1 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: Day the Jesse Kelly Show, another hour of The Jesse 2 00:00:07,520 --> 00:00:11,039 Speaker 1: Kelly Show on a magnificent Tuesday. 3 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 2: And all right, so I am going to get to 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,639 Speaker 2: this Joe Kent resignation thing, the Iran thing here in 5 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 2: a moment. But we're gonna do Metle of Honor Tuesday first, 6 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 2: and then from there we'll bounce around do some other things. 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: This hour I'll address it. I meant to get it 8 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: to it in the first hour. It didn't have time 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 2: to get to it. But because I was gone last 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,879 Speaker 2: night in the hospital, I'm gonna do Medal of Honor Tuesday. 11 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 2: Every Monday at this time. Holy now it's Tuesday. We 12 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,840 Speaker 2: read a Medal of Honor citation. We honor a hero, 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: we honor his deeds. And I actually read a book. 14 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 2: One of the very first Marine Corps books I read 15 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 2: in my entire life was about this man, Gregory Pappy Boyington. 16 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: I believe the title of the book was Bad, Bad 17 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: Black Sheep Boyet. I read it when I was a kid, 18 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 2: So if I screwed that up, forgive me. But I 19 00:01:10,920 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 2: think Pappy Boyington's book, or a book written about him, 20 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: was bad Bad Black Sheep outstanding book. The Aviators in 21 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 2: World War Two. We've talked before about them, the guys 22 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:28,480 Speaker 2: who made those bombing runs over Europe, the guys who 23 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 2: did all the flying in the Pacific, so intensely brave. 24 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 2: That was right, Chris, the name of the book. Oh 25 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:36,839 Speaker 2: how about that bad, bad black sheep. If you're fascinated 26 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: by this story, and I'll tell you it really really 27 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 2: hits me. And I've encouraged you to do this before, 28 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: to go to any kind of an aviation museum. Usually 29 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 2: there's one in your area if you're vacationing one, looked 30 00:01:52,840 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: for one, there seems to be a lot of them 31 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 2: around the country, and go look at these World War 32 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:02,960 Speaker 2: two planes, just thin, little it looks like a flying 33 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 2: soda can. And these guys would just hop in these 34 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: planes and they'd fly out over the open water and 35 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: by the way, would crash and never be heard from again. 36 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 2: They would get shot down, never be heard from again, 37 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:19,600 Speaker 2: crash into each other, never be heard from again. Whether 38 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 2: it's just was a it was, It's not taking your 39 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 2: Delta Airlines flight for two hours where you have about 40 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: a ninety nine point nine to nine percent chance of survival. 41 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: This thing is brittle. Something could go wrong. You could 42 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:40,080 Speaker 2: get shot and you're gone. These guys were intensely brave 43 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 2: human beings, and so Pappy Boyington was born in Cordeline, Idaho, 44 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 2: would highly recommend you stop in Courdeline if you ever 45 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: have a chance. Completely beautiful, at least it was when 46 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 2: I when I was there, and this was from World 47 00:02:53,680 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 2: War II in the Pacific. So without further ado, right, hey, 48 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 2: honoring those who went above and beyond its Medal of 49 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:15,440 Speaker 2: Honor Monday for extraordinary heroism and valiant devotion to duty. 50 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 2: As commanding officer of Marine Fighting Squadron two fourteen in 51 00:03:19,760 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 2: action against enemy Japanese forces in the Central Solomon's area 52 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,640 Speaker 2: from the twelfth of September nineteen forty three to the 53 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:33,400 Speaker 2: third of January nineteen forty four. Consistently outnumbered throughout successful 54 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: hazardous flights over heavily defended hostile territory, Major Boyington struck 55 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 2: at the enemy with daring and courageous persistence, leading his 56 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 2: squadron into combat with devastating results to Japanese shipping, shore 57 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: installations and aerial forces. Resolute in his efforts to inflict 58 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 2: critical damage on the enemy, Major Boyington led a formation 59 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: of twenty four fighters over Kahali Lee on the seven 60 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 2: teenth of October, and persistently circling the air drome where 61 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 2: sixty hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly challenged the Japanese to 62 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 2: send up planes. Under his brilliant command, our fighters shot 63 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 2: down twenty enemy craft in the ensuing action without the 64 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,720 Speaker 2: loss of a single ship. A superb airman and determined 65 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: fighter against overwhelming odds, Major Boyington personally destroyed twenty six 66 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,600 Speaker 2: of the many Japanese planes shot down by his squadron, 67 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 2: and by his forceful leadership, developed