1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Well, Happy Saturday, everybody. We are sort of combining shows here. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:08,200 Speaker 1: You've got the Tutor Dixon Podcast and the David Rutherford 3 00:00:08,280 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: Show here together this morning. We are gathering together because 4 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 1: we want to talk about everything. But I think first 5 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: and foremost, we have to say happy flag Day and 6 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: happy birthday mister President. 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 2: Who. Yeah, I think, oh absolutely, man. Anybody that's made 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,040 Speaker 2: it to his age seventy nine years old and after 9 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:32,280 Speaker 2: two assassination attempts trying to ruin him for eight years, 10 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 2: that man deserves a hell of a party today for sure. 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 1: And he is going to have one, which I wanted 12 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,280 Speaker 1: to talk to you about because there's been some controversy. 13 00:00:42,280 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: People have come out and said he shouldn't be doing this, 14 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: and I wanted your opinion because I think about this 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: and I think our military has been so destroyed over 16 00:00:52,159 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: the past four years. The Biden administration was so terrible 17 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: to our military. There was no celebration, but it wasn't 18 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:01,840 Speaker 1: even that. It was that they were humiliated. They were 19 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 1: fired for not taking a vaccine. It was diminished. They 20 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: were told that they were better off if they were 21 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:11,119 Speaker 1: trans than if they were out there fighting. I mean, 22 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 1: it was the woke involvement in the military was insane. 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: I think that to me, this is a really significant 24 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,240 Speaker 1: move for President Trump to say we love you, we 25 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 1: honor you, we respect you, we think that you're incredible. 26 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,199 Speaker 2: Oh absolutely. I mean, you know, I served under three 27 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 2: different presidents, right. I served under Clinton in the late 28 00:01:32,200 --> 00:01:35,440 Speaker 2: nineties when I was in the Seal Teams. I served 29 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:39,960 Speaker 2: under you know, George Bush Junior at during nine to eleven, 30 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 2: post nine to eleven, and for black when I was 31 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: at Blackwater. And then I served under Obama when I 32 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: was at the Central Intelligence Agency and you know, Clinton 33 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 2: days we had zero money for training, right, and then 34 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: after nine to eleven, the Golden Conics box opened up 35 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 2: and dablished ourselves and our supreme dominance and control over 36 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 2: different areas in the world. And one of the things 37 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: that always kind of got me was, how come we 38 00:02:09,800 --> 00:02:13,560 Speaker 2: don't do the giant military parades. Why don't we flex 39 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:16,040 Speaker 2: on the world stage like that? Now, some people say 40 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 2: you flex enough by all the different conflicts you're engaging, 41 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:22,040 Speaker 2: But I just think when you flex it for America 42 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:25,680 Speaker 2: in terms of that capacity, it really continues to build morale, 43 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:28,800 Speaker 2: which is at an all time high because of Pete 44 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: and his crew at the Pentagon, but. 45 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: It was at an all time low. And I think 46 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 1: that's the important thing for people to understand. Because you 47 00:02:37,280 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: come from this world, you are a Navy cel, you 48 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: understand what this means. I've watched so many people say, Man, 49 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,400 Speaker 1: we feel like we were crap down. We feel like 50 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 1: we've been less than We feel like we haven't been 51 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: taken care of. And people are mad about the price 52 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 1: tag and they're mad about they say that this is 53 00:02:53,600 --> 00:02:57,640 Speaker 1: something that is dictatorial. It's not about President Trump at all. 54 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,919 Speaker 1: It is about honoring the men and women who. 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 2: Soar I agree, And it's also honoring the American public. Right. 56 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,160 Speaker 2: One of the things that has traditionally been the most 57 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 2: unifying component is the underlying ideology behind meritocracy in the military. 58 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 2: You can go in the military and you can thrive 59 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 2: if you meet a standard, if you orient yourself at 60 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 2: the highest level in teamwork, if you participate in a 61 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 2: selfless way towards the benefits of the American people. Right. 62 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:34,120 Speaker 2: So it's also to paying tribute to that heritage, and 63 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,040 Speaker 2: in a time where a majority of our institutions are 64 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,240 Speaker 2: really in question right now, I think it's a good 65 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,440 Speaker 2: thing to bring back the status of the US military 66 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:43,960 Speaker 2: and its might. 67 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,119 Speaker 1: So I want to get into Israel because we are 68 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: yesterday there was an attack. 