Speaker 1: This Iotola regime has been raping and pillaging the country
Speaker 1: for forty seven years. We are trying to protect our interests.
Speaker 1: We as the United States, and the president is a
Speaker 1: first president in forty seven years. I actually have a
Speaker 1: backbone to do something about it. They've been attacking us,
Speaker 1: they've been attacking our interest they've been attacking our assets,
Speaker 1: and they've been doing it without even being apologetic. They've
Speaker 1: bragged about it, and we have just tried to appease
Speaker 1: them over the years, and President Trump said enough enough.
Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3: Good Tuesday morning. Nice to have you with us. On
Speaker 3: the forty seven Morning Update, Donald Trump says Operation Epic
Speaker 3: Fury is ahead of schedule as dozens of senior Iranian
Speaker 3: leaders have been taken out. So what is happening now.
Speaker 3: We have it all for you. But before we get
Speaker 3: to that, I want to take a moment and ask
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Speaker 3: It's the forty seven Morning Update and it starts right
Speaker 3: now story number one, Operation Epic Fury, Day three, and
Speaker 3: it's the latest that you want to know about what
Speaker 3: is actually happening from Iran as well as the Middle East,
Speaker 3: and also what America is doing. The military operation against
Speaker 3: Iran has entered its third day, with strikes against targets
Speaker 3: inside Iran and interceptions of Iranian aircraft, Iranian missiles and
Speaker 3: drones attempting to land blows across the Middle East and
Speaker 3: the Eastern Mediterranean. Is very much ongoing at this moment.
Speaker 3: We know that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ettnya has
Speaker 3: rejected the notion that Israel dragged the United States into
Speaker 3: war with Iran, telling Sean Hannity on Fox News, that's ridiculous.
Speaker 3: He also went on to say that Donald Trump is
Speaker 3: the strongest leader in the world. He does what he
Speaker 3: thinks is right for America, and he also does what
Speaker 3: he thinks is right for future generations. Earlier, US Secretary
Speaker 3: of State Marco Rubio said that the threat posed by
Speaker 3: Iran to the United States was in fact imminent, contradicting
Speaker 3: what many on the left had been saying for the
Speaker 3: last twenty four hours. The White House, he also says,
Speaker 3: had intelligence that the Islamic regime had planned to attack
Speaker 3: American assets in the region in the event of an
Speaker 3: impeding strike on its missile program by Israel. Marco Rubio
Speaker 3: also added that the timing of the strike was also
Speaker 3: influenced by desire to prevent the currently weakened Iran from
Speaker 3: building up its missile and drone programs against strikes on
Speaker 3: its nuclear program that clearly they have been trying to
Speaker 3: use to say, as they put it, to kill America
Speaker 3: and to kill Israel. We also know that the official
Speaker 3: spokesman for Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Defense said that its
Speaker 3: forces have intercepted and destroyed eight drones that have come
Speaker 3: in from Iran. It comes after Saudi Arabia revealed that
Speaker 3: two drones were successful in striking the US embassy there.
Speaker 3: The attack resulted in a fire and minor material damage
Speaker 3: to the building, but reportedly did not cause any injuries
Speaker 3: to US personnel. We also know that US Vice President
Speaker 3: JD Vance said there is no way the President Trump
Speaker 3: will enter the United States in a multi year conflict
Speaker 3: in Iran. Speaking to Jesse Waters of Fox News, the
Speaker 3: Vice President said, We're not going to get into the
Speaker 3: problems that we've had with Iraq in our Afghanistan. After
Speaker 3: Iraq and Afghanistan.
Speaker 1: Some people say, up here we go again.
Speaker 4: Is that something here you're thinking about?
Speaker 5: Well, Jesse, if you think back to Afghanistan, twenty years
Speaker 5: of mission creep, twenty years of not having a clear objective,
Speaker 5: in twenty years of the United States trying to bring
Speaker 5: liberal democracy to Afghanistan, Iraq was a little bit shorter,
Speaker 5: but we were still in that country for nearly a
Speaker 5: decade with no clear mission, no clear definition. What's so
Speaker 5: different about this, Jesse, is that the president has clearly
Speaker 5: defined what he wants to accomplish, and there's just no way.
Speaker 5: I said this before the conflict started or repeated again,
Speaker 5: there's just no way that Donald Trump is going to
Speaker 5: allow this country to get into a multi year conflict
Speaker 5: with no clear end in sight and no clear objective.
