John Paluska, former Green Beret captain, Rick de la Torre, retired CIA senior operations officer and senior vice president at Continental Strategy, and Jonathan Gilliam, former Navy SEAL and former FBI special agent, joined a panel discussion with NTD's Steve Lance. The panel discussed what it would take for Iran to meet President Donald Trump's demands for "unconditional surrender," and how the war in Iran is becoming like Russia's war in Ukraine.
De la Torre discussed Iran's external message to the regime's supporters compared to the internal message to the Iranian people who are against the regime. De la Torre also discussed AI-generated messages, including one coming from China that claimed to show the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln getting destroyed by Iranian missiles, killing 5,000 American sailors.
Gilliam said the United States needs to take very seriously Iran's robust intelligence program, which is able to channel its propaganda to inside the United States by using leftists, Democrats, and the Red-Green alliance, which is Islam and Communism, which has manifested in riots, such as in Minneapolis.
The panel also discussed the U.S. degradation of Iran's capabilities, and President Trump's 4-6 week timeline. Paluska says winning the war does not equate to winning the peace and that the drone warfare and AI warfare will continue beyond that timeline.
The panel looked at what more potentially needs to be achieved on the ground in Iran in convincing the Iranian people that this is the time to act. They also discussed how the U.S. military is reverse-engineering Iranian drones and shooting them back at Iran.
The panel also discussed how China is perceiving the U.S. military action in Venezuela and Iran, the economic pressure on the Chinese Communist regime with the United States taking 20 to 25 percent of crude oil that China would be importing, and their losses with America's wins.