Speaker 1: Grab audio, say number two, and see over the weekend
Speaker 1: that the war in Afghanistan's over. Yeah, I remember on Friday,
Speaker 1: if you recall if you were here, you might not
Speaker 1: have been because it's a big travel weekend. But one
Speaker 1: of the things just I want to revisit something I
Speaker 1: grabbed somebody. Number one. Let's going to just play the
Speaker 1: audio of me, uh last Friday as we headed into
Speaker 1: the Memorial Day weekend, because this sets up this Afghanistan comma.
Speaker 1: This to me is one of the most important Memorial Days,
Speaker 1: and they're all important. Even that little characterization should give
Speaker 1: you an idea how tough this one is to talk
Speaker 1: about this particular Memorial Day with everything going on in
Speaker 1: the Iraq and the Middle East, and isis now just
Speaker 1: running out of control and our leadership seemingly unconcerned the
Speaker 1: Iranians nuking up. But Iraq and what's happening there has
Speaker 1: got to make this Memorial Day a real challenge for
Speaker 1: a lot of American families, those who had family members
Speaker 1: has served in the Rock, who were injured and wounded
Speaker 1: in the Rock or died in the Rock. I mean,
Speaker 1: they might legitimately be asking themselves this weekend, this Memorial Day.
Speaker 1: Why what was the point? Was it worth it? And
Speaker 1: you wouldn't blame them if they did. It's a toughie
Speaker 1: still needs to be acknowledged. Yeah, and I can't help
Speaker 1: but remember as I listen to myself say that, boy,
Speaker 1: it's every time I do that reminded how lucky you
Speaker 1: people are that you actually get to listen to me.
Speaker 1: I never do not live. I can't. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: too busy doing it because I am me. Some time
Speaker 1: I get to hear me is like this audios found
Speaker 1: by it or something, it just strikes me how fortunate
Speaker 1: you are anyway, say listen this. I'm I'm also reminded
Speaker 1: about how Obama and Biden out there claiming victory in
Speaker 1: the Rock was so Iraq was a success story shortly
Speaker 1: after Obama had been immaculated and accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
Speaker 1: Is that not an ongoing joke, A poor joke, a
Speaker 1: bad joke. But isn't it typical anyway? So they're out
Speaker 1: there claiming credit they wanted to claim credit for the
Speaker 1: victory in the Rocket was so good, things were so stable,
Speaker 1: it looked like such a success. And now look Ramadi
Speaker 1: falls and now we're told by our Department of Defense
Speaker 1: wizards that're smart that Yeah, well, the Iraqis are getting
Speaker 1: ready to fight back. The Iraqis know that they've got
Speaker 1: to defend themselves. The Iraqis know they've got to take
Speaker 1: all the training we've gave them, and they've got to
Speaker 1: act in their own interest. Now, the Iraqis are gonna
Speaker 1: be preparing to take Ramani back, right exactly, you gotta
Speaker 1: get them back first. They've all split. I mean, it's
Speaker 1: just and here's Obama. This is yesterday in Arlington, Virginia,
Speaker 1: at the at the Arlington National Cemetery. Just a brief,
Speaker 1: little sixteen second SoundBite here. For many of us, this
Speaker 1: Memorial Day is especially meaningful. It is the first since
Speaker 1: our war in Afghanistan came to an end. Today is
Speaker 1: the first Memorial Day in fourteen years that the United
Speaker 1: States is not engaged in a major ground war. There
Speaker 1: wasn't any applause there. Why why do you suspect there
Speaker 1: wasn't any applause when Obama's I mean, you would think
Speaker 1: that a line like that, right on, dude, Yes, the
Speaker 1: rebub But when he said today's the first Memorial Day
Speaker 1: of fourteen years, the United States not engaged in a
Speaker 1: major ground war. Why wasn't there any applause? Take a stab,
Speaker 1: Mr snurd Ley. Exactly we're losing them, is why they
Speaker 1: don't like losing. The website Vox, which is relatively new website.
Speaker 1: It's a home of h I say, the the young
Speaker 1: whipper snapper, young liberal journalists who were working at the
Speaker 1: Washington Post, I guess reclined some other places and they
Speaker 1: just you know, they felt constrained even there, so they
Speaker 1: formed their own place here called Vox. And a bunch
Speaker 1: of young, hip millennial journalists of all stripes swear by it.
Speaker 1: They have a story, even idea, what happens on Vox
Speaker 1: here we are the today. So this is actually this
Speaker 1: was ran Yesterday's posted yesterday. So the Sunday, the Monday
Speaker 1: Memorial Day actually ran a Memorial Day. Is this story.
