1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Okay, before we go to our back to our phone lines, 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: Keith in North Carolina. Just a very quick reminder. At 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:10,639 Speaker 1: nine o'clock today, so our forty minutes, we are going 4 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: to have Mike Minogue on. He is the he's a 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:21,320 Speaker 1: candidate obviously for governor of Massachusetts. He will want as 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 1: a Republican. He's part of the Republican gubernatorial primary. We 7 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 1: interviewed Mike Kinneely, We interviewed Brian short Sleeve, the other 8 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: two candidates. Mike Minogue will be the third and final 9 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,959 Speaker 1: candidate that we will interview in this first round, So 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 1: you don't want to miss it. It will be an 11 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 1: exclusive Newsmaker interview nine o'clock. Don't miss it. But first, obviously, 12 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:49,599 Speaker 1: the big story of the day. Gas prices are soaring. 13 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: There's now an energy war taking place. Iran's biggest gas 14 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: field was struck in a massive attack by Israel. They 15 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 1: return alliated by pounding Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,959 Speaker 1: Arab Emirates oil facilities, refineries, export hubs where hit hit 17 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:16,480 Speaker 1: very badly and damaged. Oil now is surging. It's at 18 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 1: one hundred and fifteen dollars a barrel if discontinues, it 19 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,680 Speaker 1: will go up to one thirty one thirty five, one fifty. 20 00:01:24,200 --> 00:01:27,480 Speaker 1: And the danger is it could trigger a recession, much 21 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 1: higher inflation, and of course very high gas prices here 22 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:36,120 Speaker 1: at home. That's one of the problems. The other problem 23 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: is Iran now is blockading completely the Strait of Hormouse 24 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,200 Speaker 1: and that's also causing oil prices to go up. They 25 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: now say they're not going to let a single tanker 26 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 1: go through, and Trump now to break the deadlock, is 27 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: seriously considering putting special forces a marine expeditionary unit on 28 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: iran most coveted island where ninety percent of their oil 29 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: goes through, Carg Island. Two two hundred US troops take 30 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 1: it over and then tell the Iranians we make a deal. 31 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:16,960 Speaker 1: You get Carg back, and you or and you open 32 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,360 Speaker 1: up the Strait of horm Moose. So we give you 33 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 1: back Carg, you U block the Strait of Hormuz and 34 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,680 Speaker 1: pretty much this war is over. Should we send in 35 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: US boots on the ground. Keith in North Carolina, Thanks 36 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: for holding Keith, and welcome Mornan. 37 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 2: Jeff Hi, Keith, Yeah, I do. I looked into it, 38 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:46,880 Speaker 2: and if we can guarantee and have defensive measures for safety, 39 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 2: limited boots on the ground on one of these strategic 40 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 2: islands where we get like you're saying, an exhibitionary force 41 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: like the Marine Raiders, the Army Rangers, Delta Force. I 42 00:02:58,080 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 2: do support. These are trade professionals and you know, if 43 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 2: they're going, if we can have defensive measures in place, 44 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 2: you can save and that's a you know, we could 45 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 2: use it as a negotiating chip. The other thing is 46 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 2: it's not going to be I was reading the Times 47 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,320 Speaker 2: of India other day. It's not going to be just 48 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 2: us alone. The Saudis are absolutely living the UH, the 49 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:21,080 Speaker 2: UAE and Barrant I've already stated that they, you know, 50 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 2: the part of the Gulf Cooperation Console. They have up 51 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: to you know, over one hundred thousand strengthened troops and 52 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 2: a lot of our military technology and it can help 53 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: assist in these operations. 54 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, so far, Keith, they're not offering any troops. But no, 55 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: you're right, potentially they could relieve a lot of pressure. 56 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 3: Uh. 57 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: They are they hate the Mullas. Look, they're angry at 58 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 1: us for the war and for all the damage, especially 59 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:52,800 Speaker 1: attacking that oil field like gas field and Iran because 60 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 1: they feel, you know, basically, the way the Arab allies 61 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: we're looking at it is hit their military targets. We're 62 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 1: not happy, but that's fine, but don't touch their energy 63 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: infrastructure because if you hit their energy infrastructure, they're going 64 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 1: to hit our energy infrastructure, and so and so they 65 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:14,240 Speaker 1: were very angry that the gas field was hit. They 66 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,880 Speaker 1: feel angry for two reasons. One, it's really devastating their 67 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 1: economy and their ability to generate and export oil. But secondly, 68 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 1: and they've been openly saying this, Hey, we've invested a 69 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:27,280 Speaker 1: lot of money into the United States. We've invested a 70 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 1: lot of time with President Trump. We were thought, you know, 71 00:04:30,200 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: we thought we were close allies, and we have zero influence. 