1 00:00:02,759 --> 00:00:04,800 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Numbers Game with Ryan Grodski. Thank you 2 00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:07,320 Speaker 1: guys for being here. I'm so happy to be with 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: you all. I took a bit of a longer weekend 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 1: and pre recorded my Monday episode on Thursday, thinking nothing 5 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: big is going to happen, and I'm so glad that 6 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,639 Speaker 1: ended up being the case. But this happens all the time. 7 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: When I tried to take a vacation or a break, 8 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:25,759 Speaker 1: something happens in the world and it blows up. And 9 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: this is why I have to stay being the workaholic 10 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 1: that I am. So Obviously the US went to war 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,560 Speaker 1: with Iran, or it's not a formal declaration of war 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 1: lack of a better term, it's a war. 13 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 2: Right Trump is called on for regime change. 14 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:43,919 Speaker 1: And we the bombing campaign has obviously happened, and I'm 15 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:46,479 Speaker 1: really glad. Actually I didn't record on Monday. I'm glad 16 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: that we took a little time because there was too 17 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:53,240 Speaker 1: much chaos to really get a firm grasp on the details. 18 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,000 Speaker 1: And I think I understand the situation much better now 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 1: based on reporting and comments that have come out from 20 00:01:00,280 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 1: politicians and from members of the Trump administration and some 21 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 1: really good journalism. So I'm going to withhold hot takes 22 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 1: right now, and I want to give straight reporting because 23 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: there is genuine confusion as to why we are bombing Iran. 24 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: I don't think that, I don't think the administration is 25 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: on a very good job communicating it. So I want 26 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 1: to really give you just the straight talking points. First, 27 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: the United States has been trying to negotiate with the 28 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:31,680 Speaker 1: Iranian regime over their ballistic missile capabilities for months, using 29 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: Jared Kushner and Steve Wikoff as our representatives to absolutely 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: no avail. Trump was getting very annoyed by the situation 31 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,679 Speaker 1: and no products was happening, and not only was it 32 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,200 Speaker 1: really not going anywhere, but the Iranians and gave Kushner 33 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: and Wikoff a seventh page proposal talking about nuclear enrichment. 34 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 1: So they were very much waving in their face that 35 00:01:54,360 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: we're not even not only are you not going to 36 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:58,240 Speaker 1: get any concessions out of us, but we're looking at 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: nuclear proliferation. To The York Times, the Americans still wanted 38 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:05,160 Speaker 1: the Iranians to commit to zero enrichment and propose giving 39 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 1: him a free nuclear fuel for civil nuclear program, but 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: the Iranians refused. A US official set after the talks ended, 41 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:16,440 Speaker 1: mister Wikoff and mister Kushner told mister Trump they did 42 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 1: not think a deal could be reached. 43 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 2: That was happening for months. 44 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 1: About a month ago, the US military began repositioning personnel 45 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:28,520 Speaker 1: across the Middle East, and eleven hours before the bombing, 46 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 1: President Trump spoke to reporters and said that Iran should 47 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:33,760 Speaker 1: make a deal over the ballistic missile program, saying the 48 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: US has been playing with them for forty seven years 49 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: and it's too long now. What also happened behind the 50 00:02:40,040 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 1: scenes was there was personal lobbying going on on the 51 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: heart of on the part of the Israeli government and 52 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: the Saudi Arabian government, pressuring Trump to strike Iran. According 53 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: to the Washington Post, American intelligence saw no imminent direct 54 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 1: throughout to the American homeland, but foreign intelligence that Iran 55 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: could destabilize the Rea and lead to a broader war. 56 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: According to The New York Times, Nettan Yahoo met with 57 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: President Trump personally at the White House, lobbing with him 58 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:09,720 Speaker 1: for over three hours. 59 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 3: Now. 60 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: According to New York Times, few people inside the White 61 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,919 Speaker 1: House voice opposition to the strikes, including Vice President JD Vance, 62 00:03:16,000 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: a longstanding critic of endless roars. According to reports, Vance 63 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: that the Trump should go big and go fast. While 64 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: the White House didn't reach out to Congress, this is a. 65 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:29,400 Speaker 2: Very important detail. 66 00:03:29,919 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 1: While Congress did not reach out to Congress as a whole, 67 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,600 Speaker 1: they did reach out to the Gang of Eight on 68 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 1: February twenty fourth. That includes the Speaker of the House, 69 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: the majority leader of the Senate, the minority of leader 70 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:42,880 Speaker 1: of both the House and Senate, the chair of a 71 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: permanent Select Committee of Intelligence, the ranking member top that's 72 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: the top minority member of the House Intelligence Committee, the 73 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and the 74 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 1: ranking member of the Senate Intelligence Committee. So Democrats and 75 00:03:55,040 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 1: Republicans in Congress and high ranking positions were told ahead 76 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: of time about the situation. At three thirty eight pm 77 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: on February twenty seventh, military officials received the final to 78 00:04:04,400 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: go to commit Operation Epic Fury. At one am on Saturday, 79 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:12,280 Speaker 1: Israeli and American forces began bombing Iran, killing Supreme Leader 80 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: Aetolo al Ali Kamini. In reaction to the bombing, Iran 81 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,239 Speaker 1: has had retaliatory strikes across many of its neighbors, launching 82 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: more than one thousand drones and missiles into the Gulf 83 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 1: countries and Israel. Iranian allies and Lebanon also launched attacks 84 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: into Israel. The US embassy in Saudi Arabia was one 85 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: of the biggest targets hit create the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, 86 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:39,040 Speaker 1: and Saudi Arabia have all been working to intercept Iranian missiles. 