Family Theater presents The Professor Was a Cheat. A second cooperation with Family Theater presents The Professor Was a Cheat, starring Jean Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Susan Morrow, and Stephen Dunn. And now to our drama, The Professor Was a Cheat, starring Jean Lockhart as Professor Dunnbar, Kathleen Lockhart as Mrs. Worth, Stephen Dunn as Phil, and Susan Morrow as Carol. Professor Dunnbar, that statement is not true. I thought it was a real window. I'm obliged to agree with you, Mr. Wilson. Then, sir, you admit... I hardly think my statement, prior to interruption, calls for admission of anything on my part, nor was anything more than a minority opinion. I merely said that there's some doubt that William Shakespeare ever existed. And I was about to say it's believed in some circles that the name William Shakespeare is pseudonymous, non-dipluminous, or, Mr. Wilson, a pen name. Sorry, sir, I didn't understand. I'm not called non-intelligent. Now, we were discussing Act 5, Scene 3 of Macbeth, in which the Bard hints at psychoanalysis as... Yes, Ms. Henshaw, what is it? Professor, do you suppose there's any truth to the rumor that William Shakespeare was really the pen name used by Ben Johnson? That's an interesting point, Ms. Henshaw. Many hold to that opinion, but it seems hardly likely, since Shakespeare died in 1916-16, while Johnson lived till 1637. And, too, between those years, Johnson spent a great deal of his time as the Bard's eulogist. Now, Ms. Henshaw, would you put aside a successful pseudonym in favor of eulogizing a man who never existed? I thought so. Professor. Ah, now we hear from Mrs. Wilson. Sir, how could such a rumor get started if it had no basis of fact? Oh, perhaps started by Johnson himself on the correct theory that any lie told well enough will be believed. Oh, now, wait a minute, Professor. You mean to say that any lie told well enough will be believed? Almost any lie, yes. Professor, I defy you to prove it. Oh, yes. Fly it, please. Mr. Wilson, I do not like you. I have not liked you since the beginning of this term, and it's with the utmost revulsion that I contemplate having to spend more time and energy disliking you through the next two terms. Now, you've defied me to prove that what I say is true. Now, this puts a severe strain on our teacher-student relationship, but it gives me a long-sought opportunity to win. If I do prove this statement true, will you withdraw from this class? Professor. Fly it, please.  What's in it for me when I win? Now, the class will do well to remember the final grades are not yet in. Mr. Wilson, in regard to the unlikely occurrence of your winning, were I you, unwholesome thought, I shouldn't let it keep me awake nights. But since stakes must be put up, would you consider this an adequate stake? For the remainder of your stay at this university, an apartment at the Regal Arms rent-free, are you kidding me? Certainly would, Professor. How could you work a deal like that, Professor? Oh, it wouldn't be difficult for me to work a deal like that. You see, I own the Regal Arms. Now, Mr. Wilson, if you and your wife would call for me there this evening, we'll discuss the terms of the agreement. We'll be there, sir. Very good. Now, act five, scene three, Macbeth. Cancellal, not minister to a mind disease. Oh, good evening, Wilson, Mrs. Wilson. Professor. Good evening, Professor. Won't you come in? Thank you, thank you. You know, I've decided that it might be more advantageous if we postpone our little experiment till the start of summer vacation. In as much as it's only a week off. We wanted to talk to you about that, sir. Phil and I have decided to call it off, if it's all right with you. Call it off? Yes. Well, it certainly is not all right with me. Now, wait a minute, sir, just a minute. I think maybe you'll agree with us when we tell you what we mean. Sit down, please. Thank you. Professor, we can see that the only way for you to prove your theory about people believing any well-toed lie, the only way you can prove it successfully is to try it. Isn't that so, Carol? Yes. Well, it would be completely wrong ethically and morally for us to force you to lie just to prove your point. So it looks like there's nothing else to do but withdraw. Mrs. Wilson, you are, of course, correct. And you, Mr. Wilson, are, of course, and as usual, incorrect. Now, true, this circumstance presents a problem, but I don't see it as being without a solution. Do you follow me, Wilson? Well, I am not following you, Professor Dunbar. I am ahead of you. You see, this situation, what did you say, Wilson? But what solution could there be? Publicity, Mrs. Wilson. Publicity. Publicity. Exactly. Now, the summer vacation starts next week. Ergo, that means therefore, Wilson, Ergo, as soon as the vacation season begins, we shall go on a lying tour. When the tour is over, and I've proved my point, it will then be published that Professor Rufus Wells Dunbar has just finished a successful tour of prevarication which he carried out in the interests of scientific experimentation. I don't think so, Professor. And you and your wife will be free to tell everyone to whom I lie that I'm fibbing. I contend that they'll believe me anyway. Well, that sounds fair enough, Phil. We do need the apartment.  Naturally, we. Why should I say I? It would have to be we. Phil, how could we afford to? I will pay all expenses. Now, I have some business with my publishers in Los Angeles. Ergo, that means therefore, therefore, the tour will be to Los Angeles and back, thus allowing me to kill two birds with one trip. Well, that sounds pretty good. I think he's got a deal, don't you, Carol? I think he has. Good. Then a week from today, we set out to, as the Bard said, in Act 4, Scene 1, Line 98 of Othello, we set out to beguile many. Phil, I'm a nervous wreck. What do you mean, what's happened? Do you know what he told us? So help me. I don't see how he had the time. Professor Dunbar has every kid on this whole train. Kid. The adults, too. He's got him all believing I'm the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger? Yeah. Phil, that's priceless. Yeah, you just keep laughing, baby. He told all the men on the train, you're the mystery-voiced siren on the radio, the lonesome gal. Oh, no. You see him, Carol? No. Oh, there he is. Huh? With the white-haired lady. Oh, yeah, yeah, come on. I'm right behind you. Uh, yeah, excuse me. Pardon me, ma'am. There's always some guys on that different train. Well, if it isn't Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. You don't mind if they join us, Mrs. Worth? Oh, my no. Mrs. Worth, I'd like to present Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wilson. How do you do? Mrs. Wilson, Mr. Wilson. Well, how do you do? Mrs. Worth, I feel it my duty to tell you that anything Professor Dunbar here has said to you has been a lie and nothing more. Really? Well, to tell you the truth, Mr. Wilson, I rather suspected it. For your information, Wilson, I was just telling Mrs. Worth how much I admired her hat. Hat? Oh, Mrs. Worth, I better explain. Ah, Wilson, mustn't explain the rules of the game. You said all you can. Have you two eaten yet? No, we haven't, and I'm famished. How about you, Phil? Well, you just write what you want on the check. The waiter will come along and pick it up. I've ridden on trains before, Professor. That's rather a novelty, isn't it? The waiter picking up the check, I mean. It would be an innovation. And I dare say it would be quite a stimulus to railroad passenger transportation. Have you a pencil, Professor? Yes, here you are, Mr. Wilson. Yes, railroading has made some tremendous strides since I was in the business. You were a railroader, Professor Dunbar? Oh, yes. Here it comes. What phase? I was a locomotive designer. Oh, my. Oh, no. Oh, yes. Perhaps you've heard of the Dunbar High Wheel Equalizer. Dunwheel High Bar Equalizer. No, I can't say that I have. One of my most successful, you know. Especially designed to pull heavy loads in mountainous terrain. You see, I put oversized rear driver wheels on it and incorporated hydraulic lifts, affixed in such a manner that the drive wheels might be raised or lowered to keep the locomotive itself forever on the same horizontal plane, no matter how steep the grade, thereby completely neutralizing the amount of the incline. Brother. Remarkably clever. It's a wonder someone hadn't thought of it before. Well, I was practically forced into the field, you see. I had to do something to save my holdings, tin mines in Peru. You know, I'd made a wonderfully rich strike in the remote section of the high Andes. How terribly exciting. Don't tell us about it, Professor. Well, there I was, faced with the prospect of losing my holdings for lack of transportation for the ore. So I had to find a way to get the tin out. To get the what out? The tin. And I had an associate, a chap named Albert Kahn. Later became famous for an invention which utilized great sums of the metal. One day, Albert said, water mix up my birth. Oh, sit down, Professor. You know, by and large, indications are that I've won the first round. Ergo. That means therefore, Professor. Too shame, Mrs. Wilson. Ergo nothing. One round doesn't make a fight. What's that you're doing? This professor is a list of your victims. Victims? Tomorrow morning, before the train gets into Los Anglos, Carol and I are going to talk to these people and see whether they believed you or. Or whether they were just being kind to an old man. You see, the first round isn't over, yes. Oh, I was believed. A good actor knows when he's doing his part well. But Wilson, I don't like to admit this. The idea is a good one.  Listen, Professor, I. No, stop it. Now, both of you listen to me. We're all going to have to be together for a while, at least till the silly contest is over.  And break clean. Come out, flag. Well, at least shake hands and try to get along. Well, Prof. Can't do any harm. Here's my hand on it, Wilson. Phil. Well, Phil. Now, that's the shake hands part. Now for the break clean. I think I'll be going to bed. I've got a hard day over a hot lie ahead of me tomorrow. By the way, is Mrs. Worth on that list of yours? Right at the top. Oh, charming woman. Lost her husband some years ago. You might get her address when you talk to her tomorrow. I might drop a note of apology. That's all I'd want it for. I'll be glad to. Seems like a very good idea. Yes, splendid. Good night. You know, I don't get it. I just don't get it. Don't get what? Well, I thought he hated me. And now he's- Oh, Phil. When you were in the army, we both found out what being lonely is like. You know, I think maybe college professors can get lonely, too. Where's Professor Dunbar? I thought he'd be with you. Oh, well, I haven't paced at the station master's office. Tell me, did you talk to many people? Yes, I did. How about you? And? Thought he was nuts. Oh, but one little old lady. And her? She was nuts. Mr. Wilson? You-ho! Mr. Wilson, wait! Oh, Mrs. Worth. Well, how are you this morning? Hello there. When I didn't see you this morning, I was afraid you'd gotten away. Oh, Professor Dunbar's with you. Yeah, we lost him somewhere, Mrs. Worth. We were just going to the station master's office and paced. Oh, isn't that a coincidence? So was I. I thought you might enjoy staying at my home while you were here. There's plenty of room and a nice swimming pool. And it would be so much nicer than staying in a stuffy old hotel. Well, that's very kind of you, Mrs. Worth. It sounds lovely. If you're sure it wouldn't be an inconvenience. Oh, my gracious, no. Just the other day, I was saying to myself. Your attention, please. Will Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wilson call at the station master's office? Mr. and Mrs. Philip Wilson call at the station master's office, please. Sounds like the professor beat us to the punch. You have to get up pretty early in the morning to be ahead of Professor Dunbar. Yeah, come along, ladies. Nightful woman, completely charming.   