Why Leaders Condemn Iran Yet Blame Everyone Else

Why are western leaders more interested in their own political lives and not those of their citizens? How come leaders in Canada, the UK and Spain refuse to condemn Iran for its attacks on their neighbors and on civilians and focus only on Trump? Simply put, they are worried that voters will hate them for siding with Trump. So, they must find ways to distance themselves and blame Trump for higher oil prices and even global instability. In today’s episode of The Rant Network, we call out these leaders and wonder when they will pay for their alliance with the enemy?

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Transcript

Opening And Show Setup

SPEAKER_01 0:03

And the intro begins. Oh, the music up David. Okay, I've had a little bit of fun. You know, since for the last, I don't know how long since I've been back. You know, I've been monopolizing the airways that we sort of put out there. Monday, Wednesday, Friday, noon Easter. My name's Stuart Brisgale. That's David Solomon, and this is the Rant Network, a podcast that's unapologetic, uh, going down the rabbit hole of all different types of topics. And as of late, it seems to be the Middle East. We are watching something unfold that doesn't reveal a war in the Middle East. It reveals a divide in how the world sort of talks about war. Because if you listen carefully to the speeches coming from Western capitals like the UK or Canada, and then you listen to the statements coming from the Arab governments like Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the likes, you realize they're talking about the same conflict, but two different languages. And we're not referring to English and Arabic. We're talking about, well, on one side, Western political messaging is largely framed the conflict in terms of security deterrence and regime pressure. And Washington and its allies have described Iranian missiles as drone attacks, as reckless aggression that threatens regional stability and international security. European leaders have condemned what they call the indiscriminate attacks, emphasized the neutralization of Iranian missiles while protecting allied interests, but uh, you know, sort of pick on Donald Trump and saying the war should have been allowing them to disarm their nuclear program. You know, at the same time, Western leaders have gone further. They're openly talking about political change, killing of its supreme leader, and how illegal it is on one side, how legal it is on the other side, and the Trump detractors are mega Trump detractors, and those that are mega Trump supporters and sort of look at things more pragmatically are in favor of what's going on because it's not a de uh it's it's it's a de-escalation which will bring regional stability because when the entire Arab League has called for an absolute you know stop, you know, it just doesn't seem to make any more sense. All right, David. So there's a little bit of an intro, you know. Let's get a little outro.

Blame Games And Media Narratives

U.S. Politics And Security Funding

UK Labor Tensions And Iran

SPEAKER_00 2:38

Let's see. Well, look, look, here's the the the stupidity. You've got countries like from Lebanon all the way to Qatar, you've got Azerbaijan, not even an Arab country, you've got Turkey, not even an Arab country, and they're all saying, What the hell? They've been attacked by Iran. Now, of course, the blame will be on Israel, like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens continues to do. Everything is Jews' fault, Israel's fault. You have people on the left who continue to say that, oh, because Mark Rubio alluded that maybe Netanyahu twisted Trump's arm, so now it's an Israel war, and Israel twisted you know the United States' arm to get into this war. The stupidity coming out of the mouths of these people is that it's the United States and Israel causing instability in the Middle East. Where the fuck have you been for the last 47 years, people? That it's US and Israel causing instability in the Middle East, not Iran who's had the state-sponsored terrorism, not Iran who paid who's paid for Hezbollah to ruin Lebanon, it's not Iran that paid the Houthis to ruin Yemen. It's you're it's just mind-boggling the depths of political suicide that the left wants to like continue to play with your lives at their expense. That's it, it's your lives. And we talked about on Wednesday. When the Department of Homeland Security won't be funded to protect Americans, we'd rather protect illegals. This is what the left and the Democrats want. This is what your politicians want. You to elect them. And take a look at people like Jasmine Crockett who got a message saying, We're not interested in your brand of politics, lady. Bye. Stop this. Now, it's not just in the United States. Take a look at idiots like Keir Starmer. Kirst Starmer refuses in so many ways to help in this war. Refuses. Why? His whole fucking internal group in the Labor Party are a bunch of left-leaning, hardcore, anti-Semites, anti-Westerners. That's the Labor Party of the UK. And Keir Starmer leads this, and he's caught between a rock and a hard place. Because on one hand, if he does something, his political base will go ballistic on him. If he doesn't do something on him, as we've seen, the Iranian sleeper cells, by the way, Stuart, were just caught plotting major, major attacks in England. Do nothing, say nothing. Do nothing, say nothing leads to death. And it's interesting because Lebanon has called the IRGC an you know a terrorist organization, but not Keir Starmer. Interesting. And then there's my little fucker Kearney, Prime Minister.