Speaker 5: What is different about President Trump, and it's frankly different
Speaker 5: about both Republicans and Democrats of the past, is that
Speaker 5: he's not going to let his country go to war
Speaker 5: unless there's a clearly defined objective. He's defined that objective
Speaker 5: as a RAN cannot have a nuclear weapon and has
Speaker 5: to commit long term and never trying to rebuild the
Speaker 5: nuclear capability. It's pretty clear. It's pretty simple, and I
Speaker 5: think that means that we're not going to get into
Speaker 5: the problems that we've had with Iraq in Afghanistan.
Speaker 3: Now, Jeddie Vance was not the only one that was
Speaker 3: doing interviews. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Nette Yahoo went on
Speaker 3: TV to debunk the claims that Israel dragged the US
Speaker 3: into striking Iran, sitting down with Sean Hannity, and here's
Speaker 3: what he said. And I want to ask you this.
Speaker 4: You know, there are people that say, well, the Prime
Speaker 4: Minister of Israel dragged Donald Trump into it. And as
Speaker 4: somebody that's been friends with him over thirty years, nobody
Speaker 4: drags Donald Trump into anything, number one. But I want
Speaker 4: to get your reaction to that.
Speaker 6: I mean, that's ridiculous. Donald Trump is the strongest leader
Speaker 6: in the world. He does what he thinks is right
Speaker 6: for America. He does also what he thinks is right
Speaker 6: for future generations. And frankly, we're partners in that effort
Speaker 6: because I've devoted my life to securing the life of
Speaker 6: the one and only Jewish state. And believe me, it's
Speaker 6: been a struggle. I've known the pangs of war. I
Speaker 6: lost a brother in war, in battle, I myself fought
Speaker 6: terraces and was wounded in liberating hostages from a hijacked plane.
Speaker 6: I held a fellow soldier in my arms when I
Speaker 6: was eighteen, and he died in my arms. I know
Speaker 6: the cost of war, but I know sometimes the war
Speaker 6: is necessary to protect us from the people who would
Speaker 6: destroy us. And that's what free societies have to understand.
Speaker 6: Freedom is precious, but it has to be protected. And
Speaker 6: we have to understand that we're fighting here. We're fighting
Speaker 6: here the bad guys. We're the good guys. These people
Speaker 6: massacred their own people. Imagine what they would do. These
Speaker 6: people would chant death to America if they had the
Speaker 6: ballistic missiles and the nuclear warheads to deliver it to
Speaker 6: every American city. Do you want to wait? Do you
Speaker 6: want to that You're future on whether they would do
Speaker 6: it or they would not do it. I mean, look,
Speaker 6: nobody's stopping off Korea, so they now have ballistic missiles
Speaker 6: and nuclear war warheads, but they don't say death to America.
Speaker 6: Iran is fifty North Koreas. Iran is committed to your destruction,
Speaker 6: and whether people understand it or not, the leader has
Speaker 6: to understand it. Donald Trump understands it. You don't have
Speaker 6: to drag him into anything, and nobody would do it anyway.
Speaker 6: He does what he thinks is right, and this is right.
Speaker 3: Net Yeah, who wasn't done there. He also said one
Speaker 3: of the great things about working with President Donald Trump
Speaker 3: is that Trump is always understood the real threat that
Speaker 3: Iran has not only the US but to the rest
Speaker 3: of the world.
Speaker 6: Well, you know when America the indispensable ally for Israel
Speaker 6: and the greatest power in the world, and Israel America's
Speaker 6: model ally is the National Security Council just called it.
Speaker 6: When we work together, either amazing things happen. We worked together,
Speaker 6: and amazing things happened. But I have to tell you
Speaker 6: that it wouldn't happen without the leadership of President Trump
Speaker 6: because he just you know, I met him in mar Lago.
Speaker 6: You may remember this because I think you live close
Speaker 6: by and I saw you at that time, right before
Speaker 6: his reelection, okay, and or before is there he was
Speaker 6: inaugurated the second time and we met. We met in
Speaker 6: mar Lago, and the first thing that Donald Trump said
Speaker 6: to me, he said, you know, we have to prevent
Speaker 6: Iran from getting nukes, as simple as that. He said
Speaker 6: that because he saw that as a clear and present
Speaker 6: danger to the security and wellbeing of the United States.
