Shes called him or connected with his people to say, we have to do something. And that resulted in the attack on the american base. It was largely a failure, and i think most of it fell outside of the grounds of the american airbase in the middle east. But they essentially said, we have to do something. We have to save face. Im just curious because we were told for 2 or 3 days ahead of time, something is coming, something is coming. Of course, intelligence could have picked that up, but do you think anything similar happened or could have happened here with iran calling the United States or israel and saying, we have to do something, and here is what that something was, something that amounted, yes, youre right. An unprecedented state action, but also a failed action. Im almost certain that there were back Channel Communications of some kind, and they basically openly said it was going to happen. So i think the same thing happened before the Biden Administration retaliated for the u. S. Troops that were killed, i think this has been going on for a while. The problem i see is there was no way iran could anticipate this being such a dismal failure. So we should operate on the assumption that they expected to kill israelis and to damage Israeli Military targets. And given that i think their failure may make them less likely to do so in the future. But given the nature of that regime, given their desire for regional hegemony and the fact that they are a nihilistic death cult, you know, who believes that they need some sort of armageddon like event to bring about the islamic rule . I dont think we should ever anticipate them to act rational and not do these types of insane actions. All right, all right. Jim hansen, thank you very much for your insight in your time. Appreciate. Thank you. Jim good talking with you. Likewise. Well, speaking of president trump, he was he had a rally last night and he talked about this issue as it was unfolding in shanksville, pennsylvania. Heres president trump, i want to say god bless the people of israel. Theyre under attack right now. Thats thats because we show great weakness. It would not happen. The weakness that weve shown is unbelievable, and it would not have happened if we were in office. You know that. They know that. Everybody knows that. But America Prays for israel. We send our absolute support to everyone in harms way. This is an attack that would not have happened. I mean, to think about to think about what we have to go through, ukraine would have never happened. Israel attack both october 7th and today would have never happened. Then he blamed Price Gouging and junk fees. But all of america knows that the real blame for this nightmare lies with one person crooked joe biden. So that was donald trump. Clearly very proud of the fact that he was a peacetime president , that during his presidency, hes bragging there. And i think a lot of people have to give him credit for it. That no wars were started under his watch. And if anything, despite all the accusations that came his way as he entered office, that he would escalate things and cause World War Three. Really, he brought the temperature down in terms of Foreign Policy and global conflicts around the world. And that was a major message that he had yesterday. Virtually everything they alleged would happen under under donald trump has occurred under joe biden. Virtually every dystopian picture they painted would happen under donald trump. Has occurred under joe biden. We sit on the precipice of World War Three, two different wars across this world, not just skirmishes like flashpoints in the world that could metastasized into a much bigger war. Yes the subversion of democracy at home, certainly, when it comes to our most fundamental values, like the freedom of speech, everything they said would happen under donald trump has happened under joe biden. And dont forget, will and pete, that the southern border is open and we now have more known Foreign Terrorists coming through into our country, which, you know, in, in, in light of what has just happened, is very frightening that they could be, you know, staging something, some sort of retaliation. Ian. Thats not a crazy thought. Pete no doubt. Not to mention all of the american bases that are inside syria, which, by the way, we learned last time, not all of them have the type of integrated air Defense Systems that israel has. So if they were to swarm dozens of drones at us bases in syria, they dont have the capability to shoot them all down. So theres probably a lot of information that iran will gather and use from this failed attack in some other direction, if they want. And the will to your point, the scary part about this is that all of those things you said are true, and were at the whim of whether or not iran or israel would like to escalate or would decide to escalate. And then the white house releases a photo of a late night meeting that they had last night, as if to reassure us, except we have to look at the people in the meeting. I know i was just saying that Anthony Blinken and Kamala Harris has got a crooked headset on. You got lloyd austin, youve got c. Q. Brown, the new chief. I mean, these are these are not a group of men and women that inspire a lot of confidence about the trajectory of americas response. And so were wondering whether or not iran will or see this as sufficient or whether israel will say, hey, we need another attack. And you, by the way, i, im listening to the verbiage around this is very interesting. Its all a kind of a chess game because were saying its unprecedented. And the first attack from from iran. Yeah. Kind of, except iran has been attacking israeli and American AssetsAll Around The World directly with like 10 to 5 degrees of separation or, excuse me, 5 of separation. Theyve been directly attacking. I guess its just that missiles and drones were actually launched from iranian soil, which is right. Right now theres barrages coming from lebanon. I mean, theres barrages coming from all over the country. Excuse me, that region against israel, from iranian backed assets. So it is an escalation but really no difference disappeared. You brought up five degrees of separation. It is the first overt state on state action which feels like for many, the bridge has been crossed. I think the great question for us this morning is the one that weve tried to ask is how much of this was telegraphed with the intention of It Being Performative in hopes of not provoking an escalation . I, i thought, in other words said was right. So in other words, did iran telegraph this as a Face Saving Move that they knew would largely be a failure in order to appease