A glorious sunrise, glorious, a symphony, a venerable angelic choir of pastels, slowly expanding food for the soul. Wow. What happened to you? I went for a short pre-breakfast canter with Mrs. Worth. She's quite an equestrian and very erudite. Did you know that she's an authority on Oriental glottology? Those Oriental languages better than I do. No. Well, almost better. And yet she believed those absurdities? I'll never understand women, never. Well, the good lady would like us to accompany her to some sort of club lunch in downtown. We'll be waiting for you downstairs. Now, hurry up. Dear one, the world is waiting for the surprise. Well, what do you suppose has happened to him? Too much sun, maybe. Or too much moon. Yes, I'd say all roofed Dunbar's been moon-struck. Excellent cuisine, Mrs. Worth. You know, I'm somewhat relieved at not getting the eternal cream peas and chicken ollie king. Cream peas and chicken ollie king? Yes, it's almost the standard bill affair at our office club affairs. Heaven preserve us newspaper man from that, Professor. Isn't there James McNamara connected with his organization? Do you know Mr. McNamara, Professor? Oh, indeed I do. He was a student of mine at one time. Small world, max in service now. Public relations officer with Adron Nimitz. Nimitz, just as a fine boy, fine boy. Oh, Professor. Yes, my boy. I think we better take it a little easy. Easy? I don't agree. This is a press club. Ah, yes. He'll do something. What can I do? He's quite a fellow, Nimitz. Yeah, too bad about Douglas. But I suppose Matt will handle things as well as anybody. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Did you know Ridgeway, Professor? Oh, yes, yes, indeed. He attended a few of my lectures. So old McNamara is in the Far East, eh? And from the look of things, he's level to be there for some time. No telling how long this thing will last. No one knows but the Russians, and they're not doing much talking. You know, I'd give a month's pay to take a trip through Russia, find out what's really going on behind the iron curtain. I took such a trip, Mr. Ames. I don't believe I heard you, Professor. I took an extensive trip through Russia about three years ago, dressed as a Soviet officer, made a complete written report to the State Department. What's the matter with Mr. Wilson? My husband seems to have fainted. I'm afraid you're going to wear a hole in my floor, Mr. Wilson. Sit down, Phil. Why did he do it? Why did the whole Los Angeles press club? Dear, relax. Relax. Carol, he's talked to reporters from every major newspaper in the country for three days out of one press conference into another. Where's the snowballing going to end? Well, he's proving his point, all right. What's all this fuss about, Mr. Wilson? The professor seems to be making a lot of sense. And he's having such a good time. Can't you talk to a Mrs. Worth? You and he have been taking those long walks in the evening. Couldn't you talk some sense into him? Mr. Wilson, I hardly think a walk in the moonlight conducive to political conversation. What do you talk about? Phil. Oh. Well, the night before last, I talked about him and he talked about me. And then last night, last night, he proposed to me. He what? He asked me to marry him. Why, is that so ridiculous? Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Not ridiculous at all. It just doesn't seem like the professor. What did you say? I didn't say anything. Oh, when he proposed? Oh, then. Oh, I'm afraid I said yes. You said yes. Howdy, everybody. Oh, Mr. Ains. Where's the boy? He's in the library. Yeah, he's been on there for hours with the reporters. With the news, I've got he won't be in there much longer. No, sir Ains. What do you mean? Come on in here for yourself. Oh. And then I observed unrest in the Russian people in the Indica, oh, Ames, uh, coming.  We've had a call. You're wanted in Washington immediately. There's a special plane waiting at the airport. Oh, Washington? Splendid. No! Now, look, professor, you can still make a clean rest of it. Why don't you? It'll save so much trouble. Trouble? I don't think we'll have any trouble. How can you say a thing like that? How can you say that? Phil, the girl. Excuse me, young lady. I have an appointment. Professor Rufus Wells Dunbar. Oh, yes, Professor Dunbar. He's been waiting for you. Thank you. Right through this door, please. Thank you. I hope he's not upset. Professor Dunbar, you're here at last. Will you go in right in, please? Thank you, thank you. Now, Phil, you and Carol had better wait here for me. I won't belong. Here, I'll open the door for you. Speeches before Senate committees, lectures to the military. Newsreel and television appearances. There isn't any other way out, is there? You know, I wish that. Oh, that's him now. Ah, Philip, my boy. Come on in, Professor. Mrs. Worth, be seated, please. Is anything wrong? Here, Mrs. Worth, sit here. The Professor, look, it can't go on this way. It just can't. What can't go on? This is getting too big. Conspiracy to defraud. The government is a pretty big thing. But you and I know, both of us, that that isn't the only point. You've got to consider Mrs. Worth, Prof. Consider me? What are you trying to say? Prof, Mrs. Worth is too fine. A woman, you simply have to tell her. Phil, you placed me in an extremely awkward position. Well, there's no other way. Are you going to tell her or shall I? Tell me what? Now, see here, really, I... I'm afraid in all truth I can't. I really wish someone would tell me what's going on. Please, Professor. All right. Mrs. Worth, I'm sorry to have to say what I have to say. But, well, everything Professor Dunbar said has been untrue. He never has been through Russia. What? It was all nothing more than an academic experiment based on the theory that any lie told well enough would be believed. You see, he made a bet with my wife and I that his theory was correct. He's been telling this story to prove it. I never heard of such a thing. This is some strange kind of joke, Carol. It's true, Mrs. Worth. Did you make such a bet, Rufus?  You did make a bet. I should have guessed. The story about the tin mine and the locomotive. You've been using me. Letting me think you are.  No, but my dear. I'm so ashamed. And now let me explain. There's nothing to explain. Sorry, Professor. If you'd only waited just a little longer. Now, maybe if we explain the whole thing to Ames. He's a newsman. Maybe he can figure a way out of this. Square you with a nation. You'd better go with her, Professor. It might not be too late. You know, I think she really loves you. I think she really does. Come on, hon. We'll go see Ames. Yes, you do that. Now, I'm going to have a little talk with Lydia. I wish it weren't true, Mr. Ames, but that's the story.  Nothing else. I want you kids to see something. Now, where'd I put it? Oh, here it is. It's all right here in this file. I'm going to get a Pulitzer Prize out of my series on the professor, and here's why. Take a look at this, you two. Oh, what's this? I remembered Professor Dunbar saying he'd made a complete report to the State Department when he got back from his trip. So I just went to the State Department and asked for it. That's the whole file, almost three years old. Oh, Phil, if it wasn't a lie, then everything's all right. He was telling the truth while the old cheat. Oh, what about Mrs. Worth? Mr. Ames, can I take this file for a few minutes? Sure. Come on, baby, we've got to get to the station and stop losing our file. Don't worry, not a chance. And the proof's right here in black and white. Oh, thank goodness. No, Rufus, to think I doubted you. I'm sorry I had to go to such extremes to win that silly bet, my dear. Win? But you cheated. You didn't win because you were... Because I was telling the truth? Of course. I was trying to prove a theory to you, not to the nation. My lie was believed. Well, I don't get it. Well, that's why you're the student and I'm the professor. My lie was to you when I made you believe that I was lying. I had to live it. Now, since Lydia's staying, shall we all go to the hotel for some lunch? Oh, how nice. Yeah, yeah. Oh, and, Phil, you see, I win and you lose. And it looks like I won't be seeing you in class for the next two years. Yeah, I guess not. Because I won't be there myself. They've asked me to stay in Washington for a while. What? Well, I guess the best man won. I'm glad it turned out this way, though. Phil, Carol, since you'll be going back anyway, I wonder if you could do me a favor. I'll need someone to manage the regal arms for me. The pay is 150 a month and the choice of apartments. Professor Dunbar. You suppose you two could handle it? Prof, you just got yourself a boy. Good. Oh, dear, not a taxi in sight. Not much like when I was in the business. I used to have quite a fleet, you know. Had an associate. A fellow named Albert Yellow. Oh, no. Taxi! Here are Jean and Kathleen Lockhart. Thanks for a fine performance, Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart. Our thanks to Family Theatre, Tony. It isn't very often you know that a husband and wife both have the chance to act in the same show. It certainly isn't. Well, I think you both did a splendid job. Oh, that's very nice of you. Of course, Kathleen can always be depended on for a fine portrayal. Oh, no, dear. It's you who can always be depended upon, not thy. Well, really, I think that... But my sweet, next to you, I am nothing when it comes to drama. Well, I think that... Oh, but my love, how can you say that? Please, please. Will you keep out of this, Lafranco? Jean, you know you're the better actor. I don't see why you can't... Now, see here, Kathleen Lockhart, when I... When you say I'm better, you're wrong. Just plain wrong. Why don't you admit it? Wrong? I've never been wrong in 35 years! Well, dear friends, there's an illustration of a family quarrel.  But there are quarrels in every household, and that's a very unfortunate thing. But there's a way to keep them from becoming too big or too frequent, and it's a very simple formula. For family difficulties, family prayer. It's an effective remedy that should be as much a part of family life as the evening meal. When we gather together to acknowledge our dependence on our Heavenly Father, to ask Him to help us to have more understanding and patience with each other, when we do that, we're calling on the author of family life to strengthen and unify our families. And that's as necessary to the family spirit as eating is to the bodies of those in it. I don't mean to preach, but it's always worked out in our home. For Kathleen, for June, and for myself, and I think it'll work in yours. For family troubles, family prayer. Try it and I think you'll understand what we mean when we say the family that prays together stays together.  From Hollywood, Family Theater has brought you Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, Stephen Dunn, and Susan Morrow in The Professor Was Achieve. Others in the cast were Paul Maxey, Martha Shaw, and Billy Buckham. The script was written by Robert Hugh O'Sullivan, with music composed and conducted by Harry Zimmerman, and was directed for Family Theater by Joseph F. Mansfield. This series of Family Theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who feel the need for this type of program, by the mutual network which responds to this need, and by the hundreds of stars of stage, screen, and radio who give so unselfishly of their time and talent to appear in our Family Theater stage.  This is Tony LaFranco expressing the wish of Family Theater that the blessing of God may be upon you and your home and inviting you to join us next week at the same time when Family Theater will present Marino Sullivan and James Gleason in The Kid from Scratch Gravel. Join us, won't you? Throughout the world and originates in the Hollywood studios of the world's largest network. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.


