1 00:00:00,799 --> 00:00:04,080 Friday. The great Brian Fitzherbert. Good morning, Brian, 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:05,620 and welcome. How are you? 3 00:00:06,319 --> 00:00:08,080 Good morning, Anne. I'm doing well. Thanks for 4 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:09,779 having me. Yeah. So, 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:12,820 how many of your closest 6 00:00:13,184 --> 00:00:15,424 political friends have you been talking to about 7 00:00:15,424 --> 00:00:17,285 what's happened over the last week, 8 00:00:18,224 --> 00:00:18,724 and 9 00:00:19,105 --> 00:00:20,164 what are your thoughts? 10 00:00:21,105 --> 00:00:21,605 Well, 11 00:00:22,785 --> 00:00:25,445 I'll refer to it as national political friends. 12 00:00:26,064 --> 00:00:28,484 And, obviously, the developments with the 13 00:00:28,829 --> 00:00:29,809 war in Iran 14 00:00:30,109 --> 00:00:33,869 is is significant. And there's understandably a lot 15 00:00:33,869 --> 00:00:34,369 of 16 00:00:35,710 --> 00:00:37,570 emotions that are surrounding this, 17 00:00:38,429 --> 00:00:38,929 confusion, 18 00:00:40,909 --> 00:00:41,729 either misunderstanding 19 00:00:42,350 --> 00:00:42,850 or 20 00:00:43,175 --> 00:00:45,255 trying to follow along with what's going on. 21 00:00:45,255 --> 00:00:46,935 So I'll I'll try my best to kinda 22 00:00:46,935 --> 00:00:48,715 break this down because, 23 00:00:50,054 --> 00:00:50,715 you know, 24 00:00:51,255 --> 00:00:53,435 the communication is key with this stuff, 25 00:00:53,815 --> 00:00:56,375 but people hate war. I hate war. I 26 00:00:56,375 --> 00:00:57,835 build weapons for a living, 27 00:00:58,850 --> 00:01:00,369 but I hope I never have to see 28 00:01:00,369 --> 00:01:00,869 them 29 00:01:01,329 --> 00:01:02,070 be used. 30 00:01:02,850 --> 00:01:04,530 Very similar to, you know, what I've said 31 00:01:04,530 --> 00:01:06,709 in the past where people have emergency savings, 32 00:01:07,250 --> 00:01:08,609 they hope they never have to use it. 33 00:01:08,609 --> 00:01:10,950 You know? People have a concealed carry license, 34 00:01:11,010 --> 00:01:12,709 hope they never have to use their firearm. 35 00:01:13,275 --> 00:01:15,515 America has military assets that we hope we 36 00:01:15,515 --> 00:01:17,855 never have to use, but if there is, 37 00:01:18,715 --> 00:01:20,795 reason to believe that we should, then we 38 00:01:20,795 --> 00:01:22,094 do. And, 39 00:01:22,715 --> 00:01:23,375 you know, 40 00:01:23,755 --> 00:01:26,075 breaking this down, right, diplomacy is on one 41 00:01:26,075 --> 00:01:28,930 end, Military action is on the other, and 42 00:01:28,930 --> 00:01:30,390 the 80% in between 43 00:01:30,689 --> 00:01:33,969 is intelligence, meaning what CIA and others are 44 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:34,870 able to obtain, 45 00:01:35,569 --> 00:01:36,230 to avoid 46 00:01:36,609 --> 00:01:38,370 war and then to try to go on 47 00:01:38,370 --> 00:01:39,590 to the balance of diplomacy. 48 00:01:40,744 --> 00:01:42,265 You know, obviously, in the lead up to 49 00:01:42,265 --> 00:01:45,224 this, we saw president Trump and secretary Vor 50 00:01:45,224 --> 00:01:45,724 Hegseth 51 00:01:46,185 --> 00:01:48,284 move military assets into the reason, 52 00:01:49,144 --> 00:01:49,965 to the region 53 00:01:50,344 --> 00:01:53,305 more or less, more specifically, the USS Gerald 54 00:01:53,305 --> 00:01:55,209 Ford, which is a you know, it's a 55 00:01:55,209 --> 00:01:58,269 nuclear powered aircraft carrier, you know, warship. 56 00:01:58,969 --> 00:01:59,469 And, 57 00:02:01,689 --> 00:02:03,849 it was we were telegraphing this. But, you 58 00:02:03,849 --> 00:02:07,194 know, the question is whether or not the 59 00:02:07,194 --> 00:02:08,254 American people 60 00:02:08,715 --> 00:02:10,495 want another foreign entanglement, 61 00:02:11,675 --> 00:02:14,555 for for whatever reason that may be. You 62 00:02:14,555 --> 00:02:16,794 know, we don't want endless wars. We don't 63 00:02:16,794 --> 00:02:18,794 want boots on the ground. Obviously, with what 64 00:02:18,794 --> 00:02:21,194 happened with Afghanistan where the geography is built 65 00:02:21,194 --> 00:02:23,330 for defense just like Iran, Boots on the 66 00:02:23,330 --> 00:02:26,069 ground wouldn't be helpful from military campaign standpoint. 67 00:02:26,849 --> 00:02:28,069 And we really don't wanna 68 00:02:28,449 --> 00:02:30,150 spill any more blood or treasure, 69 00:02:30,770 --> 00:02:33,250 for a foreign war unless it directly impacts 70 00:02:33,250 --> 00:02:34,790 United States Of America, which, 71 00:02:36,025 --> 00:02:37,465 I would venture to argue, 72 00:02:37,865 --> 00:02:40,105 and we'll discuss over the next hour that 73 00:02:40,105 --> 00:02:41,724 this is actually paramount. 74 00:02:42,344 --> 00:02:44,425 And I hope what we're doing you know, 75 00:02:44,425 --> 00:02:45,885 we're on day seven now. 76 00:02:46,504 --> 00:02:48,824 You know, digging back into history, you know, 77 00:02:48,824 --> 00:02:50,044 when The United States 78 00:02:50,450 --> 00:02:51,110 was just 79 00:02:51,730 --> 00:02:52,790 declaring their independence, 80 00:02:53,330 --> 00:02:55,090 let's say, 1781, 81 00:02:55,090 --> 00:02:56,950 and the French showed up in Yorktown 82 00:02:57,730 --> 00:02:59,110 while we were fighting the British 83 00:02:59,409 --> 00:03:01,590 empire, but it was Americans that rose up 84 00:03:01,650 --> 00:03:03,189 for their freedom and their independence. 85 00:03:04,145 --> 00:03:06,185 Iranians need to rise up now. They need 86 00:03:06,185 --> 00:03:08,224 to take their country back, not The United 87 00:03:08,224 --> 00:03:10,064 States who is 8,000 miles away. We can 88 00:03:10,064 --> 00:03:11,125 create the circumstances 89 00:03:11,985 --> 00:03:12,645 of that. 90 00:03:13,025 --> 00:03:13,525 And 91 00:03:13,825 --> 00:03:15,960 a lot of this that's going on, you 92 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:17,879 know, not to repeat history, I'm sure most 93 00:03:17,879 --> 00:03:19,659 of your listeners are very well founded, 94 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:21,180 that this war 95 00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:23,080 more or less has been going on for 96 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:26,120 forty seven years. Iran declared this on The 97 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:27,659 United States back in '17 98 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,240 back 1979 99 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:29,740 rather. 100 00:03:30,165 --> 00:03:32,645 And this all stemmed from that revolution, the 101 00:03:32,645 --> 00:03:33,625 fall of the Shah 102 00:03:34,004 --> 00:03:35,465 and this uprising 103 00:03:36,245 --> 00:03:38,264 that led to the Ayatollah Khomeini. 104 00:03:39,125 --> 00:03:41,764 And if you're most of us recall, 52 105 00:03:41,764 --> 00:03:44,004 American hostages were held for four hundred and 106 00:03:44,004 --> 00:03:46,199 forty four days that weren't released until the 107 00:03:46,199 --> 00:03:47,979 day that Ronald Reagan took office. 108 00:03:48,919 --> 00:03:50,219 In 1981, 109 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:51,240 you had, 110 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:52,759 241 111 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:55,900 marines that were killed. That was, what, 1983, 112 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:57,180 with the brute, 113 00:03:57,879 --> 00:03:59,180 marine barracks bombing 114 00:03:59,719 --> 00:04:00,219 from 115 00:04:00,794 --> 00:04:03,034 over the course of the Iraqi war, 2003, 116 00:04:03,034 --> 00:04:05,674 2011 in particular. Iran was responsible for a 117 00:04:05,674 --> 00:04:07,435 lot of the IEDs, the, you know, the 118 00:04:07,435 --> 00:04:10,794 improvised explosive devices that killed 603 119 00:04:10,794 --> 00:04:11,294 troops. 120 00:04:11,914 --> 00:04:14,155 And then, obviously, what happened on October 7 121 00:04:14,155 --> 00:04:16,060 by Hamas, which is, again, a proxy of 122 00:04:16,060 --> 00:04:19,259 Iran that killed 46 Americans in Israel, and 123 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:20,399 they've tried to assassinate 124 00:04:20,699 --> 00:04:22,080 president Trump twice. 125 00:04:22,540 --> 00:04:24,560 So this isn't anything new. 126 00:04:24,939 --> 00:04:27,500 And as we've tried to see or other 127 00:04:27,500 --> 00:04:29,500 presidents, I mean, for god's sakes, Barack Obama 128 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:30,879 sent them pallets of cash. 129 00:04:31,455 --> 00:04:32,754 Trump is sending bombs. 130 00:04:33,214 --> 00:04:33,714 And 131 00:04:34,654 --> 00:04:37,535 after operation Midnight Hammer last June, which was 132 00:04:37,535 --> 00:04:40,495 designed to decimate and obliterate their nuclear program 133 00:04:40,495 --> 00:04:41,314 and their capabilities, 134 00:04:42,014 --> 00:04:44,975 Trump has consistently said that Iran needs to 135 00:04:44,975 --> 00:04:46,194 do three things. 136 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,180 Abandon the nuclear program. We already know that. 137 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,259 No more ballistic missile development 138 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:53,180 as well as 139 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:54,379 stop supporting 140 00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:57,800 these terrorist proxies. We know that they're the 141 00:04:57,800 --> 00:04:58,860 largest sponsor 142 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:00,139 of terrorism, 143 00:05:00,654 --> 00:05:02,975 and that includes Hamas and Gaza. That includes 144 00:05:02,975 --> 00:05:05,555 Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen, etcetera. 145 00:05:05,935 --> 00:05:06,754 All Shiite, 146 00:05:07,454 --> 00:05:08,675 fundamentalists. So, 147 00:05:09,055 --> 00:05:09,555 obviously, 148 00:05:10,095 --> 00:05:12,915 operation Midnight Hammer did not send the message, 149 00:05:13,134 --> 00:05:15,779 and the diplomacy that Trump was trying to 150 00:05:15,779 --> 00:05:16,919 leverage and facilitate 151 00:05:17,220 --> 00:05:18,360 was not getting anywhere. 