WEBVTT - How Delta Force Works

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<v Speaker 1>Brought to you by the reinvented two thousand twelve Camray.

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<v Speaker 1>It's ready. Are you welcome to stuff you should know

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<v Speaker 1>from house Stuff Works dot com. Hey, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>the podcast. I'm Josh. This is Chuck over here and

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<v Speaker 1>say hey, Chuck, Hey, Chuck. I should probably slow it down.

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<v Speaker 1>Stop sounding so like morning talk show hosting. Um, have

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<v Speaker 1>you heard about the bombing and Yemen of the US embassy?

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't. Did that just happen? Yeah, it happened very recently.

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<v Speaker 1>I think this sixteenth September sixteenth, feel like a heel now,

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<v Speaker 1>but don't feel too bad. Um. For some reason, any

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<v Speaker 1>bombing that happens in Yemen doesn't make you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest news. I don't know why, because this is an

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<v Speaker 1>al Kada bombing. Uh. And actually it could have been

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<v Speaker 1>a lot lot worse. Um. There was a group of

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<v Speaker 1>guys who were loaded down with explosives. Their car was

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<v Speaker 1>just laid down with explosives and they were making they

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<v Speaker 1>were going to go through the first check point, blow

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<v Speaker 1>up the gate after the first check and then the

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<v Speaker 1>second car was going to come through and kill anybody

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<v Speaker 1>and everybody. Well, the guards at the checkpoint didn't buy

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<v Speaker 1>the first car's story, so they opened fire and that

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<v Speaker 1>they blew up. So these guards were killed, but it

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<v Speaker 1>alerted everybody what was going on. There's a firefight between

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<v Speaker 1>the Yemeni security around the American embassy and the second

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<v Speaker 1>car and UH. Eventually all the terrorists were killed, but

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<v Speaker 1>I think sixteen sixteen people total died and most of

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<v Speaker 1>those were UM American. Well no, there's one American, but

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<v Speaker 1>most of them were working at the embassy. It was

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<v Speaker 1>it was a big deal. It was the first major

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<v Speaker 1>terrorist attack on a US target since September eleventh, two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand one. But we haven't heard anything about it because

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<v Speaker 1>Sarah Palin's eye eyeglasses are her up due is capturing.

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<v Speaker 1>Um SO. I was reading an article in Time and

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<v Speaker 1>they were saying, like, this is like the most recent

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<v Speaker 1>clear indicator that we have a real problem with Alkada

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<v Speaker 1>in Yemen. It's a hotbed like that. It's very you know,

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<v Speaker 1>friendly to the West, and actually this attack was supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>a retaliation for your many UH security forces staging like

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<v Speaker 1>counter terrorist activities. Now Kada's like, what do you think

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing. Um So, it is friendly to the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>but at the same time it's still kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>hotbed of Alkada activity. The thing is, we're pretty fairly

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<v Speaker 1>entrenched in a rock right now. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>you've heard. Yeah, we invaded in two thousand and three,

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<v Speaker 1>haven't left yet. Doesn't look like we're going to anytime soon. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>and now Afghanistan's boiling over again. The last thing we

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<v Speaker 1>need is another front. And Yemen doesn't sound like the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of country we're just going to walk into and

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<v Speaker 1>you know, invade basically, So what do you do? What

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<v Speaker 1>do you? What do you do when you have a

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<v Speaker 1>hotbed of alcade activity and you need surgical precision take

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<v Speaker 1>out as much of the guy's possible. You know what?

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<v Speaker 1>Two words Delta Force. Oh, I've heard of these guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Actually I haven't heard of them. You know why, because

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<v Speaker 1>they don't officially exist. That's kind of creepy, but kind

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<v Speaker 1>of cool, it is. Yeah, there's We should probably warn

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<v Speaker 1>the listeners right now. Chuck and I will most likely

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<v Speaker 1>devolve into some sort of weird boyhood admiration of all

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<v Speaker 1>the sick, sick stuff Delta Forces done over the years.

