1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: It's not all about Afghanistan. Coronavirus is still apparently here 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: while the idiotic mandates are. We're talking about that tonight. 3 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:13,399 Speaker 1: And yes, the Afghanistan fallouts getting worse. All that's coming up. 4 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: And I'm right. We live in a distracted time. You 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: and I. You get distracted. I get distracted. People at 6 00:00:29,880 --> 00:00:34,800 Speaker 1: large get distracted. It's very hard to do something these days, 7 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: harder now than it has ever been in history. What 8 00:00:38,159 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: is that something? Focus? Focus, keeping focus on things? And 9 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,239 Speaker 1: that's not your fault, it's not my fault. We live 10 00:00:48,280 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: in a time where we're more technologically advanced than ever, 11 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: and so huge life changing, world altering stories come and 12 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: part themselves in our living room every day, and then 13 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,640 Speaker 1: by lunch that story left already, and there's a new, 14 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: huge world altering story parking itself right in the middle 15 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: of our living room, and it's really interesting. And then 16 00:01:09,520 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 1: it moves a lot, and you see what I'm going endless, 17 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: And so you and I we tend to lack focus 18 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: because that's the environment we live in. How long would 19 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 1: it take you to access ten different major stories on 20 00:01:22,120 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 1: your phone if I were to say go and do 21 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 1: that right now? Not long? Right, what's the hot news 22 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 1: out there today, same as it was yesterday. We went 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: over it for a long time last night. Afghanistan, And yes, 24 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about Afghanistan quite a bit tonight. However, 25 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: let's pause for just a moment. I wanted to go 26 00:01:41,080 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 1: a slightly different direction tonight to open up the show. 27 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: Afghanistan sucks. I know it does. Sad. What the people 28 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 1: are going through over there is sad. What the women 29 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:56,480 Speaker 1: are going to go through is sad. Obviously terrible, beyond 30 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: belief for us as a nation, embarrassing. Nobody likes to 31 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 1: be embarrassed. Most people, if given the choice, would be 32 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: physically whipped before they were embarrassed. That's one of those 33 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:11,360 Speaker 1: human emotions that just destroys us. Right So as a nation, 34 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: we're embarrassed right now. That is of course leading to anger, 35 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: a great deal of it, anger from all of us, 36 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: Anger at Biden, anger at really all the politicians, anger 37 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: at the General's anger, anger at the intelligence community, and 38 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,840 Speaker 1: all that's warranted it. We're going to talk about that tonight, embarrassment, 39 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: anger Afghanistan. However, you and I have to make sure 40 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 1: we're maintaining our focus. Yes, Afghanistan is going to descend 41 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 1: into an absolute disaster now. But we the United States 42 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 1: of America, have frankly, much much much bigger fish to fry, 43 00:02:48,480 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 1: and they're right here at home. You and I have 44 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: witnessed experienced a year and a half long assault on 45 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: our personal liberty, and all the people who've been doing 46 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 1: the assaulting, they're still going. They're not tired, they're not 47 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: slowing down, they're not backing off, they're not admitting they 48 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:11,519 Speaker 1: did something wrong. They are as all in as they've 49 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: ever been. And so we're always going to talk about 50 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: major issues here on on right always, But we're not 51 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: gonna stop talking about coronavirus mandates, about lockdowns, vaccine passports, 52 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:30,560 Speaker 1: your freedom. The power these politicians have over you, in 53 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: the power they're asserting over you, they don't really have. 54 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:38,360 Speaker 1: I mean, the international community is a great example right now. 55 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,400 Speaker 1: Have you seen this? Have you seen what's going on 56 00:03:41,960 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: in places like Australia, They will be no removal of 57 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: masks to consume alcohol outdoors, So you will no longer 58 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:55,320 Speaker 1: be able to remove your mask to drink a cocktail 59 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 1: at a pop up bee garden on a footpath as 60 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: of a pubcrol I'm sorry, Maybe maybe it's the accent, 61 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: maybe something got lost in translation. I would have swore 62 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: he just said you can't have a beer outside without 63 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: your mask on. Well things must be really dire, right 64 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: after all, so deadly virus. How dire are they? Well? 65 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: The daily average of COVID deaths in Australia is three 66 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: people the average cases. That's a death rate of point 67 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: zero zero seven amongst people who have coronavirus in a 68 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: death rate of point zero zero zero zero zero zero 69 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: one two for the entire population of Australia. In a 70 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 1: country where everything can kill you, they're destroying themselves for coronavirus. 71 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: Don't think it's only Australia though. You see New Zealand. 72 00:04:56,120 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: They've come out and they've essentially said, my goodness, we 73 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: need a one week lockdown. This outbreak is so bad. 74 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: I mean it's a pandemic. It's everywhere. We have to 75 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: lockdown the whole country for one day or for one week. 76 00:05:09,440 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: And so you're probably saying to yourself, oh man, how 77 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: bad is it there? How many cases are people dying 78 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: in droves? I'm glad you brought that up. One case. 79 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 1: I'm not making that up. One case A fifty year 80 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 1: fifty eight year old band got coronavirus. Now the entire 81 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: country is lockdown for a week. Seems insane, right, Hold 82 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: on to that thought. Hold on to that thought. We're 83 00:05:35,080 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: not done yet, because we're going to bring that right 84 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:39,919 Speaker 1: here at home in just a moment. What's it like 85 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: in New Zealand? What are they saying there? And I 86 00:05:41,880 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: want you to pay attention here. I'm bringing up foreign 87 00:05:43,960 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: countries for a reason. First, pay attention. Listen to what 88 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 1: they're saying there. Stay local and do not congregate. Don't 89 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: talk to your neighbors. Please keep to your bubbles. It 90 00:05:55,800 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: comes down again to those very simple principles from overseas 91 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 1: cases of the delta variant that it can be spread 92 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,239 Speaker 1: by people simply walking past one another. So keep those 93 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: movements outside to the b a minimum. We're a mask, 94 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 1: and make sure you keep up that physical distancing to 95 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: the minimum. I'm sorry I had to do it. I 96 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: know it's a mature I had to do it. Well, 97 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 1: that's crazy, right, but who Jesse, Thank goodness, that can't 98 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: happen here. Oh that's funny you brought that up. Hawaiis 99 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,919 Speaker 1: Lieutenant governor said the unvaccinated of course it's your fault. 