1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:03,800 Speaker 1: So we've just heard from President Trump. He spoke for 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:08,520 Speaker 1: about eighteen minutes, spoke from a elector in the Blue Room, 3 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:11,320 Speaker 1: did not speak from the Oval office or from behind 4 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:15,320 Speaker 1: the resolute desk, which I figured he would have utilized. 5 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: He stood there, and much of the information was information 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 1: that we knew. The only real news item that I 7 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 1: think out of the speech that we had not heard 8 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: some version of before was his comment that it would 9 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:38,680 Speaker 1: take months for anyone to approach the nuclear sites, the 10 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: obliterated nuclear sites as he sees them, and that the 11 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:49,440 Speaker 1: nuclear dust would be very dangerous. That to me, is 12 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:54,080 Speaker 1: the one piece of news out of this speech, because 13 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 1: what that says. There had been some suggestions that they 14 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 1: might have actually the US might have taken some sort 15 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:08,919 Speaker 1: of a strike which might involve Israeli troops as well, 16 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 1: to send people down into the I guess the depths 17 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: of these sites where the nuclear materials are either stored 18 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: or have been obliterated, whichever you want. But that's the 19 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: one news. So I think he has taken that off 20 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:38,480 Speaker 1: the table. Everything else was pretty much there. There was 21 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: a lot of a campaign presentation. I think he's trying 22 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: desperately to make the American public understand that from his view, 23 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: this was a commitment that needed to be made. Now, 24 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: what we're going to do is, I'm going to take 25 00:01:53,040 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: a quick break. I can easily come back and talk 26 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: about what you just heard, but I'm much more interested 27 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: in here from you to find out what you think, 28 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: whether he convinced you, whether you remain unconvinced, whether you 29 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: remain skeptical. I think the way he phrased the argument 30 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: and he did drift a little bit, but it is 31 00:02:17,600 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: a it was a speech he delivered. This was not 32 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:25,359 Speaker 1: the spontaneous presentation of a campaign rally. But he did 33 00:02:25,480 --> 00:02:28,799 Speaker 1: occasionally I'm sure if there was a text, and there 34 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: was there did appear to be a text he did. 35 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: He did go off text a little bit, So go 36 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: to open up the phone lines. I want to hear you. 37 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:43,359 Speaker 1: Are you encouraged by what the President said tonight? He 38 00:02:43,880 --> 00:02:46,000 Speaker 1: did say that it looks as if it will be 39 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: two to three weeks. It'll be interesting to see what 40 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: the stock market does tomorrow after this speech. There's so 41 00:02:55,480 --> 00:02:59,880 Speaker 1: much that he hit upon. He talked about the desired 42 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: to followed the path of diplomacy, but once it was 43 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,040 Speaker 1: apparent that there had no there was no choice, and 44 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: he talked about our allies Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Cutter, Uae, Kuwait, 45 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: and Baharan. Obviously there was no there were no European allies, 46 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 1: no NATO allies mentioned. Let's take a break six one, seven, four, 47 00:03:23,080 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 1: ten thirty six one, seven, nine three one, ten thirty. 48 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:28,160 Speaker 1: I've heard what he had to say. Uh, if you 49 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 1: are a Trump supporter, I suspect that you were emboldened 50 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 1: and heartened by the speech. I don't know how many 51 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,760 Speaker 1: people will call and say that that they were convinced 52 00:03:39,800 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 1: by what he said tonight. When he when he deviated 53 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: from the scripts, he gets a little halting and you 54 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: can you can see that his mind is working. I 55 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 1: think that the claims that he made we've heard before. 56 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 1: But the one piece of news was we will leave 57 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: the destroyed nuclear materials, which he revealed to as nuclear 58 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: dust where they are right now. We'll come back on 59 00:04:04,040 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: night's i'd six one seven, two, five, four ten thirty 60 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,000 Speaker 1: six months seven nine three one ten thirty. This is 61 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 1: the subject of the night. Let's have added coming back 62 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: right after the break. 63 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 2: It's night Side with Dan Ray on wb Boston's news radio. 64 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: So A couple of minutes here until nine thirty to 65 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: the bottom of the hour. I want to give you 66 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: all a chance to join the conversation. Six months seven two, five, 67 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 1: four ten thirty six month seven nine three one ten thirty. 