the combat readiness in 68 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 2: his command, which was a distinctive factor in the Allied 69 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:45,560 Speaker 2: aerial achievements in this vitally strategic area. Never forget the 70 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:52,080 Speaker 2: air warriors of World War Two. And you know BK. 71 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 2: You know our buddy b K our former Air Force PJ, 72 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 2: one of these warrior types. He joins the show. If 73 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 2: you listen, you know who BK is. B K said 74 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,240 Speaker 2: something I think it was last time he was on, 75 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 2: one of the last times he was on, and I 76 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: loved it so much because it was so true and 77 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: most people don't realize it. All human beings were fascinated 78 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:19,760 Speaker 2: with with foreign things, which which are less known to us, 79 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 2: and they seem exotic. In fact, we described them as exotic. 80 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 2: I'm gonna eat exotic foods today. You're going to panda 81 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 2: express right, the exotic And the same thing when it 82 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 2: comes to other countries warriors. When when I joined the 83 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 2: Marine Corps, I was young. We were all young, and 84 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 2: I was fascinated too with the warriors from other countries 85 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 2: who we would meet or work with from time to time. 86 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: Very fascinated with them because of course Spain must have 87 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,920 Speaker 2: something figured out right, and they're not that they're better 88 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 2: than us, but wow, they're going to be so impressive 89 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:04,039 Speaker 2: like this. And we were told before we go jungle 90 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: warfare with the Time Marines. Wow, these Time Marines, they're 91 00:06:07,920 --> 00:06:13,840 Speaker 2: jungle fighters that they seem exotic, don't they it's foreign 92 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:19,000 Speaker 2: they do. They'd probably drake tiger's blood at night. But 93 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:24,160 Speaker 2: you discover something, not that other countries don't have excellent warriors. 94 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 2: They do, certainly countries like the UK, believe it or not, 95 00:06:27,720 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: France has some great warriors. There are other warriors out there, 96 00:06:32,279 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 2: but the more you meet them, train with them, work 97 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,280 Speaker 2: with them, you discover something that BK said to everybody 98 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: on the radio last time he was on. The American 99 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 2: fighting Man is the fighting man on the planet. The 100 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,359 Speaker 2: spirit of the American fighting man. Americans love to fight, 101 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:58,360 Speaker 2: we love guns, we love to fight, we love to win. 102 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,960 Speaker 2: We're really good at it. And if you ever dig 103 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 2: into especially well, World War two in Europe is the 104 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:07,280 Speaker 2: same too. But you know my fascination with World War 105 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 2: two in the Pacific, if you ever dig into some 106 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 2: of these missions, these these fighters went through, the aerial guys, 107 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 2: the submarines went through. They're so dangerous that they almost 108 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 2: seemed like certain death, some of these missions. And you 109 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: don't find the guys sitting around lamenting it. I don't 110 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 2: want to go. I'm afraid I probably won't come back. 111 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 2: They can't wait. They're dying to go. No, get me 112 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 2: in my submarine so I can go behind enemy lines 113 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:44,840 Speaker 2: and just start sinking enemy ships. No, get me on 114 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,000 Speaker 2: my plane. I don't care if we're outnumbered. I want 115 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: to go mess some people up. I want to go 116 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 2: fight some people. You know, it's excellent. An example of 117 00:07:53,320 --> 00:07:55,160 Speaker 2: World War two in the Pacific where we think of 118 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,640 Speaker 2: the Japanese or Japanese as oh, they are these samurai 119 00:07:59,280 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 2: warriors willing to die for the Emperor, and they certain 120 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,240 Speaker 2: they were they were tough. I'm not denying that. But 121 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 2: the Japanese discovered something that the Germans discovered in World 122 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 2: War Two that many other countries and many other places 123 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 2: have discovered. The American fighting man is no freaking joke. 124 00:08:20,080 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 2: He likes to fight, and he's going to fight, and 125 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:28,040 Speaker 2: he's going to be ultra aggressive. We have an aggressive 126 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 2: type a male culture. Something that hit me when we 127 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 2: were in Iraq is even there, you know, you think, 128 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,080 Speaker 2: at least I thought, I shouldn't say you think. I 129 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,720 Speaker 2: thought before we went that we were going to run 130 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,319 Speaker 2: into some you know, Saladen type of Islamic army culture 131 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 2: of warriors there wanting to die for Allah. And of 132 00:08:49,200 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 2: course there were some brave guys there who wanted to die, 133 00:08:51,760 --> 00:08:56,680 Speaker 2: and we obliged them, but so many of them were 134 00:08:56,720 