1 00:00:11,697 --> 00:00:14,977 Speaker 1: You're listening to the Buck Sexton Show podcast, make sure 2 00:00:14,977 --> 00:00:17,977 Speaker 1: you subscribe to the podcast on the iHeartRadio app or 3 00:00:18,017 --> 00:00:21,617 Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. Welcome to the Buck Brief, everybody. 4 00:00:21,657 --> 00:00:25,417 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the US and British strikes on Hoo 5 00:00:25,457 --> 00:00:29,977 Speaker 1: they rebels in Yemen. This is one of those moments 6 00:00:30,017 --> 00:00:33,977 Speaker 1: where you gotta hope that things don't start to spiral 7 00:00:34,177 --> 00:00:37,177 Speaker 1: out of control in the Middle East. Now, it's a 8 00:00:37,257 --> 00:00:40,857 Speaker 1: situation in Yemen that is an absolute disasters. You know, 9 00:00:40,977 --> 00:00:44,137 Speaker 1: Yemen is the first country in the world that they 10 00:00:44,177 --> 00:00:47,097 Speaker 1: think may completely run out of potable water to drink. 11 00:00:47,297 --> 00:00:50,097 Speaker 1: So this is a country with an al Qaeda element. 12 00:00:50,217 --> 00:00:52,137 Speaker 1: It is a country in the midst of a civil war. 13 00:00:52,577 --> 00:00:57,777 Speaker 1: There's been a long standing Saudi bombing campaign, a lot 14 00:00:57,777 --> 00:01:01,257 Speaker 1: of civilian deaths, tens, if not hundreds of thousands of 15 00:01:01,257 --> 00:01:04,857 Speaker 1: civilians killed in recent years in the fighting in the 16 00:01:05,937 --> 00:01:08,417 Speaker 1: and the fighting going on in Yemen. It's one of 17 00:01:08,457 --> 00:01:11,777 Speaker 1: the poorest countries in the Middle East. Actually maybe I 18 00:01:11,777 --> 00:01:14,097 Speaker 1: think per capita, the poorest country in the Middle East, 19 00:01:14,137 --> 00:01:18,337 Speaker 1: because it doesn't have really any oil, very very little 20 00:01:18,337 --> 00:01:20,217 Speaker 1: in the way of natural resources. As I said, it's 21 00:01:20,617 --> 00:01:23,977 Speaker 1: running out of water. And here's the situation. The US 22 00:01:24,097 --> 00:01:28,337 Speaker 1: led coalition has launched a number of strikes on these 23 00:01:28,377 --> 00:01:32,657 Speaker 1: hoothy rebel targets in Yemen. Why are the Houthies messing 24 00:01:32,697 --> 00:01:35,737 Speaker 1: with us? Well, they're firing rockets at ships in the 25 00:01:35,777 --> 00:01:37,897 Speaker 1: Red Sea. You got to think of the of the 26 00:01:37,937 --> 00:01:40,817 Speaker 1: Arabian Peninsula. You know, you've got Saudi Arabia and then 27 00:01:40,817 --> 00:01:43,177 Speaker 1: you got these two pieces at the bottom of it, 28 00:01:43,537 --> 00:01:47,297 Speaker 1: and to the southwest of the Saudi Peninsula you got Yemen. 29 00:01:47,417 --> 00:01:50,977 Speaker 1: Southeast you got Oman. Oman got a lot more money 30 00:01:51,017 --> 00:01:52,977 Speaker 1: than the Saudis. Do that's frue I mean then, sorry, 31 00:01:53,057 --> 00:01:55,297 Speaker 1: not to the Saudis, then the Yemenis do the Saudi's 32 00:01:55,297 --> 00:01:59,377 Speaker 1: got more money even pretty much anybody. But this is 33 00:02:00,057 --> 00:02:02,817 Speaker 1: where the Yemenis are firing, or rather the Houthis are 34 00:02:02,857 --> 00:02:07,297 Speaker 1: fired from Yemen into the waterway that takes them into 35 00:02:07,337 --> 00:02:10,537 Speaker 1: the Red Sea. And of course Red Sea leads into 36 00:02:11,617 --> 00:02:16,937 Speaker 1: the Sinai and Suez Canal. So this isn't on the 37 00:02:16,977 --> 00:02:20,977 Speaker 1: Straits of Hormuz, which is an even bigger choke point. 