1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:04,880 Speaker 1: Broadcasting live from the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio, the George 2 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:09,880 Speaker 1: Washington Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong, Joe Getty, Armstrong and get 3 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: Katie and He Armstrong and Eddy. We are on a 4 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 1: more putting live from Studio. 5 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 2: Ceor a dimly lit room deeds within the bowels of 6 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: the Armstrong and Getty Communications compound, and today we are 7 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 2: under the tutelage of our general. 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: Manager, Midnight Hammer. Is that the name of this operation 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: sounds like the title of a heavy metal album by 10 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: unnecessarily over the top Norwegian metal band. But guess that 11 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,840 Speaker 1: was the name of the the bombing runs against Auran 12 00:00:49,080 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 1: operation Midnight Hammer. 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 2: Maybe some guy's Twitter profile who thinks that's gonna play well, 14 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 2: but it's not. 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it has that field, but these are serious times. 16 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 2: Enough birth when he want to date the Midnight Hamper. 17 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So I thought I had a handle on 18 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: where everything was going untill I saw Trump's late tweet 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 2: Sunday with Mega in it. Mega make I ran great again? Uh? 20 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: Suggesting regime change is a good idea after every single 21 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:24,560 Speaker 2: one of the people that worked for him went on 22 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 2: every single talk show on Sunday and said this is 23 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:30,360 Speaker 2: absolutely not about regime change. He did a classic Trump 24 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 2: move where he comes out with a tweet right after 25 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,680 Speaker 2: they say that and said, you know, regime change. 26 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,040 Speaker 1: And people say it like it's a dirty word, but 27 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: you know it might be a good idea. Make him 28 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: make a ran great again. 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,919 Speaker 2: Thanks for sending me out there on Meet the Press 30 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: to say this is absolutely not regime change. 31 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 1: Really good time. Had nothing better to do on my Sunday, 32 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: so that was great. Yeah, it is a very very 33 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: Trumpian thing, not only you know, trotting his aides out 34 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: there and then undermining them, but ignoring the conventions of this, 35 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: that or the other, including diplomacy. I mean, any sane 36 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: human being would say yeah. I mean, there'd be a 37 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 1: hell of a lot of uncertainty and it could go wrong, 38 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: but yeah, I mean in general, regime change would be great. 39 00:02:08,240 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: I mean everybody thinks that. But you can't say that 40 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 1: for a variety of reasons, some of which are pretty legitimate. 41 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: But Trump doesn't care. I tell you. 42 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 2: I was sure annoyed by the coverage of everything pretty 43 00:02:19,320 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 2: much except for Fox, but even someone Fox, all the 44 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:26,919 Speaker 2: coverage was so annoying. It was all presented with the 45 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 2: this was a risky thing to do and probably not 46 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:34,320 Speaker 2: a good idea and mostly downside as opposed to there 47 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:40,120 Speaker 2: was no choice. It went awesome and uh hooray for us. No, 48 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:42,839 Speaker 2: and now what, there's nothing wrong with this? So now 49 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: you know, what are the things they could do back? 50 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 2: That's a reasonable conversation. But after the tone of a boy, 51 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 2: another crazy thing that we've done. 52 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: I just I've got to see an end pull in 53 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:53,799 Speaker 1: front of me. Let me dig that up real quick. 54 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 2: Overwhelming support for this, I mean not even close. 55 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: Is that right? Yeah? Huh, I'll find that you. 56 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:07,079 Speaker 2: But it's like any here, it is all adults. Well, 57 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 2: just the idea of the United States needs to do 58 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 2: something to eliminate to stop the Iran's nuclear weapon. 59 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 1: Now it's a. 60 00:03:15,240 --> 00:03:19,640 Speaker 2: Broadish question, but eighty percent of adults said we need 61 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 2: to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. 62 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: Eighty percent right. 63 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 2: That includes eighty percent Democrats, seventy nine percent of Independence 64 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 2: and eighty three percent of the Republicans sow. 65 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 1: That is remarkably uniform across the aisle line. 66 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, so why presented deze boy? I don't know if 67 00:03:36,960 --> 00:03:39,120 Speaker 2: this is a good idea. What was your plan? That's 68 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: what I would have said on every one of those 69 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 2: talk shows. If I was representing the White House, what 70 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 2: would you have done? Let them get a nuclear weapon? 71 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 3: Right. 72 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 1: I don't think anybody's in favor of recklessness or idiotic 73 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: you know, moves without you know, looking down the road 74 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:58,440 Speaker 1: at what might happen. But it does frequently have the 75 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: feel of, you know, the patient has serious cancer and 76 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: they just rub their chin and say radiation. It can 77 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: have some serious side effects, and chemotherapy makes people very, 78 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: very sick, and surgery is cutting someone open. Yeah, and 79 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: then the patient is dead. Well, the patient is in 80 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: this or rather twisted metaphor, this is Iran having a 81 00:04:21,960 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 1: newke and being able to threaten the civilized world with 82 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 1: there is crazy is longest religious, fundamental wack of doodlry 83 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: in a way that the whole world he's united in 84 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: hating that idea. But most of the world gets to 85 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 1: watch us prosecute, well in Israel, God bless them, Israel 86 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: and the United States prosecute the what's necessary to prevent 87 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: at but they get to sit in their capitals and 88 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:51,080 Speaker 1: the Euros of just speaking of being annoyed annoyed the 89 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:52,880 Speaker 1: hell out of me. Over the last several years, the 90 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: Euros get to sit there and say, well, we're in 91 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:59,479 Speaker 1: favor of de escalation both sides. Is good. We need 92 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: a limit of the violence. Blah blah blah. Okay, thanks 93 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:06,640 Speaker 1: for your opinion. Congratulations on your empire two hundred years ago. 94 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:07,239 Speaker 1: It was great. 