87 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:43,279 Speaker 1: At least six American servicemen so far have been killed 88 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: in the conflict. Now that's the flat details. What has 89 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: been added in contexts from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. 90 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 1: He had a press conference a day ago. His comment 91 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 1: is that the United States I had to act because 92 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: they knew Israel was going to take action with or 93 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: without the United States. And I need you to hear 94 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: this clip because it has gone viral, and I need 95 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: you to remember this clip because I'm going to talk 96 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,320 Speaker 1: about it later. It's very important. Go to clip one. 97 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,799 Speaker 4: States conducted this operation with a clear. 98 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 3: Goal in mind. 99 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 4: I haven't got a chance to see a lot of reporting. 100 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,560 Speaker 3: I don't understand what the confusion is. Let me explain 101 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 3: it to you, and. 102 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,040 Speaker 4: I'll do it once again as clearly as possible. 103 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 3: Perhaps you'll report it that way. 104 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 4: The United States is conducting an operation to eliminate the 105 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,799 Speaker 4: threat of Iran's short range ballistic missiles and the threat 106 00:05:36,839 --> 00:05:39,159 Speaker 4: posed by their navy, particularly. 107 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 3: To enable assets. 108 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 4: That is what it is focused on doing right now, 109 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 4: and it's doing quite successfully. 110 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 3: I'll leave it to the Pentagon and the Department of 111 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 3: War to discuss the tactics behind that and the progress 112 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 3: that's being made. That is the clear objective of this mission. 113 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 4: The second question I've been asked is why now? 114 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,320 Speaker 3: Well, if there's two reasons, why now. 115 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 4: The first is it was abundantly clear that if Iran 116 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,559 Speaker 4: came under attacked by anyone, the United States or Israel 117 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 4: or anyone, they were going to respond and. 118 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 3: Respond against the United States. The orders had. 119 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,039 Speaker 4: Been delegated down to the field commanders. 120 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 3: It was automatic, and in fact it bare. 121 00:06:09,960 --> 00:06:13,599 Speaker 4: To be true, because, in fact, within an hour of 122 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,800 Speaker 4: the initial attack on the Leadership Compound, the missile forces 123 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 4: in the South and in the North for that matter, 124 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:23,400 Speaker 4: had already been activated to launch, in fact, those that 125 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 4: already been prepositioned. The third is the assessment that was 126 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 4: made that if we stood and waited for that attack 127 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:32,680 Speaker 4: to come first before we hit them, we would suffer 128 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 4: much higher casualties and so the President made the very 129 00:06:35,880 --> 00:06:38,320 Speaker 4: wise decision. We knew that there was going to be 130 00:06:38,360 --> 00:06:41,040 Speaker 4: an Israeli action, We knew that that would precipitate an 131 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,720 Speaker 4: attack against American forces, and we knew that if we 132 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 4: didn't preemptibly go after them before they launched those attacks, 133 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 4: we would suffer higher casualties and perhaps even high those killed, 134 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:52,960 Speaker 4: and then we would all be here answering questions about 135 00:06:52,960 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 4: why we knew that and. 136 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:58,359 Speaker 1: Didn't have Now that is a very compelling clips. So 137 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: he's laying out three parts, right. The main part is, 138 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: we knew Iran was building ballistic missiles, and we knew 139 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,800 Speaker 1: that the ballistic missiles would bring onto a larger war. 140 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,080 Speaker 1: We knew that they would they would use their navy 141 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,520 Speaker 1: to block oil transportation, causing spikes and oil and that 142 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: with Israel choosing to launch before they could build these 143 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 1: underground ballistic missiles that we could not get a hold of, 144 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 1: we decided to strike them because they would have struck 145 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: us after Israel to try to stop this production. He 146 00:07:29,360 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 1: also that he knew that when Israel attacked, I want 147 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 1: This is the very important part that the entire Democratic Party, 148 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: critics of transform policy and critics of the war in 149 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:45,440 Speaker 1: general have really leached onto the part and I'm going 150 00:07:45,480 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: to play clip to in one second, the part where 151 00:07:48,200 --> 00:07:51,680 Speaker 1: he says, if the US would have waited to attack, 152 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,640 Speaker 1: we would have waited, Israel would have attacked them, and 153 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: we would have lost more troops. 154 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 2: Play clip too. 155 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 4: There absolutely was an imminent threat, and the imminent was 156 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 4: that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we 157 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 4: believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately come 158 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 4: after us. And we were not going to sit there 159 00:08:08,040 --> 00:08:11,920 Speaker 4: and absorb a blow before we responded, because the Department 160 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 4: of War says that if we did that, if we 161 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:15,560 Speaker 4: waited for them to hit us first after they were 162 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 4: attacked and by someone else Israel attacked them, they hit 163 00:08:18,680 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 4: us first, and we waited for them to hit us, 164 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 4: we would suffer more casualties and more deaths. We went 165 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 4: proactively in a defensive way to prevent. 166 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 3: Them from inflicting higher damage. 167 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:29,559 Speaker 4: Have we not done so, there would have been hearings 168 00:08:29,600 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 4: on Capitol Hill about how we knew that this was 169 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,439 Speaker 4: going to happen and we didn't act preemptily to prevent 170 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 4: more casualties and more loss of life. 171 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: Okay, that was one I'm very happy that someone else 172 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: has just sit there besides me. But two, that was 173 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: very bad messaging. That's I just want to give a 174 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: little commentary of that was a very That clip did 175 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: a lot of damage to the first clip's case, and 176 00:08:54,880 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: that clip has been taken wildly out of context. But 177 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:00,760 Speaker 1: you needed to hear it because I'm going to explain 178 00:09:00,960 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: the third part. That clip gives a suggestion that Israel 179 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 1: made the decision and we followed suit, that we were 180 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: in this war for Israel. There was a third clip 181 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: and this is the last one I'm going to play 182 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: for this for the show, where he said the administration 183 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:19,959 Speaker 1: did not do this because of Israel. They did this 184 00:09:20,080 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 1: because Iran's missiles were about to become immune from American interference. 