an impossible question to answer and know for sure but with the executions were they more aimed at sending a message to iran or to isis? they were mostly aimed at sending a message to the saudi people because the saudi government now has had they just came from austerity in their budget. they are reducing their subsidys at home. the message being we are true believers. that s what i said about the isis part. more about isis or more about iran. this is more about they killed 47. 46 of them are sunni attached to al qaeda, attached to isis or so they say. obviously the round up was big. remember they rounded up hundreds and arrested and we weren t complaining then. they killed the one shi ite. like the chinese they go after local corruption and get some americans. this was mostly a domestic message which makes this worse. if this was just sending a
they will vote for him. tinting thing about trump in lowell, 20 minutes from narjs chris christie yesterday in new hampshire began as he said he was going to do prior to christmas began to take on donald trump a little. and he was kind of effective. i watched part of his speech. he was kind of effective. look christie, the thing that i always kept christie as an asterisk as to who could possibly be a nominee he has the one thing that you need natural political ability and ability to communicate a message in a way that feels sort of honest, straightforward. he gave a speech yesterday, mike, that you re talking about. look, he s a very gifted, talented guy. i thought he made a smart argument against trump which is basically this. trump voters, i m with you. i get the message. i m angry too. things have failed. the country is in a bad place. but the messenger, donald trump,
is going to lose us the general election. right. he s trying to separate the message, the message of donald trump is incredibly powerful. you ve seen jeb bush co-opt it. ted cruz trying to co-opt it. everybody trying co-opt it. the argument is fine the mess saks message. type hillary clinton into transcript much that chris christie speech, it s in there a ton of times and every time he says we re going elect hillary clinton and her values unless we wake up and yes vote the message no don t vote that messenger. there s been a lot of people making arguments against trump right for months and none of them have worked. i don t know that this will. but i think it s a smart way to go. you mentioned chris christie. we have that. take a listen. these are among the most dangerous and perilous times in
message to iran the iranians could send it back. but if we don t know what keeps our regime together, the iranians are our enemy and americans won t help us that s a much more dangerous environment for the region. it is our best bet strategically and in the interest of the united states to go with iran in the long term, the long term being three to five years. over the longer term because it s a larger more diverse population and economy. you re going to see more investment. americans are producing oil at home. let s be year. the supreme leader is the one that said that there will be divine retribution for what the saudis have done. right after the saudis executed this guy suddenly you had demonstrations and fire bombing of the saudi embassy in tehran. did you just say it makes more sense for us to go with iran in the long run. yes. the epicenter of terrorism since 1979 and the people that