95 00:05:07,440 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 2: So how many of these bunker bumpetbusters fourteen I think that. 96 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: We dropped total, that's number I heard. That's amazing. 97 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: So we've got the bombs nobody else has got in 98 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 2: the planes to fly them that nobody else has got. 99 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 2: That's one of the things I was thinking over the weekend. 100 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 2: I like this period of time that has existed for 101 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 2: about eighty years now where we got all kinds of 102 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:29,680 Speaker 2: stuff that nobody else in the world has. As long 103 00:05:29,720 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 2: as we can keep that going, that's fantastic because just 104 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: nobody else that can do these things, fly for thirty 105 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,840 Speaker 2: two hours or whatever it is, non stop and drop 106 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 2: thirty thousand pound bombs. 107 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: Thank god we can. Yeah, yeah, Indeed, it'll be really 108 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: interesting to get reports from whomever can get them on 109 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,960 Speaker 1: how extensive the damage was to the photo site, how 110 00:05:53,000 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 1: successful are those bombs that never been used in battle before. 111 00:05:57,720 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 2: Well, even bigger than the question of how devastated. Are 112 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:05,640 Speaker 2: the devastated nuclear sites. Where's the four hundred kilograms of uranium? 113 00:06:05,680 --> 00:06:08,760 Speaker 2: Nobody knows that, and it might not have been at 114 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 2: the sites even if they are completely obliterated, which means 115 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 2: that they've still got the uranium to turn into a 116 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:16,760 Speaker 2: weapon somewhere else. 117 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: We don't even know right right Well, Ever since October seventh, 118 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 1: the Israelis in particular, and it seems to the largest 119 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:28,480 Speaker 1: scent in the United States, have changed from that Obama 120 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:33,520 Speaker 1: esque half measures and phony diplomacy to saying, now we're 121 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: going to defeat our enemies. That's the way you limit 122 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 1: violence is to achieve a defeat. Our peace plan is victory, 123 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: and we'll see how it goes. 124 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,160 Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw Lindsey Graham on one 125 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: of the shows yesterday. I think it was Meet the Press. Anyway, 126 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 2: he came on there. He had just gotten off the 127 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,040 Speaker 2: phone with net Nyaho and he was asked, what did 128 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:57,520 Speaker 2: net Nah who want to say to America? And Lindsey 129 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:02,039 Speaker 2: Graham said, Netna who has decided Israel is not going 130 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 2: to live like the way they have been anymore. Those 131 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:08,279 Speaker 2: days are over, no more living hoping that the enemies 132 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:11,680 Speaker 2: that are swearing to kill you all. Don't as they 133 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: live side, those days are over, and I believe that's 134 00:07:14,480 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: probably true. 135 00:07:15,800 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, you say you're coming for us, Okay, we believe you. 136 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: We're coming for you. 137 00:07:19,440 --> 00:07:22,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, take go ahead and take them seriously. And we 138 00:07:22,760 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 2: did a little bit of that over the weekend with 139 00:07:24,520 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 2: because they've been chanting death to America and burning our 140 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 2: flags and all that sort of stuff. 141 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,240 Speaker 1: The Great Satan for my whole life. This also gives 142 00:07:31,320 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 1: us an excellent chance to see how accurate the predictions 143 00:07:35,680 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: from and this is odd Tucker Carlson and Elizabeth Warren 144 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: turn out to be. As Tucker was predicting thirty dollars 145 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: a gallon gasoline, a collapse of the economy in World 146 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 1: War three, which we will lose. So we'll have to see. 147 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: Iran announced over the weekend that they will activate their 148 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: sleeper cells they've got in the United States and the 149 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: attacks will begin. 150 00:07:57,760 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: So we'll see if that's true or not. 151 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:02,679 Speaker 2: Even if it is true, and obviously that'd be horrible, 152 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: you still can't let them get a nuclear weapon, no 153 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 2: matter what the response is. Pretty much, even bad stuff, 154 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:11,640 Speaker 2: like really bad stuff, you still can't let them get 155 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 2: a nuclear weapon. 156 00:08:12,960 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, this is not an option. 157 00:08:15,200 --> 00:08:17,560 Speaker 2: We should start the show officially and then continue our 158 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 2: commentary from there. We would like to hear what you 159 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: think about all this text line being four one five, 160 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 2: two nine five KFTC. I'm Jack Armstrong, He's Joe Getty 161 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 2: on this it is Monday. Are we at war with Iran? 162 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:35,520 Speaker 2: Jd Van says no, the year Monday, June twenty thirty, 163 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 2: year twenty twenty five Armstrong and getting we approve of 164 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 2: this program. 165 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 1: Let's begin the show officially. Then. According to f CC 166 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: rules and regulations, Operation dawn Hammer begins at mark. 167 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:50,280 Speaker 4: The US military carried out massive precision strikes on the 168 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,720 Speaker 4: three key nuclear facilities tonight. 