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[00:00:22] In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Good evening,
[00:00:56] dear viewers. As usual, the news channel
[00:01:00] at this hour presents a special news interview tonight.
[00:01:04] We will present it to you and tonight we will talk
[00:01:07] about the developments in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
[00:01:10] Well, recently, the attacks
[00:01:13] of Ansarullah on Saudi airports once
[00:01:16] again placed the tension between Riyadh and Sanaa at
[00:01:19] the top of political developments. Developments that, in addition
[00:01:23] to the battlefield equations of war, have affected
[00:01:27] the management of strategic routes in the Red Sea
[00:01:30] and especially Bab al-Mandab. Tonight, we will try
[00:01:34] to analyze the various dimensions of this tension
[00:01:37] with the presence of Dr. Saadollah Zarei,
[00:01:41] political analyst and West Asia expert.
[00:01:45] Hello and good evening, and welcome. Thank you.
[00:01:48] I would like to extend my greetings to you and
[00:01:51] to our dear viewers, and wish you a good evening.
[00:01:55] Thank you very much. In recent days, especially the attacks
[00:01:58] by Ansarullah on King Khalid Airport in
[00:02:02] Riyadh received a lot of media coverage.
[00:02:06] Why have airports now become
[00:02:08] targets of Ansarullah, and what is your analysis
[00:02:12] of the recent tensions? In the name of Allah,
[00:02:15] the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
[00:02:17] Ansarullah is under
[00:02:21] the influence of the situation that
[00:02:24] the Saudis have imposed on Yemen for the past 12
[00:02:28] years.
[00:02:30] That is, on the one hand, there is the issue of siege,
[00:02:34] which during these 12 years
[00:02:37] Yemen has been under siege by Saudi Arabia
[00:02:40] by sea, by air (meaning airports), and by
[00:02:44] land. And also from the perspective of war,
[00:02:47] during this period, at least for 9 years, the Saudis,
[00:02:51] along with a coalition of about
[00:02:55] 19 countries, attacked Yemen. Now
[00:02:59] the Saudis are still constantly attacking
[00:03:02] Yemen. Just today we witnessed their attack on the
[00:03:06] Jawf region. The Yemenis say
[00:03:09] that these two actions
[00:03:13] must be resolved.
[00:03:17] One is the lifting of the siege, including the reopening of the
[00:03:20] airport, and the other is the issue of
[00:03:24] ending the war. Well, these are two logical demands
[00:03:28] that the Yemenis are making. Any country
[00:03:31] wants, if there is a war,
[00:03:34] it should end, and if
[00:03:38] it is under siege, the siege should be lifted, just as the Islamic Republic also
[00:03:42] has the same view regarding the siege and sanctions.
[00:03:45] The Saudis have not
[00:03:49] peacefully and through
[00:03:52] negotiations, both bilateral between Yemen
[00:03:55] and Saudi Arabia and trilateral with
[00:03:59] Oman's hosting,
[00:04:01] accepted these two logical demands. In addition,
[00:04:05] restrictions against
[00:04:09] Yemen were increased,
[00:04:12] meaning new pressures were imposed
[00:04:16] to the point that when the Yemenis wanted to receive
[00:04:19] a plane to land
[00:04:23] in Sanaa so that they could
[00:04:26] attend the farewell ceremony for the body of the martyred
[00:04:30] leader of the revolution in Tehran, the Saudis did not allow
[00:04:34] even one flight between Yemen
[00:04:38] and Iran to be established, and attacked Sanaa airport,
[00:04:41] so the flight was forced to land in Hodeidah.
[00:04:44] Therefore, the restrictions continued.
[00:04:48] Ansarullah came about two months
[00:04:50] ago and said that these two actions
[00:04:54] must happen. If the Saudis
[00:04:57] do not peacefully agree,
[00:05:01] we will reciprocate
[00:05:05] with similar actions against Saudi Arabia.