152 00:05:18,740 --> 00:05:21,060 So then the question was, why did we 153 00:05:21,060 --> 00:05:23,479 do this? And everything that I just 154 00:05:24,259 --> 00:05:26,579 kinda discussed and broke down, this stems not 155 00:05:26,579 --> 00:05:27,479 from the 156 00:05:27,779 --> 00:05:30,675 nuclear capabilities, but more so ballistic 157 00:05:31,055 --> 00:05:33,375 missiles, which are another weapon that can have 158 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:35,215 very dangerous. We have all kinds of, 159 00:05:37,215 --> 00:05:39,455 facilities, assets in The Gulf, in the in 160 00:05:39,455 --> 00:05:41,875 the Middle East. And, you know, Israel 161 00:05:42,415 --> 00:05:43,155 had intelligence 162 00:05:43,694 --> 00:05:44,355 of imminent, 163 00:05:45,269 --> 00:05:46,409 threats from Iran, 164 00:05:47,829 --> 00:05:49,930 options to try and recreate their, 165 00:05:51,110 --> 00:05:53,269 nuclear program based on what little they had 166 00:05:53,269 --> 00:05:56,389 left, which obviously that still takes time. But 167 00:05:56,389 --> 00:05:59,110 Israel was going to bomb Iran anyway. And 168 00:05:59,110 --> 00:06:01,524 the the analogy that I can share with 169 00:06:01,524 --> 00:06:03,605 you and the listeners is this is kinda 170 00:06:03,605 --> 00:06:04,105 like 171 00:06:04,805 --> 00:06:06,884 if a younger brother is going after a 172 00:06:06,884 --> 00:06:07,384 bully 173 00:06:07,764 --> 00:06:09,944 without an older brother as backup, 174 00:06:10,645 --> 00:06:12,884 and the older brother knows what's going to 175 00:06:12,884 --> 00:06:15,289 happen. Right? You're not gonna let the younger 176 00:06:15,289 --> 00:06:15,789 brother 177 00:06:16,089 --> 00:06:17,689 more or less get pummeled. The older brother 178 00:06:17,689 --> 00:06:19,449 is gonna go in because he's either gonna 179 00:06:19,449 --> 00:06:20,569 have to deal with this now, or he's 180 00:06:20,569 --> 00:06:21,949 gonna have to deal with this later. 181 00:06:22,250 --> 00:06:23,930 And I think The US chose to deal 182 00:06:23,930 --> 00:06:26,889 with this now and to to join forces 183 00:06:26,889 --> 00:06:27,629 with Israel 184 00:06:28,355 --> 00:06:30,194 to do these bombing rights, to do everything 185 00:06:30,194 --> 00:06:32,754 that's been done with Iran in the last 186 00:06:32,754 --> 00:06:33,495 seven days. 187 00:06:33,875 --> 00:06:36,615 And, again, you gotta remember, Iran 188 00:06:37,795 --> 00:06:40,194 Iran is a is a funny country. They 189 00:06:40,194 --> 00:06:42,840 don't have an independence day. Right? They haven't 190 00:06:42,840 --> 00:06:46,199 been conquered since Alexander the Great hundreds of 191 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:47,340 years before Christ. 192 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:50,120 And it's not even Iranian. Right? It's a 193 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:50,620 mixed, 194 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,460 populous of the majority is ethnic Persians. 195 00:06:55,035 --> 00:06:56,555 You know, you have the Azaris, you have 196 00:06:56,555 --> 00:07:00,555 Akwadi, Afghans, Kurds, etcetera. It's 90,000,000 people, but 197 00:07:00,555 --> 00:07:01,775 the state, Iran, 198 00:07:02,314 --> 00:07:03,134 has mandated 199 00:07:03,595 --> 00:07:04,495 key identity, 200 00:07:05,035 --> 00:07:07,435 hence, hijabs, etcetera, and everything that you see 201 00:07:07,435 --> 00:07:08,254 that's not westernized. 202 00:07:08,889 --> 00:07:10,910 And that's where a lot of this, 203 00:07:11,610 --> 00:07:13,449 frustration is. Before 1979, 204 00:07:13,449 --> 00:07:14,829 you see pictures of women 205 00:07:15,129 --> 00:07:17,529 obviously going to school, very westernized in their 206 00:07:17,529 --> 00:07:18,509 attire, etcetera. 207 00:07:18,810 --> 00:07:20,410 So you have all of this background, all 208 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:21,870 this stuff that's been going on 209 00:07:22,625 --> 00:07:24,464 for everyone to try and digest in the 210 00:07:24,464 --> 00:07:26,545 last seven days. And then the question is, 211 00:07:26,545 --> 00:07:28,144 okay. Why do we do this? And then 212 00:07:28,144 --> 00:07:30,564 what is the goal? Is it behavior change? 213 00:07:30,865 --> 00:07:31,524 Is it, 214 00:07:32,225 --> 00:07:34,644 regime change? Is it punishment? 215 00:07:35,024 --> 00:07:36,879 Is it all the above? Is it a 216 00:07:36,879 --> 00:07:37,379 strategic 217 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:38,580 attack 218 00:07:39,040 --> 00:07:41,839 with regards to leverage ultimately dealing with China? 219 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:44,240 We could talk about that later. But, you 220 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:45,699 know, when you try to do 221 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,120 regime change, there's gotta be an opposition leader 222 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:50,020 or an organizational 223 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:50,900 movement 224 00:07:51,584 --> 00:07:52,084 there, 225 00:07:52,384 --> 00:07:54,245 and there isn't right now. And even 226 00:07:54,545 --> 00:07:56,384 Raja Pahlavi, the son of you know, the 227 00:07:56,384 --> 00:07:58,545 last job I ran from 1979. He's technically 228 00:07:58,545 --> 00:07:59,204 the prince. 229 00:07:59,584 --> 00:08:01,185 He's been living in The United States for 230 00:08:01,185 --> 00:08:03,204 decades. Right? So he's not really 231 00:08:04,110 --> 00:08:05,329 on the ground there. 232 00:08:05,629 --> 00:08:07,250 But I suspect the CIA 233 00:08:07,709 --> 00:08:09,250 will covertly take action, 234 00:08:10,910 --> 00:08:11,649 not too 235 00:08:12,189 --> 00:08:13,169 not too shortly, 236 00:08:13,949 --> 00:08:15,729 with regards to opposition, 237 00:08:16,110 --> 00:08:16,850 if not 238 00:08:17,375 --> 00:08:18,035 the Kurds, 239 00:08:19,294 --> 00:08:20,274 being an option. 240 00:08:20,735 --> 00:08:21,235 So 241 00:08:21,535 --> 00:08:23,854 what it what it actually happened seven days 242 00:08:23,854 --> 00:08:25,935 ago, right, when we did this is we 243 00:08:25,935 --> 00:08:28,175 killed the Ayatollah, who is the, quote, unquote, 244 00:08:28,175 --> 00:08:29,074 supreme leader. 245 00:08:29,490 --> 00:08:31,329 And the main reason is earlier this year, 246 00:08:31,329 --> 00:08:33,490 he killed thousands and thousands of protesters that 247 00:08:33,490 --> 00:08:35,509 went to the streets of Iran to protest 248 00:08:35,809 --> 00:08:37,649 him and the way things are going in 249 00:08:37,649 --> 00:08:38,149 Iran. 250 00:08:38,610 --> 00:08:39,110 And, 251 00:08:39,649 --> 00:08:41,350 obviously, killing protesters 252 00:08:42,129 --> 00:08:44,049 is I mean, I don't think anyone agrees 253 00:08:44,049 --> 00:08:47,225 with that, period. So we went in there. 254 00:08:47,225 --> 00:08:50,345 We killed the Ayatollah. We killed all the 255 00:08:50,345 --> 00:08:52,284 Badmaulas, the Guardian Council. 256 00:08:53,945 --> 00:08:56,365 We even got the former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, 257 00:08:56,585 --> 00:08:58,264 you know, among these 40 leaders from the 258 00:08:58,264 --> 00:08:59,164 initial strike. 259 00:08:59,769 --> 00:09:01,950 And then we've carried this on by sinking, 260 00:09:02,730 --> 00:09:04,490 truthfully, the Iranian navy to the bottom of 261 00:09:04,490 --> 00:09:06,029 the ocean. They've got nothing left. 262 00:09:06,730 --> 00:09:09,309 We wiped out the headquarters where the IRGC 263 00:09:09,450 --> 00:09:12,089 is. That's the Iranian Revolution Guard Corps, and 264 00:09:12,089 --> 00:09:14,809 then we destroyed significant military infrastructure and air 265 00:09:14,809 --> 00:09:15,309 bases. 266 00:09:15,665 --> 00:09:18,004 So I'm gonna stop there 267 00:09:18,465 --> 00:09:20,404 as a kind of an intro, but that's 268 00:09:20,705 --> 00:09:21,445 the why, 269 00:09:22,065 --> 00:09:25,105 the how, and, you know, what were the 270 00:09:25,184 --> 00:09:26,625 what are the goals going forward? And I 271 00:09:26,625 --> 00:09:28,304 can get into the weapons that were used 272 00:09:28,304 --> 00:09:30,625 because, obviously, that's more my because I build 273 00:09:30,625 --> 00:09:31,125 them, 274 00:09:31,860 --> 00:09:33,779 with regard to that. But that's kinda where 275 00:09:33,779 --> 00:09:35,799 we are seven days in, 276 00:09:36,500 --> 00:09:38,120 thus far. So I'll I'll 277 00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:39,559 stop there. 278 00:09:42,259 --> 00:09:42,759 Brian, 279 00:09:43,700 --> 00:09:45,059 you as you said, 280 00:09:45,620 --> 00:09:46,840 weapons are your, 281 00:09:48,315 --> 00:09:50,394 and you know so much about the weapons 282 00:09:50,394 --> 00:09:51,375 that have been used 283 00:09:51,834 --> 00:09:53,134 coming from Iran, 284 00:09:53,914 --> 00:09:55,855 weapons used by 285 00:09:56,554 --> 00:09:58,394 The Middle East as well as The United 286 00:09:58,394 --> 00:09:59,534 States and Israel 287 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:03,279 against Iran, and yet, they're still standing. They're 288 00:10:03,279 --> 00:10:03,779 still 289 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:04,740 creating 290 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:05,540 chaos. 291 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,960 What's happening? What kind of weapons do they 292 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:11,600 still have left, and how are we fighting 293 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:12,100 them? 294 00:10:12,934 --> 00:10:15,514 Yeah. Sure. So from a military campaign standpoint, 295 00:10:15,815 --> 00:10:16,554 I suspect, 296 00:10:17,414 --> 00:10:18,715 what secretary of war, 297 00:10:19,495 --> 00:10:21,434 Pete Hakseth is doing is a strategic, 298 00:10:23,254 --> 00:10:25,595 a strategic campaign for attrition, 299 00:10:26,029 --> 00:10:28,670 meaning we're going to make Iran use as 300 00:10:28,670 --> 00:10:30,370 many weapons as they possibly 301 00:10:31,149 --> 00:10:34,350 can and exhaust them into oblivion among other 302 00:10:34,350 --> 00:10:37,090 things of the bombing campaign. And and 303 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:39,309 from my last count, we're we're probably at 304 00:10:39,309 --> 00:10:41,904 20 plus different weapons that the United States 305 00:10:41,904 --> 00:10:45,264 military has used. Obviously, six months ago, seven 306 00:10:45,264 --> 00:10:47,585 months ago, last year when we did the 307 00:10:47,585 --> 00:10:48,085 initial, 308 00:10:48,625 --> 00:10:50,785 bombing rate of the nuclear capabilities and and 309 00:10:50,785 --> 00:10:53,024 locations, we used stealth bombers, you know, your 310 00:10:53,024 --> 00:10:54,625 b two spirits that are built by Northrop 311 00:10:54,625 --> 00:10:56,769 Grumman that bring in those GBUs, 312 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:00,269 or the massive ordinance penetrators, you know, those 313 00:11:00,269 --> 00:11:02,669 mock bunker buster bombs that everyone started reading 314 00:11:02,669 --> 00:11:04,209 about even though we've had them forever. 