WEBVTT - The School Mask Rebellion Is Underway

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<v Speaker 1>Team Buck. Welcome to the Freedom hud on this lovely Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>the twelfth of August. Let's get to it. The schoolmask

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<v Speaker 1>rebellion is under way. How many COVID breakthrough cases are

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<v Speaker 1>there where the vaccine doesn't actually stop someone from getting

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<v Speaker 1>infected and passing the infection on? The New New York

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Hokel threatens to shut down schools and institute a

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<v Speaker 1>mask mandate. Lori Lightfoot of Chicago says, the police budget's

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<v Speaker 1>definitely going to increase next time around, and cobble could

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<v Speaker 1>be in Taliban hands within a month. Let's let's jump

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<v Speaker 1>into it, my friends. Let's get to a first off,

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<v Speaker 1>The reality right now is that masks in schools have

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<v Speaker 1>become the center, the center area of battle over whether

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to have the permanent COVID state or not.

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<v Speaker 1>Because let's just review for a second here. We were told,

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<v Speaker 1>in very clear terms. We were told that the vaccines

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<v Speaker 1>were the end. We were told that the vaccines had

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<v Speaker 1>over ninety four percent in the case of fiser effectiveness. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>that was that number, ninety ninety five percent vaccines better

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<v Speaker 1>than our wildest dreams, and so that was it. Get

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<v Speaker 1>the shot and you're done now. I understand there are people,

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<v Speaker 1>many people, including myself, who have not gotten the shot.

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<v Speaker 1>But we're at about half the country in total vaccinated,

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<v Speaker 1>and yet here we are being told that Florida is

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<v Speaker 1>having record caseload, Texas is having a record caseload in

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<v Speaker 1>some areas. What the heck is going on? I want

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<v Speaker 1>to return to that for a second, but just I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to put that thought out there. How could that be?

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<v Speaker 1>We have at least half the country has the vaccine,

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<v Speaker 1>which means that you've got a much smaller population for

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<v Speaker 1>the virus to spread. You also have over one hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million people who have natural immunity, So if the vaccine

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<v Speaker 1>is piled on top of at what's going on? They

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to ask these questions, and some people are

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<v Speaker 1>starting to. I just want to be clear. They're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be able to hide from this forever. But

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<v Speaker 1>something's up. Friends. What they've told you is not correct.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't have all the answers, but they don't have

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<v Speaker 1>all the answers either about what's going on. Right now?

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<v Speaker 1>Just get the shot. Just get the shot, Shut up

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<v Speaker 1>and get the shot. That's not enough. That doesn't explain

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening. But let's get too masks in schools. First

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<v Speaker 1>of all, in a purely human behavior based analysis, you

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<v Speaker 1>can tell that masks in schools are stupid beyond words.

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<v Speaker 1>Kids are going to be pulling them up, pulling them down,

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<v Speaker 1>taking them on, taking them off. They're gonna have, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>juice time, cookie time, They're gonna pull their masks down.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to be in close proximity to each other.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you really want to know them, and how

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<v Speaker 1>dumb this stuff is the fact that they have kids

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<v Speaker 1>separated in some classrooms by plexiglass, which just doesn't do anything.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't do anything. Imagine you were in a classroom

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<v Speaker 1>and there was there was you know, phosphine gas or

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<v Speaker 1>chlorine gas, something really toxic and lethal in the air,

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<v Speaker 1>and someone said, oh, hold on a second, and they

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<v Speaker 1>put a plexiglass partition in front of you and then

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<v Speaker 1>just had a whole bunch of free airflow all around

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<v Speaker 1>you and the plexiglass. Would you say, oh, great, thank

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<v Speaker 1>you so much. I feel safe now. This is how

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<v Speaker 1>stupid people are and how the COVID security theatrics have

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<v Speaker 1>been indefensibly dumb for a very long time. And then

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<v Speaker 1>that brings me to masks. The biggest studies of this

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<v Speaker 1>have shown that masks in schools don't do anything. And

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<v Speaker 1>by the way, when I say study, you can just

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<v Speaker 1>line it up and look at data for places that

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<v Speaker 1>have had masking in schools, look at places where they

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<v Speaker 1>were incredibly strict about it, where they weren't strict about it,

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<v Speaker 1>And there's no indication that this is an important policy.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's a lot of indication that this just is

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<v Speaker 1>a reminder. Remember what I told you back in May.