[00:05:08] That is, we will make
[00:05:11] this siege that is on
[00:05:15] Yemen directed at
[00:05:18] Saudi Arabia. We will put Saudi ports and
[00:05:22] export centers under siege or under
[00:05:25] military pressure. And so, they started
[00:05:28] actions in
[00:05:31] the Red Sea against Saudi oil export centers
[00:05:34] and also regarding
[00:05:38] airports, that since
[00:05:40] the airport here cannot be active,
[00:05:44] then Saudi airports can also be closed.
[00:05:48] And so, they started
[00:05:51] directing attacks at Saudi airports.
[00:05:55] And what's interesting is that in recent days, they
[00:05:58] have attacked three airport centers
[00:06:01] in three locations in Saudi Arabia
[00:06:04] symbolically. One of their attacks
[00:06:08] was on Abha Airport, which is on the border of Yemen
[00:06:11] and near the Red Sea,
[00:06:15] and another attack was on Dammam Airport,
[00:06:18] which is in the eastern part
[00:06:22] of Saudi Arabia and
[00:06:25] near the coasts of
[00:06:28] the Persian Gulf, and also on Riyadh,
[00:06:32] which is in the center of Saudi Arabia.
[00:06:35] That is, geographically, it is located in the
[00:06:38] center of Saudi Arabia, and they attacked these three points in a short
[00:06:42] time. And they practically disrupted flights at these three
[00:06:45] points in Saudi Arabia. That is, they showed
[00:06:49] that if Saudi Arabia does not lift
[00:06:53] the aerial siege of Yemen,
[00:06:57] the Yemenis have the ability to disrupt
[00:06:59] Saudi flights. Just in the past two
[00:07:03] days, Ansarullah announced
[00:07:06] that the sky of Saudi
[00:07:10] Arabia is not safe
[00:07:13] except for Mecca and Medina, and no flights should
[00:07:16] take place. A siege actually happened. Yes,
[00:07:20] and also,
[00:07:23] Ansarullah's warning led to
[00:07:26] a large number of flights
[00:07:29] to Saudi Arabia
[00:07:32] being canceled in the past two
[00:07:35] days. And even some
[00:07:39] reputable European airlines
[00:07:42] announced that they will suspend flights to Saudi Arabia
[00:07:45] until March 1. That is, from this Mehr
[00:07:48] until Esfand, which is about a five or six
[00:07:52] month period, they said they will not have
[00:07:55] any flights. Therefore, it is clear that
[00:07:59] the Yemenis have the ability to reciprocally
[00:08:03] impose a siege on Saudi Arabia. It is feasible for them. In addition to that, the issue of
[00:08:06] ending the war is also something the Yemenis
[00:08:10] are addressing with the attacks
[00:08:12] they have carried out in the past few days, both within Yemen. You see,
[00:08:16] in just the past day or two, the Yemenis
[00:08:20] fought in Ta'izz and made
[00:08:23] progress. Now, just tonight, there was news
[00:08:26] that they have gained control over the Jabal al-Arus heights, for example,
[00:08:30] and are completely gaining control
[00:08:33] over Ta'izz. They had attacks in Lahj
[00:08:37] which is adjacent to the Ta'izz region,
[00:08:40] and at the same time, in the south,
[00:08:43] they had operations in the relatively northern region of Yemen,
[00:08:47] and at the same time, while
[00:08:50] the Yemenis were engaged on these two
[00:08:54] or three fronts, they also
[00:08:57] carried out operations at Saudi oil facilities
[00:09:00] and also directed attacks at
[00:09:03] Saudi airports, including today's
[00:09:07] attack on King Khalid Airport. Therefore, it is completely clear that
[00:09:10] if the Saudis do not
[00:09:12] logically submit to
[00:09:15] these two humanitarian demands of the Yemenis,
[00:09:19] that is, lifting the siege, there is no justification
[00:09:23] for it against a nation. Or a foreign war against a
[00:09:27] nation is not justified. Ansarullah has no motivation
[00:09:30] to attack Saudi Arabia or
[00:09:34] to impose a siege on Saudi Arabia. It wants to live its own life,
[00:09:37] and in this situation where the Saudis do not want
[00:09:41] the Yemenis
[00:09:45] to live their normal lives, naturally the Yemenis also use their power to resolve these issues.