315 00:11:04,990 --> 00:11:07,230 So those stealth bombers have been sent in 316 00:11:07,230 --> 00:11:07,730 as 317 00:11:08,404 --> 00:11:11,045 have been strategic bombers. Your b ones and 318 00:11:11,045 --> 00:11:13,445 your b 52 bombers that have gone after 319 00:11:13,445 --> 00:11:14,105 the military, 320 00:11:14,565 --> 00:11:17,445 installations in Iran. So also Northrop Grumman makes 321 00:11:17,445 --> 00:11:19,605 those. Then you have your stealth fighters for 322 00:11:19,605 --> 00:11:21,445 air power. Right? You have your f 35 323 00:11:21,445 --> 00:11:24,610 lightning and your f 22 Raptors, both, produced 324 00:11:24,610 --> 00:11:26,850 by Lockheed Martin that are the top of 325 00:11:26,850 --> 00:11:28,950 the line in terms of generational aircraft, 326 00:11:29,570 --> 00:11:31,350 going along with the the Israeli, 327 00:11:32,370 --> 00:11:33,970 air force as well. And this is what 328 00:11:33,970 --> 00:11:36,549 mostly went after the leadership targets 329 00:11:36,954 --> 00:11:38,794 and any of the other air defenses so 330 00:11:38,794 --> 00:11:40,414 that you have complete air supremacy, 331 00:11:41,674 --> 00:11:43,834 over Iran, which is part of any, you 332 00:11:43,834 --> 00:11:44,654 know, initial, 333 00:11:45,355 --> 00:11:46,334 military campaign. 334 00:11:46,875 --> 00:11:48,894 Then you used your older generation 335 00:11:49,195 --> 00:11:52,179 fighter jets, your your f 16 Fighting Falcons, 336 00:11:52,179 --> 00:11:54,339 your f a 18 Super Hornets, you know, 337 00:11:54,339 --> 00:11:55,480 your Lockheed Boeing, 338 00:11:57,220 --> 00:11:59,940 Twitter jets that were launched from the aircraft 339 00:11:59,940 --> 00:12:01,620 carrier I mentioned in the last segment, you 340 00:12:01,620 --> 00:12:02,919 know, Gerald r Ford. 341 00:12:03,605 --> 00:12:05,125 Those are attacker jets. Right? So those are 342 00:12:05,125 --> 00:12:07,204 gonna do bombing raids as well. And then 343 00:12:07,204 --> 00:12:09,524 you have other specialized aircraft that, 344 00:12:09,924 --> 00:12:11,544 carry electronic warfare, 345 00:12:12,884 --> 00:12:15,684 disruptors that that's your your c two stuff, 346 00:12:15,684 --> 00:12:16,725 and I'll get to that in a minute 347 00:12:16,725 --> 00:12:19,329 because that's a little more comprehensive. But so 348 00:12:19,329 --> 00:12:21,250 you have air superiority to begin with. Then 349 00:12:21,250 --> 00:12:23,509 you have missiles and long range munitions. Right? 350 00:12:23,809 --> 00:12:26,129 Obviously, what everyone's talking about is the submarine 351 00:12:26,129 --> 00:12:27,189 operations where, 352 00:12:27,970 --> 00:12:29,329 you know, the United States Navy for the 353 00:12:29,329 --> 00:12:30,949 first time since World War one, 354 00:12:31,490 --> 00:12:31,990 sunk, 355 00:12:33,485 --> 00:12:34,304 The solimani, 356 00:12:34,605 --> 00:12:36,465 I guess the iranians called it, 357 00:12:37,004 --> 00:12:38,524 and sunk it to the bottom of the 358 00:12:38,524 --> 00:12:39,904 ocean using a torpedo 359 00:12:40,524 --> 00:12:42,524 you know submarines in in our country are 360 00:12:42,524 --> 00:12:45,325 built by general dynamics And obviously there's some 361 00:12:45,325 --> 00:12:47,985 more major subcontract work among North Of Grommen 362 00:12:48,339 --> 00:12:50,440 So we fired one torpedo 363 00:12:51,139 --> 00:12:52,039 from a submarine 364 00:12:52,740 --> 00:12:55,299 and sunk this Iranian aircraft carrier to the 365 00:12:55,299 --> 00:12:56,200 bottom of the ocean. 366 00:12:57,220 --> 00:12:59,700 So we have submarines. That means undersea. Right? 367 00:12:59,700 --> 00:13:01,720 We have complete control of the sky 368 00:13:02,154 --> 00:13:04,235 in the airspace through the air force and 369 00:13:04,235 --> 00:13:05,835 and the fighter jets that I talked about. 370 00:13:05,835 --> 00:13:07,995 And then we have undersea where we have 371 00:13:07,995 --> 00:13:10,174 submarines in the region that are 372 00:13:10,634 --> 00:13:13,754 monitoring that from from an undersea standpoint, then 373 00:13:13,754 --> 00:13:15,679 I'll get to the surface, which is basically 374 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:17,279 on top of on top of the ocean. 375 00:13:17,279 --> 00:13:20,100 But there's laser systems that, obviously, the naval, 376 00:13:21,279 --> 00:13:25,120 capabilities are deployed. We're talking Helios and, you 377 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,360 know, for more lack of terms, the optical 378 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:27,860 dazzlers 379 00:13:28,160 --> 00:13:30,100 that are on the destroyers that are targeting 380 00:13:30,605 --> 00:13:33,105 everything. Disabling, creating as much 381 00:13:33,485 --> 00:13:35,324 interference is the word I would use as 382 00:13:35,324 --> 00:13:38,444 a capability from electronic warfare standpoint. Brian have 383 00:13:38,444 --> 00:13:41,324 your comment. Excuse me. What is this laser 384 00:13:41,324 --> 00:13:43,725 system like? I hear it used all the 385 00:13:43,725 --> 00:13:45,245 time, but I'm not quite sure what it 386 00:13:45,245 --> 00:13:45,745 does. 387 00:13:48,019 --> 00:13:50,040 So it's very complicated, and the capability 388 00:13:50,980 --> 00:13:51,480 is 389 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:55,940 I can't really talk about it. It's just 390 00:13:55,940 --> 00:13:59,299 a high energy weapon that you and I 391 00:13:59,299 --> 00:14:01,644 or anyone listening would refer to as a 392 00:14:01,644 --> 00:14:04,465 laser that has an electronic disruption 393 00:14:05,245 --> 00:14:07,345 to any and all avionics 394 00:14:08,125 --> 00:14:09,264 or submarine 395 00:14:09,805 --> 00:14:11,184 or surface vehicle 396 00:14:11,485 --> 00:14:12,384 or boats 397 00:14:12,809 --> 00:14:14,110 aircraft carriers, electronics 398 00:14:14,570 --> 00:14:15,389 that immediately 399 00:14:15,769 --> 00:14:16,269 disrupt 400 00:14:16,649 --> 00:14:19,049 anything with regard to a guidance chip, meaning 401 00:14:19,049 --> 00:14:19,549 missiles, 402 00:14:19,850 --> 00:14:22,570 interceptors, that type of thing, that can create 403 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:26,169 a massive electronic warfare attack that disrupts it 404 00:14:26,169 --> 00:14:27,309 from an electronic standpoint. 405 00:14:27,695 --> 00:14:29,375 Are we the only country that has this 406 00:14:29,375 --> 00:14:32,095 laser system, or does Israel and other of 407 00:14:32,095 --> 00:14:33,554 our allies have it? 408 00:14:35,054 --> 00:14:37,075 Can't comment. Okey dokey. 409 00:14:37,534 --> 00:14:39,955 Keep going. Uh-huh. Sorry for the interruption. 410 00:14:40,659 --> 00:14:42,179 No. No. It's fine. These are these are 411 00:14:42,179 --> 00:14:44,100 good questions. I mean, like I said, we 412 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:44,840 talked about, 413 00:14:45,299 --> 00:14:47,779 submarine operations. We talked about laser systems. We 414 00:14:47,779 --> 00:14:49,240 talked about aircraft superiority 415 00:14:49,779 --> 00:14:52,019 and basically controlling the skies, but then there's 416 00:14:52,019 --> 00:14:53,860 the normal stuff that we always hear about. 417 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:54,919 Tomahawk missiles, 418 00:14:55,585 --> 00:14:57,504 they're, you know, they're cruise missiles that are 419 00:14:57,504 --> 00:14:58,325 launched from, 420 00:14:59,184 --> 00:15:01,424 destroyers. We've seen this for years and years. 421 00:15:01,424 --> 00:15:02,725 Raytheon makes those, 422 00:15:03,345 --> 00:15:05,745 off the destroyers that are built by, Bath 423 00:15:05,745 --> 00:15:07,504 Iron Works, which is actually owned by General 424 00:15:07,504 --> 00:15:09,920 Dynamics now as well as hunting king engels 425 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:12,019 and then what has been the first thing 426 00:15:12,399 --> 00:15:15,600 That we've seen in modern has well period 427 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,840 actually, but we've been building these weapons forever 428 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:19,519 We've just never seen them in combat with 429 00:15:19,519 --> 00:15:21,379 your precision strike missiles, 430 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,059 that lockie martin, 431 00:15:24,664 --> 00:15:26,044 Lockheed Martin develops. 432 00:15:26,504 --> 00:15:27,004 And 433 00:15:27,464 --> 00:15:29,084 these are, I mean, 434 00:15:30,504 --> 00:15:32,845 these are exactly what they are. They're precision 435 00:15:32,904 --> 00:15:35,084 strike missiles. They have a per a 436 00:15:35,865 --> 00:15:36,365 specific, 437 00:15:37,304 --> 00:15:39,245 design for a specific purpose, 438 00:15:39,570 --> 00:15:41,970 more so from an interceptor standpoint, meaning to 439 00:15:41,970 --> 00:15:42,470 interrupt 440 00:15:42,929 --> 00:15:44,929 any missiles and rockets that might be coming 441 00:15:44,929 --> 00:15:47,330 our way. And a lot of this has 442 00:15:47,330 --> 00:15:49,170 to do with yes. You have your your 443 00:15:49,170 --> 00:15:49,990 fighter jets 444 00:15:50,290 --> 00:15:50,790 for, 445 00:15:51,490 --> 00:15:54,375 air control, but guess what supports fighter jets? 446 00:15:54,534 --> 00:15:57,815 Unmanned systems, IE drones. Right? So we have 447 00:15:57,815 --> 00:15:58,794 all these combat 448 00:15:59,335 --> 00:16:00,794 type drones, reapers, 449 00:16:02,215 --> 00:16:05,115 etcetera. Reapers are done by, General Atomics, 450 00:16:05,654 --> 00:16:06,154 and, 451 00:16:07,014 --> 00:16:09,014 some of them are weaponized with hellfire missiles. 