169 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: I can report to the world. 170 00:08:55,679 --> 00:09:02,440 Speaker 4: That these strikes were a spectacular military Iran's Key nuclear 171 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 4: and Richmond facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. 172 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: And maybe a little overstatement. We'll have to see. Yeah, 173 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,520 Speaker 1: we don't know, we don't know. 174 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:21,680 Speaker 2: The pictures look pretty good of fourd Oh, it looks 175 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 2: pretty uh like it's pretty devastated. E mm hmm, looks 176 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 2: like they went down pretty deep. 177 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 1: Yes, those aren't rabbit holes in the mountain again, they're 178 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:35,480 Speaker 1: mop holes. Where's the four hundred kilograms of uranium. That'd 179 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: be nice knowing. 180 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 2: So the particular bombers that actually dropped the bombs took 181 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 2: off from Missouri, flew all the way there and all 182 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 2: the way back. They had toilets on the plane and 183 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,320 Speaker 2: people and away for each pilot. 184 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 1: To sleep right refueling in the air multiple times, just 185 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 1: never touched down. That's amazing. That is something. 186 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:57,720 Speaker 2: And we had other planes going other directions to throw 187 00:09:57,760 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 2: people off, which was a really good idea. I also 188 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:01,760 Speaker 2: heard a lot of the questioning over the weekend. Trump 189 00:10:01,840 --> 00:10:05,040 Speaker 2: said he would wait two weeks. Then what changed? Wow, 190 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:09,000 Speaker 2: you are like you are like so dumb? Yeah, yeah, 191 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 2: you're too You're too dumb for me to talk to you. 192 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 1: You really are. That would be the proper response those 193 00:10:15,040 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 1: kind of questions. 194 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 2: I thought, like, so, if you play like hide and 195 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 2: seek with a little kid, are you beyond any sort 196 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 2: of ruse to trick them or anything like that? 197 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: Or is what how kind of world do you live in? Well, 198 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 1: and you know, he said up to two weeks, and 199 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 1: if he had said it will be precisely two weeks 200 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: from mark, it's still a thing in war. 201 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: Yes, you moron again, And that is the right response, 202 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: You are too dumb to discuss things. 203 00:10:42,600 --> 00:10:46,120 Speaker 3: You're so dumb, So I are really dumb, for real. 204 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 2: It's for real. So I'm gonna have to walk away 205 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,360 Speaker 2: from you. You're too stupid to talk to. 206 00:10:49,960 --> 00:10:53,160 Speaker 1: Yes, I'm glad I do not slap you, dumb person. 207 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,400 Speaker 2: So we're gonna talk to some of our military analysts 208 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 2: to get an idea what they think of the military 209 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 2: aspect of it. When then you know, and we'll see 210 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: how this all plays out, and maybe stuff will happen. 211 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 1: Today. 212 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,840 Speaker 2: We've got all Katie's headlines on the way and lots 213 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 2: more news for you. 214 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:05,920 Speaker 1: Stay here. 215 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 2: Let me start here as the leader of Iran has 216 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:17,679 Speaker 2: just put out a statement from the Supreme Leader Ali 217 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:22,520 Speaker 2: Kommene Kameyne. The Zionist enemy has made a grave mistake, 218 00:11:22,640 --> 00:11:25,120 Speaker 2: committed a great crime. It must be punished. It is 219 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:28,720 Speaker 2: being punished. It is being punished right now. That's what 220 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,959 Speaker 2: he said a few minutes ago. Okay, it is being 221 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 2: punished right now. Okay, in ways we can't see or something. 222 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 1: Okay, And a conspicuous non naming of the Great Satan 223 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:43,040 Speaker 1: in that statement too, as he has decided, at least 224 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: for now, to avoid provoking the tangerine tornado in the 225 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:50,800 Speaker 1: White House, So we'll have to follow that one as well. 226 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: A lot of good stuff to come, but let's figure 227 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: out who's reporting what. It's the lead story with Katie Green. 228 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,600 Speaker 5: Katie already starting with ABC News. The White House is 229 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 5: quote confident that the airstrikes hit enriched uranium store. 230 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, I wonder if we have people on the ground 231 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:08,800 Speaker 2: or Israel has people on the ground to report back 232 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 2: already or not? 233 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: Right, Perhaps you've seen on various newses the lines of 234 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: trucks moving away from the four to zho plant recent days, 235 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:23,240 Speaker 1: probably smuggling out the uranium. Jack keeps mentioning, so you 236 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: know you can bash up the store, but are the 237 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: goods there? 238 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 5: From NBC News, oil at one hundred dollars a barrel 239 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,440 Speaker 5: US role in Iran Israel fight. 240 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 2: Fuels market, jitters, oh, going back to the last headline, 241 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: still wouldn't be. Still doesn't mean it's a bad idea 242 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: to blow up those nuclear facilities in my mind, even 243 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 2: if they snuck the uranium out. 244 00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: All right, Right, it's not as great a victory, but 245 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,040 Speaker 1: it's still progress toward denying them the bomb. The only 246 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 1: way we get crazy high oil prices. Is if Iran 247 00:12:54,200 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 1: shuts off the straits of horn Moves for a limited 248 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: time and nobody would be with them on that, China 249 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,079 Speaker 1: would go crazy, Russia would go crazy, They would be friendless. 250 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 5: From Fox News, Russian leader claims multiple countries prepped to 251 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:14,520 Speaker 5: provide Iran nuclear weapons following the US strikes. 252 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:20,040 Speaker 1: Really, really, who's reporting that? That's from Fox News. I'll 253 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: have to read that whole story from USA Today. 