“Make Persia Great Again”: Congressman Randy Fine’s Call for Regime Change in Iran
In this bold episode, Breaking Battlegrounds Sam Stone and Chuck Warren welcome Florida Congressman Randy Fine for a no-holds-barred conversation on Israel's recent military actions against Iran, the threat posed by radical Islam, and America's reluctance to confront uncomfortable truths.
Fine applauds Israel's response to the nuclear threat from Iran, characterizing it not as a preemptive strike but as a long-overdue act of self-defense. He argues that Iran has long waged a proxy war through groups like Hamas and calls its leadership “religious fanatics” with global ambitions.
Congressman Fine raises concerns about Western denialism regarding radical Islamic extremism, suggesting that a significant portion of the Muslim world harbors dangerous ideologies. He supports regime change in Iran, urging a return to its rich Persian heritage with a quip about launching a “Make Persia Great Again” campaign.
While clarifying he’s not painting all Muslims with a broad brush, he stresses the importance of acknowledging the prevalence of extremist views. He also voices support for efforts to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and criticizes what he sees as performative politics in Washington.
Transcript
Chuck Warren: So. Israel did a preemptive attack on Iran. What are your thoughts on this?
Congressman Fine: Well, I don't know that I would call it a preemptive attack. I mean, Iran's been attacking attacking Israel for years.
Chuck Warren: True. True.
Congressman Fine: Every time Hamas shoots a rocket, that's Iran. They're the ones who pay for it. But what I think Israel did is they reached the point where it was clear it was time to take care of the nuclear threat that Iran poses, because make no mistake. Iran is very clear that if they were to get that nuclear weapon, they would use it to take out Israel. And when they were done with Israel, they would use it to take out us. We're dealing with the leadership of Iran,
with religious fanatics who desire a worldwide caliphate that makes women wear burqas, throws gay people off buildings and all kinds of other horrific things. And we just can't allow that to happen. So I'm very grateful that Israel, you know, America is always accused of being the world's policeman,
but it looks like we got somebody else who's willing to help out with those duties. And I'm glad that they're stepping up and doing what needs to be done.
Sam Stone: One of the – I mean this was really – from what we're seeing coming out, this was an incredibly complex operation.
It was a combination of air power on the ground, special forces, all these things. One of the things they appear to be doing is targeting some of that hardline leadership, which is standing over a country that is more secular and more pro-Western than most of that region. Do they have a chance to destabilize the regime and create regime change there?
Congressman Fine: Well, let's hope. I mean, I think we should start handing out hats in Iran that say, make Persia great again. You know, look, this was an amazing, thriving culture that has been ruined by insane Muslim terror advocates.
But I think the people of Iran are an extraordinary people and Hopefully they can get rid of these lunatics and and be the kind of country they used to be, which was a bulwark of of civilization. And so I'm but, you know, I think we should we should get those signs out there. Make Persia great again.
Sam Stone: Underneath the surface of Islam is a historically great merchant culture, a very world, you know, frankly, a great culture that could benefit the world if radical Islam could be taken out of the way. It would change everything on this planet.
Congressman Fine: Well, sure. I mean, it's look, it's the single largest force for evil in the world today is Muslim terror. I mean, because it's everywhere, thousands and thousands of attacks from from America just in the last few weeks to the UK to obviously the Middle East, all over the world. And the problem is it's not radical.
That's one of the mistakes we make. Radical is what the left does to say 1% of Muslims want to kill us all. The other 99% love us and that's not true now the reverse isn't true either it's not 99% want to kill us and one percent don't I don't know whether it's 30% or 50% or 70% but it's a it's a large percentage of people.
Chuck Warren: Well even 10 percent is 100 million plus people.
Congressman Fine: I agree but its a lot more than 10%.
Chuck Warren: Oh I agree I agree 100%.
Congressman Fine: And so part of the problem we refuse to do in this world is to acknowledge we have a Muslim problem in the world, and there's a problem with the faith. The radicals are the ones who believe in peace.
Chuck Warren: Three billion Muslims on the planet.
Congressman Fine: And I'm willing to say it. I hope more people will as well.
Sam Stone: Yes. Three billion Muslims on the planet, if a third, your low number, which there's Pew data to back this up. That's a billion people who are radicalized to the point of being willing to subjugate and kill in the name of their faith. That is insanity.
Congressman Fine: Yeah. The example I like to use for America is there's there's this there's this Hamas front terror group called care. There are no fans of mine. The feeling is mutual. They parade themselves as basically the NAACP.
Chuck Warren: Right. Right.
Congressman Fine: And and yet they're a terrorist group who said they were happy when October 7th happened. Where's the NAACP for Muslims who don't want to kill everybody? The fact that that doesn't really exist says that the primary, the dominant view is the one advocated by
Chuck Warren: That is such a great point.
Congressman Fine: So I think it's a problem again I don't believe all Muslim. I have Muslim supporters, one of my first meetings after I got elected with Muslims, I did a meeting with with you know with peace loving Muslims just this week. They're not all terrorists, but they're not they're also not all not terrorists. And I think we have been unwilling to call it out for what it is.
Chuck Warren: Why is the Muslim brotherhood not designated as a terrorist organization?
Congressman Fine: No idea, but I'm all in on helping Ted Cruz and Mario Diaz-Balart making that happen. Remember, I just got here two months ago. I just discovered this week there was a place in the Capitol that I could eat lunch.
I was lost on the first floor, and I wandered into the members' dining room. They're like, oh, yeah, you can eat here. I'll see. So so I'm I'm I'm new and I can't answer why things are.
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