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<v Speaker 1>So just before warn if we start tittering or get

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<v Speaker 1>really excited or one of US takes our shirt off.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't be offended. Okay, I know I did find myself

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<v Speaker 1>when I was reading an article because I'm I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>classify as anti war. I'm yeah, not not for this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>But when I was reading this stuff about the Delta Force,

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<v Speaker 1>I just thought it was the coolest thing I've ever seen. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's what's so cool about Delta Force is

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<v Speaker 1>you send them in. You don't need to go to war.

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<v Speaker 1>They take care of business. Sure, maybe that's why I

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<v Speaker 1>like about. It's clean and and precise and quick and

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<v Speaker 1>a little that's kind of how it should be. So

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<v Speaker 1>we should probably give some background here. Delta four is essentially,

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<v Speaker 1>as we said, unrecognized officially by the US government. UM.

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<v Speaker 1>I had a lot of trouble in writing an article

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<v Speaker 1>on them because you really have to piece everything together.

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<v Speaker 1>There's lots of hearsay, there's no concrete evidence, like there's

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<v Speaker 1>no depressional exactly. Uh, there is, but it was sadly

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<v Speaker 1>disappointing and was run by some guy no no, which,

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, the Chuck Norris movie Delta Force highly inaccurate,

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<v Speaker 1>wildly inaccurate. Sure, there was another movie he made called

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<v Speaker 1>Invasion USA, which in that movie he was much more

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<v Speaker 1>resembled a Delta Force operator. He didn't wear a uniform,

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<v Speaker 1>he had a newsy. I think both of those movies.

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<v Speaker 1>Lee Marvin was in both of them, right, great great

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<v Speaker 1>late great Lee Marvin. Right, well, specifically in Delta Force,

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<v Speaker 1>Lee Marvin's character, but also in Invasion USA as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Lee Marvin's character was very much based on this guy

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<v Speaker 1>named Colonel Beckwith. I don't remember colonel with the first name,

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<v Speaker 1>do you, uh, Colonel, Yeah, we'll just call him colonel.

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<v Speaker 1>He's like, he's like a murderous version of share colonel. Right. So,

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<v Speaker 1>Colonel Beckwith was this guy who basically had been over

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<v Speaker 1>in Great Britain to train with the s A. Yes, right,

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<v Speaker 1>the British Special Forces. Right. So he's over there, he's

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<v Speaker 1>really impressed with this group. Um, we have our own

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<v Speaker 1>version of the Special Forces. It's a I can't remember,

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<v Speaker 1>it's Special Forces Operational Detachment A I believe, um. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's that's our regular Special Forces, who in and of

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<v Speaker 1>themselves are just complete and total. Just they're rough. I

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think there's any way to get a night.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just get it out of the way right now.

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<v Speaker 1>Delta Force is bad ass. Yes, they are most decidedly UM.

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<v Speaker 1>And the special Forces in and of themselves each are

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<v Speaker 1>the thinking man's arm of the army. UM. They are

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<v Speaker 1>based clee inserted into enemy territory and they identify um

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<v Speaker 1>dissenting groups against the whatever government we want to topple.

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<v Speaker 1>And one or two Special forces guys assemble guerilla armies

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<v Speaker 1>out of these descending forces and creatingsurgencies from within. It's

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<v Speaker 1>been done before. That's just special forces. Delta Force actually

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<v Speaker 1>draws from special forces. They're not even army. They don't

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<v Speaker 1>even know, they don't identify with any particular branch, right,

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<v Speaker 1>because they draw the toughest dudes out of all the branches, right, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And UM, have you have you read Black Hawk Down

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<v Speaker 1>or Killing Pablo And now I saw the movie. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>there's saw a great documentary and I saw that one too,

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<v Speaker 1>is excellent and excellent on an unnamed channel. UM. The

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<v Speaker 1>the the author of that book, Mark Bowden, is apparently

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<v Speaker 1>just loved by the Delta Force because he's actually interviewed

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<v Speaker 1>Delta Force operators, which is what they're called. They're not soldiers,

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<v Speaker 1>they're operating. I kind of like that Um, and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't wear you know, uniforms or fatigues. They shoot anything

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<v Speaker 1>they like, um, which we'll get into later. That gets

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<v Speaker 1>a certain private companies who hired Delta Force operators in trouble. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>But they Mark Bowden put it pretty pretty clearly. He said,

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<v Speaker 1>they are professional soldiers who hate the army, which actually,

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<v Speaker 1>really think about it, that's the definition of a mercenary basically.

