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Speaker 1: Syrian Dictator for Sure, all of a sudden launched a
Speaker 1: horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians, using a deadly
Speaker 1: nerve agent Asade choked out the lives of helpless men, women,
Speaker 1: and children. It was a slow and brutal death for
Speaker 1: so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this
Speaker 1: very barbaric attack. No child of God should ever suffer
Speaker 1: such horror. Tonight, I ordered a targeted military strike on
Speaker 1: the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack Yeah
Speaker 1: was launched. It is in this vital national security interest
Speaker 1: of the United States to prevent and deter the spread
Speaker 1: and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no
Speaker 1: dispute that seal Will used burned chemical weapons, violated obligations
Speaker 1: under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and ignored the urging of
Speaker 1: the U N Security counts. Years of previous attempts at
Speaker 1: changing the lad's behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically.
Speaker 1: As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and
Speaker 1: the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and
Speaker 1: it's lies. Tonight, I'll call in all futif nations to
Speaker 1: join us and seeking to end the slurter and bloodshed
Speaker 1: in Syria and also and caroled of all kinds and
Speaker 1: all types. We ask for God's wisdom as we face
Speaker 1: the challenge of our very troubled world. We pray for
Speaker 1: the lives of the wounded and for the souls of
Speaker 1: those who have passed, and we hope that as long
Speaker 1: as America stands for justice, then peace and harmony will
Speaker 1: in the end prevail. Good Night, and God bless America
Speaker 1: and the entire world. Thank you all right, Glad you're
Speaker 1: weather us. Happy Friday. That was the President making a
Speaker 1: statement last night after in fact, fifty nine, some fifty
Speaker 1: nine Tomahawk missiles were fired at the very launch pad
Speaker 1: of where these chemical weapons were used by Syria against men, women,
Speaker 1: and children earlier this week. You can hear a very affected,
Speaker 1: very different President Trump there, just like we heard when
Speaker 1: he was meeting with the King of Jordan Abdullah earlier
Speaker 1: this week, and that issue came up, and the issue
Speaker 1: of a red line came up over and over again.
Speaker 1: You know, I've got to say it's pretty powerful statement here.
Speaker 1: No child of God should suffer such horror. And the
Speaker 1: President said that, and I'm following the comments and the commentary,
Speaker 1: and everybody said, well, the President tweeted out that Obama
Speaker 1: shouldn't know what is he doing. Okay, that's a fair thing,
Speaker 1: but that's a fair criticism. He changed his mind after
Speaker 1: seeing dead children that had been gassed. But if we're
Speaker 1: gonna be fair and talk about changing minds and listening
Speaker 1: to things that are said to us by politicians, why
Speaker 1: don't we start the program. And I want you to
Speaker 1: think about this in the context, especially of the Iranian
Speaker 1: nuclear deal, which allows the Iranians to continue to spin
Speaker 1: their centerfuges twenty five days before we give them inspections
Speaker 1: and and they get heads up on it. We don't
Speaker 1: even get to have American inspectors, nor do we get
Speaker 1: to inspect everything we want to inspect. And the and
Speaker 1: the billions of taxpayer of dollars that he forked over
Speaker 1: to this radical Islamic regime that has declared over and
Speaker 1: over again that they want to destroy America, destroy Israel,
Speaker 1: and they want a worldwide caliphate. That has been their
Speaker 1: goal from the beginning. How right is Obama and his
Speaker 1: insurance assurances that, well, the Iranians now they're they're limited
Speaker 1: in getting nuclear weapons. Well, if we're gonna talk about
Speaker 1: Donald Trump changed his mind on the issue of whether
Speaker 1: or not there should be retaliation in the case of
Speaker 1: the use of chemical weapons against men, women, and children.
Speaker 1: You know, I'm having a hard time understanding the opposition
Speaker 1: to this is this, he did everything that Trump said
Speaker 1: he would do in terms of he didn't telegraph the move.
Speaker 1: There's no desire clearly to occupy, but it's a message
Speaker 1: stop using chemical weapons against innocent men, women, and children.
Speaker 1: That there is a line that the world cannot toligrate,
Speaker 1: which is it's bad enough. This ridiculous civil war has
Speaker 1: gone on for seven years with no resolution at all,
Speaker 1: being fomented by the way by Putin. Oh for all
Speaker 1: the talk of the conspiracy Trump and the Russians, he
Speaker 1: went dead set against Vladimir Putin last night and what
Speaker 1: the Russians wanted because they have been propping up the
Speaker 1: Assad regime that this entire time for their own political benefit,
Speaker 1: but if we're going to take the words of politicians,
Speaker 1: which this is all that CNN and and NBC is
Speaker 1: fixated on, I flipped. I can't believe this is it. Okay,
Speaker 1: let's listen to both. Let's listen to President Obama and
Speaker 1: then we'll listen to John Kerry, and then we'll listen
Speaker 1: to Susan Rice, and we'll listen to their words assuring
Speaker 1: you the American people that Obama's line in the sand
Speaker 1: got Syria and Assad to give up their chemical weapons,
Speaker 1: which clearly isn't true because he used them again this week. Listen.
Speaker 1: I think it was important for me as President United
Speaker 1: States to send a message that, in fact, there is
Speaker 1: something different about chemical weapons. Uh. And regardless of how
Speaker 1: it ended up playing, I think in the Beltway, what
Speaker 1: is true is Assad got rid of his chemical weapons,
Speaker 1: and the reason he got rid of them was, well, look, uh,
Speaker 1: if or those uh chemical uh stockpiles were eliminated, that's
Speaker 1: a lot of chemical weapons that are not right now
Speaker 1: in the hands of Isle or Nusra, or for that matter,
Speaker 1: of the regime. The President made his decision to strike,
Speaker 1: he announced his decision to strike publicly, and the purpose
Speaker 1: of the strike was to get the chemical weapons out
Speaker 1: of Syria. That's the purpose. We achieved a deal with
Speaker 1: the Russians that didn't wind up in two days of
Speaker 1: strikes that would have sent a quote message but would
Speaker 1: not have removed the weapons. We struck a deal to
Speaker 1: get all of the declared weapons out of Syria. Never
Speaker 1: before in a conflict has that ever happened, that during
Speaker 1: the conflict weapons of mass destruction are taken out of
Speaker 1: the zone of conflict. And thank god we did that
Speaker 1: because if we hadn't done that, today Isel would have
Speaker 1: those chemical weapons in large parts of the country. Because
Speaker 1: in the meantime we were able to find a solution
Speaker 1: that actually removed the chemical weapons that were known from
Speaker 1: Syria in a way that the use of force would
Speaker 1: never have accomplished. Oh, the use of They just they're wrong. Now,
Speaker 1: let's assume there is wrong about Iranian and the Iranian
Speaker 1: deal as they are about what happened in Syria. Um. Now,
Speaker 1: I understand the argument that rand Paul I, like Ranpaul,
Speaker 1: Ranpaul is a constitutionalist and if there's gonna be further escalation,
Speaker 1: you know, I understand the War Parisact, but you know,
Speaker 1: using military forces not a declaration of war. I think
Speaker 1: the hope of the president is this message gets sent,
Speaker 1: gets sent loud and clear. I think the first thing
Speaker 1: that you've got to recognize what happened last night is
Speaker 1: is the President sent a message to the entire world
Speaker 1: and Pyongyang in North Korea, and certainly the Iranians, and
Speaker 1: certainly the Russians you know outside of them, and the
Speaker 1: Syrians meaning Asad you know who is really upset about
Speaker 1: what happened last night. Is the world going to sit
Speaker 1: back and watch a modern day holocaust where children are
Speaker 1: gassed before our eyes, with the images being shown to
Speaker 1: the world, And I guess it's we're just gonna sit
Speaker 1: back and not let and just let that continue to
Speaker 1: happen and not try to stop it. I don't want
Speaker 1: America to be the world's policeman either. I don't think
Speaker 1: we have an ability he as a country anymore to
Speaker 1: fight wars because they always become politicized. But we certainly
Speaker 1: have the military technology and the ability and the strength
Speaker 1: and hopefully the moral commitment that if we see dead
Speaker 1: kids from chemical weapons, maybe we have to do a
Speaker 1: little something to stop it, especially considering we were promised, oh,
Speaker 1: there's no such thing as chemical weapons inside of Syria that,
Speaker 1: of course by Obama and Rice and carry they lied.
Speaker 1: Now let's assume they're just as wrong on Iran. Oh great,
Speaker 1: Now we've got a squared B squared equals C squared
Speaker 1: because you've got radical Islamic terrorists that believe in a
Speaker 1: worldwide caliphate now having nuclear weapons in their arsenal and
Speaker 1: a promise of pledge and a commitment to destroy Israel
Speaker 1: in the United States. That's not gonna work. And by
Speaker 1: the way, you know, with all the talk about Russia,
Speaker 1: you know, the biggest question coming out of last night's
Speaker 1: missile attack was, well, why did Russian forces on the
Speaker 1: ground failed to deploy this state of the art missile
Speaker 1: defense system that they had at that base, at that
Speaker 1: very air base. They could have at least tried to
Speaker 1: blunt the attack. And I suspect when Trump, you know,
Speaker 1: we we had an agreement where a military to military
Speaker 1: agreement that if we're about to hit something, we give
Speaker 1: them a heads up so their soldiers don't die. That
Speaker 1: we were committed by by by treaty and agreement to
Speaker 1: do that. Last night, people say, wow, they gave them
Speaker 1: my heads up. Now that's not what happened. But I
Speaker 1: think when Trump, when our military talked to their military,
Speaker 1: and Putin got that heads up that a launch was imminent,
Speaker 1: that the attack was taking place, wasn't aimed at Russian personnel,
Speaker 1: wasn't aimed at Russian assets on the ground. Well, Putin
Speaker 1: didn't want a confrontation in spite of all the rhetoric
Speaker 1: coming out of Russia today, and I think for obvious reasons. Now,
Speaker 1: you know, Kim Jong un congratulates Assad just hours before
Speaker 1: Trump's missile strike. I wonder if he's congratulating him now.
Speaker 1: He sent a letter of congratulations to Syrian President Bashar
Speaker 1: al Assad on the seventy anniversary of the country's ruling
Speaker 1: Bath Party, according to Pyongyang's news agency. Well that was
Speaker 1: sent just hours before President Trump bore the air strikes.
Speaker 1: You know this, the world sees a different America here.
Speaker 1: This is not America leading from behind. This is not
Speaker 1: America seeking the U n approval. This is America acting.
Speaker 1: This is America taking a moral stand. Uh. Nobody wants
Speaker 1: a long term conflict. Why because it will be politicized anyway,
Speaker 1: and we don't have the stature of the stamina. Were
Speaker 1: not stature we don't have the stamina, you know, the
Speaker 1: stomach in Washington to see through in any military conflict
Speaker 1: of victory. Prime Minister net and Yahoo praised Trump back
Speaker 1: Trump on the strike, as he always is a loyal
Speaker 1: and fierce ally of the United States. I don't think
Speaker 1: it's by accident that the President recently met and very
Speaker 1: very little attention was paid to his meetings with the
Speaker 1: with the King of Jordan Abdullah, and the and the
Speaker 1: President and General Alcisi of Egypt and the Crown Prince
Speaker 1: of s out of Arabia, and and of course Prime
Speaker 1: Minister net Yahoo and I've been saying that maybe the
Speaker 1: one good thing that ever came out of the Obama
Speaker 1: years in this ridiculous Iranian deal was the fact that
Speaker 1: a new alliance was created, Sunni Arab nations now aligning
Speaker 1: with with the Israelis and partnering to stand up against
Speaker 1: possible Iranian hegemony in the region, which of course is
Speaker 1: their goal. And you know, Vladimir Putin wants his stew
Speaker 1: just as Sad to stay alive. He probably needs to
Speaker 1: get him out of Damascus and get him, as my
Speaker 1: buddy Ali North wrote me last night, make him Eddie
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Speaker 1: In the next half hour, we'll get to some phone
Speaker 1: calls to some of the other news. There are ongoing
Speaker 1: negotiations as it relates to healthcare. If we get any
Speaker 1: developments on that will let you know. Um, I gotta
Speaker 1: give praise where praises due. I have been very critical
Speaker 1: of Republicans in Washington. I'm still piste off that they're
Speaker 1: going away on a two week vacation, although that might change. Uh.