Speaker 1: It's time we have a holiday to honor those who
Speaker 1: try to stop wars too. I it's not enough that
Speaker 1: we have a Memorial Day where we remember American military
Speaker 1: veterans who died preserving freedom from the United States. And
Speaker 1: it's not enough. No no no, no, no, no, no no no.
Speaker 1: Now we need a holiday to honor those who try
Speaker 1: to stop wars too. I don't know what they want
Speaker 1: to call it. Uh starts off by say, Memorial Day
Speaker 1: and Veterans Day often get equated, but there's an essential
Speaker 1: distinction between the two. Veterans Day honors all who have served.
Speaker 1: Memorial Day honors those have died. It's an annual reminder
Speaker 1: that wars have grave human costs. Those costs are not inevitable.
Speaker 1: We also ought to set aside time to remember those
Speaker 1: throughout American history have tried the hardest to reduce war,
Speaker 1: to stop and prevent a necessary loss of life, both
Speaker 1: American and foreign. And that would be the war resistors,
Speaker 1: the war protesters. That's exactly what we need, don't especially
Speaker 1: on this Memorial Day where the families of American uniformed
Speaker 1: military personnel who were injured or perished in Iraq, you really,
Speaker 1: you know, you try to put yourself in their shoes
Speaker 1: and imagine how tough the memorial they was. Every day's
Speaker 1: got to be tough for them. But now, particularly when
Speaker 1: you see Isis on the run and these families are
Speaker 1: you know they are they're asking themselves was it worth it?
Speaker 1: They're all volunteers, These people signed up. I mean I've
Speaker 1: done a troop visit to Afghanistan. I've talked to these guys,
Speaker 1: these these women too. This is what they did to
Speaker 1: save their countries and what they did to protect their countries.
Speaker 1: All they knew to do. They joined the military after
Speaker 1: nine eleven. They wanted to just to serve. They wanted
Speaker 1: to protect, They wanted to defend America. They didn't want
Speaker 1: every to see that happening. Again, that's the only reason
Speaker 1: they did it. Some of them got shipped out to
Speaker 1: a rock, some of them got killed. Family is well aware.
Speaker 1: And now running around there's Obamas celebrating first Memorial Day
Speaker 1: at fourteen years that we're not at war and everybody knows, yeah,
Speaker 1: because we're cutting and running and losing them and Americans
Speaker 1: don't like celebrating that kind of stuff, and now have
Speaker 1: heaped on top of that. We need to set aside
Speaker 1: a national day for war protesters. You mean people like
Speaker 1: Tom Hayden and Abby Hoffman, the Chicago eight or whoever,
Speaker 1: people like what's his name, Neville Chamberlain. That kind of
Speaker 1: need a national holiday for people like that all over
Speaker 1: the world. By the way, war protesters all over the world. That, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's exactly what we need, folks, exactly, this is Robert
Speaker 1: and Coronado, California are really glad that you called Robert.
Speaker 1: Great to have you with us today. Hi oh hi
Speaker 1: rush Um. I share a hometown with Paul Tibbotts Quincy, Illinois,
Speaker 1: who was the pilot of the Nolan Gay. And I
Speaker 1: think in that vein um, if we're going to try
Speaker 1: to honor people who ended wars, I would start with
Speaker 1: probably Harry Truman as my the first honoree, and then
Speaker 1: maybe even like the crew of the Enola Gay would
Speaker 1: be right up there. Yeah, this is great, Robert. I
Speaker 1: have to applaud you. This is great thinking what he's
Speaker 1: reacting to, folks. Does this story and the in a
Speaker 1: relatively new left wing child left wing website called Vox
Speaker 1: called It's time and Day and it ran it yesterday
Speaker 1: Memorial Day. It's time that we have a holiday to
Speaker 1: honor those who try to stop wars too. Now they're
Speaker 1: not thinking of guys that drop bombs on the enemy
Speaker 1: to win the war. That that'd be great. They'll just
Speaker 1: throw Harry Truman at him and Paul Tipots had got
Speaker 1: it flew the you know the game is exactly right.
Speaker 1: And then the whole team that worked on the development
Speaker 1: of the nuclear bomb, you know, put them up there
Speaker 1: to honor them. I mean, just go a whole hog
Speaker 1: with this. But that's not what they're thinking, as you know,
Speaker 1: they're thinking to people like Tom Hayden and Abby Hoffman
Speaker 1: and uh typically anti war, Global Peace March, AI Nuclear Disarm,
Speaker 1: Reme Murder, what have you. But they mean war protesters.
Speaker 1: And I don't think that they would think of Harry
Speaker 1: Truman as a protester, but I love your idea. You
Speaker 1: bet he was speechless. I know this happens. It's a
Speaker 1: caller calls and the host praises them and agrees with them,
Speaker 1: and they don't know what to say. They're just so moved,
Speaker 1: and I totally relate and understand it.