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 2: just soft soft and you get a hold of them physically, 135 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 2: and even if you was kind of a decent sized dude, 136 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 2: he was just kind of mushy. And then you look 137 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:13,760 Speaker 2: around at us, all that physical training, all that mental training, 138 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:17,880 Speaker 2: just being an American, and you think to yourself, yeah, 139 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,319 Speaker 2: exotic sounds fine, I'll eat it. Panda Express. In the end, 140 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 2: give me McDonald's. So anyway, I wanted you to take 141 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 2: pride in that. If you're an American, I know we 142 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: have people listening from around the world. Remember if I 143 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 2: just offended anybody with anything I just said, I don't care. 144 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 2: You're welcome to emailing the show you love, your hate, 145 00:09:37,679 --> 00:09:41,040 Speaker 2: your death threats, whatever you would like. Jesse at Jesse 146 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 2: kellyshow dot com. All right, so our counter terrorism director, 147 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 2: director of the National counter Terrorism Center, Joe Kent. You've 148 00:09:51,880 --> 00:09:55,520 Speaker 2: heard Joe Kent on this show. He resigned today. He 149 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:59,520 Speaker 2: resigned publicly. I guess we can touch on some Iran stuff, 150 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,719 Speaker 2: semi ran emails. I'll touch on this whole thing. It's 151 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 2: it's a big story. A bunch of people were talking 152 00:10:04,320 --> 00:10:06,080 Speaker 2: about it. I'll touch on it, and i'll touch on 153 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:06,559 Speaker 2: it next. 154 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: Hang on, it is the Jesse Kelly Show on a 155 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:14,319 Speaker 1: Saint Patty's Day, churning through everything. 156 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 2: Now let's deal with uh, one of the uncomfortable stories 157 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 2: of the day. So we'll take away at some Iran emails, 158 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:26,440 Speaker 2: semi ron questions you have on the latest and greatest 159 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 2: or worst, depending on your perspective. But Joe Kent, Joe 160 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 2: Kent was until this morning, apparently the national the director 161 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,719 Speaker 2: of the National counter Terrorism Center. Now, let's rewind a 162 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 2: little bit in case you don't know Joe Kenner, you 163 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 2: haven't heard him on this show. Joe Kent came on 164 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 2: the show when he was running for Congress in Washington State. 165 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:53,480 Speaker 2: Joe Kent was Green Beret eleven deployments. He then left 166 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:57,320 Speaker 2: that secret warrior life and went on and worked in 167 00:10:57,520 --> 00:11:01,400 Speaker 2: CIA's ground branch doing the employments with them. That's basically 168 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,959 Speaker 2: CIA's Navy seals doing stuff. So Joe Kent is one 169 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 2: of those American superhero type guys. 170 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 3: He is. 171 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 2: Joe Kent's wife. I've out called her ex wife. God 172 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: forgive me for that. Joe Kent was married. Joe Kent's 173 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,200 Speaker 2: wife was CIA, and she got killed by a terrorist 174 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 2: well deployed in Afghanistan. Joe Can, I believe has remarried. 175 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: Now that's not really important for our purposes here. Joe 176 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 2: Kent has been since I've known him, really kind of 177 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:40,959 Speaker 2: a non interventionist type. Certainly not what you would call 178 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 2: a pacifist, being as how he's Joe Rigging Kent. But 179 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 2: I don't want to send American troops overseas. That's really 180 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:51,600 Speaker 2: been his thing. So Trump administration makes him the director 181 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 2: of the National counter Terrorism Center. What do they do exactly? 182 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:02,959 Speaker 2: The National counter Terrorism Center, They really focus domestically, That's 183 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:06,600 Speaker 2: what you should know. That's their domestic focus. Their idea 184 00:12:06,840 --> 00:12:12,440 Speaker 2: is stop terrorist attacks here at home. So woke up 185 00:12:12,480 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 2: today and look, I won't read you the whole letter 186 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: that he put I'll just put out the statement he 187 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 2: put on social media. If you want to go look 188 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,559 Speaker 2: at the letter he put out there. Here was Joe Kent. 189 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:27,520 Speaker 2: And keep in mind, really, no matter your stance on 190 00:12:27,559 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 2: any of this, I'm probably about to make you angry, 191 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,480 Speaker 2: So get ready. Joe Kent said this, after much reflection, 192 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: I have decided to resign from my position as director 193 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: of the National counter Terrorism Center, effective today. I cannot 194 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 2: in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran 195 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is 196 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 2: clear that we started this war due to pressure from 197 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 2: Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been honored 198 00:12:54,880 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: to serve under Potus and DNC Gabbard Tulsa Gabbard and 199 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:03,160 Speaker 2: leading the professions at the NCTC, that's the National counter 200 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:07,160 Speaker 2: Terrorism Center, and he finishes at God bless America. The letter, 201 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,599 Speaker 2: the actual official letter is longer. I'm not going to 202 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 2: read it. It's it's too detailed about it. So that 203 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:18,199 Speaker 2: was not exactly quietly stepping away. That was Joe Kent 204 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: throwing that bomb out there. As you can imagine, the 205 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 2: Trump administration, after being publicly lambasted like that, came out 206 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 2: hard against Joe Kent, accusations that he was leaking information. 