Speaker 1: And they still haven't got a healthcare bill done after
Speaker 1: eight years, which annoys the living daylights out of me.
Speaker 1: But um, they did in the Senate. And I've been
Speaker 1: critical of Mitch McConnell at times, but he did hold
Speaker 1: strong as it relates to not giving a vote on
Speaker 1: Merrick Garland, the number two you know today's Senate confirmation vote,
Speaker 1: Neil gors It's the final vote was fifty forty five.
Speaker 1: It wouldn't have happened had Mitch McConnell not invoked the
Speaker 1: constitutional option. Now he had no other choice from there
Speaker 1: was no choice, but you know, he could have caved,
Speaker 1: I guess, but the rules don't apply equally, and there's
Speaker 1: no reciprocity from Democrats, so he really didn't have a
Speaker 1: choice anyway. The Republican Senate votes gave every Obama Supreme
Speaker 1: Court nominee the upper down vote everyone every time Sonia
Speaker 1: saw to my arty one Elena Kagan sixty seven. Course
Speaker 1: it's fifty forty five. But for the first time in
Speaker 1: a couple of hundred years, for partisan reasons, they filibustered
Speaker 1: Neil Gorst's. Neil Gorsts will be on the Court as
Speaker 1: a Monday, So I gotta give credit where it is due.
Speaker 1: I did take a little shot on Twitter today against
Speaker 1: the never Trumper people, because you know, there was so
Speaker 1: adamant that Donald Trump is a liberal. Well, I don't
Speaker 1: think the wall is liberal. I don't think his economic
Speaker 1: plan is liberal. I don't think vetting refugees is liberal.
Speaker 1: I don't think Neil Gorsich is a liberal based on
Speaker 1: his background in his history, and Washington Post even said
Speaker 1: in an article they put out that they think his
Speaker 1: track record shows he's more conservative than Scalia. I can
Speaker 1: only hope and pray. Sometimes you don't know. David Suitor
Speaker 1: was probably the biggest disappointment in our lifetime, and probably
Speaker 1: you know, my favorite justice on the Supreme Court now
Speaker 1: is Clarence Thomas by far, and I hope that Neil
Speaker 1: Gorsuch gets into that category. UM and Tom, Clarence Thomas
Speaker 1: and and Justice Kalia. I mean, what they did for
Speaker 1: this country, it's just an enormous service that is immeasurable
Speaker 1: in terms of the damage that otherwise would have been
Speaker 1: done by people that don't have the originalist philosophy, that
Speaker 1: actually believe in separation of powers and coequal branches of
Speaker 1: government and not citing foreign constitutions and legislating from the
Speaker 1: bench or you know, coming up with crazy ideas to
Speaker 1: justify insane decisions. All right, we'll continue your calls on
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Speaker 1: maybe break a little format. And we have so much
Speaker 1: on the plate. Neil Gorst's confirmed, We've got healthcare still
Speaker 1: being negotiated, debated. I hope they come back from the
Speaker 1: two week recess. That's my personal hope we had a
Speaker 1: terror attack if you missed it in literally in Sweden
Speaker 1: again five Dead will update you in the course of
Speaker 1: the program later today and then of the latest obviously
Speaker 1: on Susan Rice. Right, what you know, we have a
Speaker 1: show going on there. I see you've got your friends
Speaker 1: in there. Hello, I um, and can you at least
Speaker 1: introduce all these are the friends you told me about, right, yeah,
Speaker 1: but Julie and hold on one second, show because I
Speaker 1: just need to chat with them for a second. To
Speaker 1: give me one second, Okay, you you chat for a
Speaker 1: second and I'll just do the radio show without a producer.
Speaker 1: You go right ahead. You're very welcome. You know. I
Speaker 1: want you to think of one thing, and I don't
Speaker 1: want America. What did I say after Iraq? I was
Speaker 1: a big supporter of the Iraq conflict, Iraq war. I
Speaker 1: you know, you look at Vietnam. Fifty eight thousand Americans
Speaker 1: are our treasure, our national treasure, our sons, our daughters, fight,
Speaker 1: bleed and die, and then the war gets politicized in
Speaker 1: Washington and we don't finish the job. The word One
Speaker 1: of the worst things Obama ever did was was pulled
Speaker 1: these troops out of Iraq without finishing the job, which
Speaker 1: created the vacuum for ISIS, and that was his doing.
Speaker 1: And then of course the rules of engagement and and
Speaker 1: so on and so forth. That's why I got so
Speaker 1: angry at these these tweets that were going out today. Well,
Speaker 1: Hannity tweeted Parker and ten and I'm like, yeah, okay,
Speaker 1: Hannedy did tweet um something about yeah, something about it
Speaker 1: says glad our arrogant president is enjoying his taxpayer funded
Speaker 1: golf outing after announcing the US should take military action
Speaker 1: in Syria. And I'm like, Okay, that's beyond dumb that
Speaker 1: they're they're interpreting that as being that I'm taking a
Speaker 1: different position today because I'm not their purpose. They're playing
Speaker 1: Ted Copple to story my tweet. There's this article. The
Speaker 1: point was I was making. He's arrogant, he's lazy, and
Speaker 1: his threats are meaningless. And Donald Trump, who really does
Speaker 1: not want much military conflict, sees dead women and children
Speaker 1: because of chemical weapons, and he decides to do something
Speaker 1: about it. You know how deadly Saren gasses, you know,
Speaker 1: you know, think the gas, the chemical and and what
Speaker 1: it does to people. They have five metric tons of
Speaker 1: these things anyway, Americans asking the question, and my friend
Speaker 1: Dr Mark Siegell Sarah saren gas is colorless, it's odorless,
Speaker 1: and it kills people in minutes, and it disperses in minutes,
Speaker 1: meaning it can be blown away in the wind. It works,
Speaker 1: you know, similar to the way pesticides due by blocking
Speaker 1: the breakdown of of certain neurotransmitters leading to a rapid
Speaker 1: build up of the chemical and the body. And saren
Speaker 1: it is much more potent than any you know, insecticide
Speaker 1: that you might use, and it's found in you know,
Speaker 1: five hundred times more powerful than cyanide. It is a painful, horrific,
Speaker 1: evil way to die. It is potent, and it was
Speaker 1: used again by Syrian president by shot Alissade. So at
Speaker 1: some point you've got to say this is evil in
Speaker 1: our time. I'm here's the question I have for some
Speaker 1: of you. I know it's not World War two. I
Speaker 1: know it's not the equivalent of six million Jews slaughters
Speaker 1: and and so many millions of others slaughtered. My father
Speaker 1: fought four years in the Pacific, and I know we
Speaker 1: face evil in our time, and radical Islam is certainly
Speaker 1: at the top of that list. But do you really
Speaker 1: believe outside to say, the Russians and the Iranians and
Speaker 1: the North Koreans Pyongyang in the Syrian government under Assan,
Speaker 1: do you really think the world should just sit back
Speaker 1: and watch kids get gassed and not try to do
Speaker 1: something about it. I'm not talking about being a police state.
Speaker 1: I'm not talking about being the world's policemen. But I
Speaker 1: am talking about learning lessons here. I am talking about,
Speaker 1: you know what, what is simple right and wrong? You know,
Speaker 1: we look at some of the evil and horror throughout history,
Speaker 1: and I don't That's what inspired me to write the
Speaker 1: book deliver Us from Evil, you know, but you look
Speaker 1: at some of the evil you look at I wrote
Speaker 1: great detail about this in my book deliver Us from Evil.
Speaker 1: That they were. You know, imagine being a Nazi soldier
Speaker 1: at a death camp, pick anyone that you want to
Speaker 1: pick at those Auschwitz whatever, and your job every day
Speaker 1: is to get people off of trains, trains, keep them calm,
Speaker 1: steal the gold out of their teeth and uh and
Speaker 1: take their clothes, tell them to take in a shower,
Speaker 1: and gas them and kill your fellow human beings. That's evil,
Speaker 1: you know, seeing dead children. Gas is pure evil in
Speaker 1: our time. And you know, for all these conspiracy theories
Speaker 1: about Russia, well, the number one ally supported that has
Speaker 1: propped up the Assad regime is Vladimir Putin's Russia, you know.
Speaker 1: And you know you gotta understand a Moscow Iranian Damascus.
Speaker 1: You know, you've got this, this trio of terror RR
Speaker 1: is now on the verge hopefully of being unraveled. You know.
Speaker 1: They they're that alliance. The one thing that Obama did
Speaker 1: not intentionally, of course, is by his embracing the Iranians
Speaker 1: and not having the courage to call out radical Islam,
Speaker 1: it created a scenario that was not possible nine years ago.
Speaker 1: And that is an alliance that's been created with Israel.
Speaker 1: An alliance that has been created with Israel and the
Speaker 1: saudiast and the Egyptians and the Organians or Jordanians in
Speaker 1: other words, that alliance now and you could see it
Speaker 1: in this past week as the President met with the
Speaker 1: President of and the General of of Egypt, President Elsisi
Speaker 1: and King Abdallah of Jordan's and prior to that, the
Speaker 1: Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. I'm not a fan of
Speaker 1: the Saudis well, I'm not a fan of any of
Speaker 1: these countries. The bravest person in the Middle East, by
Speaker 1: the way, is General Alcissi and and his words against
Speaker 1: radical Islam, well, you know, echo through the entire world,
Speaker 1: having courage that Obama never showed. Um. By the way,
Speaker 1: we have special guests in studio today and uh Linda
Speaker 1: is going to introduce him to you, and and I
Speaker 1: want to that Julie is it's Julie right. Yeah, my
Speaker 1: friend Julius here and her dad Edit is here and
Speaker 1: we're all hanging out in the studio. That's why I
Speaker 1: can't look at you, because I gotta look at them, okay.
Speaker 1: And by the way, I want to say that their
Speaker 1: mom and wife, Julie's mom and Ed's wife, Donna, Donna
Speaker 1: Hall Lynnville passed away just recently. It's almost the same
Speaker 1: date as my father died, by the way, after a
Speaker 1: long and courageous battle with a with an illness. And uh,
Speaker 1: guys were very sorry. And uh, I know your friends
Speaker 1: with Linda. She told me all about it before you
Speaker 1: guys came in today. And and we want to just
Speaker 1: dedicate this program to your wife and to your mom
Speaker 1: today and UH send our thoughts and prayers to all
Speaker 1: of you. And I know how hard it is. It's
Speaker 1: like an emotional train wreckon and I want you to
Speaker 1: be strong and hang in there. And it's just the
Speaker 1: toughest thing in life when you lose a loved one.
Speaker 1: And thank you Sean for doing that. I don't care
Speaker 1: what they say about you. You're all right in my book.