or appear strong at home while letting the United States and israel know this is the end right . Right. But thats coming from the iranian side, from the israeli side. You know, last night we had mark levin on and he was saying israels getting tired of all this. Israels, you know, getting sick of all these attacks from all these different places. And maybe they should, you know, take care of things once and for all. So thats maybe the iranians say, okay, enough is enough, but maybe on the other side, israel says this is our opportunity to end this. And so, as you said, pete, america is not necessarily in a position to determine whether this gets escalated or not. And thats the weak position that were in right now. Whereas i think everyone feels like under donald trump, there was just much better leadership and people were taking their cues. Other countries from where donald trump was at, i mean, i think that is the operative question. Was It Performative or not . And youd have to get inside the head of the mullahs to know that, like what percentage chance did they think it would be successful . Because if you send 300, what was it . Well, or 370 drones, if there was communication or if there was communication even. Sure. But even even within that, within communication, if you launched that many assets, you got to believe some of them will get through. And how many of them did you want to get through . Was there one place where you wanted it to be successful . I dont know, maybe well get some leaks on that in the future. All right. We move on this morning to a Fox News Alert. Israel weighing options after iran fired hundreds of drones and missiles directly from its territory. Well talk to someone who experienced the unprecedented attack from the ground next. Oh, yeah, man, take it from your inner child. 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Israeli airspace is back open while schools and large gatherings remain canceled as israel weighs its response to irans massive drone and Missile Attack. Aryeh lightstone served as a Senior Advisor to the former Us Ambassador to israel. He joins us live from israel with a firsthand look. Ari, thanks. Thanks for joining us this morning. What was it like being a part of that . The anticipation of it and then the actual event itself . Oh, the anticipation was rather terrifying. And the most terrifying part of it is explaining to your kids that theyre going to be shot at again. We have four kids, all under the age of 15, and the prospect of spending yet another night in the bomb shelter was not anything that we were looking forward to, but we spent most of the night watching the us and israel and jordan. Even in the uk, shoot down this horrendous attack from iran and felt enormous amount of pride that what israel and the United States are able to do when they put their mind to it. How much time did you spend in a bunker . Meaning like what was the exact or basic amount of time that the attack unfolded . For someone that was in israel . Yeah. So we got reports at 11 15 p. M. Last night that drones had left iran, which is a funny thing to watch in real time on x, you know, the country that youre staying in actually being attacked. And it said its going to take anywhere between 3 and 6 hours for that to come. But dont worry. Simultaneous with that happening, there will be Cruise Missiles launched from iran that will get there faster, and surface to surface missiles, and expect lebanon and yemen to jump in as well, as well as syria and iraq and in general throughout the night, there were reports that were happening. Youve got this red alert app, which tells you where missiles can be hitting and when you need to go down to the shelter. With four kids, it was just more prudent to have everybody there in advance and not to wake them up in the middle of the night. And i was on a sort of news watch throughout the night, trying to figure out what was going on. Speaking to leadership in washington on the republican side, obviously, and various other people who were concerned about friends and family in the in the area. So it was an all night event. Whats your sense . Were trying to get a sense of whether or not iran would have, would have believed that this was a performative attack, meaning, hey, we have to do this, but we dont really want to escalate. Or was your sense that the barrage was was so large and the different assets so variant that they would have had to have believed that it would have had some level of success . Id like to say that i think that points as well important. Its purely academic. Iran looks at the Biden Administration and sees complete and total weakness. So they believe that when biden says, dont just look how iran thumbed their nose at President Biden and they proceeded with this, whether it was performative or whether it was deliberate, over 300, attack objects headed from iran into israel in the middle of the night by the way, leaving a saturday night, leaving the staff preparing into passover. So much for, like, the truce during the holidays. That Action Happening was chest. And whether bidens dont was to iran or whether it was to israel, and they put a bet that when biden says dont, hes talking to israel. Just like all of the donts in the last six weeks have been about israel and not about hamas. Interesting, what do you think happens next, ray . What do you think, whats the calculation of the Israeli Government . Is there a response to this . Is it an opportunity to advance and finish the job in gaza . Whats next, do you think . Well, the lesson from october 7th is when somebody says theyre going to kill you, dont let them. And what you had leading up to october seventh, literally a decade plus of israel receiving missiles day and night from hamas and gaza and being told, limit your response. Youve got this awesome air defense. Israel continues to have an awesome air defense and was able, with the United States of america and other allies, to shoot down irans missile barrage. That does not mean that its permitted to shoot at a sovereign country. Israel will choose its time and place to be able to hit back, and i would expect that hit to be rather explosive, because Bidens Administration has been weak on this. I dont expect it to be immediate, but i expect it to be meaningful. So you dont expect it to be a meaningful immediate, but you think it will be eventually a meaning. There will be a response to this interesting aria. Lightstone, im glad youre glad your familys okay. Im sure it was a long night. We appreciate you joining us this morning. Thank you pete, god bless. Thank you. All right. 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