Speaker 6: To have a regime like that so fanatic that it
Speaker 6: just defines itself by destroying America, exporting revolution, exporting terrorism,
Speaker 6: exporting the worst Islamist fanaticism that attacks Arabs, attacks is Raelies,
Speaker 6: attacks Americans, attacks everyone inside. They just fired. Now they're
Speaker 6: beliefs in sight around the police, including Cyprus in Europe.
Speaker 6: To have a regime like that that plans to eradicate
Speaker 6: the United States have the weapons of mass death would
Speaker 6: have been the greatest threat that America would face in
Speaker 6: the coming decades. And so he said to me right
Speaker 6: off the bat, I didn't say to him. He said
Speaker 6: to me, we have to make sure they never get
Speaker 6: the nukes. And that's what he did. We tried first
Speaker 6: to take them out in midnight Hammer and Rising Line operation,
Speaker 6: and we took out their missile sites. But then they
Speaker 6: started again their missile and nuclear sites. They didn't learn
Speaker 6: the lesson. He tried to get negotiations, He negotiated with them,
Speaker 6: they didn't get it. They tried to string them along.
Speaker 6: So action had to be taken, and we took it.
Speaker 3: It is very clear after hearing NT Yahu speak on
Speaker 3: Fox News Channel that the President and Hammer side by
Speaker 3: side his allies, making sure that Iran is no longer
Speaker 3: great threat not only to Israel, but to Americans in
Speaker 3: the Middle East and also in this country, which brings
Speaker 3: us to Pete Headseth. Pete Headseth having a press conference
Speaker 3: at the Pentagon and after answering questions for quite some time,
Speaker 3: he wanted to make sure he gave his last two
Speaker 3: minutes of his statement to talk directly to the men
Speaker 3: and women that are protecting and serving. He also wanted
Speaker 3: to reassure the men and women in uniform that he
Speaker 3: is not going to get you into a never ending
Speaker 3: war like Afghanistan or Iraq and the Pentagon giving this
Speaker 3: update but then speaking directly to our warriors, and it's important,
Speaker 3: I think for every American to hear exactly what he
Speaker 3: said at the Pentagon.
Speaker 7: Let me speak straight to you. The Joint Force are
Speaker 7: warriors on the front lines. This is your moment. This
Speaker 7: is the generational turning point America has waited for since
Speaker 7: nineteen seventy nine and since the rudderless Wars of Hubris.
Speaker 7: My generation, our generation endured. Don't listen to the noise
Speaker 7: just stay focused. Our commander in chief is steady at
Speaker 7: the wheel. We face a determined enemy, but you are better.
Speaker 7: But we must prove it every single day. History doesn't
Speaker 7: care if we're tired, if we're scared, or if the
Speaker 7: fight feels big. It demands warriors who rise anyway. Peace
Speaker 7: through strength, the warrior ethos, lethality, unity of purpose. Those
Speaker 7: are not slogans. They're the beating heart of what it
Speaker 7: means to wear the uniform. That uniform you think clearly
Speaker 7: under fire, You act decisively in chaos. You uphold the Constitution,
Speaker 7: and you uphold our country without hesitation. We are not
Speaker 7: defenders anymore. We are warriors train to kill the enemy
Speaker 7: and break their will. History is watching be the force.
Speaker 7: You swore an oath to be focused, disciplined, lethal, and unbreakable.
Speaker 7: We will finish this on America first conditions of President
Speaker 7: Trump's choosing, nobody else's as it should be. And know
Speaker 7: this above all, President Trump and I have your back, always,
Speaker 7: through fire, through criticism, through fake news, through everything. We
Speaker 7: unleash you because you are the best, most powerful, most
Speaker 7: lethal fighting force the world has ever seen. May Almighty
Speaker 7: God watch over you and his providential arms of protection,
Speaker 7: extend over you. God speed warriors and keep going.
Speaker 3: God speed warriors, and keep going. A prayer there from
Speaker 3: the Secretary of War talking directly to our warriors, telling
Speaker 3: them exactly what they should expect. I got to say,
Speaker 3: it's something I wish we'd seen from other people that
Speaker 3: were in charge of the Pentagon. One thing is for
Speaker 3: sure from this administration, they are being overly transparent about
Speaker 3: their goals, their wishes, and their desires when it comes
Speaker 3: to what's happening in Iran. And taking that two minutes
Speaker 3: in force against to pray and speak directly to our
Speaker 3: men and women in uniform is something new, and I
Speaker 3: hope it's a trend that everybody in this position the
Speaker 3: future will do as well.
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