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Voter ID on California Nov. Ballot | Retro Radio: Should We Have Attacked Iran? · The Bill Handel Show

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Bill Handle on demand from KFI AM
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  Speaker 1: six forty.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, everybody, Monday, March second. Boy, what a weekend,
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  Speaker 2: early Saturday morning our time. The attack on Iran by
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  Speaker 2: the United States and Israel. We are waiting for the
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  Speaker 2: President to give some remarks and to award the Medal
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  Speaker 2: of Honor to some soldiers and not necessarily dealing with
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  Speaker 2: the war. We're going to cut them as soon as
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  Speaker 2: he starts, by the way, which is just a moment.
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  Speaker 2: And the Medal of Honor virtually every time it's given.
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  Speaker 2: Of course it's deserved because it is extraordinary. A lot
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  Speaker 2: of them, I think most of them are given posthumously
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  Speaker 2: because of the risks these soldiers take to take out
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  Speaker 2: an enemy under extraordinary circumstances or save their fellow soldiers.
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  Speaker 2: And the only issue as the president is giving them out, well,
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  Speaker 2: let's just say indiscriminately.
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  Speaker 1: Is that fair to say?
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  Speaker 2: But keep in mind soldiers that receive a silver Star,
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  Speaker 2: for example, and other medals of valor, not necessarily the
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  Speaker 2: Congressional Medal of Honor, but other medals of honor. It
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  Speaker 2: certainly would all of them deserve the Congressional medal. So
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  Speaker 2: at a thirty we're going to be doing and it
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  Speaker 2: has probably as good obviously, and have to do with
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  Speaker 2: the war or the attack.
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  Speaker 1: And then the issue is this a war? Now?
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  Speaker 2: It is not a war, even though it's being called
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  Speaker 2: a war. And that's what the Republican's position is, because
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  Speaker 2: if it is a war, a real war, Congress has
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  Speaker 2: to declare the war. It's right there in Article one
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  Speaker 2: of the US Constitutional and it's known as the War
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  Speaker 2: Powers Cause, and it gives Congress the exclusive power to
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  Speaker 2: declare war.
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  Speaker 1: Only Congress can declare war.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, last time that happened was December eighth, nineteen forty one,
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  Speaker 2: the day after Pearl Harbor. And so the issue that
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  Speaker 2: the Republicans and the Administration say that gives them the ability,
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  Speaker 2: gives the president the ability to order this attack is
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  Speaker 2: the War Powers Resolution of nineteen seventy three, which was
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  Speaker 2: passed by Congress. And this had to do with Richard
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  Speaker 2: Nixon and the secret bombings of Cambodia during the Vietnam War.
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  Speaker 2: And it lays out several different areas that the president
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  Speaker 2: has to follow. First of all, the president has to
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  Speaker 2: notify Congress within forty eight hours of committing troops to
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  Speaker 2: military action. Well, when did he commit troops to military action?
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  Speaker 2: Weeks ago, days ago when he moved the task forces
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  Speaker 2: into the Persian Gulf.
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  Speaker 1: And then there is a time limit.
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  Speaker 2: As part of the War Powers Resolution, armed forces are
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  Speaker 2: forbidden from remaining in the conflict for more than sixty
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  Speaker 2: days without a formal declaration of war or specific statutory authorization,
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  Speaker 2: which has been given several times Tonking Gulf Resolution for example.
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  Speaker 2: That was before the War Powers Act, but still that's
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  Speaker 2: the history of the US And so withdrawal period. An
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  Speaker 2: additional thirty days withdrawal period is permitted if the President
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  Speaker 2: certifies that it is necessary for the safe removal of troops.
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  Speaker 2: And finally, consultation. This is all part of the War
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  Speaker 2: Powers Resolution nineteen seventy three. The President is required to
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  Speaker 2: consult with Congress in every possible instance before introducing the
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  Speaker 2: US forces into hostilities. Okay, did he inform Congress in
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  Speaker 2: every possible instance? To the Democratic Congress leaders in Congress
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  Speaker 2: and the Senate who are Democrats saying.
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  Speaker 1: Nope, he gave us. He told us the night before
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  Speaker 1: that he was going to.