254 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 5: Judge denies government attempt to keep Abrego Garcia in detention 255 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 5: bearing set on release. 256 00:13:32,880 --> 00:13:34,479 Speaker 1: He's just a Maryland father. 257 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,359 Speaker 2: Who was clearly smuggling people across the country. 258 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: Now human smuggler, Yeah, yeah, coyote. 259 00:13:43,840 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 5: From the ACU Weather Knoppler weather radar, dangerous heat wave. 260 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:54,440 Speaker 5: You envelop one hundred and seventy million Americans through the 261 00:13:54,720 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 5: end of the. 262 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: Month because of climate change? Obvious, Yeah, because of summer. 263 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 5: From page six, Olympian Simone Biles deletes her ex account 264 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 5: following feud over transgender athletes with swimmer rightly games. 265 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,280 Speaker 2: You see this now and then with people who aren't 266 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 2: used to being in this crazy world of commenting on 267 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:27,880 Speaker 2: news stories. In the back and forth, you jump into 268 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 2: it and you think it's gonna be fine. You can 269 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 2: just like make your statement and go on with your day. 270 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 2: But it doesn't always go that way. 271 00:14:35,480 --> 00:14:39,160 Speaker 1: Ry. Yeah, Not only are the waters not nearly as 272 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,080 Speaker 1: shark free as you might imagine, but she's she is 273 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: in a funny way, like you know, your your dufus 274 00:14:48,200 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 1: like me. You're sitting at the couch as she does 275 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,400 Speaker 1: her thing in the Olympics, saying, oh, her arm got 276 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:55,320 Speaker 1: kind of loose there. That'll be a tenth of a point. 277 00:14:55,480 --> 00:14:57,720 Speaker 1: I have no friggin idea what I'm talking about. I 278 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,400 Speaker 1: really probably should just shut up. 279 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 2: She is that with political social issues, oh, she stumbled clearly. 280 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 1: I don't think she's trying hard. 281 00:15:07,760 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 3: No. 282 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,600 Speaker 1: Oh, that's a tenth of a point, honey there yeah. Okay. 283 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:16,560 Speaker 5: From the New York Post, anti ice protests cost LA 284 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:21,480 Speaker 5: taxpayers over thirty million dollars. 285 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 1: Oof. Hey, did you see that tweet that the La 286 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: County Sheriff's Department put out? Extremely controversial? They have apologized, 287 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: we'll bring you the scandal coming up. Okay, all right. 288 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,560 Speaker 1: And finally from the Babylon b. 289 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 5: WNBA hires male ref to tell all of the ladies 290 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 5: to calm down. 291 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: That's pretty good. Oh funny. Oh my, that's one of 292 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 1: their best ever. Look calm down, all right in the lane. 293 00:15:58,960 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: You're getting all upset, you're getting all crazy, right. 294 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:05,280 Speaker 2: Pass to an ass kicking smile once in a while, Yeah, 295 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 2: smile also, Yeah. 296 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 1: It'd be so pretty if you'd smile in the lane. 297 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 5: All right, we're all going to be mourning the men 298 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,160 Speaker 5: of the arms ranging Getty program here in a. 299 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:17,080 Speaker 1: Second, so we have one of our measure their weight 300 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: while you're at it. 301 00:16:17,840 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 2: What God, We have one of our favorite military analysts, 302 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 2: Jeff mccauslin, coming up right when we come back, and 303 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 2: it'll be interesting to get his take on what happened 304 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 2: and what could happen, what he thinks. 305 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 1: Is going to happen next. So that's good stuff. Uncertain times, 306 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,120 Speaker 1: no doubt had to happen, Mega. 307 00:16:37,080 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 2: Trump says, make them a ran great again. Oh okay, 308 00:16:41,680 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 2: we got a lot of news on the way. I 309 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:43,680 Speaker 2: hope you can stay with us. 310 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: Armstrong and Getty and I. 311 00:16:49,120 --> 00:16:51,160 Speaker 2: Think they thought they were dealing with a different kind 312 00:16:51,160 --> 00:16:53,120 Speaker 2: of leader, like the kinds of leaders they've been playing 313 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 2: games with for the last thirty or forty years, and 314 00:16:55,520 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 2: they found out that's not the case. Yeah, David Ignatius 315 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,040 Speaker 2: in The Washington Post, saying that it's the most one 316 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 2: of the most important things out of this attack is 317 00:17:03,320 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 2: the message it sends to Russia and China and anybody 318 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,159 Speaker 2: else in the world that this is not Joe Biden, 319 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:13,640 Speaker 2: Kamala Harris don't followed by nothing. We do have some 320 00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 2: breaking news before we get to our military analyst. China 321 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,080 Speaker 2: has just issued a warning to Iran about not do 322 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 2: not close the straight of horror moves. 323 00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:27,399 Speaker 1: So that's possibly big news. Moments after my prediction. I 324 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:30,200 Speaker 1: love it when I'm right. Let's consult someone who's right 325 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:31,960 Speaker 1: a heck of a lot more than I am. Doctor 326 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,520 Speaker 1: Jeff mccauslin, CBS News Military consultant, Jeff, it's always great 327 00:17:36,560 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: to talk to you. How are you do well? 328 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 3: But I'm not sure it right? More often than you 329 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 3: are well. 330 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:44,439 Speaker 2: Is there anything you don't like about the way the 331 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:45,359 Speaker 2: strike went down? 332 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,719 Speaker 3: Well, I'm concerned about a couple of things. One, I mean, 333 00:17:49,800 --> 00:17:52,879 Speaker 3: we basically and I think I was a chairman, I 334 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,159 Speaker 3: would have said in the present, but you'd understand that 335 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 3: as Colin Powell and said, you know the pottery barn theory, 336 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 3: once you break it, you own it, what happens afterwards. 