100 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 1: Haven't you heard the unvaccinated They may cause another lockdown. 101 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: Don't you love these constant threats from the government, from 102 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: the various people who are elected to serve you. Look, 103 00:06:41,400 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 1: you won't you won't do what you're told. I guess 104 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: someone I have to hurt you. Definitely sounds like a free, 105 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: free people, right. We're very free here, aren't we are 106 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,880 Speaker 1: we The most important city in America and probably the 107 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: most important city in the world, is New York City. 108 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: They're a very big deal. You don't have to love 109 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: New York City. You can hate it. I don't care. 110 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,839 Speaker 1: It's a very important city. You know what they have 111 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: now vaccine passports effective today, Effective today, in the most 112 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:15,240 Speaker 1: important city in the world, you must show a vaccine 113 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 1: passport to go to theaters, concerts, museum stadiums, bowling alleys, casinos, restaurants, hotels, bars, 114 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: grocery stores, coffee shops, Jim's pools, and a lot more. 115 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,240 Speaker 1: We're trying to list it all for you. The show 116 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: take an hour. Oh yes, cabarets as well. Just a 117 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,920 Speaker 1: heads up for you there. You see, if you're not vaccinated, 118 00:07:33,960 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: if you don't have a vaccine passport on your telephone. 119 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: You can no longer live normal life in the most 120 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: important city in the world. And yes, as I warned 121 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 1: you about, it's already spreading. Cities like New Orleans and 122 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: San Francisco are following suit because leadership matters a lot. 123 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 1: You're still worried about Afghanistan. No, I'm sure you are somewhat, 124 00:07:58,280 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: and that's understandable. But let's try to maintain some focus here. 125 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 1: Let's try to remember this person you're about to hear 126 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,880 Speaker 1: speaking is the mayor of the most important city in 127 00:08:08,920 --> 00:08:14,320 Speaker 1: the world. This is absolutely strategic to say to people 128 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: to fully participate in life of the city and to 129 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: love and enjoy this city. Go get vaccinated. We believe 130 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: it's going to make a huge impact. We're obviously seeing 131 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: a real uptick in vaccinations already. We made a decision 132 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,960 Speaker 1: weeks and weeks ago. The whole ball game is vaccination, 133 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: and once you make that kind of profound strategic decision, 134 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: you throw everything you got at it. We are not 135 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: interested in half measures. Were interested in vaccination. So making 136 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: vaccination something that allows you to enjoy all that's good 137 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 1: in life. Don't you want to enjoy all that's good 138 00:08:53,960 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 1: in life. Don't you want to go out to eat, 139 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: maybe good to a concert with your old lady, Maybe 140 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,959 Speaker 1: you want to take your hubby shopping at one of 141 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: the New York shops. Don't you want to enjoy what's 142 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: good in life? Well, look, then you have to do 143 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: what you're told. I mean, Land of the Free. You 144 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,160 Speaker 1: have to do what you're told, and then you're allowed 145 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 1: to enjoy it. Will allow you. We'll give you permission 146 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:22,280 Speaker 1: to enjoy it without it. If you don't have permission. Oh. 147 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,120 Speaker 1: He also announced earliyear today maybe facing a seven year 148 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: jail sentence for false vaccine passports. So they mean business. 149 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:33,760 Speaker 1: And remember you just heard him right there. He's not apologizing, 150 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: he's not him and a hall and around it. Well, 151 00:09:35,920 --> 00:09:38,320 Speaker 1: I mean it kind of it made me uncomfortable, but 152 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 1: we had to do it, he said. This is blat 153 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: out this, it's very purposeful. It's what we're doing. Of course, 154 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,679 Speaker 1: you have some people protesting. That crowd is way way, 155 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:49,839 Speaker 1: way too small. There should be a lot more people 156 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: than that, but good for them for going out protesting. 157 00:09:52,920 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: And so here's what maybe you're going through right now. 158 00:09:57,160 --> 00:09:58,959 Speaker 1: And if you are going through this, I don't want 159 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 1: you to feel bad about your self. This is human 160 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,520 Speaker 1: nature because I see a lot of this, and I 161 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 1: see a lot of this on the right. Actually, we 162 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,760 Speaker 1: know that communists are gonna go along. I see a 163 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: lot of this on the right. Oh, Jeff Jesse, I'm 164 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: just tired, man. I've I want to go out to eat, 165 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: I want to take I want to take my wife out, 166 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,640 Speaker 1: and I want to go do this. And I'll tell 167 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 1: you what, man, I'm just I'm just gonna go get 168 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: it done. I mean, I have this to do and 169 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: that to do. I'm just I'm gonna bite the bullet. 170 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 1: I don't want to do it, and I'm just gonna 171 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 1: get it done. And then they'll then they'll let me go. 172 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: Then they're gonna let me go, and then then they'll 173 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 1: fin I'll finally be free again if I just do 174 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: this one more thing. You can get vaccinated. Don't get vaccinated. 175 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:42,880 Speaker 1: I don't care. You do what you want to do 176 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: with your body in your life, all right. But here's 177 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:50,079 Speaker 1: something you can't do. You can't lie to yourself like 178 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: that and convince yourself there's some hurdle you just have 179 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: to leap, and then they'll hand you your freedom back. 180 00:10:58,960 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: This never ends. This never ends until you stop complying. Ever, 181 00:11:04,400 --> 00:11:08,200 Speaker 1: if you're complying so they'll allow you to do certain things, 182 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: you're contributing to it. I mean, we have it right here. 183 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: White House is set to announce people with the COVID 184 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: vaccine they need to receive a booster shot eight months 185 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: after becoming fully vaccinated. You didn't actually think those two 186 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: jabs were going to be the end of it, did you? 187 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:33,000 Speaker 1: Did you? If you did, stop, stop You don't have 188 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,040 Speaker 1: to beat yourself up, But now's the time to wake up, 189 00:11:36,559 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: grow up, and accept what you're facing. This has nothing 190 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: to do with an unbelievably survive of wolvirus. This has 191 00:11:44,200 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: everything to do with controlling you, controlling your elections, controlling 192 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:52,319 Speaker 1: your freedom, And this has everything to do with scumbag 193 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:56,959 Speaker 1: politicians like BILLD. De Blasio getting off making you do 194 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 1: certain things bild de Blasio was not worried about coronavirus. Oh, 195 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 1: but if you are, it should be noted. If you 196 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,959 Speaker 1: are worried about coronavirus, you might be a terrorist. That's right, 197 00:12:08,000 --> 00:12:12,439 Speaker 1: Department of Homeland Security. They have upgraded the terrorists Awareness 198 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: alert in the country. What are they worried about? Quote 199 00:12:16,440 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: people who are angered with public health safety measures and 200 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 1: perceived government restrictions. That was the bullet point announced. Because 201 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:31,439 Speaker 1: we're approaching the twentieth anniversary of September eleventh, DHS is 202 00:12:31,480 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: out there. They are on the lookout for terrorists. It 203 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 1: is the twentieth anniversary, after all. And who are those terrorists? 