In short
A guest described as a “political prophet” predicts Iran–GCC–Israel escalation will become a long war of attrition like Ukraine, with major knock-on effects for energy, the US dollar, and global economies. He also argues China won’t effectively mediate, and that East Asia’s future hinges on Japan’s resilience, South Korea’s demographic/economic pressures, and North Korea’s proximity to Seoul. He further claims Israel benefits most from the conflict and frames parts of the war in terms of religious/eschatological end-times politics.
Guests
The episode features Tucker (host) and a single guest, a historian/prediction-maker who claims a track record of “remarkably accurate predictions” from prior videos.
Key claims
US and Iran have no “off-ramp” (Iran demands ~$1T reparations and US withdrawal); China wants peace but won’t interfere; war will drive deindustrialization, re-militarization, and mercantilism; GCC “mirage” collapses; Iran’s state capacity will be degraded but Strait of Hormuz control may let Iran charge tolls.
Notable examples
Israel strikes Iran’s largest gas field; Iran attacks GCC energy infrastructure; Southeast Asia fuel shortages and jet-fuel scarcity; Dubai’s image damage; Japan’s historical resilience (Mongol invasions, Meiji Restoration, post-WWII recovery); North Korea artillery within ~30 minutes of Seoul; claims about Al-Aqsa Mosque closure and alleged archaeological digs.
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Chapters
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1:10 to 3:56
Discussion on the nature and potential outcomes of the war in Iran.
“meaning that this will be drawn out, be a war of attrition.”
Global Implications of the War
3:56 to 6:26
Analysis of how the conflict could shift global power dynamics.
“So once this war starts, it achieves a momentum and a logic of its own.”
Trends from Energy Crisis
6:26 to 11:53
Exploration of major trends resulting from rising energy costs.
“What is the Chinese perspective on this?”
Trends from Energy Crisis
12:45 to 13:46
Exploration of major trends resulting from rising energy costs.
“Investing has risks like the loss of principle.”
Trends from Energy Crisis
13:49 to 14:02
Exploration of major trends resulting from rising energy costs.
Japan's Resilience and Future
14:02 to 17:30
Explore Japan's historical resilience and potential for future growth despite challenges.
“I mean, we've, of course, seen this exact dynamic very famously in the last century.”
China's Perspective on Regional Power
17:31 to 19:28
Discussing China's self-perception and its implications for regional dynamics in East Asia.
“I just, I mean, intuitively, I agree with you.”
South Korea's Economic Challenges
19:29 to 22:28
Analyzing South Korea's precarious position and the cultural implications of its economy on birth rates.
“And so South Korea is in a very precarious position.”
Impact of Energy Crisis on Southeast Asia
22:29 to 25:02
Examining how the energy crisis in the Middle East affects Southeast Asian economies and resilience.
“Exactly, because everyone sees themselves as competitors against each other.”
Impact of Energy Crisis on Southeast Asia
25:03 to 26:40
Examining how the energy crisis in the Middle East affects Southeast Asian economies and resilience.
“Maybe not in the short term because China still has access to Iranian oil.”
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The East's Dependence on Energy
26:51 to 28:00
Understanding the energy dependencies of Eastern economies and the implications on their future.
“that is locked into the current arrangement where we consume the East produces.”
The Mirage of the GCC Revealed
28:00 to 29:40
Explore the vulnerabilities of the GCC nations exposed by recent conflicts.
“And so it couldn't really sustain a large population.”
Iran's Struggles Amid War
29:40 to 32:34
Learn about Iran's critical infrastructure damage and future challenges.
“So the Israelis and Americans are attacking critical infrastructure.”
Israel's Greater Israel Project and War Dynamics
32:34 to 34:24
Understand Israel's ambitions and the shifting power dynamics in the Middle East.
“If you look at the entire map, it also extends to Anatolia, which is southern Turkey, and even into Saudi Arabia.”
America's Strategic Decisions in the Middle East
35:24 to 42:01
Discuss potential U.S. strategies in response to ongoing conflicts and challenges.
“that Israel understood this and rope the United States into this war in order to get the United States out, in order to hurt the United States and get the United States out of the Middle East.”
Faith and the Coming of the Messiah
42:01 to 43:06
Explore how the belief in a Messiah is connected to Israel's struggles.
“And once God sees the blind, trusting, absolute faith of the Jewish people, then he will save his people by sending his Messiah, who will then redeem the Jewish people.”
The Rise of Extremism in Religious Groups
43:06 to 44:35
Discuss the emergence of eschatological extremism in various religious communities.
“There were a lot of Islamic radicals around the world.”
Historical Forces Behind Israel's Creation
44:35 to 45:33
Analyze the historical and secretive forces that influenced the creation of Israel.
“And so a very prominent figure that you probably know very well is John Hadji, who runs something called the Christians United for Israel.”
Geopolitical Events and Shadow Forces
45:33 to 47:28
Examine how current geopolitical events may serve a hidden agenda.
“So you have these different secret societies, different religious organizations working together for the centuries to achieve this plan for the end of the world, which heralds the Messianic Age.”
Donald Trump's Role in Geopolitical Maneuvering
47:28 to 50:49
Evaluate various theories on Trump's involvement in global conflicts.
“We don't know who they are, but it seems as though they're able to control geopolitics in a certain manner as to fulfill their eschatological script.”
The Future of North America Amidst Turmoil
50:49 to 53:00
Discuss the potential geopolitical shifts in North America over the coming years.
“But of course, you can never know what's inside a man, right?”
Canada's Economic and Social Crisis
53:00 to 56:03
Investigate the underlying issues affecting Canada's economy and society.
“You know, I'm not sure if you've seen this terrible movie called One Battle After Another.”
Immigration Impact on Canada
56:03 to 57:38
Discusses the economic strain and societal pressure caused by immigration in Canada.
“And so ordinary Canadians can no longer afford to buy a house.”
European Refugee Crisis and Identity
57:39 to 1:00:11
Explores Europe's choices during the refugee crisis and its cultural impact.
“because you have these tens of millions of refugees trying to escape these wars in the Middle East, created by America's wars in the Middle East.”