185 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,840 Speaker 1: That we basically we didn't strike them now, we would 186 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: have no chance to in the future, and they would 187 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 1: have long ranging ballistic missiles that could reach far into 188 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: other allies. 189 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 2: Play clip three. 190 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 4: We thing number one is no matter what ultimately this 191 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 4: operation needed to happen. 192 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,680 Speaker 3: That's the question of why now. But this operation needed 193 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:44,439 Speaker 3: to happen. 194 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 4: Because Iran in about a year or a year and 195 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 4: a half would cross the line of immunity meaning they 196 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,079 Speaker 4: would have so many short range missiles, so many drones 197 00:09:51,240 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 4: that no one could do anything about it because they 198 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 4: could hold the whole world hostage. Look at the damage 199 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 4: they're doing now and this is a weekend Iran. Imagine 200 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 4: a year from now. So that had to Obviously we 201 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:03,520 Speaker 4: were aware of it, really intentions and understood what that 202 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 4: would mean for us, and we had to be prepared to. 203 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 3: Act as a result of it. But this had to 204 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 3: happen no matter what. 205 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 2: Okay, So. 206 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,600 Speaker 1: That was a very good explanation, and I wish it 207 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 1: was in the second one because the second clip, and 208 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:20,600 Speaker 1: we will bring this up again, the second clip gives 209 00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: it's taken out of context, but it gives the notion 210 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,800 Speaker 1: that this war started because Israel decided and we could 211 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 1: not dissuade Israel, when in fact the case was is 212 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: Iran was building these weapons and if we waited any 213 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: longer that they were completely undeterred. If they waited any longer, 214 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 1: we would end up in a situation that we could 215 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,200 Speaker 1: not crawl back from that. Basically, the time was moving 216 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:45,280 Speaker 1: along and we were going to do this anyway. It's 217 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 1: really President bbing at Yah, who was on the Sean 218 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: Hannah Show on Fox, and he said the same thing. 219 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 1: He said, if we didn't strike, we would cross the 220 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: path of no return. I'm going to play the devil's advocate. 221 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: One thing. There have been a lot of people who 222 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,600 Speaker 1: have been critical of the intervention, saying and they've been 223 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:07,320 Speaker 1: confusing the short term range missiles with the nuclear facilities. 224 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,319 Speaker 1: They are not the same thing. We took out the 225 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:12,600 Speaker 1: nuclear facilities in the summer. We did not take out 226 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:17,600 Speaker 1: all their ballistic missiles and short range missiles. I also 227 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,360 Speaker 1: one other thing about BBN Yahoo, who I don't have 228 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: a deep opinion of as a as a leader, but 229 00:11:25,760 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: Israeli intelligence has been warning for decades that Iran was 230 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: going to have a nuclear weapon at any moment, and 231 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,079 Speaker 1: that has never come to pass. So we need to 232 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 1: make it completely clear that Israeli intelligence has not always 233 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: especially when it comes to Ron, been accurate. I think 234 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 1: that's very important. Now there have been very a lot 235 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: of mixed messages coming from the administration. We just saw 236 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: it in the Marko Review clip. He said things. His 237 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: first answer was his best, and then as he was pressed, 238 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: the conversation got a little confusing. And when Morla have 239 00:11:57,840 --> 00:12:01,200 Speaker 1: been speaking, it has become a little more chaotic. Vice 240 00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: President Vance who you know? You know, I worked for him, 241 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,040 Speaker 1: I know him. He served in Iraq. He went on 242 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: Fox News and said that Iran is not Iraq and 243 00:12:08,400 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: not Afghanistan. 244 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: Two point zero. 245 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:14,199 Speaker 1: House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Masshold Katie Pavloch on 246 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:17,720 Speaker 1: NewsNation of News Nation that the mission was set set 247 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,520 Speaker 1: for this operation is literally to seek and destroy any 248 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: piece of military hardware that can reach out and touch 249 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,560 Speaker 1: Americans or our interests in the region. That is a 250 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 1: perfect mission set to respond to the imminent threat that 251 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,760 Speaker 1: Iran has been and that this is not a forever 252 00:12:31,880 --> 00:12:34,720 Speaker 1: war and that regime change is up to the Iranian people. 253 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: That is different than what President Trump's initial address has been. 254 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: When in President Trump gave his initial address, he told 255 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: the around people, your time has come. This is your 256 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:50,360 Speaker 1: chance for regime change. He also suggested that the people 257 00:12:50,440 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 1: who he had hoped to fill to replace the current 258 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,880 Speaker 1: leadership of Iran had been killed in the attacks. Reading 259 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: between the lines, I have no insight information. This is 260 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 1: just my reading between the lines. It makes me suggest 261 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 1: that Israel, when they were doing their bombing campaign, maybe 262 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 1: I had larger targets or more targets than the Americans 263 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 1: assessed for that is real because why would America then 264 00:13:15,760 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: kill who they want to take over and not just 265 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 1: one person because I could see, you know, an accidental casualty. 