204 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: Who are they? Well, you didn't you know that? If 205 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,720 Speaker 1: you've been watching this show, you know that they're not 206 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: out there looking for radical Islamic terrorists. They're not out 207 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: there looking for Hamas or al Qaeda. They're not out 208 00:12:53,280 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 1: there looking for Boco whom. They're not out there looking 209 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 1: for antif. They're not out there looking for Black Lives Matter, 210 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:03,280 Speaker 1: They're out there looking for opponents of the regime. That's 211 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:06,120 Speaker 1: the truth. You don't want to accept it. We'll talk 212 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,200 Speaker 1: all day long about vaccines and the Taliban. We'll talk 213 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 1: about Afghanistan and the Taliban and how horrible they are. 214 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: Your governments are broken, rotted out disgrace. That's busy trying 215 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: to make you an enemy of the state. And that 216 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: may have made you uncomfortable, but I'm right. We have 217 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 1: more on Afghanistan, will actually cover Afghanistan next, but first 218 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 1: and foremost, it's hard to quit dipping. And if you're 219 00:13:36,000 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: a dipper, there's a chance you've already gotten to the 220 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:41,560 Speaker 1: place where you've thought about quitting. Maybe you've tried a 221 00:13:41,559 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 1: few times and you've given up. And I say, there's 222 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: a chance you've got to that place because I did. 223 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,640 Speaker 1: I mean I tried the patch and dome and sunflower 224 00:13:50,760 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: seeds and everything, and at one point I just gave up. 225 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 1: I said, look, I'm just gonna dip forever. I'll dip 226 00:13:55,520 --> 00:14:00,280 Speaker 1: to it. And then Jake's Minshew came along. Jake smidt Chew. 227 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 1: It's the only thing that allowed me to keep that routine. 228 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,800 Speaker 1: You want that dip after your meal, throw that dip in. 229 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,200 Speaker 1: Make sure it's jake s mintchew. Eleven different flavors of 230 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: long cut, four different flavors of the CBD pouches, which 231 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 1: I really recommend. It helps take the edge off and 232 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: you can maintain the routine without tobacco, without nicotine, without sugar. 233 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: Good at Jake's mintchew dot com. That's Jake's mint chew 234 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: dot com used to promo code Jesse gets you ten 235 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: percent off. We got Afghanistan talk next. We planned for 236 00:14:38,360 --> 00:14:42,720 Speaker 1: every contingency. But I always promised the American people that 237 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,360 Speaker 1: I will be straight with you. The truth is this 238 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: did unfold more quickly than we had anticipated. So what's 239 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: happened Afghanistan political leaders gave up and fled the country. 240 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: The Afghan miller, Jerry collapsed. Oh, so you didn't plan 241 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: for every contingency. That was Joe Biden yesterday. And what 242 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: I saw a lot from yesterday was I saw a 243 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: lot of shock and outrage about Joe Biden's speech. They 244 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 1: were shocked. People were shocked. He was on vacation to 245 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: begin with, had to get shamed into coming back from vacation, 246 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: gave a ten minute speech, took no questions, and then 247 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: promptly went right back to the vacation, chucking. We were 248 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 1: currently being embarrassed internationally on the world stage, and people 249 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: were shocked. I kept hearing that we're shocked, shock shocked. 250 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,400 Speaker 1: They were shocked. He blamed Donald Trump. When I came 251 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: in office, I inherited a deal to President Trump negotiated 252 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 1: with the Taliman. Under his agreement, US forces would be 253 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: out of Afghanistan by May one, twenty twenty one, just 254 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,160 Speaker 1: a little over three months after I took office. The 255 00:15:58,280 --> 00:16:02,120 Speaker 1: choice I had to make as your president, well, was 256 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: needed to follow through on that agreement or be prepared 257 00:16:05,840 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: to go back to fighting the Taliban in the middle 258 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: of the spring fighting season. So it's not his fault either, 259 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: And people were shocked about that. Here's my question, why 260 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:25,000 Speaker 1: are you shocked? Why are you shocked? You and I 261 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,320 Speaker 1: have to do something, And I'm right there with you. 262 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,040 Speaker 1: But you and I have to do something, all right. 263 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 1: We have to start adjusting our expectation levels. If I 264 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,640 Speaker 1: was a single dude and I was going out on 265 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:39,680 Speaker 1: a blind date and I found out she regularly marches 266 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: with feminists, I'm going to adjust the expectation levels on 267 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:45,360 Speaker 1: what I'm going to see when I get to that 268 00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: blind date, am I not? Am I not? You need 269 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: to start adjusting your expectation levels in ways that are 270 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: going to make you uncomfortable. So do I. Okay, So 271 00:16:56,400 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: we have a president who's shockingly incompetent, half functional, and 272 00:17:02,520 --> 00:17:06,760 Speaker 1: not a leader who takes responsibility. Yeah, that's what late 273 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:11,560 Speaker 1: stage empires have. We have a United States military that's 274 00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 1: run by a bunch of generals who are only interested 275 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,240 Speaker 1: in either remaining generals are going to sit on the 276 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:19,600 Speaker 1: board with a defense contractor where they make a million 277 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,480 Speaker 1: dollars a year, not a bunch of patriots who would 278 00:17:22,560 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: lay down their lives for this country. Okay, that sucks. 279 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: That's what late stage empires have. We have a CIA broken, 280 00:17:33,720 --> 00:17:38,119 Speaker 1: an FBI interested in making you a domestic terrorist, not 281 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: stopping real terrorists. We have everything right now broken and rotted. 