29.220So first of all, it took them two and a half years to get this current level of criticism, right?
00:05:44.140It's on you and you guys pretty much can self-sustain yourself.
00:05:46.820Even better, we don't give you the money.
00:05:48.820We sell you the weapons, so we make the profit, but you're still giving us.
00:05:53.300You're still buying an American dollar.
00:05:54.480So do you think the level of criticism Israel's been getting the last two years, people don't know the full story of the role they play that's positive for the world?
00:06:39.360We continue to, our presidents like Biden, call the Saudi Arabian prince all sorts of horrible names and promise justice, but it never happens because Saudi Arabia protects us.
00:06:50.240Americans, for sure, don't want our enemies at the gate.
00:06:54.720So we let our enemies go to other gates.
00:06:57.060And then in diplomatic channels, military channels, and intelligence channels, we give them the tools to fight the fight.
00:07:03.240Why do we continue to support Ukraine?
00:07:18.700Certainly not in the eyes of the American administration.
00:07:20.380Okay, so if that's the case and we're going with the role Israel plays, how have they gotten the reputation they have right now that they control American politicians, they fund American politicians, they're doing all this stuff?
00:07:45.600AIPAC spends the money, you know, they're hardcore, or they're always going out there and, you know, lobbying and, hey, you know, we're this and we need you to come and we'll travel you and we'll send you this one.
00:07:55.380How have they gotten the level of criticism they have?
00:07:58.580And why isn't half the market believe in them?
00:08:54.060So they do whatever it takes to get them just an inch more of security.
00:08:58.240So they reach back into the United States and they do lobby for what they believe in.
00:09:02.200And they do try to take advantage of markets when they can and leverage relationships when they can.
00:09:07.520I mean, there's this phenomenal book called Thou Shalt Prosper, written by a rabbi about why business benefits from the five, like these five principles of Hebrew of Judaism.
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