[00:09:49] And the fact that Saudi Arabia is now under attack by Ansarullah of Yemen,
[00:09:52] but nevertheless it also takes retaliatory actions. Its attacks
[00:09:56] continue, and it is targeting Ansarullah's positions
[00:10:00] in various locations, even in a
[00:10:03] perhaps barbaric way. Some villages
[00:10:07] are experiencing what is described as a massacre being committed by Saudi Arabia.
[00:10:10] Despite the fact that Saudi Arabia
[00:10:14] faced that response from the Americans or sought help from other countries,
[00:10:18] it did not receive a very firm answer,
[00:10:21] and it knows what power Ansar is now dealing with.
[00:10:30] The Saudis have assumed something that is really a false
[00:10:34] assumption, and that assumption is that
[00:10:37] if the Yemenis gain strength
[00:10:41] in the south of the peninsula, Saudi Arabia,
[00:10:44] the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar,
[00:10:47] Bahrain, and this group of
[00:10:50] countries, countries that have lived
[00:10:54] in a quasi-federation under the
[00:10:57] influence and sovereignty of the West for about
[00:11:01] 80 to 90 years (not all of them,
[00:11:05] Saudi Arabia for 80 to 90 years, some like the UAE
[00:11:08] for about 50 to 60 years)
[00:11:12] will no longer be able to maintain that cohesive
[00:11:16] federal state, and Saudi Arabia
[00:11:19] will not have its former
[00:11:22] power. Yemen has the capacity
[00:11:25] to take over
[00:11:29] Saudi Arabia's former role. In addition,
[00:11:32] this ideology of Yemeni resistance
[00:11:36] against the West and against Israel
[00:11:39] and against American
[00:11:42] and Israeli agents on the other side of the water,
[00:11:45] meaning towards Africa,
[00:11:48] in Somalia, Djibouti,
[00:11:51] Eritrea, Sudan,
[00:11:55] and throughout this entire
[00:11:57] region, has buyers.
[00:12:01] This ideology will definitely
[00:12:04] expand, and
[00:12:07] Saudi Arabia will be in a besieged
[00:12:11] situation. How is it besieged? Well, to the north of
[00:12:14] Saudi Arabia is Iran
[00:12:18] and Iraq. To its south is
[00:12:21] Yemen. To the west of Saudi Arabia
[00:12:24] are the countries on the western
[00:12:27] coast of the Red Sea, the African countries I mentioned.
[00:12:31] If these are in a relatively
[00:12:34] aggressive stance towards Saudi Arabia,
[00:12:37] Saudi Arabia's geopolitical position
[00:12:41] will severely decline, and
[00:12:43] events will
[00:12:47] certainly happen in Saudi Arabia, because it is impossible
[00:12:50] for a geographical environment
[00:12:54] from the north, which is Iran,
[00:12:57] and from its northwest, which is Iraq,
[00:13:00] and from its south, which is Yemen, and from
[00:13:03] the western coasts of the Red Sea, which are these African countries
[00:13:06] and now have this potential, to be under pressure
[00:13:10] and for this to have no impact on Saudi Arabia's geography.
[00:13:14] So why does it continue? Look,
[00:13:17] the Saudis have started a, in my opinion, stupid game.
[00:13:21] They feel that there is no other way for them,
[00:13:24] and they are choosing that. And you see,
[00:13:28] in just these few days, what has happened?
[00:13:31] What crazy things has Saudi Arabia done?