266 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:24,480 Speaker 1: But basically Trump said every person that he'd hoped to 267 00:13:24,520 --> 00:13:27,120 Speaker 1: take over the country was killed in the attacks. Trump 268 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: is also Trump being classic. Trump has said that he 269 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:34,480 Speaker 1: is you know, ground troops are on the table if necessary. 270 00:13:34,679 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 1: This is what everyone lost their mind. Everyone put their 271 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: hair up on fire. This is what Trump always does. 272 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: Now I'm not saying he won't do this. I'm saying 273 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:48,680 Speaker 1: Trump always says, we will have maximum choices, we will 274 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,559 Speaker 1: do anything that's on the table. I'm not limiting myself 275 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 1: to let opposition know. You're not going to know that 276 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 1: I have a hard ceiling on something or heard out 277 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: on something. I will put everything on the table. I'm 278 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: not particularly worried about ground troops, but I understand why 279 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:07,360 Speaker 1: Trump says it, because it's what he does all the time, 280 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:10,520 Speaker 1: and he negotiates down from the extreme. The US launch 281 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 1: missiles more than two thousand Iranian targets, but the regime 282 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 1: change from air is very difficult. Right to try and 283 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:23,440 Speaker 1: get a regime change by just launching missiles is very, 284 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 1: very hard, and I don't think that's a mistake. I 285 00:14:27,240 --> 00:14:33,320 Speaker 1: think that Trump cares about getting what Wikoff and Kushner 286 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:37,840 Speaker 1: tried to negotiate for. If he gets that from a 287 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: theocrat who's able to work with the United States and Israel, great, 288 00:14:41,520 --> 00:14:43,760 Speaker 1: If he's able to get that through a democracy, great. 289 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,720 Speaker 1: If he's able to get that through any which way 290 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 1: he can get that, he will take that deal. It 291 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: matters a lot less to him. What kind of government 292 00:14:51,880 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 1: is that Iran sets up, then, as long as it's 293 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: one that works with the United States, and he's made 294 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 1: it clear what his conditions are, no enrichment, nobilistic missiles, 295 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:01,920 Speaker 1: and can of short range missiles, and he's willing to 296 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,280 Speaker 1: work with anyone who gives. 297 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:03,720 Speaker 2: Him that deal. 298 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 1: Those are the facts as we understand that entire thing 299 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 1: I just broke down. That's why we went to war. 300 00:15:09,720 --> 00:15:12,080 Speaker 1: That's what the administration has been putting out there as 301 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:14,480 Speaker 1: far as content for what they went to war. 302 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 2: As the build up for the war. Now, let's get back. 303 00:15:17,760 --> 00:15:20,160 Speaker 1: Now, let's get to what people are saying and what 304 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: polling is saying about how Americans feel about that content 305 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: that is coming up next. So I started getting calls 306 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:32,280 Speaker 1: almost immediately from reporters saying, how does a MAGA feel 307 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:34,960 Speaker 1: about this? What's to replicate questions for twenty twenty eight? 308 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 1: How do voters feel? And I have to say I've 309 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:39,960 Speaker 1: always been of the opinion when it comes to foreign 310 00:15:39,960 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: policy intervention that if we take out a bad guy 311 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: with no ground troops minimal to no casualties, Americans in 312 00:15:46,800 --> 00:15:49,520 Speaker 1: general are not going through care, especially the magabase, and 313 00:15:49,560 --> 00:15:54,400 Speaker 1: giving Trump the leeway to do whatever he wants. That's 314 00:15:54,520 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: just how I think the voters feel about these kinds 315 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: of interventions. But the President has taken criticism from people 316 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 1: like Megan Kelly, Matt Walsh, obviously Tucker Carlson, who was 317 00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:08,320 Speaker 1: very critical of any intervention. President Trump says he is 318 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,000 Speaker 1: not phased by the criticisms or by any polling, and 319 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 1: the polling is not great. Rachel Babe from The Huddle 320 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: spoke to President Trump and he said that Magan Kelly, 321 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: Megan Kelly, by the way she said, this isn't our war. 322 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: He said, she needs to study her history books a 323 00:16:22,480 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 1: little bit, he said. Tucker Carlson, who obviously big, big critic, 324 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: said that his criticism had no impact on him. He said, 325 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 1: Trump said this quote. I think Maga is Trump. Maga 326 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: is not the other two, referring to Kelly and Carlson. 327 00:16:37,400 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: Maga wants to see our country thrive and say and 328 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 1: be safe. Maga loves what I'm doing in every aspect 329 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: of it. What do the polls say? Reuter's IPS's poll, 330 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 1: this is an internet poll. They said twenty seven percent 331 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,480 Speaker 1: of Americans approve of the strike, forty three percent is approved. 332 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: That's a lot of undecided right there. This includes fifty 333 00:16:57,400 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 1: five percent of Republicans who support it, thirteen percent who 334 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: do not support it. CNM poll found fifty nine percent 335 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,720 Speaker 1: disapproved of the strike, forty one percent approved. This includes 336 00:17:06,760 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: a quarter of Republicans disapproving of the strike. Washington Post 337 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: SSRs pole they found that thirty nine percent supported the strike, 338 00:17:15,359 --> 00:17:19,480 Speaker 1: fifty two percent opposed. A YUGA poll was an outlined 339 00:17:19,560 --> 00:17:22,399 Speaker 1: or outlier. They sent forty percent supported the strike, thirty 340 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 1: one percent disapproved of it, sixty seven percent supported, in 341 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: nine disapproved. Democrats are almost uniformly opposed to this. I mean, 342 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,879 Speaker 1: it's got everything. They hate Trump, Israel, you name it. 343 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: But Republicans are in large parts supportive because they trust 344 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 1: the president, and the opposition to it probably makes up 345 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,720 Speaker 1: conservatively between ten to twenty percent right now of Republican voters. 346 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:49,520 Speaker 2: That's high. 347 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 1: That's not where Trump was on a lot of other issues. 