282 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:47,760 Speaker 1: That sucks. That sucks, but it is where we are. 283 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:53,000 Speaker 1: Let us resolve from today forward. We're going to stop 284 00:17:53,040 --> 00:17:57,320 Speaker 1: being shocked. We're going to set our expectations exactly where 285 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:03,000 Speaker 1: they should be, criminally low, because look, we don't have 286 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: patriots running any of our cultural institutions anymore. And who's 287 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:11,760 Speaker 1: been telling you about that? Who who's been warning you 288 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,920 Speaker 1: about this for a long time, long before Afghanistan fell? 289 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 1: Who's been warning you about it? I have what have 290 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: I been telling you? Your parents, your grandparents, they dealt 291 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:27,720 Speaker 1: with cultural Marxism in their institutions. It was always sprinkled 292 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: in this guy here, this head of that department, there, 293 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: this guy here, it's been here for a long time. 294 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,639 Speaker 1: It's been here for a long time. Your parents, grandparents, 295 00:18:35,680 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: dealt with it's sprinkled in. You have a much different 296 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: situation on your hands. You have anti American cultural Marxists 297 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 1: woven into each and every cultural institution, cultural pillar on 298 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: which your nation rests. The system is completely rotted and crumbling. 299 00:18:56,640 --> 00:18:59,800 Speaker 1: It is really really bad right now. You don't have 300 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:02,960 Speaker 1: of patriots in your corporations. You don't have them in 301 00:19:03,000 --> 00:19:05,720 Speaker 1: the White House, you don't have them at the CIA, FBI, 302 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:08,119 Speaker 1: you don't have them at the top of your military. 303 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,720 Speaker 1: You have a bunch of rotted out fools interested in 304 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 1: lining their own pockets, with no interest whatsoever in salvaging 305 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,440 Speaker 1: the United States of America and turning this thing around. 306 00:19:19,680 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: I didn't intend for this to come off so harshly, 307 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: but it's time for you and I to be grown 308 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,800 Speaker 1: ups and accept the reality in which we live, not 309 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: the reality we want to live. My goodness, Biden embarrassed 310 00:19:31,760 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: himself yesterday. This is what Nicole Wallace at MSNBC had 311 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: to say about it. Percent of the American people will 312 00:19:40,280 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 1: agree with everything he just said. Of the press covering 313 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:49,480 Speaker 1: this White House will disagree, And for an American president 314 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: to finally be completely aligned with such an overwhelming majority 315 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: of what the American people think about Afghanistan is probably 316 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:05,119 Speaker 1: a tremendous relief to the American people. It's a tremendous relief, 317 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:07,960 Speaker 1: except we have numbers today over seventy percent of Independence 318 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: hated every minute of the speech. Again, you can't find 319 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:15,119 Speaker 1: truths in the media anymore either. You can't sift through it. 320 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: They're not media, they're mouthpieces for the regime. MSNBC had 321 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:25,639 Speaker 1: a Taliban spokesperson on yesterday, one on one with the Taliban. 322 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: I'm not making this up, and just to clarify something, yes, 323 00:20:30,080 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: that means the Taliban have officially taken more questions about 324 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:38,920 Speaker 1: Afghanistan than the President of the United States of America Aloma. 325 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,119 Speaker 1: To repeat that one more time in case you missed it. 326 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:45,360 Speaker 1: The Taliban they have a spokesman who's taken more questions 327 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: about Afghanistan than the President of the United States of America. 328 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,719 Speaker 1: That can and should anger you very much. You should 329 00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:55,680 Speaker 1: feel embarrassed on behalf of your nation because we look 330 00:20:57,480 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: terrible to the rest of the world right now. There's 331 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: not a way to put it. All those things are true. However, 332 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:06,480 Speaker 1: it shouldn't shock you, at least from this point forward. 333 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:09,399 Speaker 1: Stop letting this stuff shock you. This is what we 334 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:15,080 Speaker 1: have now rot woven throughout every level of every organization. 335 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: And right now I've got one more bitter pill for 336 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: you to swallow before I move on. Don't think that 337 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:24,040 Speaker 1: the Biden team right now is hunkered down thinking to themselves, 338 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 1: we made a mistake. How do we fix the mistake? 339 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 1: We want to do right by our troops in an advoca, 340 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: and we want to do They're thinking right now, ooh, 341 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: we made a political error. Should we ride this out 342 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:43,240 Speaker 1: for seventy two hours then we get back to coronavirus? Huh. 343 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:46,520 Speaker 1: They're not sitting down having an honest self assessment about 344 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 1: their mistakes. They're worried about how to overcome a little 345 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,840 Speaker 1: bad press and move on. That tells you everything you 346 00:21:52,880 --> 00:21:56,119 Speaker 1: need to know about who runs this country. Now, I 347 00:21:56,200 --> 00:22:00,200 Speaker 1: know that also made you uncomfortable, but I'm right out. 348 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:05,160 Speaker 1: You need better gear. 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They have the best quality I've ever 359 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: seen in my life. Go to NW Retention dot com. 360 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 1: Use the promo code Jesse that I'll get you ten 361 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 1: percent off. We'll be right back with Jimmy Graham, Navy 362 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: Seal next. No US actions being taken to prevent equipment 363 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,280 Speaker 1: from falling in the hands of Telman by destroy it 364 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,679 Speaker 1: or anything else. I don't have that answer that question. 365 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:11,879 Speaker 1: Don't have answer. I'm sorry, maybe I have something in 366 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: my ears. I would have swore that was just the 367 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 1: major general, a logistics officer, actually trying to walk away 368 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:20,600 Speaker 1: from the question of how the Taliban, who we've been 369 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,040 Speaker 1: fighting for twenty years now have all of our stuff 370 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 1: joining me now to talk about that and other things? 371 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: Is Jimmy Graham veteran Navy CEO, CIA protective officer, a 372 00:23:30,200 --> 00:23:33,560 Speaker 1: guy who basically knows a thing or two about all this, Jimmy, Look, 373 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,000 Speaker 1: Americans always want to think the best about their military. 374 00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 1: They still feel the best about their guys actually on 375 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: the ground, the real ground pounders. They have major questions now, 376 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:48,080 Speaker 1: understandably so about our military leadership, the politicians aside, what 377 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,960 Speaker 1: is going on with the generals? Well, I wish I knew, 378 00:23:52,080 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 1: you know, I said, the problem is never the troops. 379 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: I was, you know, I was in I was a 380 00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:59,879 Speaker 1: team lead in Benghazi, Libya three weeks prior to the 381 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: events that unfolded there that turned into the movie Thirteen Hours. 382 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,359 Speaker 1: And you know, I've talked to folks that have been 383 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:09,880 Speaker 1: part of the the the organizations, the units that were 384 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: on the airfields ready to deploy to come rescue those 385 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,160 Speaker 1: that needed them in Benghazi, Libya, and I say, it's 386 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: never the troops. The troops are eager, they're trained, they're ready, 387 00:24:19,280 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 1: they're patriotic, they're ready to step in, but they have 388 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,280 Speaker 1: to get the green light. And that's that's a bigger deal. 389 00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,560 Speaker 1: That's the leadership all the way up to the White House. 