The Iran Red Line

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3:07Trump now seriously considering, hasn't made a decision yet. Seriously considering, deploying, now we're not talking a massive ground invasion. What is off the table for now? But a limited number, special operations forces, US ground forces, to be sent into Iran, probably and about, he says he wants to wait about another week. He wants Iran's defenses to be weakened even more. That's what he's told reporters on Air Force One. He wants to see even more damage inflicted on their military. On the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, in particular, he wants to have absolute complete dominance of the air, and he's considering now sending in what's called an extraction team, maybe what, 5,000 troops or whatever it may be, special operations, to go in and

4:11pull out the uranium stockpile, the enriched uranium stockpile, that they believe is buried under the nuclear site Esfahan, that was bombed in July, that's 60% enriched uranium, and Israel is saying they, you can't wipe out the nuclear program without taking out the stockpile. Trump says he agrees. Trump says he'd like for our forces to go in with nuclear scientists and either have them dilute and destroy it right there on the spot, or just grab it, seize it, and pull it out of the country. Get it out, but it would be introducing ground troops into Iran. Now my argument is no U.S. ground troops. We know how this is going to end.

5:11Once you come in with 5,000 or whatever the number ends up being, then it's going to be 10, 15, 20, the risk of an ambush is too great, but even more than that, I believe that the American people simply will not support it, and that this could really undercut Trump going into the midterms, and no matter what he decides, whether you're for it or against it, you must get authorization from Congress. If you're going to send in ground forces and put our men and women in harm's way, agree, disagree, but the question I have for you, especially those that support the war and support President Trump, do you support the introduction of special operations forces or ground troops to get the uranium out of Iran? Or like me, do you think we should have, if you want to do it, have Israel do it?

6:17They're well trained at this. They have some of the top commandos in the world. Let them put boots on the ground. Why are we the ones who always have to do the heavy lifting? But I want to hear from you, if you support the war in particular, do you support a limited deployment of U.S. troops to get the uranium, 617-2666-6868, Dave in California, thanks for holding Dave and welcome. Hello, Jeff, how are you? Very good. How are you, Dave? Well, Jeff, the weather's a little bit better here than there. I was going to say, you're a little bit off your normal route there, Dave. Are you on vacation? Somewhat. Okay, good for you. Good for you, Dave. I'm, I'm too much off the Hollywood, but a bad.

7:20Dave, you're in California looking at it more from a distance. What do you make now? Trump is calling for unconditional surrender, complete regime change. And now, haven't made a decision yet, but they are seriously weighing ground forces, limited forces, to take the uranium, to grab the uranium. Does Dave agree or disagree? Jeff, you know, we've had enough boots on the ground every place else. That's the only part I don't agree with. You know, we've been doing everything for every other country going on, plus every, you know, with the terrorists and everything that's going on. I don't think we should put, put any boots on the ground, let the other country store it, because we've lost enough boots, we've lost enough people and wars and everything else. I support the year strikes that he wants to do and get things done that way, but as far as boots, Jeff, how many more American lives do we have to lose because of terrorists

8:24and that's going on? Jeff, at the same time, all the sleepest cells out of this country right now, you never know what's, it's going to be a chain reaction someplace, Jeff. That's, that's my fear. The longer this war goes on, that they may start activating their sleeper cells here in the United States and around Europe. And I don't want to see the war come here. I really don't. Dave, excellent call. As always, thank you and enjoy your vacation. Enjoy the weather and the sun, Dave, six, one, seven, two, six, six, sixty eight, sixty eight. Okay, you heard Dave. He supports the air campaign, basically Operation Epic Fury, fine, but no boots on the ground. For him, that's his red line. For those of you that support the war, are you with Dave? Is that your red line as well? Or, and look to be fair, this, you know, the argument is, are we there to wipe out the

