>> It's becoming more likely that the United
States will pursue some sort of military action
against Iran.
Now this follows escalating tensions with
Iran even over the weekend.
Now first, there has been an update on what
Iran plans to do if European allies to the
United States continue to listen to Trump
and his threats.
To force them to follow through with American
sanctions against Iran.
If they do that, well, Iran is going to go
ahead and violate the Iran nuclear deal.
Because it really has no reason to follow
through with nuclear deal that the United
States has pulled out of.
And has now imposed sanctions over.
Now, let me give you some more details.
According to the reports, Iran's Atomic Energy
Organization said that within days it expects
that the country will have produced and kept
in its stockpiles more low-enriched uranium.
The sort used to fuel power plants than allowed
by the 2015 deal.
So here is an example of them possibly violating
the Iran nuclear deal.
They also left open the possibility that Iran
might soon begin enriching the uranium to
much higher levels of purity, as you get closer
to what would be necessary to produce a nuclear
weapon.
And finally, according to a spokesman with
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization.
This individual says that Iran might also
increase the level of uranium enrichment to
20%, for use as fuel for the Tehran Research
Reactor.
Which the United States actually supplied
to Iran back in 1967.
Iran says the facility is used to create medical
isotopes for use in cancer treatment.
But the nuclear agreement limits the level
of enrichment to 3.67%.
Now, I wanna get to some of the rhetoric coming
from the Trump administration in just a second,
but do you want to jump in, Cenk?
>> Yes, so very important part of that is
if you're saying, well, they're still doing
Uranium enrichment at 3.67%.
No, if it is a low-level of Uranium enrichment,
it cannot be used in atomic bomb.
It is only for nuclear energy reasons that
you could use it.
So that's just a scientific fact.
If they do crank it up to 20% then yes they
could use it in weapons.
So that is why this is such a big story.
But just a point of clarification, we say
that they would then be in violation of the
treaty.
That's true.
But let's remind everybody that we are already
in violation of the treaty.
We ripped up the treaty, that's as much of
a violation as you could possibly have.
So, America is saying, we're not abiding by
the treaty anymore, we put new sanctions on
you and we have forced all of our allies to
abide by those sanctions.
But even though we're not holding up our end
of the deal, you must hold up every single
part of the end of your deal.
But what the hell kind of deal is that?
That's not a deal.
So it's actually shocking that Iran has stayed
in the deal this long.
And it's only because Europe, Russia and China
have stayed in the deal that Iran did not,
quote unquote, violate it yet.
But now they are saying, look guys.
In fact, you all pulled out of the deal, because
you're going along with the US sanctions against
us.
And you are also cutting off our financial
dealings with the rest of the world.
And now Americas labeled the Uranian revolutionary
guy, there is a call of their military, a
terrorist.
Which means that they can not do business
anywhere in the world.
So they say, well you left us absolutely no
choice.
And the fact that Europe for example has stayed
in the deal doesn't really mean anything to
us.
Cuz you guys are doing the same sanctions
we had before the deal.
>> Right, and let me-
>> Sorry, the reason that they are saying
now, that hey then we're gonna go back there
enriching uranium.
And there's an extra layer of this that we'll
explain in a little bit about how Trump put
them in an absolutely no-win situation regarding
the specifics.
But they're saying, Europe, you can head this
off.
You just have to not listen to America's sanctions.
You can do a work around the sanctions and
it's technically legal.
If you do that, then we'll continue to abide
by the deal.
But if you don't well then be have no choice
cuz there is no deal.
And as much as I can't stand the Iranian government
or the revolutionary guard or the ayatollah,
on the facts they are definitely correct.
>> So I also wanna just note that the sanctions
have hurt Iran economically, but to the point
where humanitarian aid is also being impacted.
And this was something that Mike Pompeo was
on the record saying would not happen.
He promised that people would not be hungry
in Iran.
The people of Iran wouldn't suffer.
That humanitarian aid wouldn't be blocked.
But that certainly is happening.
Now here's the part that everyone should be
concerned about.
While everyone in the media is focusing on
nonsense the rhetoric coming from Mike Pompeo
and the Trump administration indicates, that
there are plans to invade Iran.
So let me give you the details.