Speaker 1: What do you mean? Just all right? And what you
Speaker 1: told me about your friends? You told me they were upset,
Speaker 1: they wanted to keep come see the show, and I said,
Speaker 1: absolutely can. They can come every day until they feel better.
Speaker 1: Do you guys want to come every day? Oh? They're laughing.
Speaker 1: They listen every day. They might as will come here
Speaker 1: in person, come and watch. I mean, what's the difference.
Speaker 1: I look better in person right when I have you
Speaker 1: so thin, shwan, very thin and smelt and you know,
Speaker 1: like you work out on a regular basis. And your
Speaker 1: mother tell about everybody that your mother got mad after
Speaker 1: you call me man of Rexic. And first of all
Speaker 1: of all, no, no, no, no, no, my mother got mad.
Speaker 1: She's she's a rock, she like Gibralta. But she said,
Speaker 1: I can't believe he just called you a fatty didn't
Speaker 1: say you were fat. I said, fatty's in there, and
Speaker 1: where am I? I'm in here? You're not fat at all? Well,
Speaker 1: that's what i'd like to hear. There's actually nobody in
Speaker 1: that room is fat. I mean, I'm just I'm just
Speaker 1: saying it to try and be entertaining. You're very entertaining
Speaker 1: after you call me manarexic, because that's entertaining. Okay, But
Speaker 1: I work out, and I take care of myself and
Speaker 1: I don't eat. Listen, if I don't had my way,
Speaker 1: I would eat breakfast. I would have sausage and bacon
Speaker 1: and eggs and French toast and pancakes every morning when
Speaker 1: do when does the cabbage? And I had my choice,
Speaker 1: I would get what I used to get as a kid.
Speaker 1: I get like these huge roast beef, lettuce, tomato Mayo heroes,
Speaker 1: and I'd eat the whole thing myself and and for
Speaker 1: me like a normal man. I would have steak and
Speaker 1: vegetables and dessert and cookies and candies and and I
Speaker 1: did all of that. I'd love to, but I can't.
Speaker 1: I can't you because I'll be five hundred pounds. But
Speaker 1: you work out now, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: It was just something happens to your body as you
Speaker 1: get older that it doesn't metabolize food like it used to. Unfortunately, See,
Speaker 1: you want to be an old skinny man, an old
Speaker 1: fat man. No, I don't. I want to be in shape,
Speaker 1: because you know I do. I do have another job
Speaker 1: on television. I don't think I can't go on the
Speaker 1: air and be nine hundred pounds, so I'll go on
Speaker 1: and be seven hundred. I's how you look good to me, brother, An,
Speaker 1: he's anyway you are. We love you well, Julian, and
Speaker 1: with all sincerity, we wish you guys the best. God
Speaker 1: bless you guys. And uh, how are your friends with
Speaker 1: this woman? I have no idea, but they have great taste.
Speaker 1: They have great taste. I agree. All right, let's get
Speaker 1: to our phones here on those Friday as I promised.
Speaker 1: All right, we're gonna start with Joseph. He's out in California,
Speaker 1: the home of the thirteen and a half percent state
Speaker 1: income tax. What's going on, Hi, Sean, thanks for taking
Speaker 1: much call, you know real quick. I just wanted to
Speaker 1: speak to your audience and let you know that my
Speaker 1: background is that we are Christians from the Middle East.
Speaker 1: I have relatives from Iraq, and I have wrote it
Speaker 1: some series where do you ask for? And let me
Speaker 1: tell you that right now, in my opinion, this is
Speaker 1: the worst thing we can do to attack the series
Speaker 1: armed forces because these the Syrian soldiers are fighting against
Speaker 1: the terrorists. And I'm not getting it from CNN. I'm
Speaker 1: not getting this from Fox News. With all due respected
Speaker 1: Fox News. I'm getting this from my relatives on the ground.
Speaker 1: The Christians are going to be the ones to suffer
Speaker 1: the most. We did this in Iraq. Remember we took
Speaker 1: sat down out of power. I have relatives that were
Speaker 1: killed by Saddam. We run away from Iraq because of Saddam.
Speaker 1: M John McCain does not have relatives that were killed
Speaker 1: by Saddam. With all due respect to McCain and with
Speaker 1: all due respect to you, Shan And I'm gonna tell
Speaker 1: with all due respect, with all due respect to you,
Speaker 1: I don't think there's anybody more in the media that
Speaker 1: has talked about Christian genocide in the entire region than
Speaker 1: us talking about the Ucedes and the Christians and what
Speaker 1: is what has really become a genocide that the world
Speaker 1: is ignored. I've talked about it at nauseum. We have
Speaker 1: non Reign and Waya on this program often to talk
Speaker 1: about it, and she's pleading with people for help and research.
Speaker 1: I agree, and I have heard you speak about the
Speaker 1: genefer and I thank you for that. I really want
Speaker 1: to thank you for that. But right now, you know,
Speaker 1: I'm a little emotional because what I see happening is
Speaker 1: the same mistakes we ammitted in Iraq. We're going to
Speaker 1: commit them in Syria. But Assad is not a good man.
Speaker 1: But let me tell you something. And if you're comparing
Speaker 1: to some of our politicians in America, he's the same
Speaker 1: as some of our politicies over here. But compared to Isid,
Speaker 1: compared to a Musta, compared to the alternatives, he's an
Speaker 1: angel from heaven. We don't know for sure who did
Speaker 1: this chemical attack. This man is a dog. Excuse me.
Speaker 1: We do we do know our hang on, We do
Speaker 1: know who did it. It was Assad. Our intelligence agencies listen.
Speaker 1: I know I've been critical of the leaking, but that's
Speaker 1: a very few people. But our intelligence agencies have been
Speaker 1: very firm and in their analysis of where this came from.
Speaker 1: They've even been able to trace the exact location and
Speaker 1: the flight plan of the plane that actually dropped the
Speaker 1: gas on these people, so we know where it came from. Um.
Speaker 1: You know, look what's happening here is you've got Moscow, Tehran, Damascus,
Speaker 1: and you've got you know, this trio of terror out
Speaker 1: there that is now close to being unraveled. The only
Speaker 1: other person I think we got to really worry about
Speaker 1: at this moment is Pyong Yang. And if if the
Speaker 1: President can somehow repair some of the damage in the
Speaker 1: relationship with China in this way, Um, you know, things
Speaker 1: can go better. If a Sad goes his Bullah will
Speaker 1: lose their logistics lifeline from Tehran through Baghdad up the
Speaker 1: Euphrates River, and there were Euphrates River Valley to Lebanon. Um.
Speaker 1: I was talking to Colonel North about all of this.
Speaker 1: So despite Nikki Haley's eloquence and so on and so forth,
Speaker 1: that the Russians will do their level best to block
Speaker 1: any meaningful action in the U N. Security Council. But
Speaker 1: look if if if let's say, the Aya Tollers threatened
Speaker 1: to to close off the straits of hor Moves or
Speaker 1: or any of these other areas, they're all gonna now
Speaker 1: get the Trump treatment. And I have no doubt that
Speaker 1: the President would have no problem bombing Iranian sights. And
Speaker 1: if Putin wants to really challenge America, well there will
Speaker 1: be consequences for him too. The world was put on notice,
Speaker 1: and I think this new emerging alliances is pretty amazing. Anyway,
Speaker 1: eight nine four one, Shawn told free telephone number. You
Speaker 1: want to be a part of the program. Let's get
Speaker 1: back to our phones, MICUs and Sarah Sota. Hey, Mike,
Speaker 1: how are you good? Sean? Thank you for everything you're doing.
Speaker 1: I got about forty they were all yours. Go. I'm
Speaker 1: a retired military officer from the Air Force and I've
Speaker 1: been involved with NBC New the Biological and Chemical for
Speaker 1: a long time. I know what it is like to
Speaker 1: suit up. The question I'm asking is the gentleman who
Speaker 1: just called. I don't think he has the understanding that
Speaker 1: we had a chemical weapons convention. No one is to
Speaker 1: be stockpiling or making these nerve agents. Uh. Susan Rice
Speaker 1: even said that there was no longer chemical weapons, and
Speaker 1: then Russia even said there wasn't these are these are
Speaker 1: a very very serious issue. It could affect the whole world,
Speaker 1: including our troops that are presently over in that area.
Speaker 1: I don't think people understand how bad chemical weapons. You
Speaker 1: just don't die right away. You suffer and suffer and suffer.
Speaker 1: I would not want to see the children in our
Speaker 1: country suffer, including the old people. America listen, America's I
Speaker 1: don't want occupation, I don't want a protracted war. I
Speaker 1: don't want boots on the ground. But I don't want
Speaker 1: America to lose all sight of what is moral and
Speaker 1: right and decent in life. And dead children killed and
Speaker 1: tortured and murdered with chemical weapons. That's a line that
Speaker 1: that I can't, that we cannot as a country ignore you.
Speaker 1: It's like ignoring a modern day holocaust and sitting there
Speaker 1: while I'm happy. Whatever the hell with everybody else. America
Speaker 1: has has to have moral clarity, alright. Eight nine one,
Speaker 1: Shawn told free telephone number. You want to be a
Speaker 1: part of the program, h John Hannity Tuesday. Syrian dictator
Speaker 1: for Sure also launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on
Speaker 1: innocent civilians, using a deadly nerve agent ASAD choked out
Speaker 1: the lives of helpless men, women, and children. It was
Speaker 1: a slow and brutal death for so many, even beautiful
Speaker 1: babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No
Speaker 1: child of God should ever suffer such horror. To night,
Speaker 1: I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in
Speaker 1: Syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It is
Speaker 1: in this vital national security interest of the United States
Speaker 1: to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly
Speaker 1: chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that Seill used
Speaker 1: burned chemical weapons, violated obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention,
Speaker 1: and ignored the urging of the U N Security counts.
Speaker 1: Years of previous attempts at changing the slot's behavior have
Speaker 1: all failed, and failed very dramatically. As a result, the
Speaker 1: refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize,
Speaker 1: threatening the United States and its allies. Tonight, I'll call
Speaker 1: in all civilized nations to join us and sinking to
Speaker 1: end the slurter and bloodshed in Syria, and also to
Speaker 1: end carrolls of all kinds and all types. We ask
Speaker 1: for God's wisdom as we face the challenge of our
Speaker 1: very troubled world. We pray for the lives of the
Speaker 1: wounded and for the souls of those who have passed,
Speaker 1: and we hope that as long as America stands for justice,
Speaker 1: then peace and harmony will in the end prevail. Good Night,
Speaker 1: and God bless America and the entire world. Thank you,
Speaker 1: all right. That was the President last night announcing why
Speaker 1: he took the action that he did against Syria. I
Speaker 1: thought a very powerful statement by the President. And obviously
Speaker 1: things have changed and the world is taking notice that.
Speaker 1: Among our many top stories today, we have Neil Gorsage
Speaker 1: is now a Supreme Court justice. Also the battle over
Speaker 1: healthcare and the negotiations continue, according to sources I have
Speaker 1: on the ground. Will have an update later in the
Speaker 1: program on Susan Rice and the unmasking of people. And
Speaker 1: now apparently Peter King, the congressman from New York, is saying, well,
Speaker 1: that's because they were looking at personal information having nothing
Speaker 1: to do with national security. And we'll have more on
Speaker 1: the terror attack in Sweden that took place earlier today.
Speaker 1: Joining us now former Speaker of the House, New King
Speaker 1: ridges with us as the speaker. Um. I watched the
Speaker 1: President decisively take action last night, and I felt that,
Speaker 1: you know, if the world is not going to respond,
Speaker 1: two weapons of mass destruction, chemical biological agents being used
Speaker 1: against men, women and children, and we don't send a
Speaker 1: message that this is not something the world can accept.
