Valuetainment - ＂We're Going To Strike Iran＂ - Israel BOMBS Tehran In Warning Shot As U.S. Evacuates Middle East

00:00:00.000 Let's do that one.

00:00:00.600 Okay, let's do that one.

00:00:01.580 U.S. to pull some personnel from Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran.

00:00:09.200 Okay.

00:00:10.080 President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday the partial evacuation of U.S. personnel from the Middle East,

00:00:13.740 stating they are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place.

00:00:18.060 And emphasize they can't have a nuclear weapon, very simple, and they can't have a nuclear amid stalled nuclear talks with Iran.

00:00:25.800 U.S. intelligence reports of Israel preparing strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

00:00:30.000 The State Department Wednesday advisory noted on June 11th the Department of State ordered departure of non-emergency U.S. government personnel due to heightened regional tensions,

00:00:39.820 authorizing voluntary departure from Bahrain and Kuwait with Reuters reporting a planned evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.

00:00:47.860 The U.S. military presence in the region, including bases in Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and UAE,

00:00:52.360 faces increased risk with Defense Secretary Pete Hexitt, authorizing voluntary departure of military dependence primarily from Bahrain as a U.S. official confirmed.

00:01:03.540 Michael, thoughts?

00:01:04.640 Well, it was bound to happen, wasn't it?

00:01:07.340 Don't we all have to bomb some Middle Eastern country every single – I remember in 1998, I was eight years old, and we were bombing Iraq, 1.00

00:01:13.260 and I asked my mother why we're bombing Iraq, and she said, Michael, every American president has to bomb Iraq.

00:01:17.860 That's just a true story.

00:01:18.940 That's what she said.

00:01:19.540 What does she do? 1.00

00:01:20.580 My mother – she's since passed, but she was like a headhunter.

00:01:23.640 She was – not like snipe-snipe, like, you know, in person.

00:01:27.000 But she had a good political – she worked in politics too. 0.99

00:01:29.660 And so I'm not surprised by this.

00:01:34.700 What is most notable about this to me is today – no, I don't care how confident people sound – nobody knows what Trump is going to do,

00:01:45.620 what Trump is going to allow the state of Israel to do.

00:01:48.180 No one knows really what's going to happen, and that is the Trump foreign policy.

00:01:53.060 The ones who say he's a total dove and an isolationist, they are just wrong.

00:01:56.460 The ones who say that he's a complete hawk and a neocon, they're obviously wrong.

00:02:00.280 Trump is the guy who is a total dove, says we've got to end the wars in the Middle East,

00:02:04.860 we've got to pull our troops home, and then goes and kills the top Iranian general.

00:02:07.720 And you just – and he knows it too.

00:02:09.660 So that is his strategy, and it's how – when it was reported that he said to Putin,

00:02:13.500 hey, if you invade Ukraine on my watch, I'll bomb Moscow. 0.97

00:02:16.200 Even if Putin thinks that's a 5% chance that happens, it's a 5% chance.

00:02:20.120 You know, you can't take that risk.

00:02:21.140 So I – no one who tells you with confidence what is going to happen knows what he's talking about.

00:02:27.020 However, it does seem likely to me there has been a major war cry for war in Iran.

00:02:32.100 At the very least, for the U.S. to allow Israel to do something, which is why – probably why we're evacuating the embassies. 0.71

00:02:39.700 There is zero public appetite for a war in Iran.

00:02:44.400 Two things I'll tell you that are true.

00:02:45.600 There is zero public appetite for that.

00:02:47.700 Trump's base will be furious if something occurs that could be interpreted as the U.S. going to war in Iran and committing troops there.

00:02:56.360 There is no appetite, okay?

00:02:58.080 And Trump's political career and the new coalition he formed was formed in large part because he opposed the Iraq war.

00:03:02.940 The other side is Trump is an imperialist and he's a tough guy and he's not a libertarian, you leave me alone, I'll leave you alone.

00:03:11.300 That is not him.

00:03:12.380 That's some of his supporters.