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<v Speaker 1>But they're they're under control, They're they're ostensibly under the

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<v Speaker 1>control of the U. S. Military, Right. Yeah, but apparently

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<v Speaker 1>and this, like we say, all this is kind of

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<v Speaker 1>it's all conjecture, conjecture, but only answer to the president.

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<v Speaker 1>That's kind of my favorite part. Yeah. Well, the that

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<v Speaker 1>whole thing came out of their second mission. Their first

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<v Speaker 1>mission was to guard the Pan American Games I think

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<v Speaker 1>in ninety eight, and um, that went smoothly, nothing noteworthy happened,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe because the Delta Forces there, I don't know. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>Their second mission was Operation Eagle Claw. Uh, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the hostage takeover in Iran in nineteen eighty nine, seventy nine,

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<v Speaker 1>two years after Delta Force had been assembled. And this

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<v Speaker 1>was back when Colonel Beckwith was real hands on and

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<v Speaker 1>he was in there and and basically like the Lee

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<v Speaker 1>Marvin characters leading the charge and shooting commies and all

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of thing. Um, So this is Operation Eagle Clause.

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<v Speaker 1>They're flying in to do a strike on the American

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<v Speaker 1>embassy that's been taken over by Iranian extremists, flying in

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<v Speaker 1>and what playing black helicopters. Yes, it's not like a

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<v Speaker 1>TC's rainbow colored island hopper on Magna Pa. It doesn't do,

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<v Speaker 1>to tell you the truth, It would probably more resemble

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<v Speaker 1>TCS helicopter than your normal HUEI. Yeah. Um, they they

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<v Speaker 1>have their own aviation platoon that that can get them

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<v Speaker 1>from place to place and actually creates plausible deniability. It

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<v Speaker 1>could just as easily be a bunch of crazed, wealthy

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<v Speaker 1>American businessmen's bent on you know, patriotism, as it could

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<v Speaker 1>be Delta Force. But eagle Claw, I distracted you. So

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<v Speaker 1>eagle Claw they're going in, there's a helicopter crash, and

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<v Speaker 1>they never get to actually carry out the mission. Um.

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<v Speaker 1>The problem was his Delta Forces being commanded by traditional

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<v Speaker 1>Special Forces um AT commanders at the time. After that

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<v Speaker 1>they were taken out of command. As I saying the article,

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<v Speaker 1>no one has any idea whose command they were put under.

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<v Speaker 1>And you kind of get the impression the more you

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<v Speaker 1>find out about Delta Force that they're not under anyone's command.

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<v Speaker 1>Like I said, they answer to the President. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's probably about it, right, and no one knows where

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<v Speaker 1>their funding comes from. It's got I think he called

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<v Speaker 1>it a black fund. It is a black fund. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>there's there's um there's some sort of appropriations that I'm

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<v Speaker 1>sure Congress deals with every year, two years whatever, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and then gives X number of millions and millions of

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to this Delta Force black fund and they do

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<v Speaker 1>whatever they like with it. And actually in nineve that

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<v Speaker 1>was a banner year for getting, you know, actual documented

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<v Speaker 1>evidence that there is a Delta Force. Some Delta Force

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<v Speaker 1>operators were being investigated for basically misappropriating money from that

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<v Speaker 1>black funds. They have been deployed to I think Sicily

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<v Speaker 1>too for counter terrorism activity, and before they could leave

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<v Speaker 1>the country, they had to be cleared by the Justice

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<v Speaker 1>Department because they were all under investigation because they've been

