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think they're saying now is the time to go for it, because that would have major consequences internationally. what will hold is their reliance on russia and reliance on china will increase ten-fold. i think it's clear to them they need tremendous amount of air defense and air force and much of that probably from russia so the worrisome alliance will get much worse. we also should remember that this recent escalation happened when israel attacked the compound in damascus. what i mean to say by that, iran and israel have been going at it for decades now and since at least in syria, but this was the first time on the iranian perspective that they've overstepped a certain line. griff: right on their shores. >> to come for a while-- >> to put it in context, israel says iran through the proxies and hamas' horrific attack on october 7th escalated. >> absolutely, absolutely. griff: paul salem, thank you
some democrats comparing this moment with the israel aid debate to a moral position back in 2003 against the iraq war. what do you make of that, and the number of democrats who came out today to vote no on what once would've been almost an automatic yes vote in support of funding more money to israel? >> that's right. the no votes today are significant, ayman. look, i think it's clear that the policy of the united states is still overwhelmingly pro- israel, to ally with israel in their current war. but we cannot overlook that the domestic politics, particularly within the democratic party, have shifted from what we've seen over the past several decades, and you see joe biden realizing that and trying to pay attention to those concerns. we have seen this in vote at the bell xbox during the biden democratic primary race. we're now seeing it on the floor of the u.s. congress. i think the white house is doing the best they can to attend to these concerns without actually breaking that strong alliance with israel.
military in the region, but they are also in a very dangerous spot because they are facing a 2d or three front war right now. they're still fighting in gaza they're facing hostilities with hezbollah law across the northern border and now they're getting engaged in a direct war with iran that's, i mean, again, israel very capable state, very powerful military. but that's a lot for them to handle. and they are going to be relying on help from the us and others to try to shield them from some of those dangerous. so i think it's imperative that prime minister netanyahu pay closer attention to what president biden was telling him because israeli security really depends upon the us alliance. i think more so now than ever, this singly enough, john bolton, the former ambassador to the united nations on april 14th, the night of the attack says that israel should attack iran nuclear facilities. now, we do not know the extent of damage or what are the location we did hear from karla dick latent that they know that the area this was was not at the precise location of a nuclear plant,
>> suffering from superiority and inferiority complex. for the first time in the post revolution history, his country finds itself in an alliance with superpowers. this has had a major, major boost. a sense of self-confidence. at the same time, simultaneously, the islamic republic is feeling an inferiority complex. because the october 7th attack by hamas was supposed to be a blow against the state of israel. was supposed to undermine israel. but somehow it has turned into a saga that has ended up hurting and killing iranian regime officials in syria. and elsewhere. he is feeling his deterrence is
fall of the soviet union? yes, there's going to be corruption. >> but our job as the united states is to help lead the free world and get our allies he lies to a place where they are more in line with western europe. >> then russia. and to allow ukraine to fall will mean that moldova and other countries in eastern europe will fall with it. and that is not good for the united states. that is not good for the world. when, as i said, repeatedly, you have a relationship and unholy alliance between china, russia, and i ran i think everyone agrees china is a threat. i think everyone agrees. i ran as a threat. russia is a threat. they are engaged in this alliance and the united states must stand firm and resolute in this moment. as i've said many times, this is not a moment to be neville chamberlain. this is a moment to be winston churchill, and that is the objective from my vantage point. that is why it is so critical nicole, that we do the right thing. the speaker is doing the right thing in this
but it has built up over the last 42 years, an incredible alliance in the region. a deadly military capability and so the danger is that this does enter a slippery slope and we are into an open-ended base, even though neither side watson province right. >> thank you very much for that. max boot is still with us. max, the questions that robin rais, what are israel's long-term goals here and i don't need to remind anyone there is a very significant conflict going on right now in gaza that is taking up quite a lot of israeli resources but they're also trying to engage iran really for the first time directly. so where does this go from here? >> that's a great question. that's not something i'm sure that israeli leaders have necessarily thought through. i think the knock on israel in recent years is that a very good attack? typically from a military standpoint, they can hit targets, they can kill people. they know how they're very effective military, but they have a hard time
middle east they are not as capable as maybe we believed. and i think maybe the same is true for their air defenses. they have s3 hundred russian air defenses, which are very good systems. but it's more than just equipment. it's about training, it's about maintenance. it's about many other things and look, the other part of this wolf, it's important to keep in mind part of this trade-off that's happening right now between russia and iran, which involves the ukraine war. as iran provides shaheen drones and ballistic missiles to russia to use against ukraine in exchange, iran has been asking for advanced jet fighters and s4 hundred air defense systems if they were able to require both, that would make penetrating iranian airspace far more difficult for both the israelis and the united states. so this is part of that growing alliance between russia and iran and china as well, that we need to be very careful about and mindful of. >> yeah, it's a sensitive, very, very delicate situation unfolding, right now just before the rarely airstrike overnight, the iranian foreign
response. let's the carry out a response that would thread that needle of both sending the message but also avoiding a spiraling this conflict further into an all-out war between iran and israel. and for now at least it appears that that kind of delicate balance has indeed been achieved. and i also think it's important to note that the israeli public over the course of this week and public polling has made clear that they didn't want to see military reaction in iran that would risk undermining the israeli alliance with united states and with the other partners who helped carry out that very successful air defense operation. over the weekend. and so clearly that is ultimately the direction that the israeli government chose here, well, sorry, jeremy diamond in tel aviv for us, jeremy, thank you very much. >> we'll continue to monitor what's going on and get back to you. there's breaking news here in washington unfolding right now. the house of representatives has just voted to advance foreign aid bills that had just been passed prado roger was up on capitol hill. i take this rule vote, this
it's not a widespread attack as iran did. and at the back of the israeli mind on that is that the iranian alliances, so the danger in attacking iran is not on the iranian military capabilities, but on the iranian alliances, the iranians are having an alliance with russia, china, and, as i said, in the region they have forces as hezbollah, hamas, and houthis in the region and this could cause lots of paint to israel and its alliances. patricia was saying we shouldn't read too much into the fact that iran is downplaying this in terms of whether they retaliate or not full top of course.— whether they retaliate or not full top of course. they assess the situation _ full top of course. they assess the situation now— full top of course. they assess the situation now whether - full top of course. they assess| the situation now whether they will retaliate or not. but what we feel that israel is not happy with that downplaying,