348 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: That certainly wasn't where Bush was on Iraq or Afghanistan, 349 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 1: or Trump's previous strikes or the Venezuelans. There are a 350 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:04,920 Speaker 1: lot of people who are worried on the right, and 351 00:18:04,960 --> 00:18:10,600 Speaker 1: the left has its marching Orders Democrats who are uniformly 352 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:14,560 Speaker 1: opposing everything that Trump does. They took that that second 353 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:16,879 Speaker 1: clip I played with Marco Rubio, and that one that 354 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:19,080 Speaker 1: I said early on the show very important to remember 355 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:21,120 Speaker 1: it listened to it and by some of the people 356 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:22,600 Speaker 1: on the right are doing as well, and they are 357 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: creating the narrative. This is the narrative you are going 358 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,639 Speaker 1: to hear from people who oppose us. We went to 359 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 1: war for Israel. That is what you're gonna hear. And 360 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: it's not just coming from bloggers, right, These aren't people 361 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: who don't mean anything. Arizona Senator Rubin Gego, a likely 362 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 1: candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, tweeted, what the 363 00:18:41,520 --> 00:18:45,040 Speaker 1: f happened to America? First about the clip, Congressman Sarah 364 00:18:45,160 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: McBride tweeted, this is simply unacceptable. The United States and 365 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: the United States alone gets to decide if whether we 366 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,720 Speaker 1: are going to war, and you better believe Congress must 367 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 1: be part of it. Representative of Primala Japal, who's you know, 368 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: completely mentally deranged, she said, so instead of to meanding 369 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,000 Speaker 1: that Israel not bomb Iran, we let Israel force us 370 00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:05,879 Speaker 1: into a forever war with brave consequences to American lives 371 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: and taxpayers. Represented Joaquin Castro said. Secretary of Rubio's remarks 372 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,880 Speaker 1: indicate that Israel put the US forces in harms by 373 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:16,359 Speaker 1: by insisting on attacking Iran, and the administration was complicit 374 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,960 Speaker 1: joining the war. Instead of talking them Downers Sarah Jacobs, 375 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,760 Speaker 1: Rubio said the quiet. 376 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 2: Part out aloud. 377 00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:26,359 Speaker 1: This is an unnecessary war of choice. Israel forced our hand, 378 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:30,439 Speaker 1: Represented Jim McGovern Rubia's remarks are astonishing. They are no 379 00:19:30,520 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: way an imminent threat, and said not Nennyahu was about 380 00:19:32,960 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: to attack Iran, forcing our hand by putting the US 381 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: troops at risk of retaliation. Representative Lloyd Doggett. Rubio confirms 382 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: that like last year's attack on Iran. Trump was too 383 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 1: weak to tell not Yaho No, as George Bush had done. 384 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:50,720 Speaker 1: A psyche calt Chakra Bardi, who was AOC's mentor, and 385 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 1: he's currently a candidate for Congress. He's very left wing, 386 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 1: but he represents a lot of a progressive believe. He said, 387 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: Trump has decided that Americans must die because Israel wants 388 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:03,679 Speaker 1: war with Iran. Senor Elizabeth Warren Grill, Secretary Colby, and 389 00:20:03,720 --> 00:20:06,439 Speaker 1: she said, and we didn't do this to protect Israel. 390 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: And he said, that was one of our goals. It's 391 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,160 Speaker 1: not those are just elected official Democrats, but it's uniform 392 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: and out of the commentary class. That clip of Rubio 393 00:20:16,680 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 1: is giving them their marching orders, is creating their narrative. 394 00:20:20,359 --> 00:20:22,119 Speaker 1: The pods of America. Guy said this was all for 395 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: Nan Yahoo A Sahil Kapor. He's a senior reporter at 396 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 1: NBC News. He's not a hyperpartisan, but he tweeted Rubio saying, 397 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 1: here the US was, in essence pulled into this war 398 00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:38,080 Speaker 1: by Israel's determination to attack Iran. Hence we went proactively 399 00:20:38,119 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 1: in a defensive way. Dan Turntine, who has been on 400 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: this podcast, very smart Democrat andsult super smart. He tweeted 401 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:48,679 Speaker 1: something I think is worth sharing. He said, so Israel 402 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,880 Speaker 1: was going to attack. Forgive me for losing count as 403 00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:54,639 Speaker 1: his explanation thirteen or fourteen. Now, ambiguity worked in Venezuela 404 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: because the mission lasted for four hours. 405 00:20:56,880 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: If this is not. 406 00:20:57,520 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 1: Successfully concluded soon, there's going to be a shifting rind 407 00:21:00,440 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 1: are going to be a big problem. This is what 408 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 1: rank and file Democrats believe as a response, we went 409 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:07,360 Speaker 1: to war. 410 00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:08,800 Speaker 2: We went to war for Israel. 411 00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,160 Speaker 1: And I know that clip is being taken out of context, 412 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 1: so I played you the third one so you understood it. 413 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:19,000 Speaker 1: But this has had untold damage. And Speaker Johnson and 414 00:21:19,040 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: Senator Racotton all went on television basically saying the same 415 00:21:23,040 --> 00:21:24,920 Speaker 1: thing that Israel was going to attack and we needed 416 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:28,120 Speaker 1: to respond. That is the wrong thing to say, I mean, 417 00:21:28,160 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 1: that is just that is not the approach you want 418 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: to take if you're part of the administration, if you're 419 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,880 Speaker 1: a Republican in Congress. Iran was going to build weapons 420 00:21:36,880 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 1: that we could not reach. It was it going to 421 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: be an imminent threat over the next year to eighteen months, 422 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: And after months and months of negotiation, they said, we 423 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 1: still want nuclear enrichment. So we took out their leader 424 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: after forty seven years of trying to negotiate with them, 425 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: and then posing an exidential threat not just to Israel, 426 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: but to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Qae Kuwait. These are all 427 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 1: nations working to intervene to stop Iranian mission missiles and 428 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: drones from attacking our embassies, our hotels, where our military 429 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,600 Speaker 1: officials are saying. This is the response. Iran was the 430 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,320 Speaker 1: proactive one, and they had a year to eighteen months, 431 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: and we knew the location of the supreme leader, We 432 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: knew the location of the top generals, so we went 433 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 1: after them, injecting Israel as the main actor in the conversation, 434 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,000 Speaker 1: even though obviously Israel and being that you know, lobbied 435 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 1: very heavily for it, even though