[00:13:35] For example, a $12 billion
[00:13:38] contract for the purchase of surface-to-surface
[00:13:42] and surface-to-air missiles. The Saudis pursued
[00:13:45] it, although its roots were in the past. They activated
[00:13:49] this contract. $12 billion
[00:13:52] purchase for war with Yemen. This is really
[00:13:55] while Ansar says, "Why do you want to fight? We
[00:13:59] have nothing to do with you. We want our own country. We want
[00:14:03] our own land." Even these Yemenis
[00:14:06] whose center is Sanaa, they don't say
[00:14:09] all of Yemen. That is, now they don't claim that they want
[00:14:12] to take Aden, to take Hadhramaut,
[00:14:16] to take Shabwah, I don't know, they don't want to take these regions
[00:14:20] at all. They have no motivation to expand
[00:14:23] their position in the eastern parts
[00:14:26] of Yemen. They say, "Why do you want to fight?
[00:14:30] Well, we have nothing to do with you. We say, lift our siege,
[00:14:33] and stop the war. You also go live your own life."
[00:14:37] But they came and made a $12 billion contract. They
[00:14:41] asked Syria and Afghanistan for military
[00:14:44] aid, meaning military
[00:14:46] forces
[00:14:48] that have a history of guerrilla wars
[00:14:52] to come and help here. They asked America to
[00:14:56] help them by air.
[00:14:58] They asked the UAE for help.
[00:15:01] They asked Turkey, Pakistan,
[00:15:04] and Egypt for help.
[00:15:08] They asked countries
[00:15:11] like Kuwait in their surrounding
[00:15:14] environment for help. They are trying
[00:15:17] to start a coalition
[00:15:21] and solve their problem.
[00:15:25] Well, you've done this before, and it didn't work.
[00:15:28] Yes, in 2015,
[00:15:32] when you waged war against
[00:15:35] Yemen, you brought 19 countries to the table. You
[00:15:38] got a UN resolution, and at that time,
[00:15:41] when you did all these things, these Yemenis
[00:15:45] were almost one-third
[00:15:49] or one-fortieth of their current power.
[00:15:52] There was no ability to launch ballistic missiles in Yemen
[00:15:56] in 2015. It didn't work then, and now that you
[00:15:59] came with 19 countries, it didn't
[00:16:03] work, and you failed. You fought for 9 years, and now
[00:16:06] you're doing it again in an environment where everyone
[00:16:10] is talking about the region being on fire. Let's do something
[00:16:14] to de-escalate the situation,
[00:16:17] to control it. Everyone is trying to control the fire,
[00:16:21] and you have come and are stirring up the fire in Yemen again.
[00:16:25] Well, this is clearly foolish and leads
[00:16:28] nowhere. Why does Saudi Arabia
[00:16:32] continue this? With a wrong analysis
[00:16:35] that this is a war of, as they say,
[00:16:39] life and death. If I don't win here,
[00:16:42] my death is certain. And in my opinion, the Saudis
[00:16:46] are orchestrating this foolish game
[00:16:49] against themselves. In addition, some
[00:16:52] countries like the UAE are very upset
[00:16:56] about this. That is, Bin Zayed is very upset about what
[00:16:59] is happening to Bin Salman. He is not at all happy.
[00:17:03] And the Saudis had a security defense agreement
[00:17:07] with Pakistan and Turkey, but apart
[00:17:10] from some advisory events and intelligence that may or may not
[00:17:13] be useful to them, they have not directly
[00:17:17] entered this matter. It seems that Saudi Arabia
[00:17:20] also made a wrong calculation regarding Ansarullah's capabilities,
[00:17:23] and relied too much
[00:17:27] on American support. The Saudis did not think that all
[00:17:31] the services they provided here would be
[00:17:35] without reward. Furthermore,
[00:17:37] both the UAE
[00:17:41] and Pakistan and Turkey
[00:17:44] and Egypt and even America
[00:17:48] and even the Zionist regime
[00:17:52] are extremely cautious when facing the Yemenis.
[00:17:56] All of them, in some way, at some point,
[00:17:59] have been struck by the Yemenis.
