๐๐๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ โ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
This clip lays out a truth that most Western leaders are too terrified to say publicly. As the speaker explains, Trumpโs ask of European allies on the Strait of Hormuz is simple:
โ๐โ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ. ๐โ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต 10, 12 ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธโ.
But they wonโt do it.
Why? Because their domestic Muslim populations โ ranging from ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐% in countries like France โ make any confrontation with Iran politically radioactive. And hereโs the line that should stop everyone in their tracks:
โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ-๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆโ.
Thatโs not Islamophobia. Thatโs demography. Polling data backs it up โ a 2024 Pew Research survey found that ๐๐% ๐จ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ซ ๐๐ said Sharia should take priority over French law, compared to surveys showing majority support for Western-style democracy among young Iranians inside Iran (Pew Research Center). The Iranian regime oppresses its people ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ theyโre pro-Western. Europeโs problem is the opposite.
Meanwhile, Rubio pointed out that the Strait of Hormuz situation is entirely Iranโs making:
โ๐๐ฆโ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ตโ.
European leaders respond with appeasement, claiming things were fine before American intervention โ โ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏโ โ while Iran was actively ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฅ.
๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ค๐ฒ๐๐ซ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
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