452 00:16:09,014 --> 00:16:10,929 Some are not. And then we also have 453 00:16:10,929 --> 00:16:12,710 something called Lucas drones. 454 00:16:13,169 --> 00:16:15,169 You know, these are I mean, everything I'm 455 00:16:15,169 --> 00:16:17,009 talking about, you know, the military and the 456 00:16:17,009 --> 00:16:19,509 defense industry is heavy on acronyms 457 00:16:19,889 --> 00:16:22,049 that actually means something. And Lucas is, you 458 00:16:22,049 --> 00:16:25,105 know, your low cost unmanned combat attack system, 459 00:16:25,245 --> 00:16:27,565 which is, as we say in the industry, 460 00:16:27,565 --> 00:16:28,785 it's a one way, 461 00:16:29,404 --> 00:16:32,365 drone, which means it can also be used 462 00:16:32,365 --> 00:16:35,399 as a weapon, meaning kamikaze type, 463 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:39,019 effects. So those and reapers have been deployed, 464 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:40,379 to actually, 465 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:41,820 allow 466 00:16:42,279 --> 00:16:44,519 multiple air support because, again, the whole point 467 00:16:44,519 --> 00:16:46,120 of having a drone in the sky is 468 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:47,500 you have an eye in the sky. 469 00:16:47,964 --> 00:16:49,345 You have a weapon system, 470 00:16:49,644 --> 00:16:52,205 and that is for reconnaissance and surveillance. Right? 471 00:16:52,205 --> 00:16:53,725 And then, ultimately, when the drone is no 472 00:16:53,725 --> 00:16:55,164 longer used for that, you can use it 473 00:16:55,164 --> 00:16:57,024 as a rocket and a a missile. 474 00:16:57,325 --> 00:16:58,865 So all this stuff 475 00:16:59,325 --> 00:17:02,365 is it is designed for a c five 476 00:17:02,365 --> 00:17:02,865 systems 477 00:17:03,690 --> 00:17:05,450 ISR approach. What does that mean? C five 478 00:17:05,450 --> 00:17:07,769 systems. Command and control is what people know 479 00:17:08,250 --> 00:17:09,609 you're you're seeing this in the news as 480 00:17:09,609 --> 00:17:12,029 c two, command and control. But c five 481 00:17:12,250 --> 00:17:15,070 is command and control communications, computers, and cyber, 482 00:17:15,130 --> 00:17:17,150 meaning total electronic warfare, 483 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:18,670 attacks 484 00:17:19,174 --> 00:17:20,075 to jam communications 485 00:17:21,095 --> 00:17:22,634 to jam control of systems 486 00:17:23,894 --> 00:17:26,154 to jam any kind of automatic commands 487 00:17:27,095 --> 00:17:29,835 And do any and all attacks on computers 488 00:17:29,974 --> 00:17:32,315 from a cyber standpoint and then the isr 489 00:17:32,454 --> 00:17:32,954 aspect 490 00:17:33,359 --> 00:17:35,759 of intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance is to see 491 00:17:35,759 --> 00:17:37,700 whether or not this actually took place. 492 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,099 And so this is a massive, 493 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:43,440 massive military campaign that the likes of which 494 00:17:43,440 --> 00:17:45,440 you and me or anybody listening has ever 495 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:46,180 seen before. 496 00:17:47,345 --> 00:17:50,465 It is. When you're talking about this command 497 00:17:50,465 --> 00:17:50,965 control, 498 00:17:51,664 --> 00:17:52,164 communication 499 00:17:52,545 --> 00:17:53,684 computer and cyber, 500 00:17:54,065 --> 00:17:56,644 I'm thinking to myself, there's no one 501 00:17:56,945 --> 00:17:57,445 on 502 00:17:57,825 --> 00:17:59,664 the wrong side of the war that we 503 00:17:59,664 --> 00:18:00,484 might be in 504 00:18:00,990 --> 00:18:03,549 who can control what's going on in their 505 00:18:03,549 --> 00:18:04,769 own computer systems, 506 00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:06,750 if that's the case. That 507 00:18:07,470 --> 00:18:09,809 they don't know what's being sent out perhaps 508 00:18:09,950 --> 00:18:10,450 by 509 00:18:10,750 --> 00:18:12,369 the persons they're fighting against 510 00:18:12,924 --> 00:18:15,565 because you have control of their computers. Is 511 00:18:15,565 --> 00:18:18,204 that part and parcel of what actually happens 512 00:18:18,204 --> 00:18:19,105 behind the scenes? 513 00:18:19,964 --> 00:18:21,565 Yeah. It's it's part I mean, if you 514 00:18:21,565 --> 00:18:23,805 wanna get down to the rudimentary fundamentals, it's 515 00:18:23,805 --> 00:18:25,964 jamming communication so you can't talk with one 516 00:18:25,964 --> 00:18:29,299 another or even worse, doing a simulator, meaning 517 00:18:29,299 --> 00:18:30,440 you are simulating, 518 00:18:31,460 --> 00:18:33,460 a command that they think that they're receiving 519 00:18:33,460 --> 00:18:34,440 or they're simulating 520 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:37,059 that there's rockets coming their way when there 521 00:18:37,059 --> 00:18:40,100 aren't or that there's things on radar that 522 00:18:40,100 --> 00:18:43,080 are there but are not on their radar. 523 00:18:43,434 --> 00:18:45,035 All kinds of things. You either see it 524 00:18:45,035 --> 00:18:46,714 or you don't, or you make it up 525 00:18:46,714 --> 00:18:48,315 and say that it's there so that they 526 00:18:48,315 --> 00:18:50,875 react. Maybe they use their weapons supply, then 527 00:18:50,875 --> 00:18:52,875 they're exhausted, and then they're sitting ducks and 528 00:18:52,875 --> 00:18:54,654 and you take them out. And 529 00:18:54,955 --> 00:18:55,775 all this 530 00:18:56,429 --> 00:18:59,789 as as as just awesome is the only 531 00:18:59,789 --> 00:19:00,829 thing where I can use in terms of 532 00:19:00,829 --> 00:19:02,609 this military campaign. It does create, 533 00:19:03,389 --> 00:19:05,809 it does create an inventory concern for weapons 534 00:19:06,109 --> 00:19:06,769 and ammunition. 535 00:19:08,269 --> 00:19:08,769 Brian, 536 00:19:09,644 --> 00:19:10,144 continue. 537 00:19:10,525 --> 00:19:12,144 I am am so impressed. 538 00:19:12,765 --> 00:19:14,525 Of course, you've been in the this industry 539 00:19:14,525 --> 00:19:15,025 forever, 540 00:19:15,404 --> 00:19:17,884 but you know so much about what's happening 541 00:19:17,884 --> 00:19:21,105 with these precision strike missiles, with the reapers, 542 00:19:21,325 --> 00:19:21,720 with 543 00:19:22,519 --> 00:19:24,279 so many of the things that we hear 544 00:19:24,279 --> 00:19:27,159 about, but we know so little about. So 545 00:19:27,159 --> 00:19:27,980 please continue. 546 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:30,919 Yeah. So, you know, we were kinda talking 547 00:19:30,919 --> 00:19:31,419 about, 548 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:34,674 this from an inventory standpoint, and and really 549 00:19:34,674 --> 00:19:36,595 this stems from, you know, two other weapons 550 00:19:36,595 --> 00:19:37,974 that I didn't really talk about 551 00:19:38,355 --> 00:19:40,835 much, but I can is is, you know, 552 00:19:40,835 --> 00:19:43,474 what everyone's talking about, interceptors. Right? Defense and 553 00:19:43,474 --> 00:19:45,315 interceptor systems. You see it on the news. 554 00:19:45,315 --> 00:19:46,994 What are these? You know, most people are 555 00:19:46,994 --> 00:19:49,529 familiar with the Patriot missiles. This is built 556 00:19:49,529 --> 00:19:51,390 by r tx formerly raytheon 557 00:19:52,009 --> 00:19:53,070 and the other, 558 00:19:53,610 --> 00:19:54,110 interceptors 559 00:19:54,490 --> 00:19:56,269 are what's known as terminal 560 00:19:56,650 --> 00:20:00,009 high altitude area defense batteries. Again, the the 561 00:20:00,009 --> 00:20:01,690 the acronym is thad t h a a 562 00:20:01,690 --> 00:20:02,190 d. 563 00:20:02,634 --> 00:20:04,795 And these are batteries that at in loki 564 00:20:04,795 --> 00:20:05,934 martin ba systems, 565 00:20:06,875 --> 00:20:09,275 build that are either ground based or you 566 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:09,775 know 567 00:20:10,315 --> 00:20:12,474 For like redrawns native warship based that they 568 00:20:12,474 --> 00:20:13,295 are launched, 569 00:20:14,554 --> 00:20:16,255 to intercept any and all 570 00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:19,079 rockets and missiles that are fired at facilities 571 00:20:19,140 --> 00:20:20,900 in The Middle East. And when I say 572 00:20:20,900 --> 00:20:24,440 that, I'm talking about embassies or other military 573 00:20:24,500 --> 00:20:27,240 installations that we have in neighboring Gulf states 574 00:20:27,460 --> 00:20:29,220 that are not in Iran, that Iran is 575 00:20:29,220 --> 00:20:29,720 obviously, 576 00:20:31,204 --> 00:20:33,285 just reacting all around. They have no friends 577 00:20:33,285 --> 00:20:35,384 left. They are the bully with no friends 578 00:20:36,325 --> 00:20:39,045 beyond reproach now seven days into this. And 579 00:20:39,045 --> 00:20:39,865 these interceptors, 580 00:20:40,884 --> 00:20:41,545 you know, 581 00:20:42,005 --> 00:20:43,944 they're usually and typically used. 582 00:20:44,244 --> 00:20:46,950 They take a while to make, to manufacture. 583 00:20:47,490 --> 00:20:49,169 And this is where it creates this kind 584 00:20:49,169 --> 00:20:51,970 of inventory concern from a weapon standpoint. For 585 00:20:51,970 --> 00:20:52,470 example, 586 00:20:53,329 --> 00:20:56,130 you know, during operation Midnight Hammer that, you 587 00:20:56,130 --> 00:20:57,569 know, we call the twelve day war over 588 00:20:57,569 --> 00:21:00,115 when we blew the nuclear capabilities out of 589 00:21:00,115 --> 00:21:01,095 the water, obliterated, 590 00:21:01,555 --> 00:21:02,934 you know, in the words of the president, 591 00:21:03,715 --> 00:21:06,515 back in June '25, we burned through about 592 00:21:06,515 --> 00:21:08,855 sixteen years' worth of interceptor production 593 00:21:09,474 --> 00:21:11,154 over those twelve days after we did the 594 00:21:11,154 --> 00:21:13,619 bombing raid when Iran did their retaliatory, 595 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:17,359 rockets and missiles. Oh my god. So that's 596 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:19,059 about the order of the stockpile 597 00:21:19,759 --> 00:21:21,279 that we had in terms of, you know, 598 00:21:21,279 --> 00:21:23,619 THAAD and Patriot missiles. So that's concerning. 