there was an advantage 436 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 1: for them for this happening. They are the regional opposition 437 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: Iran to Israel. That should have been the response. Make 438 00:22:35,840 --> 00:22:39,159 Speaker 1: it about Iran and the missiles and the bunkers, do 439 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 1: not make it about Israel. In a media environment where 440 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,000 Speaker 1: everything is culpable and everything is made for a TikTok audience, 441 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:48,359 Speaker 1: you can't have clubs clubs like this. 442 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:49,160 Speaker 2: You just can't. 443 00:22:50,040 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 1: My own personal take is this, and I'm going to 444 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 1: be very honest with my audience as I always am. 445 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 1: I am extremely torn. I have so many people in 446 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: my life who are either Persian or Jewish, and they 447 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,359 Speaker 1: were a static over the weekend. My cousin's wife, who 448 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:07,919 Speaker 1: is Persian, who his family had to flee from Iran, 449 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:10,679 Speaker 1: actually broke down into he or she was so happy. 450 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,679 Speaker 1: It's a normal reaction. I am very happy for them. 451 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:16,560 Speaker 1: I cannot imagine what those families have been to been 452 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 1: through with this dictator who destroyed their ancestral homeland, destroyed 453 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:25,440 Speaker 1: their lives because so much suffering, killed tens of thousands 454 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: of his own people, saying that those on the left 455 00:23:27,560 --> 00:23:30,879 Speaker 1: supporting Iran just don't talk about tens of thousands of 456 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 1: people brutally murdered by this regime. This is a brutal 457 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,240 Speaker 1: dictator that was taken out. There should be no sympathy, 458 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 1: and there's been limited. Some college leftists are insane that 459 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:45,159 Speaker 1: they've done it, but there should be no sympathy. This 460 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: was a murderer who, if there is any justice in 461 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,040 Speaker 1: the cosmos, is burning in hell right now. And I 462 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: don't say that lightly. I don't trust Israeli intelligence. They 463 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 1: have been gung ho for military interventions for a very, 464 00:23:59,720 --> 00:24:03,080 Speaker 1: very long time, and they have not always been accurate, 465 00:24:05,560 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: especially when it comes to Iran. Iran is a date destable, 466 00:24:09,400 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: destabilizing actor in the region. They are an ally of China, 467 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 1: and it shows by over the last decade how many 468 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 1: more Middle Eastern countries have been willing to negotiate with Israel, 469 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: especially under Trump's leadership of the United States, than Iran. 470 00:24:24,280 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: Over the last few years, Iran has become more isolated. 471 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: Israel has become I want to say, embraced, but they 472 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 1: have working partnerships. The gods of war did a lot 473 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:34,720 Speaker 1: of damage to that. But before then, with the Piece 474 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:36,840 Speaker 1: of Cords and other things, there's been a lot of 475 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 1: progress made. And yet despite all those things that I 476 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: believe about the Iranian regime being terrible, the dictator being 477 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: a murderous thug, I believe the missiles were being created 478 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,760 Speaker 1: in bunkers. I don't think that was wrong. I don't 479 00:24:51,760 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 1: want a ground war. I don't want an invasion. I 480 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,840 Speaker 1: don't want an America in charge of Iran. I don't 481 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: and I don't believe that this is going to benefit 482 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: Republicans for owning this war. I'm already getting a lot 483 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: of questions if this war goes well. I talked to 484 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,919 Speaker 1: a report today. If this war goes well, would it 485 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 1: help Republicans in the fall? 486 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 2: The answer is no. Look at what happened in Venezuela. 487 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 2: It was flawless. 488 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: It was in our hemisphere, It was perfectly executed, it 489 00:25:17,560 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 1: was brilliant, and it did absolutely nothing for the President 490 00:25:22,200 --> 00:25:25,119 Speaker 1: and the GOP for the midterms. This is not going 491 00:25:25,160 --> 00:25:27,600 Speaker 1: to change when it comes to the conflict that has 492 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: already cost American lives. America is a war weary country, 493 00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 1: and a lot of people elected Trump because he was 494 00:25:35,560 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: the only Republican willing to say that the Iraq war 495 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:41,840 Speaker 1: was a mistake. I also think this war is going 496 00:25:41,880 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 1: to terror is going to be terrible as far as 497 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: public opinion in the United States, and I think it's 498 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: going to be horrible for Israel. By the way, those 499 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: clips of Rubio are already gone viral. Millions of people have 500 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 1: seen them. I don't think there is any way Israel 501 00:25:59,520 --> 00:26:02,720 Speaker 1: walks It's public opinion back for the time being. It's 502 00:26:02,800 --> 00:26:04,720 Speaker 1: just it's sinking like a rock. And I'm a big 503 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,520 Speaker 1: support of Israel, but I have a question in my mind, 504 00:26:09,680 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 1: and maybe I shouldn't ask this out loud, but I will. 505 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 1: I have a question in my mind if the leadership 506 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: Israel believes that this is the last administration that is 507 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,280 Speaker 1: going to have a fable relationship with them, so they 508 00:26:20,320 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 1: need to go big. I question if that's really why 509 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,119 Speaker 1: they're pressing Trump. Is they think whoever follows Republican or 510 00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: Democrat will not be as favorable to them as Trump. 511 00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:29,160 Speaker 2: Is right now. 512 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: And I do worry about a long, prolonged war. I 513 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: worry about terror cells who may live in the United States. 514 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: We've already had an act of terrorism in this country 515 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,200 Speaker 1: where three Americans lives were stolen by this savage who 516 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:44,040 Speaker 1: came to our country legally. Ted Cruz said that he 517 00:26:44,119 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 1: loves legal immigration while he was legally he came here 518 00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:49,639 Speaker 1: legally from Sengal, and then he murdered three Americans in 519 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 1: ten Cruise Estate. And we've lost six Americans in the 520 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,800 Speaker 1: military so far. I don't want any more Americans killed. 