According to the Jerusalem Post, since Friday
of last week, the White House has been holding
incessant discussions involving senior military
commanders.
Pentagon representatives, and advisors to
Trump.
The military action under consideration would
be an aerial bombardment of an Iranian facility
linked to its nuclear program.
The decision to carry out military action
against Iran was discussed in the White House
before the latest report, that Iran might
increase the level of uranium enrichment.
So before Iran even announced that they might
increase uranium enrichment.
The White House was already talking about
what type of military action they need to
take against Iran.
That's an important point to make, something
to keep in mind.
But with that said, let's take a look at what
Mike Pompeo had to say during his interview
over the weekend On Face the Nation
>> The United States is considering a full
range of options.
We've briefed the president a couple of times
we'll continue to keep him updated.
>> You say a full range of options, does that
include a military response?
>> Of course, of course the president will
consider everything we need to do to make
sure right.
But once the president said we don't want
Iran to get a nuclear weapon.
The previous administration put them on a
pathway that virtually guaranteed that they
could get there.
>> That is not true, that is a complete and
alter lie.
The Iran nuclear deal prevented Iran from
enriching uranium and from developing nuclear
weapons.
There were actual safeguards.
There were actual ways of checking in and
ensuring that they were following the demands
of the Iran nuclear deal.
But pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal does
exactly what the Trump administration alleges
they don't want, which is them continuing
with uranium enrichment.
But here's the thing, they claim they don't
want that, but in reality, the Trump administration
wants that.
They want to invade.
>> So, I want to talk more about the invasion
in a second, but to go back to that point
that I was alluding to.
About what specific detail in this new Trump
directive, puts Iran in a no-win situation
and leads to what Anna is referring to here,
is that in the old deal, Iran was shipping
the uranium out of the country.
So they had no access to it.
So that was great cuz they need it for some
level of energy reasons and in fact, now they're
having medical supplies issues connected to
our sanctions, etc.
But it doesn't matter cuz the old deal that
was shipping the uranium out of the country.
Now Trump's team is saying, if they ship any
uranium out of the country any country receives
the uranium that they're shipping out they
will extra sanctions.
Wait, why do we want them to keep the uranium?
That doesn't make any sense at all.
The only reason you would do that is if, you
wanted to say, haha, they're building up uranium
so you could bomb them.
So this is an obvious trick to get us into
a war.
And so now again drew some posts in the story
that animation, saying that not only are they
planning a bombing of Iran, there's another
word for that, that's called war and invasion.
But they say, according to Western Diplomat,
the bombing will be massive but will be limited
to a specific target.
Yeah, that's usually how wars work, right?
You do a massive bombing of a country and
then it goes, okay, thank you very much, we
won't respond at all.
No, of course they're gonna respond.
And the minute that they respond, the Pompeo,
Bolton are gonna walk into that idiot Donald
Trump's office and go.
Hey, you're gonna seem weak and they're gonna
bring in Lindsey Graham with him.
And Lindsey Graham's say you're gonna seem
weak.
>> Right?
>> You don't wanna be weak Donald, remember
Danny how your dad used to call you a weak
little idiot, right?
And that's what you're gonna be if you don't
respond to Iran countering our measures, right?
>> Right.
>> And they are going to rope him into that
war so easy.
Hey listen, if Iran did a massive bombardment
of one of our nuclear energy facilities, what
would we do?
We would immediately start a full scale invasion
of Iran.
>> 100%
>> Everybody knows that there's not a single
right winger, who would deny that.
There's not a single person in the media with
a straight face, could deny that.
But yet the media treats it like, we'll just
be doing a massive bombardment of Iran and
that'll be it.
No, that won't be it, then we'll have a massive
war in the Middle East.
One much bigger than the Iraq war.
Iran is four times the size of Iraq.
>> So I want to go back to Pompeo in just
a second, but I wanna quickly mention that.
Unfortunately the only real hope we have to
prevent an invasion of Iran or any type of
military action against Iran, is Trump's base.
Because Trump's base is not in favor of more
military action abroad.
In fact one of the reasons why Trump won was
because he had this populist message of bringing
our troops home.
Why are we sending them to all of these wars?
