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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Iranian Threat | Allen Jackson Now | February 25, 2026
- Well, good evening and welcome to nashville.
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- I'm alan jackson.
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- We begin tonight with the u.s.
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- And iran.
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- An incredible amount of american firepower is gathering
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- In the middle east.
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- Aircraft carrier strike group carrying every sort of war plane
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- And surveillance aircraft.
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- And while iran's military is a fraction of the size of ours,
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- The ayatollah has received
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- Help from his russian friend vladimir putin.
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- The table is set in the event that a deal on what's
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- Left of iran's nuclear program is not agreed to, and khamenei.
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- Well, he's
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- Broadcasting his usual defiant and combative rhetoric.
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- Iran's leadership has already had a taste
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- Of what our commander in chief will do
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- If they don't settle this.
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- A disagreement over nuclear weapons.
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- Do you remember operation midnight hammer?
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- Seven b-2 stealth bombers flew halfway around the globe
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- To destroy their buried nuclear assets.
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- Well, they've been talking with president trump's envoys,
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- But the talking isn't going to last forever.
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- I'm grateful that
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- This administration is in close contact with israel.
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- We've seen our president, host, prime minister netanyahu
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- Multiple times over the last year.
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- The u.s.
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- Navy's gerald ford aircraft carrier strike group.
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- Well, they've now docked in haifa in northern israel.
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- It's a tremendous show of support
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- For our ally in the middle east.
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- Iran has long declared its intent.
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- Their leaders openly chant death to israel.
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- That's not political rhetoric.
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- That's a declaration of war.
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- And when someone tells you they want to destroy you,
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- Believe them.
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- Iran has poured
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- Billions of dollars annually into hamas in gaza.
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- Hezbollah in lebanon and the houthis in yemen.
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- These are terrorist organization
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- Instruments of destruction, trained
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- And armed to attack israel and to massacre the jewish people.
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- The ballistic missiles
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- That were raining down on israeli cities,
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- They caused families to flee into bomb shelters.
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- They were supplied by iran.
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- Iran does not hide its ambitions.
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- Yet the talking point by some in the media
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- Is that israel should just ignore iran.
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- Well, it's hard to ignore
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- Somebody that says they intend to destroy you.
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- I mean, just imagine if every night when you came home,
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- Your neighbor knocked on your door
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- And said, i intend to destroy you and your family.
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- Well, iran told anybody who would listen.
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- That's the current reality.
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- In my lifetime, i've never seen so much hatred
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- Towards the jewish people and the state of israel.
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- It's what's being expressed in public right now.
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- I suppose it shouldn't be surprising.
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- It's been a part of history,
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- But it's been a bit unexpected,
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- Particularly to the degree
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- To which it's expressed on the right
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- Of the ideological spectrum, even from churches.
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- In some christians.
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- There's an anger towards the jewish people and a hatred
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- For the modern state of israel.
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- It's being expressed in some new ways,
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- Not so much theologically.
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- I'm familiar with those ideas things,
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- But they're saying these days that we shouldn't
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- Give money to the state of israel.
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- Well, that was the only nation in the world we gave money to.
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- Maybe that argument would have some credence,
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- But it's far from that reality.
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- There are two things i can tell you
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- With absolute certainty that god is doing in the earth.
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- He's purifying the church to be prepared for jesus return,
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- And he's establishing the jewish people
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- In a little piece of land at the end of the mediterranean
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- That he promised abraham would be theirs forever.
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- Whatever you hear and whatever is said,
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- If it challenges those two principles, god's not behind it.
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- Everything that happens in the church isn't good,
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- But it doesn't mean that god isn't purifying his church.
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- Well, everything that the government
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- Of israel does isn't good, but it doesn't mean that god is not
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- Busy establishing the jewish people to know.
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- That is important for me,
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- Because i've made a commitment
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- That the organizing principle of my life
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- Is to understand what god is doing
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- And then to say, how could i be a part of that?
