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Speaker 2: Patrick Murphy is an earned authority. He is far more
Speaker 2: than a former Undersecretary of the Army with service to
Speaker 2: the nation. He is geopolitical Advisory Hillco Global. Patrick. Did
Speaker 2: you study blockades when you were in service? Did you
Speaker 2: study them in forms of military school? How does Patrick
Speaker 2: Murphy discuss a given blockade?
Speaker 1: Of course, I listen, you had to talk about it,
Speaker 1: and you know, you learn about what we did, and
Speaker 1: then during a Cubut missile crisis, you know kind of
Speaker 1: what started that. But as you know, I taught at
Speaker 1: West Point for years and I still lecture at the
Speaker 1: US Army War College. You had to know all the
Speaker 1: demands domains of warfare, you know, land, see, air, space,
Speaker 1: and cyber So you know, that's what we try and
Speaker 1: do at HOKO Advisory, HOCO Global for our advisory group.
Speaker 1: And I tell you the world has never been as
Speaker 1: bald as it is right now, at least it feels
Speaker 1: that way.
Speaker 3: You know.
Speaker 2: I look at this and I fall by Patrick on
Speaker 2: my deep military career Russell Kroll and Master and Commander
Speaker 2: the Patrick O'Brien movie of the Napoleonic Wars. This is
Speaker 2: at Napoleonic wars Axios has today that's seventy five percent
Speaker 2: of casualties Ukraine, Russia are from drones. Patrick Murphy on
Speaker 2: a blockade in an age of drones.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, listen, let's hope that there's not swarm drones
Speaker 1: going after you know, our troops that are over there,
Speaker 1: because as you know, we've had the largest US military
Speaker 1: build up in that region since before the Iraq War,
Speaker 1: which I served in Darney Evasion. And you know, it's
Speaker 1: already cost you know, when you think about tom Today's
Speaker 1: tax day, it's cost the micro tax payer by the
Speaker 1: end of this month, two months of the war, forty
Speaker 1: two billion dollars. And that's from the pen Wharton Budget
Speaker 1: Model Office at Penn Wharden Warres where I teach. So
Speaker 1: you know, that's why a lot of Americans are saying, Hey,
Speaker 1: you promised me one thing, no new wars, and he
Speaker 1: gave me this. You promised me less inflation. It's gone
Speaker 1: up and you know, it tried to be four point
Speaker 1: two percent gas prices over dour And that's why you know,
Speaker 1: for US looking at advising industry, they want certainty. And
Speaker 1: that's why not just the American people, but Wall Street
Speaker 1: and business across American this world are pretty frustrated by
Speaker 1: what they're seeing.
Speaker 3: Patrick. You know, the air offensive against Iran has been
Speaker 3: extraordinarily and extraordinarily effective. But I think what we've all
Speaker 3: learned over you know, the last thirty forty fifty years,
Speaker 3: there's always so much air strikes can do here. What
Speaker 3: do you think the next steps should be for the
Speaker 3: US here? I mean there's additional talks today of maybe
Speaker 3: extending the ceasefire. What do you think is the best
Speaker 3: off ramp here?
Speaker 1: Yeah, Well, let's those of us who have seen war
Speaker 1: and I've lost nineteen men in my unit and evasion
Speaker 1: in Iraq do not want war. We'rey reluctant warriors. It's
Speaker 1: always the last line of defense. It's also a failure
Speaker 1: of diplomacy. So let's hope that we then restart new negotiations.
Speaker 1: Obviously Pakistan, Turkey, I'man and now China are trying to
Speaker 1: broker that I get that back on the table after
Speaker 1: the first twenty one hours didn't go well last weekend.
Speaker 1: And by the way, there's also negotiations as we know
Speaker 1: in Washington, c right now between Lebanon and Israel. So
Speaker 1: it's a fragile ceasefire. But those of us who understand
Speaker 1: warfare understand that, you know, you cannot have regime change,
Speaker 1: which is air power. We knew that months ago, right
Speaker 1: and anyone that understands built their history and as commanded
Speaker 1: that understands it wasn't going to happen. And you know,
Speaker 1: the Iranian regime is still in place. Obviously we took
Speaker 1: out their top leaders, but they to will Son is
Speaker 1: now charge. He's even more radical. He lost his wife,
Speaker 1: he lost his son, and that's why a lot of
Speaker 1: folks are clamoring to say, how are we going to
Speaker 1: bring this to as you said, an elegant solution at
Speaker 1: elegon end here where we've tend to interest have the
Speaker 1: straight flowing again because of you know, our greatest allies
Speaker 1: get like you look at South Cridge, you look at Japan.
Speaker 1: Seventy percent of the oil comes from the Strait, and
Speaker 1: so a lot of Phansey asking America to figure this
Speaker 1: out real quick.
Speaker 2: I got to get this in. I've only got a
Speaker 2: minute and a half. I'm so sorry, sir, your comments
Speaker 2: and the firing of General George General Smith, General C. Q.
Speaker 2: Brown Jr. And for that matter, Admiral Franchetti as well,
Speaker 2: what are we doing with our top brass?
Speaker 1: Well. Unfortunately, a lot of great public servants that have
Speaker 1: one o'clock this country been let go. It reminds me
Speaker 1: of when we fired the Secretary of the Army, Eric
Speaker 1: Schecky before the Iraq work because he spoke truth to
Speaker 1: power and before that war. And I will tell you
Speaker 1: I am a big believer Tom and siting a leadership
Speaker 1: over military should be that way. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: you know, as someone who helped lead the army, you
Speaker 1: have to listen to military experts and you have to listen.
Speaker 1: And God gave us all two eyes, two ears, and
Speaker 1: only one mouthful reason. And I feel like they're listening
Speaker 1: only for the They're already listening for what they want
Speaker 1: to hear. And patriots like Randy George, Iraq Afghanistan Vetcher
Speaker 1: West Point graduate c Q. Brown, the Chairman of the
Speaker 1: Joint Chiefs of Staff and so many others have been
Speaker 1: let go. And a lot of us who've worn the
Speaker 1: cloth of our country are you know, one eyebrow up
Speaker 1: saying what the hell is going down there? Washington?
Speaker 2: D C. Patrick. I got to run and Paul and
Speaker 2: I got to run, but thank you so much for
Speaker 2: your time and public service. It's odd I find Patrick Murphy,
Speaker 2: that Sparta who drives the whole ship here. He said
Speaker 2: the same thing to me the other day. Hey stupid,
Speaker 2: you got two ears in one mouth. Fix it. Mister
Speaker 2: Murphy is with hillco a Global and of course the
Speaker 2: former Undersecretary of the Army. We greatly appreciate his support.