Transcript [00:00] Yesterday, President Trump sat in front [00:01] of the media and he made a comment that [00:04] revealed that he still does not [00:07] understand what motivates the Iranians, [00:11] how they think. And I want to I want to [00:12] that's going to be the subject of this [00:14] video. How do they think? And we're [00:16] going to get pretty deep into it. This [00:17] is a I think a really important video. [00:20] Uh so please stay through to the end [00:22] because we're going to get into some of [00:23] how they think as Shiite Muslims and [00:25] it'll explain a lot of their behavior in [00:27] this war. So stick around for that. Now, [00:30] before we get into anything else, I I [00:32] want to tell you about uh Israel 365 [00:35] Action. I'm the executive director of [00:36] Israel 365 Action. 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You can't let [02:20] Iran, who's truly the a nation of great [02:23] terror and and and power. Look, look [02:27] what happened in the last two weeks. [02:30] They weren't supposed to go after all [02:32] these other countries in the Middle [02:34] East. Those missiles were set to go [02:37] after them. So they hit Qatar, Saudi [02:41] Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait. Nobody [02:46] expected that. We were shocked. And the [02:49] other one, you know, they fought back. [02:51] They could have yielded. But think of [02:53] it, if we weren't around, they have [02:55] tremendous They had tremendous power. [02:57] They had thousands of missiles, most of [02:59] which we've terminated. [03:01] They had thousands of drones. They were [03:03] making drones and missiles all over the [03:05] place. We've knocked out most of those [03:07] factories. I mean, now they're sending [03:09] out two or three missiles. Now, you [03:11] know, they've still got some. They might [03:12] have 8% left, but mostly they've been uh [03:17] eliminated. They've been terminated by [03:23] Okay, [03:25] so that's really the clip I wanted you [03:26] to see. So, you see President Trump [03:28] there saying that he was shocked and [03:30] listen to the language there. They [03:32] weren't supposed to attack all those [03:34] countries, but the missiles were set up [03:37] to attack those countries. He even said [03:39] it there. In other words, he's confused. [03:40] He's like, "What are they doing? Why are [03:42] they attacking everybody? It doesn't [03:44] make any sense." And this brought me [03:46] back. It reminded me of something that [03:49] happened about a week, week and a half [03:51] before the war started where Steve [03:53] Witoff, Trump's special envoy, was being [03:56] interviewed and he said this. [04:00] The president asked me that this morning [04:02] and he's I don't want to use the word [04:04] frustrated. It's almost because he he [04:07] understands he's got plenty of [04:08] alternatives, but it's curious. He's [04:10] curious as to why they haven't [04:14] I don't want to use the word [04:15] capitulated, but why they haven't [04:17] capitulated. [04:19] Why under this sort of pressure with the [04:21] amount of um uh sea power, naval power [04:24] that we have over there, why they [04:26] haven't come to us and said, "We profess [04:28] that we don't want to be we don't want a [04:29] weapon. So, here's what we're prepared [04:31] to do." And yet, it's hard to to sort of [04:33] get them to that place. [04:37] >> So, at the time that that Steve Whit [04:40] said that, that happened actually just a [04:43] couple days after I had written this [04:44] op-ed in the Jerusalem Post. And in this [04:47] op what I wrote about here was why I [04:51] believed that the Iranians were not [04:53] capitulating. This was a couple days [04:55] before Wickoff said that. And I was [04:57] basically saying Iran is not going to [05:00] give in there because remember the [05:01] negotiations weren't going well. [05:03] Meanwhile, the Trump the the Americans [05:05] are amassing massive amounts of military [05:08] assets in the region like Woodco was [05:10] talking about and everyone was remember [05:12] remember when we were living through [05:13] that and there was all this speculation [05:14] every day. Are are they going to attack? [05:16] Are they going to attack? Are they going [05:17] to attack? Look at