599 00:21:24,159 --> 00:21:25,220 And, again, 600 00:21:25,519 --> 00:21:27,519 16 this is not something you can just 601 00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:30,884 turn on. I mean, without an immense amount 602 00:21:30,884 --> 00:21:31,865 of labor force 603 00:21:32,325 --> 00:21:33,865 managing on the supply chain, 604 00:21:34,484 --> 00:21:36,404 raw materials, all that kind of stuff. And 605 00:21:36,404 --> 00:21:38,105 that was all taken from 606 00:21:38,565 --> 00:21:39,545 a weapon supply, 607 00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:42,484 in Indo PACOM, which, you know, is the 608 00:21:42,484 --> 00:21:43,704 Indo Pacific command. 609 00:21:44,019 --> 00:21:46,839 So that supply is meant for the Pacific, 610 00:21:47,700 --> 00:21:49,859 from a weapons standpoint to protect and defend 611 00:21:49,859 --> 00:21:51,240 US facilities in the Gulf, 612 00:21:52,099 --> 00:21:54,660 anything else in the Pacific Theater and more 613 00:21:54,660 --> 00:21:56,660 importantly the West Coast Of The United States, 614 00:21:56,660 --> 00:21:59,244 which now obviously, when you use stockpiles, that 615 00:21:59,244 --> 00:22:00,144 creates vulnerabilities. 616 00:22:00,845 --> 00:22:03,644 And at the same time, you know, in 617 00:22:03,644 --> 00:22:05,965 my world and in defense, this stuff costs 618 00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:07,565 a lot of money. There is a supply 619 00:22:07,565 --> 00:22:09,244 chain. That's why people have so many jobs 620 00:22:09,244 --> 00:22:12,224 because it takes a while to manufacture this. 621 00:22:13,589 --> 00:22:14,869 So it's like I said, it's not a 622 00:22:14,869 --> 00:22:17,289 valve that turns on overnight and this creates 623 00:22:18,390 --> 00:22:19,690 in in military, 624 00:22:21,029 --> 00:22:21,529 warfare 625 00:22:21,910 --> 00:22:22,410 reference, 626 00:22:22,950 --> 00:22:24,250 asymmetric warfare 627 00:22:24,869 --> 00:22:27,109 Meaning high payoff low cost on the part 628 00:22:27,109 --> 00:22:27,849 of the iranians 629 00:22:28,424 --> 00:22:29,644 or the Iranian government 630 00:22:30,184 --> 00:22:30,684 rather. 631 00:22:30,985 --> 00:22:32,445 And what do I mean by that? 632 00:22:32,985 --> 00:22:34,904 So if Iran has a drone that it 633 00:22:34,904 --> 00:22:36,525 costs $30,000 634 00:22:36,585 --> 00:22:38,265 for them to build, but we have an 635 00:22:38,265 --> 00:22:38,765 interceptor, 636 00:22:39,384 --> 00:22:41,705 right, a Patriot missile or a THAAD that 637 00:22:41,705 --> 00:22:43,085 costs $3,000,000, 638 00:22:43,380 --> 00:22:45,480 And we use that $3,000,000 639 00:22:45,539 --> 00:22:47,779 interceptor to take out that $30,000 640 00:22:47,779 --> 00:22:49,940 drone. Wow. Do the math. Every time we 641 00:22:49,940 --> 00:22:52,519 shoot that down, that's an asymmetric warfare, 642 00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:56,039 design that does not work in our favor. 643 00:22:56,295 --> 00:22:58,134 Right? So that that creates a problem. It 644 00:22:58,134 --> 00:22:59,275 creates a problem, obviously, 645 00:22:59,654 --> 00:23:01,735 for the sea lanes, for oil, which is 646 00:23:01,735 --> 00:23:04,215 why we're seeing oil spike, obviously, gas at 647 00:23:04,215 --> 00:23:06,215 the pump because guess what? The sea lanes 648 00:23:06,215 --> 00:23:06,955 for oil, 649 00:23:07,494 --> 00:23:09,575 from OPEC and the Gulf, etcetera, you know, 650 00:23:09,575 --> 00:23:12,019 it comes out of the Persian Gulf, goes 651 00:23:12,019 --> 00:23:14,099 through the Strait Of Hormuz, into the Gulf 652 00:23:14,099 --> 00:23:16,019 Of Oman, the Arabian Sea, and into the 653 00:23:16,019 --> 00:23:18,500 Indian Ocean, into the normal sea lanes. So 654 00:23:18,500 --> 00:23:20,819 when you got all this military action going 655 00:23:20,819 --> 00:23:23,539 on, that's creating an impact on the ability 656 00:23:23,539 --> 00:23:25,000 for logistics and supply. 657 00:23:26,125 --> 00:23:28,224 And all of this ties into, 658 00:23:28,924 --> 00:23:29,904 again, an inventory 659 00:23:30,525 --> 00:23:31,025 standpoint. 660 00:23:31,404 --> 00:23:32,464 If we're exhausting 661 00:23:33,164 --> 00:23:33,664 inventory, 662 00:23:34,365 --> 00:23:36,684 guess what? And I suspect if Trump hasn't 663 00:23:36,684 --> 00:23:38,304 already, he's probably summoned, 664 00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,359 the CEOs of the major defense contractors like 665 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,559 Lockheed Martin, RTX, you know, formerly Raytheon, BA 666 00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:46,339 systems, Northrop Grumman, 667 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,519 all these guys that build a lot of 668 00:23:49,519 --> 00:23:51,759 these weapons, you know, General Dynamics thrown there 669 00:23:51,759 --> 00:23:53,299 and and Boeing with the bombs 670 00:23:53,724 --> 00:23:55,565 that, hey. What can you turn on? Can 671 00:23:55,565 --> 00:23:58,044 you turn on a second and a third 672 00:23:58,044 --> 00:24:01,424 shift? And can you expedite the supply chain? 673 00:24:01,565 --> 00:24:03,484 How much what are we gonna do is 674 00:24:03,484 --> 00:24:06,365 create RFPs that all these defense contracts will 675 00:24:06,365 --> 00:24:09,504 then respond and then be awarded these contracts 676 00:24:09,539 --> 00:24:11,779 to pick up the pace to not only 677 00:24:11,779 --> 00:24:13,240 replace existing inventory, 678 00:24:13,700 --> 00:24:14,840 but get to theater. 679 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:17,480 God forbid this this continues. 680 00:24:17,779 --> 00:24:20,519 And, again, from my perspective, what I'm seeing, 681 00:24:20,900 --> 00:24:23,474 again, you know, challenge it, whatever. This does 682 00:24:23,474 --> 00:24:26,434 not look like an Iraqi or Afghanistan type 683 00:24:26,434 --> 00:24:27,974 war. This looks like a 684 00:24:28,355 --> 00:24:28,855 absolute 685 00:24:29,394 --> 00:24:30,515 punishment and pull 686 00:24:30,914 --> 00:24:33,174 as just full blown pummel 687 00:24:33,634 --> 00:24:35,335 to exhaust Iranian of 688 00:24:35,730 --> 00:24:38,069 the Iranian government of all their military 689 00:24:38,529 --> 00:24:41,490 and mission capabilities rockets that exhaust it. So 690 00:24:41,490 --> 00:24:44,049 there's nothing left. And then then there's nothing 691 00:24:44,049 --> 00:24:45,670 but total surrender. 692 00:24:46,210 --> 00:24:48,210 And we can do that, but we can't 693 00:24:48,210 --> 00:24:50,690 do multifaceted. And then the the larger question 694 00:24:50,690 --> 00:24:51,190 becomes 695 00:24:51,944 --> 00:24:53,244 from a geopolitical 696 00:24:53,625 --> 00:24:54,605 standpoint is, 697 00:24:55,464 --> 00:24:56,444 this is obviously 698 00:24:57,065 --> 00:25:00,444 two times now where the president has made, 699 00:25:00,585 --> 00:25:03,544 in my estimation, a very strategic decision, among 700 00:25:03,544 --> 00:25:05,724 other things, to keep the American people safe, 701 00:25:05,784 --> 00:25:07,759 but to, at the same time, 702 00:25:08,220 --> 00:25:10,380 rattle the cage of China. You saw this 703 00:25:10,380 --> 00:25:13,100 with Venezuela. China obviously gets a lot of 704 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:14,940 their oil from Venezuela. They get a lot 705 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:16,460 of their oil from Iran. The only other 706 00:25:16,460 --> 00:25:18,320 place to get a oil from is Russia. 707 00:25:18,700 --> 00:25:20,460 So you've got the president of The United 708 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:20,960 States 709 00:25:21,615 --> 00:25:22,755 completely obliterate 710 00:25:23,375 --> 00:25:25,214 an issue that's been going on for nearly 711 00:25:25,214 --> 00:25:26,595 fifty years with Iran. 712 00:25:26,894 --> 00:25:28,755 Took out Maduro from a, 713 00:25:30,335 --> 00:25:33,454 arrest criminal justice standpoint, but killed the the 714 00:25:33,454 --> 00:25:33,954 Ayatollah 715 00:25:34,679 --> 00:25:37,079 and everyone associated with him. So there could 716 00:25:37,079 --> 00:25:37,579 be 717 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:40,779 a road that leads to China because, again, 718 00:25:40,839 --> 00:25:42,299 all these oil 719 00:25:42,919 --> 00:25:43,419 impacts 720 00:25:44,599 --> 00:25:46,519 hurt China a whole lot more than it 721 00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:48,460 hurts you, me, or anybody listening. 722 00:25:48,884 --> 00:25:50,484 So whether or not that's part of the 723 00:25:50,484 --> 00:25:51,705 calculus or not, 724 00:25:52,244 --> 00:25:53,224 this is a very 725 00:25:53,684 --> 00:25:54,984 interesting development 726 00:25:55,525 --> 00:25:57,365 as a whole, and people are gonna have 727 00:25:57,365 --> 00:25:59,285 questions. And that's and that's totally fine. But 728 00:25:59,285 --> 00:26:01,650 I don't think for one second, president Trump 729 00:26:01,650 --> 00:26:03,910 who hates war, who hates endless 730 00:26:04,369 --> 00:26:07,009 entanglements and endless wars, forever wars, whatever you 731 00:26:07,009 --> 00:26:09,250 wanna call them, or or spilling blood and 732 00:26:09,250 --> 00:26:11,809 treasure, meaning American soldiers. I don't think he's 733 00:26:11,809 --> 00:26:13,910 gonna I think what him and Hegseth 734 00:26:14,365 --> 00:26:17,404 and the military commanders underneath that have designed 735 00:26:17,404 --> 00:26:17,904 here 736 00:26:18,204 --> 00:26:20,144 is a total domination 737 00:26:20,845 --> 00:26:22,304 and a complete punishment 738 00:26:22,845 --> 00:26:24,304 of the Ayatollah 739 00:26:24,845 --> 00:26:27,964 and the Iranian revolution in GARCOR. So that's 740 00:26:29,769 --> 00:26:32,109 Yeah. That's no small feat, and that changes 741 00:26:32,410 --> 00:26:33,069 the future 742 00:26:33,369 --> 00:26:36,029 forever. Yeah. Got the attention of our enemies 743 00:26:36,809 --> 00:26:37,309 and, 744 00:26:37,930 --> 00:26:40,410 probably should get the attention of those that 745 00:26:40,410 --> 00:26:43,230 we consider allies at this particular stage. 