Speaker 1: And he was willing to go against Russia, the ally
Speaker 1: of Syria to do this if this is and show
Speaker 1: that we have a very different mindset in the White House.
Speaker 1: I don't know what will well. I think that that's
Speaker 1: one of the reasons he had to do it. He
Speaker 1: was faced with a terrible act, and an act which involved,
Speaker 1: as he put it, beautiful babies and children and women. Um.
Speaker 1: He issued a strong condemnation, the Secretary of State issued
Speaker 1: a strong condemnation. But then you got to a point
Speaker 1: of saying, Okay, how's that different from Barack Obama? And
Speaker 1: if he had done nothing by this weekend, all the
Speaker 1: talk shows would have been that he's as weak as Obama.
Speaker 1: And so I think he calmly had General um h
Speaker 1: Armic Master and in the Secretary of Defense matters figure
Speaker 1: out an appropriate combat capability for a direct, immediate, relatively
Speaker 1: narrow strike. And as he had said all through the campaign,
Speaker 1: the key is not to announce it, let it happen,
Speaker 1: then describe it. Uh. And I thought it was very
Speaker 1: telling that it didn't negotiate or asked the Russians for permission.
Speaker 1: They told the Russians on a military to military basis,
Speaker 1: we're coming in. You need to get out of the way.
Speaker 1: Uh And the Russians did get out of the way.
Speaker 1: So I thought it was as the first step. It
Speaker 1: reminded me a great deal. In the newsletter I'm writing today,
Speaker 1: um a game which productions is on the compared the
Speaker 1: parallel between what happened with Ronald Reagan and the Gulf
Speaker 1: of Sidra where we shot down to Livian aircraft and
Speaker 1: sending a signal that we were back, and what Trump
Speaker 1: did this week in sending the signal that we're back.
Speaker 1: In both cases you have presidents following week liberal Democrats
Speaker 1: who talked a lot but did nothing. And in both
Speaker 1: cases it sent a signal to the world of action,
Speaker 1: not just talk. And I think in that sense that
Speaker 1: Trump has probably rattled a lot of people. Well, I
Speaker 1: think certainly North Korea, China, certainly Iran was watching. Here's
Speaker 1: what's fascinating. I wanted you to answer this question after
Speaker 1: I played these cuts for you through the prism of
Speaker 1: the promises that the president then President Obama made about
Speaker 1: this horrible deal with the Iranians that this will prevent
Speaker 1: them from getting nuclear weapons. Because I'm gonna play back
Speaker 1: to back here both Barack Obama and John Kerry saying
Speaker 1: that President Assad of Syria got rid of chemical weapons
Speaker 1: because of the Red Line. Listen to both of them.
Speaker 1: And by the way, Susan Rice even said, but we'll
Speaker 1: just play these two. I think it was important for
Speaker 1: me as President United States to send a message that
Speaker 1: in fact, there is something different about chemical weapons. Uh.
Speaker 1: And regardless of how it ended up playing, I think
Speaker 1: in the Beltway, what is true is Assad got rid
Speaker 1: of his chemical weapons, and the reason he got rid
Speaker 1: of them was, well, look, uh, if or those uh
Speaker 1: chemical uh stockpiles were eliminated, that's a lot of chemical
Speaker 1: weapons that are not right now in the hands of
Speaker 1: Isle or Nusra, or for that matter, of the regime.
Speaker 1: The President made his decision to strike, he announced his
Speaker 1: decision to strike publicly, and the purpose of the strike
Speaker 1: was to get the chemical weapons out of Syria. That's
Speaker 1: the purpose. We achieved a deal with the Russians that
Speaker 1: didn't wind up in two days of strikes that would
Speaker 1: have sent a quote message but would not have removed
Speaker 1: the weapons. We struck a deal to get all of
Speaker 1: the declared weapons out of Syria. Never before in a
Speaker 1: conflict has that ever happened, that during the conflict weapons
Speaker 1: of mass destruction are taken out of the zone of conflict.
Speaker 1: And thank god we did that, because if we hadn't
Speaker 1: done that, today Aiel would have those chemical weapons in
Speaker 1: large parts of the country. Very telling how wrong they were. Now,
Speaker 1: let's assume that they're wrong on a ran for a minute,
Speaker 1: and the Iranians Mullah's radical Islamis get nuclear weapons because
Speaker 1: of this ridiculous deal using the billions that Obama gave him.
Speaker 1: That First of all, one of the things I think
Speaker 1: that motivated uh Trump and motivated his team was that
Speaker 1: both the Syrians and the Russians had lied. Remember, the
Speaker 1: Syrians had promised that they had gotten rid of all
Speaker 1: the chemical weapons. The Russians promised that they had investigated.
Speaker 1: In a sense, the Russians put their honor on the
Speaker 1: line and said, trust us, we're telling you that the
Speaker 1: Syrians are now free of chemical weapons. So you had
Speaker 1: clear evidence that both governments had lied. You then had
Speaker 1: this terrible attack, killing children and babies, and and and women,
Speaker 1: um and and saring gas is a horrible way to die. Uh,
Speaker 1: and so um, I think it was in that context
Speaker 1: that they operated. There. There are two parts. That one
Speaker 1: is liberals have a capacity to lie to themselves endlessly
Speaker 1: about reality. Whether it is Chamberlain lying about Adolf Hitler,
Speaker 1: whether it is the Clinton administration lying about North Korea. Uh.
Speaker 1: This this wilful self to exception. And of course, the
Speaker 1: the Iranian dishonesty UH dwarfs the uh Syrian dishonesty in
Speaker 1: terms of John Kerry and Barack Obama just being totally distant.
Speaker 1: You know, I think they probably lie to themselves. I
Speaker 1: think they may even believe the lies because that's so
Speaker 1: deeply embedded in their psyche. Uh. But what you have now,
Speaker 1: and I thought it was a fascinating week. You you
Speaker 1: had the President of Egypt come in, You had the
Speaker 1: King of Jordan come in meeting with the president talking
Speaker 1: about the Middle East. You know, both those conversations included Assad,
Speaker 1: included Syria. You have the President taking a decisive action. Uh.
Speaker 1: He takes it and announces it while he is in
Speaker 1: dinner involved with uh the Chinese Prime minister who's there
Speaker 1: for dinner. Uh. So to whatever today the Chinese. One
Speaker 1: of the signal signal that the US was back and
Speaker 1: that we were strong and that we were doing things
Speaker 1: would hardly have been more vivid um and I think
Speaker 1: you'll notice it around the world. There have been very
Speaker 1: positive reaction. Saudi Arabia has been positive, Jordan has been positive,
Speaker 1: Turkey has been positive, most of the Europeans have been positive.
Speaker 1: Egypt has been positive. So there's a there's a pretty
Speaker 1: big reference. The Iraqis came out today and we're positive
Speaker 1: there's been a pretty big referendum saying you know, if
Speaker 1: you're not Syria, Russia or North Korea, you probably Iran.
Speaker 1: You probably think this is a pretty good idea. All right,
Speaker 1: hang on, we'll continue more with Speaker Gangwich on the
Speaker 1: other side of this break care as we continue on
Speaker 1: this Friday. All right, as we continue with former Speaker
Speaker 1: of the House, New King Ridge is with us um
Speaker 1: your reaction as some of the other news that's going
Speaker 1: on today. Neil Gorst's, of course, the constitutional option used
Speaker 1: by Mitch McConnell and the Republicans in the Senate. I
Speaker 1: give them a lot of credit for standing up to
Speaker 1: what was the first partisan filibuster in over two hundred
Speaker 1: years on a Supreme Court justice. So by the way,
Speaker 1: you know, it's really funny. Schumer closes is out and
Speaker 1: the wallstre Journal is a great job with a toy
Speaker 1: on this. He closes out his final speech talking about
Speaker 1: the bipartisanship of the founding fathers. Well, Jefferson presides over
Speaker 1: the Senate for four years as the Vice President. Jefferson
Speaker 1: writes Jefferson's Manual, which is the original rule book of
Speaker 1: parliamentary procedure. In Jefferson's era, there was no cloture. It
Speaker 1: was all done by simple majority. And in fact, Jefferson,
Speaker 1: we are told during this period they didn't keep records,
Speaker 1: so we don't know for sure, but we are told
Speaker 1: that if you talk too long, Jefferson was simply ruled
Speaker 1: that you aren't being Germaine and shut you up. I mean,
Speaker 1: so when when people say, oh, look at the filibuster,
Speaker 1: I'm writing a piece on this for next Tuesday as
Speaker 1: my my newsletter next Tuesday that because it turns out
Speaker 1: it is Calhoun in defense of slavery who develops the filibuster,
Speaker 1: not until eighteen forty one. What do you think of
Speaker 1: getting rid of culture as it relates to the legislative
Speaker 1: movement in the Senate. I favorite, I didn't favorite till
Speaker 1: I started doing this historical research. The con stept of
Speaker 1: a supermajority to end debate occurs in nineteen seventeen. From
Speaker 1: from seventeen eighty nine to nineteen seventeen, we did not
Speaker 1: have the requirement for a supermajority. In nineteen seventeen they
Speaker 1: formalized the system. It's lasted exactly a hundred years, and frankly,
Speaker 1: it's made it very hard for the Senate to function. Now.
Speaker 1: I know the senators won't like that because they're used
Speaker 1: to the relative power that it gives individual senators. But
Speaker 1: from the country's standpoint, I think it might be good
Speaker 1: to go back to operating the way it did under Jefferson.
Speaker 1: And I said, ironically, you know, it's Schumer who's quoting
Speaker 1: the Founding Fathers because he doesn't know anything about history.
Speaker 1: But the Founding Fathers had a Senate which operated on
Speaker 1: a simple majority. But you know, you know, the great
Speaker 1: irony and all of that is you got show more
Speaker 1: all over the place depending on who's in power at
Speaker 1: any particular moments. So but you know what, the Democrats
Speaker 1: don't play by the same rules. I mean Republicans, they
Speaker 1: allow an up or down vote for somebody like Elina
Speaker 1: Kagan as Sonia saw to Mayora Ruth pader Ginsburg, knowing
Speaker 1: they're getting a left wing radical activists on the court.
Speaker 1: That same courtesy is not extended to the Republicans. So
Speaker 1: I don't think they have any option. Democrats don't play fair,
Speaker 1: don't play by the same rules. So any argument that
Speaker 1: all this is going to come back to haunt you
Speaker 1: is meaningless. But it would really alter the legislative side
Speaker 1: of this if in fact they could do healthcare without
Speaker 1: worrying about reconciliation or needing culture right. Well, it's exactly
Speaker 1: and by the way, an easy way to think of
Speaker 1: it is this, Republicans look for principles to explain rules.
Speaker 1: The Democrats look for power to explain rules. So Democrats
Speaker 1: change rules to fit the needs of power. The Republicans
Speaker 1: get trapped into arcane arguments about about principle that have
Speaker 1: no relationship to power. So one of the places that
Speaker 1: I am most offended by the Center rules is the
Speaker 1: whole idea of reconciliation for healthcare, that that simple principle
Speaker 1: that you have to fit into some weird straight jacket
Speaker 1: in order to pass something with with fifty votes plus
Speaker 1: the vice president. That principle has totally screwed up trying
Speaker 1: to write a serious health bill because they keep trying
Speaker 1: to fit it uh into an arcane Washington legislative mess
Speaker 1: that simply doesn't work. And all of it's a myth.