So if the strategy is preformed correctly
I guess, we could get into Trump's head by
convincing him, hey, your base doesn't like
this.
You should listen to your base, as opposed
to the warhawks that surround you.
But I don't know if that's gonna happen, because
as you're about to see, Pompeo is on a mission.
He wants military action against Iran.
Here's another example.
>> China gets over 80% of its crude oil transiting
through the Strait of Hormuz, South Korea,
Japan.
These nations are incredibly dependent on
these resources.
We're prepared to do our part, we always defend
freedom of navigation.
We are going to work to build out a set of
countries that have deep vested interest in
keeping that strait open to help us do that.
>> Do you have the legal authorization for
a strike on Iran?
>> We always have the authorization to defend
American interests.
These are attacks on fundamental international
norms, and now on American interests.
And we always have the right to defend our
country.
>> So they claim, that well Iran attacked
a Japanese ship, and so we have a right to
defend all the ships there, that is what's
gonna give us the justification to start a
war with Iran.
Now did Iran actually attack that ship?
Every eye witness on the boat says no, there
was no mines planted.
It was incoming from the air, so it was either
from a plane or just a missile, but it was
not planted on the side of the ship as the
Pentagon says.
So, every witness says that what Pompeo is
saying is an absolute lie, okay?
Now, luckily there is a resistance.
And so Adam Schiff, a huge part of the resistance
for the Democratic Party, so he goes on television.
Let's see what he has to say about the Pentagon's
lies, trying to get us into a war, and Pompeo
and Bolton, the worse neoconservatives in
the country, clearly marching us to war.
Let's see what he says.
>> There's no question that Iran is behind
the attacks.
I think the evidence is very strong and compelling,
in fact I think this was a class screw up
by Iran.
>> God.
Now look, to be fair the context of the rest
of Adam Schiff was saying, we should have
stuck with the treaty.
And that the Trump team's headed in the wrong
direction.
But when you agreed to their lies in the first
place, and say Iran did attack those ships,
they don't care about your opinion.
They're gonna say, hey even the top Democrat
in the intelligence community in Congress
said that it was true, Iran attacked.
Iran attacked, Adam Schiff said it, and he's
part of the resistance, and he says Iran attacked.
It's just not true, the evidence is comically
wrong.
And so but Schiff goes out there, yeah, it's
Iran's fault, it's Iran's fault.
And by the way, these are the same guys in
the Democratic party who voted for the Iraq
war, and now they go go.
Are they gonna attack Iran?
I'm against it, but boy, Iran really does
have it coming the way they've attacked the
ships.
So Adam Schiff and other of the assistance
they are not resisting a goddamn thing.
And so when you have the Democratic party
who is supposed to resisting the worst president
we've ever had.
Going along with his lies.
And you have the new officer surrounding Donald
Trump and you have president who is incredibly
stupid.
Are we going to stumble our way into a war?
>> Yes.
>> Almost certainly now, look, before I was
saying that, after today's news, we're in
a world of trouble guys.
So they there, you got Lindsey Graham threatening
war against Venezuela today.
You got apparently a secret program in the
Defense Department that's trying to start
a cyber war with Russia.
And now you've got massive bombardment of
Iran as imminent.
So is Trump going to either on purpose or
accidentally start a war?
Now I've got it at high certainty.
And remember, the last factor, those polls
that he keeps claiming are fake he knows for
a fact they're true.
>> That's right.
>> He fired his pollsters cuz they came with
bad news saying you're losing by a ton to
both Biden and Sanders.
Sanders is even beating you worse than Biden,
okay?
So he's in a panic, and his poll numbers have
never come closer 50%.
He's a deeply unpopular president who has
almost no chance of getting reelected.
So and now he's got a bunch of neoconservatives
whispering in his ear, you've gotta go to
war, you've gotta go to war.
War is the strong thing to do.
The voters will see the strength.
No, by the way, Anna's right.
I mean, I don't know maybe Trump could shoot
someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with
it when it comes to his base or Nancy Pelosi
and Adam Schiff.
But, if ever his base is going to feel betrayed,
it's when Donald Trump after seeing the Iraq
war was a disaster and we shouldn't have gone
in.
Starts a war that is four times as large.