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Today we are doing the first ever four way box battle with a booster box of Crimson Crisis. What's up guys, we're back with another epic opening video. Today we're doing a four way box battle between Jobber, Cyber Knight and the Yu-Gi-Oh rookie. The Yu-Gi-Oh rookie sent us all one booster box of Crimson Crisis and we're gonna be battling and all the links will be in the description so watch all four videos if you wanna see who won. Before that we have a giveaway. I'll be giving away these three cards.  Let me know who won me, Cyber Knight, Jobber and the Yu-Gi-Oh rookie and let's get into it. All right, let's open this booster box up and as I'm opening it up I'm gonna let you guys know about the Reddit post that I, or not Reddit post but I'm talking about Reddit and I basically want you guys to go to r slash ruxen34 and if you have an awesome pull that you made and recorded or an awesome pull that maybe you saw someone else have and got recorded but you think it deserves to be on the Reddit post go check it out and go give it a good post so I can review those on live stream on Twitch so go follow me at ruxen34 there. So I think that's gonna be a super fun thing to do. If you guys want a chance to be on a video make sure you guys go submit your best pulls ever or a pull that you have seen before. I think it'll be a lot of fun r slash ruxen34 for the Reddit. Okay, so now that we have done that let's get into this Crimson Crisis booster box. This is a four way box battle. I'm sure everyone will pull a ghost rare because it's against me. You guys know how it goes whenever I am the one that is facing someone in a box battle. So I think this is gonna be a fun time. Hopefully we can get that ghost rare which is of course the Red Dragon Archvenous Soul mode. We have Ivy Shackles. We got a Virgin Sanctuary. Morph Tronic Borden. I don't know what we're gonna pull on this. Let's move this over a little bit. Half or nothing, we got a six scrolls of the Samurai. Assault Teleport. Twin Sword Marauder. We got a Star Blast. Wait, is there also a foil? I think you can get a foil in here as well. I believe you can. So that's a Trapeater. Trapeater is one of the weirdest looking cards you will ever see. Okay, on to the next pack. I think that this set came out around 2000 and let me guess. Okay, so if it was 5D, Xexo came out around 2011, I would say this is 2010 would be my guess. Maybe even 2009. I don't wanna get, you know, I'm not completely sure. It'll pop up on the screen. We got a Morph Tronic Mixup. We got a Bealist Soldier. Assault Counter. Trapeater again, Prevention Star. Dark Tinker. I always love that guy. He's always funny looking. And Arcane Apprentice and Nightmare Archvenous. So we don't know where the foil is gonna pop up yet but we will soon find out hopefully. Also we have a pretty cool video coming up tomorrow. Pretty epic, pretty awesome. And I will not spoil it in this video but tomorrow make sure you come back to the channel and make sure if you don't have that notification bell on guys go ahead and click that bell because that definitely helps out so you guys can see the videos when they come out and you can decide if you wanna watch it then or not. And it also helps with my channel which is awesome. Morph Tronic Mixup, Arcane Barrier and a Multiply. There we go. That's an awesome card. They decided to randomly print Multiply from the original anime in a 5D set for some reason which is a little bit strange but definitely very, very cool. I really like that card though. So it's a nice pull. That is a very good start to our opening. So will we be able to defeat the other people involved? So make sure you guys go check out all those videos and especially Yu-Gi-Oh! Rookie because he provided all these booster boxes which is not cheap. So you guys should definitely check out his channel. He has definitely sent us some awesome stuff in the past. So if you have not seen those videos go check those out. Assault Slash, Dupfrog, okay. I don't know, that might be where's something I can't remember. Fake Explosion, the flip-flop frog is in here as well the telekinetic power well. Descending Law Star, Star Blast and Assault Mode Activate. Okay, pretty cool. The Assault Mode's being activated but now we need to activate it with a ghost ray. I guess that's the sign, you know. It's into that pack and at the beginning of this pack we're gonna pull a ghost ray. If we do pull a ghost ray, that'd be pretty cool. I've never pulled this one. So as you guys know, I have a very distant dream of pulling every ghost ray. Probably will never happen but it's a long shot dream, you know what I mean? Soul Counter, Trapeiter, Prevention Star added again. Dark Tinker, he's back. BES, Big Core MK2, the BES have more cards, what? Oh, and an Arcanite Magician, nice super rare here. This is a very cool card. I love to see it. Okay, on to the next pack in the four box battle. This is pretty exciting. You guys can basically watch a third of a case opened if you guys go watch all these videos. So I don't know if these are actually from a case or not, he didn't give me that info. But if they, you know, you can just imagine they were psychic swords though. It's a pretty good chance somebody pulls a ghost ray. Ebon Arrow, we got a Flip Flop Frog, we got a Metaphysical Regeneration, Psychic Tuning, and, oh, an Ultimate Rare Light Force Harmonizer. Of course it would be the Harmonizer. I feel like I see this guy in Ultimate all the time. You can really feel that texture, which is really cool. So we did get an Ultimate though. We don't have to worry about not getting one. That's always nice. Okay, okay, Crimson Crisis, let's go. Let's go. If you guys are enjoying the video, make sure to subscribe to the channel for more epic openings, because literally that's what we do, it's epic openings. We have Assault Slash, we got a Bila Soldier, Assault Teleport, there's also a PSA Return coming up. I got one back, so I'm gonna be recording it soon. Slingin, Vengeful Servant, I know you guys love those. Assault Mercenary, Alien, almost an Actin, Alien, Overlord, and the Psychic Sword. So every time we see aliens, we can say it like that. That's a, yeah, maybe not, maybe not. Okay. Woo, that was an interesting way to pronounce that. Let's go to the next one. Here we go. Assault Slash, Morphotronic Map, Mysterious Triangle, the IEV Shackles, Morphotronic Slangin', Vengeful Servant, Assault Mercenary. Inmate-o, what a classic, you love to see this guy, and a Psychic Sword is there again in the exact same spot. All right, all right, the Booster Box, it's blessing us with some decent pulls. I'll give it that, Crimson Crisis, can we pull that Red Dragon Archvenous Soul Mode? I believe that we can do it. I believe that we can do it. And by saying it multiple times, it's helping me believe even more. You know what I mean? I'm just trying to convince myself. Ebon Arrow, Flip Flop Fragrant, we got a little regeneration. I can totally pronounce words. And Debris Dragon, this is a good card for Edison, okay? Morphotronic Mixup, yeah, oh yeah. That's right, let me know in the comments. Do you guys believe that we can pull a Ghost Rear? Or just a Red Dragon Archvenous Soul Mode cover card at all? You guys believe that? We have pulled the Ultra Rear before. Also, I was gifted a Ghost Rear from this set, it's unlimited, so it's in my binder right now, so we actually do have this card already, so we can't really complain if we don't get it, because it was gifted to us by a viewer, which is amazing. Boar of the Spear, Soul Mode Activate, Flying Fortress, Skyfire, and the Ebon Arrow. It's always the similar comments in the same spot. Onto the next one, here we go. Believe in the Packs, the Heart of the Cards. Oh, these rip open in a very strange way. It's like the top part is difficult to open, and once you get to the actual pack part, it rips down very easily. Kind of a mixture of difficult to open, indomitable Gladiator Beast, and then the Fighter Lele. Where is he? That's a different card. That's CRV, I believe. Desert Protector, there it is. It's episode two, Attack of the Clones. You love to see it. Assault Beast, okay? Summary and Frog, all right. Just the Frog, the Frog himself. Let's go back. Thurkenham's in crisis. Oh, that ripped open kind of weird. All right. Let's go. Assault Slash, Duped Frog, Raptor Wing Strike, Fake Explosion, Flip Flop Frog, Telekinetic Powerwell, Sending Lost Star, Wall of Thorns, and a Seed Cannon, okay. The cannons have been seeded. That sounds a little weird, okay. Let's just keep going, pretend like I didn't say it. Oh man, these packs open so strangely, okay. What shall we pull? The Duped Frog, Half or Nothing, Six Scrolls of the Samurai, Telekinetic Powerwell, Sending Lost Star, Assault Mercenary, Ivy Shackles. Wall of Thorns is added again, and isn't this like Magic of the Gathering?  Super Soldier Nutrient, Super Solar, not Super Soldier, that's the Black Luster Soldier, okay. Different thing. We still have a few packs left. A lot of packs, actually. Probably like almost half the box, maybe like 10 packs, I would guess. Still a chance to pull Seeker Rare as a super, we've only pulled like three foils, so we've got a lot to go. Trap Reactor, is that Wi-Fi? Wi-Fi, look just in case you guys need more internet. There we go. Mysterious Triangle, Seed Cannon, Cross Sword Beetle, Salt Mode, Salt Armor, and a Salt Counter.  Maybe it was, maybe at that point it had become a must have, but it's been around for so long at this point, I can't remember. For, at least for me, Cross Sword, we've got Super Soldier and Dew Frog, Verdance Sanctuary, Morphotronic Boarding, Ivy Shackles, Morphotronic Slingin', My Q, The Magical Mist, and another Ultimate Rare, Blackwing Armor Master, Double Ulti Box, whoa! Okay, this is actually a good one. I think this Ultra Rare is actually worth money, so I know the ultimate's gonna be even better. Wait, how often do you get Double Ulti's in this? I was not expecting that. Okay, is it just me, or does this texture look kinda weird for some reason? That is insane, that's a great pull out of this box. We now have two Ultimate Rare's. That was not expecting that, because in these boxes, you're only supposed to get one, I think. Okay, this is looking good for our battle potential. Are we gonna win this one for once? Can we, like, usually, we can't even win one-on-one, so winning against three other people would be insane. I don't know if we can beat a Ghost Rare yet. That Blackwing Armor Master's really good, though. Sending Lost Star, that's pretty amazing. Ivy Shackles, Six Scrolls, Morphotronic Mix-Up, Bila Soldier, Morphotronic Force Field, Arcane Apprentice, and Turret Warrior. We got another foil, it's a Super Rare, Turret Warrior. Wow, I'm legitimately shocked about that Ultimate Rare. That's insane. That's good, though, that's great, that's awesome. Can we pull another Ultimate Rare? Can we pull three? I mean, we're the people who pulled three Star Lights out of one case. Did I just make a fart sound in my mouth? Well, I said that, like, it made a fart, that was weird. Okay, we're making fart sounds now. Okay, Dark Tanger, but we did pull three Star Lights, so could we pull three Ultimate's out of one box? We got a Morphotronic Map, got a Mysterious Triangle, Debris Dragon, another good one for Edison again, and Trapeeter, that's a creepy card. Okay, still a few packs left. Okay, all right, I believe anything can happen at this point, we could get Ghost Rare to Ultimate Rare, as you know, you just gotta do what you gotta do. And what will it be that we can do? I don't know, I don't know what it'll