9:26nuclear program once and for all? Yes. Well, if we're going to wipe it out once and for all, take out the stockpile. In other words, if we're going to do it, let's finish it. No one knows what the future holds, but you deserve a weather app that can help. Weather bug is easy to use and provides forecasts for your every need. From storm warnings to pollen levels, write at your fingertips, get the fastest local alerts and comprehensive 10-day forecasts wherever you are. It's hyper-local, real-time customizable alerts. Make sure the weather never takes you by surprise so you can plan every day with confidence. Download the free weather bug app from the app store today and start getting accurate weather forecasts 24-7. Imagine if your Wi-Fi was a lot smarter and way more reliable. Picture it. Your TV, phone, laptop, even your fancy fridge working together to make life easier. Well, Exfinity makes that dream a reality. Devices so in sync you'd think they're telepathic. Wi-Fi that knows when your device needs a boost, the best equipment to stream, or games

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12:35It screens thousands of stocks, builds a one-of-a-kind index, and lets you backtests it against the S&P 500. Then, you can invest in a few clicks. Generated assets are like ETFs with infinite possibilities, completely customizable and based on your thesis, not someone else's. Go to public.com slash podcast and earn an uncapped 1% bonus when you transfer your portfolio. That's public.com slash podcast, paid for by public investing, brokerage services by open to the public investing ink, member finraw and sipc, advisory services by public advisors LLC, SEC registered advisor. Credit assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. Complete disclosures available at public.com slash disclosures. Okay. The war in Iran is intensifying fire and fury. I have to say, I don't want to seem like a broken record, but again, militarily, this has been an absolutely flawless, nothing is flawless, but as close to flawless as you can possibly get. And Iran now is paying a tremendous price.

13:39They should have negotiated a deal if they had half a brain in Geneva. What was it? Two weeks ago. Anyway, they've now crossed the Rubicon. Trump is now calling for a complete unconditional surrender. He says they only have two options. Wave the white flag and utterly give up or face annihilation. Trump says now they are winning. They are winning decisively. He now senses that the mullahs are now militarily anyway on the verge of breaking. And their navy is all but gone. Their air force has been wiped out. Their air defenses have been decimated. Their ballistic missile launchers are being systematically destroyed. Their ballistic missile stockpile is now being depleted and depleted and depleted. They believe that they will have full military victory in about three weeks.

14:43This is now the time frame. Trump is operating under. Hopefully, we will have a lightning victory and fingers crossed, some kind of a stable regime to replace the Ayatollas. Trump also says he wants to get all of the enriched stock uranium, the stockpile of uranium out. Part of him is saying let the Israelis do it. Part of him is saying let's just keep bombing and not stop. But now he's seriously considering sending in a limited number of U.S. ground forces to extract the enriched uranium from the ground. No boots on the ground may now lead to some boots on the ground. And my question to you, do you support putting U.S. boots on the ground? Even if it's only several thousand instead of the usual whatever, 150, 200,000 when you

15:43run a full scale land invasion or a ground campaign. So are you willing to support Trump if he's willing to put some boots on the ground? So far, I'm hearing no, but I want to hear from you 617-2666-6868, Rick in the great state of Tennessee. Thanks for holding Rick and welcome. Hello Rick. All right, let's see if we can reconnect with Rick. Let's go to Mark in Medford. Mark, thanks for holding and as always, welcome. Thank you Jeff. Good morning to you my friend. Good morning Mark. Mark, how do you look at this right now? I look at it. I look at it this way. First of all, if Trump did get approval from Congress to do this, correct, then you have to admit, Jeff, this wouldn't be such a special offer, a secret mission because if you got

16:48it, if he hadn't talked to Congress about it, I can guarantee you the Mueller's know about it after that. And who's to say, Jeff, and this is no knock on you, okay, because you're just reporting what do you hear from the stupid media that can't keep their mouth shut? Who's to say it's even weird is right now? If they go in there and look for it, like they haven't moved it already. Am I right or am I wrong? Yeah. Mark, look, you're right. Anything could be going on and maybe they already have it. I mean, they've already taken it or they've already seized it. Mark, I'll be honest, I kind of doubt it only because of this. Look, there's no question. We are, I mean, we are, we're ripping the guts out of the Iranian military. But the missiles, the counter attack, there's still a lot of missiles and drones flying left, right and center. So it's, it would be very high risk now for us to send a team into Iran.