207 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: Caroline Levitt put out a strong statement. Trump was asked 208 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 2: about it. Here's what Trump said. 209 00:13:39,679 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 4: I always thought he was a nice guy, but I 210 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 4: always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security. 211 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 4: I didn't know him well, but I thought it seemed 212 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 4: like a pretty nice guy. But when I read a statement, 213 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 4: I realized that it's a good thing that he's out, 214 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:57,520 Speaker 4: because he said. 215 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 2: That Iran was not a threat. 216 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 4: Iran was a threat every country it realized what a 217 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 4: threat at Ran was. 218 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 2: Of course, the news, different cable news organizations are chewing 219 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 2: up a story like this, as you can imagine. Here 220 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 2: was Fox News our. 221 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 5: Own Aisha Hofsni reporting that on background to a senior 222 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:20,160 Speaker 5: administration official says that Joe Kent was cut out of 223 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 5: Podhus intelligence briefings months ago due to allegations of suspected leaks, 224 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 5: and that he has not been a part of any 225 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 5: Iran planning discussions or briefings at all, which sort of 226 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 5: posed the disconnect addressed earlier this morning by the administration 227 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,960 Speaker 5: saying that he wasn't privy to the classified information that 228 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 5: indeed underscores and proves provides the evidence that Iran was 229 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 5: nuclear empowered or about to be. 230 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:50,480 Speaker 2: Okay, well, that has been confirmed by many sources that 231 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 2: he wasn't part of Iran talks. But back to what 232 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 2: I was saying, he wouldn't have been part of Iran talks. 233 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 2: His job is domestic. That's as you would, there be 234 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 2: no reason and to include him an Iron talks. But okay, 235 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,520 Speaker 2: he was caught out of Iran talks CNN. As you 236 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 2: can imagine, they think this makes Trump look bad. So 237 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 2: here's how they're. 238 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 6: Reporting in this letter, writes in part quote, as a 239 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:15,120 Speaker 6: veteran who deployed to combat eleven times, and as a 240 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:18,600 Speaker 6: gold star husband who lost my beloved wife, Shannon in 241 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 6: a war manufactured by Israel, I, cannot support sending the 242 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,440 Speaker 6: next generation off to fight and die in a war 243 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 6: that serves no benefits to the American people nor justifies 244 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 6: the cost of American lives now. Kent, in his apparent 245 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 6: post on X does also seem to suggest that there 246 00:15:35,560 --> 00:15:39,320 Speaker 6: was no imminent threats that it has been used and 247 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:42,160 Speaker 6: cited by the Trump administration as justification for launching this 248 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 6: war against Iran. He says that essentially the administration manufactured 249 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 6: this idea of an imminent threat, and that is part 250 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 6: of the reason why he is deciding to resign from 251 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 6: his post today. 252 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 2: Okay, so let's do this, and like I said, I'm 253 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 2: getting ready to make everyone angry. Let me reiterate what 254 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:05,560 Speaker 2: I said last segment when we were doing Medal of 255 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:09,600 Speaker 2: honor Tuesday. Some things I have very strong opinions on, 256 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 2: some things I don't, and there are some things I 257 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 2: want to wait and see on. I understand people tune 258 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 2: in in part to hear my opinion on things, so 259 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 2: I understand that that's part of the job. Sometimes some stories, 260 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 2: I would even say often I don't have an opinion 261 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:34,720 Speaker 2: on it yet because we don't know yet. Iran in general, 262 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 2: I'll just tell you again what I've said a bunch 263 00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 2: Iran in general, the Iranian operation successful or not. I 264 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 2: don't know, and neither do you. We won't know. We 265 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,720 Speaker 2: won't know yet. No one knows. Will it succeed? Well, 266 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: I don't know, and neither do you. No one knows yet. 267 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 2: The Joe Kent resignation, the Trump administration response that I 268 00:16:56,240 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 2: will touch on in a moment. 