390 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: But it's never the troops. Jimmy, Well, on that same note, 391 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 1: then it seems like our guys on the ground. I 392 00:24:34,480 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 1: can't tell you how many brothers of mine had served 393 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,600 Speaker 1: in Afghanistan and they're just torn up something, fears watching 394 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:43,400 Speaker 1: what's happening, and they feel cheated by not just the politicians, 395 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,359 Speaker 1: by their own leadership. It seems like we're not doing 396 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: our guys on the ground right, and haven't done them 397 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: right in a long time. Man. Yeah, that's correct, it's 398 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,560 Speaker 1: it's it's it's unfortunate. One thing that I would warn 399 00:24:54,560 --> 00:24:56,280 Speaker 1: because I've been hearing the same things. I've been talking 400 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,479 Speaker 1: to corporations. You know, I've been worked for the I 401 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,920 Speaker 1: was in the seal teams, and I was in the CIA, 402 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,880 Speaker 1: and you know now I'm a businessman. And one thing 403 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: that I warn against is repeating this phrase it was 404 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:08,720 Speaker 1: all for nothing. We lost everybody for nothing. That's that 405 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:11,919 Speaker 1: robs people of honor, and it's it's unhealthy, it's destructive. 406 00:25:12,359 --> 00:25:14,440 Speaker 1: This gentleman was asking me about have got a veterans 407 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:16,960 Speaker 1: group and they're just there, their heads are low, all 408 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 1: this other stuff. Don't repeat that stuff. They can say 409 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:21,000 Speaker 1: whatever we want, but when we repeat it, we can 410 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 1: done it. So don't try to steal that honor from 411 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,199 Speaker 1: those people. The fact that we're breathing clean air here 412 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: in America, free air, I mean, means that it was 413 00:25:29,480 --> 00:25:31,040 Speaker 1: for something. You know, it's like a false summit. If 414 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 1: you've ever been to the mountains or been you know, orienteering, 415 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 1: you think you're taking the summit, and just when you 416 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 1: get there, you realize I wasn't to the top. That's 417 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 1: that's how this game is played. Maybe the maybe the 418 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 1: worst feeling in the world. I should know that talk 419 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,840 Speaker 1: about tearing the guts right out of you when you 420 00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: feel like you have reached the summit and you have not. 421 00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 1: But that's another story entirely, all right. Obviously, as somebody 422 00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 1: who was in Benghazi, I have to ask, you've seen 423 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: the i'll say crap show because we're on a family 424 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,080 Speaker 1: friendly show. You've seen it as bad as it gets. 425 00:25:59,080 --> 00:26:02,959 Speaker 1: How does this compare? So it's you know, it's absolutely horrible. 426 00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,520 Speaker 1: The fact that there's a game plan on every one 427 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: of these places. So Benghazi, Libya, you know, all the 428 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 1: places I've been. I've got to picture myself standing in 429 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,199 Speaker 1: there Comble, Afghanistan. I've been there, and I know that 430 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,879 Speaker 1: there's contingency plans for evacuating non combatant evacuation operations at Calmnios. 431 00:26:19,760 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: There's a plan to do all this stuff in Benghazi 432 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 1: under that administration that simply didn't happen like, so the 433 00:26:24,160 --> 00:26:26,880 Speaker 1: people were waiting, the soldiers were waiting to come. There's 434 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: not a more honorable mission than to go save Americans. 435 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:32,359 Speaker 1: So they're Chompona's a bit ready to go. But again, 436 00:26:32,600 --> 00:26:34,600 Speaker 1: it's hard to explain to people here in the United 437 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: States when we were living in luxury. And I say that, 438 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 1: no matter where you are comparatively globally, we are living 439 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,080 Speaker 1: in luxury. So we don't speak that language. We don't 440 00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,560 Speaker 1: speak hard anymore. That's all they speak in Afghanistan. It's hard. 441 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,320 Speaker 1: They've been hardened by war. Now you take it a 442 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,520 Speaker 1: step further into luxury. As our politician and the high 443 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:55,280 Speaker 1: up leaders, you talk about luxury, you know that some 444 00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:57,879 Speaker 1: of those people never knew hard ever, they never worked 445 00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: their way up through you know, whatever some of them did, 446 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: some of them didn't. But the further you get away 447 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:03,920 Speaker 1: from that, the more you don't relate to the likes 448 00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,879 Speaker 1: of the Taliban. All right, I have to play a 449 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,879 Speaker 1: video for you. This one was a jaw dropper for me, 450 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,960 Speaker 1: the level of incompetence. But here here's John Kirby from today. Jimmy, 451 00:27:15,040 --> 00:27:17,880 Speaker 1: I don't want to set the expectation that we are 452 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: equipped and able to go out into the countryside and 453 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,480 Speaker 1: physically move people into Cobble. Our focus right now. The 454 00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 1: troops that we have there are at the airport. The 455 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 1: idea is to make sure we can get that the 456 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:30,920 Speaker 1: air operations not only have they resumed, but to keep 457 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:33,439 Speaker 1: them in place for as long as possible. If they 458 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 1: can't get to the airport, what does it matter if 459 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: you have the capabilities to get them out from the airport. Yeah, John, 460 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:40,160 Speaker 1: I understand that, and we all understand that the security 461 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: situation in Cobble is not ideal. Okay, Jimmy, I don't. 462 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:47,800 Speaker 1: I just them at a loss that as to how 463 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 1: this could possibly be happening. We yanked all the troops 464 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 1: out before executing the evacuation plan. You say they always 465 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: have in place, and from what I understand on the ground, 466 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,880 Speaker 1: they did. They had several in place, they had a list, 467 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:01,159 Speaker 1: they knew where the people were, and they just chose 468 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: not to execute it. How do these things happen? How 469 00:28:04,359 --> 00:28:08,160 Speaker 1: does this happen? Man I said on a previous interview, 470 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 1: is you know, I'm a businessman, and if I'm gonna 471 00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,520 Speaker 1: fly out of state and that's my plan, and I've 472 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:16,359 Speaker 1: got a ticket and I'm going and people are counting 473 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,080 Speaker 1: on me, and there's a threat on my family and 474 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: my loved ones. Guess who's not going out of town. 475 00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 1: You know, I'm gonna set them new. Yes I did 476 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:25,000 Speaker 1: have a date set, and yes I committed it that date, 477 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: and yes I paid money for that date. But my 478 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 1: love for my family and my friends is going to 479 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: overrule all the money that I lost. So we're gonna 480 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 1: figure this out together. So you know, as a businessman 481 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,120 Speaker 1: building relationships every single day, this is a bad precedent 482 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: to set you partner with me and I leave you 483 00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 1: when it's tough. That's that's a guy going out of business. 