[00:18:03] That is, Israel has been struck.
[00:18:07] At one time, Yemen was its problem.
[00:18:10] In the Gaza War, the Americans were struck separately.
[00:18:14] In the incident of hitting the ship and Trump's retreat,
[00:18:18] it was the Yemenis who in a way,
[00:18:21] Turkey had previously been struck during the Ottoman period. It was defeated once by the Yemenis.
[00:18:25] The Egyptians were defeated once by the Yemenis.
[00:18:28] The Pakistanis were struck in some places and
[00:18:31] are still vulnerable. Therefore, everyone
[00:18:35] is being cautious. For example, they came
[00:18:37] and asked Syria for
[00:18:41] help. Well, Syria's situation is clear. The situation of this
[00:18:44] Mr. Mohammad al-Jolani is also clear regarding Saudi Arabia. They consider
[00:18:48] themselves sons of Saudi Arabia,
[00:18:51] but right here, when Saudi Arabia
[00:18:54] made a request, the spokesman for this movement
[00:18:58] announced that while we
[00:19:01] are with our Saudi brothers, no such request
[00:19:05] has been made to us,
[00:19:07] while it has been made, and they could not
[00:19:10] come forward. They know they are not a match.
[00:19:14] They are no match for the brave Yemenis. Therefore,
[00:19:18] everyone is being cautious. In my opinion, it is completely in the Saudis' best interest
[00:19:21] to respond positively to these
[00:19:24] signs of peace. Now, the Yemenis
[00:19:28] have repeatedly raised this in private negotiations
[00:19:32] and in public statements, just as you know, the Islamic Republic
[00:19:35] today or yesterday,
[00:19:39] Mr. Araghchi had a phone call
[00:19:42] today with Bin Farhan,
[00:19:45] the Saudi Foreign Minister, and said that we
[00:19:48] are ready to establish a peace process and dialogue between
[00:19:52] Yemen and Saudi Arabia, because
[00:19:55] this peace in fact
[00:19:58] entails those two points. That is, when
[00:20:01] the Yemenis talk about peace, or
[00:20:05] Iran talks about establishing
[00:20:07] peaceful relations between Saudi Arabia and Yemen,
[00:20:10] it means a peace without
[00:20:13] war, a cessation of war or an end
[00:20:17] to war, and a peace without siege. These are the two
[00:20:20] main demands of the Yemenis. And Iran, based on
[00:20:23] this, had this conversation with Bin Farhan.
[00:20:27] Of course, they gave an arrogant answer. What
[00:20:31] Bin Farhan published
[00:20:34] was that yes, Mr. Araghchi called
[00:20:38] and talked about Iran's concerns about
[00:20:41] regional issues, while we,
[00:20:44] who are at the peak of honor and power, and the Yemenis are also
[00:20:48] at the peak of honor and power.
[00:20:54] Mr. Araghchi specified in his tweet, or statement,
[00:20:57] that it was only about Yemen, not about the region.
[00:21:01] And regarding the region, we have shown
[00:21:05] our friendship that Mr. Saudi,
[00:21:08] who is under pressure, well, accept these two demands of Yemen,
[00:21:12] and this war will end. In my opinion, the Saudis
[00:21:16] are in a position where they feel
[00:21:20] difficulty regarding this war. That is, they feel that they either
[00:21:23] have to win or they have to leave, and apparently they have gone
[00:21:27] and chosen between these two issues. Now, you mentioned
[00:21:30] a foolish act, as you described it, the purchase of $12 billion.
