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Speaker 1: Joining the show this morning is retired Major General Bob

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Speaker 1: Dyes the United States Army. He commanded the US Israeli

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Speaker 2: General D's welcome, O great to be with you, Scott.

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Speaker 3: Thank you dan Is. With all I know, we honor

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Speaker 1: The big question would be out is the aircraft that

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Speaker 3: Gratefully the pilots lived, and I'm sure this is a

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Speaker 1: Obviously, we had nearly nine hundred strikes in twelve hours.

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Speaker 3: But it's a mixed bag because if you knock out,

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Speaker 1: He is a retired US Army Major General. Bob De's

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Speaker 1: Right on other thing too is I know Iran has

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Hesballah has already started knocking or ascending rockets

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Speaker 1: These have already demonstrated ability to strike our assets and

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Speaker 3: It's a significant threat and they they they are right

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Speaker 1: Those those carry groups are amazing things when they get rolling.

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Speaker 1: What is your threat assessment of Hesbela and they're.

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Speaker 3: Well, I think today the Israelis reported they killed the

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well, well I would say weeks not months. Uh,

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Speaker 3: all of that until it's no longer about you know,

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Speaker 1: Is there back channels going on within that three member

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Speaker 3: Well, I think it depends. We got to see to

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Speaker 1: All right, weeks not months is what you or our

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Speaker 1: of course too is all in question. He is Major

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Speaker 1: is rarely combined task force or missile defense back in

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Speaker 1: the day now at the National Center for Healthy Vests

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Speaker 1: in Virginia.

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Speaker 2: General, thanks for the time. I appreciate We talk again soon,

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Speaker 3: You bet Scott, thank you.

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