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  Speaker 2: Do this, and it was given to the Gang of Eight,
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  Speaker 2: which is the leadership of both houses and those in
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  Speaker 2: the leadership of the Intelligence Committee, the House and the
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  Speaker 2: Senate Intelligence Committee. So is he justified under the law. Well,
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  Speaker 2: what the administration is saying that the War Powers Resolution
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  Speaker 2: is on its face unconstitutional, that that gets in the
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  Speaker 2: way of a president doing his job in times of war,
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  Speaker 2: and technically are we at war? We are not at war.
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  Speaker 2: But have presidents move forces and attacked. Oh, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Obama with Libya, Bill Clinton with Grenada and Libya.
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  Speaker 1: You have then Johnson with Vietnam.
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  Speaker 2: You've got virtually every president that we've had since the
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  Speaker 2: War Powers Act has been enacted, and even before all right,
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  Speaker 2: while we're waiting for the president to speak, were the
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  Speaker 2: president has, as I said, just issued a statement or
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  Speaker 2: actually in an interview statements to CNN. The United States
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  Speaker 2: has just started attacking Iran, and Iran is looking at
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  Speaker 2: some really interesting.
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  Speaker 1: Times at this point.
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  Speaker 2: And I believe the United States alone has had twelve
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  Speaker 2: hundred attacks something like that on Iran, and Israel has
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  Speaker 2: had very close to that, and they do it with impunity.
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  Speaker 2: Air attacks, missile attacks, Tomahawk missiles, drones are not being
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  Speaker 2: touched by Iranians as those assets are being used and
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  Speaker 2: why he was that because very early and this is
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  Speaker 2: what the United States, and this is what happened with
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  Speaker 2: Saddam Hussein. The first wave goes in and takes out
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  Speaker 2: command and control and all the ability of whatever enemy
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  Speaker 2: to fight or to go against our air forces, air resources.
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  Speaker 2: And in this case, that first wave also took out
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  Speaker 2: the top guy, Hermine klim and I, who is the
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  Speaker 2: supreme leader, and also the senior members of military, a
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  Speaker 2: couple of clerics, revolutionary guard, some judiciary, I mean the
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  Speaker 2: top level, A good part of them were wiped out.
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  Speaker 2: Why because Runyans are stupid on two levels. First of all,
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  Speaker 2: there was a war council they called, right the attack
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  Speaker 2: is eminent, and what do they do.
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  Speaker 1: All of these guys sit in a.
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  Speaker 2: Conference room in the headquarters of the military, and Israel
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  Speaker 2: and the United States know exactly where they are, where
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  Speaker 2: they're meeting, because the intelligence of Israel the United States
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  Speaker 2: is superb when it comes to Iran. And so that
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  Speaker 2: was idiocy number one. Idiocy number two is attacking the
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  Speaker 2: other Gulf states who have declared neutrality.
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  Speaker 1: They're staying out of it.
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  Speaker 2: Oman Oman was the mediator between the United States and Iran,
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  Speaker 2: taken out or at least being attacked same thing with
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  Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia. Why no one understands that either we are
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  Speaker 2: waiting for the president to join us, or we're going
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  Speaker 2: to join his press conference where he is going to
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  Speaker 2: be handing out to the soldiers who truly deserve the
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  Speaker 2: Congressional Medal of Honored Valor, and a couple of them
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  Speaker 2: is posthumously, and that is the majority of those who
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  Speaker 2: have received that medal have received them posthumous. Also, coming
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  Speaker 2: up at eight thirty, we're going to be do something.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to do something that we have not done,
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  Speaker 2: and that is do retro radio, going back to the
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  Speaker 2: sixties when talk radio actually happened and you become part
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  Speaker 2: of it. And the way I used to work is
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  Speaker 2: the host would the first the first segment, we'd come
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  Speaker 2: up with a monologue, his or her opinion. It was
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  Speaker 2: generally his opinion, and then we go to the phones.
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  Speaker 2: And that's what we're gonna do, and it's talkback because
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  Speaker 2: it was originally talk it was talkback, and so we're
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to take some phone calls.
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  Speaker 1: And you have the ability to join in.