00:03:13.120 That's not him.

00:03:14.620 He also will not allow Iran to get a nuclear bomb on his watch because he also thinks that would be detrimental to his legacy.

00:03:21.480 He won't let that happen.

00:03:22.580 He's got to be the tough guy in the room.

00:03:24.580 What that means for U.S. policy –

00:03:26.940 Say it again.

00:03:27.740 Those two ideas collide.

00:03:28.940 They collide.

00:03:29.800 They do collide.

00:03:30.340 They're opposites.

00:03:33.300 It's going to be tough with this one here.

00:03:35.420 Tom, your thoughts on this.

00:03:37.000 Well, when those two ideas collide, you allow Mossad and Israel off the leash.

00:03:43.360 It's very simple.

00:03:44.580 That might be happening now.

00:03:45.960 Yep.

00:03:46.400 And I think that's – no, am I predicting that?

00:03:49.460 Kind of.

00:03:50.100 Do I know that?

00:03:51.040 Obviously not.

00:03:51.760 But those two angles – Mike, I think you summarized those perfectly.

00:04:01.180 And he's an imperialist this way.

00:04:03.320 I'm going to go out – I'm going to – like Churchill and says, what does parliament think?

00:04:08.620 Shut up. 0.95

00:04:09.140 I'll be right back.

00:04:09.780 You know, that's the imperialist side.

00:04:11.780 And then the other side is, I'm not going to let them have a bomb.

00:04:16.180 And so if it's really just centrifuges, he's got to listen to somebody other than the CIA.

00:04:22.500 They're moments away.

00:04:23.460 They're wiring a button at this very moment because that's what you're going to get out of –

00:04:26.960 For 10 years.

00:04:27.280 The military industrial complex and the CIA.

00:04:30.020 So he's got to turn to it.

00:04:31.900 Well, where do you go?

00:04:34.800 Well, Israel knows that they have to stay tough, but they also know that they just can't be 0.90

00:04:40.040 in a constant state of bombing everything around them and cause a coalition attack.

00:04:44.920 They don't want that.

00:04:46.160 But could they be surgical and could you take them off the leash and say, okay, Bibi, Mossad, 0.77

00:04:52.220 this is what we're going to do here.

00:04:53.480 I think that's the play.

00:04:54.860 Adam.

00:04:54.940 I think there's three main players here.

00:04:58.180 There's Iran. 0.97

00:04:58.980 There's Israel and the United States. 0.97

00:05:00.880 And I think the United States is trying to get a deal done.

00:05:03.480 If there's anything we know about Trump, it's let's make a deal.

00:05:06.580 And if you believe any of the reports here of what's going on in Iran right now, there's no deal in sight.

00:05:14.180 Trump says Iran much more aggressive in nuclear talks.

00:05:16.920 It's disappointing.

00:05:18.380 Satellite photos reveal Iran's nuke program is still going on, vanishing roads and AI drones. 0.89

00:05:23.420 Surprise, surprise, surprise.

00:05:24.960 So Trump's trying to get a deal done and Iran's like basically saying F you.

00:05:30.160 So now Trump is saying, okay, like, do you think Trump has a better relationship with Bibi Netanyahu or the Ayatollahs?

00:05:37.560 Rhetorical question.

00:05:38.280 You don't have to answer that.

00:05:38.980 Obviously, it's Bibi.

00:05:40.400 And I think at some point Trump said, okay, we're not getting a deal done here.

00:05:44.680 They're not coming to the table with anything.

00:05:47.580 All right.

00:05:48.620 Listen, I don't know what's going to happen.

00:05:50.280 I know that I don't want a war.

00:05:51.360 I don't want that my people want a war.

00:05:52.680 So here's what I'm going to do.

00:05:54.540 All the Americans, get the F out. 1.00

00:05:57.940 Israel, you do what you got to do.

00:06:00.680 I don't want a war.

00:06:01.460 I don't need a war.

00:06:02.280 Don't call me.

00:06:04.240 If you do this, but if you do this, this is your decision.

