TWEETING IN ESHLISH QUOTE CARRYING OUT OPERATION ON IRAQI
CARRYING OUT OPERATION ON IRAQI SILE IS FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF
SILE IS FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY AND A
IRAQI SOVEREIGNTY AND A DANGEROUS ESCALATION.
DANGEROUS ESCALATION. HERE WITH ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT
HERE WITH ME NOW TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BACK FROM AN
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BACK FROM AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AMBASSADOR TO
INTERVIEW WITH THE AMBASSADOR TO INU.N.
INU.N. LET ME START WITH YOU BECAUSE
LET ME START WITH YOU BECAUSE YOU WERE JUST IN THAT INTERVIEW
YOU WERE JUST IN THAT INTERVIEW WITH THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO
WITH THE IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.
THE U.N. WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL POSTURE OF
WHAT IS THE OFFICIAL POSTURE OF THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT RIGHT
THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW?
NOW? >> I THINK THE OFFICIAL POSTURE
>> I THINK THE OFFICIAL POSTURE IS THAT IRAN WILL RETALIATE AND
IS THAT IRAN WILL RETALIATE AND THIS IS AN ACT OF WAR.
THIS IS AN ACT OF WAR. AND AS AN ACT OF WAR IRAN
AND AS AN ACT OF WAR IRAN RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RETALIATE
RESERVES THE RIGHT TO RETALIATE AT A TIME OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING.
AT A TIME OF THEIR OWN CHOOSING. THERE WILL BE A RETALIATION, AND
THERE WILL BE A RETALIATION, AND HE WON’T GET INTO WHAT KIND OF
HE WON’T GET INTO WHAT KIND OF RETALIATION OR WHERE OR HOW, BUT
RETALIATION OR WHERE OR HOW, BUT THERE’S NO QUESTION THERE WILL
THERE’S NO QUESTION THERE WILL BE RETALIATION OF PROBABLY A
BE RETALIATION OF PROBABLY A MILITARY SORT.
MILITARY SORT. >> WELL, THERE’S A REAL SORT
>> WELL, THERE’S A REAL SORT OF -- THERE’S DISCUSSIONS NOW
OF -- THERE’S DISCUSSIONS NOW ABOUT HOW THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON
ABOUT HOW THEIR PERSPECTIVE ON THIS IS IN THAT THESE ARE ALSO
THIS IS IN THAT THESE ARE ALSO RATIONAL ACTORS AND A BUNCH OF
RATIONAL ACTORS AND A BUNCH OF CALCULATIONS TO MAKE ARE, AND
CALCULATIONS TO MAKE ARE, AND ALSO I THINK FAIR TO SAY DO NOT
ALSO I THINK FAIR TO SAY DO NOT WANT AN ESCALATORY CYCLE THAL
WANT AN ESCALATORY CYCLE THAL SPINS OUT OF CONTROL.
SPINS OUT OF CONTROL. AND THERE’S SOME THINKING THERE
AND THERE’S SOME THINKING THERE WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IN
WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IN RESPONSE.
RESPONSE. >> WHEN THERE’S MILITARY
>> WHEN THERE’S MILITARY RESPONSE THE IRANIANS LOOK AT
RESPONSE THE IRANIANS LOOK AT THIS AS YOU TOOK OUT ONE OF OUR
THIS AS YOU TOOK OUT ONE OF OUR TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS, WE
TOP MILITARY OFFICIALS, WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REACT
RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REACT VIOLENTLY TO THAT ACTION.
VIOLENTLY TO THAT ACTION. RATHER THAN LIKE, YOU KNOW,
RATHER THAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, PULLING OUT OF THE NUCLEAR DEAL.
PULLING OUT OF THE NUCLEAR DEAL. >> RIGHT, A MILITARY RESPONSE.