Controlled Demolition of Western Civilization
1:00:12 to 1:03:11
Examines the perceived systematic targeting of Western societies and cultures.
“I mean, of course, just look at the bottom line numbers.”
Education and Indoctrination in the West
1:03:12 to 1:05:08
Discusses how education perpetuates indoctrination of values in the West.
“like a systematic targeting of a race for elimination globally.”
Decline of Western Civilization's Classics
1:05:09 to 1:08:28
Critiques the abandonment of classical education in Western universities.
“And someone asked, why doesn't anyone recommend Chinese going to Canada?”
Hostility Towards Western Civilization
1:08:29 to 1:10:03
Identifies regions most hostile to Western ideals and the appreciation for classics.
“I always thought the university was the heart and center of civilization, right?”
The West's Self-Destruction
1:10:03 to 1:10:21
Discussion on how the West is undermining its own greatness.
“So we're in a very weird situation where the West is destroying itself by abandoning what makes it great, which is these classics.”
Emotional Reflection and Farewell
1:10:21 to 1:10:48
An emotional exchange between the host and guest, reflecting on the truth of the discussion.
“No, it's emotionally resonant for me because I know that you're telling the truth and it comports with everything that I've seen.”
Transcript
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0:34professor thank you very much for doing this we've we've never met i don't know a great deal about you but i have seen a number uh of your videos in which you make remarkably accurate predictions um so that's what i know about you and i'm impressed by that by your ability to call events before they happen so with that in mind let me ask you where do you think this war in Iran is going, how will it be resolved, and what are the consequences likely to be? Well, thanks so much for inviting me, Tucker. I'm a huge fan. I'm out of your work for a number of years now. Thank you. So I think that this war in Iran will be very similar to the war in Ukraine, meaning that this will be drawn out, be a war of attrition.
1:21Neither side will concede defeat, even though it is in their best interest to reach a ceasefire. And this will have dramatic consequences on the global economy. And this war could drag on for years and years. Already we're seeing major repercussions on the global economy in that flights are being cancelled. In Southeast Asia, they ran out of fuel, so they're asking people to stay at home. And in a few more months, experts are predicting a food shortage, meaning that nations be forced into food rationing. And today, there's a major escalation in that the Israelis struck the largest gas field in Iran.
2:05And Iran retaliated by attacking energy infrastructure of the GCC. And Iran has stated that its purpose, its goal, its strategy is to move oil to$200 a barrel. which will have a really significant impact on the global economy because the entire global economy is based on access to cheap energy. So unfortunately, I think that we can expect this war to drag on for years and years. Eventually, America will send in ground troops. Eventually, the state of Homo will be contested. Eventually, this will spread all across the world. Eventually, other nations will be drawn in. So Saudi Arabia is thinking about declaring war on Iran.
2:49And Saudi Arabia has a neutral defense pact with Pakistan. So Pakistan will be drawn into this war. So things are spiraling out of control. And just recently, Ali Larajini, who is a de facto head of the Iranian war effort, was assassinated. and he was a problematic elder statesman in Iran who had the authority to negotiate a ceasefire now that he's gone. There really is no more off-ramp. So both sides are committed to a long war of attrition and the consequences for the entire global economy are quite dire. That is, I wouldn't say that's the worst case scenario. The worst case scenario would include a nuclear strike by one or more actors and the destruction of the Aqsa Mosque complex in Jerusalem, which would spark a religious war.
3:45So that's as bad as it could get. But you've just described one step before the worst, which is protracted, destructive, impossible to stop. So my question is, because there are so many global players, big global players, the US and China, I think, who would be hurt by this, why is there not an incentive to get it settled quickly and why can't that happen? Right. So once this war starts, it achieves a momentum and a logic of its own. So the United States doesn't really have an off-ramp, meaning that if it tries to negotiate a ceasefire with Iran, Iran would ask for reparations, about$1 trillion, basically.
4:38It would ask for the United States to leave the Middle East permanently to ensure its long-term survival. If the United States were to do that, then the GCC nations would collectively become client states of Iran because only Iran can guarantee their safety as well as use of the shared Hormuz. The GCC is the basis of the petrodollar. So what the GCC does is it sells oil in U.S. dollars and then recycles this money back into the American economy. So if the GCC were to abandon the petrodollar, then this would have severe repercussions on the American economy. Also, there'd be a chain reaction in that Japan and South Korea would look at what's happened in the Middle East and decide that the United States can no longer guarantee their safety.
5:32So they would have to remilitarize and they would have spent all the resources on adapting to the possible China threat. And then you have Europe, and then Europe would look at what happened in the GCC as well as in Southeast Asia, and they would be like, why are we fighting Russia? Wouldn't it be in our best interest to negotiate a peace treaty with Russia as soon as possible? This would mean the collapse of the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency. Remember that America is sitting on$39 trillion in debt. And so the American economy is a poncho scheme that relies on foreign nations to continually buy U.S.
6:14dollars. So the U.S. economy would not be able to withstand, essentially, American withdrawal from the Middle East. So the Americans are stuck where they are right now, unfortunately. What is the Chinese perspective on this? I mean, it seems like China has an interest in peace in the Persian Gulf with those seven oil-producing countries. Why wouldn't China step in and try and settle this? So both the United States and China benefit from the status quo. And China has a vested interest in seeing a very quick solution to this war in the Middle East. China imports about 40 % of its energy needs from the GCC.
7:03So not just Iranian oil, but also Qatari natural gas. So as you point out, China very much wants to see, as soon as possible, a ceasefire. Unfortunately, it is the nature of the Chinese government not to interfere in foreign affairs. China doesn't really have a geopolitical framework, a grand strategy. It really believes in global trade and it doesn't really have a framework for how to resolve armed conflict. And so Chinese policymakers are really stuck. And in fact, Chinese policymakers have come out publicly saying that they would like the carnage, the violence in the Middle East to stop as soon as possible and for the Strait of Hormuz to open up.
7:50But unfortunately, as I pointed out previously, when a war starts, it achieves a momentum and a logic of its own. And it's very hard to stop a war once it starts. So if your prediction is correct, and I pray that it's not, and I'm sure you do too, hope that you're wrong. But if you're not wrong, and this continues to grind in the way that it is now, destroying energy infrastructure, are just really destroying the civilizations of the region and Iran and the GCC. What does that look like in, say, two years globally? What's the effect on the global economy? Right. So this war, it will accelerate three major trends.