484 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:44,920 Speaker 1: That's that's how you lose a nation. So that credibility. 485 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: The people were heading to Cobb left Ghanistan for what 486 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: because they believe in America. Now they're heading out of 487 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: there because we're flying out of there and they're about 488 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,400 Speaker 1: to die. So that's gonna be remembered for generations and 489 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: it's a destructive. What do we do now to get 490 00:28:58,360 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: them out? We have five to ten some people, they say, 491 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 1: dispersed everywhere, Lord Willing, We are not just going to 492 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 1: leave them there to die or be hostages of the Taliban, 493 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: But now we have a much different foothold in the 494 00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: country than we had even a month ago. What exactly 495 00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,880 Speaker 1: do you do now to get them out? Wow? Exactly 496 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: it's a tough term. So exactly. I'll be honest and 497 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 1: say I don't know. But the answer is something. You 498 00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,000 Speaker 1: figure it out. And you got some of the brightest 499 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: minds and the strongest military this planet has ever seen. 500 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:28,520 Speaker 1: So you do something, and you get it figured out, 501 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,680 Speaker 1: and you go in there with force if necessary, and 502 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: we don't run from evil. So I think that the 503 00:29:32,640 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 1: precedent we just set is that you know that America 504 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 1: tucks its tail between its legs and runs out of there, 505 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: and thank you for letting us do it. That's not 506 00:29:39,320 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 1: a position of strength. So we must do something to 507 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: help these people, and we can. You know that, you 508 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 1: know we were talking about this earlier on our show. 509 00:29:49,000 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 1: Is that you I understand we have to leave. We 510 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: must leave it at some point, and if that's the 511 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: place you do it, you do it in a position 512 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,480 Speaker 1: of strength. But what just happened, when it's translated into 513 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: their anguage of the language that they speak, was cowardice. 514 00:30:02,640 --> 00:30:05,080 Speaker 1: We just skinnied out of here, and you know as 515 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,120 Speaker 1: as a man, as a grown man on this earth 516 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,520 Speaker 1: now that has a business and has a four children 517 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,640 Speaker 1: and a wife. I am thankful that these wars are 518 00:30:12,680 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: fought over there so we can run back home if 519 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 1: we want. That next battle will be fought on the 520 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,200 Speaker 1: streets of Castle Rock where I live. That's not good. 521 00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 1: It's not an option for me. Oh it's not Jimmy Graham, 522 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:29,200 Speaker 1: thank you so much. Semper five brothers. Care all right? 523 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: Do you own a home? If you own a home, 524 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,360 Speaker 1: please listen to me. Your home title it is online 525 00:30:37,520 --> 00:30:41,200 Speaker 1: and home title theft is the cyber crime that is 526 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,360 Speaker 1: sweeping the United States of America. The FBI is gravely 527 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,680 Speaker 1: concerned about it because they can't seem to get a 528 00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:48,719 Speaker 1: hand on it. And these guys they hack into your 529 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: home title, they forge your signature on it. Take one, two, three, 530 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 1: four loans out against it. Soon you're being evicted from 531 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: your home. You might already be a victim of this 532 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:03,719 Speaker 1: and you wouldn't know. Go to hometitle lock dot com 533 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:05,920 Speaker 1: is they have a free offer right now. For free, 534 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:09,440 Speaker 1: you can put in your address on hometitle lock dot com. 535 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: They'll tell you if you're already a victim of it 536 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,640 Speaker 1: while you're there. Sign up, sign up, because look, you 537 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:18,480 Speaker 1: don't want to go through what I went through. Believe 538 00:31:18,520 --> 00:31:20,680 Speaker 1: me on that home title lock dot com go sign 539 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: up today. All right, we got an as Stepman. Next 540 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: thing up in case you were worried that we were 541 00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: run by serious people in this country. I'm gonna play 542 00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:38,040 Speaker 1: you a clip. You're going to say, Jesse, that's from 543 00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: Saturday Night Live or something on My Life. On My Life. 544 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 1: This is the United States State Department speaking about the Taliban. 545 00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,320 Speaker 1: The Unsecurity Council is should joint press statement earlier today 546 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:55,720 Speaker 1: calling for a new government that is united, inclusive and representative, 547 00:31:56,080 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: including with the full and full and meaningful participation of women. 548 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,760 Speaker 1: Joining me now to talk about that is the senior 549 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: Polly policy Analyst for the Independent Women's Forum, my friend 550 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: and as Stepman, and as I just I don't have 551 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 1: a better way to describe it. These people are children 552 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 1: who do not reside in this thing we call the 553 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,320 Speaker 1: real world. How do we get these people in government? Yeah? 554 00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 1: It's completely idiotic and I don't really have any other 555 00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 1: words for it, but this is what happens when you 556 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:35,440 Speaker 1: hand over governance to people who actually haven't suffered any 557 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:39,360 Speaker 1: of the consequences of their decision making or been held 558 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 1: accountable for it for thirty years. And I think that that, 559 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,800 Speaker 1: like we all knew, for example, that political cult consultants 560 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,280 Speaker 1: jump from campaign to campaign, no matter how terribly, and 561 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: they've failed in running a campaign like Jeb Bush's campaign 562 00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,400 Speaker 1: manager made like a million bucks in twenty sixteen. Right. 563 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,760 Speaker 1: But the problem is that model is not limited to 564 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 1: political consultants. It's literally millions of bureacrats in Washington, DC, 565 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:11,200 Speaker 1: including in the Pentagon and the higher ranks of the military. Okay, 566 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:13,000 Speaker 1: and as I'm going to get back to Biden and 567 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 1: his messaging in Afghanistan in a moment, but this just 568 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 1: I can't let this go on a macro level. You're 569 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,960 Speaker 1: so good at this stuff. How did this happen? It's 570 00:33:22,040 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: just just par for the course for late stage empires. 571 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,680 Speaker 1: They just end up run by morons. Is this an 572 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 1: education system problem? I know you're always hot on that, 573 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,520 Speaker 1: as am I what happened? How did we end up 574 00:33:35,560 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: with these people? These people run our military, they run 575 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:40,760 Speaker 1: the CIA, they run the FBI, were run by losers? 576 00:33:40,760 --> 00:33:45,600 Speaker 1: How did that happen? Yeah? I mean, look, that's that's really, 577 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,880 Speaker 1: I think the most difficult thing to accept. Um. I 578 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: think a lot of people on the right we thought 579 00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 1: that the idiocy and this kind of total and complete 580 00:33:54,840 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 1: incompetence was confined to, you know, certain certain institutions. Right. 