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<v Speaker 1>I was complaining to you then when they said the

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<v Speaker 1>mask man it's going to said, they're keeping it on

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<v Speaker 1>the planes. They're keeping it in the background like a

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<v Speaker 1>virus that can come roaring back. All the lockdown measures,

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<v Speaker 1>all this stuff. And now the Biden administration is really

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<v Speaker 1>ready to flex federal muscle in the process too. So

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<v Speaker 1>it's in a sense even worse. Now, keep in mind,

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<v Speaker 1>as I'm telling you, all this fatality from the virus

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<v Speaker 1>are down seventy seventy five percent from the peak, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>more like eighty percent from the peak. So far fewer

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<v Speaker 1>people are dying from COVID. But you wouldn't get that

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<v Speaker 1>sense because the people are controlling the narrative right now,

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<v Speaker 1>want maximum fear. Doctor Fauci has just gone out there

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<v Speaker 1>and said, yeah, you know what you are going to need.

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<v Speaker 1>You're gonna need vaccination boosters. So we've gone from it

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<v Speaker 1>about three months. Get the shot and you're done to

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<v Speaker 1>get endless shots. Carry proof of those shots and mask up,

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe there'll be future lockdowns. Shut up, peasant, do

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<v Speaker 1>what you're told. Don't bring up that this isn't what

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<v Speaker 1>we told you was going to happen. How can people

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<v Speaker 1>be so very very stupid. Why aren't we all seeing this,

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<v Speaker 1>at least at some baseline level, in a rational way.

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<v Speaker 1>Why why can't everyone just understand that clearly the public

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<v Speaker 1>health authorities, the government bureaucrats that work on health, the CDC,

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<v Speaker 1>the NIH they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

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<v Speaker 1>When they make predictions, they're wrong over and over again.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't know. Oh, this variant, that variant, this variant,

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<v Speaker 1>that variant. Well, now it seems like we actually got

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<v Speaker 1>a real variant, right. How many times do they tell

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<v Speaker 1>us about variants before? Oh, watch out for this. There

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<v Speaker 1>was the alpha variant, the beta variant, gamma, you know whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, I forget how many variants there there

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<v Speaker 1>have been. But now we're seeing the fight in the

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<v Speaker 1>schools play out, and we're getting into the you don't

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<v Speaker 1>have the freedom to control how you breathe because it

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<v Speaker 1>can affect other people. I mean, this is the ultimate

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<v Speaker 1>totalitarian excuse, isn't it. You're not even allowed to breathe

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<v Speaker 1>normally until we say so. You don't think this is

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<v Speaker 1>having a massive psychological effect on society, your children. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't even protect your children's right to breathe fresh, free

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<v Speaker 1>air from the grubby little fingers of the state. That's

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<v Speaker 1>what's going on right now. Some people are starting to

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<v Speaker 1>see this little Fauci and his minions and the morons

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<v Speaker 1>who think he's some kind of a genius and a hero.

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<v Speaker 1>They want to mask up. Your kids all day sitting there,

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<v Speaker 1>struggling to breathe, feeling anxious because it's it's doing nothing

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<v Speaker 1>for them, it's not giving them safe. We all know this.

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<v Speaker 1>Just think about it. How well did masks work during

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<v Speaker 1>the pandemic? Just think, yeah, did it really really slow

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<v Speaker 1>the spread? Here's the mayor of Austin, Texas, a lib

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<v Speaker 1>of course, saying that it's sorry, no parental choice involved here.

