WEBVTT 00:02.610 --> 00:06.510 Hello, everybody, and thank you for tuning in to the Weekly Report. 00:08.530 --> 00:12.110 Bring the troops back in this war now. 00:13.390 --> 00:19.970 As we begin a new week, the media is filled with reports that President Trump is ready 00:19.970 --> 00:27.970 to approve a U.S. ground operation against Iran, either to seize Iran's uranium or 00:27.970 --> 00:30.910 to attack an island off the country's coast. 00:31.970 --> 00:38.650 Thousands of U.S. troops have sped to the conflict area to await President Trump's decision. 00:40.110 --> 00:46.510 The President is on the verge of making a serious mistake to add a series of deadly mistakes 00:46.510 --> 00:51.670 that had characterized this terrible war of choice against Iran. 00:52.610 --> 01:00.790 A U.S. ground operation against Iran would only achieve the death of thousands of U.S. service members. 01:01.610 --> 01:08.490 Of course, if our Congress was doing its job, this debacle would never have started. 01:09.250 --> 01:14.590 Clear signals would have been sent to the President by congressional leadership 01:14.590 --> 01:21.450 that in the absence of an imminent attack on the U.S., the U.S. President must go to Congress 01:21.450 --> 01:25.170 to make the case for taking the country to war. 01:26.270 --> 01:31.830 Instead, what we got was a shrug of the shoulders from the Capitol Hill 01:31.830 --> 01:36.930 that has already cost billions of dollars and too many lives. 01:38.130 --> 01:41.750 As we stand on the verge of a major ground operation, 01:42.310 --> 01:48.390 the main stated goal of the war are that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon 01:48.390 --> 01:52.570 and that the Strait of Hormuz is open for shipping. 01:53.490 --> 01:58.530 But both of these things were already true before the war started. 01:58.870 --> 02:06.970 Now we are expanding the war to try and reverse the negative consequences of starting the war in the first place. 02:08.310 --> 02:14.330 What was supposed to be a quick shock and awe to frighten Iran into capitulation 02:14.330 --> 02:19.810 has expanded rapidly and is costing the U.S. dearly. 02:20.570 --> 02:23.230 As the New York Times has reported, 02:23.970 --> 02:30.650 every U.S. military base in the region has been either destroyed or is severely damaged. 02:31.850 --> 02:39.170 Billions of dollars in U.S. military equipment has been destroyed in Iran's response to the U.S. attack. 02:39.950 --> 02:45.310 Just over the weekend, a half-billion-dollar U.S. radar aircraft 02:45.310 --> 02:52.410 was destroyed at a U.S. base in Saudi Arabia along with several air tankers. 02:53.870 --> 03:01.830 Iran warned that if the U.S. launched another surprise attack, this is how they would respond. 03:02.810 --> 03:07.450 The arrogant U.S. administration was sure they were bluffing. 03:09.330 --> 03:15.630 The American people may not be getting the full picture of this disaster 03:15.630 --> 03:22.250 because they are being lied to again by the pro-war mainstream media. 03:22.930 --> 03:25.830 The war is going wonderfully, they report. 03:26.770 --> 03:29.250 We are obliterating around, they say. 03:30.630 --> 03:36.230 What is really being obliterated is a complex global supply chain 03:36.230 --> 03:44.050 not just in oil and gas but in the multitude of products related to oil and gas. 03:46.140 --> 03:49.850 Products such as the fertilizer needed to feed the world. 03:50.950 --> 03:55.950 Already, we are seeing gas riots in some Asian countries. 03:56.550 --> 04:00.490 Fuel rationing and stay-at-home orders have been issued. 04:00.490 --> 04:08.370 Australia is set to completely run out of diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel in just weeks. 04:09.130 --> 04:11.910 That means no food gets delivered. 04:12.670 --> 04:15.250 Power generation plants are shut down. 04:15.870 --> 04:18.530 Life becomes unbelievable for many. 04:19.350 --> 04:24.910 This is like the foolish move to shut down the global economy during COVID. 04:26.010 --> 04:27.730 In fact, it's worse. 04:27.730 --> 04:32.390 This disaster will not end when the bombs stop falling. 04:32.950 --> 04:35.010 It will only be getting started. 04:35.850 --> 04:43.730 A worldwide depression may be upon us all because of a war of choice that was illegally launched. 04:45.230 --> 04:49.030 When you are in a hole, it's best to stop digging. 04:49.770 --> 04:55.830 Expanding this war to include a ground operation would be a massive digging operation. 04:55.830 --> 04:57.710 It needs to stop.