72 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 1: You don't listen to us, you don't talk to us, 73 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: you don't even give us a heads up. So privately 74 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: they're fuming at Trump. On the other hand, they're so 75 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,359 Speaker 1: enraged by what the Mullahs are doing to their economy 76 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:51,120 Speaker 1: because it's so unprovoked, it's so indiscriminate. I mean, it's 77 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: really it's economic terrorism. What the Mullas are doing now 78 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: to these Persian Gulf countries, it's economic terrorism. So what 79 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: they're now telling the President is don't leave the mullas intact, 80 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 1: like they're saying this hit him and beat them so 81 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: hard that they never rise again, so they can never 82 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: do this to us again. So I know it's a 83 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: bit scared, So I say, it's kind of schizophrenic. You know, 84 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: you're you're mad at me for the war, but you 85 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: want me to finish them off, you know. But anyway, 86 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 1: that's where they are. So it's all about now unblocking 87 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: the Strait of Hormuz and Keith, what I hear you 88 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: saying is if it takes a limited ground deployment, you're 89 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 1: for it, Keith quickly. Do you fear though two thousand 90 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: you know you know that as I said vietnamization. Do 91 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: you fear two thousand will go to ten thousand to 92 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: twenty thousand? In other words, do you want to keep 93 00:05:50,560 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: it limited or do you fear this could become open ended? 94 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:57,559 Speaker 2: We'll keep it limited at first, and that gives Trump 95 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 2: an off ramp where if they say, okay, we're we're 96 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: gonna keep this straight open and we come to the table. 97 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:05,480 Speaker 2: But if not, and they can find continue to hit 98 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 2: targets and threaten our horses, then we might have to put. 99 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 3: In more guys. 100 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:13,719 Speaker 2: I mean it is what it is, the comedian global economic terrorism. 101 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 2: By holding a sausage with that straight. 102 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: So Keith basically are saying you do what it takes 103 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: to win this war. Okay. It is the Kooner country 104 00:06:23,640 --> 00:06:28,720 Speaker 1: pole question of the day sponsored by MARIOS. Is it 105 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: time to send boots on the ground in Iran? President 106 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: Trump now very seriously contemplating sending in, as I said, 107 00:06:38,320 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 1: the thirty first Marine Expeditionary Unit. They're on their way 108 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: from Japan on the USS Tripoli and they should be 109 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: arriving there about middle of next week. And it looks 110 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,479 Speaker 1: that the military now is telling him if you want 111 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: to break this blockade, end the blockade or the stoppage 112 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:00,280 Speaker 1: of the Strait of hormoage of horn moves. For give 113 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 1: me that the Iranian regime has now launched you bring 114 00:07:04,680 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: in these troops, about twenty two hundred of them. They 115 00:07:07,960 --> 00:07:10,720 Speaker 1: will take over key islands in the Strait of Hormuz 116 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 1: and that will give us a an ability to really 117 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: project power and go after all these small boats and 118 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: missiles and drones that are harassing shipping. But more importantly, 119 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: we will take over their top Island carg Island, where 120 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:30,200 Speaker 1: ninety percent of Iran's oil flows through, and that will 121 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 1: give us the ace in the hole to make a 122 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 1: deal and end the war once and for all with 123 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:40,440 Speaker 1: a complete victory on behalf of the United States. So 124 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: should Trump send in the troops to deliver a potential 125 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: knockout blow or is this now the beginning of a 126 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: protracted quagmire? Jeff in Chelsea, Thanks for holding Jeff, and welcome. 127 00:07:56,800 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 4: Jef. Well, Jeff, I'm gonna talk strictly about security today 128 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: because I've been doing it for over twenty five years, 129 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 4: and I believe the Islamas that have returned to favor 130 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 4: and start hitting utility plants in America. Whether it's water, gas, 131 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 4: LNG doesn't matter. Because you see outside of a nuclear 132 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 4: power plant or even a hospital that has its own 133 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 4: internal armed police department inside the facility, or some universities, 134 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 4: we're pretty much sitting ducks because most places hire contract 135 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 4: security that is unarmed. When you're not armed, you are 136 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 4: at a complete disadvantage. And also insider threat. Look this 137 00:08:45,240 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 4: term up insider threat. That means the snakes get hired 138 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 4: either within the facility staff or the cleaning staff. Or 139 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 4: the security staff or anybody that has access to master 140 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 4: keys that can get that person or organization the multiple rooms. 141 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,160 Speaker 4: In other words, we are pretty much a sitting duck. 142 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 4: I don't think anything can really be done about it. 143 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 4: And when this eventually happens, especially in blue areas, I 144 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 4: believe the security will be federalized. 145 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: What do you think, Jeff Well, I think it depends 146 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 1: exactly what these sleeper cells do. I agree with you, Jeff. 147 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 1: I'm bracing for some terrorist attacks. I think it's almost inevitable. 