521 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 1: And I'm crushed the number of innocent children and around 522 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 1: being killed right now. This war is horrific, period and 523 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 1: it's always the last thing that we should do. And 524 00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: I'm afraid that we are going to be entrenched in 525 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 1: a war we can't pull back from in just a 526 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: week or two weeks, or three weeks or four and 527 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: that this becomes the entire identity of Trump's second term, 528 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:23,560 Speaker 1: and that will affect obviously Republicans going forward, that will 529 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,880 Speaker 1: affect the country as a whole going forward. And sometimes 530 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 1: you may say, this is not Afghanistan or Iraq, but 531 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,679 Speaker 1: you might not have a choice. You can't put the 532 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 1: toothpaste back in the tube. You just it can't. So 533 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:40,480 Speaker 1: I worry about that. I worry about how long you 534 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:42,640 Speaker 1: run is going to hold out for in a bombing campaign, 535 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:45,679 Speaker 1: and if they're going to call terror cells throughout the region, 536 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,920 Speaker 1: throughout the country, throughout the countries of the world, and 537 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: say now's our time, go after every Christian, every Jew, 538 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:57,000 Speaker 1: every American that you possibly can, and try to create 539 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,480 Speaker 1: mass casualties and try to target soft targets in the States. 540 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:02,800 Speaker 1: That's my thought, and I really pray for a quick 541 00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: resolution and hopefully this comes at an end fast and 542 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: in the best way possible for the United States and 543 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,199 Speaker 1: our allies abroad. That was the whole sort of of Iran. 544 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: I really went into this week preparing to talk about 545 00:28:16,960 --> 00:28:19,359 Speaker 1: the election in Texas. The primary I'm going to I 546 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 1: want to cover that in depth coming up. The election 547 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,320 Speaker 1: was obviously yesterday, but where as of the taping, I 548 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,160 Speaker 1: don't know the results yet because it's late at night. 549 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 1: So I will cover that for the Friday episode. And 550 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,439 Speaker 1: I have a lot of big topics to get to you. 551 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,879 Speaker 1: I have also a takedown of a horrible politician I 552 00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:36,120 Speaker 1: cannot wait to present to you, guys. I think that 553 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:39,760 Speaker 1: that's becoming my niche in the podcast universes, these deep 554 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:43,000 Speaker 1: dives of terribly corrupt politicians. This one's a Democrat. I've 555 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: done two three on Republicans. This one's a Democrat. I'm 556 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 1: going to really put this one to the to the 557 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: old you know, political analysis meat grinder, and really go 558 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: in on what they're doing. That is pretty horrific. Okay, 559 00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: next up is Ask Me Anything. 560 00:28:58,640 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 2: Stay tuned. 561 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:04,920 Speaker 1: Now signer Ask Me Anything the part of the Ask 562 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: Me Anything segment. Email me Ryan at Numbers Gamepodcast dot com. 563 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:11,360 Speaker 1: That's Ryan at Numbers Plural Numbers Gamepodcast dot com. I 564 00:29:11,440 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 1: love these questions. I have a couple in the docket, 565 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 1: not many, so I will get to your questions fairly 566 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: quickly if you send them to me. This first one 567 00:29:19,000 --> 00:29:21,760 Speaker 1: comes from Weston. He says, Hi, I hope you're doing well. 568 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 2: Thanks Weston. 569 00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: I wanted to reach out and ask you if you 570 00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,680 Speaker 1: have a sense of the chances that the Virginia redistricting 571 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:28,920 Speaker 1: effort will succeed. I have been trying to follow it, 572 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 1: but I'm not sure how likely it will move forward 573 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,760 Speaker 1: given the pushback from the judicial system. I'm also wondering 574 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 1: if you know any organizations that are actively working to 575 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:38,600 Speaker 1: stop it, and am I worth supporting, either financially or 576 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 1: through volunteering if there are groups you think are specially 577 00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:45,560 Speaker 1: effective and reputable. I really appreciate hearing your thoughts on 578 00:29:45,600 --> 00:29:48,320 Speaker 1: the podcast. Thanks Weston. So this is a great question. 579 00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of back and forth with the 580 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: judges and the courts, but ultimately a Virginia Circuit Court 581 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 1: judge essentially a rule that they can go ahead and 582 00:29:56,280 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: start the voting, and the election begins. Early voting begins 583 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:03,440 Speaker 1: on Friday. I mean, it's not like early voting begins 584 00:30:03,480 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: in six months. And there's a bunch of other court hearings, 585 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:10,360 Speaker 1: and I don't know if even if the Supreme Court 586 00:30:10,440 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 1: gets involved and rules that it's unconstitutional the way that 587 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: they did it, there's probably no way to stop the 588 00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,600 Speaker 1: election from happening. They might do that after the election, 589 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 1: but the election is going to happen. So the most 590 00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: important thing is to do for Conservatives is to win 591 00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 1: the election. The election begins early, voting begins Friday. The 592 00:30:28,280 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: entire election happens on April twenty first. For Virginia listeners 593 00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 1: who want to vote, you have it on April twenty 594 00:30:34,800 --> 00:30:37,600 Speaker 1: first to make your voices heard on that. So far, 595 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:39,840 Speaker 1: from what I'm seeing, Democrats are investing in a lot 596 00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 1: of money. They spend ten million dollars in the House 597 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,240 Speaker 1: Majority Forward, nine million from the Fairness Project, and one 598 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:48,320 Speaker 1: million from American Opportunity Action. I newly create a liberal 599 00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:53,160 Speaker 1: dark money group. I don't know of any Republican efforts 600 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:55,760 Speaker 1: as of yet in a united front, and I'm not 601 00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: saying they won't, but I don't know it as of now, 602 00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,200 Speaker 1: and my best but as far as organizations go, is 603 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:05,000 Speaker 1: I know several Republican congressmen are putting up a bye. 604 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: My best bet to you would be to reach out 605 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: to your Republican congressman, the one nearest to you and 606 00:31:10,760 --> 00:31:13,200 Speaker 1: ask them how they how you can get involved. I'd 607 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:17,480 Speaker 1: also call your county Republican organization and ask how you 608 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,800 Speaker 1: would get involved. I don't know of any I've reached 609 00:31:19,840 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: out to some people in Virginia that I know, asking 610 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 1: what they should do, who they should call. I haven't 611 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:27,280 Speaker 1: heard back yet, but when I do, I will. I 612 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 1: will let you guys know, and I will say one 613 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 1: thing I know. California was very one sided, you know 614 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:36,440 Speaker 1: for Democrats. The polling in Virginia is not as extreme. 