69 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 3: I guess it was really for us. 70 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: It was Thursday night, it was throughout the night and 71 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,720 Speaker 1: into Friday morning. We are watching as Israel bombed what 72 00:04:00,800 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 1: was it seven targets in Iran? 73 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:05,680 Speaker 2: It was quite a few. The biggest thing was the 74 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: people they took out. Right, you had the supreme Commander, 75 00:04:09,760 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: the second highest commander, you had the head of the 76 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 2: aerospace unit, and then you had three major nuclear scientists 77 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: that were taken out and so and then the tod's 78 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 2: facility was significantly impacted. Now what that battle damage report is, 79 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 2: we don't have conclusive evidence yet, but we do know 80 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: that the strategic nature was a mission success. 81 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: So I was telling you I was on Newsmax this 82 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 1: morning and I was kind of taken by surprise because 83 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,279 Speaker 1: there's like, oh, there's these MAGA influencers who are not 84 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: happy with the president over this, and I'm like, what 85 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: in the what is happening. First of all, this was 86 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:58,320 Speaker 1: Israel's choice. They decided to do this. They suffered a 87 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: horrific attack on Aober seventh, and I think that people 88 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: cannot forget that the number of people who died in 89 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,279 Speaker 1: Israel on October seventh would be the equivalent equivalent of 90 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 1: like thirty thousand Americans dying. Do you think that if 91 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: that happened on US soil, which it could, based on 92 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,440 Speaker 1: the fact that we've had open borders and we don't 93 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: know who's in this country, that America would stand by 94 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:21,440 Speaker 1: and do nothing. 95 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 2: Well, No, America didn't stand by. It happened on nine 96 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,600 Speaker 2: to eleven. I mean, when you look at the combined 97 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:31,200 Speaker 2: impact of not only the people who died that day, 98 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 2: but the effects of the cancer and the impact on 99 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,159 Speaker 2: the cleanup reports suicides that I mean, that's a significant number. 100 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 2: And as a result, what did we do? We went 101 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,800 Speaker 2: to war for essentially twenty years, right. I think what 102 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:50,799 Speaker 2: you're having is you're having a backlash because the president 103 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:54,919 Speaker 2: ran on a whole position of peace and he said 104 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 2: that this I am going to be the president of 105 00:05:57,839 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 2: all time peace, no mayor nore, no more conflicts, no 106 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 2: more wars. And I think what a lot of these 107 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,360 Speaker 2: people who believe that, in particular a large group of 108 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 2: my generation of g Watt fighters, you know, they don't 109 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:14,839 Speaker 2: they they they went over and now what we know 110 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:18,560 Speaker 2: about what Iraq and why we went, you know, that's questionable. 111 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,919 Speaker 2: And so I think what people are backlashing at is 112 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:24,440 Speaker 2: to say, hey, you said one thing, and now there's 113 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: something else. Now it was it did come out that 114 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 2: Rubio said that America did not participate in this in 115 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 2: any capacity. This was an independent operation conducted what was 116 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:43,080 Speaker 2: it was called the operation right Raising Lion and Rising Lion. 117 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:46,440 Speaker 2: And you know, I think what you have is a 118 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: very destabilized region, and what people are afraid of is 119 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 2: that it continues to destabilize in somehow, some way, We're 120 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:57,719 Speaker 2: going to find ourselves in another hot war in the 121 00:06:57,720 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 2: Middle East. And I think that's where the pushback is 122 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 2: coming from. 123 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 1: Well, this is not a region that I mean, it's 124 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:08,360 Speaker 1: not like the United States and Donald Trump has been negotiating. 125 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,600 Speaker 1: He said he'd give him sixty days and he wanted 126 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: them to nuclearize. We know that there's weapons there. I mean, 127 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:19,360 Speaker 1: I know, you talk about going in for going into 128 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: a rock. The weapons of mass destruction may not have 129 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 1: actually been there, but we know that they are working 130 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 1: on nuclear weapons. 131 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 3: We know they have nuclear sites. 