be. We have a Blackwing Bore the Spear, Salt Mode Activate, Seed Canone, Sending Lost Star, Salt Mercenary, Ivy Shackles, Trapeeter, Assault Armor, and Morphotronic Map, very, very cool. I think we have like six packs, we still have like a quarter of the box left. Wow, we still got a lot left, a lot of potential. I think we're up to like what, five, six foils? Still should be more in here, I think. Nightwing Swords, but it also had two ulti, so does that mean it's gonna do something weird? Ventral Servant, half or nothing, Morphotronic Rusty Engine, Super Solar Nutrient, Salt Mode Activate, Micu the Magical Miss, this is another one. This is the card when I was on the podcast with, now I'm forgetting the name, I'll pop it up on the screen. This is the card where they make Summon Skull turn into the Lightning guy. It's like when Summon Skull were Thunder Monster, you could show up to destroy all monsters, your opponent controls his defenses lower than attack. So it's like it does the thing from the anime, and they randomly put it in a 5D pack. It's really weird. And then a Soul Overload, okay. All right, on to the next thing. Yeah, that's the card, that's the card. Micu the Magical Miss, I just couldn't place the name. Look, I couldn't remember the name of the podcast, can't remember the name of that. I just have a bad memory guys, so that's why we have editing, so I can just remember by later putting it up. Yvonne Arrow, V-List, Morphotronic Force Field, Spell Reactor, Ori, we got the Scrawl Sword, we got the Alien Ammonite there. What'd I say, oh, something like that. Descending Law Star added again. Okay, still four packs to go. Let's go. Can we pull that ghost rare? Let's see what we can do. All right, not four, because that would be where the ghost would be. Assault Mode Activate, see, can it. All right, we're waiting for that Assault Mode. Assault Slash, Yvonne Arrow, Flip Flop Fronk, Metaphysical Regeneration, Verdant Sanctuary, the Field Spell, Soul Armor, and Blackwing Bora the Spear. On to the next one, Crimson Crisis. Here we go, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh. This pack is opening weird, that's a good sign. That's sometimes a bad sign though. Summon Reactor SK, Psychic Sword, Soul Slash, Soul Overload, Fake Explosion, Flip Flop Fronk, Telekinetic Power Well, Shining Silver Force, and Indomitable Gladiator Beast. We're down to the final two packs. Okay, now I'm starting to remember, I think this is the set that Yu-Gi-Mou hates because it seems like the ratios are not consistent, so we have five total foils right now. Two of them being Ultimate Rare, which is awesome, but we don't have a lot of other foils. We might only end up with five foils. Weird things have happened in this, Assault Mode Activate. Yeah, it's all coming back now. Nightmare, Dark Tinker, Trojan Gladiator Beast, Nightwing Sorceress, Telekinetic Power Well, Wall of Thorns for the third time, and more of trying to crush the engine, so it looks like we are only gonna get five or six foils. And also sometimes in these sets, you could pull like 10 or something? I thought this was in absolute power force, when that happened, but maybe it's just this arrow, was like the quality control was off the wall. It's like you didn't really know what you were gonna get, which is actually kind of exciting. I kind of like it, but I'm sure people would be very tilted if you didn't get a guaranteed ratio nowadays. But yeah, let's just see what we get in the last pack. Ebon Arrow, Flip Flop Frog, Psyche Tuning. We've already done pretty well just because of the two Ultimate Rares, but not having a lot of foils is not great. Let's see what it is. Code A, Ancient Ruins, so we are gonna end up with six, which is not too bad. That centering is really, really terrible, but it's kind of funny. If you guys enjoyed this video, make sure to subscribe to the channel. Also, check out the other videos linked in the description if you guys wanna see who won the box battle. Shout out to TCG Trust, The Card Stoneflow Show, Tomato Juice, Stanley, Mike Nantz, Mimegeko, Daxter, Ian Moosa, Junior Barting, Anundasai Show, JT Show, and Annemar the Hollow. Thank you guys for supporting the channel, and I'll see you guys next time. Peace.


I'm Samir Lalwani, senior expert with the South Asia program at the US Institute of Peace. The report I've been working on is called a Threshold Alliance, the China-Pakistan military relationship, which essentially looks at the growth of that relationship and the increasing depth of that relationship, particularly over the last decade. The relationship has been growing in all sorts of terms in economic, diplomatic, and military terms over the last decade. Economically, Pakistan relies a lot on China for loans, for investments, diplomatically for a lot of political cover and support in multilateral fora. But it's in the military domain where you're seeing a really steep increase in collaboration and cooperation when it comes to arms transfers, military exercises, and the prospects for Chinese military basing on Pakistan shores. So a Threshold Alliance is a relationship short of a mutual defense treaty, short of a formal alliance, but that has a lot of the material and technical components of that potential alliance. And the reason I think it's important is because I believe that China is starting to build these relationships that are short of formal alliances but have a lot of the functions that China could leverage in great power competition. I think one thing policymakers can do is acknowledge the prospect that China might be able to develop allies or partners in future great power competition. And the United States should be planning for this possibility, both in crisis but in peace time as well, that they'll have to deal with some of these partners and allies that will work with China. In particular, with Pakistan, I think it would be useful for the United States to clarify to Pakistan what the strategic consequences could be in the event that Pakistan allows China to conduct naval basing or military operations from its shores because those effects can be pretty profound. And at the end of the day, I think the United States has an interest in Pakistan remaining independent and for countries remaining independent in their foreign policy and not being coerced into decisions that they don't want to make. And so the United States would be able to maintain a relationship and be flexible and nimble enough such that if there are fissures in that relationship, it would be there to support those countries to maintain their independent foreign policy.


There's always a big door in anime.     All right, bro. You're not Zabuza.    Thanks. Now.  I wonder what that one person is. Oh gosh, he's gonna say it No, not about Sasuke Koon don't say it I could smell it I could smell it No Little cocky. He ain't sleeping in this fight. Wait, what? Is that a roji maro? I know that silhouette it is.  This is crazy. I actually believe them for a bit Would you guys trust him completely come on I don't Not after what he did he's too good at lying Junterdoe what what is this? What is what's going on? Why would you scan them away like that?   Oh Shit now to stop looking at him. Why are you looking at them? You're not on their level yet, bro Now roots are training arcs are fun You know, I've seen like want to do with him here we go. Oh, we're finally back Are we gonna sip ramen with Eruka now?  He's using a butter knife. What is he me Hawk? He's gonna me Hawk him Kakashi's gonna get ready God Better arm this door we got a bro Lord Okagi himself better be watching the door What do you want with sake?  I'm beating with the market.  You you not you're not that guy. You're not that guy yet A rochey maru's just watching this by the way. He was playing dead.  Well, I have a tag team partner when you could make a clone of yourself Is he's just gonna survive that this motherfucker revealed himself on the way down Oh That's awesome, man Now I don't know who to trust man. Meanwhile, there's still look at each other. We're just talking in abduction to have in the hospital We're taking papers out of a box tried to murder each other Gar is using sand manipulation to manipulate the paper. Oh god.  Oh son. Oh cute. Oh Wait, did I say that I say an auto is to did I say that? No, wait, did I say two or three?  Oh Oh No, all right. No, at least I didn't get gauri Ah, I forgot it be key. What's here? I can't reach that but he said I can't oh wait I could read numbers though.  It's it's Naruto versus Hinata.   Go back in the casket. You don't king. Oh my god.   I'll be the same bro.   We're past that bro. We're on episode 52. We've been whoa Oh, oh, he's trying to keep him from telling him something. I thought he got horny I'll treat you to buy God what's this guy gonna do to him? Wabakakashi set this up He's a private tutor. Oh, we know oh, he's private. All right I Do the best one oh Back to basics guys, how's the inferior to Sakura?    What are those anime eyes for?  He's right.  No, no, no, no, don't do that Don't do it. Don't do it. Oh, oh, thank God. I don't want to see that sexy jutsu ever again I need like a 30 episode like break from that It's over now Ruto. I have the high ground What does that say Wait, is that the book? That's that that kakashi reads. Oh, it is. What did I make in a movie or part two's coming out It's kakashi's book. Wait, don't tell me he's gonna read it. No, why is he smiling?   Not the boy. Oh No, we're gonna see his titties now. Oh no shadow clone jutsu. I forgot this guy existed I can't remember. I don't even know how I remember his name The goofy OST imagine what Naruto can do with his clone. I don't know what you meant by that. Oh Every time he transforms I get worried man.     Oh god. No. Oh, we're back to slurping noodles Know what I actually like this guy. He's not my favorite predator, but he's up there I think this is his first meal, bro.   Thank you Why did I did I transferred a musical tensile by accident? We're taking Naruto there to You can barely sit in the toilet, right?       I love you.  I got a little teary-eyed.  Is that Orochi Maru again? What's he doing here?   Why is he on top of it?  He lied. Oh god. You can't listen to asian boy The mountain toad spirit sage who acquires immortality That's holding out in sage Joreya returns but what if I did he leave a long time no see I never saw him Why is he a perv? I'm writing a novel.  Oh my god. No Wait, he He wrote the book. Wait a minute. He wrote the book that gachi wrote reads. There's no way No, that's cat bro.  What is it? The authors come to town to sign books? What is this this transition? Oh my god. Oh my god. We found a better perv hurt Saki He just says seaman bro.  I don't like men. W He read it.  The reviews that I've heard are great.  Where's he getting these reviews on twitter?  Even though he's a pervert. Nice. I miss something at the start. I miss something. Is this where it is? Is this the start? Maybe I should have missed this.  Why would you say I missed this?  I thought mushuko day was yesterday What lovely breasts He looks like a horse At least he doesn't like little boys. Oh, what's gonna happen if he sees naruto sexy jutsu. Oh god.  What anime child would you love to lock up in a jar like that?  This guy's trying to jack off in peace naruto leave him alone What what what am I watching?    Oh, I thought naruto brought them But it's naruto going to the brothel.  Stop pausing. I'm sorry. I am so sorry Where are they?   Who's next? Who's coming next? Literally who's coming that? It looks like sannacle. I got my fill, but you can't be saying things like this Did he just turn to me late?     