Speaker 1: It doesn't have to be that way. I keep hearing
Speaker 1: that there's these ongoing negotiations as it relates to healthcare,
Speaker 1: and they might be close to a deal. Um, it's
Speaker 1: not going to be ideal, especially from my perspective. Um,
Speaker 1: but at this point, is it something you start and
Speaker 1: then begin the process of making it better and better
Speaker 1: or is it better to wait and and as you say,
Speaker 1: take away the whole culture debate an issue altogether. Well,
Speaker 1: if if I mean, I'd like to get it done
Speaker 1: as quickly as possible for a lot of different reasons,
Speaker 1: one of which is, just as Obamacare keeps collapsing, it's
Speaker 1: gonna hurt more and more people. Mean, there there are
Speaker 1: now entire communities that have no effective insurance, and and
Speaker 1: so there's a very profound reason to try to get
Speaker 1: this thing fixed. But at the same time, I would
Speaker 1: say to conservatives. It is never going to get better
Speaker 1: than the House bill. You're not going to go to
Speaker 1: the Senate under the current rules and get a better
Speaker 1: deal than you're gonna get in the House. So, uh,
Speaker 1: concertings need to be aware that I need to think
Speaker 1: very carefully because the end game is not the House,
Speaker 1: it's not even the Senate. The end game is a
Speaker 1: conference committee of the two bodies to send something back
Speaker 1: that can then be passed by both bodies and go
Speaker 1: to the President. Unless you think about that first, you
Speaker 1: have no idea what what you're doing in all right,
Speaker 1: Mr Speaker, you're back from vacation. Are you still on
Speaker 1: vacation working? Oh no, No, I'm busy with work right
Speaker 1: here in Washington, d C. Oh. I'm glad you're back. Well,
Speaker 1: hopefully we'll see it tonight on TV. Mr speaker, thank
Speaker 1: you so much. Eight nine four one Sean toll free
Speaker 1: telephone number. We continue all our stories today, the latest
Speaker 1: on the serious strike. When we get back the terror
Speaker 1: attack in Sweden once again, we'll have an update on
Speaker 1: that when we continue. Susan rice Gate healthcare debate continues.
Speaker 1: Neil Gorst He is on the Supreme Court as a Monday,
Speaker 1: we'll continue America Desserts and know the truth about Congress
Speaker 1: alright now till the top of the hour. One Shawn
Speaker 1: is our toll free telephone number if you want to
Speaker 1: be a part of the program. So there was another
Speaker 1: terror attack, more tragedy in Sweden, and this another car
Speaker 1: bomb attack, and you have example after example. We have
Speaker 1: gone over the statistics about how migrant crime and violence
Speaker 1: has been soaring all over Europe and in Germany and
Speaker 1: in France, and in Great Britain and in Belgium, and
Speaker 1: the statistics are shocking, and you talk about it. For example,
Speaker 1: of the two D fifty one thousand criminal suspects across
Speaker 1: the state in Germany, uh one and seven. Of the
Speaker 1: two D and fifty one thousand more foreign, and a
Speaker 1: lot of those were asylum seekers, and many of them
Speaker 1: were refugees. In other words, this is a preview of
Speaker 1: coming attractions of America doesn't get control of its borders
Speaker 1: and vet refugees that come from countries and cultures that
Speaker 1: directly contradict our culture, our values are more rays as
Speaker 1: a society. And I know some come with the best
Speaker 1: of intentions and they want to They certainly want to uh,
Speaker 1: assimilate in the country, and they want the benefits of America.
Speaker 1: But you know, let me start with you. Remember, here's
Speaker 1: another attack in Sweden today. And remember when Donald Trump
Speaker 1: went out there and declared that, hey, pay attention, there
Speaker 1: are attacks in Sweden, and the media mocked him and
Speaker 1: made fun of him and said, oh, he got that
Speaker 1: from Tucker Carlson. This is what he had said at
Speaker 1: the time. Here's the bottom line. We've got to keep
Speaker 1: our country safe. You look at what's happening. We've got
Speaker 1: to keep our country safe. You look at what's happening
Speaker 1: in Germany. You look at what's happening last night in Sweden. Sweden,
Speaker 1: who would believe this? Sweden, they took in large numbers
Speaker 1: to having problems like they never thought possible. You look
Speaker 1: at what's happening in Brussels. You look at what's happening
Speaker 1: all over the world. Take a look at Nice. Alright,
Speaker 1: So the media made fun of it. Later that week,
Speaker 1: there was another attack in Sweden, and it had been
Speaker 1: happening all throughout Europe, but the media just jumped on
Speaker 1: on Donald Trump. Now we also knew on this program
Speaker 1: because Ammy Horowitz went to Sweden and literally was attacked
Speaker 1: by immigrants when he was trying to interview them. Listen,
Speaker 1: do you think that Sweden has a responsibility to adapt
Speaker 1: to the immigrants culture coming in? Definitely should a woman
Speaker 1: when they come here, address you know modestly, you know,
Speaker 1: with pants and with with sleeves. Is that important if
Speaker 1: you come drinking? Be obviously everybody he said, dist you know,
Speaker 1: offer sometimes I said, we go to scare scar. Is
Speaker 1: it dangerous here? Sometimes? Sometime? Yeah. We found out exactly
Speaker 1: how dangerous when while we were setting up a shoot
Speaker 1: at a neighboring location, we were approached by five minute
Speaker 1: told to leave. While my crew took off, I stayed
Speaker 1: to simply ask why we had to leave because I
Speaker 1: was still wired. We have the sound of what happened next,
Speaker 1: but how do we the problem to film here? I
Speaker 1: don't want to know why? What's the what's the why? Anything? Look?
Speaker 1: Look show me, let me show me what you got.
Speaker 1: I let you let go, I don't let go help.
Speaker 1: I was not the first person assaulted by gangs of immigrants,
Speaker 1: nor will I be the last. But women are taking
Speaker 1: the brunt of the explosion of violence across Sweden. Alright,
Speaker 1: So that was AMMI Horowitz and he joins US now
Speaker 1: along with Patrick pull Amy is a documentarian, Patrick national
Speaker 1: security correspondent for PJ Media and Amy this was you
Speaker 1: literally now have made numerous trips. You joined the refugees
Speaker 1: that we're going into Europe at one point. Then you
Speaker 1: did go to Sweden, you did talk, you did go
Speaker 1: to these migrant camps, you did talk to a lot
Speaker 1: of people, and you are chronicling the violence long before
Speaker 1: the president made his remarks. And then the terror attack
Speaker 1: that happened that very weak, and then of course the
Speaker 1: one that happened today. Yeah, listen, I take no joy
Speaker 1: in being president. I really don't. But the handwriting has
Speaker 1: been on a wall, not just not just in Sweden
Speaker 1: but all over Europe. Uh. It's it's clear, it's absolutely
Speaker 1: crystal clear. This, this violence that we're seeing is due
Speaker 1: to the increasing immigration into the European countries. Well, uh
Speaker 1: is not an offense. And and even today you were
Speaker 1: here calls for people in Sweden saying this has nothing
Speaker 1: to do with the immigration policy. Uh, it's it's it's
Speaker 1: it bores the pathological and there really is no answer
Speaker 1: to it. I don't fully understand it. Yeah, Now, Patrick
Speaker 1: Pool we've been chronicling, You've been chronicling all of all
Speaker 1: of the danger that exists for the citizens all across
Speaker 1: Europe as a result of the migrant crisis. And we
Speaker 1: have our own statistics here in this country. And the
Speaker 1: President has been trying to institute some type of vetting
Speaker 1: of refugees from overseas and extreme vetting for people to
Speaker 1: come from countries whose values directly contradict ours, and he
Speaker 1: has met fierce resistance and a strategy of judge shopping
Speaker 1: so that they can stop his his constitutional authority and
Speaker 1: statutory authority of protecting the country, which is his main mandate. Sean.
Speaker 1: I recall here, just right after Thanksgiving, we had a
Speaker 1: ramming attack, just like we saw in Stockholm today, just
Speaker 1: a couple of miles from you, on the campus of
Speaker 1: Ohio State University. And the suspect in net case was
Speaker 1: a Somali refugee who would come to the United States
Speaker 1: just a couple of years ago, and that kind of
Speaker 1: illustrates the problem. Sean. You might recall back last summer
Speaker 1: we talked about and I actually ran the numbers in Europe.
Speaker 1: We were looking at a terror attack every four hours
Speaker 1: um and we talked about that on your program. Now
Speaker 1: we're seeing a terror attack nearly every day. Uh. This
Speaker 1: week we've had St. Petersburg, we had an incident in
Speaker 1: Paris were a refugee through a Jewish woman off the balcony.
Speaker 1: We had the ramming attack in Israel. Yesterday they killed
Speaker 1: an id F soldier. Uh, there was a snabbing attack
Speaker 1: in Australia. In today we have Stockholm, and yet the authorities,
Speaker 1: not just in Europe but even through the United States. UM,
Speaker 1: there's just no recognition of how bad the problem is.
Speaker 1: We know how bad the problem is because we have
Speaker 1: the statistics and illegal immigration is not far behind either.
Speaker 1: And you know, it's amazing to me as we debate
Speaker 1: these very simplistic methods of protecting our homeland. You know,
Speaker 1: I don't understand where the fierce resistance is when you know,
Speaker 1: when I sit through a security briefing that Obama himself
Speaker 1: should have been sitting through in in Texas with those
Speaker 1: brave men and women that secure borders, and they describe
Speaker 1: a seven year period of time where crimes including the
Speaker 1: most heinous, including some murders and some rapes, some petty crimes,
Speaker 1: a lot of drug crimes, are are perpetrated against just
Speaker 1: the people of Texas. You would think people would take
Speaker 1: notice and realize, you know what, protecting our border, vetting
Speaker 1: people before they come in here is just simple, basic
Speaker 1: common sense. You know, when you interview the mothers who
Speaker 1: lost their sons or the fathers that lost their sons
Speaker 1: and daughters because of illegal immigrants that had even been
Speaker 1: in jail before. And I think of one father in
Speaker 1: particular who lost his son and his son was working
Speaker 1: overnight in a convenience store and then we find out
Speaker 1: that the guy was an illegal immigrant that had spent
Speaker 1: a lot of time in jail for kidnapping and raping
Speaker 1: a woman, kidnapping her for an entire week. To me,
Speaker 1: unless you're the victim, I guess it's easy to sit
Speaker 1: on the sidelines and say, oh, let's let's let's be
Speaker 1: kind and loving. And this is racist and xenophobic. I mean, um,
Speaker 1: you're seeing and chronicling real violence. Both of you are
Speaker 1: mean in your document. Nies. Yeah, listen, here's the thing,
Speaker 1: and I think you hit it on the head. The
Speaker 1: issue is why is the left condemning the reaction that
Speaker 1: we're having, And the reason is very confusing at all.
Speaker 1: It goes against their narrative of cultural relativity. And if
Speaker 1: you're gonna say that bringing in large amounts of let's say,
Speaker 1: refugees from Syria is gonna have a delarious offenior society
Speaker 1: that's specifically going against their narrative cultur relativity. How can
Speaker 1: you say that we're all the saying. They're saying every
Speaker 1: single culture, moral difference between the culture is the problem
Speaker 1: bringing in more as Syrian is lava refugees, refugees or whatever.
Speaker 1: So that's why they're so so certainly, Yeah, we're losing
Speaker 1: to you on a Patrick, Why don't you pick it up.
Speaker 1: We'll give your last thoughts here, then we'll get to
Speaker 1: our phone calls eight D nine one, Sean, go ahead, Sean.