581 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,040 Speaker 1: We knew that the media was full of incompetence and 582 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,480 Speaker 1: idiots who weren't going to be held responsible for any 583 00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 1: real world consequences of their actions. We knew that, of course, 584 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 1: the academy was graduating, that means universities and graduating ranks 585 00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,440 Speaker 1: and ranks of these like lunatics and people, more importantly, 586 00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:19,880 Speaker 1: people who have never actually again faced any consequences. Their 587 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: job is essentially, you know, to write the narrative and 588 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: they don't actually face real world consequences for doing so. 589 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: But I think they're really disappointing and dispiriting. Thing for 590 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,600 Speaker 1: people on the right has been the realization over the 591 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:37,480 Speaker 1: past four to five years, culminating now with these these 592 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:40,319 Speaker 1: images we're seeing out of Kabul, that in fact, we 593 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,839 Speaker 1: thought that the military was kind of exempt from this. 594 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:45,680 Speaker 1: Right and if you look at long term trust goals 595 00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,640 Speaker 1: of the American people in their various institutions, everything has 596 00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 1: been underwater for a very long time. From all the 597 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:55,319 Speaker 1: branches of the government, to the media, and to even 598 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,120 Speaker 1: even churches for example, the police. But the two right 599 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: spots in terms of institutional trust for small businesses, which 600 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:04,920 Speaker 1: have been devastated in the last year and a half, 601 00:35:05,280 --> 00:35:08,560 Speaker 1: and the military, and particularly people on the right had 602 00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:11,839 Speaker 1: enormous amount of faith in the US military, in our 603 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: intelligence services, in the CIA, and then domestically the FBI. 604 00:35:16,880 --> 00:35:19,880 Speaker 1: Those we thought that those were the quote unquote serious people. 605 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: And of course many of the people who are actually 606 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 1: suffering the consequences of troops on the ground and the 607 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 1: lower ranks of the military, they are serious people. But 608 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:34,239 Speaker 1: it seems like completely undeniable after this force of regardless 609 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,279 Speaker 1: of what you think, even if you think withdrawal, like 610 00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:39,959 Speaker 1: I think, actually was the right response here in Afghanistan. 611 00:35:40,080 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 1: But how is it that our intelligence services said that 612 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,520 Speaker 1: this would take ninety days and it took two or three? Right, 613 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:49,400 Speaker 1: How is that kind of incompetence possible? How is it 614 00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:52,960 Speaker 1: that we didn't evacuate We evacuated our base before we 615 00:35:53,040 --> 00:35:57,480 Speaker 1: evacuated American citizens or Afghans that fought alongside us. It's 616 00:35:57,520 --> 00:35:59,919 Speaker 1: completely disorganized. How is it that the Taliban is doing 617 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: donuts in our humbies, right like these are. It doesn't 618 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:07,040 Speaker 1: even matter at some point with the ideology behind this. 619 00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:12,759 Speaker 1: This is just massive and complete incompetence and failure. Well 620 00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:16,040 Speaker 1: it is. It is shocking, and I'll be honest as 621 00:36:16,080 --> 00:36:19,240 Speaker 1: I have been. It is embarrassing. We are we're currently 622 00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,759 Speaker 1: being embarrassed internationally on the world stage, and that is 623 00:36:21,800 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: a bitter pill to swallow. Nevertheless, here we are. Okay, 624 00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 1: let's set Afghanistan kind of aside for a moment and 625 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,560 Speaker 1: focus on the political political messaging of it. The Biden 626 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 1: administration has blown this so badly with their messaging and 627 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,919 Speaker 1: the vacation and the brief statement and no questions. It's 628 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: like they took one gigantic mistake and did everything possible 629 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:47,640 Speaker 1: to make themselves look worse every single second of the day. 630 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:50,319 Speaker 1: How did that happen? I realized Joe Biden is a 631 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:54,440 Speaker 1: half functional adult. He still has professional political people around him, 632 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: I would hope. Well, that's the point, right, our professional 633 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,680 Speaker 1: political class or bureaucracy, that the top levels of every 634 00:37:03,719 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: institution are incompetent, including politically. Yeah, of course, it's terrible 635 00:37:08,920 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 1: optics to have the president of the United States basically 636 00:37:11,120 --> 00:37:14,359 Speaker 1: non existent for days as these images start to come out. 637 00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: Then he finally gives a speech yesterday, and the speech 638 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:23,920 Speaker 1: does not address any of the actual questions involved. Right, 639 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 1: he gives a speech essentially saying why we need to 640 00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:30,239 Speaker 1: leave Afghanistan, but he doesn't address the absolute chaos that 641 00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,600 Speaker 1: is happening as he's giving that speech and in the 642 00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:35,200 Speaker 1: days prior. I mean, he's essentially counting on the fact 643 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,600 Speaker 1: that the American people are too stupid to tell the 644 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:42,120 Speaker 1: difference between the justification for why we should have left 645 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,759 Speaker 1: Afghanistan and the manner in which his administration carried that 646 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:49,640 Speaker 1: policy out. They're counting on the fact that people cannot 647 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: distinguish between those two things. And I think they're also 648 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:56,120 Speaker 1: will find out in the coming days whether Americans are 649 00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:00,239 Speaker 1: more Jacksonian in terms of their foreign policy or they 650 00:38:00,239 --> 00:38:04,720 Speaker 1: are more genuinely isolationist. Ie. Um. There is a middle 651 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:08,839 Speaker 1: ground position, which is to project strength without staying for 652 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:12,800 Speaker 1: decades and you know, engaging in projects of nation building, 653 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:15,799 Speaker 1: but still holding the kind of respect and fear that 654 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,360 Speaker 1: would prevent these kinds of of Saigon like imagery coming 655 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,120 Speaker 1: out of Cobble or images of the Taliban, you know, 656 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,920 Speaker 1: sitting in our embassy. Um, there has to be, in 657 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,080 Speaker 1: my view, some kind of middle ground. That middle ground 658 00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:32,760 Speaker 1: has been traditionally termed Jacksonian foreign policy in the United States, 659 00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,759 Speaker 1: where we basically don't care much about the rest of 660 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,480 Speaker 1: the world until they punch us in the face, in 661 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,840 Speaker 1: which case we completely obliterate them. Um. That seems to 662 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:43,080 Speaker 1: be to be more of the basic instinct behind the 663 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:46,400 Speaker 1: average Americans opinion. And we'll see if if the average 664 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 1: Americans opinion is at this point so isolationists that they 665 00:38:50,480 --> 00:38:53,839 Speaker 1: didn't care how we got out of Afghanistan and they 666 00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:56,040 Speaker 1: don't even care about this, as you call it, humiliation 667 00:38:56,160 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 1: on the on the world stage. I tend to think 668 00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:01,200 Speaker 1: that they will, and that these images will become iconic, 669 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:03,399 Speaker 1: and by the way, I think that's why we'll start 670 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,880 Speaker 1: to see them disappear off of social media networks in 671 00:39:05,880 --> 00:39:07,839 Speaker 1: the coming weeks, and the media try very very hard 672 00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,480 Speaker 1: to move on from this story and to prevent additional 673 00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:14,359 Speaker 1: video and stories coming out of Kabbal once Americans leave. 