269 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,080 Speaker 1: He said, Jesse Kelly Show on a Saint Patty's Day. 270 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 2: If you mess any part of the show, you can 271 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:10,679 Speaker 2: download at iHeart, Spotify iTunes. So the Joe Kent resignation, 272 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:18,000 Speaker 2: the Trump administration response, I'm unsure about a part of this. 273 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: So let me explain. I have a rule. I like 274 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 2: Joe Kent. I would consider him probably a friend. I 275 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 2: don't know. We're not that close. But I like Joe 276 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:31,679 Speaker 2: Kent a lot, and I certainly respect him and what 277 00:17:31,720 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 2: he's done for this country. But my rule applies really 278 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:41,520 Speaker 2: at all times, with one exception. My rule is what 279 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,960 Speaker 2: when it comes to your former employer, it's the same 280 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 2: rule that comes to your ex girlfriend, your ex boyfriend, 281 00:17:48,760 --> 00:17:51,760 Speaker 2: your ex wife, your ex husband. What is my rule? 282 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:59,840 Speaker 2: You do not trash them in public. Now, I'm gonna 283 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 2: get you the exception, and this is my concern here. 284 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 2: You do not trash them in public. I know this 285 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:09,520 Speaker 2: is the social media era where everybody has to vomit 286 00:18:09,560 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 2: out all their feelings at all times. And I'm gonna 287 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 2: show Tony. I'm gonna tell everybody his breath stunk. But 288 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: you know why, you don't trash your former employer or 289 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:24,880 Speaker 2: your ex girlfriend. Not for their sake. Maybe they deserve trashing. 290 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:31,200 Speaker 2: You don't trash them publicly for your sake because your 291 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:36,240 Speaker 2: next employer potentially is watching you do it, and you 292 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 2: just cost yourself a job. Your next girlfriend or boyfriend 293 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,040 Speaker 2: they're watching you do it, and you just cost yourself 294 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:49,800 Speaker 2: a date to the prom. Don't trash your former employer publicly, 295 00:18:50,400 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: which brings me to the statement itself. Joe Kent could 296 00:18:55,760 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 2: have said, I have some disagreements, thank potus for the opportunity. 297 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 2: I'm resigning today and moving on to other things. Instead, 298 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,439 Speaker 2: he went into a lot of detail. You know, I 299 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,640 Speaker 2: cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. 300 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 2: They posed no imminent threat. It's clear we started this 301 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 2: war due to pressure from Israel. That is some pretty 302 00:19:18,880 --> 00:19:24,359 Speaker 2: pointed commentary. That's that Because of his public response, the 303 00:19:24,400 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 2: Trump administration and the Trump allies has spent the day 304 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:34,760 Speaker 2: trashing Joe Kent, which leads me to this. The exception 305 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 2: to that rule of not trashing your former employer, and honestly, 306 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,520 Speaker 2: I would consider this. The only exception to that rule 307 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 2: is if you believe lives are critically at stake, that 308 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: if you don't say something, people are going to die. 309 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 7: Now. 310 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,040 Speaker 2: I have not talked to Joe Kent, and I don't 311 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:01,440 Speaker 2: know Joe Kent's reasoning going to put words in his mouth. 312 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:03,439 Speaker 2: That's why I told you I want to wait and see. 313 00:20:04,560 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 2: Does Joe Kent know something something that's coming that we 314 00:20:09,480 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 2: don't know, and that's why he felt the need to 315 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 2: say something. I don't know. I don't have any idea 316 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:16,000 Speaker 2: and neither do you. So don't email me and tell 317 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,840 Speaker 2: me you know. Neither of us know yet. We will 318 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 2: wait and see on that couple things though. First, do 319 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:31,800 Speaker 2: not trash Joe Kent's patriotism. The man did eleven tours 320 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 2: and lost his wife for this country. He's not a trader. 321 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,320 Speaker 2: You can hate him, you can disagree with him, he 322 00:20:39,359 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 2: ain't no trader, all right. That's one two on Trump's 323 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 2: side in this whole thing. They've been blasting him all day. 324 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 2: The Trump Chief of staff. I think he was Deputy 325 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 2: chief of staff Caroline Levit. Trump himself blasted in both barrels. 