8:36And nations will have to adapt to a new reality in which energy is longer cheap and accessible. The first major trend is deindustrialization, meaning that right now you just have too many people living in cities. And you can do that as long as you can import cheap energy and cheap food. But when cheap energy and cheap food are gone, then you need people to work the fields, to grow food for your economy. So you have to deindustrialize and reduce your energy dependence. That's one major trend that we should see very soon. Second major trend we should see is re-militarization in that before we had Pax Americana, where America basically guaranteed global peace.
9:20And America basically prevented nations from going to war against each other. So, for example, Trump brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan because these two nations have much hostilities against each other. But now that America no longer has the aura of invincibility and inability, now that the American military does not come across as almighty, then America doesn't have the power to stop kids from attacking each other on the playground anymore. So nations have to re-militarize, especially nations like Japan, which before relied too heavily on American military protection. Okay, so that's number two, the re-militarization of the world.
10:04And the third major trend we should see is mercantilism, meaning that now that global trade is disrupted, nations, especially advanced industrial nations such as Japan and Germany, they need to create their own independent, self-sufficient supply chains. Fortunately, America doesn't have this issue because the Western Hemisphere is extremely wealthy and abundant in natural resources. is. But if you are Japan and Germany, then you have to reach out and expand your borders if you are to maintain your industrial might. So these are the three major trends we should be seeing very quickly. Well, here's something that thieves count on.
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14:28But in the way of that are Japan, the historic enemy, and South Korea, but particularly Japan. And I know that people in your country are very focused on Japan. So is it plausible that China allows Japan to become, say, a nuclear-armed power at this point? Yeah. Right. So from the surface, it seems as though Japan has a lot of structural weaknesses. So for example, it has an aging population. It has the oldest population in the world. That's a huge constraint on the future growth potential of Japan. Another problem for Japan is that it is resource dependent. It relies on imports for its resources.
15:12And Taiwan blocks off the Strait of Malacca. right? Because Japan requires most of its energy from the GCC, through the Shred of Malacca, and Taiwan will be a barrier. So if Taiwan were to reunify with China, then basically Japan can be blockaded and they could be starved. And the other major issue with Japan is its economy, where for the past 30 years, it's in a deflationary spiral because of its excessive debt debt burden. So there are fundamental weaknesses to Japan. But I'm a historian and I study historical patterns. And what I've seen is that the Japanese people are incredibly resilient.
15:56You go back to the 13th century and the Mongols made it not once but twice. And at this time, Japan was very much a feudal nation divided into different fiefdoms. And they came together as a people to defeat the greatest empire in the world at that time. Not once, but twice. And then you go to the middle of the 19th century when China was being carved up by these Western industrial powers. And it seemed as though Japan was going to be carved up as well. But the Japanese engaged in something called the Meiji Restoration. And in 20 to 30 years time, they went from a feudal backward nation into an industrial power that ultimately defeated Russia in the Russian-Japanese War of 1905.
16:40Right? And then you go to World War II when America devastated Japan, not just nuclear strikes, but also the fire bombings. So at the end of World War II, Japan was completely devastated. But in like 20 years time, in a generation, they became the world's greatest manufacturing power. So I would not cut the Japanese out. There's something about their culture that is extremely resilient, extremely entrepreneurial. and I think that given crises, they will come together as a people and adapt to these challenges. And so if I were to bet, if you give me like a billion dollars and said in East Asia, you can invest your money either in China or Japan or you could invest half and half.
17:23Well, Tucker, I'll be honest with you. I would invest all my money in Japan. That's a, what a fascinating analysis. I agree with you. I just, I mean, intuitively, I agree with you. But I just wonder if China can tolerate that, given the history between the two countries and the focus, and just the growth of China. Can they really allow right in the middle of East Asia a competing power? Right. So the major issue with China is that it sells itself the Middle Kingdom, you know, the Middle Kingdom, which is to say that the Chinese believe that they are a universe unto themselves. What happens outside China doesn't really impact China.
18:05So what's important is to maintain the national sovereignty of China because it is a self-sufficient nation that has no interest in the outside world. Japan is complete opposite in that it is an island and it requires to basically need to extract resources from other nations in order to survive as a nation. So these are two very different mentalities where China is very much an agricultural self-sufficient nation that is insular and conservative, and Japan is an outward-looking seafaring nation. Interesting. So it sounds like they can coexist. Well, you just said it. You're not betting against Japan.
18:43What about South Korea, which has the one of the lowest, if not the lowest birth rate in the world in contrast to North Korea and has basically modeled itself on the United States? I mean, down to the to the most basic level, the U.S. pulling back from East Asia is I mean, that's going to be a transformative thing, I would think, for South Korea. What happens? Yeah, South Korea is in a very precarious position, partly because of North Korea. So once the United States is forced to withdraw from Southeast Asia, then North Korea can take the initiative. And the problem with this conflict is that Seoul, the largest city in South Korea, it's only 30 minutes away from North Korean artillery.
19:27So in like a whole day, North Korea could flatten Seoul. And so South Korea is in a very precarious position. Also, if you look at the economy of Seoul, of South Korea, it's a very ossified, very corrupt system where just a few companies control the entire economy. And this is what's led to intense competition in South Korea, which has led to the extremely low birth rate in South Korea. So South Korea is in a very precarious position. But what I will say about the South Koreans is that they are fanatical workers. They work really, really hard. And they have a long memory of colonial persecution from both the Chinese and the Japanese.
20:16And these are fiercely independent people. So I wouldn't be surprised if North Korea and South Korea were to come to a compromise at some point. Because both nations aspire for national unification. and because China and Japan were in conflict with each other, then the Korean people could actually navigate this conflict to their benefit. That's very smart. I sense you're absolutely right about that. Let me just ask you about an observation you made parenthetically a second ago, which is because South Korea's economy is ossified and centralized, it's a monopoly economy. Its birth rate is low. What's the connection between economic monopolies and low birth rate?