17:52The regime is not that degraded, not that destabilized. And my fear, Mark, and this is off topic, but just they're launching so many missiles at their neighbors, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, all these countries, Qatar, are their air defenses. What we've sold them, you know, these like patriot missile systems, these air interceptors, they're starting to run out of these air interceptors because Iran is firing so many missiles. So when about another couple of days, they're going to have no air interceptors left. That means that Iran's missiles are going to start to hit their target. You know, the doctor is going to be shot down from the air and what they're targeting is the oil, the oil refineries, the oil infrastructure, because their strategy is they want, they want $140, $150 a barrel for oil.

18:55They want to skyrocket the price of global oil. If you get to 140 or 150, even the Ayatollahs know this will trigger a recession, a world recession and a recession here in the United States, and it will trigger massive oil prices, like similar to the 1970s. And they believe that we are not willing to take the economic pain, both us, Asia, Europe, to keep fighting this war for a long period of time. So their strategy is, you know, we're bombing and rising, right? We bomb and then the Iranian people will rise. Their strategy is, absorb the bombs and hope that the oil price is rising. Eventually, you know, we lose patience and we either pull out or we go from unconditional surrender to some kind of a deal.

19:58So my point is just this, Mark, there are so many missiles flying now from Iran. It would be very, I'm not saying it's not impossible, but it would be very difficult for us to come in with an extraction team now. That's why Trump said, I got to give it another seven to 10 days if we're going to do this. But you may be right. Look, we may already have it. Who knows? Really? Seriously, who knows? But Mark, please continue. I didn't mean to interrupt you. You already have it. I'm saying that you're reporting it that we might go in there and get it. And the media is reporting it that we might go in there and get it. So host to say that the Iranian mullahs are not hearing this on the media that it's not even where it's supposed to be when we get there to go get it. That's what I'm saying. Not the reality. Okay. But go, let that go, Jeff, to answer your question. And they not see how we survive for years on the Biden with Rick and high inflation and

21:02Rick and high gas prices. I think we could survive again if that happened, Jeff. But you know what? If unconditional, unconditional surrender includes, and I stress this very strongly. If it includes that we go in, you watch us go in, you watch us take what you have, but you're not supposed to have and you watch us walk out of there with it. Other than that, no. One foot on the ground. And if that's the case, Jeff, what Israel and the United States should do is empty the bucket on these bastards and then get the hell out of there and what one final mass of blow and get out. Mark, let me ask you this. Trump is now in private saying, you know, the expression you break it, you own it. He's now saying, no, we're just going to go in there and break it. Like worst case scenario, he says, if I can't find a partner there, that's willing to work with us. Or if the Iranian people decide not to rise for whatever reason, he goes, fine, I'll just

22:07break it. I mean, that's, he goes, I'll just break it, meaning break the regime. Just break them. As you put it, just break them into a thousand pieces. And he says, look, at a bare minimum, their nuclear program is wiped out. Their missiles wiped out the threat they posed to their neighbors wiped out for at least 10 to 15 years. And he goes, I've solved the problem for a generation. Would that be acceptable to you, Mark? Would you consider that victory for Trump and more importantly, victory for the United States and the region? No one knows what the future holds, but you deserve a weather app that can help. Weather Bug is easy to use and provides forecasts for your every need. From storm warnings to pollen levels, write at your fingertips. Get the fastest local alerts and comprehensive 10-day forecasts wherever you are. It's hyper-local, real-time customizable alerts. Make sure the weather never takes you by surprise so you can plan every day with confidence.