all these look at all [05:19] these uh uh aircraft carriers and jets [05:22] and everything and bombers and [05:24] everything that they're moving into the [05:25] region, right? And everyone's [05:26] speculating about that. And I wrote this [05:28] oped where I said Iran actually wants to [05:30] go to war. [05:32] And I explained their logic. I explained [05:34] why they weren't capitulating. And I [05:36] just reread it today. And I want to [05:38] share with you a two paragraphs of it uh [05:42] where I lay out towards the end of the [05:44] piece [05:45] what is Iran's strategy. And it's pretty [05:48] amazing to read it. I'm not saying this [05:49] to pat myself on the back. I'm saying it [05:51] to set up the next part of this video. [05:54] But but here's what I wrote uh on [05:56] February 18th, 10 days before the war. [06:00] Okay. Iran's calculation is brutally [06:03] simple. If it can prolong a conflict [06:05] even briefly, [06:07] widen it regionally, and cause even a [06:10] small number of American casualties, [06:12] political pressure inside the United [06:13] States will spike. The regime is betting [06:16] that voices within Trump's own America [06:18] First camp will demand in disengagement [06:21] the moment US soldiers start coming home [06:22] in coffins. This logic also explains [06:25] Thran's threats toward American allies, [06:28] American allies. When Iran warns [06:31] neighboring countries hosting American [06:33] forces that they will be targets for [06:35] retaliation, it is raising the perceived [06:38] cost of American action. It's raising [06:40] the cost, spreading fear of escalation [06:42] across the region. Exactly what Trump is [06:45] trying to avoid and exactly what his [06:48] base will not tolerate. So this is what [06:50] I wrote 10 days before the war. I said [06:52] Iran wants to go to war and then their [06:54] strategy basically will be escalation [06:57] and prolonging the war. or an escalation [06:59] specifically [07:01] visav the neighboring countries. Okay. [07:05] And Trump is now saying so I was [07:06] thinking about this listening to Trump [07:07] yesterday. I'm like wow. And he's saying [07:09] that he's shocked by their behavior. Now [07:11] their behavior still is pretty shocking. [07:12] The extent of it is shocking even though [07:15] I said that this is their strategy. And [07:18] maybe I am patting myself on the back [07:20] that 10 days before the war I laid out [07:21] how Iran what Iran's strategy was. And [07:24] so far, everything they've done in the [07:26] war has only confirmed that this is how [07:28] they are approaching it. Even though [07:29] it's not ne that doesn't mean it's going [07:31] to work. Remember, they are getting [07:32] battered, but this is the approach that [07:34] they're taking. That's all I'm saying. [07:36] But a few days ago for the Israel 365 [07:40] news channel, I interviewed Dr. Morai [07:42] Khedar. He's one of the most prominent [07:44] experts on Islam and the Arab world here [07:47] in Israel. Fluent in Arabic. He goes in [07:50] Arab Arabic speaking media and of course [07:52] Hebrew language media a lot. He's quite [07:54] well known in Israel and he's a serious [07:56] serious expert on this part of the [07:58] world. And I I presented to him, well, [08:02] you'll see. I'll play the clip now of [08:04] the beginning of this interview. I'm not [08:05] going to play the whole interview, and [08:06] I'm encouraging you to go to the Israel [08:09] 365 News channel after you watch this [08:11] clip and watch the full video there. [08:14] Okay? It was It's one of the more recent [08:16] videos. It's one of these interviews and [08:20] I'm not just into promoting myself. [08:21] That's not why I'm playing this this [08:23] video for you. But this interview with [08:25] Dr. Kheddar, I I've been following this [08:28] war as closely as anybody. And I felt [08:31] that and I feel right now that there's [08:34] there is how I understood this war until [08:37] this conversation and there is how I [08:39] understand this war after this [08:41] conversation because the information [08:42] that he shares, the the perspective that [08:45] he shares is is massive. and you'll [08:48] realize that without it, you don't [08:50] really understand what is going on. So, [08:53] here we