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- I'm not always clever, and i'm certainly not very complicated.
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- But if god is doing something, i want to be a part.
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- There's so much being said,
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- And there are so many perspectives,
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- And it's being wrapped in the same kind of deceptive,
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- Manipulative language and definitions
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- That dei was or crt was.
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- There's labels that come with disagreement,
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- And there's so much self-righteousness
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- By the advocates.
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- But if you'll keep those two principles straight
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- That god is purifying the church
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- To be prepared for jesus return
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- And that he's establishing the jewish people.
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- I believe god will lead you
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- Through this time of deception and confusion.
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- I've never seen an openness amongst the jewish people
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- To the truth of scripture like we see today.
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- It's truly unprecedented.
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- As christ followers, let's pray for the jewish people.
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- Pray for the peace of jerusalem.
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- I assure you your prayers.
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- They matter.
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- President trump has made clear that the united states
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- Is not going to tolerate an active nuclear program in iran,
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- And he certainly doesn't trust the ayatollah is simply trying
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- To build nuclear power plants to keep the lights on in tehran.
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- In a moment, we'll discuss what's at stake and what's next
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- With colonel allen west, who's standing by right now in dallas.
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- I'll be right back.
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- I'll be right back.
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- It was president reagan who said we must trust
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- But verify when we're dealing with potential enemies.
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- That's certainly the case when it comes to iran.
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- Well, joining us now is a longtime
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- Friend of the show, colonel allen west.
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- Welcome back.
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- It's good to be with you, pastor.
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- Thanks for having me.
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- Let's begin with where things left off
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- After the usb to bombers flew to iran and back.
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- The sense was that iran's nuclear
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- Program was bombed into bits and pieces.
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- But something has happened
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- Because israel and the united states
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- Do believe that something more needs to happen.
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- Do you have any idea what iran has done since that time?
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- Well, i'm sure without a doubt they were second and third order
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- Backup systems and nuka uranium enrichment systems and plants
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- That they had there that were not as evident
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- As the ones that we had the opportunity to strike.
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- And look, you know, iran is a theocracy.
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- And if you understand that shia theocracy,
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- They believe that in order for the the mahdi,
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- The hidden imam, the 12th imam to come back,
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- There has to be some apocalyptic event.
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- And that's why they're going to continue to work toward,
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- Gaining an ability to, you know, create that apocalyptic event,
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- Which is a nuclear device.
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- So we cannot trust them.
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- We need to understand that
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- This has been going on for some 47 years.
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- And for those of us
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- Who served in the military, it started back in october 23rd
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- Of 1983 with the beirut barracks bombing, which was iranian
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- Inspired hezbollah to kill 234 marines and sailors.
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- And having been serving in iraq and afghanistan,
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- The explosive force penetrators, the ieds that were created in
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- Iran, you know, killed and maim
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- Thousands of our american troops.
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- So this is what we're up against.
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- This is an evil regime.
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- They will, you know, abuse and kill
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- And execute their own people.
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- Well, it was colin powell who made the point that if the u.s.
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- Military is going to be involved,
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- It needs to be the full force
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- So that the enemy knows they're about to get hammered.
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- Well, of course,
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- That gives the president the leverage to negotiate a deal
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- Instead of having to use force.
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- Listen to how president trump describes the situation.
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- They better negotiate a fair deal.
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- You know, the people of
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- Iran are a lot different than the leaders of iran.
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- And it's very, very, very sad situation.
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- They were going to hang 837 people,
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- And i gave them the word, if you hang one person,
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- Even one person,
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- That you're going to be hit right then and there.
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- I wasn't waiting two weeks and negotiating,
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- And they gave up the hanging.
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- Well, it sounds to me
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- Like he's got a two track plan of attack if needed.
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- What do you think?
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- Well, there are four elements to a nation's power.
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- It's called the dime theory.
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- Diplomatic, informational, military and economic.
