Qasem Soleimani
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Oct 28, 2026
James JeffreyGUEST
So let me put my cards on the table.
James JeffreyGUEST
What you are suggesting, particularly if the IRGC still had Qasem Soleimani around, but fortunately, thanks to America's lack of restraint in the first Trump administration, he's no longer with us.
James JeffreyGUEST
But if he had been around, that attack on Israel wouldn't have been seriatim.
James JeffreyGUEST
It would have been coordinated.
Dustin EdwardsHOST
We'll get to more of that in a little bit.
Dustin EdwardsHOST
There's the, I'm going to talk about that leak that came out, but do you get what I'm trying to say though? Like, like if you look after Soleimani was killed, right.
Dustin EdwardsHOST
Cause like to the Iranians, there's been three wars in Iran.
Dustin EdwardsHOST
Like, I know that we think that we woke up in February and this was happening.
Shauhin DavariHOST
And I need to set the scene in Iran for that week because there's a lot happening, okay? This is just before the pandemic, obviously.
Shauhin DavariHOST
And in Iran, she chose this week because if you go back and remember, Soleimani has just been killed.
Kaveh HodaHOST
The general.
Kaveh HodaHOST
Yep.
Yanis VaroufakisGUEST
And I do have it, I think, on reasonably good authority that he fought tooth and nail to prevent a strike against Iran.
Yanis VaroufakisGUEST
So much so that he had, at some point, you remember, he authorized the assassination of Soleimani, the top dog in the Iranian military.
Yanis VaroufakisGUEST
in order to placate those who were pushing him to strike against Iran.
Yanis VaroufakisGUEST
It was a sacrificial lamb, Soleimani, so that he wouldn't start a war.
Yanis VaroufakisGUEST
Now, somebody who's been through that cannot be... lured into a war in his second term with a power-pulling presentation or with silly comparisons with Venezuela, as if there is any comparison between Venezuela and Iran.
Yanis VaroufakisGUEST
Iran is a very solid regime.
Matt SpeerHOST
President Trump did not drone strike Al-Sayed.
Matt SpeerHOST
Soleimani.
Matt SpeerHOST
The Democrats cared for two seconds.
Matt SpeerHOST
Nobody gave a shit.
Matt SpeerHOST
And those people are relegated too.
Matt SpeerHOST
About as much influence as Antifa.
Matt SpeerHOST
Yeah, Soleimani.
Matt SpeerHOST
Iran.
Ernest C. AudinoGUEST
And you know what? The result was 93.7% still preferred a sovereign independent state.
Ernest C. AudinoGUEST
But what did that earn them? An invasion by Iranian proxies, Hashd al-Shaabi, and Qasem Soleimani himself was entered Iraq and based his operations out of a town called Tuz Hurmatu, which was close to the Iranian border, which incidentally was just on my southern edge of my base area when I was there.
Ernest C. AudinoGUEST
And the Jaysh al-Mahdi began to infiltrate that town then.
Ernest C. AudinoGUEST
And despite our efforts and my argument that we needed to put people there, specifically Peshmerga, we were never allowed to do that.
David BennerHOST
He recognized the Golan Heights.
David BennerHOST
He assassinated Qasem Soleimani.
David BennerHOST
He ripped up the JCPOA and he orchestrated the Abraham Accords.
David BennerHOST
This is just the next logical step in the progression.
David BennerHOST
Spending sprees, Pompeo and John Bolton by his side and delivered for the Israel lobby basically everything they wanted.
David BennerHOST
Recognization of the Golan Heights, moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, shredding the JCPOA, assassinating Qasem Soleimani, signing the Abraham Accords, all for Israel above the United States.
David BennerHOST
doesn't exactly work to your benefit when your campaign platform is built upon make America great again and America first.
David BennerHOST
So much for that.
Joe MkhitaryanHOST
How?
RobGUEST
How? The way we got rid of Soleimani.
RobGUEST
Steal the president? Just destroy him.
RobGUEST
Just destroy this guy.
Jonathan SwanGUEST
But he also, for 40 years, talked in a very hawkish way about Iran and had a record on it as well from the first term where he pulled out of the Iran deal over the objections of some of his advisers.
Jonathan SwanGUEST
He killed Qasem Soleimani over the objections of some of his advisers.
Jonathan SwanGUEST
He was briefed in the years out of power by the FBI that Iran was trying to kill him.
Jonathan SwanGUEST
And he had pretty strong feelings that were obvious to anyone who cared to look.
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