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<v Speaker 1>Play one. The choices that people are making not to

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<v Speaker 1>get vaccinated for themselves are not choices just for themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>The choices that they're making to leave themselves more vulnerable

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<v Speaker 1>for ending up at a hospital is impacting everyone. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why it's important to especially protect our children. A parent

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<v Speaker 1>can make a choice for their child, except that the

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<v Speaker 1>choice that they may impacts everybody else in the classroom.

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<v Speaker 1>And people should have a right to pick a choice

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to be in a classroom that keeps

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<v Speaker 1>their children they're most safe. And we're gonna do everything

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<v Speaker 1>we can. We're gonna, as we said from the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna follow the doctors and the data, even when

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<v Speaker 1>we have a governor that seems to be following the

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<v Speaker 1>donors and not the doctors. Little uh cheap shot at

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<v Speaker 1>Abbot there at the end, the governor of Texas. Look,

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<v Speaker 1>they want they want to make Texas and Florida bend

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<v Speaker 1>the knee. Now think about that, after what eight months

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<v Speaker 1>of getting vaccinated in this country, now they expect Texas

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<v Speaker 1>and Florida to bend theneae fully a Texas already did before, sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>but now they want to They want to fight Rhonda

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<v Speaker 1>Santis on this. And what's so critical to them about

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<v Speaker 1>Rhonda Santis and the schools issue is if they get

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<v Speaker 1>schools to close, if they get the schools to uh

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<v Speaker 1>sorry to mask mandate. Closing schools might happen here in

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<v Speaker 1>New York, but if they get a mask mandate in Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>they won't have a control group. I wish there was

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<v Speaker 1>a way I could place a large bet on this.

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<v Speaker 1>If Florida schools stay unmasked, and you compare the spread

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<v Speaker 1>of COVID in Florida schools to say California schools with

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<v Speaker 1>masking in place, there will be no statistically significant difference.

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<v Speaker 1>I would bet a large sum of money for me

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<v Speaker 1>on that if I could. That's how certain I am

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<v Speaker 1>of this. It's just obvious. But if Florida has some

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<v Speaker 1>schools masks some not, we can't tell. You know, the

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<v Speaker 1>Blue areas of Florida, the Blue Cities have mass manates

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<v Speaker 1>in place that muddies the water, and so they can say,

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<v Speaker 1>see masked work, they work. That's what they'll tell you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's appalling stupidity. But they're going after Descantists with everything

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<v Speaker 1>they've got because they know that they've got to his

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<v Speaker 1>success in Florida, and this is the next president of

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<v Speaker 1>the United States. If he can keep the momentum going

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<v Speaker 1>that he Scott, so they've got to take him off

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<v Speaker 1>the chessboard. That's why Jensaki is spewing the usual propaganda

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<v Speaker 1>play too. Our work is not on the stand us,

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<v Speaker 1>it's on the virus which we're trying to kneecap. And

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<v Speaker 1>he does not seem to want to participate in that

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<v Speaker 1>effort to kneecap the virus, hence our concern. It's on

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<v Speaker 1>the virus. Descenders doesn't want to help in the effort

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<v Speaker 1>do what we say? What they say does not work.

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<v Speaker 1>How many times do we have to go through this?

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<v Speaker 1>How many times we have to sit through this? I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to know when will they just give it up?

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<v Speaker 1>Stop being crazy libs, stop being crazy. They won't though,

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<v Speaker 1>they won't do it all. Right, here, here you go.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give you just a little taste of what I'm

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<v Speaker 1>talking about. Here. This is a New York magazine for libs.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, New York magazine is all for libs. Don't panic,

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<v Speaker 1>but breakthrough cases. Maybe a bigger problem than you've been told.