21:01Yeah, great question. So when you have a monopoly, what you do is you create a hierarchy, right? Because everyone's trying to get into these companies because these companies are the most prestigious in South Korea. And South Korea is very much a Confucian culture where face is everything. So the problem, though, is how do you get into these companies? It's a very prestigious position where everyone's trying to get in, right? And so you usually get in through the college entrance examination, which allows you to get into prestigious university. So if you are a self-career couple, your strategy is either not to have children because you cannot afford to play this game.
21:44Because you need to send your kid to cram schools, get the best tutors. basically force all your resources on ensuring the child does well on the college examination so that he or she can get into some time. Or you can choose not to have any children because it's too expensive for you. But if you choose to have children, you can only choose to have one kid because it's much more strategic for you to put all your resources into one kid than to spread it over three or four kids. So that's why economic monopoly would naturally lead to a low birth rate. So what you're saying is intense competition for resources, scarce resources, produces an incentive that results in low birth rate.
22:29Exactly, because everyone sees themselves as competitors against each other. And you lose a sense of community, right? Because you have a lot of children because you want to contribute to the community and grow as a nation. But when you see your neighbor as your enemy, then that reduces your incentive to have children. Interesting. So what will be the economic effects on China and also on the rest of Asia and Southeast Asia, Philippines, Vietnam, if this energy crunch continues in the Middle East? The reality is that this war in the Middle East is having a severe impact already on the entire Southeast Asian economy.
23:11So India imports about 60 % of its oil from the GCC, Pakistan, also imports a majority of its oil japan imports about 75 percent of its oil from uh the gcc china imports about 40 okay so all these colonies are being impacted and already thailand vietnam are running out of fuel um and you go to a gas station there's just more fuel for your for your motorbike and now people are being forced to work from from home there's there's fuel rationing um there's no jet fuel so this is impacting all of southeast asia so the question isn't like who will be impacted because everyone's impacted. The question is, who will be most resilient and the most willing to innovate and adapt to this new reality?
23:53Because we're not talking about short-term war. We're talking about a long-term change to the global economy. And I think that China will actually be the least resilient and the least ready to adapt to this new reality because for the past 30, 40 years, China has gotten very wealthy because of the global economy where it imports cheap energy and exports manufactured goods. And the entire Chinese economy is currently based on this model. Now, for the past 20 years, China has been moving towards a consumer-based economy and more of an innovation-based economy, AI. But unfortunately, AI itself is dependent on cheap energy.
24:33And Chinese consumers are refusing to spend money for a variety of reasons, primarily because they are not that optimistic about China's growth in the future. So Chinese household savings is about 4%. And unless the government is able to get Chinese to spend more money, then it will be very hard for the Chinese economy to move towards a consumer-based economy. So all of Southeast Asia will be impacted, and I think China will be impacted the most in the long term. Maybe not in the short term because China still has access to Iranian oil. I mean, Scott Besson announced today that they will lift sanctions on Iranian oil in order to make sure the global economy is not too impacted by this war.
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27:17I mean, the Western Hemisphere is self-sufficient, but that's not true for Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is very dependent on energy from overseas. How does this affect Africa? Yeah. Right. So with this war in Ukraine and with this war in the GCC, experts are saying that in the worst case scenario, you could have famine in Africa because so much of food and energy sustains the African economy. And so, yeah. Yeah. Okay, just moving west now. What about the GCC? What does that look like in five years? right so unfortunately the um biggest loser of this war regardless of how it turns out okay even in americans were to win the biggest loser is the gcc because for the past 30 40 years um the gcc is basically built on a mirage because it's essentially a desert with very little access to fresh water and very little agriculture.
28:31And so it couldn't really sustain a large population. But with the petrodollar and with American military protection, then the GCC nations felt free to invest in technology that allowed them to grow the population. So desalination plants, modern infrastructure. So you saw this massive growth in Dubai, in Qatar, in Riyadh. And what this war has done is shattered this mirage and revealed the limitations of the GCC. So, for example, look at Dubai. So Dubai, for many years, has prided itself as this safe, very cosmopolitan, very open tax haven. So a lot of wealthy people immigrated to Dubai. But because of this war, and we're only talking about a few drones hitting hotels.
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29:27It's really shattered the image of Dubai. And once you shadow this mirage, you can never, ever rebuild it again. So the idea of Dubai as the future New York or London, the financial capital of the GCC, this mirage has evaporated. Iran in five years? So Iran is being devastated right now. So the Israelis and Americans are attacking critical infrastructure. So the Israelis attack the largest gas field in Iran. The desalination plant was destroyed. But we also have to remember what is being hidden from us. And what's being hidden from us is the fact that the Israelis and Americans are trying to destroy the capacity of the state to govern the nation.
30:26basically destroyed the state's monopoly on violence. And so what we're hearing are attacks on police officers, on military installations, and there's talk of special forces going into Iran and starting to fund dissonant groups, right? Like the Kurds and the Gullahis in Southeast Iran. So no matter what happens in this war, it's going to be very hard for the government to maintain national control, even if they were to survive this war. And also another huge issue for Iran is that for the past few years, it suffered drought issues. So its agriculture was heavily impacted. They were actually talking about moving terrain, like moving these millions of people out of the city of Tehran because the capital can no longer sustain this large population.
31:20So this war will only exaggerate these environmental issues, especially with the attacks on critical civil infrastructure, for example, dams, reservoirs, desailation plants. And it's going to take years and years for Iran to recover from this war as a nation. You have basically the storing of ethnic settlements. You have the destruction of the state's capacity to deliver basic services. But the good news for Iran is that it seems as though they will be able to maintain control over the Strait of Hormuz. And that is critical because now they're able to charge a toll on anyone who uses the Strait of Hormuz.
32:04And they talk about 10%, which should generate about$800 billion a year annually for Iran. So the nation will be destroyed in this war, but if it's able to harness the pride of the Persian people, if it's able to unify the Persian people, and it's able to leverage the resources of the Strait of Hormuz effectively, then we can expect Iran to rise again in 10 to 20 years' time. Where is Israel in a few years from now? so if you look at the main beneficiary of this war it is israel because israel has an ambition called the greater israel project which is what they believe that their god yahweh promised to their um ancestor abraham um and so they believe that yahweh promised uh abraham all the land from the Nile in Egypt to Euphrates in Iraq.