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- And i think what you see, we've tried to do with iran leverage
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- The informational, the economic by way of sanctions and also
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- The diplomatic approaches.
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- But again, when you talk about dealing with the theocracy,
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- The ayatollahs, the mullahs that are there,
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- You have to go back and understand
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- Their thinking, study
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- And read the koran
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- Because they don't see,
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- You know, negotiations as something
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- That they have to adhere to.
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- And that comes from the traditions of muhammad.
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- If you go back to the treaty of who to be back about 623 624
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- A.d., when muhammad
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- Sought to attack mecca, he saw that
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- He did not have enough strength to overpower americans.
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- He went into an agreement with them, an agreement
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- That was supposed to last for five years.
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- He violated, by the year, three months.
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- He had built up enough, military power.
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- And then he overtook the meakins and beheaded
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- All of the people that opposed him there.
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- So that's their mentality.
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- They will use,
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- You know, negotiations and talk and things of this nature
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- To stall and give them time for their in, in
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- State and in goals.
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- What type of satellite intelligence
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- Or on the ground intelligence do you think we have on iran
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- That's been doing with their nuclear assets
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- Since our b-2 bombed them? and should we assume
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- That there's a building threat there now?
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- Oh, absolutely.
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- So you don't, unleash that great,
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- Force, that naval armada, unless you have an intention
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- Of use it, and you really have to. or else.
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- You seem as though you're a paper tiger,
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- Which is what osama bin laden said after we,
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- Left beirut after the, beirut barracks bombing.
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- So, yes, i believe that, the israelis have the mossad
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- There, i'm sure. right. sure.
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- We have cia forces
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- Just the same as we saw with the incredible, brilliant
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- Execution of the array to go in and get, nicolas maduro.
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- We're building
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- That intelligence, and we're going to make sure
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- That we have the right type of precision strikes
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- Against the targets that will be identified.
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- How much of this is about shutting down
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- Iran's support for its proxies in the region?
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- Hamas, hezbollah and the houthis and the others?
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- I think it's huge.
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- And it's not just iran,
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- But also
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- We need to pay attention to qatar
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- Because qatar is the
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- Second greatest, sponsor and funder of islamic
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- Jihadism, of terrorism.
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- If you want to undermine hamas, hezbollah, islamic
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- Jihad, all of these terrorist organizations,
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- You have to cut off their their granddaddy.
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- And that is iran, without a doubt.
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- And just the same as you've seen here in our hemisphere,
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- When we go in and we take nicolas
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- Maduro out from venezuela.
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- We see things start to change in our own hemisphere.
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- And we took out a very, you know, contributory entity
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- To the narco terrorist that we know,
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- Have much ground down in mexico.
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- And now look at what has happened with cuba.
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- So you have to start peeling that onion back.
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- And without a doubt, it starts with iran.
- 00:10:57.753 --> 00:10:59.654
- But we also have to pay attentio
- 00:10:59.654 --> 00:11:02.357
- Should we assume that israel will play some role in this?
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- Or do you think the president
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- Is trying to keep this a us only mission?
- 00:11:07.195 --> 00:11:10.198
- I think you have to have that that joint operation,
- 00:11:10.198 --> 00:11:12.667
- Because when you think about
- 00:11:12.667 --> 00:11:14.169
- The greatest threat that, israel faces, it is from iran.
- 00:11:14.169 --> 00:11:17.873
- And if you want to try to go in unilaterally,
- 00:11:17.873 --> 00:11:21.343
- I think that that would not be a wise decision.
- 00:11:21.343 --> 00:11:24.379
- Let's allow the israelis who have much to lose with a,
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- A virulent and vile enemy such as iran, to continue to exist.
- 00:11:28.984 --> 00:11:33.121
- And again, the president made a great point.
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- It's not about the iranian people.
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- It's about the iranian leadership.
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- Well, colonel west, we need to take a short break.