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<v Speaker 1>Old and current public health messaging may understate the scale

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<v Speaker 1>and risk. Here you go. This is written by David

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<v Speaker 1>Wallace Wells. The term itself breakthrough as a problem. It

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<v Speaker 1>sounds bad, implying an immune escape mutation likely rare and

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<v Speaker 1>therefore alarming. The vaccines were never tested to prevent transmission,

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<v Speaker 1>only symptomatic disease, and those who knew the science expected

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<v Speaker 1>from the outset that we would see some number of

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<v Speaker 1>such cases and they would be overwhelmingly mild. But delta

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<v Speaker 1>appears to have changed things, not everything. The vaccines are

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<v Speaker 1>working to suppress severe outcomes from COVID infection by more

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<v Speaker 1>than a factor of one hundred for some states, and

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<v Speaker 1>at least fivefold for even the states where the effect

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<v Speaker 1>has been most muted. That is, that is game changingly well.

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<v Speaker 1>But most of the data men analysis comes from before

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<v Speaker 1>the arrival of the delta variant, and during the current

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<v Speaker 1>surge there does seem to be considerably more leakage. So

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<v Speaker 1>the analysis about how oh no, the virus, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>the vaccine works so well, work so well. They're looking

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<v Speaker 1>at pre delta variant numbers to tell you that they're

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<v Speaker 1>clinging to the old data. This is what they're telling you.

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<v Speaker 1>New York magazine. I'm not telling you, this is New

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<v Speaker 1>York Magazine telling you this. It continues over the last

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<v Speaker 1>few weeks, and the way given attention, getting internal CDC

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<v Speaker 1>presentation about how much you know. There's a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>back and forth on this. Breakthrough cases remain rare. They

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<v Speaker 1>said the pandemic was now largely a pandemic on the unvaccinated.

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<v Speaker 1>But it turns out this isn't. These readings are directionally correct.

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<v Speaker 1>The vaccines are performing admirably and protecting the very sick.

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<v Speaker 1>The current bleak delta wave is being primarily driven by

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<v Speaker 1>the unvaccinated. It keeps going ah, but then it gets

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<v Speaker 1>into a problem. But with delta, plenty of vaccinated people

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<v Speaker 1>are getting sick. Plenty of transmission is going on. And

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<v Speaker 1>my personal opinion is that the whole notion of herd

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<v Speaker 1>immunity from two vaccine vaccine shots is flying out the

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<v Speaker 1>window very quickly with this new variant. Oh oh, wait,

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<v Speaker 1>hold on, that's from an epidemiologist name Michael Mina from Harvard.

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<v Speaker 1>Wait wait, wait a second. We have a Harvard epidemiologist

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<v Speaker 1>quoted in New York Magazine saying the vaccine shots aren't

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<v Speaker 1>going to end this thing. It's certainly not two shots

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<v Speaker 1>based on the actual data from Delta. In the piece,

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<v Speaker 1>it goes on later on to say they think that

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<v Speaker 1>there could be up to five to twenty percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the spread right now is among the vaccinated. Wait a second,

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<v Speaker 1>So people are spreading this all over the place even

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<v Speaker 1>if they get the vaccine. That's what this New York

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<v Speaker 1>magazine piece is saying. I gotta wonder, folks. And then

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<v Speaker 1>you also have the Israeli data, which I've talked to

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Parison about recently, and the Israeli data says it

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<v Speaker 1>indicates very clearly that vaccines, I should say, indicates very clearly, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>that the vaccines lose potency pretty quickly. So you can

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<v Speaker 1>get vaccinated and you're good for you know, maybe six months,

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<v Speaker 1>seven months, But then it's just not working as well,

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<v Speaker 1>certainly not working as well against this variant. If we

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<v Speaker 1>are only if we're in the first year of vaccination,

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<v Speaker 1>which we are right now, and we already have a

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<v Speaker 1>variant that evades the vaccination in a pretty substantial way.

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<v Speaker 1>What makes us think that this is going to go

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<v Speaker 1>away if we all get the shot? How is that

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to work? This is still gonna be out there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's still gonna be mutating, still gonna be going. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>we've never been able to eliminate the common cold, We've

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<v Speaker 1>never been able to eliminate the flu. There are animal

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<v Speaker 1>reservoirs for those diseases. There are animal reservoirs for COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>This will be spreading, it will be out there. So

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<v Speaker 1>what really are are we facing here as our future?