go. After all that buildup, [08:54] let's see if it lives up to [08:55] expectations. So, here is my here's the [08:58] first eight and a half minutes of my [09:01] interview with Dr. Morai Kheddar. You [09:03] don't want to miss this. [09:04] >> Dr. Morai Kheddar, thank you so much for [09:05] joining me. You know, before the war [09:08] started, I wrote it I I wrote a column [09:10] in the Jerusalem Post where I pointed [09:12] out that I believe that the Iranian [09:16] regime wanted to go to war because [09:19] capitulating to the demands of the [09:21] Americans in the negotiations to [09:23] dismantle the proxies and the ballistic [09:25] and the nuclear would actually make them [09:28] weaker and would bring a better chance [09:30] of the regime collapsing than going to [09:32] war. and and if they could only escalate [09:35] and prolong the war and raise the price [09:38] of of oil, they could cause President [09:41] Trump to pull out of the war before the [09:44] regime collapses. And if they could just [09:46] behave themselves till he's out of [09:48] office, they could end up surviving. [09:51] That was the argument that I made. I'm [09:52] not sure it was a smart strategy by [09:54] them, but it looks like it might be [09:56] going in that direction. They're trying [09:58] to escalate, but the escalation is far [10:00] more than I ever imagined. I never [10:02] thought that they would be firing [10:03] missiles in all different directions, [10:05] antagonizing all of their neighbors. How [10:07] do you understand the seemingly chaotic [10:11] uh reaction? A lot of people are just [10:13] saying they're crazy, but I I've heard [10:16] you talk about this. What is the method [10:18] to their madness? [10:21] >> Well, you can add to this the comment [10:24] that every country which is at war tries [10:27] to reduce the number of countries to [10:29] fight with. Right? [10:31] >> You know it's better to fight one state [10:34] rather than two and two is better than [10:36] three. Okay. And here we see the totally [10:41] opposite. They are broadening the number [10:45] of the countries which they are fighting [10:47] because in addition to Israel and the [10:50] United States now they are dealing with [10:52] the United Arab Emirates with Saudi [10:54] Arabia with Oman with Qatar their body [11:00] with Bahrain with a Jan with um even [11:05] Cyprus which is part of the European [11:07] Union and NATO let alone Turkey. So this [11:12] is totally mindboggling. How come they [11:15] act against what looks like their [11:17] interest to reduce the number of [11:19] countries which they are messing with? [11:22] This is actually our problem because we [11:24] are westerners. This is the logic which [11:27] we think through. They think through [11:31] totally different concept. They work [11:36] according to the idea of the mai. Mad is [11:39] the hidden imam who is waiting to come [11:43] back the raja to mankind in order to [11:46] redeem mankind from chaos. [11:51] This mai will come back will be forced [11:53] to come back if the whole world sinks [11:57] into a big mayhem into a big chaos and [12:01] they are now willing to push the world [12:04] into a chaos. [12:06] This is why they also closed the bum's [12:09] straits. They [12:12] b right, left and center and send drones [12:15] and whatever they have from missiles in [12:18] order to push the world into the abyss [12:22] into the [12:24] total mayhem in order to force the mi to [12:28] come back to mankind to redeem the world [12:32] from the this big chaos. This is how [12:35] these people think. This is the material [12:38] which they were learning in the house in [12:41] the she house of learning. These are the [12:45] texts which are shaping their mind and [12:49] their behavior at the end of the day and [12:51] we have to understand it otherwise we [12:54] miss the whole picture. [12:56] >> That's amazing. So hold on a second let [12:58] me just make sure I understand you. this [13:00] idea of the madi like a messiah figure [13:03] for Shiite Muslims um would comes back [13:07] into the world when there's an [13:09] apocalypse when there's chaos and they [13:11] see this war as advancing that. So let [13:14] me just ask a follow-up question now. Um [13:17] there Pakistan is a Muslim country. It [13:20] has