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26:23Mark, let me ask you this because now this is a scenario that is being looked at more and more and more as our military continues to crush Iran, but they can't seem at least for now. They can't seem to find a partner to succeed the Agatolas, which is just a mission accomplished. In about three weeks, four weeks, whatever it is, break them to absolute pieces, annihilate their nuclear program, ballistic program, their ability to threaten their neighbors, fun terrorist groups around the world, and then say, okay, bye, bye. And you guys sort it out on your own. Is that something you, Mark and Medford would support? Would that be victory for Trump and for America for you, Mark? No, it would be, I think he should sit down with baby and say, listen, I do not want

27:28to put my guys and my girls on the ground in Iran. If you want the Iranian, then you guys can go get it and we'll support you with any air response, any navy response to clear the way. But other than that, Jeff, I know, like I said, unless unconditional means you sit on your ass and you watch us going to know and take it, what a fire in the shot, then no, I'm with you, Jeff. Interesting. Interesting. Mark, as always, thank you so much for that call, 617-266-6868 is the number. Okay, I know I always say it, you know, best audience in the business, but it's true. I don't know what else to tell you. This is a really, really good text. It's from 603, and it's, by the way, it's why I'm a huge supporter of the Second Amendment. It's why I've been looking at this now, this war with Iran, and I'm just saying, if only

28:30the Iranians had a Second Amendment, if only the Iranian people had a Second Amendment, and they were not unarmed, because now they're completely unarmed. But anyway, I want to read it and then get your reaction, Jeff, 603, you can text the Cooner Man 70470, 70470, Jeff, one of the dynamics at play in Iran is the fact that the citizenry there is completely unarmed. There is a majority pro-Western anti-regime population in Iran who are presently hunkered down during the bombing. But once the bombing ends, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC forces, who are now roaming the streets, they have all the guns and no hesitation to use them.

29:31The IRGC in recent days has even taken to shooting at Iranians on their apartment balconies who are outside cheering on the U.S. Israeli strikes. In the words of one Iranian man who is able to get a message out despite Iran's internet blackout, quote, we have the will to fight the regime. But we have no weapons and our fists are no match for the IRGC's guns. If we can somehow arm the citizens, then they will be the boots on the ground. This is yet again another example of why our Second Amendment is so important and why tyrants always aim to disarm the population, Bingo. Bingo. Oh, no, no, if they were armed, it doesn't matter, you know, handguns, long guns, I am

30:33not saying sophisticated machine guns or whatever. But even that, they would start picking off the besiege and the IRGC one by one by one by one. And then the mullahs would bleed from the inside. Now because they've disarmed their citizens, I mean, it's like shooting fish in a barrel. They can crush them at will for now, for now, six, one, seven, two, six, six, sixty-eight, sixty-eight is the number, Rick, we got him back, Rick in the great state of Tennessee. Thanks for holding Rick and welcome. Thanks for taking my call for a second time, Jeff. I, as usual, you're spot on, brother. People, I can't believe that our memories are so short, back in 1961, and I know you

31:35were walking and talking, then, it was President Kennedy that sent in its so-called advisers into a country that we hadn't heard of Vietnam. It initially sent in about 53 special forces crew, well, they were called advisers, to advise that the time the French Army was there, because France had a Vietnam where there had a lot of rubber plantations that were owned privately owned by the French. And when Ho Chi Minh came in, he threw everybody out. So, and we all know how that ended up in a quagbire, 58,000 troops were killed, and Lord knows how many other men and women were marred for the rest of their life because of what they saw or being injured in Vietnam. History repeats itself, at that time, they told us, well, this is just because the North Vietnamese, the Communists, Chinese Communists, if we don't stop them now, we'll have a

32:39... It was called a domino effect, the domino effect, and then other countries would fall, one after another after another. So that didn't happen. In fact, to this day of Vietnam, there is no North or South, now it's all Communist Vietnam, they are a trading partner with us. So, you know, the Eagle Eagles didn't know what they were talking about, or we were given false information. I believe that this is going to bring the ... and I'm a Trumpster, I'm a MAGA man, but I'm also 100% against the war. I was there for 18 months in Southeast Asia in 1971. Now, I never want to see anybody go to war again in my life. You know, people think that soldiers are war-mongers. It's not the soldiers, it's the generals and the politicians. Soldiers do not want to go to war because they've been there, and they know the stories.