337 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:04,120 Speaker 3: It's a great question of ben what which we used 338 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 3: to say when I was the Pentagon, the White House 339 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 3: wasn't asked often enough. And whether you in favor of 340 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,399 Speaker 3: this picture strike or you're opposed this picture strike, you 341 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:14,720 Speaker 3: got to remember two things. One is that we just 342 00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 3: put forty thousand Americans or in the region on the bullseye. 343 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 3: Like it or not, they are a very likely target 344 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 3: for a retaliation. That's just a reality. Second thing that 345 00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:27,239 Speaker 3: conservative played frankly, is process. We're seem to me this 346 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:29,520 Speaker 3: is an act of war. In my read of the 347 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 3: Constitution says that the decisions to go to war are 348 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 3: made by the United States Senate and consultation with the 349 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 3: chiefs Executive. So once again, if you're in favor of 350 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 3: this or you're opposed to it, I think that process 351 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 3: is a very very important one. We should try try, 352 00:18:44,240 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 3: in fact a safeguard. And there was no report that 353 00:18:47,080 --> 00:18:49,080 Speaker 3: I saw of an imminent threat to the United States. 354 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 3: Ron does not present an existential threat to the United States. 355 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:54,160 Speaker 1: Wow, this is an interesting take. 356 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:57,320 Speaker 2: So you're against the strike in general, you don't think 357 00:18:57,359 --> 00:18:59,159 Speaker 2: the president had the power to do it, and you're 358 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 2: against the idea of it. 359 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: No, not against the idea of it. Cutly, I think 360 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 3: you're quite right. We've been in a proxy wark ran 361 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,560 Speaker 3: for many, many years, and we'd come to the point 362 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 3: where perhaps the diplomatic effort was really now fruitless. They 363 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,600 Speaker 3: were stringing us along, So taking us down may well 364 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 3: have been appropriate. That being said, I think it still 365 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 3: should have been something that was done in consultation with 366 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 3: the Senate, and quite frankly, doing it that way I 367 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,840 Speaker 3: think would strengthen the position of the aftermath. As you 368 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:29,800 Speaker 3: guys quite rightfully said, sending a message not only is 369 00:19:29,840 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 3: the Iranians that they really don't want to mess with us, 370 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,639 Speaker 3: it's sending a world message more broadly to some of 371 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 3: our potential adversaries. 372 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,400 Speaker 1: Yeah. Boy, we agree certainly in principle of the whole 373 00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: consultation with Congress and the constitutional right to declare war. 374 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:46,560 Speaker 1: It just feels like that ship has sailed and not 375 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,960 Speaker 1: to be seen anytime soon again. But putting that aside, 376 00:19:49,320 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: what's your assessment of the military capabilities that the US 377 00:19:55,320 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 1: displayed in recent days? 378 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 3: This was extraordinary, without a doubt. I mean, this involved 379 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 3: all the services. Army, they the Air Force, this involved 380 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 3: the Central Command, This involved US European Command, This involved 381 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 3: the Space Force. I mean, this was an extraordinary operation 382 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 3: which also included a really significant deception operation. Imagine we 383 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:20,680 Speaker 3: sent B two bombers westward in the direction of a blomb, 384 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 3: only to have the main package so eastward across the 385 00:20:24,119 --> 00:20:27,080 Speaker 3: United States Atlantic to conduct the attack and route. One 386 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,879 Speaker 3: hundred and more aircrafts involved reshuelders, reconnaissance aircraft, command of 387 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 3: Control ACT fighter ASH carts going in and out, and 388 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,880 Speaker 3: which also struck me as amazing as either because they're 389 00:20:37,920 --> 00:20:39,920 Speaker 3: so weakened or because it was help done so well 390 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:43,560 Speaker 3: or both. No Iranian radars came up, no air defense 391 00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 3: missiles were fired against our incoming aircraft, no Iranian fighters 392 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:51,760 Speaker 3: came up. They were virtually defenseless, if you will. We 393 00:20:51,840 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 3: maintained maximum air supremacy over the battle area in the 394 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:58,840 Speaker 3: conduct of the operations. So kudos to the US military 395 00:20:59,040 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 3: in conductinghether you're in favor of this or opposed to it, 396 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 3: you got to admire the tenacity and the skill of 397 00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:05,840 Speaker 3: the US military. 398 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:08,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, the fact that we weren't shot at at all 399 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,400 Speaker 2: in an operation like that is absolutely incredible and has 400 00:21:11,440 --> 00:21:14,520 Speaker 2: to be really demoralizing for the Uranians. So the talk 401 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 2: of Iran you know, striking back, striking at some of 402 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 2: our bases, our personnel, you know, trying to close the 403 00:21:23,840 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 2: straighterhorn moves where a whole bunch of oil flows through 404 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,120 Speaker 2: any of those things, launching sleeper cells as the Iyatola 405 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 2: threatened over the weekend. 406 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,560 Speaker 1: Wouldn't that just be a suicide mission? 407 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 2: I can't what good would it do for a Ran 408 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 2: to reach out like that? 409 00:21:40,480 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: Well, you have to understand the dilemma that the Iranians 410 00:21:42,720 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 3: and the leadership overall are in right now. They know 411 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 3: if responding against United States could result in that kind 412 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:51,160 Speaker 3: of retaliation, which could bring down the regime. They also 413 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:54,320 Speaker 3: probably know that not to respond, massive demonstrations down the 414 00:21:54,359 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 3: streets of Tavan shanning revenge. Not to respond could likely 415 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 3: undermine their jitimacy in the eyes of the Iranian people 416 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,120 Speaker 3: and bring down that regime as well. So they are 417 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 3: having a real Hobson's choice. And don't forget you are 418 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,280 Speaker 3: dealing with a leadership that's been badly damaged. They've lost 419 00:22:11,320 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 3: a lot of senior leaders, and you're leading with a 420 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,040 Speaker 3: dealing with a messianics religious leader who's in charge at 421 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 3: eighty six years old, and may think that you know, 422 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 3: this is an opportunity to become one of the world's 423 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 3: greatest martyrs and go down in history as an Iranian 424 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,120 Speaker 3: martyr for the next couple of centuries. 