68 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 1: So my question to you is, were you satisfied with 69 00:04:32,760 --> 00:04:38,919 Speaker 1: the information the President provided tonight? There was There was 70 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 1: not much new in this speech. If there's something that 71 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: you identified as new, I'd love to hear from you 72 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:47,080 Speaker 1: on that. The only thing that I heard that was 73 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: what I would call news was his commitment that because 74 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: it would take months to safely approach the Iranian nuclear sites, uh, 75 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: they are going to, you know, keep satellite coverage on it, 76 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 1: and if they have to, they can bomb it again. 77 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:04,040 Speaker 1: But they're not going to send US ground personnel with 78 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,360 Speaker 1: or without Israeli ground personnel to get in and recover 79 00:05:08,240 --> 00:05:14,720 Speaker 1: any of the enriched uranium of four hundred and forty 80 00:05:15,800 --> 00:05:21,039 Speaker 1: there were kilos kilos, which is about a thousand pounds. Also, 81 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: just a couple of other things here, he did not 82 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 1: mention any sort of a pullout of NATO. Some thought 83 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 1: that might have been have been mentioned in the speech. 84 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: He did basically mention NATO that his message to NATO 85 00:05:34,320 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 1: was to buy oil from the US, take and protect 86 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 1: the Strait of Juamus, which he says is going to 87 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,960 Speaker 1: open up naturally. He went off and he talked about 88 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 1: IRS refunds, which are irrelevant to tonight. He did threaten 89 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:54,880 Speaker 1: that the objectives on track to complete shortly he will 90 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: hit a run hard over the next two or three 91 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: weeks and use the phrase he will take them back 92 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: to the stone age where they belong again. I don't 93 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,200 Speaker 1: know if that's for the negotiators or what he talked 94 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: about hitting. They have not. We have not hit electric 95 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: generating plants, have not hit their oil, but they have 96 00:06:14,240 --> 00:06:19,719 Speaker 1: no aircraft anti aircraft equipment left and no radar, although 97 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,000 Speaker 1: they are still firing bombs. He said the core objectives 98 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,520 Speaker 1: are nearing completion, and as I mentioned before, he referred 99 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: to the allies in this effort, all of them are 100 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 1: the Gulf States. He did get into the politics of 101 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: we have the strongest economy ever and how the goodness 102 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: of the stock market was doing uh and that we 103 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: are the world's number one producers of oil and gas, 104 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:45,320 Speaker 1: more than Saudi Arabia and Russia combined, and again emphasized 105 00:06:45,520 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: that Iran is decimated which after you know, five weeks 106 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,719 Speaker 1: of bombing or four and a half weeks of bombing, 107 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:58,160 Speaker 1: you would expect that they would be He said they 108 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,240 Speaker 1: were close to they had long range missiles, and they 109 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: were right on the doorstep of a NUK, that their 110 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: missiles are used up. And he said that although Operation 111 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 1: Midnight Hammer last June obliterated their nuclear program, they were 112 00:07:15,320 --> 00:07:18,640 Speaker 1: trying to build at a different site. He also criticized 113 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: President Obama's deal, the JCP Away Deal of twenty sixteen, 114 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: in which he claimed the President Obama sent one point 115 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:31,720 Speaker 1: seven billion dollars to Iran. He mentioned that Iran has 116 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,360 Speaker 1: been a war with US since nineteen seventy nine, including 117 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:37,840 Speaker 1: the deaths of the two hundred and forty one Marines 118 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: in by Rude of the Marines Marines Barracks. Talked about 119 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 1: the roadside bombs, the hundreds of US service personnel. Those 120 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: roadside bombs were the I guess the brainschild of Cassam Solomoni, 121 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 1: the former head of the IRG, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, 122 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: father of roadside bomb. He was taken out during President 123 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:06,440 Speaker 1: Trump's first administration. Also talked about Around's complicity in the 124 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: attack of the USS coal what they did on October seventh, 125 00:08:10,160 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 1: and the fact that they killed He cites forty five 126 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:18,520 Speaker 1: thousand Iranian protesters in January. In early February, he also, 127 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:23,920 Speaker 1: of course congratulated the crew of the Artemis two, which 128 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: is on their way to their trip around the moon. 129 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,840 Speaker 1: And he also congratulated again the US troops who so 130 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: effectively removed Maduro from power in Venezuela. And he said 131 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 1: he's getting along incredibly