326 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,640 Speaker 2: Joe Kent's a big boy. You come out in publicly 327 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:04,720 Speaker 2: the Trump administration like that, you have to know they're 328 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 2: going to give it right back to you, and they're 329 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,200 Speaker 2: gonna give it back to you hard. That's what happens, 330 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:13,280 Speaker 2: and the supplies to you too. You want to trash 331 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 2: your ex wife on Twitter, well she's gonna come right 332 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,040 Speaker 2: on back and she's gonna do the same thing to you. 333 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 2: Take it publicly, well, now you've made an enemy for life, 334 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 2: and you will be treated as an enemy. It's one 335 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 2: of those things I've told you over and over and 336 00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:34,080 Speaker 2: over again for your life, your personal life, your business life. 337 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 2: Disagree with people in private privately. Privately, you can have 338 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 2: a knockdown, drag out fight with your boss, your best friend, 339 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:49,320 Speaker 2: your wife, your boyfriend. You can look, you can yell 340 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: at each other, call each other names privately, because privately 341 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 2: there may be hurt feelings, maybe animosity there. But you 342 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:05,040 Speaker 2: know what, you don't add to the mix. You don't 343 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:12,239 Speaker 2: add embarrassment and shame. When you publicly embarrass somebody, you 344 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,560 Speaker 2: put out a public statement. You publicly embarrass somebody. You 345 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:21,800 Speaker 2: have taken a disagreement that could maybe have been resolved, 346 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:28,359 Speaker 2: and you have made an enemy for life. Keep your 347 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:37,359 Speaker 2: disagreements private private, all right. As far as the validity 348 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,520 Speaker 2: of what Joe Kent said, I don't know one. Neither 349 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:44,679 Speaker 2: do you. I haven't look. Trump has said multiple times 350 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,040 Speaker 2: that he was shown intelligence that we were about to 351 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:52,000 Speaker 2: be attacked. That's what he said, right, He said that 352 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,040 Speaker 2: multiple times. They were about to attack us. That's what 353 00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:58,920 Speaker 2: Trump said, they were about to attack us. I haven't 354 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:02,040 Speaker 2: seen that in either of you. It's probably classified. I 355 00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 2: don't know. I am curious what those targets were, what 356 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 2: the the intel show, what what was coming next? I'm 357 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:17,400 Speaker 2: very curious about that. What was Iran planning to attack? 358 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm curious what the intelligence shows. Neither 359 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 2: do you. This is another one of those things we 360 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 2: have to wait and see. Trump has said it repeatedly 361 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:32,760 Speaker 2: as for fighting a war for Israel. The people who 362 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 2: think that, and maybe you think that the Trump administration 363 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,440 Speaker 2: has to tighten up its messaging if they want those 364 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,720 Speaker 2: kinds of accusations to stop. Because Trump goes on camera 365 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,360 Speaker 2: and he says this, you could make. 366 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 7: The case that maybe we shouldn't even be there at 367 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:48,879 Speaker 7: all because we don't need it. We have a lot 368 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 7: of oilb with the number one producer anywhere in the 369 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:55,160 Speaker 7: world times too, my double at least now, I think 370 00:23:55,200 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 7: it's much higher than that. But we do it. 371 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:00,720 Speaker 2: It's almost like we would have it. 372 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,320 Speaker 7: But we also do it for some very good allies. 373 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 2: That we have in the Middle East. I understand Trump 374 00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,719 Speaker 2: speaks off the cuff. He speaks whatever is on his mind, 375 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:15,879 Speaker 2: and people like that. You probably know people like that. 376 00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 2: They're always hot or cold. Sometimes you love them and 377 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 2: sometimes you hate them. If the Trump administration is worried 378 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:28,280 Speaker 2: about accusations that we are fighting a war on behalf 379 00:24:28,320 --> 00:24:31,679 Speaker 2: of Israel, if they're worried about those, and they're understandably 380 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 2: worried about those, because that's not a great look. If 381 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,199 Speaker 2: they're worried about those, Trump's saying, we did it and 382 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,360 Speaker 2: we didn't even have to do it. We have all 383 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 2: the oil we need, but we have some great allies 384 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 2: in the Middle East. 385 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 7: Ye. 386 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 2: Look, that's that's not what you're going for. But message discipline. Look, 387 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 2: this is how many years now of Donald Trump in 388 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,200 Speaker 2: public life. Message discipline is never what you're going to 389 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 2: get with him. Donald Trump is going to speak off 390 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 2: the cuff. He's gonna say whatever happens to pop into 391 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,920 Speaker 2: his head. He'll say a thousand different things, and sometimes 392 00:25:10,920 --> 00:25:14,280 Speaker 2: some of them land. Well. He's still trying to sell it, 393 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:18,040 Speaker 2: and he's still letting you know, hey, look, it was 394 00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 2: pretty much overall run. 395 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 4: It's just a military operation. To me, Iran is something 396 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 4: that was essentially largely over in two or three days. 397 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 2: And he said that, can't we wrap this up this week? 398 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:32,640 Speaker 7: Yeah? 399 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,800 Speaker 8: Sure, kind will. I don't think somebody, it'll be said, 400 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 8: won't be alone. And we're gonna have a much safer 401 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:43,240 Speaker 8: world when it's wrapped up. It'll be wrapped up soon. 402 00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 8: We're gonna have a much safer world. I had an 403 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 8: obligation to do this. I didn't want to go to 404 00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 8: an excursion. I didn't want to make this journey. 