148 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: We've already been what is it now, five or six 149 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 1: that they've launched. So they hit that synagogue, for example, 150 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: up in Michigan, they shot at Old Dominion University and 151 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,760 Speaker 1: killed that poor military instructor. You saw what happened down 152 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 1: in Austin, Texas. I could go on and on. So 153 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:52,839 Speaker 1: clearly there are hesbast cells in the United States there, 154 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 1: I think. According to what Tulca Gabbard said yesterday, and 155 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 1: I trust her on the intelligence side of this, she said, 156 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:05,680 Speaker 1: we're more likely to get lone wolf style attacks than say, 157 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:09,679 Speaker 1: a coordinated nine to eleven style attack with you know, 158 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:13,640 Speaker 1: twenty terrorists hijacking planes or something. She said Look, I'm 159 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:16,679 Speaker 1: not ruling it out anything as possible, she said, obviously, 160 00:10:16,760 --> 00:10:19,800 Speaker 1: but she said it's more likely to be you know, 161 00:10:19,920 --> 00:10:23,079 Speaker 1: one or two people here, one or two Islamis here, 162 00:10:24,160 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 1: and as you said, they may start hitting our electrical 163 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: grid or going after some of our refineries, or you know, 164 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: God forbid, go a shopping malls, or hit schools or 165 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 1: churches or synagogues. To me, that's another reason why I 166 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:43,600 Speaker 1: want this war to end as quickly as possible, because 167 00:10:43,640 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: the longer it goes on, the longer you give these 168 00:10:46,600 --> 00:10:51,480 Speaker 1: sleeper cells time to attack the homeland. And I don't 169 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: want to see any more Americans die. I just don't 170 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: both there and here. Jeff, thank you so much for 171 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: that call. Jim. I'm in New Hampshire. Thanks for holding, Jim, 172 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: and welcome. 173 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 4: Hey, Jeff, jem Thursday. 174 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: Happy Thursday, my friend. That's right, we're almost at. 175 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 3: The weekend, almost there. 176 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:16,400 Speaker 5: So I want to recommend definitely some of your callers for. 177 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 4: You know standing I think was in the right side. 178 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,599 Speaker 5: Of this and great call called before. I think it 179 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:23,720 Speaker 5: was ed for Marblehead. So my thing is this, I've 180 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 5: been against this kind of from the beginning. We have 181 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 5: red lines so I think we've crossed them already. Now, 182 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 5: the boots on the ground of carg Island, it should 183 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 5: be the biggest red line of all. I think most 184 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 5: people are against this, I hope, because again we're putting 185 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 5: where we're sitting ducks. Iran has been playing for this 186 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:41,760 Speaker 5: for forty years. They want this, they know what this is. 187 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 5: We sent our forces there, We're surrounded my mountains. They 188 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:47,439 Speaker 5: have plenty of drones. It doesn't take much to to 189 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 5: bomb that island. It's a small island, and that's a 190 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,199 Speaker 5: blood bath. So what would that lead to. That's not 191 00:11:52,240 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 5: going to lead to us backing out and ducking our tails. 192 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 5: That's going to lead to more escalation. In my big 193 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 5: fear of a World War three, you know, or. 194 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:00,440 Speaker 3: Something in a really bad direction. 195 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 5: Best case economic because that's around the world. Worst case, 196 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 5: you know, we know what worst case can be. 197 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 3: You know. 198 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,839 Speaker 5: I'm an independent sides you know, libertarian more times, because 199 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,480 Speaker 5: I mean, I'm five ficks the right of the right. 200 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 5: I don't believe any social services. But it's people like 201 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:17,000 Speaker 5: me that we're a big part of Trump winning this 202 00:12:17,080 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: election and a big part of of the MAGA movement, 203 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:21,719 Speaker 5: a big part of America first, and I think this 204 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 5: is not only going to really hurt Trump, it's really 205 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,880 Speaker 5: going to hurt the Republican Party worse than than Biden 206 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 5: did for his party and that debacle. 207 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 4: And that's that. That's a big fear besides. 208 00:12:32,360 --> 00:12:35,840 Speaker 5: The other things about this escalation ladder, and a big 209 00:12:35,840 --> 00:12:37,200 Speaker 5: thing is what is the good of all this? So 210 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 5: we're taking Trump took a huge gamble. 211 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:42,800 Speaker 4: With this, right, so the benefits all right? 212 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 5: So we want to topple the regime, Well, we haven't 213 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,079 Speaker 5: toppled any regimes in Iraq, Afghanist and Vietnam. 214 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:48,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's here. 215 00:12:48,760 --> 00:12:51,079 Speaker 5: I can go on the list of failed attempts and 216 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 5: countries that are much smaller with much less power. And 217 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 5: at time, we even had more power to abilitically, so 218 00:12:56,880 --> 00:12:58,960 Speaker 5: we were bigger and we were dealing with smaller then, 219 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 5: and we can do it. We don't have the same support, 220 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 5: for sure, and we don't have the world support, and 221 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 5: we don't have the you know, we're dealing with a 222 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:07,959 Speaker 5: much a lot of countries. So I don't see a 223 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 5: regime change ever happening, especially on the first day when 224 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 5: we bombed it and we had a school, we had 225 00:13:12,280 --> 00:13:14,079 Speaker 5: a school. I mean how is that gonna make anyone 226 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,200 Speaker 5: jump on our side and create that? And you don't 227 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 5: even talk about liberation anymore. You know we're basically bombing. 228 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 5: Well we're really not. I mean that the Israel is 229 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,719 Speaker 5: unfortunately bombing a lot of the infrastructure, and that's not 230 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:26,720 Speaker 5: gonna go popular. I mean, it's aly gonna make it worse. 