[00:21:34] In this incident of hitting
[00:21:38] King Khalid Riyadh, it was said that no
[00:21:40] air defense system worked. That is, Ansarullah's missiles
[00:21:44] passed very easily. This is also
[00:21:47] a strange incident. Despite
[00:21:51] all the investments Saudi Arabia made in buying equipment,
[00:21:54] especially from the Americans, these investments
[00:21:56] did not pay off today. Well, basically, the performance
[00:22:00] of the defensive air defense systems that have emerged
[00:22:04] in this war they had with Iran, neither THAAD
[00:22:07] systems succeeded, nor Patriot
[00:22:11] systems succeeded, nor F-35s succeeded,
[00:22:14] nor BDA systems succeeded. All
[00:22:18] defensive systems, even where there were multiple
[00:22:21] layers, Aramco itself, which was
[00:22:24] hit and today
[00:22:28] the Aramco CEO warned that the situation is getting worse,
[00:22:31] well, it had multiple layers of defense.
[00:22:35] This war with Iran showed
[00:22:38] that there is a power that
[00:22:42] can penetrate these layers. The Yemenis have also penetrated them,
[00:22:46] and you know that
[00:22:49] now the protective coverings of American,
[00:22:52] Saudi, and other facilities
[00:22:55] in the region have been weakened since before the Iran war,
[00:22:59] because these systems have been damaged.
[00:23:02] That is, over
[00:23:06] 50% of the air defense systems that the Americans had
[00:23:09] established here, both individually and in multiple layers,
[00:23:13] have all been damaged. That is, they no longer
[00:23:16] have the air defense power they had before the war.
[00:23:19] And furthermore, there is no longer any trust
[00:23:22] in these air defense systems, and it is clear
[00:23:26] that neither Aramco is safe with these
[00:23:29] coverings, nor are airports safe, nor are military centers
[00:23:32] safe, nor are ships safe. There is no
[00:23:35] safe location in the region anymore.
[00:23:38] And of course, Iran is really not seeking war,
[00:23:42] and Ansarullah is not seeking war either. However, we are in a situation
[00:23:45] where we must defend ourselves, our interests,
[00:23:49] our existence, our rights.
[00:23:52] And if this defense is not met with a positive
[00:23:56] response, meaning if they do not peacefully
[00:23:59] accept our rights, well, we are forced
[00:24:03] to use force to achieve our rights,
[00:24:06] and the use of force is not in the interest of the Saudis,
[00:24:10] the Emiratis, the Kuwaitis, and these southern countries in particular.
[00:24:13] This is something that everyone understands
[00:24:17] and has been discussed many times.
[00:24:20] Right now, regarding the issue of Russia and that agreement they made with the Americans
[00:24:23] and Trump specifically, the Westerners are very
[00:24:27] disillusioned by this.
[00:24:30] That is, their feeling is that Trump sold
[00:24:33] Zelensky and all of Ukraine and Europe
[00:24:37] for Russia, for those 300 thousand tons of diesel. Now
[00:24:41] it is said that Saudi Arabia also has such a feeling towards
[00:24:44] Trump. That is, practically all those who were somehow supported
[00:24:47] by America or had a coalition
[00:24:50] with America have now come to the conclusion that he cannot be relied upon at all.
[00:24:54] That is, when you need him, he only thinks about his own interests,
[00:24:57] even if it's for 300 thousand tons of diesel, which practically
[00:25:01] doesn't even have much utility for your economy and energy,
[00:25:04] but for those same 30 thousand tons, he is willing
[00:25:08] to break off his relationship with Ukraine and Zelensky or
[00:25:12] even with Europe. Exactly. If you put the statements
[00:25:15] of Zelensky and the statements of Bin Salman
[00:25:19] next to each other, they are very similar. That is,
[00:25:22] the language of despair, complaint,
[00:25:26] criticism regarding the type of cooperation
[00:25:29] that should be with them, regarding the fact that
[00:25:32] a coalition cannot be formed. Countries that claimed
[00:25:36] support have taken a step back.
[00:25:39] Consider these things. Then, besides this issue,
[00:25:43] something else bothers them, and that is
[00:25:47] that the Islamic Republic, unlike
[00:25:50] America, strongly supports
[00:25:53] its allies, because the first
[00:25:56] clause of the Islamabad agreement was very powerful.