33:04If you look at the entire map, it also extends to Anatolia, which is southern Turkey, and even into Saudi Arabia. So if you look at what's happening, well, it's convenient in that the GCC is being destroyed. Saudi Arabia will probably be drawn into this war. It is possible Turkey will be drawn into this war as well. And this war allows Israel to remake the Middle East in its own image. Also, if you think about it, according to game theory, the main constraint to Israel achieving the greater Israel project is actually not Iran, but America. Because America guarantees the military safety and protection of the GCC, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Buran, UAE, these nations.
33:51And so if Israel has become dominant, it's become the hegemon of the Middle East, it needs to figure out how to remove America from the equation. And quite honestly, this war has shown the limitations of American power. It's really annoyed the American people. The American people do not want this war. American people don't even understand why America is in the Middle East. And so it's very possible that regardless of what happens in this war, America is forced to withdraw from the Middle East, in which case Israel is able to achieve its greater Israel project. Standard security cameras cannot prevent break-ins.
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35:50And the reason why is the American military has not fought a real war for decades. 2003, this war in Iraq was not a real war because Saddam Hussein basically gave up. He didn't have air defense because those economic sanctions had destroyed his economy. And his logic was this. Let the Americans invade. They can't possibly invade because if they destroy us, that would make Iran, which has hostilities against America, the regional power. So why would America do this? It is self-defeating. It is not logical. It is not rational. So I'm not worried about them attacking me. And he was surprised when they did attack because it was not logical, it was not rational.
36:34But they did attack. It was a cakewalk. It took about two weeks. America achieved air supremacy very quickly. And they rolled into Baghdad very quickly and toppled the regime. So that was a very quick and easy war that fit the military doctrine of shock and awe. Iran is completely different. And the American military does not want to fight this war because they've wargamed this countless times. And each war game, they discover that they lose because the American military, it's too bulky. It's not as nimble and resilient as the Iranian military. And we're seeing that play out right now where you have these devastating carriers, They've been Lincoln and Gerald Ford threatening Iran, but not actually doing anything because they're afraid of getting too close to the coast of Iran because then they become susceptible to drone strikes as well as hypersonics.
37:32So the Iranians have been preparing this for 20 plus years. They know the entire American playbook and they have the perfect strategy to counter the American playbook. So America will have a really tough time winning this war. The great problem, the big question now is, will America send in ground troops? Because once America sends in ground troops, then it becomes part committed. It's mission creep, some cause fallacy. It'll be like Vietnam over. So right now there's talk of 2 ,500 Marines coming in from Okinawa. They'll be in the Middle East in about seven days' time. And the talk is, the rumor is, and I don't know, But the rumor is the intention is for them to take Karg Island, which is the main oil depot for Iran.
38:22So Iran exports 9 % of its oil from that facility, the island. And if the Marines were to take it, it would be great optics. You know, Trump would look good on TV. It would be a great boost for American morale. The problem is that you can take it, but you can't hold it because it's too close to the Iranian coast. and the Marines can attack with artillery, with drones, okay? Which means that you now have to take on the coast. You have to occupy the coast and create a forward operating base. But then you're exposed to the Daeguilus Mountains, right? Which means that you're now forced to occupy the mountains as well.
38:58So it's mission creep. It's exactly like Vietnam, where in 1965, 3 ,000 Marines went into Daeguilus to occupy an air base. And like four or five years later, you have half a million troops, right? So it started off as a very limited, self-defined mission, but then it just balloons. So America could find itself in this situation very quickly. If you were the commander-in-chief of the United States, what would you do at this point as of today?
39:33Commander-in-chief meaning Donald Trump? Yeah. You get to make the decisions. What does America do next if it's acting in its own interest, if it's trying to preserve its power and wealth at this point? What does it do? Well, first of all, I would acknowledge that all these events are interconnected, right? So the Strait War of China, this war in Ukraine, this war in the Middle East, it's all interconnected. Because the American empire, it's too overstretched. And it has its fingers on everything. And so it allows its enemies to provoke it into these never ending wars. So what I would do is basically sit down everyone, including Russia, China, Iran, and say it's time for a new world order where we are partners in this relationship.
40:24Before America was a hegemon, before the US dollar was a world reserve currency. But now what we want to do is open a dialogue where everyone is respected, where America is no longer the bully, but a willing partner in creating a new economic order that benefits everyone and not just a few. i i think that's the the wisest possible advice and probably the only path that preserves civilization um and but they're the one country standing in the way of that is israel which is the only beneficiary of this war as you just said i think that's true can you think of another beneficiary other than israel of this war well russia benefits right because russia is trying to win this war in ukraine that's correct and um and america is forced to lift uh oil sanctions And so now Russia is now able to take all these war profits, right, and then help the Iranians, finance the Iranians in the struggle against the Americans and the Israelis.
41:22So the Russians also benefit tremendously from this war. Yeah, but fair point. Israel has to be constrained by the United States in order to do what you just recommended it do. Is that possible? Does the American president have the authority to control its client state? So if you look at the domestic situation in Israel, Israel no longer behaves rationally. It is sort of overtaken by eschatological fever, right? So if you look at videos coming out of Israel, there are rabbis going around saying that this war in the Middle East, even though it's destroying Tel Aviv, it's good for us because this will lead to the coming of our Messiah.
42:10So they believe that it is when Israel is under the most strain, when the very existence of Israel is threatened, then God will intervene because the Jewish people will come together as a nation again and commit themselves, renew their faith in God. And once God sees the blind, trusting, absolute faith of the Jewish people, then he will save his people by sending his Messiah, who will then redeem the Jewish people. So another thing this is secular, temporal matters don't really matter. This war in the Middle East, not an issue. What matters is divinity. What matters is our relationship with God.
