00:00The Islamic Republic in Iran has failed to use the straight card effectively.
00:06It's not clear to me as to what end they're seeking to this conflict.
00:11What is it in it for them?
00:13The Islamic Republic in Iran has a big problem.
00:16Over 80% of its people do not want this government anymore.
00:21So with that kind of lack of political support for the government,
00:25a fractured structure, an invisible leader,
00:30which, by the way, if he's alive, he may have told on his father
00:36and received immunity in response.
00:39So that's just a side point.
00:41But the Islamic Republic is failing on all grounds,
00:45losing about $500 million a day.
00:49If their strategy is to drag their feet and buy time,
00:53they're failing in that regard as well,
00:56because there's no progress and there's no capability.
00:59Whatever was left of their naval and air capability has been destroyed.
01:04So the Islamic Republic is in a very bad spot.
01:08As for the countries in the region,
01:10I believe they really have to cut their mind
01:13if they want to keep looking in the rearview mirror
01:16and a beautiful relationship they've had with the Islamic Republic,
01:19or they would like to change that view
01:21and look front of the picture
01:24to look for what is coming next
01:27and align themselves with those interests.
01:30It is very apparent that as long as Islamic Republic
01:34feels the kind of pressure they feel from their own people,
01:37they would be hostile.
01:39And look, they cannot respond to the United States,
01:42so they check to see what is the effective range of their missiles,
01:47and they find their neighboring countries
01:50will be very cooperative in the general scale
01:53with the Islamic Republic as targets.
01:56Jordan is hit, Kuwait is hit, Bahrain is hit,
01:59and you ask yourself, what end are they seeking?
02:03So I would say they failed in using the straight card.
02:07There's a lot better strategies
02:09if they're really trying to solve the situation,
02:12but they're not.
02:13They're trying to keep their feet dragged
02:16and the prices of oil increasing,
02:19but in the meantime, losing so much money every day.
02:23$500 million is the estimate.
02:25How long can they take this kind of pain?
02:27I'm not sure.
02:28I'm not sure they have any appetite
02:32or capability to be able to hit their pockets
02:37at this scale every day.