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<v Speaker 1>We're gonna just keep going through matt masks, lockdown, panic shots, masks,

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<v Speaker 1>lockdown shots, panic masks, lockdown shots, pen I mean that's

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<v Speaker 1>the way the world is supposed to work now, I

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<v Speaker 1>say no, I mean we might have to start thinking

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<v Speaker 1>about forming countries where there can be a country for

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<v Speaker 1>people who are like, we're just going to live life

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<v Speaker 1>and try to be healthy. And you know, the sick

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<v Speaker 1>should quarantine. Everybody else should go about their lives. The

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<v Speaker 1>elderly should be more careful. Yeah, get shots if you

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<v Speaker 1>want to get the shots. Sure, if you feel like

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<v Speaker 1>masking up or staying away from people, that's your choice.

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<v Speaker 1>But then the other places you're can have people they

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<v Speaker 1>are doing the Australia model where they're just willing to

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<v Speaker 1>lock you in your home. And I mean They've got

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<v Speaker 1>these like triage tent set up everywhere. It's crazy what

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing. It's crazy, and they're enforcing it in the

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<v Speaker 1>most draconian fashion, the most draconian fashion. So I find

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<v Speaker 1>this all very frustrating. And I will say this. You

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<v Speaker 1>all know, I told you when it looked like we

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<v Speaker 1>were out of this thing, when it looked like the

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<v Speaker 1>pandemic was over, I said, they're leaving some of this stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>the federal mask mandate on planes and transportation. They're leaving

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<v Speaker 1>this in place so that it's easier to turn it

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<v Speaker 1>all back on. You know, I said that many times.

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<v Speaker 1>And here we are. Here we are because I understand

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<v Speaker 1>they're never going to let go of this power. They

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<v Speaker 1>love this, They love this. It gives them a sense

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<v Speaker 1>of purpose. These are people who are empty, who are

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<v Speaker 1>racked with anxiety and fear, who lack courage, who lack

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<v Speaker 1>intestinal fortitude. They want society. They want the collective to

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<v Speaker 1>keep them safe and warm at night. They want to

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<v Speaker 1>feel a part of their herd. They don't want to

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<v Speaker 1>just have to accept that bad things happen. We're all

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<v Speaker 1>gonna die, We're all on borrowed time. Make the most

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<v Speaker 1>of every day, every minute you have, be a person

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<v Speaker 1>of value, be a person of integrity. You know. None

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<v Speaker 1>of that is what they want to hear. They want

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<v Speaker 1>to hear, Oh, just listen to Fauci. Just listen to Fauci.

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<v Speaker 1>Fouci will save us. He really won't. He's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to buck. I think that's unfair. I have, at various

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<v Speaker 1>junctures of the pandemic, been a source of comfort for

0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:34.399
<v Speaker 1>emotionally inept libs onto television by appearing on a near nightly,

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<v Speaker 1>almost minute by minute basis to say things that are

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<v Speaker 1>not helpful, often untrue, but do make a donation into

0:17:46.440 --> 0:17:50.520
<v Speaker 1>the fear mongering bank, and that is the purpose. So

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<v Speaker 1>I do not think you should. Yeah, I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's all true, fouch, that's all accurate. Enough. Board from

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0:18:49.359 --> 0:18:53.960
<v Speaker 1>we've got today to dive into together. Here got to

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<v Speaker 1>get through it pretty quickly. I mentioned the new governor

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<v Speaker 1>of New York, hokel is saying that she is going

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<v Speaker 1>to institute a mask mandate any moment now for schools statewide,

0:19:03.880 --> 0:19:06.440
<v Speaker 1>and she's considering even shutting down schools for a period

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<v Speaker 1>of time. That's how crazy things are getting in New York.