674 00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:19,279 Speaker 1: I can't disagree, but I will suggest this about the 675 00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:22,480 Speaker 1: American people as a whole. I think Americans and maybe 676 00:39:22,520 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 1: this is human nature, but I definitely think this about Americans. 677 00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,120 Speaker 1: I think they want their cake and they want to 678 00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:30,120 Speaker 1: eat it too. I think they want to project strength 679 00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:33,200 Speaker 1: all over the world, be the world's superpower, and yet 680 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,279 Speaker 1: not step on any toes. I think they want to 681 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:37,560 Speaker 1: obliterate the enemy, but never see a picture of a 682 00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:40,560 Speaker 1: dead woman or a child. That's the responsibility of America. 683 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:42,600 Speaker 1: They want to kill all these guys, but only if 684 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,640 Speaker 1: we can separate them from these guys. I think they 685 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,520 Speaker 1: want to leave Afghanistan only if nobody can get hurt. 686 00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:49,200 Speaker 1: I mean, I want out, but we can't let it 687 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:52,799 Speaker 1: fall to the talent. I don't think American people understand 688 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:56,240 Speaker 1: foreign policy or conquest or the way the world works. 689 00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:00,320 Speaker 1: That's what I think. Well, we are certainly particul purely 690 00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,440 Speaker 1: ill suited empire, right in terms of the system of 691 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,640 Speaker 1: government that we have. Some of what you're saying are 692 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:10,600 Speaker 1: is just the downsides of having conducting foreign policy as 693 00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:13,400 Speaker 1: a democracy, right, the necessary downsides that we accept for 694 00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:15,680 Speaker 1: conducting these things as a democracy. Right. It means that 695 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:17,640 Speaker 1: your policy is not going to be consistent over time 696 00:40:17,640 --> 00:40:20,719 Speaker 1: because people change their minds. Right. It means that it's 697 00:40:20,760 --> 00:40:23,000 Speaker 1: going to be very difficult to hold promises into the 698 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,800 Speaker 1: future and to be a reliable ally when those wins 699 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,960 Speaker 1: of political domestic political opinion change back home, and of 700 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:32,040 Speaker 1: course we experience that with Vietnam, we're experiencing it now 701 00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:36,040 Speaker 1: with Afghanistan. I do think that there is such a thing, 702 00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:39,319 Speaker 1: as I said, as a middle ground here, and I 703 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,840 Speaker 1: think a lot of that middle ground, though, does depend 704 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,680 Speaker 1: on whether or not the threats of an American president 705 00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 1: are credible are believed around the world. I think we 706 00:40:50,800 --> 00:40:53,280 Speaker 1: could have had in some ways a very similar policy 707 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:56,520 Speaker 1: under Trump and it wouldn't have resulted in the same 708 00:40:56,840 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: utter collapse because people would have been afraid that he 709 00:40:59,400 --> 00:41:03,000 Speaker 1: would have responded, for example, by dropping a you know, 710 00:41:03,280 --> 00:41:06,359 Speaker 1: a moab, or he would have responded in some way 711 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:10,200 Speaker 1: that that the political class and DC would have deemed crazy. UM. 712 00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:12,400 Speaker 1: And a little bit a little bit of fear of 713 00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:15,359 Speaker 1: the crazy UH can can actually go quite a long 714 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:19,440 Speaker 1: way in form policy in terms of issuing UM, you know, demands, 715 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 1: as as a powerful nation in the world would have 716 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:25,280 Speaker 1: said the most powerful nation in the world. That seems 717 00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:28,440 Speaker 1: to be an open question these days UM and actually 718 00:41:28,640 --> 00:41:31,080 Speaker 1: not having to engage all over the world to back 719 00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:33,799 Speaker 1: them up because people are afraid that you might come 720 00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:37,640 Speaker 1: in and obliterate them. That that like psychological fear and 721 00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:41,680 Speaker 1: the ability to to maybe believe that the American president 722 00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:44,399 Speaker 1: might actually just decide to wipe out all of your 723 00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:48,320 Speaker 1: capabilities because they didn't like something that you did. That 724 00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:51,840 Speaker 1: that actually is a very powerful tool, not just in 725 00:41:51,960 --> 00:41:56,040 Speaker 1: terms of getting you know, American interests advanced abroad, but 726 00:41:56,200 --> 00:42:00,480 Speaker 1: also avoiding having to send American military member is to 727 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,800 Speaker 1: a particular place for twenty years. But that that threat 728 00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:07,960 Speaker 1: is in many ways can operate as the alternative to 729 00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,920 Speaker 1: actually sort of a low level occupation for a decade. 730 00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:16,440 Speaker 1: And that was the Jacksonian policy essentially. Yeah, look, a 731 00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,560 Speaker 1: little bit of crazy goes a long way. Look up, 732 00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,840 Speaker 1: Laddie and paler people in the absolute forest of impaled bodies. 733 00:42:22,960 --> 00:42:25,399 Speaker 1: He left for the Ottomans to try to intimidate them 734 00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,600 Speaker 1: and did so quite effectively, by the way, And as stepman, 735 00:42:27,640 --> 00:42:32,719 Speaker 1: thank you so much, thank you. All right, we got 736 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:35,440 Speaker 1: a one stop shop for you for the newsletter. The 737 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:39,000 Speaker 1: first newsletter you see. I know you get up every 738 00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:41,200 Speaker 1: single morning, and I know you browse all the news 739 00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,440 Speaker 1: sites for your stories. I've done it two a million times. 740 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,960 Speaker 1: There's no judgment here. The first bailed me out. I 741 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,920 Speaker 1: went to the first TV dot com and signed up 742 00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:53,760 Speaker 1: for their newsletter. It's free, don't worry, It's free. Every morning, 743 00:42:53,960 --> 00:42:55,960 Speaker 1: every single morning, I wake up to an email with 744 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,680 Speaker 1: all the major stories, video articles, everything compiled right there 745 00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:03,600 Speaker 1: and one email. No more, end the scrolling and whatnot. 746 00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,080 Speaker 1: The first TV dot Com sign up for the newsletter. 747 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:19,759 Speaker 1: Time for lighting the mood next. You know, fighting is 748 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:21,719 Speaker 1: an ugly thing. I'm not talking about war. I've just 749 00:43:21,719 --> 00:43:24,880 Speaker 1: been a good old, good old fashioned fisticuffs. Most people 750 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:27,640 Speaker 1: watching this why I should say most dudes watching this 751 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:29,840 Speaker 1: is have probably been in a scrap or two in 752 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,759 Speaker 1: their life that comes with the having testosterone. It is 753 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:43,359 Speaker 1: nice to see a happy ending to one of these, though, Right, 754 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:48,040 Speaker 1: got it go, get done, got are get done? Yeah, 755 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:56,520 Speaker 1: I'm done. Let's go, good fighting, Let you go. Glad 756 00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:07,240 Speaker 1: you guys got that phone? M h that salads, stunt fellas. 757 00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:10,839 Speaker 1: Don't have a good scrap, shake it out after, don't 758 00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,680 Speaker 1: have a beer. See them all