[00:25:59] Iran, with all its power, supports Hezbollah.
[00:26:03] Now, Hezbollah is
[00:26:06] a revolutionary organization. It is not
[00:26:10] a government, it is not a country,
[00:26:12] in a way. It supports Hamas, which is not a country,
[00:26:16] with all its power, as much as it can.
[00:26:19] This retreat by the Americans
[00:26:22] creates an image in the region
[00:26:26] that the Islamic Republic strongly supports its allies.
[00:26:30] This image creates a question of who
[00:26:33] can be trusted and who cannot be trusted. In my opinion,
[00:26:36] this bothers them more than the first issue
[00:26:39] for countries that have connected themselves
[00:26:42] to America. And now, what is America's situation?
[00:26:46] On the one hand, if it wants to come to the aid of Saudi Arabia
[00:26:50] against Ansarullah, well, they say one of the reasons for the Americans'
[00:26:53] reluctance to intervene is that they do not
[00:26:57] want to lose their focus on Iran in this matter, because if they get involved,
[00:27:00] then they might have problems regarding Iran.
[00:27:04] If they get involved with Ansarullah, we will face problems on this side. If they don't get involved,
[00:27:08] well, Ansarullah is putting pressure on them on that side.
[00:27:11] What is America's situation in these circumstances, in your opinion? Exactly, you have pointed
[00:27:15] to the main issue, the contradiction
[00:27:19] in America's situation.
[00:27:21] The Americans have 24 or 25
[00:27:25] years of experience of war in our region.
[00:27:28] All of them are failed experiences.
[00:27:31] Failure in Afghanistan and that
[00:27:35] disgraceful escape in 2021. Failure in Iraq,
[00:27:39] they failed twice in Iraq and
[00:27:42] fled. Once they fled in 2009.
[00:27:46] From 2009 to
[00:27:49] 2011.
[00:27:51] And once they fled this October, this current
[00:27:54] October. On October 8th, they
[00:27:58] withdrew all their military forces from Iraq. A very great achievement
[00:28:02] for
[00:28:05] this, for example, their experience in Iraq. Their experience in
[00:28:08] Lebanon, that incident that happened
[00:28:11] in 1984,
[00:28:14] or 1984,
[00:28:18] when the American center in Beirut was hit,
[00:28:21] and more than 240 American
[00:28:25] Marines were killed, and America fled
[00:28:29] Lebanon and has not returned to this day.
[00:28:33] America's defeat in the war with Iran, America's
[00:28:36] defeat in the conflict with these Yemenis
[00:28:40] in the past year, where America withdrew,
[00:28:44] well, these are experiences of failure.
[00:28:48] This experience of failure tells the entire ruling establishment
[00:28:51] of America, both the Republican Party, which
[00:28:55] is in power, and the Democrats, who are in the Senate
[00:28:59] or elsewhere, their experience is that they should not get involved.
[00:29:03] Involvement brings no benefits
[00:29:06] for them. This is America's experience. Another point is
[00:29:09] that the Republican Party and Trump himself,
[00:29:13] who is in power, for the elections that will be held
[00:29:17] in
[00:29:19] front of him. He needs
[00:29:23] peace for those elections. And so you see that
[00:29:27] the Israelis are under pressure
[00:29:30] to fight for their survival.
[00:30:12] In this atmosphere, as you see the big contradiction
[00:30:15] in the behavior of Americans and Europeans regarding Ukraine today,
[00:30:18] on this side, Americans are trying to lower
[00:30:22] the flames in Ukraine, and on the other side,
[00:30:25] today, Europeans announced 300 new sanctions against
[00:30:28] Russia. This shows how much distance there is
[00:30:32] between positions and how much tension
[00:30:35] and trouble there is. What is this due to? It is due to
[00:30:39] defeat. In the Ukraine case, the Westerners
[00:30:42] were defeated. They could not do anything for Ukraine,
[00:30:45] and also in the case of the
[00:30:48] Iran war.