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- Would you please stand by for a brief break?
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- Standing by, sir hua.
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- I'll be right back.
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- I'll be right back.
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- We're back with colonel allen.
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- West, in addition
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- To his distinguished military career, is now
- 00:12:01.352 --> 00:12:03.421
- The chairman of the dallas county gop.
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- I want to talk about how far apart
- 00:12:06.524 --> 00:12:08.026
- The two political parties are these days.
- 00:12:08.026 --> 00:12:10.195
- Seems to be getting worse.
- 00:12:10.195 --> 00:12:11.663
- Trump keeps plugging away while the democrats
- 00:12:11.663 --> 00:12:13.798
- Move from one pathetic plan of attack to the next.
- 00:12:13.798 --> 00:12:16.768
- First, it was the idea that they needed
- 00:12:16.768 --> 00:12:18.303
- To use more profanity to sound tough.
- 00:12:18.303 --> 00:12:21.172
- Then they tried affordability, and now they've got a new one
- 00:12:21.172 --> 00:12:24.442
- That they're calling an accountability agenda.
- 00:12:24.442 --> 00:12:27.212
- Listen to their comment.
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- There will be an accountability agenda.
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- You know, companies already, are starting to hear
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- They better preserve their documents.
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- They better
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- Be ready for subpoenas if they've done something wrong.
- 00:12:38.022 --> 00:12:40.558
- They'll be held accountable.
- 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:42.794
- That was susan rice, the same woman who tried to claim
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- That the attack on benghazi was about a movie.
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- We're familiar with what role
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- She serves in the democratic party.
- 00:12:51.536 --> 00:12:53.738
- Am i correct in that evaluation?
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- No, you're absolutely right.
- 00:12:56.608 --> 00:12:57.709
- She is a woman.
- 00:12:57.709 --> 00:12:58.676
- And how interesting it is when you are.
- 00:12:58.676 --> 00:13:01.212
- Right now
- 00:13:01.212 --> 00:13:02.046
- You're hearing about how the trump
- 00:13:02.046 --> 00:13:02.947
- Administration is weaponizing government.
- 00:13:02.947 --> 00:13:05.183
- But what did susan rice just say?
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- That when we get back in power, we get back in control.
- 00:13:07.518 --> 00:13:10.321
- We're going to come after you.
- 00:13:10.321 --> 00:13:11.623
- That is an open threat.
- 00:13:11.623 --> 00:13:13.258
- And i think that that is the difference what you see
- 00:13:13.258 --> 00:13:15.326
- Happening in our country.
- 00:13:15.326 --> 00:13:16.761
- It is not so much about political parties,
- 00:13:16.761 --> 00:13:18.796
- About two different
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- And very competing philosophies of governance,
- 00:13:19.998 --> 00:13:22.467
- Constitutional conservatism respects the individual,
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- Their rights, their freedoms and liberties.
- 00:13:25.470 --> 00:13:26.971
- That's what natural rights law from john locke is all about.
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- That's why we have the declaration of independence.
- 00:13:30.408 --> 00:13:32.944
- But what these leftists are about is really marxism,
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- And they see the individual being subservient to government,
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- And they have that two pronged attack.
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- It's just the socialist economic model
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- And the communist societal model.
- 00:13:43.087 --> 00:13:45.189
- And so what you see happening
- 00:13:45.189 --> 00:13:46.858
- Is that the threats, the intimidation, the coercion
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- And ultimately the violence, this is how marxism operates.
- 00:13:50.161 --> 00:13:53.598
- And guess what?
- 00:13:53.598 --> 00:13:54.699
- That's why they are so comfortable.
- 00:13:54.699 --> 00:13:56.634
- And they have a simpatico with the islamic jihadis
- 00:13:56.634 --> 00:13:59.637
- Here in the united states of america, worldwide.
- 00:13:59.637 --> 00:14:01.806
- The growing threat of islam in the united states.