38 00:02:21,057 --> 00:02:24,457 Speaker 1: I think you could argue for oil though, you've got 39 00:02:24,457 --> 00:02:27,057 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff that has to go through Red 40 00:02:27,097 --> 00:02:31,697 Speaker 1: Sea as well. Point here being that the Iranians, the 41 00:02:31,697 --> 00:02:34,097 Speaker 1: Iranians are the ones backing the Hoothies, and so to 42 00:02:34,577 --> 00:02:38,817 Speaker 1: annoy us, to agitate and threaten US and the international 43 00:02:38,817 --> 00:02:42,297 Speaker 1: community because of what's going on in Gaza right now, 44 00:02:42,817 --> 00:02:47,537 Speaker 1: the Houthis are firing off missiles at ships. It's kind 45 00:02:47,537 --> 00:02:50,777 Speaker 1: of thing that you can't really ignore, right, So it's 46 00:02:51,017 --> 00:02:56,297 Speaker 1: unsurprising I would think to anybody that this is where 47 00:02:56,297 --> 00:02:59,817 Speaker 1: we're heading. But let's understand, you could have a disaster 48 00:02:59,937 --> 00:03:02,097 Speaker 1: here pretty quickly, right, I mean, if you have the 49 00:03:02,137 --> 00:03:06,497 Speaker 1: wrong ship gets hit, an oil tanker gets hit. They're 50 00:03:06,537 --> 00:03:10,017 Speaker 1: firing off missiles. You don't have to have particularly advanced 51 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:15,777 Speaker 1: technology to hit a massive, slow moving and defenseless target 52 00:03:15,817 --> 00:03:18,777 Speaker 1: on the sea, like an oil tanker or a major 53 00:03:19,177 --> 00:03:24,297 Speaker 1: cargo shipping vessel. So this is something going on. By 54 00:03:24,297 --> 00:03:29,297 Speaker 1: the way, Lloyd Austin apparently directed these airstrikes, were told 55 00:03:29,337 --> 00:03:32,577 Speaker 1: from his hospital bed. So I want to point out 56 00:03:32,737 --> 00:03:36,337 Speaker 1: that while this is going on, we are also getting 57 00:03:36,377 --> 00:03:38,377 Speaker 1: a reminder of why was it such a big deal 58 00:03:39,257 --> 00:03:42,777 Speaker 1: that the Secretary of Defense was mia for a few days, 59 00:03:42,817 --> 00:03:46,497 Speaker 1: Well because of stuff like this, Because there's the possibility 60 00:03:46,657 --> 00:03:50,537 Speaker 1: that you may have to take immediate action in response 61 00:03:51,097 --> 00:03:55,617 Speaker 1: to an aggressive threat on US interests abroad. It's why 62 00:03:55,697 --> 00:03:57,977 Speaker 1: you can't just disappear in the hospital. And even your 63 00:03:58,057 --> 00:04:02,217 Speaker 1: deputy as a secretary offense, the deputy Secretary of Defense 64 00:04:02,457 --> 00:04:04,737 Speaker 1: doesn't know where you are. I think was on vacation, 65 00:04:04,937 --> 00:04:08,897 Speaker 1: like in the Caribbean or something like that. So this matters. 66 00:04:08,937 --> 00:04:11,097 Speaker 1: I don't think the Secretary of is going to step down. 67 00:04:11,137 --> 00:04:17,537 Speaker 1: I might add, for one, there's no accountability in the 68 00:04:17,657 --> 00:04:20,857 Speaker 1: Biden administration. I mean start with that, there's no accountability 69 00:04:20,857 --> 00:04:25,577 Speaker 1: in the Biden administration. But beyond that, Look, the truth is, 70 00:04:25,897 --> 00:04:30,457 Speaker 1: he's the first black secretary of Defense. We just had. 71 00:04:30,737 --> 00:04:33,737 Speaker 1: And I know it's totally different. Oh, one's university and 72 00:04:33,777 --> 00:04:36,817 Speaker 1: one's the Department of Defense. And we just had the 73 00:04:36,857 --> 00:04:40,457 Speaker 1: first black president of Harvard, black female president of Harvard. 