Speaker 1: Last night I ran the numbers, and since January twenty,
Speaker 1: we've admitted another one thousand, three h Syrian refugees. And
Speaker 1: and we know that this extreme vetting process has massive holes.
Speaker 1: And as we saw in the case served with the
Speaker 1: Ohio State Atchech, I mean that refugee, Somali refugee had
Speaker 1: been subjected to extreme vetting. Three years later, he's running
Speaker 1: down people on you know, one of our largest college campuses.
Speaker 1: This is a problem that's not going away. It's expanding,
Speaker 1: and that's what we're seeing in Europe here this week.
Speaker 1: You know, we could just warn people so much. I mean,
Speaker 1: we're sitting here on the sidelines and and we get
Speaker 1: brutalized all over social media because we want to keep
Speaker 1: the American people safe. I mean, we'll give you the
Speaker 1: last word. I think we've got a better line. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: hopefully the reality is just like like I said before,
Speaker 1: it goes against the narrative of the left, that of
Speaker 1: cultural relativity, and therefore they cannot fit abide by us
Speaker 1: saying as a problem with bring in refugees. If all
Speaker 1: culture the same, all cultures have the same morality, there
Speaker 1: shouldn't be any problem with bringing in here refugees. That's
Speaker 1: the problem. That's the narrative that they're they're they're portraying,
Speaker 1: and that's the narrative have to flit against. Al Right, guys,
Speaker 1: thank you both for all that you're saying and taking
Speaker 1: a strong stand there. Well. The full coverage of the
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Speaker 1: Constitutional option. Major props. Kudos to uh Mitch McConnell and
Speaker 1: the Republicans in the U. S. Senate. I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: very critical when they don't have a backbone, so I
Speaker 1: might as well say they did everything right here, starting
Speaker 1: with not going forward with Merrick Garland, which would have
Speaker 1: been a disaster. Other big news were following up on
Speaker 1: the serious strike from last night, very successful decisive action
Speaker 1: by President Trump. The hell Care bill is not dead.
Speaker 1: My hope is they come back during their two week
Speaker 1: recess and try and get this done. Considering if they
Speaker 1: come back on the twenty four, they've got to deal
Speaker 1: with a quote government shutdown crisis on the twenty eight,
Speaker 1: so that wouldn't be good timing. And we are also
Speaker 1: as you know, from the last hour, we were talking
Speaker 1: about what was happening in the terror attack in Sweden,
Speaker 1: but one thing we can't get off the table today
Speaker 1: is the follow up to the Susan Rice scandal. I
Speaker 1: mean it just at this point the admission, I mean
Speaker 1: Peter King now coming out with his his information, and
Speaker 1: others now saying they weren't interested, that this wasn't the
Speaker 1: amasking by Susan Rice that she admitted to, which he
Speaker 1: didn't admit to two weeks ago when she said she
Speaker 1: knew nothing. The fact that she is unmasking people that
Speaker 1: had nothing to do with national security proves the point
Speaker 1: that I've been making for a long time. Under the
Speaker 1: guise of national security, this was an attempt to literally
Speaker 1: weaponize the intelligence gathering of our agencies and politicized intelligence
Speaker 1: for political purpose. The reports at the center of the
Speaker 1: unmasking controversy were detailed, and as Peter King said, they
Speaker 1: almost resembled a private investigator's file. And he goes on
Speaker 1: to say, you know, according to him, he's being familiar
Speaker 1: with the documents. He said, the information about their everyday lives. Well,
Speaker 1: why would that need any type of unmasking? What Peter
Speaker 1: King is saying, and he's on the House Intelligence Committee,
Speaker 1: he said, it's sort of like a divorce case. Whether
Speaker 1: the lawyers are hired, investigators are hired just to find
Speaker 1: out what the other person's doing morning until night and
Speaker 1: then you try to piece it together later on. Well,
Speaker 1: what is he saying there. He's saying that it has
Speaker 1: nothing to do with national security. He's saying this is
Speaker 1: an abuse of intelligence gathering. He's saying that this was
Speaker 1: done for personal vendetta reasons, and that is information about
Speaker 1: the everyday live so they were talking with orhere they
Speaker 1: were meeting, where they were going to eat, really nothing
Speaker 1: of any substance of value, unless you're just trying to, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, lay out a dacier in somebody, sort of
Speaker 1: like in a divorce case where a lawyers are highed
Speaker 1: or investigating a high to just find out why the
Speaker 1: person is doing the morning to night and then you
Speaker 1: try to piece it together later on. Alright, So joining
Speaker 1: us now to get into this one of our other
Speaker 1: top stories tonight, Susan Rice, Where does this go? Lieutenant
Speaker 1: Colonel Buzz Patterson, Remember he carried the nuclear football for
Speaker 1: President Clinton and worked with Susan Rice for two years.
Speaker 1: Kirk Weeby is with US former senior analysts for the
Speaker 1: n S A. Nick Irvine is with us, author of
Speaker 1: Way of the Reaper, my greatest untold missions in the
Speaker 1: art of being a sniper, former Army ranger. His unit,
Speaker 1: by the way, is currently in Syria. And uh, thank
Speaker 1: you all for being with us, um buzz, because you
Speaker 1: worked with her and you said he's dishonest and based
Speaker 1: on what she said two weeks ago, now that we
Speaker 1: know she's admitted to unmasking and requesting the unmasking of
Speaker 1: Donald Trump and transition team members, and then Peter King's comments,
Speaker 1: what do you interpret from that? Well, you talked about
Speaker 1: before yesterday time. She's just the political operative um and
Speaker 1: she's very just honest led throughout her career, going back
Speaker 1: to my time in the White House having to work
Speaker 1: for her. You know, she's just lying about whether or
Speaker 1: not the embassies in Kenya and Tanzania had appropriate amount
Speaker 1: of security. Of course, she stall outside bomb and killed
Speaker 1: hundred people in those embassies. She's also the person to
Speaker 1: eventum Donald's I'm sorry Bill Clinton not to take some
Speaker 1: of them laden that a testied back. You know what
Speaker 1: happened to that place five years later. So she's beat
Speaker 1: the political opposity. In fact, if you go back and
Speaker 1: look at her educational background for someone who brings to
Speaker 1: be a national security expert. Her degrees um are actually
Speaker 1: in philosophy in history, and she's been running point policy
Speaker 1: campaign for Democratic candidates in president now on on the
Speaker 1: base though uh they're very flimsy liberal arts degrees. All right,
Speaker 1: let me go to you because I think what you're
Speaker 1: saying is really really important. I mean, she's probably the
Speaker 1: least qualified, but approves our point. She's a political operative
Speaker 1: through and through always has been. Never had the background
Speaker 1: or experienced actually do this job and do it right,
Speaker 1: and it answers a lot of questions about how things
Speaker 1: have spuns so out of control and spiraled out of control.
Speaker 1: All right, So, as a former analyst Kirk for the
Speaker 1: n S A, can you can you you know this process?
Speaker 1: We're talking about raw intelligence gathering and we're talking about
Speaker 1: individuals within an administration purposely seeking out that information about
Speaker 1: political opposition a candidate Trump and a president elect Trump
Speaker 1: and his transition team. Um, can you think of any
Speaker 1: reason why they would do this other than it being political?
Speaker 1: Absolutely not? Uh? Sean it Uh, it's absolutely clear to
Speaker 1: me that that there's a conspiracy at work here. I know,
Speaker 1: people don't like that word. But ever, if there ever
Speaker 1: was one, we're looking at it. It would take three
Speaker 1: to five people working with her to pull this off.
Speaker 1: In terms of getting people to break their personal obligation
Speaker 1: ooths to uphold the constitution. We have people actually processing
Speaker 1: voice data phone calls. And when I say processing, that
Speaker 1: means listening to it, usually through headphones, and then typing
Speaker 1: out the conversation or a summary of a conversation, any
Speaker 1: share able form, probably a computer software something like Microsoft
Speaker 1: Word or a government equivalent, and putting it in a
Speaker 1: database to be shared with others. Now, what we've heard
Speaker 1: is that there are so many restrictions and constraints and procedures.
Speaker 1: How in the world would that happen with the cooperation
Speaker 1: of a small number of people. Well, it has to
Speaker 1: be Remember remember Sarah Carter's reporting on this is that
Speaker 1: they loosen the rules as of eleven as it relates
Speaker 1: to unmasking. And then I think the the change in
Speaker 1: the language and the ability to share with sixteen additional
Speaker 1: agencies fourteen days before brock Obama left office that allowed
Speaker 1: the widespread dissemination of this information. And I think we
Speaker 1: know because they wanted to create this narrative about Russia,
Speaker 1: and and obviously they did it. But if somebody went
Speaker 1: into a secure area, and I think this is most important, Kirk,
Speaker 1: and they did seek to get information, raw intelligence and
Speaker 1: listen to it. And let's say it was on a
Speaker 1: political opposition party or a transition team, and they did
Speaker 1: unmask the individuals involved. How frequent was that an occurrence
Speaker 1: when you were there? Um, I cannot speak to that directly, Sean,
Speaker 1: as I did not work directly in that particular area.
Speaker 1: But I would tell you that the whole purpose of
Speaker 1: the intelligence community is to answer to a specific list
Speaker 1: of national intelligence requirements n r L N s r
Speaker 1: l S, National second Requirements listing. These are put together
Speaker 1: by bureau crats at the most senior levels, including representatives
Speaker 1: of the White House, to ensure that the military, that
Speaker 1: the political people get what they need. In the way
Speaker 1: of intelligence. You just don't pick up the phone and
Speaker 1: say hey, I need this now. You might be able
Speaker 1: to get away with that in a wartime scenario where
Speaker 1: you have stuff moving quickly, but when you have a
Speaker 1: standing requirement to monitor something over weeks and months, as
Speaker 1: we know what happened here with the Trump transition team,
Speaker 1: going back what a year. We know there would have
Speaker 1: to be a standing requirement unless you have people cheating
Speaker 1: the system. And you're saying also that it had to
Speaker 1: be the This had to be at the level of
Speaker 1: either say Brennan or Clapper. It had to be with
Speaker 1: their knowledge and approval. It's it's not possible without right, right,
Speaker 1: And and what are the odds that the president got
Speaker 1: briefed on all of this? Not good? It's not good
Speaker 1: that he You mean he probably did well, he got
Speaker 1: briefed about the cheating, but not that, not when it
Speaker 1: was happening. No, it was all hidden. Yeah, probably true?
Speaker 1: All right? You know, Nick, I know as the your
Speaker 1: greatest untold missions the art of being a sniper. Uh,
Speaker 1: you fascinate me. I mean the fact that you can
Speaker 1: have that calm under pressure and and do such important
Speaker 1: work that save so many American troops in their lives. Um,
Speaker 1: do you use a lot of intelligence gathering in the
Speaker 1: process of doing that job? Correct? Exactly? Tons of it?
Speaker 1: All right? So you know something a little bit about
Speaker 1: this process? Well, can you tell us? Uh? From my
Speaker 1: job and what we do is there's something called building
Speaker 1: a pattern of life, and we do that to two
Speaker 1: bad guys, terrorists, and that involves, you know, watching and
Speaker 1: listening to everything that they do day in and day out,
Speaker 1: day until night for a certain amount of time until
Speaker 1: we get a certain pattern on that individual in case
Speaker 1: I have to go out or my team has to
Speaker 1: go out and intercept that target by a long range shot,
Speaker 1: are by up close and personal, we know exactly what
Speaker 1: that person is going to be at what specific time.
Speaker 1: They've built a pattern of life, and that's you can
Speaker 1: you can change it up whatever way you want to.