405 00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,320 Speaker 4: And then we had the highest talk market in history, 406 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 4: we had low gas prices. 407 00:25:57,520 --> 00:25:59,639 Speaker 8: Everything was good at this and I know exactly, I 408 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 8: know what you're gonna do it, and people are going 409 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 8: to embrace the price of oil, and that's good. 410 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 2: But that I know that. 411 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 4: But that's a very small thing compared to allowing them 412 00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 4: to have you want to see a stock market, good 413 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 4: damn start letting them hit you with nukes. 414 00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 2: Okay, we'll get to some emails on this. 415 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:24,760 Speaker 1: Next is the Jesse Kelly show, Saint Patrick's stage show, 416 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,200 Speaker 1: a special show. 417 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 2: So let's finish up. We'll get to the emails on this. 418 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 2: Because something else is happening with this whole Iran stuff. 419 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 2: NATO's not helping. They're not getting involved. Definitely appears to 420 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:41,399 Speaker 2: be kind of a one way thing. Russia invade Ukraine, 421 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:45,480 Speaker 2: not even a NATO country. America does like ninety five 422 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 2: percent of the support over there. We're not even over 423 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:53,320 Speaker 2: there now we launch an operation in Iran. NATO's not 424 00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 2: getting involved. 425 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 4: All of our NATO allies were very much in favor 426 00:26:57,640 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 4: of what we did. They thought it was a very. 427 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,679 Speaker 8: Important We were just discussing it actually very. 428 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 4: Important that we take out the nuclear threat from Moran, 429 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,160 Speaker 4: and we've done that. All of the NATO. 430 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,560 Speaker 3: Allies agreed with us, but they don't want to, you know, 431 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 3: despite the fact that we helped them so much. We 432 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:19,000 Speaker 3: have thousands of soldiers in different countries all over the world, 433 00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 3: and they don't want to help us, which is amazing. 434 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 4: I mean amazing, but I was surprised to see that NATO. 435 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,520 Speaker 4: While they agreed that it was a very important thing 436 00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 4: to do, they agree fully. Nobody said, oh, you shouldn't 437 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 4: do it. They would have had a nuclear weapon within 438 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,920 Speaker 4: one month of when we had to be two bombers. 439 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:43,720 Speaker 4: Bomb the nuclear potential, I go it the nuclear dust. 440 00:27:45,480 --> 00:27:50,639 Speaker 3: So I think NATO's making a very foolish mistake. 441 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:57,679 Speaker 2: Are they? And I asked it because of this? Are 442 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:01,879 Speaker 2: we going to pull out on NATO? NATO's making a 443 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:09,040 Speaker 2: foolish mistake. Okay, what's gonna be their punishment for it? 444 00:28:10,800 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 2: NATO's making a serious mistake. I'm bringing this up not 445 00:28:16,600 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 2: to take a shot at the Trump administration. America likes 446 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 2: to complain about NATO because we do it all and 447 00:28:23,560 --> 00:28:27,119 Speaker 2: they don't do hardly anything, and we're always saying you 448 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:29,680 Speaker 2: should do more, you should do more, you should do more. 449 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 2: But then they don't do more, and nothing happens. If 450 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:43,760 Speaker 2: we never pull out, what why wouldn't they keep doing it? 451 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,040 Speaker 2: If you're a NATO country, If you're sitting over there 452 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 2: and you're watching America unload all its money, all its missiles, 453 00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,880 Speaker 2: all its bombs, it's told navy. If you're watching America 454 00:28:54,960 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 2: do all the work in Iran. You don't have the money, 455 00:28:58,320 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 2: you don't have much of a military, you don't want 456 00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 2: to get involved. You just want to keep important foreigners 457 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,640 Speaker 2: and destroying your European country, and you don't want to 458 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:11,200 Speaker 2: get involved. So you say, we're not sending anybody. What's 459 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 2: the punishment, Because if there's not any punishment, then maybe 460 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,640 Speaker 2: NATO's doing it smart. Hey, bess the luck over there 461 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,040 Speaker 2: and let's get to the easy running emails Jesse. Disagree 462 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,840 Speaker 2: with operations in Iran all you want. It doesn't really 463 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 2: bother me one way or the other. If people like 464 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 2: or don't like what's going on to me, Trump still 465 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 2: gets the benefit of the doubt a little longer. But 466 00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:38,560 Speaker 2: I completely understand why people feel the opposite of that. 467 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 2: What I can't stand, however, is everyone saying Israel controls 468 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 2: our foreign policy. This