well, or we're getting along incredibly well. 132 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: So it's now nine thirty two. We're going to take 133 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:44,880 Speaker 1: a quick news break. We get back phone calls six seven, two, five, 134 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 1: four ten thirty, six seven, nine, ten thirty on a 135 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 1: scale of zero to ten, How satisfied were you with 136 00:08:50,800 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: the speech tonight? There wasn't much new. I'll be interested 137 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:56,599 Speaker 1: to see. And during the break here, I'm going to 138 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 1: check the futures markets, uh and see in what direction 139 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: they have gone. And this this this dollely affects the 140 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:07,960 Speaker 1: stock market, It affects all of us. That if it 141 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:11,679 Speaker 1: affects gas prices, oil prices, I'll try to stay on 142 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,320 Speaker 1: top of it. If you'd like to venture your comments 143 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:18,599 Speaker 1: six one seven two thirty or six one seven nine thirty. 144 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: This is the story of the night. We'll be back 145 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: on Night Side. Your point of view is so important. 146 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 2: It's Night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's news radio. 147 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 1: Okay, so this was a special address to the nation 148 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:37,800 Speaker 1: on the Iran War. The President did go off script 149 00:09:37,840 --> 00:09:43,600 Speaker 1: a little bit, talking about the IRS tax refunds that 150 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: are coming with the big beautiful bill, all of that, 151 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,880 Speaker 1: but he stayed pretty much. This was a speech, a text. 152 00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: It was in a teleprompter. I am sure. I want 153 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 1: to know what you think. Do you feel better about 154 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: what's going on as a result, do you feel a 155 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: little more concerned or do you feel just about the same. 156 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: Let me go to Dave and Brighton. Dave, you're going 157 00:10:07,720 --> 00:10:12,520 Speaker 1: to start us off tonight. Your reaction to the President's speech, I. 158 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,719 Speaker 3: Didn't expect much. As commander in chiefs he can't say. 159 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:21,520 Speaker 4: The things that I would like to have heard. He 160 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:26,040 Speaker 4: mentioned about taking out Suliman. I've been watching a lot 161 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,120 Speaker 4: of c I A d Classified and Suliman was taken 162 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 4: out by Israeli hit squad. 163 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 3: I happened to watch that last night. So Donald likes 164 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,680 Speaker 3: to pat himself on the back, but he couldn't really. 165 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:42,240 Speaker 3: The main thing is. 166 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:46,720 Speaker 1: Let me ask you this, Dave, not to disagree with you, 167 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,959 Speaker 1: because I had never heard that it was the Israeli 168 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: hit squad, so I. 169 00:10:50,960 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 3: Know, oh yeah, he got hit. 170 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,360 Speaker 1: He got hit by some sort of a rocket leaving 171 00:10:56,520 --> 00:11:02,080 Speaker 1: Baghdad Airport. What what were you watching that? I'm just 172 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 1: wondering it was? 173 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 5: It was it was like they have black ops c 174 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,480 Speaker 5: I A D classified. They showed maybe there's two pulamans. 175 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:14,080 Speaker 1: But this no, no sulamani? What what what is themony? 176 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:17,360 Speaker 1: Did you I'm just wondering. Were you watching a TV show? 177 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 5: Were you like like like Navy seals, you know, special 178 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:25,719 Speaker 5: black ops uh declassified stuff that they couldn't tell you what. 179 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:28,479 Speaker 3: Happened until now because it was classified. 180 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 1: Okay, I just I'm going to double check on that, 181 00:11:33,480 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 1: because that's the first time that anyone has said to 182 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:39,080 Speaker 1: me it was anyone other than the United State. 183 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 3: Nobody, nobody even everybody knows that is real has the 184 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 3: best Uh. 185 00:11:46,200 --> 00:11:47,800 Speaker 1: Let me let me just tell you this. I'm just 186 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:50,880 Speaker 1: doing a little quick reaction on it. Here qust some 187 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: Solomoni was killed by US drone strike ordered by President 188 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: Donald Trump on January third, twenty twenty near Baghdad International Airport. 189 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:03,559 Speaker 1: Sulamani had just left the airport with some other vehicles. 190 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 1: But that's okay. Let's I'm more interested in what you're 191 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:13,520 Speaker 1: telling me. I'm looking at a an article also from CNN. 192 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: I'm looking an article from the BBC US kills top 193 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: Irani in general in Baghdad airstrike. So you know, when 194 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: BBC tells me that, I'm gonna tend to tend to 195 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: believe it. But that's fine. Let's talk about tonight was 196 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 1: did you want to hear more? What did you want 197 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 1: to hear? Tell me. 198 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 6: It was either going to be exactly what he said 199 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 6: or he he can't say, well, with sudden the ground 200 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 6: troops and we've got to find where the they knew 201 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:47,800 Speaker 6: we were coming, so they would. 