Robert O'Brien | 03-07-26

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1:01helpful on the TV show and here on the radio. So, talking to General Kean, and of course, listening to President Trump talk about unconditional surrender. There's another bombing mission, big bombing mission brewing with American planes parked in our bases in England, but essentially Iran is defenseless, as I understand it. They are simply defenseless here. So, you know, how long can this continue before they take Trump's advice and lay down their arms, or just the regime will all be completely killed? Is there an end game here that we should envision? Well, Larry, thank you for having me on. I think the important things for us to realize here is it's not going to be an overnight situation. This regime is radical regime. They're extremists, they are committed to their cause. They will lose. They're losing now big time,

2:07and the face of an act regime like it's in Japan at the end in 1944-45, they clearly lost the war, but it took the, you know, the Hiroshima Naira Sakis, the emperor to lay down his arms. I'm not in any way suggesting that there's a nuclear option here. I think that's the reason we're fighting the wars to avoid a nuclear situation, but it's going to take some time and effort to convince these extremists to lay down their arms. Now, one thing President Trump is not going to do is say, I don't think he's going to put a large ground force on, so the attempt to win a war with the naval and the air bombardment it just takes longer, and so if we've got to be patient, we are going to win. They are defenseless, and these extremists are going to have to come to the conclusion that there's no other, they're all kind of been laying their arms. That will happen, it just might take a little bit of time. One other thing that Jack Hain mentioned, I thought it was very interesting is

3:12Israel is kind of cleaning out all these local militias, you know, who are appendages to the revolutionary guards and their headquarters in Iran, which I mean, Command Control is getting slaughtered right now, but the pockets of militias around there, I think he said there are 32 locations, but one of the things that Israel is doing is cleaning them out, going right for them, so it's going to make, you know, some regime change easier. I had thought about that, Robert O'Brien. Yeah, it's a brilliant strategy, buddy, as well. These reds are doing what they did in Gaza, they're targeting the leadership at the, you know, the local, and then for a day level, at the local level. There are sending text messages to the Iranian people who let them know what, you know, what they're going to hit, and when they're going to hit to a point 2 million casualties, and avoid a backlash, and rather run the flag, you know, response in Iran, but think about it,

4:14Larry, every police station in every city in Iran is a risk from Israeli attack. So these, these, you know, prevention vices and promotion of virtue police, the badgy, the guard, all the local gathering spots are there, you know, water and holes, every one of them is arrested from this Israeli attack. And so that, that, that, that will help act like this, you know, the surrender that President has called for. Well, that's the thing. I mean, do you think, I mean, what are the odds and what's the timing? Do you think they'll actually lay down their arms as the President Trump is requesting, in order to get immunity? I mean, when he said unconditional surrender, I mean, I like that, I think that's great. Basically, you say to them, this, or this don't, you know, you've got two options here. You're going to get, you're going to get killed, or you're going to lay down your arms and get some kind of immunity. There's no deal making left in this, in this war. So I mean,

5:21that's a morale buster, I would guess. I mean, if I, that should shake them up, but I don't know what, how these people are crazy. So it's hard for me to get in their heads. Well, I think you're right, Larry, 100%. And I think as we in these reds continue to take up the commanding control of the national leadership in Iran and to grade them in the local leaders who are going to be faced with the people and the uprising. And they know if they don't lay down their weapons and ask for immunity now from the U.S. and protection from the U.S., the local Iranians who they've been killing by massive amounts. I mean, they killed 40,000 people just a couple weeks ago. They're going to want revenge. And so, you know, I think once we take up the national leadership, the moral state and local leadership, so to speak is going to want make peace with their neighbors and not be killed. So, you know, I think we've got a couple more weeks and people need to be patient. And we need to continue to degrade the national leadership,

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8:30I'd like to see a whole string of, um, you know, super tankers go through the straight of hormones. You know, with Navy, you know, fine, but they're being reinsured now by this development finance corporation from our government. Show the world that oil can pass through. And I think it would take the heat off the oil prices. No, wait. Well, the other effect will have it. It may be insurance market, you know, Lloyd's has traditionally done that, but the British Navy is no longer in a position to, you know, help, help shipping and, and I'll be a part of the Lloyd's. So if we start doing this as a DFC and American companies, we'll, you know, move the major financial market to New York or Washington DC. And that would be great for the economy as well. So, you know, we'll have to see how that plays out. But the key is making sure that the tankers, many of which are going to China actually pay, you know, we don't want to do the service for China for free and move their oil. And, uh, good point to make sure that they actually pay their premiums.

9:34But if they pay their premiums and, uh, you know, we're making money off it in the US, maybe should have scored the ships. And I think they'll be able to do so without too much problem because the Iranian plan to close the sort of homelessness is the Iranian Navy and IRGC speedboats to plant mines. Any of you use their aircraft to plant mines, but they they've got no aircraft left and they've got no Navy. So their ability to close the straighter homeowners is going to be very limited. Yeah, I mean, I'm getting excited about that, but you're right about China. No more discounts, right? If you're going to play, you're going to pay market value, whatever that happens to be. Yeah, we're not going to escort ghost fleet ships, you know, to take sanctioned, sanctioned busting oil. We're going to escort, you know, Chevon and Aramco and, you know, legitimate companies that are selling oil at market prices and, uh, and the Chinese will have to pay the premiums to the DFC for their insurance. And if that all happens, and that's great. Let's, you know, keep the

10:35international flow of oil going. Love that. Thank you, Ambassador Robert O'Brien, dear friend, former national security advisor now, the chairman of American Global Strategies. I'm Cudlow. So, uh, former Israeli intelligence and security expert Aaron Cohn coming up next here, please stick around, folks, much more. The Larry Cudlow show on the Red Apple podcast network. Luxury sleep for less can now be yours for a limited time during the mattress warehouse semi-annual clearance event saved 30% on previous generation temper adapt mattresses. That's legendary temper-pedic pressure relief and support now at clearance pricing. These models are 30% off while supplies last. If you've been waiting to experience temper-pedic comfort, this is the moment. The temper adapt clearance, part of the semi-annual warehouse clearance event, only at mattress warehouse. Visit mattresswarehouse.com today.