The United States and Iran Should NOT Be at War!

the relationship between the United States of America and Israel is something that's gone back you know at at least into the 60s and it does seem to me that while say at the Republican National Convention or in any Donald Trump speech that I've heard talking about Israel over the last year it is always hey we're closer friends with them than the Democrats are you know as Trump says Camala Harris is a Palestinian Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer they're Palestinians there does seem to me to be a bit of an odd f when the country is run by its longest serving prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu who was coming over here to testify as a regional expert that we gotta overthrow Saddam Hussein we got to go to war with Iran we got to overthrow momar Gaddafi we got to overthrow Bashar Al Assad it's like the the the leader of the country has John McCain foreign policy and yet in this new America first movement is somehow joined at the hip with essentially like a real deal neocon who runs Israel what do you think about that yeah I I can respect Israel and Netanyahu without wanting to wholly adopt their foreign policy right we get criticized in the America first movement oftentimes of being isolationists we're not isolationists we want to have uh friendly relations with countries everywhere we're not trying to do regime change Wars and we're not trying to be the world's police force or the world's piggy bank but you know I think that friendship requires honest conversations otherwise you're just you're not being a true friend and I I think we are owed some more honest conversations about why Israel wasn't better protected on October 7th given the intelligence that they had received and you know when when is Israel can't be in a situation where um where there's a moral hazard that develops as a consequence of their relationship with the United States and I don't think we're there but you know just taking this conversation to like its its logical end you could see a world in which it wouldn't be beneficial to Israel to always think they could go punch a bully and then have a bigger bully in the United States enter the fight on their behalf here Israel was attacked and I believe justifiably responded to that attack uh but I'm not here for some broadening war with Iran I don't believe Iran seeks some kinetic conflict with the United States they know we have a qualitative mil milary age and that Israel does too but we can't forget Israel's in a really tough neighborhood they're like the one democracy there and they ought to have a qualitative military Edge over their neighbors and that oftentimes endorses to the benefit of both countries but that's the way we should evaluate it is in the mutual benefit not just as a gratuitous gesture

The America First movement is not isolationist. We want to have friendly relations with countries everywhere, but that friendship requires honest conversations. Israel was attacked, and I believe justifiably responded to that attack, but I’m not here for some broadening kinetic conflict between Iran and the United States. ("Part of the Problem" with Dave Smith, 09/26/24) Visit https://gaetz.house.gov/firebrand for ALL Firebrand content! Subscribe to Firebrand with Matt Gaetz TODAY: Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/RepMattGaetz Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/firebrand-with-matt-gaetz/id1512848110 X: https://x.com/RepMattGaetz TRUTH Social: www.truthsocial.com/@repmattgaetz GETTR: https://www.gettr.com/user/repmattgaetz Gab: https://gab.com/RepMattGaetz YouTube: www.youtube.com/repmattgaetz Facebook: https://facebook.com/congressmanmattgaetz Kick: https://kick.com/repmattgaetz