132 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: We know that Israel believes that they would be the 133 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: target and it's not as though they've hidden this. I 134 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,080 Speaker 1: mean the Ayahtola and the Supreme Leader whatever he is, 135 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: he's out there tweeting every day that he wants to 136 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 1: take them out, the Zionist regime, that's what he calls them. 137 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: Well, it's not just he's not just profess taking out Israel, 138 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 2: but he's professed taking out America American interests as well. 139 00:07:53,360 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 2: And they do have a significant arsenal. You know, the 140 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 2: last reports from the Atomic Energy Agency reports that we're 141 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 2: at about sixty percent uranium capacity, very easily taking that 142 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 2: up to ninety with a stockpile about two hundred and 143 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 2: seventy four kilograms and up to which could drive up 144 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 2: to ninety two and that's enough further to and rich 145 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 2: about ten nuclear bombs. Now. You know, when I was 146 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 2: at Blackwater back in the day, I worked on a 147 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 2: project where we were helping to design a kind of 148 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 2: a reconnaissance maritime reconnaissance thing out of Azerbijan in conjunction 149 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,400 Speaker 2: with their military to observe Russian and Iranian ships going 150 00:08:36,440 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 2: back and forth in the CASPI and c and so 151 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:42,920 Speaker 2: this is and if you really want to dig deep, 152 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 2: go back you and you read the former reports on 153 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 2: aq Khan, which was the person who really started global 154 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: nuclear proliferation by selling Pakistan's nuclear secrets all over the place, 155 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 2: many of which went to Iran, which really began their 156 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 2: robut nuclear capacity and development. Now, the other aspect is 157 00:09:04,920 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 2: you have to understand what i RAN's delivery systems are right, 158 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 2: and so you've got a ballistic arsenal like the Shabab three, 159 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 2: which can carry nuclear warheads with ranges up to two 160 00:09:16,840 --> 00:09:21,920 Speaker 2: thousand kilometers covering Israel and US bases in Iraq, Qutar 161 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 2: and beyond. You know, when you start to think about 162 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 2: the magnitude and some people say they have, you know, 163 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 2: like three to four thousand of these missiles. I tried 164 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 2: to do a deep dive in research on how many 165 00:09:35,440 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 2: drones they have right with long range capacity, and it 166 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 2: just couldn't couldn't. It didn't even know. It was like 167 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,560 Speaker 2: they have thousands of different types of drones that have 168 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 2: up to seven hundred kilometer range. Right now, The last 169 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 2: little point that I want to put out toutor is 170 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:56,199 Speaker 2: that if you don't think that American personnel are in jeopardy, 171 00:09:56,240 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 2: then think again. Rough estimates there are somewhere between fifty 172 00:10:00,840 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 2: and around forty five to fifty thousand troops in the 173 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: Middle East, with main bases right in Katar, main bases 174 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,600 Speaker 2: in Bahrain and Kuwait and Iraq. 175 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,160 Speaker 1: Right we also, I want to stop you for a 176 00:10:14,160 --> 00:10:17,200 Speaker 1: second because think about how significant that statement is that 177 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 1: you just made. When the person who was running against 178 00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 1: Donald Trump said well, we don't have anybody out there 179 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: right now. 180 00:10:23,520 --> 00:10:26,880 Speaker 2: That video killed me man and the members the Marines, 181 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 2: and they turn around, they're like, what a we you know, 182 00:10:30,760 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: And that's the thing. I think also that the American 183 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 2: public in the backlash is trying to say, hey, listen, 184 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 2: And that's the thing. I think also that the American 185 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 2: public in the backlash is trying to say, hey, listen, 186 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,120 Speaker 2: you know, we have to be careful as this thing escalates, right, 187 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:57,199 Speaker 2: And yes, Israel is every day at an existential reality 188 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 2: for sure. Hands down. What I find interest is some 189 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:04,720 Speaker 2: of the immediate responses from the Egyptians, from the Turks, 190 00:11:04,800 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 2: from you know, all the surrounding areas which have come 191 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,560 Speaker 2: out and said this is bull Israel didn't have the right, 192 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 2: it's unprovoked, all of that, and so you know, for me, 193 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 2: what I'm praying for is peace across the board always. 194 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,599 Speaker 2: I don't want to see any more US personnel. I 195 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 2: don't want to see any more Israelis killed, you know. 196 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 2: And but you know, there's also a significant number of 197 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,959 Speaker 2: civilians that have been annihilated in the in the Middle 198 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 2: East in the last twenty four twenty five years as well. 199 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 2: So what hopefully the strikes were so profound that they 200 00:11:38,360 --> 00:11:43,880 Speaker 2: had a deeply impactful thing and really set the Iranian 201 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,040 Speaker 2: nuclear program back by let's call it, let's twenty years 202 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 2: or more, hopefully. 203 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 3: Do you think it sets them back militarily? 