231 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 5: I mean, people like myself from following this knew that 232 00:13:29,160 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 5: this was gonna happen. We knew the Streeter Muslim could 233 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 5: be closed, we knew the Gulf States where our bases 234 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 5: could be attacked. This was all predictable and all should 235 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 5: have been planned out much better if we were gonna 236 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:39,400 Speaker 5: do it, which I didn't think of the first place. 237 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,040 Speaker 5: So what are the pros? I don't see many pros 238 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 5: from this. I see prices going up, gats going up, 239 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:47,200 Speaker 5: support going down. But I see a lot of cons 240 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,400 Speaker 5: and are really bad cons. Forget about the World War. 241 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,720 Speaker 5: Let's just talk about China. It is hurting China because 242 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:54,680 Speaker 5: I mean, shud He is helping China because we're taking 243 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:57,320 Speaker 5: a lot of our bases and munitions out of Southeast 244 00:13:57,400 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 5: Asia where they're dying to go at Taiwan, and that 245 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 5: you think it's bad with the oil. 246 00:14:01,400 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 4: Imagine that they take over. 247 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 3: The semi conductors. 248 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,079 Speaker 5: I mean, that would be beyond devastating. So it's helping 249 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 5: China out. It's making them look like they're a peacemaker, 250 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 5: which I never thought i'd see. It's definitely helping rush 251 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 5: out because they're getting more, They're they're selling more oil, 252 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 5: They're they're funding the war far more. It's hurting. And 253 00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:20,840 Speaker 5: the thing about Israel, like, I don't understand if Iris 254 00:14:20,840 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 5: is really how does this help your country. It's making 255 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 5: it far less safe. It's causing more anger on both 256 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 5: sides of the party and both all over the world. 257 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 5: At what's going on. And it's again it's I can 258 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 5: only imagine the devastation now there. Now that's showing a 259 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 5: lot of it. I can imagine what's happening. I ran 260 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 5: to produce drones by the thousands very quickly. They don't 261 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:44,360 Speaker 5: need ballistic missiles. And this is the list of. 262 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 1: Cons well nailed it. Look, Jim, look this is it's 263 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: it's becoming more and more protracted. The war is expanding, 264 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: it's sucking in now and damaging countries around Iran Uh 265 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: and even in Israel. Look the iron dome is look 266 00:14:58,960 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 1: a brilliant technology, there's no question. But missiles are getting through. 267 00:15:03,840 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: I mean they just are cluster munition. Some of them 268 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: are getting through. And it's not just that innocent Israelis 269 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 1: are getting killed, which obviously breaks my heart. But some 270 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,160 Speaker 1: of these missiles have hit, you know, the one in Haipha. 271 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 1: They hit a key oil refinery in Haipha, which is 272 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: also the main port in Israel. Okay, you know, I 273 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 1: often will read something that President Trump has put up 274 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 1: on truth social especially if it's you know, makes it. 275 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: It's making a lot of news, but I don't read 276 00:15:32,560 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: how do I say, paragraphs and paragraphs. Please bear with 277 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:40,840 Speaker 1: me on this one, because this is one of his 278 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:46,280 Speaker 1: most important truth socials of the entire war. So he 279 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: just to understand the context. So, Israel hit the South 280 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:55,600 Speaker 1: Pars gas field in Iran, as you know, which is 281 00:15:55,680 --> 00:15:59,160 Speaker 1: the core of where they produce their oil and natural 282 00:15:59,200 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: gas in Iran, especially domestically, so it powers essentially their 283 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: entire country, their entire economy, and they share this massive 284 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: gas field. It's one of the most lucrative in the 285 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: world with Katar, and so in retaliation because the Mullas 286 00:16:18,720 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: went absolutely apoplectic. They launched these devastating drone and ballistic 287 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: strikes into Katar, smashing their liquefied natural gas, oil refineries, 288 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: processing facilities, export hubs. This is going to take months 289 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,760 Speaker 1: to repair. This is not just something you fix overnight. 290 00:16:39,720 --> 00:16:43,320 Speaker 1: So the Kataris are livid because now their economy has 291 00:16:43,320 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 1: been destroyed, or at least their oil infrastructure has been destroyed. 292 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: But what it's doing is it's now causing oil prices 293 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 1: to searche. I mean, just like, what is it? One 294 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 1: up eleven percent within an hour of the news world 295 00:16:56,840 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 1: oil prices, so we're now at one hundred and fifteen 296 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 1: bucks a bat. They've also now the Iranians have hit 297 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 1: oil refineries in Kuwait and they're also hitting United Arab 298 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:13,000 Speaker 1: Emirates hard. So this is oil infrastructure that, as I said, 299 00:17:13,040 --> 00:17:15,959 Speaker 1: this is more semi permanent. In other words, it's going 300 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,240 Speaker 1: to take months and months and months to fix it 301 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: once the war ends, which means shortage of supply, which 302 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 1: means prices are going to stay high for a while. 