SPEAKER_01 5:28

And well, be careful, be careful, David. If you say anything, there's a law in Canada now. You gotta be careful.

Canada’s Stance And Military Posture

SPEAKER_00 5:35

Let Mark Kearney take me down. I re and him and his dumbass government. Because I love to for him to go in public and to say, tell me which side of the mouth of your ass are you talking from this time? First of all, he claims that Iran is the biggest threat. Great. And then he bitches that the United States didn't consult Canada and NATO on attacking Iran. You, Canada? When was the last time you got involved in an offense of anything? You, Canada, with an army that's broken? You, Canada, Mark Kearney, who knows nothing about military affairs, your foreign affairs policies for the toilet. You hire anti-Semites, Anita Anand, to run your foreign affairs, and you think Trump's gonna pick up the phone and go, hey Mark, what do you think we should do? What are you freaking nuts? Mark Kearney is bitching that you know, hey, he's all over the place on Iran. Clearly, Mark Kearney needs to distance himself from Trump because any affiliation with Trump leads to what, Stuart? Loss of votes. And Mark Kearney has a minority government in Canada, and he's got a bunch of by-elections, and he's afraid to lose more MPs. And so to associate himself with Trump is bad, which means more rhetoric, more radical Muslim Islamic movements in Canada. It's just continuing to feed this thing. Like Canada should be consulted for military affairs. I find that hysterical that suddenly Canada has half a brain when it comes up to dealing with terrorists. Because what have we done for the last 11 years? Sweet fuck all.

SPEAKER_01 7:12

Well, I mean, you got more.

Europe, Azerbaijan, And UN Silence

Congressional Dynamics And Trump

Party Figures And Public Perception

SPEAKER_00 7:48

That is the stance of Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister of Spain. And yet it's interesting, story, because when you talk to, you know, there was any condemnation in the United Nations for Iran attacking Azerbaijan the other day when what did they do? What's Azerbaijan's story? What is what our Azerbaijan's big crime in this war? Selling oil to Israel. That's their crime, and that's why we're attacking it. There are more missiles fired at the United Arab Emirates than at Israel. And yet, interestingly enough, where's the condemnation? They keep hitting, they keep hitting hotels, they keep hitting civilian installations, the Iranians. But let's be like NBC and call the foreign affairs minister from Iran so that he can tell the whole world how Iran is being wronged. This is the insanity. Now, thank God that the Senate and event and and barely the Congress did not vote to stop Donald Trump. In fact, some Republicans did go vote with Dems, and some Dems voted for the Republicans. But at least they gave Trump the chance to finish the job. But unfortunately, Stuart, what we've discovered in this new world of you're either with me or my enemy, Mark Kearney, Keir Starmer, Pedro Sanchez would rather go to bed with the Ayatollahs in Iran than stand up for your freedom and getting rid of the tyranny and the terrorism that Iran has been bringing to your doorsteps for nearly five decades. Let that sink in.

SPEAKER_01 10:01

But hang on, David, one second, one second, one second. Well, she was almost the head of the DNC. So where's your buddy Chucky Schumer?

Oil, Hormuz, And Inflation Fears

SPEAKER_00 10:11

Where's the key? Where's Chucky Schumer? Where are all the other Dems? Come on, Stuart. Where instead, let's let's prop up Ilan Omar and Rashida Talib and the rest of the squ because this is the face of your Democratic Party, not Debbie Wasserman Schultz. I'm just curious, is Bernie Sanders like saying anything other than condemning Trump? Because he would rather have Iran blow up Washington, DC. If Iran blew up the White House, he'd still blind Trump.