is honestly embarrassing. Why have so 469 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 2: many on the right who didn't fall for the COVID 470 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:57,240 Speaker 2: COVID propaganda so objectively fallen for this nonsense propaganda. Well, 471 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,360 Speaker 2: here's the truth. The truth is that we've discussed this 472 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:10,080 Speaker 2: before again, Probably offensive don't care Israel the foundation of 473 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:16,120 Speaker 2: the modern state of Israel was a year's long project 474 00:30:16,280 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 2: that involved all kinds of different things, getting people to 475 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 2: move into there. There were weapons that were moved in. 476 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:27,080 Speaker 2: That was fighting on the streets but beyond the streets 477 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,840 Speaker 2: of Israel to reconquer that place. And that's what they did. 478 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 2: Let's stop with this nonsense. They reconquered the area. On 479 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,240 Speaker 2: top of that, part of the effort to found the 480 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:44,440 Speaker 2: modern state of Israel involved lobbying foreign governments for support, 481 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,280 Speaker 2: many of them the British government, the American government. Those 482 00:30:48,320 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 2: were I would probably argue the two main ones, but 483 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 2: it involved Jewish Americans, Jewish Brits Zionists, if you will, 484 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 2: getting involved in the government and lobbying hard to have 485 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 2: big boy have a benefactor. Essentially, have a benefactor country 486 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 2: back your play. That way, you're not stuck there with 487 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,000 Speaker 2: all these other hostile countries still around you. You're trying 488 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 2: to establish the modern state of Israel. What you wanted, 489 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,360 Speaker 2: and there was an international organized effort for this. What 490 00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:27,520 Speaker 2: you wanted was the United States of America's government or 491 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 2: the British government preferably both to say, hey, this is 492 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 2: now the modern state of Israel, and us here in America. 493 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 2: We stand behind it because of all the benefit that 494 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:42,760 Speaker 2: comes from that military benefit, financial benefit, and there was 495 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:49,560 Speaker 2: a hardcore lobbying effort to essentially become Israel's benefactor. That 496 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,480 Speaker 2: it is a fact for the modern state of Israel 497 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,959 Speaker 2: that has not changed. For a country of its size, 498 00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:02,080 Speaker 2: there is an outsized lobbying effort. And by the way, 499 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,560 Speaker 2: all countries do this, So don't think it's just Israel 500 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 2: and lobbying effort inside of the government to lobby for 501 00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:12,800 Speaker 2: better things for Israel. That is a fact. It goes on. 502 00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,719 Speaker 2: Katar spends a boatload of money, Turkey spends a boatload 503 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 2: of money. And you know that all kinds of foreign 504 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:24,360 Speaker 2: governments are in our government's ear lobbying hard for more 505 00:32:24,600 --> 00:32:30,120 Speaker 2: America backing. Everybody wants America to stand behind them and say, hey, 506 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:35,760 Speaker 2: this guy's with us. You can't mess with them. So 507 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 2: in a war like Iran, which is a difficult sell 508 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 2: because to sell it, you're selling nuclear weapons. They were 509 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 2: about to attack, they were about to have nuclear weapons. Well, 510 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 2: you can't confirm that with your eyes and ears, and 511 00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 2: neither can I. It involves taking Trump's word for it. 512 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:59,960 Speaker 2: So if that's the cell to Americans. That part is 513 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:03,080 Speaker 2: it's hard. It's hard to convince people of especially if 514 00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,880 Speaker 2: you're not predisposed towards Israel, if you dislike or distrust it, 515 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,040 Speaker 2: distrust Israel, or you think they have too much influence 516 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 2: on the government. And then you say where they we're 517 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:15,280 Speaker 2: about to get nukes. Well, I can't see that classified intelligence, 518 00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:17,040 Speaker 2: and now that can you. But you know what I 519 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 2: can see, Well, it sure looks like it benefits Israel 520 00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 2: more than it benefits us. And then Trump, again speaking 521 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 2: off the cough, says this, you couldn't make the. 522 00:33:29,320 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 7: Case that maybe we shouldn't even be there at all 523 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:33,800 Speaker 7: because we don't need it. We have a lot of 524 00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,080 Speaker 7: oil within the number one producer anywhere in the world. 525 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 7: Times soon my double at least double. Now I think 526 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:44,040 Speaker 7: it's much higher than that. But we do it. It's 527 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 7: almost like we do it for having but we also 528 00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,520 Speaker 7: do it for some very good allies that we have in. 529 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 2: The Middle East kind of lands. With a thud, all right, 530 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,520 Speaker 2: somebody's mad at Trump. We'll get some more emails other stuff. 531 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:55,800 Speaker 2: Hang on,