746 00:26:43,609 --> 00:26:44,829 The defense industries, 747 00:26:46,255 --> 00:26:48,815 you talk about the fact that, no doubt, 748 00:26:48,815 --> 00:26:51,934 Donald Trump is speaking to the CEOs of 749 00:26:51,934 --> 00:26:53,934 all of these defense industries that are out 750 00:26:53,934 --> 00:26:56,674 there producing the kinds of weapons we need. 751 00:26:56,894 --> 00:26:59,369 But when you say that we've already used 752 00:26:59,369 --> 00:27:02,170 up sixteen years' worth of weapons, a quarter 753 00:27:02,170 --> 00:27:03,150 of our stockpile, 754 00:27:04,570 --> 00:27:06,029 can defense industries 755 00:27:06,809 --> 00:27:08,830 pick up the pace enough 756 00:27:09,369 --> 00:27:10,029 to cover 757 00:27:10,730 --> 00:27:11,549 the the cost 758 00:27:12,255 --> 00:27:14,335 as well as the need for more of 759 00:27:14,335 --> 00:27:16,595 these kinds of of weapons? 760 00:27:17,775 --> 00:27:20,015 So what I'll clarify is in the reference 761 00:27:20,015 --> 00:27:22,015 of sixteen years of production was for a 762 00:27:22,015 --> 00:27:24,434 particular weapon system, and I'm talking about interceptors, 763 00:27:24,494 --> 00:27:26,759 that could be worse or better with the 764 00:27:26,759 --> 00:27:28,359 other weapons that I mentioned in terms of 765 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,059 aircraft, etcetera, and depending on, 766 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:32,299 if we lose aircraft or if we lose, 767 00:27:33,159 --> 00:27:33,659 battleships 768 00:27:34,039 --> 00:27:35,019 or destroyers 769 00:27:35,399 --> 00:27:38,039 or, you know, aircraft carriers, etcetera, during the 770 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:39,819 course of this military campaign. 771 00:27:40,275 --> 00:27:40,715 But, 772 00:27:41,154 --> 00:27:43,154 to the point of how fast can you 773 00:27:43,154 --> 00:27:44,134 get things going, 774 00:27:44,434 --> 00:27:46,355 again, if we're going off the assumption of 775 00:27:46,355 --> 00:27:48,755 production where there's only one shift, meaning your 776 00:27:48,755 --> 00:27:50,755 normal six to two or seven to three 777 00:27:50,755 --> 00:27:52,434 or whatever, and all of a sudden you're 778 00:27:52,434 --> 00:27:54,275 adding a second shift, you're adding a third 779 00:27:54,275 --> 00:27:56,529 shift to the manufacturing and the factory plan 780 00:27:56,669 --> 00:27:58,669 to be able to speed up time as 781 00:27:58,669 --> 00:28:00,529 well as managing the supply chain. 782 00:28:00,990 --> 00:28:03,390 And I've personally experienced this because I'm actively 783 00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:06,289 being recruited by, some of these defense contractors 784 00:28:06,349 --> 00:28:08,109 on these very weapons that we talked about 785 00:28:08,109 --> 00:28:09,409 to get program managers, 786 00:28:10,275 --> 00:28:12,595 up to speed and get this stuff going 787 00:28:12,595 --> 00:28:13,654 to have experience 788 00:28:14,355 --> 00:28:16,275 to push the supply chain and to get 789 00:28:16,275 --> 00:28:16,775 things 790 00:28:17,315 --> 00:28:17,815 manufactured 791 00:28:18,674 --> 00:28:20,295 very quickly so they can either 792 00:28:20,595 --> 00:28:21,654 replenish stock 793 00:28:22,029 --> 00:28:24,670 or be used in theater. And, again, it's 794 00:28:24,670 --> 00:28:26,670 not a quick turnaround. You know, you can 795 00:28:26,670 --> 00:28:30,029 probably improve this significantly if the assumption was 796 00:28:30,029 --> 00:28:32,529 sixteen years of production was with one shift. 797 00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:33,569 You could easily, 798 00:28:34,109 --> 00:28:36,275 shave that down to potentially, 799 00:28:36,975 --> 00:28:38,434 eighteen months to three years 800 00:28:38,894 --> 00:28:39,394 for, 801 00:28:39,775 --> 00:28:41,535 a lot of these weapons, and that's not 802 00:28:41,535 --> 00:28:42,035 withstanding, 803 00:28:43,535 --> 00:28:45,154 being strategic in other, 804 00:28:46,734 --> 00:28:49,460 supplies and different command structures. Like, you know, 805 00:28:49,460 --> 00:28:51,640 I talked about Indo Pacom. That's just one 806 00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:54,279 of the many in terms of weapon supply. 807 00:28:54,900 --> 00:28:57,380 So, again, this can't go on forever, and 808 00:28:57,380 --> 00:28:59,880 that's where I think the strategy is is 809 00:28:59,940 --> 00:29:02,019 Iran will eventually run out of the stuff 810 00:29:02,019 --> 00:29:05,384 regardless of the asymmetric warfare from a cost 811 00:29:05,845 --> 00:29:07,684 standpoint. We'll get to a point, but it 812 00:29:07,684 --> 00:29:08,664 also creates, 813 00:29:09,125 --> 00:29:11,224 yes, vulnerability, but it also indirectly, 814 00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:15,464 is a major boost to the economy 815 00:29:15,845 --> 00:29:18,085 and to jobs because guess what? If you're 816 00:29:18,085 --> 00:29:20,839 gonna ramp up demand and production and the 817 00:29:20,839 --> 00:29:22,200 supply chain for this, you're gonna have to 818 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:24,359 hire people to do this Yep. Very much 819 00:29:24,359 --> 00:29:25,179 like during, 820 00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:28,059 you know, World War two. So 821 00:29:28,359 --> 00:29:30,279 there's a lot that can happen here. You 822 00:29:30,279 --> 00:29:31,339 can add shifts. 823 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:32,619 You can expand, 824 00:29:33,944 --> 00:29:35,944 from a buying power. If you're going from 825 00:29:35,944 --> 00:29:38,025 buying, let's say, raw material of, you know, 826 00:29:38,025 --> 00:29:39,785 fill in the blank x, and you're only 827 00:29:39,785 --> 00:29:41,724 buying a thousand units and now you're getting 828 00:29:41,865 --> 00:29:43,785 five to seven to 10,000 units, guess what? 829 00:29:43,785 --> 00:29:45,404 Economies of scale comes in 830 00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,960 because you've got volume on your side, which 831 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:51,240 isn't typical in defense. Right? In automotive, volume 832 00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:52,859 is a main driver of manufacturing 833 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:55,079 that can drive the cost down in in 834 00:29:55,079 --> 00:29:57,339 a lot of ways because you're doing volume. 835 00:29:57,715 --> 00:29:59,235 Defense is not the same thing because you 836 00:29:59,235 --> 00:30:01,235 don't have as many customers as you would 837 00:30:01,235 --> 00:30:02,295 buying an automobile. 838 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:05,955 So I think that is very possible, is 839 00:30:05,955 --> 00:30:08,215 very capable, but I would also argue 840 00:30:09,154 --> 00:30:11,075 excuse me before I lose my voice again, 841 00:30:11,075 --> 00:30:11,894 that ultimately, 842 00:30:12,789 --> 00:30:15,289 all these defense contractors have to make a 843 00:30:15,750 --> 00:30:18,630 very easy decision that you cut out the 844 00:30:18,630 --> 00:30:21,450 fat and everything in your corporations. That means 845 00:30:21,829 --> 00:30:23,829 DEI nonsense. You hire the best of the 846 00:30:23,829 --> 00:30:25,750 best, not because of someone what they look 847 00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:27,954 like or what their sex is or anything 848 00:30:27,954 --> 00:30:29,394 else. You get the best person that can 849 00:30:29,394 --> 00:30:31,154 do the damn job, and you make this 850 00:30:31,154 --> 00:30:32,855 work. And you get rid of this nonsense 851 00:30:33,554 --> 00:30:34,855 of all the other 852 00:30:35,234 --> 00:30:37,575 fat that's in it, and you manufacture 853 00:30:38,035 --> 00:30:40,440 and you deliver product, and you make sure 854 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,519 it meets the specifications and the quality of 855 00:30:42,519 --> 00:30:44,919 the engineering drawn, and you deliver it. That's 856 00:30:44,919 --> 00:30:46,059 what you gotta do. 857 00:30:46,919 --> 00:30:47,819 Is technology 858 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,279 a big part of this where, 859 00:30:52,664 --> 00:30:55,785 human hands are not needed in so many 860 00:30:55,785 --> 00:30:59,164 of the more difficult ways that, defense weapons 861 00:30:59,305 --> 00:30:59,965 are made? 862 00:31:00,345 --> 00:31:02,825 And is anyone being trained for the jobs 863 00:31:02,825 --> 00:31:04,765 that have to do both with the technology 864 00:31:04,985 --> 00:31:07,485 and the hands on making of these weapons? 