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  Speaker 2: You and I are going to discuss and what are
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  Speaker 2: we going to discuss what do you think the attack
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  Speaker 2: on Iran good or bad? And I want a combination
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  Speaker 2: of the two. And you have to call in a
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  Speaker 2: couple of rules. We're gonna make it short. Okay, you
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  Speaker 2: are not going to ramble. I will cut you off
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  Speaker 2: if you ever listen to handle on the law. One
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  Speaker 2: of the things I don't bring to the table is patience.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't know if you knew that. So it's
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  Speaker 2: going to be get your thoughts together. I will respond,
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  Speaker 2: you will talk. And that was talk radio. That's the
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  Speaker 2: way it used to happen. Let's go to the phones.
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  Speaker 2: And then, as Neil pointed out, what say you Los Angeles?
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  Speaker 1: Great fun?
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  Speaker 2: And then we're going to use the same number we
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  Speaker 2: always do, eight hundred and five to two zero one
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  Speaker 2: five three four. And in the middle of it, or
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  Speaker 2: during a commercial break, once the president starts speaking, we're
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  Speaker 2: going to go to the president. Unless he just starts
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  Speaker 2: handing out the medal of honor. Then we're not particularly
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  Speaker 2: going to listen or watch the president, not that what
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  Speaker 2: he says is unimportant, or that the medals are certainly
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  Speaker 2: not deserved, because they are. It's because all I and
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  Speaker 2: probably you, hopefully you're interested in what's going on. The
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  Speaker 2: three American jets have been shot down by Kuwait friendly fire.
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  Speaker 2: All six pilots that were on the planes have successfully
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  Speaker 2: ejected and there were no casualties.
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  Speaker 1: The number of American deaths have been four so far.
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  Speaker 2: Israeli's I think there have been what amy ten to
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  Speaker 2: twelve Israelis have been killed.
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  Speaker 1: It was ten when the ballistic missile hit in a
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  Speaker 1: residential area over the.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and one missile hit a synagogue of which there
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  Speaker 2: was a bomb shelter underneath the synagogue and it was
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  Speaker 2: a direct hit. And that's where most of those people died.
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  Speaker 2: And then in Iran, I don't know several hundred people.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you never know what they're going to say,
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  Speaker 2: and how do you believe anything? The Foreign Minister was
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  Speaker 2: interviewed a couple of hours ago and when was asked
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  Speaker 2: about how about the attacks on Dubai and Saudi Arabia
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  Speaker 2: civilian tar that's not us. We don't know anything about it. No,
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  Speaker 2: that's not us at all. All we're going is after
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  Speaker 2: military targets. Yeah, okay, let's believe him. Okay, coming up,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be retro radio with you calling in
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  Speaker 2: the number eight hundred five two zero one five three
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  Speaker 2: four eight hundred five two zero one five three four
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  Speaker 2: and is going to screen. We're going to follow the
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  Speaker 2: same rules for handle on the law. If you are unintelligible,
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  Speaker 2: you're at the top of the list. If you are
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  Speaker 2: special needs, you are at the top of the list.
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  Speaker 2: If you are completely crazy, you are at the top
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  Speaker 2: of the list. And any combination of those three you're
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  Speaker 2: getting through. And we're going to talk. And it's your
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  Speaker 2: opinion the war. Should we have attacked Iran? Yes or no?
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  Speaker 1: Okay? It is time for retro radio.
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  Speaker 2: We're going back to the sixties when radio was all
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  Speaker 2: about you calling and the host commenting, and we go
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  Speaker 2: back and forth and let's just do it. This is
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  Speaker 2: when I remember when I was listening Vietnam War, yes
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  Speaker 2: or no? Well, been a ways from that, Okay, So
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  Speaker 2: let's do it. Okay, starting with well, what say you
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  Speaker 2: Southern California?
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  Speaker 1: All right, Harold? Should we have attacked Roon? Yes or no?
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  Speaker 3: Bill A long time listener. Look, this guy lies so
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  Speaker 3: much you don't know when to believe him or not.
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  Speaker 3: He said no foreign entanglement, Bill, and then he says
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  Speaker 3: the war is going to be over in four to
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  Speaker 3: five weeks. How the hell does Donald Trump know the
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  Speaker 3: war is going to be over in for four to
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  Speaker 3: five weeks? Bill?
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  Speaker 1: All right, I mean that's a good question.