>> RIGHT, A MILITARY RESPONSE. >> IT DOESN’T MEAN THEIR
>> IT DOESN’T MEAN THEIR MILITARY IS GOING TO GO TO WAR
MILITARY IS GOING TO GO TO WAR WITH THE U.S. MILITARY WHETHER
WITH THE U.S. MILITARY WHETHER IN IRAQ OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
IN IRAQ OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT IT MEANS THERE
MIDDLE EAST, BUT IT MEANS THERE WILL BE A VIOLENT RESPONSE.
WILL BE A VIOLENT RESPONSE. >> I THOUGHT OF YOU SAYING THAT
>> I THOUGHT OF YOU SAYING THAT TODAY BECAUSE WE’VE THOUGHT
TODAY BECAUSE WE’VE THOUGHT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND TALKED
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND TALKED ABOUT IRAQ.
ABOUT IRAQ. AND THE CONTEXT FOR THIS MOMENT
AND THE CONTEXT FOR THIS MOMENT IS THERE’S BEEN THESE INCREDIBLE
IS THERE’S BEEN THESE INCREDIBLE PROTESTS IN IRAQ, THIS SORT OF
PROTESTS IN IRAQ, THIS SORT OF AMAZING UP RISING AGAINST
AMAZING UP RISING AGAINST CORRUPTION AND IRANIAN AND
CORRUPTION AND IRANIAN AND AMERICAN DOMINATION AND THE SORT
AMERICAN DOMINATION AND THE SORT OF PRO-NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY FOR
OF PRO-NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY FOR IRAQ.
IRAQ. AND WHAT DOES WHAT HAPPENED LAST
AND WHAT DOES WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT MEAN FOR IRAQI CIVIL
NIGHT MEAN FOR IRAQI CIVIL SOCIETY?
SOCIETY? >> WELL, THERE ARE KIND OF
>> WELL, THERE ARE KIND OF RESPONSES IN IRAQI’S STREETS
RESPONSES IN IRAQI’S STREETS TODAY.
TODAY. THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY,
THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY, THOSE WHO ARE HAPPY AND THOSE
THOSE WHO ARE HAPPY AND THOSE WHO ARE WORRIED.
WHO ARE WORRIED. THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY ARE BACKED
THOSE WHO ARE ANGRY ARE BACKED BY IRANIAN MILITIAS OR SUPPORTED
BY IRANIAN MILITIAS OR SUPPORTED BY IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITIAS
BY IRANIAN GOVERNMENT, MILITIAS IN IRAQ THAT ARE VERY STRONG,
IN IRAQ THAT ARE VERY STRONG, HELPED LIBERATE IRAQ FROMESIS.
HELPED LIBERATE IRAQ FROMESIS. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STRONG
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE STRONG AND A GOOD CHUNK OF IRAQIS.
AND A GOOD CHUNK OF IRAQIS. BUT THE ONES WHO ARE HAPPY HAVE
BUT THE ONES WHO ARE HAPPY HAVE WORRIED ARE THE TWO KIND OF
WORRIED ARE THE TWO KIND OF IRAQIS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN
IRAQIS WHO HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN DOMINATING THE STREETS OF IRAQ
DOMINATING THE STREETS OF IRAQ IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THE
IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS AND THE MOST AMAZING SECULAR, LIBERAL,
MOST AMAZING SECULAR, LIBERAL, NATIONAL REVOLUTION LED BY THE
NATIONAL REVOLUTION LED BY THE YOUTH.
YOUTH. PEOPLE WERE COURAGEOUSLY GOING
PEOPLE WERE COURAGEOUSLY GOING OUT IN THE STREETS.
OUT IN THE STREETS. WE ARE ONE COUNTRY, CALLING OUT
WE ARE ONE COUNTRY, CALLING OUT THE CORRUPTION OF RELIGIOUS
THE CORRUPTION OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
LEADERS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SAYING WE WANT A NEW ELECTION
SAYING WE WANT A NEW ELECTION LAW.