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<v Speaker 1>I've got my own problems here in New York, where

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<v Speaker 1>I'm being told that if I don't get the vaccine imminently,

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<v Speaker 1>I there's a risk of me not being able to

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<v Speaker 1>participate fully in my own brother's wedding in New York

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<v Speaker 1>next week. So I have that to handle right now.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know what I'm supposed to do. Quite honestly,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not missing my brother's wedding. That's not happening, right.

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<v Speaker 1>They're going to have to throw me in prison to

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<v Speaker 1>get me to not be at my brother's wedding. But

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<v Speaker 1>what do I do. They won't accept prior, They won't

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<v Speaker 1>accept prior. This is the venue, of course, this is

0:19:42.400 --> 0:19:45.639
<v Speaker 1>the you know, the restaurants and the wedding venues and

0:19:45.680 --> 0:19:48.199
<v Speaker 1>stuff in New York now are all trying to be

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<v Speaker 1>so compliant. But what am I supposed to do? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>people are saying, you know, forge a vaccine passport. They've

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<v Speaker 1>said that, and I say, guys, come on, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that the government would They got the opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>come after someone like me for that, some right wing

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<v Speaker 1>radio host who as a fake COVID pattern, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my gosh, I'd get into all kinds of trouble

0:20:10.480 --> 0:20:13.679
<v Speaker 1>for that one. So not going to do that, Not

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<v Speaker 1>going to break the law in that way and give

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<v Speaker 1>them an opportunity to come at me and cause problems

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<v Speaker 1>for me. So it's either get the shot or what

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<v Speaker 1>and why am I getting the shot? Exactly? I had COVID.

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<v Speaker 1>I had COVID. I have documentation, a medical test proving

0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.440
<v Speaker 1>that I had COVID. They don't care. They want to

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<v Speaker 1>control me. They want to control you. I told you.

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<v Speaker 1>Also for those of you in the Red States, oh buck,

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<v Speaker 1>enough of masks were good, Our governor's good, We're I

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<v Speaker 1>told it. The federal government's going to come for you too.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this is where we are now, This is the

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<v Speaker 1>reality we live in. These people have lost their minds,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. Laurie Lightfoot, may or Chicago, says the police

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<v Speaker 1>budget will increase next year. This is the most obvious

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<v Speaker 1>thing you could possibly imagine. Right, of course, the police

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<v Speaker 1>budget should increase next year, because when you look at this,

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<v Speaker 1>you say to yourself, the defund the police movement is

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<v Speaker 1>the dumbest thing the Democrats. I think it's even dumber

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<v Speaker 1>than walls don't work in a sense, right, because walls

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<v Speaker 1>don't work. You know, they they were trying to play

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<v Speaker 1>with the well, walls don't work one hundred percent of

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<v Speaker 1>the time, or they don't work well enough. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>they were they got a little ahead of themselves with that,

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<v Speaker 1>but with this one, defund the police, I mean that

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<v Speaker 1>there is no version of that as a slogan that

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<v Speaker 1>is not stupid. Bey, I know, look, walls don't work

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<v Speaker 1>is really dumped too, But there's no version of defund

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<v Speaker 1>police that isn't completely idiotic. And is there any accountability

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<v Speaker 1>for this? You know, the redistricting battle in Congress is

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<v Speaker 1>just about to start because the sense of State has

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<v Speaker 1>come in, So this is gonna be a huge propaganda

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<v Speaker 1>fight because remember, redistricting that benefits Democrats is democracy at work.