42:58So what matters is faith. If nuclear bombs go flying, it doesn't really matter. What's so interesting is that 25 years ago at 9-11, whatever you think of how that happened and why, there was, I saw it personally, a political Islam. There were Wahhabists. There were a lot of Islamic radicals around the world. And for a bunch of reasons over 25 years, that hasn't disappeared. There still exist Islamic radicals, but it's not an important political force anymore. At the same time, as Islam in general has become much more moderate, and the GCC is the most obvious example of this, there has been a rise of Jewish Wahhabism and evangelical Christian Wahhabism, so to speak.
43:50I mean, you've seen this eschatological extremism among some American Protestants, Christians, and some Israeli and American Jews. How did that happen? What is that? Right. So first of all, I don't think we can ever overestimate the influence of eschatology in American politics. So I'll give you an example where about a quarter of Americans are evangelicals, and a lot of them are Christian Zionists. So they believe that Israel is crucial, the linchpin to achieving God's plan and the return of Jesus. And so a very prominent figure that you probably know very well is John Hadji, who runs something called the Christians United for Israel.
44:41It's 7 million members. And these are the people who are financing a lot of the conflict in the Middle East, in Israel, because they're the ones who are funding West Bank settlements. And so Christian Zionism, it is an extremely powerful political force in America. So your question is, how did this happen? And the issue is that this is a plan that has been in motion for centuries. And it's a very complicated history, but it involves different religious groups among the Jews. Sepertim Frankus, Shabbat Lubavitch, which you've talked about. But also it involves the Freemasons, the Knights Templars, the Rosicrucians.
45:31It involves the Jesuits. So you have these different secret societies, different religious organizations working together for the centuries to achieve this plan for the end of the world, which heralds the Messianic Age. And there are different components of this plan. But the basic components are, one is the creation of the nation state of Israel, which happened in 1948. And then you need to have the building of the Third Temple, which requires the destruction of the Al-Aqsaq Mosque, which could happen during this war, given what we've seen so far. So the Israelis have closed off the Al-Aqsaq Mosque, as well as other religious sites like the Church of Holy Sepulchre to tourists these past few days.
46:25There's rumors that for the past two years, the Israelis have been conducting these archaeological digs under the Al-Aqsaq Mosque to basically destroy the foundations of the mosque so that they can conduct a controlled demolition of the mosque and blame it on a missile strike from the Iranians. And there's actually talk among the Israelis of using this plan to ignite a war between the Arabs and the Persians. Persians. So the Aleksic Mosque needs to be destroyed for the third temple. They also talk about this war of Gog and Magog between Israel and the entire world. Then the coming of the Jewish Messiah, the creation of the greater Israel project, the return of all Jews from the diaspora.
47:11So there are different components to this plan. If you just observe geopolitical events, we're seeing these events converge together today. I mean, all these events are playing out. So it seems as though there are these very powerful shadow forces working behind the scenes. We don't know who they are, but it seems as though they're able to control geopolitics in a certain manner as to fulfill their eschatological script. What role do you think Donald Trump plays in this? um that's a really hard question to um answer so so let's look at different possibilities okay the first possibility is that he's been employed as an actor and he's just following a script he doesn't really know where this movie is going he's just doing his part but he's been he's manipulated behind the scenes by people around him and you know um when reporters asked him like Why is this war in Iran happening?
48:15He did say that his advisors, which includes Sivakov, Jared Kushner, Peter Hexsev, Marco Rubio, told him that the Iranians were so close to getting a nuclear weapon and that the Iranians were attacked first. And so I was basically misled. And I think that's probably true in that Trump surrounds himself with certain people that have a certain political eschatological agenda. So that's one possibility, that he's just an actor. Another possibility is that he himself has a mezzanine calling. And what I mean by that is, if you go back to January 2021, he was politically dead, right? Because January 6th riots happened.
49:04He was impeached twice. and then after he left office, there was lawfare conducted against him and he went bankrupt. So the entire world went against him. But now he's president of the United States. And so how would he personally understand this? I think a lot of it is God has asked him to serve. There's a call to serve and he has to fulfill a mission. What this mission is, okay? What this mission is, whether it's to save Israel, whether it's to save America, whether it's a part of a grander scheme only he in his heart knows and i think no one except him knows okay so i think that's another uh possibility and the third possibility is that this is all israel is doing nanayahu is the one who's forced him into um this sort of situation because the israelis attacked first and marco rubio said this where you know what we we wanted these negotiations, but the Israelis were planning to attack.
50:03If they attacked, the Iranians would be compelled to attack both the Americans and the Israelis. And we didn't want to put our soldiers in harm's way, so we attacked with the Israelis. Okay? So it's possible this is all Netanyahu and all its machine nations. And another fourth possibility is they have co-opted him. Like, there's blackmail on him. There's, and he has actually no choice but to do what he says because he's compromised in a certain way. And maybe his family is under threat. So all four are possibilities. And quite honestly, I have no idea which possibility is the most correct. Yeah, I don't think anybody does.
50:40And I've really tried to keep speculation to a minimum. You always want to believe that people's motives are transparent, that they state why they're doing what they're doing. But of course, you can never know what's inside a man, right? Even in yourself, it's hard to know your own motives very often. So I think that's a wise take. What happens to North America, United States, and I do want to include Mexico and Canada. We don't think a lot about those countries, but they're both massive land masses and they have big populations and they're our neighbors. And so if the world is reorienting, I think you need to think in terms of continents rather than just nation states.
51:15What does that look like in three or four years? Right. So from a geopolitical perspective, if America is forced to retreat back into the Western Hemisphere, it needs to worry about resources. And so it is in the best interest of America to eventually take over and colonize both Canada and Mexico. Yes. Mexico for its labor supply, Canada for its resources. You know, Canada is probably the worst country in the world. I know. And so from a geopolitical perspective, if the world is retreating into self-sufficiency, if there's mercantilism, if there's trade barriers, the market has absolutely no choice but to ensure its own supply networks.
52:01And that means eventually taking over Greenland, Canada, Mexico, Latin America, Cuba, Venezuela. So America doesn't really have much choice in this matter. At the same time, what we're seeing is that this war, as well as other events, are causing political fissures in America, especially between left and right. So witness what happened in Minneapolis in January, right? And so we can expect that as this war continues, and there's a strong possibility that Donald Trump will call up a national draft in order to ensure the manpower to fight this war. then you will have rioting on the streets. You have massive violence, in which case the National Guard is deployed.