LAW. WE DO NOT WANT ANY SECTARIAN
WE DO NOT WANT ANY SECTARIAN GOVERNMENT, WE WANT A LEADER AND
GOVERNMENT, WE WANT A LEADER AND NOW THEY ARE DEBATING WHO SHOULD
NOW THEY ARE DEBATING WHO SHOULD BE THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE
BE THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE IRAQ.
IRAQ. SO THERE’S A MOVEMENT TOWARDS
SO THERE’S A MOVEMENT TOWARDS PROGRESS WITH THESE
PROGRESS WITH THESE DEMONSTRATORS.
DEMONSTRATORS. THOSE DEMONSTRATORS RIGHT NOW
THOSE DEMONSTRATORS RIGHT NOW ARE DIVIDED.
ARE DIVIDED. THOSE WHO ARE WORRIED ARE SAYING
THOSE WHO ARE WORRIED ARE SAYING WE DO NOT WANT THE PROXY WAR
WE DO NOT WANT THE PROXY WAR HAPPENING IN IRAQ, WE ARE
HAPPENING IN IRAQ, WE ARE EXHAUSTED.
EXHAUSTED. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF IRAQIS HAVE DIED AND SINCE THE LAST
HAVE DIED AND SINCE THE LAST U.S. INVASION, AND SO WE DO NOT
U.S. INVASION, AND SO WE DO NOT WANT ANYMORE WARS FOR GOD SAKE
WANT ANYMORE WARS FOR GOD SAKE AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE SAYING IF THE U.S. IS GOING TO
SAYING IF THE U.S. IS GOING TO >> Narrator: VENE COME BUT
>> Narrator: VENE COME BUT INTERVENE FULLY, AND COME AND
INTERVENE FULLY, AND COME AND OCCUPY AND TAKE OVER AND GET RID
OCCUPY AND TAKE OVER AND GET RID OF THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITIAS
OF THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITIAS AND ALL THAT.
AND ALL THAT. THE POINT IS THERE’S SO MANY
THE POINT IS THERE’S SO MANY POINTS IN THERE THERE’S A
POINTS IN THERE THERE’S A SECULAR CIVIL MOVEMENT IN IRAQ
SECULAR CIVIL MOVEMENT IN IRAQ THAT WE DON’T KNOW ITS STATUS
THAT WE DON’T KNOW ITS STATUS RIGHT NOW SO THE GOVERNMENT MAY
RIGHT NOW SO THE GOVERNMENT MAY SAY ENOUGH OF THAT, GO BACK
SAY ENOUGH OF THAT, GO BACK HOME.
HOME. SO THAT’S A VERY LIKELY CHANCE
SO THAT’S A VERY LIKELY CHANCE IN HERE.
IN HERE. BUT WE ALSO HAVE IRAQI SHIAS,
BUT WE ALSO HAVE IRAQI SHIAS, THAT WHOLE NARRATIVE SUPPORTING
THAT WHOLE NARRATIVE SUPPORTING ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE
ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE STOPPED.
STOPPED. NOW A LOT OF THEM SAYING WE DO
NOW A LOT OF THEM SAYING WE DO NOT WANT IRANIAN INTERVENTION IN
NOT WANT IRANIAN INTERVENTION IN OUR SOIL.
OUR SOIL. >> THERE’S ALSO -- THE IRANIAN
>> THERE’S ALSO -- THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT IS UNDER INCREDIBLE
GOVERNMENT IS UNDER INCREDIBLE PRESSURE AND STRESS, TOO.
PRESSURE AND STRESS, TOO. THERE WERE PROTESTS AND THERE
THERE WERE PROTESTS AND THERE WERE RATCHETING UP OF SANCTIONS
WERE RATCHETING UP OF SANCTIONS WHICH HAD A MATERIAL EFFECT ON
WHICH HAD A MATERIAL EFFECT ON AVERAGE IRANIANS.
AVERAGE IRANIANS. THERE’S LOTS OF THINGS AMERICA
THERE’S LOTS OF THINGS AMERICA HAS DONE TO MAKE THE LIVES OF
HAS DONE TO MAKE THE LIVES OF IRANIANS MIZSERABLE.