- 00:14:02.774 --> 00:14:04.976
- We've watched it, its impact in europe.
- 00:14:04.976 --> 00:14:07.412
- And now it seems to have taken
- 00:14:07.412 --> 00:14:08.546
- Root in the us in a whole new way.
- 00:14:08.546 --> 00:14:10.682
- To what extent does that concern you?
- 00:14:10.682 --> 00:14:13.384
- It's very concerning.
- 00:14:13.384 --> 00:14:14.652
- As a matter of fact, i refer to it as the red green alliance.
- 00:14:14.652 --> 00:14:18.056
- And when you look at the current new york city
- 00:14:18.056 --> 00:14:20.024
- Mayor, rahm mamdani, he is the exact personification of that.
- 00:14:20.024 --> 00:14:23.861
- But prior to him,
- 00:14:23.861 --> 00:14:25.029
- It was barack obama
- 00:14:25.029 --> 00:14:26.230
- Who in 2009, at his address at the university of cairo,
- 00:14:26.230 --> 00:14:29.334
- Invited the muslim brotherhood to be sitting front and center
- 00:14:29.334 --> 00:14:32.503
- At his address, and he supported the muslim
- 00:14:32.503 --> 00:14:34.405
- Brotherhood candidate for president, mohamed morsi.
- 00:14:34.405 --> 00:14:36.774
- Look here in texas, one of the ballot proposals,
- 00:14:36.774 --> 00:14:40.511
- Legislative proposals we have on the republican ballot
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- Is to, support for syria and syria here
- 00:14:43.514 --> 00:14:47.185
- Through law in the state of texas,
- 00:14:47.185 --> 00:14:48.753
- Because it is here,
- 00:14:48.753 --> 00:14:50.054
- You kind of have two parallel, competing
- 00:14:50.054 --> 00:14:53.257
- Systems of jurisprudence is not working very well.
- 00:14:53.257 --> 00:14:56.127
- In england, you have these no go zones.
- 00:14:56.127 --> 00:14:58.062
- We don't want to see that happen here.
- 00:14:58.062 --> 00:14:59.664
- There are two rules of law.
- 00:14:59.664 --> 00:15:00.965
- It is the united states constitution
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- And our respective state constitutions, not sharia law.
- 00:15:02.667 --> 00:15:06.337
- Well, let's look down the road a bit to 2028.
- 00:15:07.205 --> 00:15:10.308
- Can you picture any of their so-called national names,
- 00:15:10.308 --> 00:15:12.977
- Whether it's aoc, pritzker, newsom, they've shown
- 00:15:12.977 --> 00:15:16.047
- Any signs of being strong enough to take the white house?
- 00:15:16.047 --> 00:15:19.717
- No, no, i mean, it's been quite appalling.
- 00:15:19.717 --> 00:15:22.253
- If you go back to the munich security conference, where
- 00:15:22.253 --> 00:15:25.423
- Marco rubio, secretary of state rubio, gave a brilliant,
- 00:15:25.423 --> 00:15:28.493
- Insightful speech, it was well received.
- 00:15:28.493 --> 00:15:30.895
- But then you look at gretchen whitmer and aoc
- 00:15:30.895 --> 00:15:33.598
- And how they just absolutely did a faceplant.
- 00:15:33.598 --> 00:15:36.034
- And then you think about gavin newsom, jb pritzker.
- 00:15:36.034 --> 00:15:38.936
- All you have to do is look at the states
- 00:15:38.936 --> 00:15:40.705
- That they govern or they rule over.
- 00:15:40.705 --> 00:15:43.107
- And you just have to understand,
- 00:15:43.107 --> 00:15:44.475
- We don't want that for united states of america.
- 00:15:44.475 --> 00:15:46.077
- I think it was a blessing in disguise
- 00:15:46.077 --> 00:15:48.513
- That president trump did not win in 2020, because we got to see
- 00:15:48.513 --> 00:15:52.483
- What the progressive socialist leftists are all about.