303 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,199 Speaker 1: And it's the bigger fear is it's now triggering a 304 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: tit for tat whereby okay, well, now we're just going 305 00:17:35,640 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 1: to pound Iran's oil infrastructure, basically decimate their ability to produce, 306 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 1: refine and export oil, i e. Cripple their economy. But 307 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 1: they're going to wreck the economies and the oil production 308 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:51,640 Speaker 1: abilities of all these Golf nations. So now you're looking 309 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 1: at one fifty two hundred dollars barrel oil, which means 310 00:17:54,840 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: a global recession. Okay, So this is the context. Is 311 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:05,479 Speaker 1: livid with the Israelis, and usually if he's not happy 312 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: with something, they settle it, you know, privately, diplomatically. No, 313 00:18:09,400 --> 00:18:14,159 Speaker 1: he went public. Here's what he wrote. Israel, out of 314 00:18:14,400 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 1: anger for what has taken place in the Middle East, 315 00:18:18,400 --> 00:18:23,200 Speaker 1: has violently lashed out at a major facility known as 316 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:29,440 Speaker 1: South Pars gas Field in Iran. A relatively small section 317 00:18:29,560 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: of the whole has been hit. The United States knew 318 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: nothing about this particular attack, and the country of Qatar 319 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 1: was in no way, shape or form involved with it, 320 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: nor did it have any idea that it was going 321 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 1: to happen. Unfortunately, Iran did not know this or any 322 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: of the pertinent facts pertaining to the South Pars attack, 323 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 1: and unjustifiably and unfairly attacked a portion of Qatar's liquefied 324 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: natural gas facility. And this is all in caps. No 325 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:15,840 Speaker 1: more attacks will be made by Israel pertaining to this 326 00:19:16,040 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: extremely important and valuable stealth pars field, unless Iran unwisely 327 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:27,240 Speaker 1: decides to attack a very innocent in this case Katar, 328 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:32,159 Speaker 1: in which instance, the United States of America, with or 329 00:19:32,200 --> 00:19:36,760 Speaker 1: without the help or consent of Israel, will massively blow 330 00:19:36,880 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: up the entirety of the South pars gas field at 331 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: an amount of strength and power that Iran has never 332 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: seen or witnessed before. Now he ends with this, I 333 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:53,119 Speaker 1: do not want to authorize this level of violence and 334 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 1: destruction because of the long term implications that it will 335 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: have on the future of e But if guitars LNG, 336 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:09,080 Speaker 1: meaning liquefied natural gas is again attacked, I will not 337 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 1: hesitate to do so. Thank you for your attention to 338 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:18,000 Speaker 1: this matter, now super quick. What he's saying is he's 339 00:20:18,040 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 1: telling the Iranians, Hey, we didn't know about this. I 340 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,240 Speaker 1: know you're upset. I know you guys are seething. This 341 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:28,520 Speaker 1: is a direct attack on your energy infrastructure, your domestic 342 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 1: energy infrastructure, which affects civilians. Like in other words, Trump realizes, 343 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,400 Speaker 1: you know, if they don't have power and electricity Hey, 344 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: we're not going to win hearts and minds, the people 345 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,119 Speaker 1: are going to say, hold on, you're trying to overthrow 346 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 1: the regime, but we're suffering and you're destroying our ability 347 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: to produce and sell oil, which is the lifeblood of 348 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:55,280 Speaker 1: our economy. So you're going to emserate us, impoverish us, 349 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,720 Speaker 1: and this is going to take a long time to fix. 350 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:01,920 Speaker 1: It will take years and years and years to undo 351 00:21:01,960 --> 00:21:08,119 Speaker 1: the damage. So he realizes, no, I'm trying to you know, 352 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: I'm trying to inspire them to go to the streets 353 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,120 Speaker 1: and overthrow the Iatolis, not to rally around the flag. 354 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,480 Speaker 1: So's he's telling Israel, don't ever do it again, and 355 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,840 Speaker 1: if you do something like this, you better check with 356 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: us first. So he's letting the Iranians know I didn't 357 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:31,159 Speaker 1: authorize this. This wasn't US, and Katar knew nothing about it. 358 00:21:31,240 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: So why you're attacking them, you know, saying you're wrong. 359 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:37,720 Speaker 1: But if you do it again, I don't want to 360 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: do it. But if you do it again, if you 361 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:45,919 Speaker 1: attack Guitar over this and basically decimate their liquefied natural gas, 362 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,280 Speaker 1: you know, infrastructure, their ability to export liquefied natural gas, 363 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: I'm taking all the whole gas field out now. Economically, 364 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: that means he's going Nuclear's basically saying you're going to 365 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: have no energy and no power for a generation. Do 366 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 1: you understand by the time we're done, you can't sell 367 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: a drop of oil. Now, it's a big threat, it's 368 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,800 Speaker 1: a massive escalation. He's telling Israel, you're not going to 369 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,600 Speaker 1: do things on your own. You're going to you know, 370 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: in other words, you're the junior partner in this. You're 371 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 1: not going to do things that undermine our objectives. Your 372 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:34,719 Speaker 1: objective may be to break Iran into a thousand pieces, fine, 373 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,520 Speaker 1: but our objective is a stable Iran that and a 374 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,320 Speaker 1: government that we can work with that will be friendly 375 00:22:41,400 --> 00:22:45,720 Speaker 1: to us in the long term, and not this energy 376 00:22:45,880 --> 00:22:51,479 Speaker 1: war that will destroy Iran's ability to produce oil, the 377 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:55,120 Speaker 1: Gulf nation's ability to produce oil, because then the world 378 00:22:55,240 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: and us, everybody, we're going to be living with one 379 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty two hundred dollars a bar of oil 380 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,960 Speaker 1: for god knows how many months, maybe even years. I'm 381 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:07,520 Speaker 1: not tanking the global economy because you guys want to 382 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: smash Iran into a thousand pieces. I mean, I'm just 383 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: that's basically what he's saying. So he's telling Israel don't 384 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: ever do it again. And he's telling Iran, don't you 385 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: overreact and lash out at Katar. So here we are. Now. 386 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,920 Speaker 1: What it clearly shows is that he's now very worried, 387 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: and it's been widely reported. He's told people this that 388 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:34,479 Speaker 1: gas prices, oil prices are now getting too high, and 389 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: he now fears that inflation is going to roar back. 390 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:40,919 Speaker 1: And he knows that if oil goes too high and 391 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:46,879 Speaker 1: inflation roars back, he's going to get slaughtered in the midterms. Hence, 392 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:50,720 Speaker 1: send in the ground troops, unlock the strait of hormouse 393 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,359 Speaker 1: and the war, get the oil flowing again, and deliver 394 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:59,479 Speaker 1: the final knockout punch, declare victory and end this baby. 395 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 1: So my question to you, knowing now the geopolitical stakes 396 00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:10,560 Speaker 1: and the real the context behind everything, should Trump send 397 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:15,679 Speaker 1: in the troops the two two hundred troops or no 398 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: boots on the ground? Is that your redline? Six one seven, 399 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:26,960 Speaker 1: two sixty six sixty eight sixty eight. Frank in Lexington, 400 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: Thanks for holding Frank and welcome. 401 00:24:32,560 --> 00:24:33,160 Speaker 3: How are you doing. 402 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:34,359 Speaker 1: I'm good? How are you? 403 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:40,400 Speaker 3: From Great ed was right? That this was a colossal blunder, 404 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,240 Speaker 3: and it's on a pile with Hitler attacking Russia in 405 00:24:44,320 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 3: nineteen forty one. But it's done now. And when you're 406 00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:53,280 Speaker 3: talking about the Marines attacking Tig Island, it's not possible 407 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,879 Speaker 3: that unit you're referring to, the marine thirty first MEU, 408 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,320 Speaker 3: it's two twenty two hundred guys. Out of that twenty 409 00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 3: two hundred, there's only eight hundred trigger pullers. They got 410 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 3: no tank, they got no artillery, they got no combat engineers. 411 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:14,200 Speaker 3: They have no sustainability because they're not designed to attack 412 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 3: a fortified position. Kyg Island is ten square miles. It's 413 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,639 Speaker 3: twenty miles off the coast of Iran. It's one hundred 414 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 3: and forty miles off the coast of Kuwait. You're to 415 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 3: take a marine division to attack and seize carg Island 416 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 3: unless the Iranians are totally stupid, which they are not. 417 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:38,639 Speaker 3: That place is defended to the hilt. The bombing that 418 00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 3: went on the other day, you said it knocked out everything. 419 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 3: They're defenseless. You're wrong. They're enough defenseless that bombing didn't 420 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 3: touch them. They go under ground, the bombing doesn't touch them. 421 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,679 Speaker 3: When the bombers leave, they come up, they set up 422 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:55,439 Speaker 3: the machine guns and the triple A gun. It's not 423 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:59,800 Speaker 3: possible to attack that island. The only possibility of using 424 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:04,359 Speaker 3: the Marine Extra Editionary Unit is possibly hitting Kshem Horrmuz 425 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,200 Speaker 3: or Kish Island in the Strait of hor Moos. Those 426 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,879 Speaker 3: are small enough and you might do something, but it'll 427 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 3: still be a bloodbath. You can do it if you 428 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: want to invest the headstones, but tig Island is not 429 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:19,920 Speaker 3: possible to take it. You follow me, I. 430 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:23,600 Speaker 1: Follow you, Frank. Look, so what's your look? The president's 431 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:27,520 Speaker 1: people are listening. What's your advice to them? 432 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 3: The Claire victory and get out. You're not going to 433 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 3: win this thing. The Iranians hold all the todds. This 434 00:26:34,040 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 3: was crazy to do this. I love the guy, I 435 00:26:35,920 --> 00:26:39,359 Speaker 3: voted for him three times, but this was nutty. What 436 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:44,240 Speaker 3: I think happened was the Israelis falsely promoted to him 437 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 3: the idea that the Iranians were ready for revolution, that 438 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,040 Speaker 3: all he had to do was kicking the door and 439 00:26:50,080 --> 00:26:53,440 Speaker 3: the whole house of TODs would fall in. And in 440 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 3: coincident with that, the Air Force generals, like they have 441 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,240 Speaker 3: since the nineteen thirties, over promised what bombing from the 442 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:06,320 Speaker 3: year could do. So he rolled the dice. He made 443 00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 3: a mistake. Now they either told him that or they 444 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,959 Speaker 3: told them it wouldn't work, and he ignored them. In 445 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 3: any event, it was a colossal blunder. And we're in 446 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:21,440 Speaker 3: trouble and the Marines on those that me you are 447 00:27:21,480 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 3: not going to get out of. 448 00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 1: This, Frank, And what do you say to the argument, 449 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:32,199 Speaker 1: just to play devil's advocate, I can't leave the war now. 450 00:27:32,440 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: I mean I've smashed their navy. I've you know, obliterated 451 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: much of their air force. We've degraded their ballistic missiles, 452 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:43,600 Speaker 1: their their arsenal, their nuclear program, whatever was left is 453 00:27:43,640 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: now gone. I've set them back a long way. So 454 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: I've delivered a real body blow to the Mullus. But 455 00:27:51,680 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 1: I can't leave them now having blocked or closed the 456 00:27:55,600 --> 00:28:02,360 Speaker 1: Straight of Hormouse, controlling that vital chokehold, because then they 457 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:05,880 Speaker 1: will claim a victory and they will have this sort 458 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: of enhanced power over the Strait of Hormose with all 459 00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:13,160 Speaker 1: that oil and natural gas and all these other regional 460 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:18,439 Speaker 1: countries that it'll actually diminish our influence. I have to 461 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 1: break that blockade. What do you say to that argument. 