IRANIANS MIZSERABLE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF,
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN TERMS OF, LIKE, THEIR CALCULATION OF WHAT
LIKE, THEIR CALCULATION OF WHAT TO DO NEXT?
TO DO NEXT? >> WELL, I THINK THAT A
>> WELL, I THINK THAT A CALCULATION IS GOING TO BE BASED
CALCULATION IS GOING TO BE BASED ON WHAT THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT
ON WHAT THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT FEELS THE PEOPLE OF IRAN CARE
FEELS THE PEOPLE OF IRAN CARE ABOUT.
ABOUT. AND RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS AT LEAST
AND RIGHT NOW IT SEEMS AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF
THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF IRAN WANT SOME FORM OF REVENGE.
IRAN WANT SOME FORM OF REVENGE. I’M NOT SAYING ALL IRANIANS DO.
I’M NOT SAYING ALL IRANIANS DO. >> THERE’S SOME RALLY AROUND THE
>> THERE’S SOME RALLY AROUND THE FLAG.
FLAG. >> THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
>> THERE’S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A RALLY AROUND THE FLAG.
RALLY AROUND THE FLAG. IMAGINE IF YOU WILL IF A FOREIGN
IMAGINE IF YOU WILL IF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ASSASSINATED SOMEBODY
GOVERNMENT ASSASSINATED SOMEBODY WE DON’T LIKE THAT AS A DEMOCRAT
WE DON’T LIKE THAT AS A DEMOCRAT WE DENT LIKE.
WE DENT LIKE. YOU WOULD STILL SAY THAT’S NOT
YOU WOULD STILL SAY THAT’S NOT OKAY.
OKAY. >> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> I DO NOT WANT JOHN BOLTON
>> I DO NOT WANT JOHN BOLTON KILLED BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
KILLED BY A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. OUR TOP GENERAL WHO PREVENTED
OUR TOP GENERAL WHO PREVENTED ISIS FROM COMING TO IRAN AND
ISIS FROM COMING TO IRAN AND PREVENTED ISIS FROM GETTING PAST
PREVENTED ISIS FROM GETTING PAST IRAQ, ACTUALLY DEFEATED -- HELP
IRAQ, ACTUALLY DEFEATED -- HELP DEFEAT HAEGS HAS BEEN
DEFEAT HAEGS HAS BEEN ASSASSINATED BY THE U.S.
ASSASSINATED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, QUITE PROUDLY BY THE
GOVERNMENT, QUITE PROUDLY BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.
U.S. GOVERNMENT. SO I THINK THAT EFFECT IS THERE.
SO I THINK THAT EFFECT IS THERE. AND I WOULD DISAGREE WITH WHAT
AND I WOULD DISAGREE WITH WHAT AMBASSADOR CROCKER SAID, I DON’T
AMBASSADOR CROCKER SAID, I DON’T THINK THEY’VE BEEN NECESSARILY
THINK THEY’VE BEEN NECESSARILY WEAKER.
WEAKER. THIS IS HUGE BLOW.
THIS IS HUGE BLOW. THIS IS HUGE EMOTIONAL BLOW I
THIS IS HUGE EMOTIONAL BLOW I BELIEVE FOR THE IRANIANS BUT
BELIEVE FOR THE IRANIANS BUT THEY’RE VERY DEEP.
THEY’RE VERY DEEP. THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
THE REVOLUTIONARY GUARD COMMANDERS THEY KIND OF LIKE POP
COMMANDERS THEY KIND OF LIKE POP UP.
UP. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? PLAY WHACK AMOLE WITH THE
PLAY WHACK AMOLE WITH THE IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SO
IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS SO THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF -- WERE NOT AWARE OF
AWARE OF -- WERE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THE POLICIES, THE PLANS
WHAT THE POLICIES, THE PLANS WERE.
WERE. AND IF THOSE PLANS WERE SET IN