nuclear weapons and there are those [13:23] who argue hey what's the big panic about [13:26] a Muslim country getting nuclear [13:28] weapons? Look at Pakistan. They have [13:30] nuclear weapons. But you it seems from [13:32] what you're saying that there's a [13:34] difference in in in how jihad is [13:39] supposed to operate whether you're a [13:41] Shiite or a Sunni. Like most Westerners [13:44] have heard Shiite Sunni, but they don't [13:46] really know the substantive difference [13:48] between them. But what you're pointing [13:50] to is that is that there's a different [13:53] concept of how Islam conquers the world [13:56] as it were whether you're a Shiite or a [13:59] Sunni. Could you drill down on that and [14:00] explain a little bit more? [14:03] >> First of all, there are big differences [14:06] between the Sunni kind of Islam and the [14:08] Shi. This difference with the madi is [14:11] one of them because in the sunnah the [14:14] idea of the madi is something totally in [14:17] the margin if exists at all. They don't [14:20] talk about this don't think about this. [14:22] Sunna think more about jihad and what [14:25] the mujahed means the fighter of the [14:27] jihad what he gains in heaven. This is [14:30] what they much more concentrated with. [14:34] While the Shia is much less about the [14:37] Ghana means the garden of Eden and the [14:40] Gom means the the hell. And they are [14:44] much more into the idea of the mad and [14:47] how to return or how to cause the the Mi [14:51] to return in order to redeem the world. [14:54] H these are two different emphasis [14:58] between Suna and Shia. And you know [15:00] what? It's not the only difference. [15:02] There are two two um um chapters in the [15:06] Shi Quran more than than the Sunni [15:09] Quran. [15:10] >> Oh wow. [15:12] >> To that degree. Yes. Well, not all of [15:15] them agree about this. But there there [15:17] are two chapters and [15:21] which the Shia believe in while the [15:23] Sunnah claim that these are forgeries [15:26] made by Shia. The means the Sharia is [15:31] different. The hadith is different. [15:34] Everything is different to the degree [15:35] that there are many researchers about [15:38] Islam [15:39] which say that she and Sunni Islam are [15:43] actually two different distinct [15:46] religions [15:47] to a degree that according to some [15:51] thought some schools of thoughts in the [15:54] Sunni Islam [15:55] like the Wahhabis [15:58] Shia is a kind of heresy. [16:01] It's totally out of Islam. Means in [16:04] Saudi Arabia they think that the Shia [16:06] are not Muslims. They don't usually say [16:09] it because it's not politically correct. [16:11] But they keep making [16:15] means to claim that the Shia are kufur [16:18] are apostates. And this is what happens [16:21] between these two parts of of Islam, the [16:25] Sunna and the Shia. Therefore, we see [16:28] how the Sunnah, how the Shia Islam today [16:32] embodied by Iran or by Iranian [16:34] leadership or rulership, how they attack [16:38] Sunni countries like the United Arab [16:42] Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, [16:45] which is controlled by by Sunnah [16:48] although the majority of the people are [16:50] Shia and other countries as well. And [16:53] this is why maybe you know in the basis [16:58] they also means the moolas of Iran think [17:01] that the sunnah are not Muslims just [17:04] like what the Sunna think about the Shia [17:06] that's why they couldn't care less if [17:08] they bomb them and kill them although [17:10] they are killing Muslims. So this is [17:12] actually this war actually reveals [17:17] all kinds of hidden realities [17:21] about Islam, about Muslims, about all [17:23] kinds of perceptions inside Islam and [17:28] definitely this is a good good [17:31] opportunity to look into these [17:33] differences. [17:36] >> Okay. Um I hope I didn't uh oversell it. [17:42] Look, without understanding where these [17:45] people are coming from, without [17:46] understanding what their world view is, [17:47] we can't understand their behavior. That [17:49] should be obvious. And in the rest of [17:52] the interview, and I strongly encourage [17:54] you to go over to Israel 365 News, watch [17:57] the rest of the interview. That was [17:58] actually less than half of it. um