Speaker 1: But it's kind of hard to beat this system. And
Speaker 1: we do that to two bad guys. Yeah. How how
Speaker 1: far is the longest shot you kill? Shot you've ever made?
Speaker 1: My furtherest shot ever made was on the steel target
Speaker 1: at two thousand and twenty two yards one point one
Speaker 1: two miles my furthest shot in combat was just over
Speaker 1: a half a mile five yards over. Wow, unbelievable. UM,
Speaker 1: you know how real when we watch movies like American Sniper?
Speaker 1: How real is that? Um? I think it captures the
Speaker 1: mindset and the position many of the guys are put
Speaker 1: in when they do get out. Um, we talk about
Speaker 1: the v A and healthcare system and stuff like that.
Speaker 1: I have a guy, UM, a former team leader who's
Speaker 1: currently going through that transition into the v A, And
Speaker 1: there's an ongoing process right now um from being molested
Speaker 1: by the v A. And this guy still you know,
Speaker 1: practices his medical and treatments to patients, and my guy,
Speaker 1: amongst and other guys have been molested by him. Um.
Speaker 1: These are the type of things that we go through
Speaker 1: when we come back, and I think American Sniper does
Speaker 1: capture that mentality and the demons that we all face. Well. No,
Speaker 1: in other words, if if literally you spend a year
Speaker 1: and you're you're in that stress situation seven six those days,
Speaker 1: and then you go back home, it's like you've entered
Speaker 1: a new world that you don't even barely remember in
Speaker 1: many ways, and all that adrenaline doesn't stop pumping through
Speaker 1: your body and whatever thoughts create, whatever feelings that you've
Speaker 1: been living on you know. Oh yeah, my best friend
Speaker 1: Tyler Gray, former Delta first, former Army ranger as well. Um,
Speaker 1: he put it the best way I've ever heard it.
Speaker 1: We've been trained in condition to operate in a hectic,
Speaker 1: violent environment and be calm under becalm in that environment.
Speaker 1: We get back home into a calm environment, and we
Speaker 1: don't know how to integrate into that two. I mean,
Speaker 1: if you add up the numbers, we estimated about two
Speaker 1: and fifty thousand guys have had real big struggles because
Speaker 1: of long deployments, many deployments, and it's been very hard
Speaker 1: on everybody. All right, guys, I want to thank you all.
Speaker 1: Lieutenant Colonel Buzz Patterson, Thank you Kirk weby, thank you Nick.
Speaker 1: Always good to talk to you. We'll continue more news
Speaker 1: we've got, of course, of course it's is now on
Speaker 1: the Supreme Court. More on the serious strike. We're gonna
Speaker 1: check in with Colonel Oliver North. General McInerney will join
Speaker 1: us at the bottom of the hour. Healthcare is still
Speaker 1: alive even though the House Republicans are now on recess.
Speaker 1: We'll have more on Susan Rice, and then more in
Speaker 1: that terror attack in Sweden that we're following today. Eight
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Speaker 1: North and General mac and earning on the strike against Syria.
Speaker 1: At the bottom of this hour will update you. Let's
Speaker 1: get to our phones in the meantime. Roman is in Texas. Roman, Hi,
Speaker 1: how are you glad you called? Happy Friday? What's going on? Sean?
Speaker 1: It's hordered to talk to you. I had two questions
Speaker 1: I wanted to ask you, first off being what are
Speaker 1: you going to move out of New York down here
Speaker 1: to Texas? I'd move tomorrow, but my job keeps me here,
Speaker 1: and um, it just is what it is right now
Speaker 1: for this part of my life. I listen. I certainly
Speaker 1: hope one thing. You know, if I die in New York,
Speaker 1: they take another bide at the apple, they get ten
Speaker 1: percent of whatever money I've saved. After they've taken ten
Speaker 1: percent my entire working adult life and the government takes
Speaker 1: now hopefully I live beyond when Donald Trump gets rid
Speaker 1: of the state tax. But you know, it's really sad
Speaker 1: that New York is has broken down, dilapidated and decrepit
Speaker 1: as it has become, especially the infrastructure, and they have
Speaker 1: you paid, you know, twelve dollars. If you cross a
Speaker 1: bridge or a tunnel New York each way, and they
Speaker 1: still can't fund the bridges and tunnels, then you have
Speaker 1: a ten percent income tax and you have a city
Speaker 1: tax on top of it A three. I mean they
Speaker 1: take you every which way in sideways and if you
Speaker 1: go to Texas, the infrastructure is a thousand times better.
Speaker 1: Does that make sense to you? Oh? Yeah? Hey? And
Speaker 1: on my second question, uh, I'll always hear you tell
Speaker 1: us what you think should be on our healthcare bill.
Speaker 1: But I kind of wonder what what would be the
Speaker 1: perfect healthcare bill that would collaborate all the ideas from
Speaker 1: all the different coalitions in the Republican Party. That would
Speaker 1: I know it wouldn't be the best overall, but what
Speaker 1: do you think would be guaranteed the path get all
Speaker 1: the different coalitions to go for it. I don't know. Look,
Speaker 1: I know they're still working on it. I know that
Speaker 1: those of us that are conservative believe in the free market, competition,
Speaker 1: buying across state lines, portability, health care savings accounts, especially
Speaker 1: for younger people, that they can build up this fund
Speaker 1: their entire life that's tax deductible. UM. I love the idea.
Speaker 1: I've really bought into these medical cooperatives with catastrophic care,
Speaker 1: like like Dr Rumber is doing down in in Wichita, Kansas.
Speaker 1: I just think there are a million ways to tackle
Speaker 1: this that can work. You know. Look, but at the
Speaker 1: end of the day, this is what we need. We
Speaker 1: don't need a top down system. We need a free
Speaker 1: market system. We need as much competition as possible. We
Speaker 1: need to Look, I know, the President, We're not gonna
Speaker 1: have people that are having heart attacks but don't have
Speaker 1: health insurance being turned away. It's not gonna happen. Um.
Speaker 1: Then it gets into the issue. Why should somebody that
Speaker 1: is fifty years old, takes care of themselves, is is
Speaker 1: fit and works out and lives a healthy lifestyle, doesn't
Speaker 1: drink too much or smoke too much. Why should he
Speaker 1: be in the same rate pool as somebody that you
Speaker 1: know eats himself to death, drinks himself to death, smokes
Speaker 1: themselves to death, and doesn't do any exercise. So it
Speaker 1: gets complicated. I mean, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: I don't think anything is going to be perfect. But
Speaker 1: it was much better before, it was much cheaper before.
Speaker 1: And if we institute and apply these free market principles
Speaker 1: to the health your system, that competition is going to
Speaker 1: ensure that we get lower prices, lower premiums, lower deductibles,
Speaker 1: and better care and a better bank for a Buck.
Speaker 1: Catastrophic plans are inexpensive with high deductibles, and they take
Speaker 1: care of the real emergencies a heart attack, cancerer of
Speaker 1: a bad accident. But anyway, I gotta take a break.
Speaker 1: We'll come back, Colonel North and General McInerney as we continue.
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Speaker 1: dot Com. Tuesday, Syrian Dictator for Sure Alosa launched a
Speaker 1: horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. Using a deadly
Speaker 1: nerve agent. ASSAD choked out the lives of helpless men, women,
Speaker 1: and children. It was a slow and brutal death for
Speaker 1: so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this
Speaker 1: very barbaric attack. No child of God should ever suffered
Speaker 1: such horror. Tonight, I ordered a targeted military strike on
Speaker 1: the airfield in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched.
Speaker 1: It is in this vital national security interest of the
Speaker 1: United States to prevent and to terr the spread and
Speaker 1: youth of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute
Speaker 1: that still used burned chemical weapons violated appligations under the
Speaker 1: Chemical Weapons Convention and ignored the urging of the U
Speaker 1: n Security counts. Years of previous attempts are changing the
Speaker 1: slots behavior have all failed, and failed very dramatically. As
Speaker 1: a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the
Speaker 1: region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies. Tonight,
Speaker 1: I call in all civilized nations to join us and
Speaker 1: seeking to end the slurter and bloodshed in Syria, and
Speaker 1: also to end carrolls of all kinds and all types.
Speaker 1: We ask for God's wisdom as we face the challenge
Speaker 1: of our very troubled world. We pray for the lives
Speaker 1: of the wounded and for the souls of those who
Speaker 1: have passed, and we hope that as long as America
Speaker 1: stands for justice, then peace and harmony will in the
Speaker 1: end prevail. Good Night, and God bless America and the
Speaker 1: entire world. Thank you. All right, that was the President
Speaker 1: last night from Mara Lago making his statement, and no
Speaker 1: child of God should ever suffer such horror and joining us.
Speaker 1: Now we have General Thomas McInerney and Colonel Oliver North,
Speaker 1: the host of War Stories on Fox News and Fox Business,
Speaker 1: discussing the tactics, the methodology, the message that was sent. Here. Gentlemen,
Speaker 1: welcome back to the program. And Colonel North, let me
Speaker 1: begin with you about the President's actions last night and
Speaker 1: responds to the use once again of chemical weapons against
Speaker 1: innism and women and children. Well, Sean, if you want
Speaker 1: to send a message, excuse me, you can send flowers,
Speaker 1: and if you want your message to matter, you can
Speaker 1: send fifty nine cruise missiles, which is what the President did.
Speaker 1: And I think the message that was sent was spot
Speaker 1: on and a little message. If you're listening to Vladimir Putin,
Speaker 1: if you want your stooge Busher Alisad to stay alive,
Speaker 1: get him out of Damascus, bring him to Moscow where
Speaker 1: he can become a roommate for Eddie Snowden, because they
Speaker 1: deserve each other. I think that's really well, said General McInerney. Well,
Speaker 1: it was brilliant, It was decisive. There was no agonizing
Speaker 1: on it. He told the world that we will do business.
Speaker 1: We will not accept that kind of behavior. Kim Jong
Speaker 1: un should be where as well as he did it
Speaker 1: at a dinner when he had the presidency sending a
Speaker 1: signal about the islands at President g is building an
Speaker 1: army out there in violation in the national law. So
Speaker 1: it set the tone. Allah President Reagan of the Trump
Speaker 1: administration seawan, Well, I think you know, how do you think,
Speaker 1: Colonel North? I mean, because this, to me was a
Speaker 1: message that this is a line in the sand, which
Speaker 1: is what the President had said in the press conference
Speaker 1: with King Abdullah or Alia this week. This is a
Speaker 1: lot more than a red line. It's it's way beyond that.
Speaker 1: And the message to me is that there's a new
Speaker 1: sheriff in town, and the new sheriff is not going
Speaker 1: to sit back and watch innocent men, women and children
Speaker 1: get gassed without reacting or without there being consequences. Now,
Speaker 1: you know, I know that the President wasn't for this
Speaker 1: at the time, but to me, I think being in
Speaker 1: the office seeing those images, you could hear it in
Speaker 1: his voice both during that press conference and last night
Speaker 1: that he was deeply moved at what was, you know,
Speaker 1: crimes against humanity in our lifetime. Oh no, there's no
Speaker 1: doubt this guy is a war criminal. And and as
Speaker 1: General mcner and he just pointed out, the message goes
Speaker 1: beyond Damascus, the message goes straight to Moscow. And what
Speaker 1: what we've been seeing happen is that there's been what
Speaker 1: I call the Troyka of terror among Moscow, Tehran and Damascus.