425 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,800 Speaker 1: Jeff mccauslin is on the line, Jeff, what do you 426 00:22:30,840 --> 00:22:33,080 Speaker 1: expect to see next from the Israelis? 427 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 3: Well, the Israelis have continued their missile attacks on Iran. 428 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 3: One of the responses I think the run has already made. 429 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:42,360 Speaker 3: It seems like in the last twenty four hours they've 430 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 3: reintensified their strikes on Israel. So that's continuing. The Israelis have, 431 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,400 Speaker 3: not their words, accomplished their objectives in their war with Iran, 432 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 3: and it seems to me if you look at the 433 00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 3: targets that they're hitting, they've now shifted from totally focusing 434 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 3: on the destruction of Iran's nucle to in fact bringing 435 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 3: down the Iranian regime. They're going after things like the 436 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 3: administry of the Interior. They're going after the media as 437 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 3: well as a number of military leaders, as well as 438 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 3: a number of nick Year scientists. 439 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,720 Speaker 1: Doctor Jeff mccauslin, CBS News Military consultant, Thanks for the 440 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 1: time Jeff, we'll talk again soon, my pleasure. Thanks. 441 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:19,240 Speaker 3: So. 442 00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:21,639 Speaker 2: I've done this many times when there's really big military 443 00:23:21,680 --> 00:23:24,119 Speaker 2: stories on. We have on Jeff mccauslin and Mike Lions, 444 00:23:24,119 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 2: and they often have completely different takes on a story. 445 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,879 Speaker 1: I think that's going to be the case today. Yeah, 446 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,040 Speaker 1: I suspect so. And you know, the whole War Powers 447 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: Act question is a good one. It's an important one, 448 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 1: but boy howdy, I mean I heard part of it. 449 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:44,359 Speaker 1: I want to dig back into it. But Charles C. W. Cook, 450 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:48,119 Speaker 1: who is brilliant of the National Review, and Annie McCarthy, 451 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:52,840 Speaker 1: who is brilliant of the National Review, debated that very question. 452 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,679 Speaker 1: And the fact that those two esteemed gentlemen couldn't come 453 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 1: to an agreement, I think tells you a little bit 454 00:23:58,720 --> 00:23:59,640 Speaker 1: about where we are well. 455 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 2: As was pointed out by somebody on one of the 456 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: talk shows yesterday, might have been jad Vance. We've only 457 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 2: declared five wharf. Congress has only declared war five times 458 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:09,919 Speaker 2: in our nation's history. 459 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:10,280 Speaker 1: Total. 460 00:24:10,600 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 2: Everything else you've ever heard about or read about was 461 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: not a declared war by Congress. So it's not like 462 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: this is the first time it's ever happened. In fact, 463 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 2: Jonathan Turley was just tweeting out about how he was 464 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:22,479 Speaker 2: listening to NPR and they were going on and on 465 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:23,159 Speaker 2: about Trump. 466 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,040 Speaker 1: You know, Congress should have declared war. He doesn't have this. 467 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: Power, failing to mention the thirty other times presidents have 468 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 2: done this throughout our history. 469 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 1: So that story aside. 470 00:24:34,520 --> 00:24:36,960 Speaker 2: I completely disagree with Jeff mccou'son first of all, on 471 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,160 Speaker 2: whether or not we should have done this, And secondly, 472 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 2: I don't believe it all the whole Colon Powell pottery 473 00:24:42,520 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 2: barn you break it, you own it applies at all here, 474 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,800 Speaker 2: not like a rack where we took down the entire government, 475 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 2: rolled in two hundred thousand troops onto the streets of Baghdad. 476 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,840 Speaker 2: In that case, yes, you broke it, you own it. 477 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 2: I don't think that applies at all here. We destroyed 478 00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 2: a nuclear f Sidilly's or out, go ahead, run your country. 479 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,359 Speaker 1: You just don't get to have a nuke. Well, in 480 00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:08,120 Speaker 1: the case of our ally Israel, they also blowed up 481 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 1: everybody in charge of the program and various facilities, et cetera. 482 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:13,760 Speaker 1: But yeah, it was the denial of the ability to 483 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: develop and use nuclear weapons. Period. You run your country, 484 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: you run your water, department. You do whatever you want, 485 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: just not that. See I disagree as well. 486 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think we have the ownership or the 487 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:29,040 Speaker 2: responsibility to now run around the way we. 488 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: Did after we rolled into Iraq. So yeah, i'll quick 489 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,000 Speaker 1: quick break go ahead. 490 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:38,680 Speaker 2: Right after this commercial, we'll tell you about the latest 491 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 2: poll that's out of the Washington Post is reporting on 492 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 2: to give you an idea how many people disagree with 493 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 2: Jeff mccoslin's take, for instance. 494 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, this certainly would be a fine message. If you're 495 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 1: an Iranian nuclear scientist. 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No, don't do that, 516 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 1: trust and will dot com slash armstrong. 