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<v Speaker 1>Redistricting that benefits Republicans jerrymandering, racism, Jim Crow two point

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<v Speaker 1>zero whatever, Right, that's what they'll say. This is the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of rhetoric that's used about these issues. And I

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<v Speaker 1>just hope that there's at some level there would be

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<v Speaker 1>a real backlash against democrats stupidity on this. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Democrats absolutely should pay a serious price for the madness,

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<v Speaker 1>for the insanity of the defund the police movement. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, but just deciding now that they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>live in reality, just deciding now that they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>start supporting law enforcement is not good enough. This was

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<v Speaker 1>obvious from the beginning. This was obvious all along. There's

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<v Speaker 1>simply no reason whatsoever that we had to suffer through

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<v Speaker 1>over a year of some of the worst violence we've seen,

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<v Speaker 1>worst shootings and murders we've seen in major cities in

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<v Speaker 1>over twenty years, so that millionaire CNN anchors can go

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<v Speaker 1>on TV and feel like they're part of the social

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<v Speaker 1>justice movement. Man. Yeah, yeah, it's so fascinating to me.

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<v Speaker 1>The people that go around. I mean, there are white

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<v Speaker 1>liberals in New York City in particular, who I'll see

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<v Speaker 1>on their LinkedIn page. You know, they'll have i know,

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<v Speaker 1>black Lives Matter at the top with like six exclamation points. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>we all, yeah, yeah, of course black lives matter. So

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<v Speaker 1>are you in favor of defund the police? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>in favor of racial Marxism in America? Like? What? What? What?

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<v Speaker 1>The people that say this have they thought about it

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<v Speaker 1>at all? No, it doesn't they don't care. It's just

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<v Speaker 1>about trying to attach themselves to a brand that they

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<v Speaker 1>think means to others, tells others they're a good person,

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<v Speaker 1>They're one of the good, moral righteous. They're not one

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<v Speaker 1>of those, particularly for white liberals, not one of those

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<v Speaker 1>bad white people out there who don't fully embrace the

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<v Speaker 1>social justice left. No, no, no, that's what that's all about.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's it's a remarkable circumstance, my friends. But we're

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<v Speaker 1>seeing this play at all. So any LORI Lightfoot's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have more cops in Chicago. And then as of today,

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<v Speaker 1>just some updates on Afghanistan for those of you who

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<v Speaker 1>are what I mean one, this is a new story

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<v Speaker 1>because we're now seeing the results of Okay, we stayed

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<v Speaker 1>for twenty years, we stayed nineteen years too long in Afghanistan.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's become pretty clear. There was there was

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<v Speaker 1>really no durable nation building, There was no durable training

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<v Speaker 1>of the security forces. It was all just being propped

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<v Speaker 1>up by American troops American money. I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>anyone would try to argue the other side of that

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<v Speaker 1>proposition right now, but that's certainly what it seems like

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<v Speaker 1>to me. And as I watch what's going on right now,

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<v Speaker 1>I just I feel a sense of adness, obviously at

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<v Speaker 1>what's happening to the Afghan people, but also that we

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<v Speaker 1>had so many soldiers, so many members of our military

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<v Speaker 1>who were deployed and spent so much time in this

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<v Speaker 1>place and the collapse of Afghanistan, it's it's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>feel like this wasn't a lot of really bad strategy

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<v Speaker 1>at the top level, a lot of people who wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to go up the chain of command and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>tell their their command staff, or rather tell the president

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<v Speaker 1>if we're talking about like the four Stars, that they

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<v Speaker 1>were making so much progress and everything was going so well.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean I read all the assessments. I mean it

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<v Speaker 1>was I mean I read the assessments that were classified

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<v Speaker 1>at the highest level of Afghanistan on a regular basis

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<v Speaker 1>when I was working in the CIA Afghan desk, and

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<v Speaker 1>I could just tell you there was this cyclical nature of, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we figured it out this time, the new you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the new troop rotation in any place where the new

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<v Speaker 1>general ship you know, you know, nationwide, it would be oh,

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<v Speaker 1>we we figured it out, we know how to stabilize

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<v Speaker 1>the country. And then things would sort of go on

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<v Speaker 1>for a while and they'd say, see, things are pretty good,

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<v Speaker 1>and then there'd be some sense of, wait, we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>really made the same kind of gains that we thought

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<v Speaker 1>we would, and oh, now the next one comes in,

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<v Speaker 1>and then and then then the next general or the

