rant · moment 9 of 20
Israel's Influence on Iran Policy and the Case Against War
from Epstein, Wexner, & The Great Silverware Heist | The Tim Dillon Show #484 · #484
5 min
Tim explains his belief that Israel has outsized influence over American foreign policy pushing for war with Iran, argues Iran isn't a real threat to the US, and mocks the regime-change plan involving the Shah's son.
- Tim explains his belief that Israel has too much influence on American foreign policy, clarifying he doesn't think Jews are a shadowy cabal.
- Israel's leader visiting Washington seven times to push for war with Iran is not in America's interest.
- America is separated by water, has a massive military and nuclear arsenal, so Iran attacking would be suicidal—yet the sales pitch says Iran wants to do exactly that.
- A war with Iran would primarily benefit Israel, since Iran is the biggest regional threat to Israel.
- Trump barely talked about Iran and it wasn't a major issue during his presidency.
- The plan isn't just to attack missile sites but to engage in a full regime change war, which would be costly and destabilizing.
- The actual plan is to install the Shah's son, who's been living in Bethesda and having CIA brunches for 30 years, to rule 90 million Iranians.
- People disagreeing with his analysis is understandable, even if he thinks they're wrong.
- Tim concedes that maybe the Iran war would actually be fun as hell and he's not ruling that out.
- The Iran situation could be more interesting than the Olympics.