517 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 2: So you remember the run up to the bombing, there 518 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 2: was a lot of talk by mainstream media anyway about 519 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,399 Speaker 2: all kinds of a war in the Republican Party and 520 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,320 Speaker 2: splintering in the Republican Party and that sort of thing. 521 00:27:04,760 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 2: Mark Fiessen, in his opinion piece in the Washington Post today, 522 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 2: quoting the new poll from the Ronald Reagan Institute taken 523 00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:17,960 Speaker 2: just before the bombing, showed that ninety percent of self 524 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 2: identified MAGA Republicans say that preventing a Ran from obtaining 525 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 2: a nuclear weapon is important to US security. Ninety percent, 526 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:30,199 Speaker 2: including seventy four percent who's said doing so matters a 527 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 2: great deal. 528 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 1: That's a very high percentage. 529 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:36,959 Speaker 2: Eighty six of eight might remain as to whether what 530 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:39,560 Speaker 2: we did was necessary when we did it, but that's 531 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:43,480 Speaker 2: a hell of a good basis support. That's not all right, 532 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:46,199 Speaker 2: smart theson. Eighty six percent of MAGA Republicans say the 533 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,440 Speaker 2: security of Israel is important to the US. That's higher 534 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,960 Speaker 2: than I would even guess. Almost ninety percent eighty one 535 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 2: percent want to either continue or increase US support for 536 00:27:55,359 --> 00:28:00,080 Speaker 2: Israel's military campaign against Amas and hesbela. Two thirds support 537 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,440 Speaker 2: Israel carrying out airstrikes to destroy irany nuclear facilities. 538 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: Anyway, That is. 539 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,600 Speaker 2: A lot more than I think Tucker Carlson would have 540 00:28:10,640 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 2: portrayed it as in his debate against Ted Cruz that 541 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,200 Speaker 2: we played a lot of left right right. 542 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: And I'm not thinking about Tucker specifically in this, but 543 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:26,919 Speaker 1: there are a decent enough loud handful of anti Semitic 544 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: woke ritists who make a lot of noise online, and 545 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,840 Speaker 1: much like the American you know, bigfoot media, it's easy 546 00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 1: to get the impression that those loud, amplified voices represent 547 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: far more folks than they actually do. Those numbers are 548 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:43,280 Speaker 1: quite striking. 549 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 2: The question of the day still seems to me to be, 550 00:28:47,720 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 2: to me, where are the four hundred kilograms of uranium 551 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 2: that got enriched by Iran. I'll bet there's masade on 552 00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 2: the ground or commandos on the ground from Israel figuring that. 553 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: Out right now, and every mole they have in Iran 554 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:05,680 Speaker 1: is on high alert to figure that out right. 555 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:08,040 Speaker 2: We have got mail bag on the way next, a 556 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 2: whole bunch more news from different stories. I hope you 557 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 2: can stay here. What's gonna happen today? Anything, Well, I 558 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 2: guess we'll find out. Is Iran going to strike back 559 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 2: in any way? I still don't understand how that would 560 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:26,400 Speaker 2: benefit them in any way. I look forward to talking 561 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:28,280 Speaker 2: to Mike Lyons about that later. I haven't heard a 562 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 2: good explanation as to how that would help Iran in 563 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:33,920 Speaker 2: any way that they wouldn't just get absolutely torched if 564 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:34,840 Speaker 2: they do something bad. 565 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:37,400 Speaker 1: If I'm the Ayatola, I'm wondering what the hell to 566 00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:40,000 Speaker 1: do and who the hell to ask? What the hell 567 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:43,479 Speaker 1: to do? He's got to figure out a Send General 568 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 1: Jones over here. He's dead, sir, oh, no, no, I 569 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: about Smith. Sent Smith he's a but no, he's dead too, 570 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: So he's got a bit of a dilemma. Eighty six 571 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: year old messianic, religious lunatic. Oh boy, here's your freedom 572 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,960 Speaker 1: loving quote of the day from raw oh May, who 573 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: was reading very influential in the world of existential psychology, 574 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:10,239 Speaker 1: harsh critic of modern psychotherapy. In fact, it was so 575 00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:12,960 Speaker 1: interesting I had to force myself to stop reading about it. 576 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:14,840 Speaker 2: Anyway, I don't know this name. I'll have to look 577 00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 2: at this guy up or is a woman? 578 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:19,840 Speaker 1: A woman? Indeed a man rather Rallo? 579 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 3: Uh? 580 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:25,040 Speaker 1: Sorry, I he identified as his man. Okay, you know 581 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: the whole mustache. You know, masculine framesticles, testicles. Political freedom 582 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,080 Speaker 1: is to be cherished, indeed, But there is no political 583 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: freedom that is not indusolubly bound. Note to self, use 584 00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:42,200 Speaker 1: the term indissolubly more about to the inner personal freedom 585 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 1: of the individuals who make up that nation. No liberty 586 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,880 Speaker 1: of a nation of conformists, no free nation made up 587 00:30:48,920 --> 00:30:56,479 Speaker 1: of robots. Nailback. What if you'd like to write us 588 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: an induce solubly written email, Do it to mail bag 589 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:05,960 Speaker 1: at Armstrong in getty dot com. Tom SoCal writes, So, 590 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:09,520 Speaker 1: which approach to Iran? Do you prefer Operation Midnight Hammer 591 00:31:09,640 --> 00:31:12,680 Speaker 1: or Operation Don't? But now comes to hard part. You 592 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: need to be vigilant because they will try to attack 593 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 1: us to save face, and they are down to limited options. 