Put them down. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no No, stop Hear me out. No. No Oh god. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. They got him sitting down bro.  What am I looking at? I I need god I can't imagine if my dad walked into me watching this as a child How do I explain this to him?  It was different back then. It was okay. It was justified Treat it like it's a joke. Oh, oh, I missed. I'm glad I missed He's got a walk on water Can we confirm that it's water first? Is he actually walking on it? Unless the sexy jitsu enhanced it Watch this guy actually be a good teacher. I wonder if this guy has a wife or a kids Oh, no, don't turn him on stop it. What is he looking at?  Ah soka didn't even say that Why what are we zooming into?  What are we doing? Don't don't We gotta inspect it.  What do you know how you know what this looks like?  He's the seal release her. Oh, he releases. All right.  This is great.   Oh, he didn't drink it out of the oh my god Though he went like this went by naruto section in the water and scooped it up I bet he was sleeping when I opened with this guy around just looking at him Will sleep through a window.  Don't tell me that's kubutops.   Nice.  What a shot that is. Oh my god Why is the sound guy with What gara?  They're scheming You think gara sleeps? Bro magic gara kills this guy What are you doing?  Are you dumb? Oh my god, dude, dude, what are you doing? This guy's gonna throw spotify at him Why would you walk up the gara in at the unholy hour? What is this silent with no osd playing in the background? Why would you do this? Is he a what?    I'm probably dead Does that mean he's dead? Is that what they're showing right now? Is that what they basically meant who's watching?  That's his true form. Oh, oh, it's him. My bad. I didn't know Come on covid man Damn just say that out loud He's saying this purposely.   It's an mpc. You got it.    He's sealed we're gonna see him naked in the in a hot tub by the end of dark Take it any more I can't take it.  Let's go back to the inn and moan for some reason. Makeout Paradise was about Jirai and Naruto. You need to like stab Sasuke in the heart for that red chakra to come out.  What's about to happen? What's next?  You're gonna get the brown chakra. Alright. They're showing the flashback. You can't even see what color it is.  What is he gonna teach him? No, what is he gonna teach him? The boner of doom? He's gonna teach him the stain of pain. You can't just help yourself with touching him. That was an excuse to touch him. Release it all, Naruto. Release it all over Jirai. Alright, teach him. Teach him!   What are we gonna do with it? Are we gonna explain the big frog? You signed a contract in blood with all... Is Naruto about to cut himself again? Here, Naruto. Ah! Release it all, Naruto. Go.  It's not the other way. Itadamayo, dada-mayo, dada-mayo, dada-mayo, dada-mayo, dada-mayo, dada-mayo, dada-mayo! Imagine you turn into a super sexy jitsu right now, bro. I bet he wants that.  Battle Royale time. We're watching a Naruto Royale Rumble right now. Why do you have to fit that in? that in. In my mind I was like this is a nice scene. It's just Naruto Battle Royale bro.  Quick Naruto take your shirts off. I want to see some Majungas. Wait did he get knocked out or did he like that? Dude what are you doing childhood? Not this! The final four guys. It's Randy Orton, Ray Mysterio, John Cena, and Batista. There goes Ray Mysterio. Come on! Batista with the Batista bomb! Batista what? Batista.  What's he about to do? He's about to summon. What's he about to summon? Oh okay. That's pretty cool. Just cut yourself. Let me try that. Does that make out paradise volume do? Do you want to open that scroll? Wow he's giving it to Naruto! Look there's other names there. All of this while Sasuke is unconscious. He's making a deal with the Toads. Nice. Imagine he spelled his name wrong and went to the wrong Naruto.  I should have did that when I was a teenager.  You got this.   He has to raise it. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.  It's a tadpole. It's fine. It's fine.  Why does he have lipstick? Meanwhile. What's going on on top of his roof? Who's allowing this? This dude is dead. I think Hayate is actually dead. He's dead bro. He has to be dead. Unless there's another eyes in the situation. What was that? Was that a Roshi Maru as a bird? That was a Roshi Maru bro. They killed him right though.  I do not believe you.  He's alive. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I don't want to be here anymore. Hello. What are they doing here again? You remember when you went out with your friends they have to work to splash each other in the hot by a waterfall? If there's naked girls there's a Jiraiya.  He's gonna be a fish. Wait, that's actually mad cute, man. At least the girls are adults. Wait, you asked them if they're ages? They left. Oh, I know they didn't. They're still moaning with each other by the waterfall. What is that? What is she so depressed about? Don't tell me. Don't tell me she's sad about that. She's sad, but what does her whole existence exist because of Sasuke? Why is she out there training with Jiraiya? No, don't go to Jiraiya. Don't. Stay where you are.  Is that her mom? Mamkura? Don't tell me she has pink hair too.    His corpse. No, I don't believe it, bro. There's clones and everything. Look at Kakashi. Kakashi is like, I don't like him anyways, bro. He always coughed on me. Give me his name. Give me his guy's name. I dare you. The great ninja war. I want another war.  Bro, put that hat back on, please. Don't say I have the same hair as the Lord Okage. Don't lie to me.  It's ninja war time, bro. Let's go. Aw. When are we gonna have a picture like that taken again? Dude, they're alive still. When Naoruto's hurt, we better have a Hanada episode, or she's crying. What a transition that was. I'm surprised she didn't cut out Naoruto's picture or not. Magisosuke's just walking around shopping.  No! Naino!   Hold on. Naoruto filler list.    I'm getting impatient. One for Lee.  Bouquet, yeah bouquet, that was the right word. Okay guys, guys, wait, let's run a poll, bro. I'm not skipping, I'm not skipping. The votes are way too close. I'm just gonna finish it. Y'all want to watch him eat?  Here we go. Here we go. Ten-ten versus Hinato.  My girl!  I just realized that. What's his name again?  He looks like a... What was that, his son? Kibu. That's the third time. Again.   If you're bringing a flower to my room, it better be Mera Joana. Two cute young ladies. Watch him not be there. Yeah, check the closet. Maybe he's...  Oh, she went to check the clothes. That's what she meant. Like maybe he snuck into the closet. That's why she opened it. Why would you... Why would he say it like that, bro? Sasuke's gonna desire me. Oh.  Kakashi's bra climbing. What's Kakashi doing?  What's gonna be waiting for him at the top? This guy's bra climbing without chakra. Oh my god. I'm surprised he's doing it with a full hand. Just use one finger. Is that Arochi Maru or Sasuke Koon? Oh my god, it's Sasuke.  Yo. Yo. If I knew they were coming with flowers, I'd be bra climbing too. Watch Lee not be in there either.  This is what happens when you try to buy flowers for boys. I can't believe this dude's doing push-ups outside. One arm. One leg too. Oh yeah, he's doing it on one leg and one arm.  How about you start doing push-ups with him? Spam Wii in the chat, bro. This dude went hardcore. Those last few episodes, he snapped. He'll be back to normal in no time. Trust me. Guy knows he's training. He's letting him train. God's here, guy.  Come on, you can do it, bro. You can do it. Come on. Come on. 200. Come on. Come on. You better not say Lee Koon. Let him do it. One more, bro. One more. Come on. You got it. One more. You could have pushed yourself. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.  Until he pushed out. Go get the stretcher. Don't tell me I have to get used to him being on a stretcher. Because they're men. Are you? Maybe Sakura has to transition. Meanwhile, back to the filler. Whenever I see this fat fuck, all I see is filler. Casual sexism. I'm just Sakura-ist. Bro, Lee needs like an awakening. Maybe that'll push him. I don't mind Sakura and Lee.  How do you transition to this OST? The two are complete opposites. The girls packed it up. They'll be back tomorrow, splashing each other.  I don't want to end on this. I don't want to end on this. How about we remove the clouds in the manga? What was that moan?  He's gonna turn a frog into sexy Jutsu frog. Frog time! What's with the lipstick? You should die. You have no talent. Bro, you're dissing it. Look at it. It's so cute.  Yes! It's grown. No, that's perfectly fine. It's a deformed frog.  What?  Well, where does the frogs? Oh no, no, no, no.  Stop it. Stop, no. Oh my god, there's no recap. This is new.  Jiraya! Jiraya! Find a wife. Father some... Oh god, he probably does have children. Who knows? He's definitely... He let his flower bloom.  We made a frog. Isn't that a frog?  Hear me out, guys. Jiraya is jerking it right now. I want another Sakura episode.  Is that Naruto's dad? That's Naruto. Or Garuto. Those are the Hokage's. Anko, is it? What? You don't know who that is? He doesn't remember Anko's name. Orochimaru's her brother. Are you sure about that? Are you sure about that, Lord Hokage? If and if I was the fake... What? He wouldn't do anything to Orochimaru?  It's Naruto's grandfather. Wait, is that Boruto? Don't blame yourself. Girl, I just remembered a name for. You think the Lord Hokage smokes pot? Oh god. Jiraya's gonna be naked, isn't he? Oh. I bet one scene, we're gonna see Jiraya naked. Yes, Databayo, Jiraya. You know, I still don't know what it means. Every time he says Databayo is this different word. Bro, you know there's a real Naruto village in Japan? Like a Naruto theme park? I watched a video on it.  You're not gonna peek again. We purify our bodies. Yeah, Jiraya, you need some purification.  He's gonna tickle his wee wee. Are they being purified? Is he being a Malone underwater? No, you're Purvi-sage. Ramen. This is the last time you're eating. What do you mean by that? Me so flattered. Like at the Naruto village in Japan, they actually had that shop.   Bro, what was in that bathwater? Where did it get money from? Who pays them? Where's the payroll? Buy the buy Naruto? No. Oh yeah, say bye to Sakura. You're never gonna see her again. We're leading. How about you say bye to the real woman? Hanada. Oh no, don't bring him around, Hanada. He's gonna like her.   You're my inspiration. Tell her. I love how Jiraya just appears and now he's kidnapping Naruto and draining him. Where's Jiraya's children? Are we gonna find his children? What does she do for a living? How does she have money? Do they pay the ninjas? He's doing the Hanada, you're right. That's true. Naruto is like the Hanada in this.  All right, at least you got the nosebleed. Bro, what in the... The Danimals' OST am I listening to right now? This is part of being young. Come on, Jiraya, admit you like her. No, no, no, no. Is it controversial to say I like Jiraya?  Let's see if it works. Shake his head. One hand, picking him up. Nothing personal.  Imagine Naruto with white hair. Your training ends here.  The bio just begun.  He just sent him to the Shadow Realm.  I can imagine what we're about to witness.   It's like you're tapping. You notice something inside of him and you're just trying to get him to that point. So what do you do?   Here we go. Come on. Come on, Thorfinn. Climb. Climb. Not for Naruto.  What, is he gonna grow into the Ninetail Fox and climb up? I don't think Takashi would like this.   