00:06:08.320 Consult.

00:06:08.980 Great.

00:06:09.500 I don't want any American troops here. 0.84

00:06:10.940 But the U.S. embassies are going to get hit.

00:06:12.580 That's the problem.

00:06:14.000 That's why they're getting out of there.

00:06:14.960 Because if you know anything about Israel's doctrine regarding Iran, while Iran is shouting 0.69

00:06:21.280 death to America, death to Israel, with a clock that says destruction of Israel, Israel 0.87

00:06:27.320 is sitting there being like, I really don't want to have to blow you motherfuckers up.

00:06:32.280 I really don't.

00:06:33.760 But the one doctrine is preemptive strike.

00:06:36.560 The best defense is a good offense.

00:06:38.620 You know, they say in sports, or the best offense is a good defense, however you want

00:06:41.400 to look at it.

00:06:42.240 So they have three major components.

00:06:43.540 They have number one, which is called the Begin Doctrine, like Menachem Begin.

00:06:48.100 And it's basically, if we're about to get nuked, get them first. 0.89

00:06:52.420 That's numero uno.

00:06:53.800 And then, you know, Bibi said a famous line, talking about Obama, about the, you know, Obama,

00:06:58.440 the famous red line.

00:07:00.100 He said, red lines aren't meant to be drawn.

00:07:03.880 They're meant to be enforced.

00:07:05.160 If you do this nuclear thing, we're going to attack you.

00:07:08.700 Straight up.

00:07:09.820 Number two is the eminent threat, self-defense, which is essentially like a derivative of

00:07:13.520 of what number one is.

00:07:14.960 The number three is we need to protect the neighborhood.

00:07:17.500 And this is going to be a little controversial take.

00:07:19.500 Israel's been fighting wars with everyone around them.

00:07:22.300 And they all attacked first.

00:07:24.340 Right?

00:07:25.860 Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas.

00:07:28.760 And they go bing, bing, bing, bing.

00:07:30.720 Destroyed them all.

00:07:31.540 Also took down Syria. 0.89

00:07:33.100 And now they're looking at Iran and being like, what have you ever won, bro?

00:07:37.520 All you do is fund people to fight for you.

00:07:41.080 And now they're all done.

00:07:42.740 And now I'm like, what's up, homie?

00:07:44.740 And Iran is like, oh, what are we going to do now?

00:07:48.800 What's a war that Iran has won in the last, since 1979?

00:07:53.660 I don't know.

00:07:54.320 Iraq in the 80s?

00:07:55.220 I don't know.

00:07:56.240 So I think Israel's looking at saying, I don't want to do this, but we're going to

00:07:59.380 strike them before they strike us.

00:08:00.760 That's my opinion.

00:08:01.760 Well, here's what Trump said when he was asked about it, right?

00:08:04.420 You know, removing soldiers.

00:08:06.180 Here's President Trump.

00:08:07.840 Because it could be a dangerous place.

00:08:10.040 And we'll see what happens.

00:08:11.900 But they are, and we've given notice to move out.

00:08:15.340 And we'll see what happens.

00:08:17.260 Is there anything that could be done to dial the temperature down in the region?

00:08:20.260 They can't have a nuclear weapon, very simply.

00:08:24.520 They can't have a nuclear weapon.

00:08:27.100 We're not going to allow that.

00:08:29.180 By the way, when he was, when they were negotiating with Obama, you know how long it took him to

00:08:34.560 get the deal done?

00:08:35.300 Two years.

00:08:36.640 So you know what Iran has? 0.96

00:08:38.220 Patience.

00:08:39.240 They're like, yeah, we're going to take our time.

00:08:41.360 They're dealing with a different guy.

00:08:42.920 So it's going to be interesting to see how he handles this year going there.

00:08:46.180 Put yourself in Iran's position, though. 0.67

00:08:47.720 If you're the mullahs, and you say, okay, America, I don't know, you never want to put 1.00

00:08:51.660 yourself in the position of the mullahs.