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<v Speaker 1>next you know, the next command staff comes and they said, well,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we think we figured this one out. We

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<v Speaker 1>know what to do now, we know how to stabilize Afghanistan,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've we've learned from the past. And then wash rinse, repeat,

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<v Speaker 1>wash rinse, repeat every time, every time you say, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>how exactly, how exactly is that going to get to

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<v Speaker 1>a place of honesty about these things? How are we

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<v Speaker 1>going to know what's really working what's not. That wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>really the goal. The goal was for the I'm talking

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<v Speaker 1>about command staff level now, I'm talking about the people

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<v Speaker 1>that are making the decisions, the very top presidential appointees,

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<v Speaker 1>ambassadors for star generals, a lot of careerism, place of

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<v Speaker 1>sober reality. Afghanistan. Oh, I didn't even tell you what's good.

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<v Speaker 1>They say they've taken Condahar, which is depending on how

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<v Speaker 1>you engage at the second or third largest city in

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<v Speaker 1>the country, certainly a critical city and one that a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of Americans fought very hard to keep out of

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<v Speaker 1>the hands of the Taliban, Kandahar seems will fall. Now

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<v Speaker 1>we're at more than half a dozen provincial capitals in

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<v Speaker 1>the hands of the Taliban. I mean, Kabbal, the capital

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<v Speaker 1>of Afghanistan, is going to be in Taliban hands. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I tweeted today, within thirty to sixty days, it might

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<v Speaker 1>even be. It might even be inside of thirty days.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, thirty to sixty seems like what you're looking at.

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<v Speaker 1>So but maybe maybe in a matter of weeks could

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<v Speaker 1>just fall. Think about it this way. Do you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be part of that last ring of defense around

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<v Speaker 1>Kabble going up against the Taliban? Or you want to

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<v Speaker 1>just say, you know what we lost. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>go back to my village, hide my AK forty seven

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<v Speaker 1>under my bed and hope that they don't know that

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<v Speaker 1>I used to work with the Americans. I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>I think the choice that a lot of Afghans are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be faced with, this choice they're making right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, there's some lessons in this, obviously in

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<v Speaker 1>a military national security side, but I also think they're

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<v Speaker 1>lessons in the on the purely strategic who's in charge?

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you listen to? Side of things? How many

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<v Speaker 1>people do you know that had seen your roles in

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<v Speaker 1>Afghanistan who came forward and said this is hopeless, we

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<v Speaker 1>should we should just get out of this place. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean the answer is very very few, if any. They

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<v Speaker 1>all were saying, oh no, I know how to fix it,

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<v Speaker 1>I know how to fix it. What does that kind

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<v Speaker 1>of remind you of? The experts knew what to do

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<v Speaker 1>except they didn't. Except their incentives were to present themselves

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<v Speaker 1>as experts who had answers. It wasn't about getting it right,

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<v Speaker 1>It wasn't about the mission set. It was about what

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<v Speaker 1>does this look like for me when I come back?

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<v Speaker 1>Am I going to get that board seat at Raytheon?

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<v Speaker 1>Or Am I going to get that Brookings Institute? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>perch make a two hundred and fifty k year to

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<v Speaker 1>show up to a comfortable office and do nothing all

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<v Speaker 1>day at a think tank? Am I going to get that?

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<v Speaker 1>Or is the National Security and Foreign Policy apparatus going

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<v Speaker 1>to be upset with me for speaking difficult truths? I

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<v Speaker 1>think there are real lessons in all this. I think

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<v Speaker 1>there are lessons we have to pay close attention to.

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<v Speaker 1>But Afghanistan, my friends, is is a huge, huge mess.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think that the Taliban is unless we're willing

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<v Speaker 1>to invade, unless we're willing to have a major US

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<v Speaker 1>military presence, go back in there, which I think we're

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<v Speaker 1>clearly not. This government in Afghanistan is not going to last,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll continue to follow this. We'll look at this closely,

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