865 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,220 Yes. Because there's there's kind of a 866 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:12,339 industrialization 867 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:13,920 going on right now where there's a lot 868 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:16,180 of robotics and there's a lot of technology 869 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:17,299 that can replace, 870 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,740 humans to do things at a better spec, 871 00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:22,799 at a better quality, at a faster pace, 872 00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:23,940 at a cheaper cost. 873 00:31:24,394 --> 00:31:24,894 However, 874 00:31:25,434 --> 00:31:25,934 those 875 00:31:26,474 --> 00:31:26,974 machines, 876 00:31:27,514 --> 00:31:29,434 excuse me, and those robots do break down. 877 00:31:29,434 --> 00:31:31,115 So you're gonna need people that know how 878 00:31:31,115 --> 00:31:32,794 to repair that, get that back on That's 879 00:31:32,794 --> 00:31:35,274 right. What the impacts are. So as much 880 00:31:35,274 --> 00:31:37,115 as things that will be replaced, it's going 881 00:31:37,115 --> 00:31:39,820 to be creative destruction because it's gonna generate 882 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,820 new demand for new types of jobs, 883 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:44,220 at the same time. Either way, 884 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:47,640 there's gonna be a massive review in terms 885 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,320 of what can we do. I mean, the 886 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,160 nice to have is the customization on some 887 00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,015 of these weapons depending on, 888 00:31:53,715 --> 00:31:56,634 design. Right? I'm a I'll venture to guess, 889 00:31:57,075 --> 00:31:58,134 generally speaking, 890 00:31:58,674 --> 00:32:02,134 that any designs that were meant for Afghanistan, 891 00:32:02,195 --> 00:32:04,215 Iraqi took into consideration 892 00:32:04,595 --> 00:32:05,095 sand. 893 00:32:05,670 --> 00:32:07,769 Okay. Are you gonna take sand into consideration 894 00:32:08,230 --> 00:32:11,110 dealing with Iran? Maybe. Maybe not. All these 895 00:32:11,110 --> 00:32:13,269 other things where you can actually adjust the 896 00:32:13,269 --> 00:32:15,830 design to get things through faster that don't 897 00:32:15,830 --> 00:32:18,650 necessarily need as many human hands where robots 898 00:32:18,710 --> 00:32:19,369 and machines 899 00:32:19,670 --> 00:32:20,570 can do things 900 00:32:20,934 --> 00:32:21,755 a lot quicker 901 00:32:22,214 --> 00:32:23,575 You're gonna see that but in terms of 902 00:32:23,575 --> 00:32:26,134 the integration I don't think we're we're at 903 00:32:26,134 --> 00:32:27,815 that point And when I say integration I'm 904 00:32:27,815 --> 00:32:29,894 talking about the wiring the electronics and all 905 00:32:29,894 --> 00:32:31,015 that kind of stuff that you need a 906 00:32:31,015 --> 00:32:32,075 human hand for. 907 00:32:32,855 --> 00:32:35,830 Unless elon musk has his optimist robots but 908 00:32:35,830 --> 00:32:37,350 it's enough, which I don't think he has 909 00:32:37,350 --> 00:32:39,910 yet, or or the, you know, the finger 910 00:32:39,910 --> 00:32:40,730 touch stuff. 911 00:32:41,430 --> 00:32:43,029 We're getting there. I'm sure that will be 912 00:32:43,029 --> 00:32:44,470 in the twenty thirties, but we're not there 913 00:32:44,470 --> 00:32:46,009 yet. Oh, dear. 914 00:32:46,470 --> 00:32:47,670 We're not there yet. 915 00:32:48,549 --> 00:32:50,490 How do you see our stockpile, 916 00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:54,865 that being resolved, the fact that we are 917 00:32:54,865 --> 00:32:57,265 using up so many of our weapons? And 918 00:32:57,265 --> 00:32:58,565 how is it? Where 919 00:32:59,025 --> 00:33:00,384 where did the, 920 00:33:00,944 --> 00:33:01,444 Iranians 921 00:33:02,065 --> 00:33:02,565 make 922 00:33:03,025 --> 00:33:04,164 all of the drones 923 00:33:04,625 --> 00:33:05,069 that 924 00:33:05,950 --> 00:33:07,409 Russia depended upon. 925 00:33:08,109 --> 00:33:09,169 Have we destroyed 926 00:33:09,549 --> 00:33:12,669 those plants? Have we destroyed their ability to 927 00:33:12,669 --> 00:33:15,549 make more drones, which seems to be the 928 00:33:15,549 --> 00:33:18,109 obvious way they are attacking all of these 929 00:33:18,109 --> 00:33:20,849 other countries around them in The Middle East? 930 00:33:21,625 --> 00:33:22,444 Yeah. So, 931 00:33:22,904 --> 00:33:23,724 in the first 932 00:33:24,424 --> 00:33:26,184 the first day of the seven days so 933 00:33:26,184 --> 00:33:26,684 far, 934 00:33:26,984 --> 00:33:29,464 that was one of the main targets. When 935 00:33:29,464 --> 00:33:31,085 I refer to military installations 936 00:33:32,184 --> 00:33:34,424 or or airfields or anything like that, I'm 937 00:33:34,424 --> 00:33:36,845 also referring to defense factories 938 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:39,679 that produce this stuff. You're going after the 939 00:33:39,679 --> 00:33:40,179 manufacturing 940 00:33:40,640 --> 00:33:41,140 facilities 941 00:33:41,839 --> 00:33:44,659 that produce drones and or weapons in Iran. 942 00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:46,480 And that's what was targeted and a lot 943 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:47,859 of them were blown to bits. 944 00:33:48,399 --> 00:33:48,974 You know, 945 00:33:49,934 --> 00:33:51,234 to make it as a comparison, 946 00:33:51,535 --> 00:33:53,294 if you happen to work at a Lockheed 947 00:33:53,294 --> 00:33:56,674 Martin plant or a Boeing plant that does 948 00:33:56,734 --> 00:33:58,194 the factory operations, 949 00:33:58,734 --> 00:34:01,054 if we were, you know, open to actually 950 00:34:01,054 --> 00:34:01,554 vulnerabilities, 951 00:34:01,934 --> 00:34:03,830 that would be a target. And that's what 952 00:34:03,830 --> 00:34:05,330 was targeted in Iran, 953 00:34:05,869 --> 00:34:07,410 because it's not just the military, 954 00:34:09,070 --> 00:34:10,530 you know, the formal military 955 00:34:11,070 --> 00:34:13,630 aircraft and weapons that are sitting somewhere. It's 956 00:34:13,630 --> 00:34:16,494 the actual factories that produce them. And that's 957 00:34:16,494 --> 00:34:18,594 where, you know, kind of my earlier reference 958 00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:20,494 of, you know, you have on one end, 959 00:34:20,494 --> 00:34:22,175 you have diplomacy. You have on the other 960 00:34:22,175 --> 00:34:24,175 end, you have military action. And in between 961 00:34:24,175 --> 00:34:26,335 is the 80 intelligence that is, you know, 962 00:34:26,335 --> 00:34:28,114 more or less provided by the CIA. 963 00:34:28,414 --> 00:34:29,875 That's how you get that information. 964 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,559 Do we have to worry about the Middle 965 00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:33,219 East countries 966 00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:35,619 that, are now being attacked 967 00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:39,139 by Iran, that we are giving them perhaps 968 00:34:39,199 --> 00:34:40,019 more weapons, 969 00:34:40,639 --> 00:34:41,940 that they can then, 970 00:34:43,485 --> 00:34:46,285 sell to China perhaps somewhere down the line, 971 00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:46,785 and, 972 00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:49,644 all of these most wonderful weapons that help 973 00:34:49,644 --> 00:34:50,545 protect us 974 00:34:50,845 --> 00:34:52,305 will now be held, 975 00:34:53,325 --> 00:34:54,465 by our enemies? 976 00:34:55,829 --> 00:34:58,710 So it's very interesting because, again, my comments 977 00:34:58,710 --> 00:35:00,329 earlier about Iran being 978 00:35:00,630 --> 00:35:02,890 the bully in the neighborhood with no friends 979 00:35:02,950 --> 00:35:05,130 is is paramount now. Even 980 00:35:05,430 --> 00:35:07,430 the ones that you can't even trust a 981 00:35:07,430 --> 00:35:08,730 double deal like Qatar, 982 00:35:09,815 --> 00:35:12,135 I don't think are because they're being attacked. 983 00:35:12,135 --> 00:35:15,094 Like, everyone is being attacked, whether it's US, 984 00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:18,135 facilities or not in these countries, and they're 985 00:35:18,135 --> 00:35:20,934 responding kind now. The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, 986 00:35:20,934 --> 00:35:22,859 KSA is a very interesting one because we 987 00:35:22,859 --> 00:35:24,779 do and the state department approves this. We 988 00:35:24,779 --> 00:35:25,599 do something called, 989 00:35:25,980 --> 00:35:28,299 NFS, foreign military sales, which congress and the 990 00:35:28,299 --> 00:35:30,219 state department has to approve the sale of 991 00:35:30,219 --> 00:35:32,380 any type of military weapons that we produce 992 00:35:32,380 --> 00:35:34,239 here in The United States to a country 993 00:35:34,299 --> 00:35:35,279 like KSA. 994 00:35:35,819 --> 00:35:36,639 And they 995 00:35:37,315 --> 00:35:39,074 would not be surprised in the not too 996 00:35:39,074 --> 00:35:41,235 distant future who never wanna get involved in 997 00:35:41,235 --> 00:35:42,994 any of this stuff because they're too busy 998 00:35:42,994 --> 00:35:44,934 building an economic powerhouse. 999 00:35:45,235 --> 00:35:47,074 I suspect they will start using some of 1000 00:35:47,074 --> 00:35:49,394 those weapons that we still graciously allowed to 1001 00:35:49,394 --> 00:35:50,535 be sold to them, 1002 00:35:51,315 --> 00:35:52,855 that have a specific purpose. 1003 00:35:53,210 --> 00:35:55,230 So I wouldn't be surprised 1004 00:35:55,849 --> 00:35:56,589 if, again, 1005 00:35:56,889 --> 00:35:59,449 China is not too far away in terms 1006 00:35:59,449 --> 00:36:02,489 of being a bully without friends. And granted, 1007 00:36:02,489 --> 00:36:04,650 this is not an open and shut thing, 1008 00:36:04,650 --> 00:36:07,529 but this is seriously regardless of anyone's viewpoint 1009 00:36:07,529 --> 00:36:10,655 on the the present now, my hand 1010 00:36:11,035 --> 00:36:12,414 now looking at Iran, 1011 00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:13,695 China is 1012 00:36:14,155 --> 00:36:15,535 severely being damaged 1013 00:36:15,835 --> 00:36:16,494 by this 1014 00:36:17,275 --> 00:36:20,235 as they were during the Maduro raid. So 1015 00:36:20,235 --> 00:36:21,454 I wouldn't be surprised 1016 00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:24,800 if there is further isolation, not met not 1017 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,099 cut off, but probably further attempts at isolation 1018 00:36:28,559 --> 00:36:31,539 away from China as time goes on. Again, 1019 00:36:31,599 --> 00:36:32,099 this 1020 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:33,539 this is, 1021 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:35,920 you know, this has been a forty c 1022 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:37,619 seven year issue. 1023 00:36:38,054 --> 00:36:41,335 Forty seven years, nearly, you know, fifty years 1024 00:36:41,335 --> 00:36:41,835 of 1025 00:36:42,375 --> 00:36:45,355 an itch or a frustration that has cost 1026 00:36:45,494 --> 00:36:47,815 over a thousand American lives. And we've never 1027 00:36:47,815 --> 00:36:49,594 had a president that said, you know what? 1028 00:36:49,655 --> 00:36:51,494 I'm not gonna carry this on to another 1029 00:36:51,494 --> 00:36:54,140 president. I'm not gonna let my children, my 1030 00:36:54,140 --> 00:36:54,640 grandchildren, 1031 00:36:54,940 --> 00:36:57,760 anyone else's children and grandchildren deal with this 1032 00:36:57,980 --> 00:37:00,400 ever again. And we are going to 1033 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:03,180 not only punish Iran, which is clearly what 1034 00:37:03,180 --> 00:37:03,840 they're doing. 