we get [18:00] into a lot more uh about this topic and [18:04] we also get more into some of what's [18:06] happening politically and what's [18:07] happening in the war [18:10] and his his perspective on it and his [18:12] perspective is informed as you see by an [18:15] intimate deep awareness of a deep [18:18] knowledge about Islam. So it's it's [18:20] really it's really important u to go u [18:23] you know to go there. Now, [18:26] I have to say that this when you look at [18:28] at the Trump administration and what [18:31] Whit said and what Trump said yesterday [18:33] and you realize that they obviously they [18:36] obviously do not understand the mindset [18:39] of the people they're dealing with and [18:41] they're smart people and they've got [18:42] smart people on their staffs and this is [18:44] something that I've talked about before. [18:46] There seems to be a willful blindness to [18:48] the fact that there really is a [18:51] completely different worldview and value [18:53] system that makes people prioritize [18:55] things differently. And I I I written [18:57] about this over the last year a few [18:59] times in my columns in the Jerusalem [19:01] Post that one of the West's big blind [19:05] spots has always been left or right. It [19:07] doesn't make a difference Republican, [19:08] Democrat, it makes no difference at all, [19:10] but Westerners have this blind spot. [19:12] Trump has it as much as as much as uh [19:15] you know as much as as uh as Clinton had [19:19] it [19:21] or Obama that they believe that [19:26] everyone in the world prioritizes the [19:28] things that they prioritize that they [19:30] really just want money. They just want [19:31] power. They don't understand how much [19:33] more important ideology and religion and [19:35] fa and religious faith is than material [19:39] well-being. the behavior of the Iranian [19:43] regime makes perfect sense [19:46] once one once one understands the way [19:48] they think because in their in the way [19:52] they think and he goes on to explain [19:53] this more Dr. Dr. Kadar goes on to [19:54] explain this more deeper into the [19:56] interview. Uh I later on in the [19:58] interview, I'll just give you a preview. [19:59] I asked him, you know, what what will it [20:03] do to to this Shiite belief system if [20:05] they really suffer a real unequivocal [20:07] defeat? And he said it's not going to do [20:08] anything to them as far as they're [20:10] concerned. All you know, this is all [20:11] part of the chaos in the apocalypse is [20:13] that they suffer, you know, defeats that [20:14] test them. And it's not, you know, [20:17] there's a there's a fanaticism here that [20:19] the Trump administration really needs to [20:21] understand that we need to understand in [20:22] order to understand clearly what is [20:24] going on. So I I can't encourage you [20:26] enough. Uh you know, my my goal here [20:29] with all of these videos and with this [20:31] channel is really to educate and to keep [20:33] people informed and to give them really [20:35] in-depth information that can help them [20:38] understand what is going on in the [20:39] world. So, it's it's in that spirit that [20:41] I really encourage you go over to the [20:43] Israel 3 365 news channel and watch that [20:45] full interview. You will you'll gain [20:47] insight into who the enemy actually is [20:50] here and a lot of the behavior you're [20:52] seeing uh on the battlefield in the in [20:55] the in the diplomatic sphere will make [20:58] more and more sense. All right, thanks [21:00] for watching. Could you please please do [21:03] me a favor? Just asking a little favor. [21:05] Drop me a comment below. let me know um [21:08] how to improve the channel. Let me know [21:09] what you thought of this video. Um it'd [21:13] be great. You know, I try to get through [21:14] as many of the comments as I can, but it [21:16] really helps. And please, you know, tell [21:18] people what's going on on this channel. [21:19] Please like and share and all that great [21:21] stuff. I really I'm so grateful to all [21:24] the uh you know, to the whole audience [21:25] here, to all of the subscribers, to to [21:27] all of the viewers who really helped [21:29] grow this channel so quickly. 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