Hello and welcome to podcast of the Lotus Eagers. It is episode 1392. It is the 8th of April

Year of Our Lord 2026 and I'm joined by Carl and Fraz. Hello, Lord. It's peace day. Peace is

broken out. It will last for a thousand years. Ah. Yeah, about that.

No?

Am I being too optimistic?

Yeah, I mean, it didn't last until the beginning of the podcast.

We spent the morning preparing, oh, good, peace in it?

No.

No.

Okay.

It's complicated. Right. It's complicated. Why don't you, um, it's complicated.

Right.

It's complicated.

Why don't you tell us about it?

Well, if I have to, but just a bit of framing here because we've been getting some anger from our MAGA friends.

And I want to say a couple of things.

I personally grew up in American schools and was educated at the American University of Beirut. And I've always been pro-American given the alternatives around me.

I mean, it's not hard when your other options are Saudi Arabia, Iran and Turkey.

Yeah, I'll take the Americans any day of the week.

It's really not that difficult. And I think I'm quite anti-Iran in general, because I'm kind

of anti-Islam in general. I mean, I think it's wrong. I disagree with all false religions.

That's sort of my standing point here. And Iran spent a lot

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