202 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 3: Have moved I supposedly the uranium that they have. 203 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: I don't think the iranium could be moved because it's 204 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:57,360 Speaker 1: it's buried under a lot of rubble. And what he 205 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,800 Speaker 1: did say in the in the speech tonight, Dave, and 206 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: I hope you heard it the same way I did. 207 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: I thought the only news in the speech was that 208 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,200 Speaker 1: he said it will take months to approach the nuclear 209 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: sites and that they are implicit in that is that 210 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,600 Speaker 1: we're not going to send ground troops in now. Maybe 211 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:20,000 Speaker 1: he'll use ground troops in some other way. I don't know, 212 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: but I think he has taken the idea of special 213 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 1: forces going in and physically taking possession of the the 214 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:33,040 Speaker 1: enriched uranium first of all being the problem. 215 00:13:33,240 --> 00:13:37,199 Speaker 5: Yeah, the problem with it ran as the Republican God 216 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 5: controls everything. They control the hoodies, they control Hesbalah, they control. 217 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 3: The mass, and. 218 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 5: If a thing did get obliterated in five years, they 219 00:13:50,679 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 5: can have the problem again. 220 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 3: So they've got to locate this and finish the job. 221 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 3: As he was saying, you know, mister President, finished the job. 222 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:05,280 Speaker 1: Well, I certainly hope that after we've lost you know, thirteen, 223 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, brave members of the military, a couple one 224 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,040 Speaker 1: hundred people wounded, and the amount of effort that was 225 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,679 Speaker 1: expended by so many people and still will be expended 226 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: by so many people, I hope that we do get 227 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:22,960 Speaker 1: a complete agreement with the new leaders of Iran that 228 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: they're not interested in going down the nuclear road again. 229 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,280 Speaker 3: But we're friends with Iran. You know, they send them 230 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 3: out all these drones and voming them and they had 231 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:32,560 Speaker 3: nothing to do with it. 232 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,160 Speaker 1: Well, they were hitting you. Look, I don't want to 233 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:39,360 Speaker 1: be far to Iran, but they were hitting US military basis. 234 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:43,680 Speaker 1: They also hit some hotels. I think it was a 235 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:46,040 Speaker 1: death throw of the Irani a government that they would they. 236 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 3: Would just right, they don't have much less. 237 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely, Hey, Dave, I appreciate your starting stunting is 238 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 1: off here. Thank you very much. And double check your 239 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: source on the Soremony strike because because that's the first 240 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: I've heard of that, and you know, if you could 241 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,400 Speaker 1: tell me the source, there's a lot of people out 242 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: there on YouTube and on podcasts who who dress up 243 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 1: their stuff it was a US drone strike. Everything that 244 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: I've that, I've known a lot of them. 245 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 3: Their name like Kameni and Kamanie know that similar. But 246 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:17,200 Speaker 3: so maybe that's where it definitely what Ormani and. 247 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 1: Solomoni was killed at the at the Baghdad airport. He 248 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 1: had flown into the airport. 249 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,760 Speaker 5: I got killed at his He was like the number 250 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,080 Speaker 5: two guy and he had a beach resort having a 251 00:15:28,080 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 5: party and they came off the coast and they were 252 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 5: in the water. 253 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 1: That's a that's a different that's a different hit. Solomoni 254 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: was the head of the I R G on the 255 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: Iranian their their guard, their revolutionary guard, right, and he 256 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: can't take it out by ustaurant. Okay, Dave, I appreciate you, Paul, 257 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:53,520 Speaker 1: thank you very much. Good night. Six. I'm looking for 258 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:57,640 Speaker 1: your reaction to the speech. The President tried to put 259 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:01,080 Speaker 1: the length of the war in ron at this point. 