No. Oh wait, no, I like him. I forgot. I like Chopper. Oh wait, Naruto is dead now. So Kana Hamaru, he could become the next Hokage now.  Is this the after life? Naruto just died. We're at preschool. Don't you love how he shows up to this, but when Sakura was fighting, he didn't watch it. Come on, guys. I'm moving for Iruka to be the Hokage.  We're in a tie with shorts on. I want to see him die.  Yeah, you saw Egghead? They named the whole one-piece arc after him. What's he doing over here inspiring these preschoolers? You have a dad and mom? Yeah, you have no future. Your dog, Ganta?  Kona Hamaru, yeah, point him out. Act like his grandchild's gonna do something.  I wonder if this guy's in Boruto. I don't think he makes it that far. Like you did too once. Nice. This is spooky, man.  Is that the nine tails? He's the challenge. He has to fight himself. He has to fight the beast within in order to activate it. Yeah, he's gonna fight White Nauruto.  Who we fighting? Who we fighting?  This is the beast within. It's the seal. He has to open the door in order to activate it. That's the beast within you. It's talking.  How about you open it yourself? You see, nine tails. I'm dying.  All right, so it's kind of like a, it reminds me of Ichigo with Bleachigo and like Ina Dori with Sukuna. It's like Asta with Blacksta.  Wait, I think what I said is actually gonna happen. It's gonna lend him his power. It's actually gonna do it.  Why didn't y'all put pre-watch in the chat?  Yokozuna, let's go. Where am I?  Oh, that was sick. Imagine I was like passing preschool. You have to find your way to survive.   Here we go. How does he summon the frog? And it has a whole, it has the Lord Okage, um, um thing. Pipe. It has a scar and everything. Has a shirt. God damn, yo, this always sees way too good, man. You think Konohamaru could do this?  No tail. I prefer that one. Even that one's cute. It looks like Yoshi.  That one? That one. Oh, this is a big one. This is a special one. The chief toad's head. The chief toad. I want to jump in that frog's mouth, man. He knows Jiraiya. He knows he's up to this. What does he mean he can't handle it? Like in a battle? We've got to run away and go in the hot springs with the ladies. I love this frog. He's up there. What is that? If you ran to Jiraiya, you would never forget him. Bro Naruto is loyal. The Purvi-sage. Oh, wait a minute, wait a minute. Naruto doesn't even know Jirai's name. That's crazy. He just knows them as the Purvi-sage.   You see, I was committed to suicide and, um, yeah, now we're here.  Imagine a frog star saying Dr. Bio. I can't do that laugh. Punch him.  He's gonna spank the frog. Naruto's got some big-ass balls. Oh my god, that sounds terrible.  You a slave. What do y'all think about slavery? Hear me out, guys. Hear me out. That tongue looks pretty solid.  Does everybody see that frog? The milfs at the spot. Can they see the frog?  They had to show that. Jiraiya knows. He has tongue piercings. I like this toad. I always knew Naruto was a slave owner.  Sayonara. Bye-bye, Genta Boto. Battle time. Come on. I haven't heard this OST yet, man. This is sick. Yeah, what is the toad gonna do? Naruto could just stay on top of him the entire time. Yeah, that's right. How's that just staying as now? Nope. Come on. It's like riding a bull. We've all wrote something in our lives. I am your slave owner. Naruto jumped down his throat and just stay in there. He's just watching this.   I thought he had binoculars to watch Naruto train from afar. Nope.  You guys would do the same thing. Don't lie. What are they doing? What are they doing? They're too old for this. Who does this at this age? They look like they're in their 30s. Why do you splash at each other? I wonder if this frog has a cock. Naruto's staying on. Nice. Finally, the other characters. You think Gar is gonna stay in this town? Yeah, he's a vampire. That's why. Oh, Gar is definitely from this city. I didn't know the sand village looked like alabaster. It's not the pasty again. All right, I just want to prove a point.  Why can't we all be together? Guys, what village is the absolute worst? Did you wish Kishimoto sensei a happy birthday? Is he here? Happy birthday, bro. I love you. Thank you for allowing me to react to your show on stream. The rain village? All I see is rain and sound.  Those have been a rain village. It only rains. It's all about Gaara. Gaara is their only hope. The cat man's gonna be hope. The war hasn't even begun yet. We're about to have a ninja war. All the villages. Kaze Kage.  Super A rank. Wow. I love how they trust the children with that.  Tamari. She seems... These two seem like nice. I feel like Gaara is gonna have like a little redemption. Like, we don't truly understand him yet. Or I don't at least. Meanwhile, Naruto's on the toad ride. Oh, god. We're gonna see more bras and panties.  The devil fruit? No! Damn, that's actually a way to get him off. Little did you know Naruto's part fish? What about... Wow, he just created a rainbow. I knew he was gay.  He's still watching. Is this all these girls do? Jobless. I can't. I can't. They don't have a job. It's their day off.  I think it's a rainbow. Let's follow it. I actually like the scent.  It gets everywhere. Good.   Look at the shady shenanigans. Never trust anybody that comes from a sand village. Look at them. Whenever I hear black ops, I think of Zabu. They're using Gaara.  I don't think the sand village is gonna prevail. Oh, damn. The sand village is living in poverty, man.  Don't tell me they're still...  He's still doing this. I can't believe it.   You know this. Why are you lying to us?  His frog has lipstick on.  Body slam him? He said it. He screamed it 10 times. Oh, god. He's smiling. Oh, god. He's gonna belly block him.  He almost saw you, Jirai. Oh, god. I hope... I wish he would have landed on them.  Help each other. Come on.  Always trust the Naruto. Wow. This is why you only trust yourself, man.    Come on, Jirai. I have some faith in him. He's gonna catch him. Ready? Come on. Catch him with your paw. Get your paw out. Come on. Okay, or your tongue. Same thing. We don't use hands in this show. Actually, that's all we do. Damn. What else? Placing him down so elegantly. Jirai-yami.  It's because he's the fifth Hokage. Hurry up. Fill him up with ramen. Taking him to that place would be best. That place. Just another earthquake. He's smiling. Yeah. Look, it's foreshadowing the village. It's gonna be a footprint. Hospital...  I read it. I can't even pronounce the episode. It's all good. I can't even pronounce it. Besiege. Gaara left. Gaara went back. Gaara's sleeping with someone. Someone find him. He's with Hiroshi Amaru. Where could he go? Maybe he's on the toilet. I hope nothing bad happens. Is he saying that because Gaara might do something bad or something bad might happen to him? Look, sand. Sand village. Foreshadowing. The sand village is disappearing. Is that the show?  How many times are we gonna see these characters in hospital bed? He has a cancel sign on him. Oh, god. We better see Inoue. Emmy Inosuke. Oh, god. You know, no, we like her. We like her. Don't solve with the Sasuke-kun. I forgot he existed until now. Imagine saying you're half ninja, half florist. This is for Lee. I mean, an excuse to find Lee. To see Lee, I'm fine with that. This is the filler part of you. Fast forward, please.  Oh, Gaara. I know his shadow. I think that's Gaara. Am I right? Do I know his shadow? Whoa! Put the thing away.  Why is this guy the only one with him? Three days and three nights. I said the same thing. I think she has a change of clothes. Who changed him? Not Gaara. Keep those clothes on. New outfit. We need a new outfit. We can't get the same one on. Oh, god. Someone get him on, please. Wow. Did Hinata bring that? Oh, he did. Oh, fuck, Shoji. He's had enough. Yeah, he's had enough, man. That was a nice catch. I wouldn't wipe it. I just eat it, man. I never wash fruit. It's a trick.   How about you get a flower for Naruto? I'll get Naruto a bouquet. That sounds terrible, man. Why do I say these things? Like, I'm going on a date with him. What are you doing, Gaara?  What are you doing?   He's not doing push-ups? Wow, slacking. His OST is scaring me, man. Come on, Lee.  Open another gate. The fuck? Lee knows what's happening. Look, his eyes are closed. Are they going to reveal who it is?  I want them to end up together. Name their child, Lee Kura. You're telling me he needed a basket of fruit? Oh, my god.  Who walks into a room like that?  Well, I feel like Sakura's head's about to fall off.  I didn't know it was him.  It's somebody else. Look, he's being possessed. Look, guys, he's trapped. Whoa.    What did he kill them by accident? Whatever is controlling him right now, he lost control of and it attacked everybody near him. His mother and his father. Look, and it's happening again. It's taking over him and now it's controlling him to kill Lee. He can't control it.  This is disturbing.  Better bring it to his grave now. Now, look.  Wait, what? Oh, god, I got fucking. He could have controlled himself. The racism inside of him creeping out.  The age of the chubby has arrived. Oh, god, he got a sandal over him. Look at him. It's the tattoo. I was trying to kill him. Oh, my god. Seriously? Did you see the fight or not? No reason. I just wanted to murder him. Yeah, how is Lee so sleeping?  Especially Naruto screaming. It's like I'm screaming.   He is so edgy. Oh, my god.  I have a real monster in me. Uh-oh, Sakura is in here. This should put an end to it. Once Sakura gets in there, bro, you're done for. Team Sakura, who's with me? It's all an illusion. You think Gaara applies his eyeliner every day? A monster? I'll show you a monster. We both have monsters inside of us. It's like you said, I'm fatherless. Oh, my god. I literally said that.  Oh, boo-hoo. Wow. I wonder what I have inside of me. Yo, he has balls, too. Everyone in his room has balls. Love is right here on my head.  The ultimate masterpiece. He was crafted as the attack on Titan. The Kaze Kage's child. Yo, this is great.  Nah, there's more to it. It's not black and white, bro. I know Gaara is a good one. What happened to you, Bayo? I've been in this for six years. I've been in this for six years. Can you blame him for being like this? Yo, D.O.S., he's slapping. Talk about your family. He's just misunderstood, man. He should carry that teddy bear around more often. He's traumatizing. Goddamn. When I was seven, I did this. When I was eight, I took the bicycle and killed my father. I banged him over the head with it.  What happened when you were 10?  I thought I had it bad, because I was bullied. What's this guy saying?  Naruto relates.  Yeah, it's like looking in the mirror. I am living in order to kill human beings other than myself. I actually, I like that. Yeah. At least he loves himself. How many of you could say that?  He's real. God. Come on, Naruto. Get the tattoo. I don't know if Mr. Iroha accepted my existence or if he's alive. Gaara never had any ruka in his life.  He's had it worse. He's showing Naruto. You could live in worse conditions. Shit. I don't think that's what he means. He's misunderstood. Man, I would end up more like Gaara if I was born in these situations. I'm not, I wouldn't become like Naruto. Oh, he's a better boss.  Let's go. Come on. Wake up. Where's the fraud?    This is lots, man. This is hard. Right back in. Yep. Look, he's free now. Yo, guide. Oh, God. Damn, that PTSD hit him hard right there. The OST came. The Orochimaru OST hit. It's fucking, oh my God, it's foreshadowing. Does he mean guy? Does he mean guy too?  Guy is that guy.  Motherfuck I said filler. Skip it. Let's skip your funeral.