52:45There's a plan to deploy the National Guard to all major American cities by April. And so, unfortunately, America is probably going to suffer a long, many years of sectarian violence. Not a full-fledged civil war, but maybe something along the lines of the Troubles in Ireland. You know, I'm not sure if you've seen this terrible movie called One Battle After Another. It's just a terrible movie, by the way. But, you know, it gives you insight into what a civil war might look like where you have these insertion groups fighting against the state. So, yeah. But you expect the United States to hang together as a coherent nation state.
53:29Listen, Tucker, the United States is the greatest nation in the world. The people are open, generous, entrepreneurial, energetic. The resources of America are infinite. America is a kind of a fortress so that it's protected by two oceans. America doesn't have a peer competitor in North America and South America. And so, I mean, America, regardless of what happens, America will still come out doing pretty well just because of the pure energy and creativity of its people. You mentioned Canada. Most Americans don't even know the capital of Canada. Canada does not appear on their radar, doesn't figure in their thoughts.
54:14But you described it as probably, quote, probably the richest country in the world. I think that's objectively true. And yet Canada is not a rich country. In fact, it's getting poorer. Its life expectancy is declining. Its GDP is declining. And that's on purpose. the nation of Canada has been suppressed on purpose. Its population is being killed off by the state through its assisted suicide program. And its population is changing through mass immigration against the will of the population. So that country is being held down on purpose. And my question is, by whom and why? Sure, that's a great question.
54:53And it's something that I struggle with all the time because I am a Canadian citizen. I went to school there. So, my answer is that Canada was never really a nation state. It's more of a glorified resource colony for the British, the city of London. And the reality is now that the British are under a lot of strain, the city of London is under a lot of financial pressure. It sees places like Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. And what do you do if you have financial issues? Well, you do corporate restructuring, right? You change the middle management, right? And historically, you know, the British got along very well with the Indian elite, right?
55:44They went into India and stole tons of dollars from the Indians. And the elite, the Indian elite were perfectly happy to help them, right? So why not use the same model for Australia, for Canada? So there are millions of Indians who immigrated to Canada in the past five years. And it's put a lot of strain on the Canadian economy because housing prices have exploded. And so ordinary Canadians can no longer afford to buy a house. And it's put tremendous pressure on the Canadian welfare system, on the Canadian economy. And you would think that the proper strategy would have a moratorium where they're like, you know what, we've had too many immigrants and we need to close the borders and absorb these immigrants because we want to ensure that these immigrants have proper housing.
56:32They have decent jobs, right? You would think that that'd be the right strategy? Yes. And instead, Mark Carney goes to India and says, we want more Indians. And also, we'll give you scholarships to come to Canada to study for free. Meanwhile, there are a lot of Canadians who are homeless, who are unemployed, and who cannot put food on the table. But hey, we want more Indians. So if it's not corporate restructuring, if it's not trying to acid strip Canada, I really don't understand the strategy for this. Well, I mean, it's a kind of genocide, right, against Canadians, people whose ancestors built the country.
57:13But you wonder what the purpose is. Because it is happening all over the West, all over the English-speaking world, in the white countries. And it's not an accident. It's not organic. So it's a big picture that spans from Australia to Ottawa. And what is that? Do you know? Right. So let's look at Europe. Because in 2014, this was a major turning point in Europe. because you have these tens of millions of refugees trying to escape these wars in the Middle East, created by America's wars in the Middle East. And they were trying to reach Europe. And at this point, Europe had a choice. It could choose to close its borders and maintain its cultural identity or it could open the floodgates.
58:04And Angela Merkel, the Chancellor of Germany, she said something really, really famous and that stuck in my mind, which is, we can do this. We are Europeans. Somehow we can take in these millions of refugees and welcome them into our societies and thrive as a people. And the complete opposite has happened. You've got millions of these refugees who fled into Europe, not because of their choice, by the way, but because their nations were devastated. Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq were all devastated in these wars against terror in the Middle East. So they go and these are proud Islamists. They love their religion.
58:48They love their family. They love the community. And so they're not going to absorb themselves and assimilate themselves into Europe. And today, you know, you're looking at population replacement in a lot of cities. You go to certain places in Britain and you might think you're in Cairo or Baghdad. And this has caused tremendous conflict throughout Europe. I wouldn't be surprised if like two to four years time, you have civil war break out, insurgencies break out in places like Britain and France. So the question is, why is this happening throughout the world at the same time? Exactly. Why is it that these different nations, whether they're European, whether they're Canadian or Australian, why are they adopting the same policies?
59:33Not just in terms of COVID, right, but also in terms of like immigration. and so that's one of the great questions that we have to ask about the world we live in today it seems as though it's almost a controlled demolition of western civilization right the anglosphere uh western europe it seems as though these nations are are being destroyed purposely for what and i don't know but i would just say there's a certain pattern that has emerged and the result can only end up in the controlled demolition of these societies. I don't even think that's up for debate. I mean, of course, just look at the bottom line numbers.
1:00:16You know, of course, the white populations are being killed on purpose. And the question is why? And I don't have the faintest idea. And I know there's a lot of speculation as to who's doing it. I'll just say bluntly, I don't know. I mean, I know who the instruments are, of course, But Keir Starmer is not in charge of Great Britain. Macron isn't in charge of France. I'm not sure how many leaders really do have control of their countries. I don't know how many countries actually have sovereignty. I really don't know the answer. But something is going on. Is there any precedent for this in history?
1:00:50Have you ever seen anything like this as a historian? Right. So you look at what's happening in Ukraine, where the war is lost. It was lost two years ago. The Ukrainians have lost over a million fighting men. A lot of their people have fled overseas. No matter what happens in this war, Ukraine is finished as a nation state. It is no longer viable as a nation state. And rather than amid defeat and come to a ceasefire with Putin, what the Europeans are doing is just saying that we're going to draft our men and have them fight in the trenches of Ukraine, which would be suicide. because the Russians dominate the battlefield with their drones and artillery and trenches in Ukraine.