260 00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: I think he said thirty two days, and I guess, 261 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: depending upon how you want to count, it could be 262 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: a little maybe thirty two days is it. We're in 263 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: the fifth week when you think about it, twenty eight 264 00:16:11,560 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: days would be four weeks. But did you hear what 265 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: you wanted to hear tonight? I'm not sure that he 266 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,440 Speaker 1: moved the needle tonight in terms of support for the war. 267 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: Maybe I'm misreading it. And if you disagree with me, 268 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: I'd love to have you join the conversation. If you 269 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: agree with me, I just want to know what you think. 270 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:37,280 Speaker 1: Six one, seven, four, ten thirty, triple eight nine to nine, 271 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: ten thirty. Coming right back on Night Side again. This 272 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:42,440 Speaker 1: is Nightside with Dan Ray on WBZ in Boston. If 273 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: you're listening to us, always looking for new callers, new voices. 274 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 1: He basically is framing it, which I understand UH as 275 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 1: a dramatic moment that is going to inconvenience us and 276 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: has inconvenienced us for a few weeks. But in the 277 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: long run, we maybe save future presidents from dealing with 278 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:12,359 Speaker 1: this and future generations, your children, my grandchildren from having 279 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 1: to deal with this going forward. I got a couple 280 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,399 Speaker 1: open lines, Jump on board. Let's go. This is what 281 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:21,119 Speaker 1: we're going to talk about tonight. If I have UH, 282 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: this is what I want to talk about tonight. We had, 283 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:25,359 Speaker 1: we'd never touched on it last night. This is the 284 00:17:25,400 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 1: issue at hand. Coming back on nightside, we're going to 285 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 1: talk with Lewis and Shrewsby coming up on the other side. 286 00:17:30,560 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: We have room for you. Six one, seven, two, five, 287 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: four to ten thirty six one seven, nine three one, 288 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:35,520 Speaker 1: ten thirty. 289 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:41,000 Speaker 2: You're on night Side with Dan Ray on WBZ, Boston's 290 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:41,679 Speaker 2: news radio. 291 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:45,159 Speaker 1: Okay, we have two calls from Shrewsbury lined up back 292 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: to back, Lewis and Shrewsby. Hey, Lewis, welcome, appreciate you 293 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,159 Speaker 1: taking the time to call your thoughts on the president's speech. 294 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 7: Oh, thanks for allowing me to speak Dan the speech itself. 295 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,520 Speaker 7: I thought, as you said, it was very measured, and 296 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:03,639 Speaker 7: I was. I was happy that for I think for 297 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:08,479 Speaker 7: for President Trump, it was a fairly controlled speech. And 298 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 7: you're right he did. He did what he loves to do, 299 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 7: which is to move in different directions a little bit. 300 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 7: But overall I felt it was a pretty direct speech. 301 00:18:17,960 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 7: It was a factual speech, if a little bit vague, 302 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,200 Speaker 7: it was specific enough in a in a couple areas. 303 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,880 Speaker 7: One that was a surprise to me, So I felt 304 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:30,199 Speaker 7: pretty good about it. I was. 305 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: Was a surprise to you, Lewis. 306 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 7: Okay, the two There was two. The first surprise was that, 307 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,040 Speaker 7: as you had brought up, I had understood that the 308 00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 7: attacks on Isfahan, which involved you know the popular term 309 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,359 Speaker 7: the bunker busting too. I think they were like two 310 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:49,600 Speaker 7: thousand pound bombs. 311 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:50,359 Speaker 1: Uh. 312 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 7: My understanding was that was a few days ago, that 313 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:58,360 Speaker 7: that was done to further berry or or isolate that 314 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:03,199 Speaker 7: radio I to material. This is the first that I 315 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,920 Speaker 7: heard that it was pularized to the point where it 316 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 7: was it was fragments, minute fragments in the area. 317 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 3: That was. 318 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:12,679 Speaker 1: That was news to me, and I've been I'm not 319 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 1: enough of the phrase they used was nuclear dust, and 320 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 1: I'm not enough of a scientist to understand that. I 321 00:19:19,320 --> 00:19:24,240 Speaker 1: do know that they made a claim, according to our negotiators, 322 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: our diplomatic negotiators, that they had four hundred and forty 323 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 1: kilos of rigianium at sixty percent, which which said, you know, 324 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: again not being a scientist, seems like quite a bit. 325 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:39,800 Speaker 1: And they said that they had the ability with that 326 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,160 Speaker 1: to create eleven nuclear weapons. 