Speaker 1: And as of last night, that is very close to
Speaker 1: coming unraveled because even at point Yang they have no
Speaker 1: friends other than little dictatorships. Putin is in a very
Speaker 1: bad spot. Now. I know he sent one of his
Speaker 1: battle group ships out of the Black Sea into the Mediterranean,
Speaker 1: but they would be nuts to go after a US
Speaker 1: vessel at this point. I don't know, I don't see
Speaker 1: that happening. And and by the way, Russia was was
Speaker 1: not exactly fully supportive either. You know, they even said
Speaker 1: earlier this week their support for Syria. Now they've been
Speaker 1: the biggest booster and protector of of this, this murdering
Speaker 1: dictator thug assad but they said it's not without conditions.
Speaker 1: This is not nonconditional support, unconditional support. Looking I don't
Speaker 1: believe anything I hear coming out of Poofing or he
Speaker 1: was spokesman. I do know that these people are not fools.
Speaker 1: And the idea of him being able to be supportive
Speaker 1: of Poigyang in the in the the business that's been
Speaker 1: going on between poign Yang and Tehran on the development
Speaker 1: of I C b ms and nuclear weapons just got
Speaker 1: a wake up call. There has been a wake up
Speaker 1: call delivered to anybody who wants to who's those kinds
Speaker 1: of mass destruct weapons of mass destruction anywhere in the world.
Speaker 1: And so if you're sitting in poy Yang right now,
Speaker 1: you're thinking, maybe we better rethink this little joint venture
Speaker 1: that we've got going on with the Aetolis. And this
Speaker 1: has salutary benefits that go well beyond getting rid of Assad.
Speaker 1: Best of all, think about what happened in the last
Speaker 1: ten days. The President of the United States has met
Speaker 1: with in most cases very privately except for a few
Speaker 1: moments of the press, King Abdullah from Jordan's Alice al
Speaker 1: c c from President of Egypt, and he's talked to
Speaker 1: our allies in the area, to include Israel. Now I
Speaker 1: can see a scenario developing here when Roca falls and
Speaker 1: it will when Mostel is liberated, and it will be
Speaker 1: eventually at horrendous cost. By the way, at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, somebody is going to have to maintain
Speaker 1: some kind of peace in Syria. This is a remarkable
Speaker 1: opportunity because the two men that met with President Trump
Speaker 1: from that part of the world are capable, with US support,
Speaker 1: to be able to be the peacemakers and peacekeepers inside Syria.
Speaker 1: At your take, General McInerney, absolutely, Colonel north spot on Sean,
Speaker 1: all right, let me ask you guys this, what what
Speaker 1: do you think, if any is the response, because you
Speaker 1: always got to prepare anytime there's military action that there's
Speaker 1: a potential that there's going to be some some response.
Speaker 1: I mean, we see earlier today that a Russian warship
Speaker 1: is moving into the area. But should we take that seriously? Also,
Speaker 1: the Russian said, you know, all all games are off
Speaker 1: and that Russia now has lived and said, the possibility
Speaker 1: the agreement we had that we would not shoot down
Speaker 1: each other's planes that is no longer in effect. What
Speaker 1: if you're the president, how do you react to that?
Speaker 1: Colonel north Well, Look, the President said a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago in conversation about this whole issue out there.
Speaker 1: It is now time for things like safe zones. Well
Speaker 1: that requires somebody besides the United States to police them.
Speaker 1: Number two, there ought to be and I know Tom's
Speaker 1: talked about this a lot. Excuse me, General McInerney has
Speaker 1: talked about this a lot. Everyone. I got out of hand, sir,
Speaker 1: I'm sorry, smiling. I think I think this is time
Speaker 1: for a serious discussion about no fly zones. I mean,
Speaker 1: these were air delivered munitions that killed all those men,
Speaker 1: women and children with sara and gas, which is a
Speaker 1: horrendous way to die. I mean, the president you could tell,
Speaker 1: was choked up having seen those visions, those images and
Speaker 1: the vision of all those children choking to death just
Speaker 1: absolutely appalling. And I believe that the world is going
Speaker 1: to be behind this president on these kinds of things.
Speaker 1: There can be no tolerance for it. And as General
Speaker 1: McInnerny pointed out, and you said it yourself, that this
Speaker 1: president didn't sit around and give her in the set
Speaker 1: room with pictures being taken and people staring at the screen.
Speaker 1: He he took his the advice of his chairman, of
Speaker 1: his Joint chiefs of Staff, his Secretary of Defense, the
Speaker 1: battlefield commanders, and he was fifteen cruise missiles. Apparently, by
Speaker 1: the way, apparently there was one that did not go
Speaker 1: where it was supposed to. You can bet one of
Speaker 1: the reactions it's going to be it killed one of
Speaker 1: Basher Alisad's granddaughters or something. Yeah, you know, General McInnerny,
Speaker 1: I think that the best thing that happened here is
Speaker 1: in two things have come true here. Number one, I
Speaker 1: think it shows that America is back. Another important aspect
Speaker 1: is we're not telegraphing or military moves. I've always felt
Speaker 1: that that is a mistake. I know that Senator Ram
Speaker 1: Paul thinks any military strike is some type of declaration
Speaker 1: of war. It is not. Um Whether or not there's
Speaker 1: going to be ongoing action will probably be dependent on
Speaker 1: how the Syrians and the Russians react to this thing.
Speaker 1: But you know, if if the world can coalesce behind
Speaker 1: stopping the use of these types of weapons against innocent civilians,
Speaker 1: then at the u n as a body is useless,
Speaker 1: and any other country that doesn't support stopping this type
Speaker 1: of treatment of human beings, then you're just basically willing
Speaker 1: to allow a modern day holocaust to unfold before your eyes.
Speaker 1: Is there any difference. No, You've got it spot on again. Look, Sean,
Speaker 1: this president didn't go and agonize and go to the
Speaker 1: Congress and talk to people. He made decisive decisions that
Speaker 1: are important decisions that needed to be made. And so
Speaker 1: he is now telegraphing to our advers series. Beware, you're
Speaker 1: not going to get a second warning. And just like
Speaker 1: when President Reagan attacked Kadafi in April fifte six, uh,
Speaker 1: it sent a signal around the world to terrorists. Ali
Speaker 1: remembers that very well because he was in the NSC
Speaker 1: at the time. But that sent a clear signal. And
Speaker 1: that's what I believe that President Trump is doing. He
Speaker 1: is sending clear signals to our adversaries and particularly radical
Speaker 1: Islam and the others that there is, as you said,
Speaker 1: a new sheriff in town. But more important, our values
Speaker 1: and what we value to our national security or national
Speaker 1: interest we will protect. We will be a strong ally,
Speaker 1: you know. General. One of the things you mentioned, of course,
Speaker 1: was the Olivia raid, uh, and we lost two U.
Speaker 1: S Airmen, as you know, from an F one eleven
Speaker 1: that went down during that strike. The wonderful thing about
Speaker 1: America's technology and the Americans America missiles that were developed
Speaker 1: way back then. They're really a lifesaver for Americans. Another
Speaker 1: a point, General to something you know about and we
Speaker 1: can't talk much about. But there's a very vital air
Speaker 1: base in Turkey, and that air base, as the General
Speaker 1: knows and Sean you can probably guess, has some really
Speaker 1: important stuff at it. And Urdwan has been prancing around
Speaker 1: and dancing with Putin now for the better part of
Speaker 1: a year. They set up a joint command center to
Speaker 1: make sure that they didn't bomb each other and all
Speaker 1: that garbage. The bottom line of it is Urduwan just
Speaker 1: got a message last night, Urduans. The message to Urduwan
Speaker 1: is think twice about what you've been doing, because the
Speaker 1: dance music just stopped, and and he's got to realize
Speaker 1: if he wants to stay around, if he wants his
Speaker 1: country to be halfway tranquil. The outcome of what happens
Speaker 1: in Syria now, which is a wonderful opportunity, is a
Speaker 1: consequence of what the president did last night is very
Speaker 1: much going to affect Turkey. All Right, I gotta take
Speaker 1: a break, care guys, and I really appreciate your input.
Speaker 1: Don't forget Colonel North on what time you played in
Speaker 1: airing this weekend. Colonel, Well, we're there in the Okinawa
Speaker 1: MacArthur and the Hurkan Forest attles of World War two
Speaker 1: and O'kinala battle, of course, is the last one that
Speaker 1: was going on right now at this time. All right,
Speaker 1: thank you for being here, both of you. We appreciate
Speaker 1: your expertise. But first I gotta remind you, in this
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Speaker 1: gonna be time well spent. All right, let's get back
Speaker 1: to our busy phones. I know a lot of you
Speaker 1: have been wanting to weigh in on this military action. Uh,
Speaker 1: let's say hi to Robin Is in Johnston, Pennsylvania. Robin, Hi,
Speaker 1: how are you glad you called? How are you. I'm good.
Speaker 1: What's happening? Uh? Crazy world. Yeah, it's really glad that
Speaker 1: he made these moves. I think this Russian narrative this,
Speaker 1: you know, the Russians influence this and that. I talked
Speaker 1: to my friends. You know, influence is a huge word.
Speaker 1: And you know, even my own husband and his family,
Speaker 1: who were lifelong Democrats, they didn't know who Podest was.
Speaker 1: They weren't paying attention to half of that. Influence is
Speaker 1: a big word, and it just frustrates me and the constant.
Speaker 1: You know, Donald Trump is so nice to Russia. I
Speaker 1: think Donald Trump was trying to create a segue to
Speaker 1: have a conversation that was muted and had the opportunity
Speaker 1: to be progressive and maybe make some headway. I don't
Speaker 1: know what he's done nice, and I think he just
Speaker 1: took decisive action to last night and did what we
Speaker 1: needed a president to do for gold. I mean, there's
Speaker 1: such a dramatic difference red line in the sand. Okay,
Speaker 1: you do nothing, you do absolutely nothing, And you know
Speaker 1: here's a president that said this went beyond the redline,
Speaker 1: did something. And I'm gonna tell you what a predict
Speaker 1: is gonna happen. Nothing they're gonna stop using chemical weapons
Speaker 1: because if they don't stop using chemical weapons, it's gonna
Speaker 1: happen again. And last night, remember every Tomahawk missile, all
Speaker 1: all eighteen feet long, two feet wide missile is a
Speaker 1: thousand tons of AMMO and explosives in this thing. Well
Speaker 1: that's you know, all of that tonnage got dropped last
Speaker 1: night in a very short period of time. It is
Speaker 1: just a pinprick of what America and America's military is
Speaker 1: capable of. Now, do we want occupation? Do we want
Speaker 1: ground forces? Is it America's role to to fix the
Speaker 1: the unfolding civil war in Syria and the and the
Speaker 1: human wreckage that has been caused by this The answer
Speaker 1: is no. We don't have the ability to be the
Speaker 1: world's policeman. But there are certain moments and times in
Speaker 1: history where it is the right thing to do. And
Speaker 1: I think there also is a message sent to the
Speaker 1: rest of the world. I mean, there's been a lot
Speaker 1: of saber rattling out of Iran and a lot of
Speaker 1: say were rattling out of North Korea, and I think
Speaker 1: that now people need to understand that we have somebody
Speaker 1: that a recognize as evil in our time be will
Speaker 1: use military action, doesn't agonize over the decision. Uh. In
Speaker 1: a case that's so black and white like this, you
Speaker 1: just have to make that choice. Anyway. That's gonna really
Speaker 1: wrap things up today. I wish we had more time.
Speaker 1: All Right, We'll have Hannity tonight the very latest on
Speaker 1: all of this, and the latest on Susan Rice and
Speaker 1: much much more. What a busy news week. Neil Gorst's confirmed.
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