SPEAKER_01 10:50

Well, that's the point I was trying to get across. Is that these people just have vital hatred towards a single listen? We've been doing this, David. You brought up last broadcast podcast about 750 episodes. We've shitted on and loved every president that we've been podcasting. Whether it's Biden, the the Trump, the new Trump. You know, we we look at things kind of pragmatically because every once in a while, except uh the hyena, you know, had a comment every once in a while that actually made sense. You know, here we are, it's 2026. Israel is finally uh dismantling the the the octopus of terror, and the Arab nation is standing with Israel. And Keist Armer, the UK, Spain is not. That's what I find just so ironic. You know, it it is almost, I can't even comment any further, David. I'm just like, I'm just in shock.

SPEAKER_00 12:05

Well, but so let me let me ask you this question, basically what you just said, right? Look, look, look at the the lack of unity. You don't have unity, no, but yet every president since Jimmy Carter, the Democrat Republican, said the same thing. Iran is the biggest threat in the Middle East, Iran has state-sponsored terrorism. We need to stop Iran. Obama said it, Biden said it, no one did anything. And the moment that Donald Trump does something, all of a sudden, who jumps up and says no?

SPEAKER_01 12:41

But you know, that's interesting. You know, if you go back to our last couple of rants with all these wonderful comments, you know, these people still blame the U.S. in 1956 for getting involved in Iran. They they they pick on these odd facts that I just don't I you know, we destabilized, we caused the problem in Iran. It's our fault. But Stuart, these are these are America haters. These are America haters, Stuart. I understand that. But what I'm trying to understand is that this is a nation that has preached death to every single nation on earth that doesn't agree with them, and that includes many Arab nations, right? Iran went after Iraq, Iran went after uh Kuwait, Iran went at Iran went after everyone. How in the world does little Kearney and Skarmer and Sanchez?

SPEAKER_00 13:49

Oh, I can tell you why because I'll tell you why, Stuart. Why what is the net effect right now in Canada, UK, Spain on this war? What's the net effect in your cut in these countries? It's not the war, it's not the war, it's oil, it's oil, and price of gas has gone up in the US three to four cents a gallon a day. Here it's been 12 cents a liter. And what does that mean? It means that they are gonna be the one, they're gonna have to find a way to blame Trump for inflation, they're gonna have to blame Trump, and it's gonna cause problems for them politically. They don't care about safety, they care about their necks. This is all that matters. So when you when Iran says we've closed the street of Hormuz, 30% of world oil is now not being you know shipped, Qatar says we're not gonna produce any more oil because it's a threat to be blown up, the world goes ballistic. Look at the price of oil, over$80 a barrel. And you know, Stuart, what it what's the reaction? It doesn't matter about peace and stability, it doesn't matter about the fact that you're about to create a new world order that should be net better. All they care about is their political necks, not your lives. They would rather you die, they would rather you die by a by a terrorist attack than them losing a vote.

SPEAKER_01 15:11

Well, because that's just an economic thing that multi-multinational corporations seem to weigh. No, but it's also all right, David Stuart.

SPEAKER_00 15:19

But Stuart, it's also the government's steward. If you see today that the price of gas has gone up, listen, the price of gas has gone up here, you know, almost 15-20 cents a liter. You think Canadians are gonna put it together and say, oh wow, that's the Iranian war?

Wrap-Up And Listener Callout

SPEAKER_01 15:35

No, they're gonna blame the CBC and CTV won't let them. But David, you know what that is? It's Friday. And it's our quarter hour, and we've been running like it.

SPEAKER_00 15:47

Yeah, yeah. Okay, Stuart, shut it off. Because when when it comes up to when it comes up to people, this is what happens, by the way. Stuart is wants to kind of get us off at 15 minutes. I ask you, ladies and gentlemen, put it in the comments. What do you think is the right thing to do? Because if you think that the that it's all Trumpy's fault or Netanyahu's fault, and we've seen a lot of these comments, sure, keep on pumping it. But love for you to react to those people who've come in and attacked Stuart and me on a variety of different places, that we, the Jewish conspiracy, that that the that Trump is causing chaos in the world. Love for you to come and comment on that, people. Please do. And on that note, Stuart, let's wrap it up.

SPEAKER_01 16:30

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