33:42War is hell on earth. Nobody really wins a war. Nobody walks away unscathed. So, I agree with you, you know, this idea of an unconditional surrender. Well, you know what? I never saw a soldier surrender to a bomb or to a pilot. They surrendered to troops on the ground, so that's how you accomplish that mission. If we set one person into that, it's going to tear this country apart. We are already divided because of ICE and the deportation issue. This will just send people into a frenzy ... it's the midterms, you might as well kiss the midterms goodbye, and eight months will be voting. If he puts troops on the ground, it's over with. He should listen to his advisor, Susie Wiles, and not a son-in-law, Jared Kirschner. I think Jared has a ... obviously is very close to the Israeli lobby, to the Israeli people,

34:51it's not going to service well, it is going to tear our country apart. Rick, I agree with you, not a hundred, a thousand percent, and I want to thank you for your service. You know, I love you, Vietnam vets, I really do. Look, Rick, I can only add to what you're saying. Look, again, I'm just speaking objectively now, agree or disagree. The war is already badly split the country, okay? Now, you may say, well, okay, Jeff, it's for the good, you know, it's ... You know, it's for a long-term security. The mullahs have been a thorn in our side for the last 50 years. They're a serious threat to the world, to world peace. So we have to take them out, Trump is doing the right thing. Okay, let's just, for the sake of argument, okay, concede. If we send in ground troops, especially without an authorization from Congress, forget splitting the country, this is going to split MAGA, whether I'm just stating a fact, and then Trump is going to be in big trouble politically,

35:57because then you can't win the midterms, as you put it, kiss them away. If your own base is fractured and divided, and you've got the Democrats now who are itching to impeach Trump and undo everything he's done in the last two years, it's going to be a freaking bloodbath. So that's why I'm telling Trump, look, hey, don't do it. Don't put boots on the ground. And if you guys feel you got to extract the uranium, let the Israelis do it. I mean, why do we always have to do everything all the time? And honestly, Rick, I want this war to come to an end as quickly as possible. I really do. So on every level, I'm a skeptic of this war. I want it to end well. I don't want any more troops dead. Seven are now dead. I fear many more are going to die. But if we put boots on the ground, they could be ambushed.

36:58They could be sitting ducks. And then Trump is going to face the mother of all back lashes. And I don't think he'll recover politically in time for the midterms. And honestly, I'm going to get to this very soon. I'm also worried now about these high gas prices. I if it's if it's just for three, four weeks, I think he can stomach it politically. But if this drags out and drags out and drags out, the Democrats are waiting for him. I'm just I'm just being honest with you. See, and I get Mark's point, Mark made a very good point where he said, well, Jeff, we suffered under Biden. You know, we can endure this. Yeah, I mean, of course, we can endure it. But Trump was elected to bring down gas prices. So if Trump now and he's brought him down, you see, that's the thing he succeeded to his credit.

37:58But now the prices are going to go up. And then the American people are going to say, well, that's you. You brought it up because of the war in Iran. And if they're they're not convinced it was worth it, then they're going to take it out on him. So to me, everything points to end this thing fast and come home. And whatever you do, don't put boots on the ground. Look, as I said last week, and I'm going to repeat it, I believe the moment the first US boot touches the ground in Iran, Trump loses the midterms. I'm just being on I could be wrong. I may be wrong. I'm not saying my profit. I don't say a crystal ball. But the way I'm reading the lay of the land, he puts one boot on the ground. The midterms are over. So as long as this thing stays in the air and through naval power and missile power.

38:59And the success of our military and we keep hitting target after target after target after target. And the regime crumbles from within and God willing, we find some kind of a successor. Then I think Trump is going to, you know, I think he's going to get a big bump in the polls. But if if he starts putting boots on the ground and this becomes a quagmire, it's over. It's over. Thank you very much for that call, Rick. I really appreciate it. Well, that's, you know, Mike is asking me, Jeff, do you think if boots on the ground could that mean 2028 is over as well? And you know, that's my fear. If this war, look, I was very badly scarred by the Iraq war. I was there. I was in Washington. Okay. Now, remember, and I'm open to that. You know, you're always fighting the last war.