204 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 1: But I mean, if I'm looking at this as I 205 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: am from the United States, and I go, okay, they 206 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 1: they poked the band. There's no question the bear was poked, 207 00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:06,320 Speaker 1: and they're very angry. We are being told by experts 208 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 1: that it usually takes a few weeks for Ron to 209 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:12,679 Speaker 1: react to this, to something like this. What kind of 210 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:15,440 Speaker 1: weapons do I mean? Did they hit enough to really 211 00:12:15,559 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: damage them? Or is this something that is going to 212 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 1: become very ugly? 213 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, it absolutely is. I mean they responded with immediate 214 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 2: one hundred drones and response. And don't forget you know, 215 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,600 Speaker 2: there was an attack on October first of twenty twenty four, 216 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:34,439 Speaker 2: where they launched about two hundred ballistic missiles in two ways, 217 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 2: targeting sites in Israel. Right now, is operation true promise 218 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 2: the second? So they're going to respond, There's no doubt. 219 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:45,120 Speaker 2: They've already said it. They're going to respond significantly. They've 220 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 2: said they're going to respond to a US military basis 221 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 2: to the which you know, Trump you know, obviously set 222 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 2: up if you attack our bases, We're going to drop 223 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:56,320 Speaker 2: the hammer on you, as he should. For sure. The 224 00:12:56,480 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 2: question that I would you really have to think about, 225 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,600 Speaker 2: and this is the strategic initiative that is really I 226 00:13:03,640 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 2: think a component that is the scariest for me. You know, 227 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 2: what was it last year, the year before I Ran 228 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 2: did a four hundred billion dollar oil deal with China. 229 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:14,959 Speaker 2: Right if now all of a sudden in China and 230 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 2: futures commodities, you know, oil prices went up about one 231 00:13:19,400 --> 00:13:23,319 Speaker 2: percent globally just today. Now, if that continues to rise, 232 00:13:23,440 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 2: it's going to have an impact on China's ability to 233 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:30,240 Speaker 2: potentially get their oil, which then they could facilitate what 234 00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:35,320 Speaker 2: uh supersonic missiles into into Iran because they have a 235 00:13:35,400 --> 00:13:40,360 Speaker 2: direct route that comes through Afghanistan. Into uh into Herad 236 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 2: and into Iran, so they can supply missiles uh I. 237 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:48,679 Speaker 2: Certainly Russia has the capacity to supply arms and missile 238 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,680 Speaker 2: missile systems as well too, So you know what you're 239 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 2: looking at is a global escalation potentially. 240 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 1: Now I will say there, I want to just say 241 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: when when I was campaigning, I met with a few 242 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: different generals and we were talking about the impact of 243 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: China back then, and they said, You've got to understand, 244 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: Americans see this as dealing with a world leader similar 245 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: to the president of the United States. But that's not 246 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:19,480 Speaker 1: the culture. That's not how they think the death and 247 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: war and all those things. They see it very differently. 248 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: They are radicals. I think I want to go back 249 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,440 Speaker 1: to what you said about people being upset because Donald 250 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:30,600 Speaker 1: Trump said he would be the no war president. He 251 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: came in and he said, I'm going to negotiate with Putin. 252 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: He has come out and he's been totally honest with 253 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: the American people. He's doing things I don't like. He's 254 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 1: not negotiating. This is a problem. Same situation with Iran 255 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:46,680 Speaker 1: right now. But this is to me on the outside 256 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 1: looking in. Obviously I'm not in these conversations. I see 257 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: this connection between Iran and China. I see the connection 258 00:14:52,800 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: between China and Russia. This isn't looking great. 259 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 2: No, And you know, the one thing that we always 260 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:02,760 Speaker 2: had going for him, And there's a couple of great 261 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,480 Speaker 2: military people have written some incredible books. There was an 262 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 2: author Graham, who wrote a book about, you know, China's 263 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:14,320 Speaker 2: rising in terms of their militaristic and economic prowess against 264 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 2: American might and what that conflict in the future would 265 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 2: would look like. But what what what you have is 266 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: is you don't want to drive all of these people together. 267 00:15:24,400 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 2: And that's what we saw with the New Bricks Alliance, 268 00:15:27,440 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 2: right and and them trying to start their own currency 269 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 2: and their own uh market, UH community, and and and 270 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 2: that creates a major shift in our what global prowess economically, 271 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:46,000 Speaker 2: certainly militaristically, we're the most dominant military on the planet. 