74 00:04:40,457 --> 00:04:42,217 Speaker 1: I believe the first black president of Harvard as well 75 00:04:42,657 --> 00:04:48,537 Speaker 1: step down because of incompetence and and well, the issue 76 00:04:48,577 --> 00:04:54,177 Speaker 1: of plagiarism and anti semitism uh DEI and the perception 77 00:04:54,257 --> 00:04:57,017 Speaker 1: in the public of DEI as just something that is 78 00:04:57,057 --> 00:05:00,577 Speaker 1: a total good. No, there's no trade off, there's no 79 00:05:00,737 --> 00:05:04,937 Speaker 1: change in merit, there's no change in standards. That's having 80 00:05:04,937 --> 00:05:07,497 Speaker 1: a having a rough moment right now, and I think 81 00:05:07,537 --> 00:05:09,937 Speaker 1: the Secretary of Defense, as far as Democrats are con 82 00:05:10,257 --> 00:05:13,537 Speaker 1: and stepping down because of this absence from the chain 83 00:05:13,577 --> 00:05:17,817 Speaker 1: of command, given that Claudie engage a step down from 84 00:05:17,897 --> 00:05:21,897 Speaker 1: her position as president of Harvard. No way, there is 85 00:05:22,417 --> 00:05:25,337 Speaker 1: no way the Secretary of Defense is going to step down. 86 00:05:25,337 --> 00:05:28,777 Speaker 1: That's why when they asked at recent White House press conference, 87 00:05:28,817 --> 00:05:32,977 Speaker 1: they asked, I mean, here's John Kirby responding to this question. 88 00:05:33,217 --> 00:05:36,537 Speaker 2: President has made it clear Secretary of Austin is his 89 00:05:36,577 --> 00:05:40,017 Speaker 2: Defense Secretary, will remain his Defense secretary. He has full 90 00:05:40,057 --> 00:05:43,417 Speaker 2: faith and confidence and Secretary of Austin and his leadership, 91 00:05:43,417 --> 00:05:46,177 Speaker 2: and that leadership, as we just talked about, was on 92 00:05:46,217 --> 00:05:49,777 Speaker 2: display to everybody in the national security teams as he 93 00:05:50,097 --> 00:05:53,337 Speaker 2: in a hospital bed, still leading and commanding our forces 94 00:05:53,577 --> 00:05:56,337 Speaker 2: in some dangerous missions here. I think we're all going 95 00:05:56,417 --> 00:05:59,937 Speaker 2: to learn from this event here in the terms of 96 00:05:59,937 --> 00:06:04,497 Speaker 2: the notification process and the transparency regarding the hospitalization. We'll 97 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:06,697 Speaker 2: all learn the right lessons from that and we'll move on. 98 00:06:07,297 --> 00:06:10,337 Speaker 2: But the Defense Secretary is going to stay in office 99 00:06:10,377 --> 00:06:12,777 Speaker 2: that the President has full faith and confidence in them. 100 00:06:12,857 --> 00:06:16,777 Speaker 1: So, oh man, what's going to happen in the Middle East. 101 00:06:16,977 --> 00:06:19,097 Speaker 1: I think you know, I've told you all along if 102 00:06:19,097 --> 00:06:21,217 Speaker 1: you listen to me, either on radio or on this podcast, 103 00:06:22,337 --> 00:06:29,017 Speaker 1: that the Saudis I'm sorry that the Israelis thinking of 104 00:06:29,337 --> 00:06:30,057 Speaker 1: Yemen for a second. 105 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:30,217 Speaker 2: There. 106 00:06:30,257 --> 00:06:33,257 Speaker 1: The Israelis are going to do what they have to 107 00:06:33,257 --> 00:06:35,777 Speaker 1: do for their own security, as they well should, and 108 00:06:36,257 --> 00:06:44,217 Speaker 1: all this griping and provocation and madness from some corners 109 00:06:44,257 --> 00:06:47,777 Speaker 1: of the Muslim world is likely to die down over 110 00:06:47,817 --> 00:06:49,857 Speaker 1: time because it's really not rooted. I think this is 111 00:06:49,857 --> 00:06:53,457 Speaker 1: always important. It's really not rooted in specific Israeli actions. 