615 00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:38,840 Speaker 1: There was a Rono College poll up found only forty 616 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,080 Speaker 1: four percent of Virginia supported the redistricting effort, fifty two 617 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:45,680 Speaker 1: percent opposed it. There was another Christopher Newport University poll 618 00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: up found fifty one percent supported it forty three percent. 619 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,920 Speaker 1: That's a very tight pole. Anything could happen, so it's 620 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: really not worth giving up on. Okay, next question comes 621 00:31:56,560 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: from Andrew answered this a long email voter ID. So 622 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to the question part where he says, 623 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 1: what are your thoughts about messaging going on around voter 624 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:12,000 Speaker 1: ID and the misinformation on how you see it? So, look, 625 00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: a voter IDA is wildly popular, It's insanely popular. There's 626 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: really no controversy around it. It is all made up 627 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: as all artificials, all Democrats not wanting to have voter ID, 628 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 1: and it's just the Democratic Party is one sided on this. 629 00:32:28,840 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 1: They don't want voter ID. Why they say it's racist, 630 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:38,920 Speaker 1: but I mean, anyone, I don't know. It's not impossible 631 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:41,840 Speaker 1: for black Americans to get an ID. This is the 632 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 1: same that party that's trying to get illegals to vote, 633 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,360 Speaker 1: that's trying to add people to voter rolls, you to 634 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:50,040 Speaker 1: get college kids to register to vote where their dorms are. 635 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:52,440 Speaker 1: I mean, you could read between the lines. That is 636 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,600 Speaker 1: why they don't want voter ID. But on messaging Americans, 637 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: it's not even a close issue. It's like eighty ten 638 00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:01,560 Speaker 1: on the side of ID. So I only it's a 639 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 1: problem messaging. It's a question of you know, do they 640 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 1: want to do this six months before a midtrium if 641 00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 1: the say back was that important? Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell, 642 00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,000 Speaker 1: although he was there, he wouldn't support it. But maybe 643 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,640 Speaker 1: John Thunne should have put this forward on day one 644 00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: when the public had two years to consume it would 645 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,680 Speaker 1: it wouldn't have been as politically toxic they put this 646 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 1: forward very late because republic Motives care about it a lot. 647 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: But it's gonna be very hard to pass. Okay, last questions, 648 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: my old buddy Peter Foma. Peter says, I know you 649 00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 1: have a ton of free time. That's a joke. I 650 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: don't have a ton of free time. I wish it did. 651 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:38,640 Speaker 1: But I wonder if you read the book A Better 652 00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:41,240 Speaker 1: Life by Lionel Schreiver. It's excellent and you may know 653 00:33:41,440 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 1: and interested her. I love Lionel Schreiber. She's an amazing, 654 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:48,080 Speaker 1: amazing author. There we need to talk about. Kevin was great. 655 00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: The Mandibles, which is a book about the economic collapse 656 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:54,200 Speaker 1: of America, was a book that kept me up for 657 00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,520 Speaker 1: three days until I finished reading reading it. 658 00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 2: It was incredible. 659 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,720 Speaker 1: Her best book was The Mandibles, though, when need to 660 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,920 Speaker 1: talk about Kevin is a much more critically acclaimed book. 661 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:06,280 Speaker 2: And more well read. I have not read it yet. 662 00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,120 Speaker 1: I didn't like her last book. It was it was 663 00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:09,879 Speaker 1: pretty bad. It was on free thought. 664 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:10,560 Speaker 2: It was pretty bad. 665 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:13,480 Speaker 1: But I will try to pick this one up because overall, 666 00:34:13,520 --> 00:34:15,799 Speaker 1: Lionel Shreiver writes really really good books. I will tell 667 00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:18,720 Speaker 1: you I'm reading my friend, my friend Brooke Neville's book. 668 00:34:18,920 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: She about her time over working for the news industry 669 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:26,600 Speaker 1: and being sexually harassed and assaulted and raped. It's a 670 00:34:26,680 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 1: really compelling book. It's called Unspeakable Things, Silent shame, and 671 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,480 Speaker 1: the stories we choose to believe. I am also listening 672 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: on audible because that's when I walk my dog with 673 00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 1: my time I get into I am listening to the 674 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,560 Speaker 1: book The Gods of New York. This was recommended by 675 00:34:41,600 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: some want of listeners. It is a phenomenal book. It's 676 00:34:44,440 --> 00:34:47,680 Speaker 1: about New York nineteen eighty six to nineteen ninety. Genuinely 677 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:52,640 Speaker 1: a phenomenal book. And then my kindle there's a supermodel 678 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 1: who wrote an autobiography and I don't know why I've 679 00:34:56,160 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: picked it up, but it's an easy read. It's something 680 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 1: it's not like she had a pretty tough life, but 681 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: it's like it's not in depth where I'm I'm overwhelmed 682 00:35:05,719 --> 00:35:07,319 Speaker 1: by it. So it's just a little bit. But those 683 00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 1: are three books I'm reading right now. Once I get 684 00:35:09,400 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: through these, I will have time to pick up more books. 685 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:12,839 Speaker 1: But I am reading three right now. But I will 686 00:35:12,920 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: check out Lionel's book. All right, this is the show. 687 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:16,799 Speaker 1: Thank you guys. So much for listening. If you liked 688 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,200 Speaker 1: this podcast, please like and subscribe on the iHeartRadio app. 689 00:35:19,239 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 1: Have a podcast wherever you get this podcast, and I 690 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:22,600 Speaker 1: will talk to you guys. 691 00:35:22,600 --> 00:35:23,080 Speaker 2: On Friday. 692 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 1: We're going to cover the primaries in Texas and upcoming elections. 693 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 2: I will talk to you guys then