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  Speaker 2: So obviously you are against the invasion of the war
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  Speaker 2: or the invasion of Iran?
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  Speaker 1: Correct, all right? Fair enough? Well, okay, Well, here's what happens.
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  Speaker 2: The way it works is you make a statement and
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  Speaker 2: then I respond, and my response to you is go
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  Speaker 2: suck on a bag of rocks.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, there are some analysis.
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  Speaker 2: Uh Mark calling what why did he get a bag
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  Speaker 2: of rocks? Well, because the actual phrase I can't use,
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  Speaker 2: that's why. Okay, thank you very much. Mark calling from Japan.
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  Speaker 2: Hello Mark, Yes, yes, sir, what are your thoughts?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, we definitely should have done it. Okay, Actually we
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  Speaker 4: should have done it years ago, is what I think?
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  Speaker 1: Okay? And why I mean?
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  Speaker 4: And well I will before I answer that. I'm not
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  Speaker 4: sure how objective you can be because you live in
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  Speaker 4: the Persian Palace.
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  Speaker 1: No, I don't. There's no sol the Persian Palace.
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  Speaker 4: Oh okay, So okay, then you are objective. There's no conflict.
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  Speaker 1: That's the objectivity the Persian Palace.
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  Speaker 4: Well, because Persia that he ran you know, okay, oh.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I you know, I got I got that.
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  Speaker 1: I got that.
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  Speaker 2: But do you have any idea why I called it
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  Speaker 2: the Persian Palace.
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  Speaker 4: Because of the chandeliers if I recall, no, I.
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  Speaker 1: Don't have chandeliers. I had one chandelier.
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  Speaker 2: And the reason I called the Persian Palace is because
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  Speaker 2: I had The synagogue I went to was about forty
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  Speaker 2: five percent Iranian Persian and my house is fairly understated,
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  Speaker 2: and that a Persian house. Of course, there's nothing but chandeliers,
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  Speaker 2: nothing but gold. It was a yuts to my friends.
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  Speaker 1: That was it. It was a screw you, that's the
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  Speaker 1: whole thing.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, So I understand where he's coming from. All right, Jason, welcome,
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  Speaker 2: Yes sir, what can you say?
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  Speaker 5: Yes, answer your question. We should have went in. And
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  Speaker 5: the reason why it's a great up three for Trump.
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  Speaker 5: We have to send troops in bottom line this end
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  Speaker 5: of the day. But after the bombing, we send in
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  Speaker 5: ten thousand American troops, ten thousand Europeans. All their countries
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  Speaker 5: give in troops. Japan and Korea, any place our friends
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  Speaker 5: sends in ten thousand troops with us. They have one
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  Speaker 5: hundred thousand on the ground, let them do their free elections.
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  Speaker 5: They get their new president there, they vote in. Then
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  Speaker 5: we keep twenty thousand there to watch it. And then
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  Speaker 5: it sends a message to Putin, don't mess with the world.
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  Speaker 5: And then Trump looks like a superstar.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, well let me ask you.
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  Speaker 4: Now.
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  Speaker 2: What So Putin tells us to go pound sand do
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  Speaker 2: we go in and attack Russia?
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  Speaker 5: Well, here's the thing. After we send the troops there,
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  Speaker 5: they all the one hundred thousand troops move into Ukraine
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  Speaker 5: and park in Ukraine and say, listen, Putin, we're here
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  Speaker 5: on your border. You've screwed with us, You're gone, and
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  Speaker 5: we don't go attack Russia. Of course not. We just
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  Speaker 5: send a message of strength of one hundred thousand your
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  Speaker 5: world troops, including Japan had a great opportunity to get
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  Speaker 5: them out again, because they need to get out and
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  Speaker 5: get their soldiers out. So it'd be multiple opportunities here
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  Speaker 5: and then the world of the United Trump had send
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  Speaker 5: the message.
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  Speaker 2: I get that, and the world would be united, and
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  Speaker 2: unicorns would crap rainbows and everybody is happy. And already
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  Speaker 2: the Japan sends massive amounts of arms to Ukraine. Well
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  Speaker 2: not quite no, because the thought of World War Three.
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  Speaker 2: Starting so, Jason, you're moron. Okay, this was talk radio
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  Speaker 2: at its best. Okay, retro radio.
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