1:01:36So it's almost like a suicide mission. But not only that, but the Germans have said that, okay, we can only draft German men, but not Islamic men because we're afraid of their loyalty. Which means that you have a situation where local men, like British, French, German men are being sent to die in the trenches of Ukraine. And, you know, back at home, you have these immigrant population that have not assimilated into your culture. So it's a really weird strategy. And I don't know who comes up with this sort of stuff. And look, there's no historical precedent for this. There just isn't. I mean, there's been incidents of mass immigration.
1:02:28You go back to the fall of the Roman Empire and how these hordes of immigrants flooded the Romans. And it's almost impossible to assimilate so many people. Eventually, there's going to be a cultural takeover. Eventually, with so many people who are insistent on maintaining their cultural identity. eventually because they have more children than you, eventually they're going to overwhelm your cultural identity. Yeah, and I do think that is the story of history, one population replacing another. There's no such thing as multiculturalism. There's always a dominant culture that insists on dominance, of course.
1:03:11I just don't think there's ever been anyone who thought this could happen globally, like a systematic targeting of a race for elimination globally. I mean, well, it wasn't possible until pretty recently, but it would be interesting to know what the plan is. There's clearly like a plan behind that. There's a plan behind everything. How many Americans do you think understand what's actually happening in the world right now? You know, unfortunately, I think that if you are educated in America, You know, I went to Yale, and so I know a lot of these Ivy League people. Unfortunately, we've been indoctrinated to believe certain values.
1:03:54And these values are not questionable. So, for example, there was a court case that went to the Supreme Court about affirmative action at the University of Michigan. And affirmative action is clearly against American values, against the idea of American meritocracy, right? But the Supreme Court said that affirmative action was good because diversity is an inherent good. And it's interesting because if you go to a place like Yale or Harvard or any of these Ivy League schools, there's actually very little diversity. I'm talking about intellectual diversity. Yeah, I mean, there's different skin color.
1:04:33But if you actually look at the ideas that they engage with in a classroom, it's a very conformist setting. So it's one of these great ironies where affirmative action is supposed to bring diversity to the classroom. But if you go to any classroom in an elite setting, it's extremely conformist. You're not allowed to bring up these issues about population replacement, immigration, because then you'd be called a racist. And that's the worst thing to be called, right? I mean, you're better off being called a pedophile. Pedophiles have more rights now than racists. so unfortunately it's not just what's happening in current events it's also what's happening in the classroom where and in the popular culture where people are not even allowed to ask questions that are like blindly obvious if you just walk the streets of any you know western city you've lived around the world I think you're now in China does the rest of the world see this more clearly?
1:05:38yeah i mean if you're not in the west and if you're not if you're not subjected to this brainwashing indoctrination that they feed you uh in in the schools it's i mean it's obvious again it's blending obvious to anyone if you just walk the streets of any major city in the west so there's a joke in china and and so popular so chinese don't actually like to go to canada for tourism. And someone asked, why doesn't anyone recommend Chinese going to Canada? And the response was, well, would you recommend someone going to India? So it's a bit racist. It's very racist. But I mean, it's obvious to people.
1:06:27It's just interesting because I'm not defending the whites. I am white, of course, but white people have done a lot of bad things, just like people do a lot of bad things. But in general, people like to go on, as you just noted, vacation in white countries because they're pretty nice. So I think you'd have to say if you took the emotion out of it and just looked at it, net, net, whites have been a pretty big addition to the world, invented a lot of stuff, created a lot of beauty, created places people like to go on vacation, which really is a good test. So why would you destroy all that?
1:07:04Look, so in my school, I teach a great books. I teach Western civilization. I teach Homer, the Iliad, the Odyssey. I teach Plato, the Republic. I teach Dante, the Divine Comedy. I teach the Bible. And my students love it. Because Western civilization, it's just not about people being white. It's really about what it means to be human. Right. And what it means to be spiritual and to have connections with the divine. So it's unfortunate that just when the world needs Western civilization the most, the West decides to destroy its own civilization. I mean, Homer, Dante, Plato, Shakespeare, the Bible, these are timeless classics that speak to every human.
1:07:49I know because I teach in China to Chinese students who have absolutely no exposure to Western culture, yet they fall in love with Plato, Dante, Homer, and Shakespeare. And why is that? And it's because there is eternal truth embedded in their words. And so universities, Western universities ought to be the places, the fortresses that are the greatest defenders of Western civilization. But if you go again to these elite universities, Yale, Harvard, they are the most critical of Western civilization. They don't want to teach Homer and Don, Tim, Plato. And it's like, if you don't teach these classics, what's the purpose of university?
1:08:34I always thought the university was the heart and center of civilization, right? It's like what monasteries were in the medieval age. And I thought these professors, they would dedicate their lives to promoting the classics. But instead, they now promote complete nonsense like DEI. And yeah. Of all the, and this is my last question. Professor, thank you. It's been a wonderful conversation. And I hope it won't be our last. And I hope we can have dinner when we're on the same continent. But this is my last question. Since you've traveled so much and lived so many places and speak multiple languages, Where would you say the part of the world that's most hostile to Western civilization, as you just described it, is?
1:09:24Trying to understand where this hostility is coming from. Well, I would say Canada, Britain, Western Europe. I would say these places are the most hostile towards Western civilization. Chinese people have tremendous respect for Western civilization. In fact, China's in the process of promoting the classics, Plato, Homer, Shakespeare, in China because Chinese recognize the tremendous cultural value and immense eternal truths embedded in these classics. So we're in a very weird situation where the West is destroying itself by abandoning what makes it great, which is these classics. I think if we talk longer, I'm going to start to cry on camera.
1:10:17So I'm going to take an emotional break here, Professor. Thank you. Okay. I do not mean to upset you. I'm half kidding. No, it's emotionally resonant for me because I know that you're telling the truth and it comports with everything that I've seen. And so it's hard to accept something that's true. But I think what you're saying is true, unfortunately. So bless you for this. And I hope to see you again soon. Thank you. Yeah, I really enjoyed it, Tucker. But. But. But.
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Professor Jiang Xueqin on how this war is likely to go and what happens to the world.
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Professor Jiang is the host of the YouTube channel "Predictive History." He studies game theory, historical patterns, and eschatology to connect the past, explain the present, and predict the future.
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