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<v Speaker 1>basically pilfering money from black fund. I mean, what do

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<v Speaker 1>you what do you do? How do you pill for

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<v Speaker 1>money from black fund. You just put in your pocket

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<v Speaker 1>and walk away. I guess. So. I mean there's gotta

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<v Speaker 1>be a money trail somehow, but nothing that you know

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<v Speaker 1>it was public. Also, I mean, what are you gonna do.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Delta Force, like, hey, give us some money back. No, okay, sure,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll come in there with a submachine guns, right, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>to talk about it and their their their weaponry actually

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<v Speaker 1>isn't is the stuff of legends as well. Apparently they

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<v Speaker 1>favor Heckler and Coach tremendously MP MP fives and four yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>which are pretty pretty cool submachine guns. Looked him up

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<v Speaker 1>on the internet. Yeah, and I don't even like guns, no,

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<v Speaker 1>but then these things are off exactly. This is this

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<v Speaker 1>is the heart of Delta Force. Okay, this, what Chuck

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<v Speaker 1>just said is exactly the hard Delve Force. He is

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<v Speaker 1>against war, and yet he is awed by Delta Force.

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<v Speaker 1>He doesn't even like guns, and yet he's awed by

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<v Speaker 1>the guns that Delta Force uses. This is quintessential Delta Force. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and well, part of it has to do with the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that you know their operations. They have some of

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<v Speaker 1>the names Eagle Claw and Operation Urgent Fury was one

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorites. What was that Granada or UM that was?

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<v Speaker 1>Now that was Granada, and then Panama was Operation just Cause.

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<v Speaker 1>Operation just Cause was the operation where the United States

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<v Speaker 1>including Special Forces, I think the Army Rangers were there.

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<v Speaker 1>Basically we sent a contingent of our best of the

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<v Speaker 1>best down there to get rid of Manuel Noriega and

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<v Speaker 1>CIA guy. Yeah, there's a CIA guy who'd been operating

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<v Speaker 1>in Panama basically doing a radio free broadcast UM and

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<v Speaker 1>he had been captured, and so Delta Force went in

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<v Speaker 1>and I believe rescued him, rescued him, and they also

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<v Speaker 1>captured Noriega. If it wasn't Delta Force, somebody captured in Noriega,

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<v Speaker 1>because as far as I know, he's still in a

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<v Speaker 1>prison in Miami right now. Well, I think they helped

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<v Speaker 1>capture him. Okay, So it might have been one of

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<v Speaker 1>those things where I have a feeling Delta Force a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of times said and get the public credit for

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<v Speaker 1>some of these things because they don't exist, Yeah, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>And the other impression I have is that Delta Force

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<v Speaker 1>really doesn't care about the public credit. I think they

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<v Speaker 1>just like to be deployed. Whenever I think of Delta

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<v Speaker 1>Force they're they're supposedly they're headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina,

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose, which is the home of the Army Special

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<v Speaker 1>Forces as well. Um, and apparently just very well funded,

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<v Speaker 1>great training center. But when I think about Delta Force training,

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<v Speaker 1>I just see a bunch of guys who are either

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<v Speaker 1>bored or frustrated right that they want to be around

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<v Speaker 1>the world in Yemen, for example, illegally hunting down El

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<v Speaker 1>Kada operatives and shooting them while they're unarmed. Well, you

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<v Speaker 1>know the other thing that you'll find if you were

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<v Speaker 1>to see a Delta Force training operation is some excellent marksman. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>this is this is really thing. You want to tell

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<v Speaker 1>them what the requirements are as far as we know, Again,

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<v Speaker 1>this is conjecture, but we got this from my think

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<v Speaker 1>VFW magazine. Uh you want me to tell them now? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>So this is reputed of course, um that Delta Force

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<v Speaker 1>recruits must show one hundred percent accuracy from six hundred

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<v Speaker 1>yards away. Okay, so that's six football field six football fields.

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<v Speaker 1>You have to be able to hit some target in

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<v Speaker 1>the heart from six football fields. Right where where's the accuracy?

