Breaking: America and Israel at War with Iran
3/1/202644 min
Tommy and Ben discuss the breaking news that Israel and America launched hundreds of joint strikes against Iran, throwing the region into chaos. They talk about reports that the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is dead, Iran’s retaliation against Israel, US bases in the region and civilian targets in Gulf nations, how Democrats should respond, the international reaction, and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
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[upbeat music] All right, we're recording a bonus Pot Save the World episode because as I'm sure listeners and viewers have seen, the United States and Israel are once again at war with Iran, so we're gonna update you on everything we know as of Saturday afternoon. So this started at Saturday at one fifteen AM Eastern Time, which is nine AM Tehran time. The US and Israel launched air strikes on Iran. The US military is calling this Operation Epic Fury. Uh, it's so totally epic, Ben, that Trump launched the war from his country club in Florida. Targets so far include the supreme leader of Iran, his compound. The Israelis say the supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, is dead, and that Netanyahu was shown footage of his body. That's in news reports. Iran says that's false. Uh, we'll find out, I guess. But as we've noted, the supreme leader is eighty-six, so he was about to regime change himself, but his death would be a massive seismic event in Iranian history given the role he plays in their system. Um, it sounds like he was specifically targeted by the Israelis and not by US forces, and that they also targeted, uh, the supreme leader's son, but he may have survived. Uh, President Pezeshkian was reportedly targeted as well. Again, the Iranians