Valuetainment - June 13, 2025


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


Episode Stats

Length

13 minutes

Words per Minute

198.39491

Word Count

2,744

Sentence Count

263

Misogynist Sentences

5

Hate Speech Sentences

23


Summary

U.S. to pull some personnel from Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday the partial evacuation of U.S personnel from the Middle East, stating they are being moved out because it could be a dangerous place and emphasize Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.


Transcript

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,
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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,
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.
00:04:58.980 There's Israel and the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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
00:06:21.280 death to America, death to Israel, with a clock that says destruction of Israel, Israel
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.
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.
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?
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.
00:08:47.720 If you're the mullahs, and you say, okay, America, I don't know, you never want to put
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?
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.
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
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!
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,
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,
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?
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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