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<v Speaker 1>It a thousand yards? So they'll give you a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of leeway if you're shooting from a thousand yards

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<v Speaker 1>away a ten football fields, ten football films. Now they also, Um,

0:13:38.679 --> 0:13:41.800
<v Speaker 1>we were talking about the armaments that the weapons they like.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a Browning fifty caliber sniper rifle that's a very

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<v Speaker 1>large shelf. It's enormous. It is enormous, um and apparently

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<v Speaker 1>they use that for targets up to fifty yards. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that's the kind of thing that can go

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<v Speaker 1>through a wall, then through another wall, and through a

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<v Speaker 1>brick wall and then into someone's uh you know probably

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<v Speaker 1>and then through somebody's helmet and head. Right, that's what

0:14:08.559 --> 0:14:10.600
<v Speaker 1>will do, and then go out the back and wrap

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<v Speaker 1>a Christmas present on the way, right. Yeah, it's it's

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<v Speaker 1>differently so, um, I'll tell you what though, Man if

0:14:18.080 --> 0:14:20.080
<v Speaker 1>I was capp, if I was stuck in Granada, if

0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:24.280
<v Speaker 1>I was a journalist and I was blindfolded and potentially

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<v Speaker 1>going to be beheaded, you know who I would want

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<v Speaker 1>coming to visit me? Oh no, I realized Delta Force.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure of course, nobody else. No. And they have had

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<v Speaker 1>some sterling operations that have made it into the media. Um,

0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:43.440
<v Speaker 1>there was a hijacked airliner and I think four and um,

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<v Speaker 1>what what country was it, Chuck four? Was that Yemen?

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<v Speaker 1>If it was, then wow, okay, well let's just say, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we'll go with the airliner hijacking. These guys, I believe. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how many members were on the team.

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<v Speaker 1>They stormed the airliner. Now there's four hijackers in there, Indonesia,

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<v Speaker 1>in Indonesia, right, okay, Um, they they stormed the airliner

0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:16.520
<v Speaker 1>that was on the tarmac, the jet. There's four hijackers

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<v Speaker 1>who had this whole planeload of of hostages. Uh, adults.

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<v Speaker 1>Force goes in there and as far as I know,

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<v Speaker 1>they used the two tap method, which Colonel Beckwith came

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<v Speaker 1>up with. The two tap method is where you put

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<v Speaker 1>two bullets in the head of each target. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>a love tap, no, So I think I point out

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<v Speaker 1>in the article. You know when you see somebody on

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<v Speaker 1>in a movie or on TV and they have, um,

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<v Speaker 1>they have let they've spared some enemy that is dying,

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<v Speaker 1>but he picks up a gun and tries to shoot

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<v Speaker 1>maybe kill. For instance, this doesn't happen with Delta force.

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<v Speaker 1>You get two bullets in the in the head from

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<v Speaker 1>a Delta Force operative, you're you're going down and you're

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<v Speaker 1>not coming back. It's definitely a shoot first asked and

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<v Speaker 1>even ask questions question. I think this was a t

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<v Speaker 1>W a flight or something. They stormed this flight, two

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<v Speaker 1>taps to each each hostage taker. Not one casualty, not

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<v Speaker 1>one incent casualty, as far as I know, only the

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<v Speaker 1>four hijackers. And't that crazy to think about this, this

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<v Speaker 1>international incident, these hostages and eight bullets takes care of

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<v Speaker 1>the whole thing. Yeah, exactly, exactly, that's kind of cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree wholeheartedly. Um, now we are getting a little druly.

0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.680
<v Speaker 1>As I warned, we're pretty excited about Delta Force. We

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<v Speaker 1>want to be in Delta Force. That kind of kind

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<v Speaker 1>of although you wouldn't know if I was, So there's there.