112 00:06:53,617 --> 00:06:57,057 Speaker 1: It's rooted in anti Semitism, So that's always there. You know, 113 00:06:57,137 --> 00:06:59,457 Speaker 1: it might rise a little bit, and then it might, 114 00:06:59,577 --> 00:07:01,537 Speaker 1: you know, go back down to its usual level of 115 00:07:01,577 --> 00:07:05,977 Speaker 1: anti Semitism. But the reason they become so upset over 116 00:07:06,497 --> 00:07:12,217 Speaker 1: what's going on in Goz is because there are Jews involved. There, 117 00:07:12,297 --> 00:07:14,697 Speaker 1: Israeli's involved. That's why the Arab world, the Muslim world, 118 00:07:15,497 --> 00:07:17,697 Speaker 1: throws a fit. And while the left in this country, 119 00:07:17,737 --> 00:07:23,377 Speaker 1: I might add, also becomes particularly upset. 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I no longer really care even 154 00:09:15,497 --> 00:09:19,057 Speaker 1: what any the veracity even of some of these charges 155 00:09:19,097 --> 00:09:23,057 Speaker 1: that they raise, like the document stuff off And to me, 156 00:09:23,617 --> 00:09:26,737 Speaker 1: this is and I mentioned this on radio recently, it's 157 00:09:26,777 --> 00:09:29,857 Speaker 1: similar to the fruit of the poison tree doctrine. So 158 00:09:30,097 --> 00:09:33,417 Speaker 1: you know, if a swat team without any probable cause 159 00:09:33,497 --> 00:09:36,297 Speaker 1: and without a warrant smashes in the front door of 160 00:09:36,377 --> 00:09:38,697 Speaker 1: your house and finds that you're running a you know, 161 00:09:38,777 --> 00:09:42,337 Speaker 1: a meth cook operation. There you're not going to prison, 162 00:09:43,017 --> 00:09:45,577 Speaker 1: not under our constitution, not under our laws, because they 163 00:09:45,577 --> 00:09:49,537 Speaker 1: had no lawful right to break into your home. And 164 00:09:49,577 --> 00:09:52,017 Speaker 1: we understand that there's even a higher principle here. This 165 00:09:52,177 --> 00:09:54,777 Speaker 1: state cannot violate that, even if it means that someone 166 00:09:54,817 --> 00:09:57,817 Speaker 1: who's cooking methamphetamine goes free a whole bunch of other things. 167 00:09:58,497 --> 00:10:01,457 Speaker 1: I've reached that point a while ago, but I've certainly 168 00:10:01,457 --> 00:10:05,417 Speaker 1: reached it now with all these get Trump efforts. From 169 00:10:05,497 --> 00:10:10,217 Speaker 1: the lawfair perspective, the four criminal indictments against him, this 170 00:10:10,257 --> 00:10:12,497 Speaker 1: is a mockery of the justice system. It's a mockery 171 00:10:12,537 --> 00:10:15,617 Speaker 1: of the justice system. And so people are saying, oh, 172 00:10:15,617 --> 00:10:17,697 Speaker 1: but what do you think about Could he have stopped 173 00:10:17,737 --> 00:10:20,777 Speaker 1: the stop the January sixth protest sooner? Should he have 174 00:10:20,817 --> 00:10:23,857 Speaker 1: given the documents back sooner? Should he have listed I'm 175 00:10:23,857 --> 00:10:25,857 Speaker 1: going through the different cases here. Should he have listed 176 00:10:26,777 --> 00:10:29,817 Speaker 1: that he, you know, made this payment to Stormy Daniels 177 00:10:29,897 --> 00:10:33,857 Speaker 1: or whatever through the campaign. I don't care anymore. I 178 00:10:33,857 --> 00:10:35,777 Speaker 1: don't care. First of all, I don't think those are 179 00:10:35,977 --> 00:10:37,417 Speaker 1: I don't think he's guilty of these. I don't think 180 00:10:37,457 --> 00:10:39,977 Speaker 1: they're criminal offenses. 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