272 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: Nobody's even closed right now China is you know producing 273 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 2: what Seawn. You know, my best friend Seawan had a 274 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 2: guy on recently, a former Navy Seal Team six guy 275 00:15:56,000 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 2: who's getting contracts to build autonomous like drone bow for 276 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 2: the US military. And the numbers that he was rattling 277 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:08,480 Speaker 2: off or staggering how rapidly China's military is improving. 278 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: Their navy is the largest in the world when it 279 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: comes to battleships, and I mean they're not trained like ours, 280 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,200 Speaker 1: and their equipment is not the same as ours, so 281 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 1: you need to understand the difference. But they are larger, 282 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: and they are their ports are getting ever closer to 283 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 1: the United States. And that is the caution that we 284 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,560 Speaker 1: have been talking about for years, and it's something that 285 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,760 Speaker 1: people don't really want to talk about. I think it's 286 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:37,080 Speaker 1: also important to note that this situation with Putin and China, 287 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 1: remember what was it was it twenty three or twenty 288 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 1: two when they came together and they said they're looking 289 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: for a new world order. The future will be different 290 00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:50,320 Speaker 1: with them together. Joe Biden was allowing I don't know 291 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,680 Speaker 1: if he was not there or what it was, but 292 00:16:52,720 --> 00:16:54,640 Speaker 1: whatever the administration was. 293 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 2: Allowing this blancoln for sure, Yeah, for sure, I'm with you. 294 00:16:58,880 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: I agree, you know, and I think as you when 295 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 2: you start to look at strategic global alliances, Obviously America 296 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 2: and Israel have been tied at the hip from nineteen 297 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: sixty s. Probably even you could go back from nineteen 298 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:17,080 Speaker 2: forty eight with Israel's inception, right, and even before that 299 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 2: you could argue as well. You know, I think what 300 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 2: you have is you have two things taking place right now. 301 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:31,959 Speaker 2: You have a shift in militaristic and global powers taking 302 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 2: place between the unification of Russia at China Iran in 303 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:41,800 Speaker 2: South Africa, right, and you have also a glowing rise 304 00:17:42,080 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 2: in socialism that's kind of sweeping the world as well too. 305 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,720 Speaker 2: Look at South America right now, pretty much the only 306 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:54,520 Speaker 2: democracy down there is Paraguay. So I think what's happening 307 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,879 Speaker 2: is there's a shift, there's a paradigm shift. So what 308 00:17:58,920 --> 00:18:01,679 Speaker 2: do you do. You have to reac establish your military 309 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,359 Speaker 2: might in those moments, and I think that's what's taking 310 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 2: place right now. 311 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,000 Speaker 1: Well, we will see how this weekend goes. We'll see 312 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 1: what goes on today. We again wish the President a 313 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: very happy birthday. 314 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:14,320 Speaker 3: Today. 315 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,480 Speaker 1: We wanted to get to what's happening with the whole 316 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:21,159 Speaker 1: what are these riots called again the no Kings protests, 317 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: which we know we're going to be riots. We're going 318 00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:25,920 Speaker 1: to follow those throughout the weekend. So I would love 319 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 1: to get together again next week and we can talk 320 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 1: about those. So we'll try to plan that but I 321 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: also want to say to everybody who's listening, if you 322 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: liked this, leave us some comments, let us know that 323 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:38,240 Speaker 1: you liked this, and we can try to continue putting 324 00:18:38,280 --> 00:18:40,879 Speaker 1: something like this together for you. So it's a combination 325 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 1: of the David Rutherford Show and the Tutor Dixon podcasts. 326 00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:47,320 Speaker 1: We'll both put it out. You can find us anywhere 327 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts. We're both in the Clay and 328 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: Buck podcast network on iHeart. So I appreciate you all 329 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,120 Speaker 1: listening to us. And I don't know, David, if there's 330 00:18:55,119 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: anything else you want to add about where people can 331 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 1: find it. 332 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 2: Same thing. You know, all podcasts areas all social media 333 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 2: at David Rutherford Show, same same, same, and Tutor. I 334 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,159 Speaker 2: just it's such a privilege coming on with you. I 335 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:12,159 Speaker 2: really enjoy our conversations. And uh, let's just hope this 336 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:14,840 Speaker 2: gets this, it doesn't escalate. 337 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:18,639 Speaker 1: Yep, we'll keep well, we will keep praying all weekend 338 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:21,679 Speaker 1: and we'll just keep everybody over there in Israel in 339 00:19:21,720 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 1: the Middle East in our prayers. So and thank you 340 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:25,960 Speaker 1: all for listening, and I hope we all have a 341 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: blast weekend.