462 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 3: Look, when you're in the GM like this, there's two 463 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 3: ways you can approach it. You can either turn around 464 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 3: and leave or you can double down. And his mentality 465 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,280 Speaker 3: is site study. Can't turn around and leave and you 466 00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 3: double down. Both decisions are bad. What is it called 467 00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:44,120 Speaker 3: Hobson's choice? 468 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,520 Speaker 1: Oh, so basically you're saying, look, cut your losses. In 469 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:53,200 Speaker 1: other words, you're Frank, sorry, Frank, I just want to clear. 470 00:28:53,360 --> 00:28:56,240 Speaker 1: Are you saying we can't unblock the strait of hormose 471 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: or are you saying it's just going to cost us 472 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 1: too much blood and treasure and ultimately it's just not 473 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: worth it. We can do it, but man, oh man, 474 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: it's going to lead to a long, bloody, protracted war. 475 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: Or are you saying we can't do it? 476 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 3: Do it if you want to invest in the headstones. 477 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 3: But there's not enough sea liift available to move the 478 00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:23,360 Speaker 3: requisite forces into the area to accomplish it. To you, 479 00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 3: right now, in the Persian Deult, there are no American 480 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 3: naval assets none. You can't even get close to carg Island. 481 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,080 Speaker 3: There's no sea liift available. And those twenty two hundred guys. 482 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:40,160 Speaker 3: Once again, it's only eight hundred triggermen. Among those twenty 483 00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:43,840 Speaker 3: two hundred guys. Kig Island. Even if you look on 484 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 3: the CIA open website, it's studded with twenty three milimeter 485 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 3: anti aircraft guns, thirty five milimeter ol again anti aircraft guns, 486 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 3: anti boat weapons. They've had forty years to fortify that place, 487 00:30:01,920 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 3: and you need a marine division once again to take 488 00:30:05,280 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 3: that place. 489 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: So, Frank, what you're saying is Trump should just declare 490 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,120 Speaker 1: victory and go home. 491 00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:18,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, Frank, this is crazy. 492 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,360 Speaker 1: Go ahead, Frank, please finish your thought. You said this 493 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: is crazy, Please finish. 494 00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, And Joe Kent is right, and Joe Kent is 495 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:30,360 Speaker 3: so right. Now they're trying to smear the guy. That 496 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 3: guy did eleven tours. 497 00:30:35,680 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: Frank, thank you very much for that call. I really 498 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:43,040 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Okay, Frank says, it's a massive military blunder. 499 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,680 Speaker 1: It should never have been started, and this is just 500 00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:50,160 Speaker 1: going to cost us more lives and more lives and 501 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:55,120 Speaker 1: more lives. That just declare victory and end this baby 502 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: and come home. But whatever you do, don't send boots on. 503 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 1: Agree disagree, as you can tell. Kooner Country divided, clearly divided. 504 00:31:08,160 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: Brooks in Florida, thanks for holding Brooks and welcome. 505 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 3: Jeff Hi Brooks. 506 00:31:16,560 --> 00:31:20,400 Speaker 6: Jeff, quick question. Do you recall in twenty fifteen when 507 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,640 Speaker 6: the presidential run up on the stage with Jeb, Marco, 508 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:31,560 Speaker 6: Lindsey Graham, and Huckabee, and Trump went after Jeb about 509 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 6: the Middle East? Yes, and he looked at him, he 510 00:31:34,120 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 6: turned his neck to the left and I'll never forget 511 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 6: it as long as I live. And he said, you know, 512 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,720 Speaker 6: it's thinking like this that has cost this country dearly. 513 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:45,760 Speaker 6: Why didn't you get the oil? Why didn't you get 514 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 6: the oil? Do you remember that? Jet? I remember, well, 515 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 6: I haven't read this, I haven't heard it, but my 516 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,960 Speaker 6: visceral feeling about this is Trump is going to get 517 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 6: that oil out of that island and he's going to 518 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:03,440 Speaker 6: use it as a bartering trip. There's as a bartering chip. 519 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,840 Speaker 6: There's so much at play right now. You know, he's 520 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 6: creating a list of NATO members who are going to 521 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:15,800 Speaker 6: contribute or not contribute. He's got the relationship with China 522 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 6: involved with this oil, whereby we require maybe one to 523 00:32:19,920 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 6: two percent. So this is this is a multi multilateral 524 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 6: you know, configuration of whether or not he uses that oil. 525 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,440 Speaker 6: My prediction is he's going to get his hands on 526 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 6: that oil and he's gonna really broke or something very 527 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 6: similar to what he did in Venezuela. So, you know, 528 00:32:44,600 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 6: let's talk about that. But I also want to I 529 00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:52,480 Speaker 6: want to quickly talk about what Frank just mentioned in 530 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 6: regards to you know, the gunners and all of the 531 00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:00,440 Speaker 6: armament that the Iranians had for forty years to protect 532 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,640 Speaker 6: the island. All of that may be true, but air 533 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 6: support and naval support equal ground support, and that equals victories. 