594 00:31:16,760 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 1: Some of those options include operatives that undoubtedly crossed our 595 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,280 Speaker 1: borders in the last four years. We need to be 596 00:31:22,280 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: alert and watch out for each other. If you see something, 597 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,560 Speaker 1: say something, Will they attack us? 598 00:31:26,640 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 2: I don't know that they won't, but I don't understand 599 00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 2: what they get if they did. 600 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:35,680 Speaker 1: Just saving face, just saving a shred of legitimacy. Look, 601 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 1: we punched back, but good the Great Satan is reeling 602 00:31:39,200 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: from our brave countermatterers. That's what they'll do. Moving along, 603 00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:48,760 Speaker 1: Andy and Oakland says Taco. That's the Trump always chickens out, 604 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: the taco becomes burrito bomb. You ridiculous rascals into the 605 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: other world. Oh boy, they're working too hard to come 606 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:02,560 Speaker 1: up with an acronym. Can we limit the First Amendment 607 00:32:02,600 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: to stop everybody from doing that? Let's see, Adam writes, Hey, y'all, 608 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,240 Speaker 1: full disclosure. You will have far more intelligent and formed, ineloquent, 609 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: and probably more handsome listeners writing about this. They just 610 00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: wanted to point out that everybody who's been in an 611 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:18,280 Speaker 1: uproar about Trump's handling of Putin and Ukraine are now 612 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 1: against his decision to use the B two's. They're truly 613 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: showing their Trump derangement syndrome. Trump just delivered a historically 614 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,880 Speaker 1: challenged changing blow to Russia's ally that if it was 615 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 1: done during any other recent time would probably not have 616 00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: been as promising. I think a lot of unsuspecting people 617 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: are golf clapping for Trump right now. Thank you for 618 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 1: your attention to this matter. Adam. 619 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: By the way, to the email bag, we did get 620 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,600 Speaker 2: this text. Clinton bombed Russia, Iraq and Kosovo and put 621 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,120 Speaker 2: US soldiers on the ground in eighty to fight there 622 00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 2: with no acts of Congress. Yeah, there are dozens of 623 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:56,880 Speaker 2: examples you can use from presidents of doing that. That 624 00:32:56,960 --> 00:33:01,600 Speaker 2: doesn't mean I like the idea that every president sends 625 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:03,600 Speaker 2: the military around the world and bombs things they want 626 00:33:03,640 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 2: to without asking Congress. 627 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,400 Speaker 1: But it's not like Trump invented it. Well, if we 628 00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 1: just wanted to go from the year two thousand on, 629 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:12,760 Speaker 1: we could come up with more examples than is necessary. 630 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 1: Let's see Tim who hates US rights yay ww three 631 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: a disgusting escalation guaranteed to give J and J little 632 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:24,760 Speaker 1: chubbies in their dockers. Wow, that's unnecessarily a graphic. And 633 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,640 Speaker 1: I'm not wearing doctors sir as. They bloviate with that 634 00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:32,840 Speaker 1: special studio courage they're known for. Yeah, okay, your type. 635 00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:35,960 Speaker 2: So we have less of a chance of World War 636 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 2: three if Iran has a nuclear weapon. 637 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: Explain that to me. Yeah, yeah, I just well, and 638 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: the false arguments and bad faith arguments in a very 639 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 1: short email. You know what. I respect your ability to 640 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,800 Speaker 1: cram so many bad faith arguments into the sentence and 641 00:33:52,800 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: a half a chubby in my doctors. Let's see Byron rights. 642 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: And there have invariations on this attempt humor. Trump's newest 643 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,320 Speaker 1: golf project is coming together. He just established the first 644 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: three holes of his new eighteen hole golf cour There 645 00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 1: you go. That would be the nuclear facility as of 646 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,880 Speaker 1: Iran jack holes in the ground. I was tracking instead 647 00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,399 Speaker 1: of yes, okay. It wasn't that I didn't laugh because 648 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,360 Speaker 1: I didn't understand it. I understood it. Oh, I see, 649 00:34:20,160 --> 00:34:23,720 Speaker 1: let's see this. This is a complete change topic. Frequent 650 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,160 Speaker 1: correspondent Pawlow. Can there be morality without faith? I'm a 651 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 1: big yes on this one. Let's just say morality is 652 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:31,799 Speaker 1: a set of beliefs about how we behave that leads 653 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 1: to the best possible outcome for humanity, like a constitutional 654 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,840 Speaker 1: framework governing human behavior. And faith is a mode of 655 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 1: belief that makes the belief immutable. Faith can support morality 656 00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,480 Speaker 1: and promote adherence to it. It can also promote the 657 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,160 Speaker 1: dogma of Iranian theocrats. He's absolutely true, and I'll cut 658 00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,759 Speaker 1: off his email there. He goes on to make the 659 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:54,840 Speaker 1: point in other ways. But you know what, when Tokville, 660 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:59,600 Speaker 1: for instance, was talking about there can be no liberty 661 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,040 Speaker 1: without more morality without faith, he was talking about Christian faith. 662 00:35:04,840 --> 00:35:10,160 Speaker 1: Maybe deists google it, but he was just talking Christian 663 00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,560 Speaker 1: faith back in the day. That's what those people meant. 664 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:19,120 Speaker 1: They didn't consider Islamic fundamentalists in their description of quote 665 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: unquote faith. Maybe that was a blind spot, but it 666 00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 1: has a different meaning when you consider it like that. 667 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,840 Speaker 2: I have many thoughts on this. Could you put that 668 00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 2: in some sort of special pile. Maybe we can talk 669 00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:29,320 Speaker 2: about it an hour four or something. 670 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 1: I will put a pin in it. 671 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:33,480 Speaker 2: As they say, I wasn't gonna say that very annoying 672 00:35:33,520 --> 00:35:35,680 Speaker 2: because we might be tired of talking about bombing Iran 673 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:37,600 Speaker 2: by our four and I'd be interested to get into 674 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,919 Speaker 2: the whole. Where does morality come from conversation specifically about 675 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:41,640 Speaker 2: the United States. 676 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:48,800 Speaker 1: Now, I'm off to adjust my doctors, not really Armstrong 677 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 1: and Getty