327 00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 7: That's right, that's right, And so I mean that there's 328 00:19:46,560 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 7: no doubt that that was one of the impetus is 329 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 7: to to move ahead on a tight, you know, time frame, 330 00:19:53,800 --> 00:19:56,399 Speaker 7: to to go after this. But so that that that 331 00:19:56,560 --> 00:20:00,719 Speaker 7: sort of pularizing and I don't know what the right 332 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 7: term is, but turning into dust. Uh that was in 333 00:20:03,440 --> 00:20:05,800 Speaker 7: fact radioactive at the surface. That was news to me. 334 00:20:06,320 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 7: And that's serious. If that's if that's the condition of 335 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 7: that of that area, of those areas, of those facilities, 336 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 7: and uh, well, if it's. 337 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:16,359 Speaker 1: If it's being buried, first of all, it would be 338 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:19,280 Speaker 1: dangerous to send our troops in there. To me, the 339 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: news was that he's not going in there, that he said, 340 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna keep an eye on it and if we 341 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: have to, we'll bind again. But it sounds to me 342 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: as if they're there was there was real talk about 343 00:20:30,280 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: special forces going in and carrying out these, uh, these 344 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 1: one hundred pound drums of nuclear material. So yeah, I'm glad. 345 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:42,879 Speaker 1: I'm glad he's taking that off the table. 346 00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,800 Speaker 7: I think I think, I think that would have been 347 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,000 Speaker 7: you know, I don't know, I don't know anything about 348 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 7: military operations, but it sure sounded difficult, dangerous, and uh, 349 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:54,439 Speaker 7: it was gonna take more than four hours to do. 350 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 3: So. 351 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,199 Speaker 7: Yeah. So the second thing was, I was surprised. And 352 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 7: I know everybody's been talking about it, and you know, 353 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:06,240 Speaker 7: I'm almost I'm almost embarrassed that our public is so 354 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 7: impatient with something that's so important that that. But I 355 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 7: was surprised he committed to three weeks or so. If 356 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 7: that turns out to be true, I'd be surprised. But 357 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 7: I thought that was quite a bold I mean, really 358 00:21:18,920 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 7: to make that kind of commitment, you know, in that 359 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 7: type he said. 360 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,880 Speaker 1: Originally four to six weeks right now, in the fifth week, 361 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 1: if you add two or three weeks and you wrap 362 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,560 Speaker 1: it up, say by I don't know, the end of April, 363 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 1: I think that that the public will be pretty happy. 364 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,840 Speaker 1: There's there's a poll out today, which I'll talk about 365 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,439 Speaker 1: next Hour by CNN, which really shows that his support 366 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: around the country is is really created quite a bit, 367 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,400 Speaker 1: and I think that's in some reasons why he did 368 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: this speech tonight. I don't know that this speech is 369 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: going to stir people up or you know, I just 370 00:21:55,640 --> 00:22:01,160 Speaker 1: think it's going to be there's lungs process and when 371 00:22:01,160 --> 00:22:03,760 Speaker 1: the troops come home, and and if you ever can 372 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: get a surrender, I don't know were even going to 373 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,199 Speaker 1: get this surrender. I don't know who they're dealing with. 374 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if he knows who they're dealing with. 375 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 7: I I don't know, you know, I think that frankly, 376 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 7: the the bias media has done a very a very 377 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 7: unfortunately good job at convincing the public of minimizing the progress, 378 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 7: minimizing the uh magnitude of what this this government and 379 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 7: this this military has done. Because when you start to 380 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 7: step outside of American media and away from European media, 381 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 7: you start to learn, you know, more more of the 382 00:22:42,160 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 7: degree of of destruction to the military war machine of Iran. 383 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let you run. I appreciate your perspective. Please 384 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 1: continue to call this program. I enjoyed talking with you. 385 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, Lewis. If you want to join me, 386 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,080 Speaker 1: you are more than welcome. Uh. This this a big 387 00:23:01,119 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 1: news story. There are US military personnel in the Middle 388 00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:09,920 Speaker 1: East tonight in a dangerous situation for us to ignore 389 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: the president's speech. I want to know if you thought 390 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,360 Speaker 1: it was effective, if you thought it was ineffective, if 391 00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 1: you were heartened by it, if you were still on 392 00:23:21,560 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: the fence, or if you still believe that this is 393 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:29,080 Speaker 1: a foolish venture. I would love to get some reaction 394 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: from a variety of viewpoints. Six, one, seven, two, five, four, 395 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 1: ten thirty six, one, seven, nine, three, one, ten thirty. 396 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:40,360 Speaker 1: Here comes to ten o'clock news back right after. Let's 397 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:42,040 Speaker 1: light those lines up. Coming back