Welcome to our show, commemorating Muharram and the story of Ashura, where we will be discussing different aspects of the story of Ashura. Joining us today on our show is Sheikh Abbas Banjou, Sayyid Mohsin Shah and with some poetry and to add to the discussion, Munda Zarjafa. Our topic today is going to be discussing the motive of Yazid and why he fought Imam Hussein, peace be upon him. We're going to look at why he did it, what were the different roles at play and ultimately how he was unable to recognize, cause chosen authority on the side. Sheikh, starting with you, one thing that comes to mind is that when we go for the pilgrimage to the tombs of the holy personalities, we say this line quite often, I come to you knowing you're right, Araf and Behaqtik, I believe the Arabic is. Yes. What does it mean to know the Imam and the right of the Imam? Because this is clearly lacking on the day of Ashura. Of course. To be very honest brother, the question that you have asked is indeed a fairly deep question that probably needs hours and hours of discussion. However, in a nutshell, Ma'rifah has certain darajat, just like Iman has levels, Yaqeen has levels, Ma'rifah also has levels. So from a theoretical perspective, the concept of Ma'rifah is not a binary issue where it's one or zero. No, there are grades of Ma'rifah, there are certain categories and what is Matlub or what is required is to ascend those ranks of Ma'rifah, the higher of a position at Ma'rifah, the greater our attachment towards Ahlul-Bayt, attachment and obedience towards Ahlul-Bayt. What is sufficient in terms of a nutshell, a summary of an answer which is insha'Allah a comprehensive answer as well, is that Ma'rifah of Ahlul-Bayt is that you not only fully need to recognize but implement in your life, need to understand that the Imam being divinely chosen by Allah SWT is the absolute embodiment of truth in its entirety, number one. And number two, when you understand that the Imam is divinely chosen, embodiment of truth in its entirety, your submission to the Imam needs to be unconditional. This is something which is absolutely difficult to attain but not impossible. Absolute unconditional obedience to the Imam. Do you know the weight of these words? If my akal tells me do X but the Imam says do Y, I do Y. When I understand that submission to the Imam is unconditional because he is the absolute embodiment of truth and divinely selected by Allah SWT, then the wishes and the commands of this Imam should be preferred over my own personal based desires. Could I parallel that to, for example Nabi Ibrahim, peace be upon him, where he was told to sacrifice his son and maybe the intellect might say that's your son but unconditional divine submission to the truth? We wouldn't say that the intellect says this is my son because what we have within the hadith is that the intellect as a faculty understands and drives us towards submission. What I would say is that my emotion or my desire would tell me that my son, my best interest, factors that affect the thinking process of the mind, these external factors might push me away. Overcoming these by having absolute deep recognition that this is the embodiment of truth and unconditional submission is necessary and required and this is all extracted. The istidlales from the Quran where Allah SWT says, Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim Atiullah wa atiur Rasul wa ulil amri min kum Obey Allah, obey the Prophet and the ulil amr when Allah says what is understood. Again, hadith in which there is unanimous agreement between the amr and the khasa that the ulil amr, the first of them is Ameer al-Mu'mineen, Ameer al-Mu'mineen and then by extension the imams from his lineage. When Allah SWT says within the Quran, obey me, obey Allah, obey the Prophet and the ulil amr, is this obedience conditional or unconditional? Unconditional. Like the way our obedience towards Allah is supposed to be unconditional, our obedience towards the imam is also supposed to be unconditional. Understanding this, number two, implementing this in our daily lives, you have the manifestation of this arifun bi haqqik. You find another dimension of arifun bi haqqik and you will find that this is an item or this is this is a concept that comes up repeatedly, not only in the ziyarah of Sayyid al-Shuhada but in the ziyarah of all the ma'asumin. You will find this phrase in the ziyarah of Imam al-Qadim and Imam al-Jawad and Imam al-Ridha. Every imam who's shrine that you go to visit, you will find that this phrase is over there. Arifun bi haqqik. Together with this, an explanatory note of arifun bi haqqik. You find this in its phrases and different variations side of ziyarah ashura, in the ziyarah mutlak of Imam al-Husayn, the numerous ziyarat that are there, and you find it even in the ziyarat of Imam al-Qadim and Imam al-Jawad and so on and so forth. That I have absolute affinity towards you and I disassociate myself from your enemies. This full disassociation from the enemies and 100% alliance and affinity with Ahlul Bayt is a consequence of this ma'rifah because the intellect commands you to side with absolute truth at all times in all places. Say the Muslim, looking at history, so Yazid clearly knew, quote unquote, who the imam was. He knew the imam was saying was. Obviously he didn't have the recognition, that shape described. I mean, when you read history, Yazid's in power, he's got everything, and there's just one man who's saying no to him. What's Yazid's motive to actually go through with this whole campaign against imam? It's one person. Yeah, we look at history a bit more than that. It's very political. Yes. And then from the side of Yazid, what happens is that Yazid, Al-Altul Alay, inherits from his father, his power, his army, his wealth, but no one really takes him seriously and no one sees him to be fitting as a caliph. So what he tries to do is that, okay, I need to support him backing of an individual that can kind of like solidify and people can acknowledge my power. The only person that he thought was always advised would say that, look, if you get the support from this family, Bani Hashim, then it will kind of like, you know, make everything legit, legitimize everything, and your people will recognize you as the caliph. However, this is where imam was saying, Al-Altul Alay said, takes a stance, saying someone like me can never ever give support to someone like you. So this is his main objective here is to kind of like, you know, legitimize his power, simply because even in the public eye no one sees him to be fitting as a caliph. So his motive was to get the support from imam was saying so that he can become the caliph. Imam was saying has a strong stance against him and this is what leads him to actually say and go and say, all right, if you're not going to give me support, either you give me the support or I'll kill you and this is where it comes from. And then we have the, you know, the people rising against Yazidis or in Kufa when, you know, Hazrat Musleh-e-Mineqid goes to see the support because we know that imam Ali was in Kufa, the capital of the Islamic, you know, caliph, it was in Kufa. These people haven't forgotten who imam Ali was and these people haven't forgotten the importance of imam Hussein. So there's a rebellion and a rise against Yazid. We see that Musleh-e-Mineqid goes to acknowledge and to verify that, yes, these people are here to support you and this is where imam Hussein is going towards Kufa to gain that support and probably go and challenge Yazid and his power. Yazid technically comes and stops him in between and is, you know, well, it's quite clear and credible that either join us or you'll be killed. Yeah. So once looking at today's world in particular, what are the parallels you can draw where I'm looking at the angle of imam Hussein is in a minority clearly. We know he had reportedly sent you two companions within versus the tens of thousands that Yazid had. Where do you see in the world today where we may be in the minority but we have to stand up to a bigger power because they might feel threatened by us? Are there any parallels we can draw to the story of Ashura to the modern world? I think there are very many parallels that can be drawn but taking it to a more gross roots level in that to say that places where you have to stand your ground when you're faced with challenges where one side could involve you compromising your faith. Yeah. Especially in the day and age that we live in, in the western societies, in the countries that we live in. One of the challenges that I find as a student is a lot of the time I'm having to stand my ground in terms of listening to music or going to places where we shouldn't be going as as muslim because of what we believe in. See one side of that involved me standing for my faith because I will say I don't go to these places. I don't listen to music because my faith tells me not to. I suppose it's very hard as a student because the university lifestyle that's around us. It's challenging right because it's so normal everyone to do that. Exactly. And you see Yazid had attempted the people so much so that all of them thought that Hussain was in the wrong. Part of the reason some of the narrations say that they didn't let, they wanted to let Imam Hussain pray because he was a muslim but someone pointed out that you know if we let him pray then the people here will see that he's actually doing something right and that he under the assumption that he's doing something wrong. Right? So sometimes you have to stand your ground and that's one of the challenges that I drew or the parallels that I drew from. Yeah because I mean from your perspective you're almost going against the grain aren't you? You're that minority that wants to not have fun. Not have fun. Yeah. That's the thing whereas you've got a higher goal in one. Absolutely. Sheikh did what did Yazid fear? What was he threatened by? What was he threatened? Habibi the the tyrant and the dictator always fears truth. You find this throughout time? Yeah. Why was Pharaoh with all the power that he had fear Nabi Musa? Why did the the Romans in their strength of their empire and the high priests why were they threatened by the message of Nabi Issa? True. Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba salawatullahi wa salamahu alaihi. What fear did he put through to Muawiya even after the sulh even after the ceasefire? You said the number of times sulh al-Hassan the word peace treaty of Imam Hassan is an inaccurate expression when you read through history it was not a peace treaty it was a ceasefire even after the ceasefire when Imam Hassan al-Mujtaba has gone back to Medina Muawiya still poisons him. What was the fear? Imam al-Qadim Musa Ibn Ja'far al-Qadim alaihi salam who seemed to be an abid in the eyes of the normal person an abid worshipper in Medina. What threat did he push to this empire of Bani Abbas? The unborn Imam al-Hujja Aja Allahu ta'ala Farajah al-Sharif. What threat did he pose to Bani Abbas? And Imam who's in the Ghaiba today supposes a threat to people. How do we dissect all this? How do we understand this? The fear of truth prevailing because when you are on the other side of truth and you know that when this haqq or this truth prevails you have everything to lose and hence you will do everything in your power to conceal this truth because you being the representative of falsehood the basis of you assuming power is based on falsehood and manipulation the only manner in which you can preserve your seat is to eliminate the threat of your opposition which is also the embodiment of truth and hence you find this this is a this is within the norm and the seerah of all the dictators and the tyrants be them within the fold of religion or outside of the religion. The fear of truth prevailing this was one of the greatest fears of Yazid if Imam al-Hussein was allowed to be free within the earth within the lands he would expose the falsehood which Yazid and his fathers stood for the falsehood and the the the the inaccuracy the invalidity of the premise upon which they have got the seat of power and that's why i suppose in our in Zira Ashura and other Ziyaras we don't just condemn Yazid we condemn those who paved the way central there is an entire chain in