 Just a couple of days ago. We talked about how the situation between the United States and Iran is getting incredibly incredibly terrifying and Just days later tensions have already escalated even further because today Iran shot down a US Drone because they claim that this violated Iranian airspace now predictably the United States is Denying that it went into Iranian airspace and they're maintaining that it was an international Airspace now regardless of who you believe or whether or not you think that they were justified in shooting down this drone Regardless of whether or not, you know, maybe they just temporarily entered Iranian airspace and then left it I don't care. This should not be a reason for war Period and I'm sorry, but I don't believe the United States. Is it plausible that they did in fact violate Iranian airspace? Absolutely. In fact, I'd say that it's likely even if we don't necessarily have the evidence to determine that that was the case It's their word against Iran's word but I do know that there are warmongers in Donald Trump's administration that are currently trying to do whatever they possibly can to go to us into war and even if let's say The United States is telling the truth and they didn't cross into Iranian airspace Flying that close to Iran. I mean, what are you trying to do? You're trying to intimidate them This is what we do all the time. We perform these military exercises Just outside of North Korea's border because we're escalating. We're intimidating them So this is what we do all the time We try to give countries a reason to act aggressively so we have a justified reason to invade them That's what we see again and again So I really hope that people don't fall for it because we're seeing history repeat itself And what we all are now worrying about is whether or not the United States government will use this as quote-unquote evidence that Iran attacked us and give them what they wanted in terms of Taking action militarily now the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossain Salami stated that Iran quote does not want war with any country But we are completely and totally ready and prepared for war So again, when you say things like this, you're just stoking the flames here Everyone needs to calm down because war wouldn't benefit anyone But you know, unfortunately We don't have people in positions of power around the world that are rational, right? We have Donald Trump a gigantic man, baby. Who's belligerent who is Making decisions on our behalf and then in Iran Well, when Donald Trump pulled out of the Iran deal what he did was he emboldened all of the right-wing Extremists in Iran the moderates were essentially Delegitimized by Donald Trump's decision because and Kyle Kalinsky to his credit lays this out in a recent video You know, they were saying you don't want to work with the US because they can't be trusted and the moderates pushed for a deal And then unfortunately Donald Trump proved them right by withdrawing from the JCPOA So here's what happened Donald Trump issued this tacit threat to Iran via Twitter quote Iran made a very big mistake Now in an interview with press he reiterated this same sentiment except he said something else that was very chilling You'll find out You'll find out you'll find out Obviously Obviously, you know, we're not gonna be talking too much about it. You're gonna find out. They made a very big mistake He was asked are you willing to go to war with Iran? His answer was You'll find out and he later said they made a very big mistake That sent chills down the back of my neck and it's not like we can really take anything that Donald Trump says With you know anything more than a grain of salt because this is an incoherent babbling buffoon so, you know, you don't really want to focus on Certain words too much because oftentimes what he says is empty and meaningless But with that being said it's still really startling to see a US president Say you'll find out when it comes to war rather than just shooting down, you know that prospect Now if you're wondering why he's sounding more and more hawkish and is moving away from his non interventionist Stands here and not just unequivocally denouncing this idea that war with Iran is possible. Well, it's because guess who's steering the ship John Bolton so as the Washington Post reports administration officials Interviewed by the Washington Post said that the national security adviser John Bolton has dominated Iran policy Keeping a tight reign on information that gets to the president and sharply reducing meetings in which top officials Gather in the White House's situation room to discuss the policy on Monday The Pentagon said it would send an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East Another step to beef up the US posture in the region the reinforcements come as the administration's quote maximum pressure campaign Spearheaded by Bolton and Pompeo Undermines the Iranian economy that campaign initiated after Trump pulled out of the nuclear accord with Tehran Was recently expanded to include the designation of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group and steps to starve Iran of oil revenues think about that John Bolton is dominating Iran policy I'm gonna play the same clip that I've played on the show before This is what he said in I believe 2016 or 2017 About Iran and that's why before 2019 we here will celebrate in Tehran. Thank you very much So him and my Pompeo, they're the ones that are goading Trump into war and They know that Donald Trump instinctively may be against this idea that war with Iran is a necessary thing But they also know that Donald Trump is incredibly stupid So they're exploiting his stupidity to get what they want now one senator Angus King Actually made a really poignant point and he said that what it seems like they're trying to do is box Trump in So he feels like he has no choice But to strike Iran because they know that he doesn't necessarily want to do that But at the same time if they make it seem as if he has to do that Then of course he's gonna act because he's not bright enough to realize that he's being duped by these neocons So this is a horrifying situation. Um, not something that I want to see But regardless we'll keep watching this I genuinely hope that we see a concerted effort by the Democratic Party by libertarians in the Republican Party Rand Paul I hope everyone speaks out and denounces this at the top of their lungs because this is officially time to freak out if We don't de-escalate then war with Iran is possible and if that were to happen it would be absolutely Devastating as many people like Bernie Sanders say it would make the war in Iraq look like a cakewalk Don't want to see that happen. So we all need to need to do our best to spread the word and get others our peers Involved and aware that we may need to take to the streets If not all ready to protest war with Iran or even further escalation