534 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 6: We need to get Larry from Arkansas on the phone 535 00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 6: and find out if our B one bombers can drop 536 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 6: these amphibious units. I don't I don't believe this for 537 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:22,080 Speaker 6: a second, that our that our marines cannot take a 538 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,160 Speaker 6: ten mile island. I don't believe that for one second. 539 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 6: If we have air support, these guys are launching basically 540 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 6: you know, think of bottle rockets. Yeah, they're destructive, they're 541 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:36,840 Speaker 6: destructive as hell, but their guidance is off the charts. 542 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,680 Speaker 6: We can we can easily see where these mulas are 543 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:45,480 Speaker 6: launching their air strikes, their their missiles. Okay, we can 544 00:33:45,520 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 6: find them and devastate those caves. Those gunners are not 545 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,959 Speaker 6: on that island. Are you telling me that you know 546 00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,680 Speaker 6: that we think that these guys are actually they're holding 547 00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:57,920 Speaker 6: machine guns. No way the Marines. 548 00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,080 Speaker 5: Could take that. 549 00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 6: I want to hear from Larry on this. What about 550 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,760 Speaker 6: our amphibious units. You tell me B one bombers can't 551 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:07,200 Speaker 6: drop these these uh you know, machines to go on 552 00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:10,000 Speaker 6: that island. I don't think so. I think Trump's gonna 553 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,680 Speaker 6: get his hands on that oil, just like he did Venezuela. 554 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,239 Speaker 6: And I think it's going to be the outcome of 555 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 6: a major, major victory. Trump is is playing a massive, 556 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 6: massive poker game, but he's gonna win this one, Jeff, 557 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:22,879 Speaker 6: He's going to win. 558 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,400 Speaker 1: Well, you know, Brooks, that's why they want carg Island. 559 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 1: He's convinced that, and that's what his commanders have told him. 560 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,279 Speaker 1: That's what his inner circle has told him. That's that's 561 00:34:32,520 --> 00:34:37,239 Speaker 1: ninety percent of all of the oil exports, oil refinery 562 00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:42,000 Speaker 1: capacity for the whole country of Iran. It's their crown jewel, 563 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: as I said, it's their their jugular vein. It's their 564 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:51,320 Speaker 1: economic you know, oil lifeline. You know you control carg Island, 565 00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:54,319 Speaker 1: you control Iran's economy. Look, I'm not trying to be 566 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:58,399 Speaker 1: crude about this, but basically, it's their testicles. Okay, it's 567 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,240 Speaker 1: not even their tonsils, it's their tsticles. And what Trump 568 00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:04,440 Speaker 1: wants is he wants is both of his hands firmly 569 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:08,680 Speaker 1: in control, and he's just gonna squeeze and squeeze and squeeze, 570 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: and he'll he tall, I'll crush him if I have to, 571 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:13,799 Speaker 1: I'll break him. I mean, I'll just smash the whole 572 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,160 Speaker 1: damn thing. I don't want to. As I read you 573 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,360 Speaker 1: the you know what he what he wrote on True Socials, 574 00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,319 Speaker 1: I really don't want to do it, but I'll I'll 575 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:24,600 Speaker 1: blow the whole damn thing up. In other words, I'll 576 00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,640 Speaker 1: give you back carg Island. See. I don't know if 577 00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:28,239 Speaker 1: he can keep the oil, but I think what he 578 00:35:28,280 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 1: wants to do is he wants to use the oil 579 00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:34,480 Speaker 1: as almost like a negotiating chip, the key chip, and saying, Okay, 580 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: you'll get carg Island back. Unblocked the straight of horn Moose, 581 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,520 Speaker 1: because if he unblocks the straight then I don't see 582 00:35:42,560 --> 00:35:46,200 Speaker 1: what outside of regime change. And I think it's becoming 583 00:35:46,239 --> 00:35:49,279 Speaker 1: clear to both the United States and Israel that that 584 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:52,319 Speaker 1: may have been a bridge too far. So outside of 585 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,560 Speaker 1: regime change, he's achieved everything else once the straight of 586 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,400 Speaker 1: hormoose has opened up. So then I think, you know 587 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:04,919 Speaker 1: he can live, legitimately, declare victory and you know, come home. 588 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,440 Speaker 1: So I think that's the ultimate play here now, Brooks, 589 00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:12,239 Speaker 1: just to get your final take on this, what you're 590 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 1: telling me is you're saying it's worth the risk. Send 591 00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:21,400 Speaker 1: in the expeditionary Unit two two hundred troops. You know 592 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:23,839 Speaker 1: they can do it, or do you think he needs 593 00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 1: to send in more. 594 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:30,520 Speaker 6: What I'm thinking is this that inevitably we've got two 595 00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 6: or three scenarios whereby boots on the ground like it 596 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,400 Speaker 6: or lump it are going to have to happen. So 597 00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:39,800 Speaker 6: let's say this regime change. 598 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 1: Brooks. I'm up against it, but I hear what you're saying. 599 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:46,520 Speaker 1: In other words, if you have to use boots on 600 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:49,120 Speaker 1: the ground to finish the mullas off, you do it.