that you see zulm does not happen overnight an oppressive power does not an oppressive party does not come into power overnight there are many prerequisites that have happened and you find that this is something by Nalqussein between brackets this is something that is applicable even when it comes to understanding al-amat al-duhor of Imam al-Hujja the advent of Sufiani it's not that just one day this Sufiani wakes up and causes havoc on earth Sufiani is a byproduct of many other injustices injustices that have happened along the way Yazid was a byproduct al-laeen of many injustices that have happened since the martyrdom of Rasulullah for you have this fear of you preserving your seat which is built on a premise of falsehood and this can only be obtained by concealing or by suppressing the truth number one and number two you have this driving motive which is understood from the text see this is also another important rule of thumb whenever we're trying to understand karbala whenever we're trying to analyze karbala we have to be very important that we don't put forward a wrong analysis or a wrong understanding of karbala the rule of thumb is that whenever you're analyzing karbala the stances of Imam al-Hujja what motivated the enemies that we go back to the texts where the imams themselves speak about this or the enemy out of his own account says the truth in terms of acknowledgement or confession you will find that the driving force behind one of the driving forces behind the Yazid's brutal pursuit and massacre of the holy family was his hatred towards Amir al-Mu'mineen salawatullahi wa salamu alayhi and this becomes manifest the proof for this is where the poetry that he recites when the sabayah brought into the shaham to paraphrase this poem or to translate it very briefly it goes along the lines that I wish my forefathers in Badr would have been here today to see the achievements and the grief of al-Muhammad referring back to what the time where Amir al-Mu'mineen was responsible for sending his forefathers to not jahannam in the battle of Badr so this hatred of Amir al-Mu'mineen is a driving force that that led these people to rally against Imam al-Hujja from the side of Obaidullah ibn Ziyad there are see in the army of Yazid you look at the psychology of the enemy you will find that within the numbers that fought against Imam al-Hujja each person was fighting Imam al-Hujja with a different motive and with a different understanding there were some who were there for the money there were some who were there out of fear because it was enforced military service sure if you didn't go forward for the war your family would get killed you would lose your house so that they really didn't want to fight Imam al-Hujja they knew he was on haqq but they couldn't take a stance forced military participation then you had those who thought no he's truly astray and that the Khilafah is truly with Yazid Allaheen so you have all these groups of people who come inside but coming to this thing of Amir al-Mu'mineen you find that even in the final moments of Karbala when Imam al-Hussein was in the battlefield and the enemy was not able to come close to him because of the ferocious mana in which Sayyid al-Shuhada was protecting himself and defending the family and the women this is after all his companions have died there is a party within the Makdal where it says they were reluctant to even come next to Imam al-Hussein they're reluctant to attack Imam al-Hussein what does Umar ibn Sa'ad al-La'een say to encourage and motivate his army to go forward and attack Imam al-Hussein because now imagine from military perspective war tactics the enemy is at the lowest level of moral, ajeeb they are at the lowest level of moral Imam al-Hussein all his family members have been killed he is the only one in the battlefield they are not able to come close the enemy says the more we attacked him the more his face began to glow with the noor of Allah Azza wa Jalla they're at the lowest level now they have done everything to bring down this man and they can't at that point to motivate them to go forward and fight Imam al-Hussein with one final attack and one final push with everything that they have what did Umar ibn Sa'ad say to motivate the people he didn't say go forward and i will double your reward or go forward and you will become governor of this and that what did he say he said oh people this is the son of the quarrel someone who killed our forefathers so they used the hatred of Amir al-Mu'minin as a motivational factor to go and attack him and you find this within the Makathil and it's these are the things indications that allow us to understand the psychology of the enemy and understand the brutality the extent of the brutality that they were ready to go for because they were driven by this emotion called hate hate of Amir al-Mu'minin al-Islam thank you month is there i believe you have some poetry prepared and related to this topic so if you could please maybe introduce it and please recite for us the tradition so it's um really about the atmosphere that surrounded Yazid at the time an ego fed by falsehood a facade raised up on lies the prince of the believers but is that really what they believed for if they believed for even a second in the actual truth then they would never have fought the one who spoke only the truth reform was Hussein's goal what he said about to bring Yazid toward his throne was at risk and his position as king was in danger that's why when Yazid said Bay'ah Hussein said hey heart when Yazid said Bay'ah Hussein said hey heart so Yazid resorted to killing him near Furat a river that today flows as a result of the lovers tears a river that today flows as a result of tears whilst near it is buried Hussein's nears and dears whilst near it buried as Hussein's nears and dears thank you absolutely beautiful said most and to carry on the discussion obviously we know quite clearly imam was killed i should describe the brutal moment it happened as well what did Yazid actually gain from this because you think he's won in a sense well what's what what is he gained from killing the imam and reality you know in the Quranic lady says one who takes one life is like you have taken the whole of humanity now how many died on the plains of Karbala and what was the cause of their death what was what was Yazid trying to gain from you know defeating or killing and butchering these people in the short term Yazid would have thought he has a you know mission accomplished that he has taken away the opposition and all roads now lead towards you know leading the muslim umma or the khalifat but in reality we see two things first of all we we know his Akhara is certain of of hellfire hellfire and secondly i think he underestimates the daughter of emir ur mu'min and how her and also the son of imam Hussein imam sajjad as-salam how they managed to convey the truth and the reality of what has happened on this on the tragic day of ashura and the reality of who these people really are because there was so much propaganda against bani hashe man against imam Hussein but later on we see from say the zaynab we also see from imam sajjad the efforts that they've put in that actually overturned the public opinion we know that as soon as they were captured people started to revolt against Yazid and what have you done this is the the grandson of how could you have done such a thing so in short term you know he may have thought that yes i have i have won and i am in power but the reality is thanks to say the zaynab and also to imam sajjad um he lost public opinion um and and public support which you know definitely led towards his doom what is it as in as a student how is imam Hussein won what do you what's he's won clearly and with the amount of people that remember him to you how has he won even though he was killed i think his victory is highlighted in his legacy more than the event um i think he's won because of what he left behind for us and he's won because the stuff that he left behind for us there is nobody that can claim that that stuff is related to 1400 years ago and is not related to today i think you look around you look at how much loyalty is valued today even within the youth right uh you don't want to be found uh backstabbing someone you know and i think there are kind of lessons that we learn from from karbala we learn from i'm saying how to how to stand in the face of people who want you to do something else to stand firm in what you believe in right and if that's not what it's respective to you then i don't know what is and i think that in itself highlights his victory yeah and and to wrap up shake i'm gonna ask you actually the same question as someone who serves the pulpit of imam hussein as the honor of doing so how does the victory although losing we have this famous phrase that's used a common proverb right losing the battle but winning the war sure um how do you as someone who serves a pulpit how do you witness that imam hussein has won um brother zamir if you ask me even the notion that the battle is lost i don't agree sure i don't think there is any aspect not i don't think i know there is no aspect of karbala that imam hussein did not win who said he died who said he died right the quran says do not consider the people who are slain in the way of allah's dead rather they are alive and seeking his risk so who said imam hussein died on ashura Allah imam hussein became immortal on the day of ashurah became alive till today 17 million people on the day of arba'in or on the ziyarah of arba'iniyah in its entirety paid tribute to this man who said hussein lost anything even when you come and you look at it from a warfare perspective 72 men fighting an army of 30 000 immediately on the field 70 000 with reserves leading to another 120 with further reserves as per the hadith what we understand 72 men to stand up against 30 000 up till the time of asr show me in the history of human warfare where this has happened and for them to have been inflicted with as many casualties who lost the war imam hussein definitely didn't lose the war he became immortal on the day of ashura and this is what i believe and this is the faith with which i hope that we're put into the grave that imam hussein was immortal at every step of karbala in terms of this the legacy of imam hussein one of the greatest things not the greatest one of the greatest is this power of inspiration when you're motivated to make change in life all you need to do is look back to imam hussein is to read over the history of imam hussein just read over the manner in which he was martyred and this in itself is powerful enough to make you change your destiny and your life there is no other human event that you can find from the anbiyah from the awliya that can cause as much change or has that much potential for a person to embark changes karbala so as a factor that inspires you towards change this is the greatest legacy of imam hussein salawatullahi wa salam and what's a wonderful note to close on before we close on a eulogy i would like to thank our guests first of all joining us and for our dear viewers at home who like me must have benefited greatly from this topic it's quite clear and i think the the clear message of today's show which which really hit me was that a tyrant is might have all the power on in the world but clearly it is a truth that they fear um one small um knock to their kingdom or their power with the truth can bring down the empire which is what imam hussein show uh was salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu a small eulogy in honor of the nights that we're in um remembering say the zaynab salamullahi ha small conversation between them me oh yeah but yeah O my brother, you are my son, you are my daughter, you are my brother, you are my son, I will be with you after the night, and you are my brother, you are my brother, you are my sister, and I am your brother, you are my brother, And beware of this day of colorful I've been yearning for you Afraid that you will have news I've been yearning for you Afraid that you will have news Oh, you want to be You are running through me Wa-bghurubti Ya kafili ma'ti jini Bilhamma qdai'umri Tidri la ma'ti dri Bilhamma qdai'umri Tidri la ma'ti dri Allah ma'sha'Allah ma'sha'Allah