40:00So maybe this war will turn out different. I'm not close to that possibility. I'm very open-minded. So maybe Trump, you know, has got an ace in the hole. Maybe he's caught, you know, cooked up something and you're going to see, you know, this turn out very well. I hope it does. I really, I really do. But what I remember from 2004, we went into Iraq in 2003. Bush manages to get reelected, but the war goes sideways. And then what happened, Pelosi and Harry Reid stormed back to power. They take back the House and the Senate. Bush was on defense for the last two years of his presidency. Basically, they turned his presidency into rubble. And that paved the way for Barack Obama in 2008. And nightmare scenario, because remember, JD now is going to own the war. Say it turns out to be JD, who's the nominee?

41:03If the war goes bad, JD is the one who's going to politically own it in 2028. So my fear is that the Democrats wore back the power in November. We lose the midterms. And then JD is saddled going into 2028. And the Democrats, they may nominate AOC. I mean, I'm really giving you the ultimate nightmare scenario. Okay, it could be Gavin Newsome, it could be whoever. But they may actually go with AOC, who's Mamdani and Pantsuits. And you got to see what Mamdani is doing now in New York City. It's unbelievable what's going on in New York City. You have his supporters now throwing IEDs at anti-Muslim protestors. I don't know if you saw this, IEDs, improvised explosive devices, okay? Throwing them at protesters where anti-Islam protesters and Mamdani is siding against the protesters.

42:11And now it's come out that it's crazy Muslim wife. Actually on social media, put a post after post after post, defending the raping of children and women by Hamas on October 7th. We, that's what you married, a woman who thinks raping other Jewish women and abusing or murdering Jewish kids is okay. And when confronted with these disgusting posts, these evil vile posts, you know what his answer was? Well, she has the right to her privacy. It goes, well, she has the right to her opinion, what? So forget the IED tolas in Iran.

43:11The Islamists will be running America here. And so that's, to me, that's my big fear. So that's why you're saying, well, you know, Jeff, you're really like, you want this war to end fast. Yeah, I want the war to end fast. You better believe it. You know, and you know, look, of course, I want, I don't want any more troops dead. I want the mission to succeed. I don't want to undermine our troops in the middle of a campaign. God forbid, I would never do that. But that's why I'm urging in and out because my God, I don't want this to be Bush 2.0 and I don't want this to be a rock 2.0. 617-266-6868, agree, disagree. And in North Carolina, thanks for holding in and welcome.

44:15I have two questions. I don't support the boots on the ground, but Israel can do it. And I don't understand why the Democrats accept the Federman by getting a paycheck when they shut everything else down. I can't if HXB frozen. I agree. I think it's disgusting. We're in the middle of a war, whether you agree or disagree and we're in the middle of a war, the Department of Homeland Security is shut down. It is not being funded. Now remember, Department of Homeland Security, their job, literally their job is to look out for and prevent terrorists from entering our country. Already we know for a fact because our intelligence community has told us, has Bola, which is tied to the Iranian mullahs, it has sleeper cells within the United States. Look, I'm not trying to scare people.

45:15I'm just telling you what the intelligence community has said. And when press, they go, well, you know, how widespread is it? Because Biden let them all in. They said, well, they're in almost every major American city. So they're in New York. I guarantee you that they're in LA, they're in Boston, they're in Philadelphia, they're in Atlanta, they're in Dallas. I mean, they're in, they're in, you know, they've got cells now. These cells could be disrupted. They could be arrested. Who knows what's going on behind the scenes? But what I'm saying is they're here. And you're going to now end funding shutdown to DHS, cut off all funding when we need them now. This is when we actually need the Department of Homeland Security more than ever. You've got TSA agents who haven't had a check in how many weeks you've got secret service agents. They're not getting a check. FEMA.

46:16They're not getting a check. The Coast Guard, my God, they could send in all kinds of boats or whatever to come on and land on our shores. The Coast Guard hasn't gotten a check. So they're playing fire with our lives and the country's security and well-being in the middle of a war to score cheap points against Trump to show that they're opposition to ICE. That's why I've said and they are no longer a loyal opposition. The basis of any constitutional republic or a democracy is a loyal opposition. Of course, you oppose the party in power, but you're ultimately loyal to the country. You're a loyal opposition. What we have now is a disloyal opposition. We are willing to put American lives at risk to oppose Trump for the sake of opposing

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