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<v Speaker 1>There's some plenty of criticism of Delta Force. They were

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<v Speaker 1>reputedly part of the siege of the Branch Davidians compound

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<v Speaker 1>and Waco that went horribly awry. And I just didn't

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<v Speaker 1>get across in the in the article, but some of

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<v Speaker 1>the sources that I read it sounded very plausible. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's one of the definitely one of the black eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Definitely the Clinton administration and our County Tree as a whole.

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<v Speaker 1>I think. The other thing from researching this article is

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<v Speaker 1>Clinton seemed let me put it differently, the Delta Force

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<v Speaker 1>was operating in within the US borders, which is not

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<v Speaker 1>what's supposed to be done. The military isn't supposed to

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<v Speaker 1>operate in the in the borders of the United States

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<v Speaker 1>unless Marsha law has been declared. UM. As far as

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<v Speaker 1>police police actor, that happened a lot under Clinton, a

0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:30.480
<v Speaker 1>disproportionate amount um. That happened supposedly at Waco. Um Well, Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>what I love about Waco, though, is they they admitted

0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.040
<v Speaker 1>that there were three Delta Force guys there and one

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<v Speaker 1>was supposedly an observer, which I just I don't know,

0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:39.760
<v Speaker 1>he's just standing on their watch. Yea. From what I

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<v Speaker 1>get from these guys, they're they're not ones to stand around.

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<v Speaker 1>You're doing a great job, right exactly, you know, padding

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<v Speaker 1>the backs of the FBI like wait to firestorm that place.

0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:51.679
<v Speaker 1>Way to go, buddy. Um. We we know for a

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<v Speaker 1>fact that they were at the World Trade Organization summit

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<v Speaker 1>in Seattle in which went horribly arived, and they do

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of guarding of dignitaries and uh and humming cars.

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<v Speaker 1>I apparently is being protected by Delta Force right now,

0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.880
<v Speaker 1>and it's so weird. When I was researching this again, UM,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw photos of cars I with guys that were

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<v Speaker 1>identified as Delta Force operators, and you'd start looking and

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<v Speaker 1>all of a sudden you start to recognize that this

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<v Speaker 1>guy or that guy, and the same guys but in

0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:28.800
<v Speaker 1>different different locations. You know. Um, there's a very famous uh,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a very famous photo of a Special Forces guy

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<v Speaker 1>out of uniform wearing UM I can't remember what they

0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:38.080
<v Speaker 1>call it, but basically that head wrap. It goes around

0:18:38.080 --> 0:18:39.879
<v Speaker 1>the head and then it's not a turban, but it's

0:18:39.920 --> 0:18:43.760
<v Speaker 1>somewhat similar. It goes down the back. Uh. He's riding

0:18:43.760 --> 0:18:47.520
<v Speaker 1>a horse through Afghanistan with like, you know, laden with

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<v Speaker 1>guns exactly. But he was Special Forces, you know. But

0:18:52.400 --> 0:18:55.080
<v Speaker 1>you see that guy around here there. Um. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's really interesting to start to to root through their

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<v Speaker 1>history and come to the present and start to see

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<v Speaker 1>the same people over and over, and you're like, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pretty sure I'm looking at adulta Force operator, somebody who

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't exist, somebody who's a shadow, somebody who is basically

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<v Speaker 1>the closest thing we have to a license to kill

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<v Speaker 1>like you don't send Delta Force into rough somebody up.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, I'm going to completely slaughter everybody. Two. Hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>Chuck and I will survive the night after recording this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>I find out. We just want to say we're glad

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<v Speaker 1>these guys are out there. I mean, I much preferred

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<v Speaker 1>Delta Force going in a few guys doing something efficiently

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<v Speaker 1>and quietly than sending in, you know, ten thousand troops. Sure, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's much less clumsy and it gets the job done.

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<v Speaker 1>Although you know, I'm quite sure there's several um human

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<v Speaker 1>rights activists that would disagree with us on that. Yeah, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure you're right. That's that's that's a good point. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's all I'm sure the adults force would disagree with them,

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<v Speaker 1>and I would not want to be the human rights

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<v Speaker 1>activist while we're sidestepping an international incident. Uh, don't forget

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