1035 00:37:04,140 --> 00:37:06,855 We're going to force regime change, which they 1036 00:37:06,855 --> 00:37:08,235 did by killing everybody, 1037 00:37:08,614 --> 00:37:09,974 as well as, 1038 00:37:10,454 --> 00:37:12,934 behavior change that sends a message to every 1039 00:37:12,934 --> 00:37:13,994 other country. 1040 00:37:14,534 --> 00:37:17,275 It's not just Iran that's receiving the message. 1041 00:37:17,335 --> 00:37:19,414 It's the other Gulf States as well as 1042 00:37:19,414 --> 00:37:22,030 China and Russia that if you mess with 1043 00:37:22,030 --> 00:37:24,050 The United States, if you do not convert 1044 00:37:25,550 --> 00:37:28,210 or at least respect western civilization 1045 00:37:28,750 --> 00:37:30,449 and the edicts of normal socialization, 1046 00:37:30,909 --> 00:37:32,349 we are going to deal with you, and 1047 00:37:32,349 --> 00:37:34,109 we are gonna leave nothing left. You could 1048 00:37:34,109 --> 00:37:35,969 try to do these things where you leave, 1049 00:37:36,505 --> 00:37:39,565 with left of the Iranian revolutionary guard corps, 1050 00:37:39,704 --> 00:37:40,284 you know, 1051 00:37:40,664 --> 00:37:42,264 a a holy city, you know, kinda like 1052 00:37:42,264 --> 00:37:44,045 the Vatican where, you know, they have 1053 00:37:44,505 --> 00:37:45,724 fundamentals GI, 1054 00:37:46,264 --> 00:37:46,764 implementation, 1055 00:37:47,065 --> 00:37:48,824 but that's kinda like a two state solution 1056 00:37:48,824 --> 00:37:51,329 that never works. If you want this behavior 1057 00:37:51,329 --> 00:37:53,489 to stop, you kill every single one of 1058 00:37:53,489 --> 00:37:55,190 them. And I don't think 1059 00:37:55,650 --> 00:37:56,549 that's a hesitation 1060 00:37:56,929 --> 00:37:59,029 for president Trump or secretary Vorhexa. 1061 00:38:00,049 --> 00:38:01,670 Although they have offered them, 1062 00:38:02,210 --> 00:38:02,710 immunity, 1063 00:38:03,409 --> 00:38:06,215 more or less for the job that they 1064 00:38:06,215 --> 00:38:07,594 were forced to do 1065 00:38:07,894 --> 00:38:09,515 but are continuing to do 1066 00:38:09,974 --> 00:38:10,474 despite, 1067 00:38:11,655 --> 00:38:12,954 what's happening in Iran 1068 00:38:13,414 --> 00:38:14,155 among the people. 1069 00:38:15,414 --> 00:38:19,195 Agreed. And remember, Trump will exhaust and facilitate 1070 00:38:19,940 --> 00:38:22,820 every peaceful avenue he can. He's proven that 1071 00:38:22,820 --> 00:38:23,800 time and time again. 1072 00:38:24,260 --> 00:38:26,579 But if you are being lied to and 1073 00:38:26,579 --> 00:38:27,720 it's not sincere, 1074 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,200 Trump will offer that hand of friendship. 1075 00:38:30,660 --> 00:38:32,099 And if you bat away that hand of 1076 00:38:32,099 --> 00:38:32,599 friendship, 1077 00:38:33,234 --> 00:38:35,474 we will kill you. Brian, you have you 1078 00:38:35,474 --> 00:38:35,974 have 1079 00:38:36,275 --> 00:38:39,414 given us a a tremendous amount of information 1080 00:38:39,554 --> 00:38:41,474 having to do with the weapon systems that 1081 00:38:41,474 --> 00:38:42,375 are being used 1082 00:38:42,835 --> 00:38:44,614 and used up as well. 1083 00:38:44,914 --> 00:38:47,074 How long do you think Iran can go 1084 00:38:47,074 --> 00:38:49,159 with a stockpile of drones that they must 1085 00:38:49,159 --> 00:38:52,359 have somewhere as well as, you know, the 1086 00:38:52,359 --> 00:38:52,859 machinations 1087 00:38:53,159 --> 00:38:55,239 that it takes to get it to the 1088 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:56,299 Middle East countries? 1089 00:38:56,679 --> 00:38:59,239 How long do you actually project this is 1090 00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:00,380 going to continue? 1091 00:39:02,465 --> 00:39:04,385 Or I give an open answer of not 1092 00:39:04,385 --> 00:39:07,344 long based on the daily updates from, joint 1093 00:39:07,344 --> 00:39:07,844 huisasf, 1094 00:39:08,465 --> 00:39:10,324 raising pain that the percentage 1095 00:39:10,704 --> 00:39:12,405 of usage of weapons 1096 00:39:12,864 --> 00:39:14,644 continues to drop significantly, 1097 00:39:15,110 --> 00:39:17,429 and that's usually a signal that they are 1098 00:39:17,429 --> 00:39:19,210 running out of supply, 1099 00:39:20,230 --> 00:39:21,909 which is a good thing. So this is 1100 00:39:21,909 --> 00:39:24,390 not going to be an endless forever war. 1101 00:39:24,390 --> 00:39:25,769 This is not gonna be anything 1102 00:39:26,309 --> 00:39:28,409 other than a military campaign 1103 00:39:28,710 --> 00:39:30,489 that is gonna be quite destructive, 1104 00:39:31,484 --> 00:39:33,964 in the short term that will will seed 1105 00:39:33,964 --> 00:39:34,625 a result, 1106 00:39:35,484 --> 00:39:36,304 rather quickly. 1107 00:39:37,164 --> 00:39:39,164 If if you're got a gun in my 1108 00:39:39,164 --> 00:39:41,744 head in terms of days, weeks, or months, 1109 00:39:42,525 --> 00:39:45,244 this might be in the avenue between weeks 1110 00:39:45,244 --> 00:39:45,904 and months. 1111 00:39:46,469 --> 00:39:48,469 Wow. I was hoping that it was going 1112 00:39:48,469 --> 00:39:50,889 to be more in the vicinity of days, 1113 00:39:51,190 --> 00:39:52,650 but I guess we'll see. 1114 00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:55,269 Not one of us knows, but you certainly 1115 00:39:55,269 --> 00:39:57,690 understand the weapons side of warfare. 1116 00:39:58,469 --> 00:39:58,869 And, 1117 00:39:59,684 --> 00:40:01,925 I don't know whether anyone actually knew how 1118 00:40:01,925 --> 00:40:03,545 many of these drones, 1119 00:40:04,565 --> 00:40:06,344 Iran was capable of making, 1120 00:40:06,805 --> 00:40:08,885 where they were stored, and whether or not 1121 00:40:08,885 --> 00:40:10,905 they can continue to go to this storage 1122 00:40:10,965 --> 00:40:13,385 area to use against the Middle East countries. 1123 00:40:13,949 --> 00:40:16,130 But what's your prognostication 1124 00:40:16,829 --> 00:40:17,489 with this? 1125 00:40:19,230 --> 00:40:20,449 Well, it's been significantly 1126 00:40:20,909 --> 00:40:22,849 damaged. And, again, 1127 00:40:23,150 --> 00:40:25,489 to my point earlier, they're very low cost. 1128 00:40:26,109 --> 00:40:28,130 If they are able to find the materials 1129 00:40:28,190 --> 00:40:29,409 to to do this, 1130 00:40:29,925 --> 00:40:32,164 this is outside of their normal channels, then 1131 00:40:32,164 --> 00:40:34,425 you have some issues with that. But 1132 00:40:35,285 --> 00:40:37,305 their command structure has been decimated. 1133 00:40:37,844 --> 00:40:39,144 Their entire communications 1134 00:40:39,445 --> 00:40:41,385 has been decimated. I mean, one of the 1135 00:40:41,765 --> 00:40:43,465 real quick. I mean, one of the 1136 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:46,590 craziest things about this whole thing is when 1137 00:40:46,590 --> 00:40:47,969 we got the Ayatollah 1138 00:40:48,269 --> 00:40:51,309 and his his leadership council, they were above 1139 00:40:51,309 --> 00:40:51,809 ground 1140 00:40:52,750 --> 00:40:55,309 because they were either too stupid and too 1141 00:40:55,309 --> 00:40:55,809 confident 1142 00:40:56,235 --> 00:40:58,795 or they had they they're perceived intel that 1143 00:40:58,795 --> 00:41:00,894 we were gonna hit them during the night. 1144 00:41:01,035 --> 00:41:01,775 And instead, 1145 00:41:02,075 --> 00:41:04,155 we let them wake up the next morning. 1146 00:41:04,155 --> 00:41:06,155 Nothing gonna happen. They did their normal thing, 1147 00:41:06,155 --> 00:41:07,755 and we we knocked them out in broad 1148 00:41:07,755 --> 00:41:08,255 daylight. 1149 00:41:08,555 --> 00:41:09,055 So 1150 00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:11,099 all this stuff 1151 00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:13,019 will ultimately impact, 1152 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:14,619 the inventory 1153 00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:17,500 at some point, but you can tell 1154 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:18,619 by the usage 1155 00:41:19,159 --> 00:41:20,380 that they are being, 1156 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:23,420 I would venture to say pragmatic 1157 00:41:23,844 --> 00:41:26,244 in the targets and what they're using because 1158 00:41:26,244 --> 00:41:28,164 they're running out. They're running out. They don't 1159 00:41:28,164 --> 00:41:29,224 know what to do. 1160 00:41:29,605 --> 00:41:31,625 It's, you know, it's one of those scenarios 1161 00:41:31,684 --> 00:41:33,065 where you are flustered. 1162 00:41:33,445 --> 00:41:34,905 There is no command structure. 1163 00:41:35,844 --> 00:41:36,824 There's a vacuum. 1164 00:41:37,910 --> 00:41:38,969 We'll see what happens. 1165 00:41:39,829 --> 00:41:42,010 Indeed, we will. Small favors, 1166 00:41:42,309 --> 00:41:45,349 but a huge favor, Brian Fitzherbert, being on, 1167 00:41:45,670 --> 00:41:48,469 every Friday on Fitzherbert Friday. Thank you so 1168 00:41:48,469 --> 00:41:50,550 much, sir, for being here with us. We 1169 00:41:51,110 --> 00:41:51,930 I am enlightened, 1170 00:41:52,554 --> 00:41:53,534 and I am also, 1171 00:41:54,315 --> 00:41:54,815 prayerful 1172 00:41:55,114 --> 00:41:56,954 that perhaps this will not last in the 1173 00:41:56,954 --> 00:41:59,275 months category, but that it will be over 1174 00:41:59,275 --> 00:42:01,994 shortly. Brian, thank you. Love to you and 1175 00:42:01,994 --> 00:42:02,655 the family. 1176 00:42:03,275 --> 00:42:04,715 Well, thanks for having me. I hope that 1177 00:42:04,715 --> 00:42:06,655 helped. Yeah. Have a good one. 1178 00:42:06,954 --> 00:42:07,454 Anyway, 1179 00:42:10,690 --> 00:42:12,230 Friday, last segment, 1180 00:42:12,690 --> 00:42:14,529 all I can say is I I hope 1181 00:42:14,529 --> 00:42:17,170 that you appreciate Brian's input as much as 1182 00:42:17,170 --> 00:42:18,469 I do. Incredible.