00:08:52.820 But if you're them, you say, okay, you're telling me that you won't swap out my regime

00:08:58.320 as long as I give up my nuclear program.

00:09:00.500 Isn't that what you told Gaddafi?

00:09:02.260 Like, how did it turn out for Gaddafi?

00:09:03.860 I don't want to end up like Gaddafi.

00:09:05.580 At the end of a street, killed by your own people? 0.77

00:09:07.560 Yeah, yeah.

00:09:08.340 And some of the stories were pretty gory, right?

00:09:10.460 It's horrifying.

00:09:11.260 So if you're them, I understand.

00:09:13.780 You know, it's, again, when I think about the libs in America, when I think about the

00:09:17.580 mullahs in Iran, you can't just say, well, they're just total crazy lunatics. 1.00

00:09:22.140 Yeah, sure, there's some of that.

00:09:23.260 But from their perspective, or Vladimir Putin, for that matter, from their perspective, what

00:09:27.240 are they supposed to do?

00:09:28.260 They cannot give up all of their enrichment and expect to stay in power.

00:09:31.440 I never today expected you to say you wanted to one day wear a turban and like, I was not 0.92

00:09:38.160 expecting that.

00:09:38.940 I had no idea.

00:09:39.680 When we were being briefed on-

00:09:41.200 Yeah, I was not.

00:09:42.060 I was not expecting that.

00:09:43.940 But you know what?

00:09:44.480 You're right.

00:09:44.960 It is true that they don't trust America.

00:09:47.360 And why would they, like, I can visualize them saying, who the hell are you to tell us

00:09:51.860 we can't have a nuclear weapon?

00:09:53.000 Okay, great.

00:09:54.140 So now-

00:09:54.780 You're going to find out.

00:09:55.420 What are you going to do about it?

00:09:56.660 So that's the part where what you're saying, he's in a very tough place.

00:10:01.020 The president is in a very tough place.

00:10:03.920 And, you know, you can, like, imagine how nuclear got with him and Musk.

00:10:07.800 Okay.

00:10:08.680 Yeah, that was nuclear.

00:10:09.760 Lasted how long?

00:10:10.700 Four days?

00:10:11.380 Five days?

00:10:11.920 Six days of nuclear?

00:10:12.920 And it went like this.

00:10:14.180 Boom! 0.99

00:10:14.680 And then it was boom.

00:10:15.720 Right?

00:10:16.060 And it's kind of like, done, we're moving on to the next story.

00:10:19.040 But if this goes nuclear, it's not a nuclear because it's a analogy you're using, it's going

00:10:25.880 nuclear.

00:10:26.420 No, no.

00:10:26.780 It could go nuclear.

00:10:27.900 And it could get very, very nasty with them.

00:10:30.780 Nobody in the world wants it.

00:10:32.400 So Iran is not one that is, you know, is not willing to go there because they don't, 0.99

00:10:40.400 again, they don't look at their people the way Americans will look at our people.

00:10:43.260 They look at their people in a very different way.

00:10:44.920 And if Israel gets involved and they go to war and then they come back saying, I need weapons, 0.70

00:10:50.580 I need money, how he's going to handle it, it's going to be very interesting because he's

00:10:53.960 probably already told Bibi, hey, man, if you go there, you're on your own.

00:10:56.720 So I don't know what that call sounds like either.

00:10:58.760 Is the Shah getting ready to come back? 0.88

00:11:00.500 Is he, is your fingers itching?

00:11:02.480 For him to come back?

00:11:04.120 I don't know.

00:11:06.140 After my, you know, multiple interviews with him, I don't think he wants to go back to Iran.

00:11:10.340 And I know he's getting a lot of momentum right now.

00:11:13.080 But for Iran to have, you know, the democracy that they're looking for, somebody needs to

00:11:18.000 go back.

00:11:18.680 And I don't know if that's going to be taking place.

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Valuetainment - June 13, 2025

＂We're Going To Strike Iran＂ - Israel BOMBS Tehran In Warning Shot As U.S. Evacuates Middle East

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