- 00:15:52.483 --> 00:15:55.286
- They are lawless.
- 00:15:55.286 --> 00:15:56.521
- They do not want to see our national sovereignty protected.
- 00:15:56.521 --> 00:15:59.457
- And how can anybody be against voter id?
- 00:15:59.457 --> 00:16:02.794
- Picture id at the polling location?
- 00:16:02.794 --> 00:16:05.229
- That's an 80% plus issue.
- 00:16:05.229 --> 00:16:07.331
- Republican, democrat, black like and spanish.
- 00:16:07.331 --> 00:16:09.200
- It does not matter.
- 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.268
- These people want to undermine
- 00:16:10.268 --> 00:16:11.602
- All of our institutions of governance
- 00:16:11.602 --> 00:16:13.704
- And undermine our rule of law.
- 00:16:13.704 --> 00:16:15.573
- Well, the headlines out of new york these days,
- 00:16:16.574 --> 00:16:19.077
- Other than the continued snowfall,
- 00:16:19.077 --> 00:16:21.312
- Are all about how poorly their new socialist mayor is doing.
- 00:16:21.312 --> 00:16:24.849
- Now he's threatening to raise taxes on the middle class
- 00:16:24.849 --> 00:16:27.785
- If you can't get them raised on those who are well-off.
- 00:16:27.785 --> 00:16:30.755
- That seems to be just communism to me.
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- Am i misunderstanding?
- 00:16:32.723 --> 00:16:35.026
- No, you're not misunderstanding.
- 00:16:35.026 --> 00:16:36.327
- And again,
- 00:16:36.327 --> 00:16:37.395
- That's the relationship of marxism with socialism.
- 00:16:37.395 --> 00:16:40.198
- The economic model over to the societal model.
- 00:16:40.198 --> 00:16:42.733
- And the number one thing about a socialist economic
- 00:16:42.733 --> 00:16:45.603
- Model is wealth redistribution.
- 00:16:45.603 --> 00:16:47.405
- And that's exactly what he's talking about.
- 00:16:47.405 --> 00:16:49.040
- The whole fair share thing
- 00:16:49.040 --> 00:16:50.608
- Of, you take it from some and redistribute it to others.
- 00:16:50.608 --> 00:16:53.611
- And now when you see that he is not getting the support
- 00:16:53.611 --> 00:16:56.214
- From governor hochul there in new york,
- 00:16:56.214 --> 00:16:58.216
- He's talking about raising taxes on property.
- 00:16:58.216 --> 00:17:01.252
- And again,
- 00:17:01.252 --> 00:17:02.420
- If you understand john locke and natural rights theory,
- 00:17:02.420 --> 00:17:04.822
- The original rights that are endowed to you
- 00:17:04.822 --> 00:17:07.825
- From the creator god, judeo-christian creator god
- 00:17:07.825 --> 00:17:10.394
- Is life, liberty and property.
- 00:17:10.394 --> 00:17:11.963
- And frederick
- 00:17:11.963 --> 00:17:13.164
- Bastiat really articulated it well back in 1850, in his,
- 00:17:13.164 --> 00:17:16.434
- Essay the law how government is supposed to exist
- 00:17:16.434 --> 00:17:19.170
- To protect your life, liberty, and property.
- 00:17:19.170 --> 00:17:20.671
- That's not what marx is. that's not a leftist belief.
- 00:17:20.671 --> 00:17:23.808
- Well, texas and tennessee are
- 00:17:24.442 --> 00:17:26.110
- The top two states for people who are leaving california
- 00:17:26.110 --> 00:17:29.180
- And the high tax states in the northeast as well.
- 00:17:29.180 --> 00:17:32.316
- We appear to be building two separate countries.
- 00:17:32.316 --> 00:17:34.886
- But i wonder if you think it's still possible
- 00:17:34.886 --> 00:17:37.054
- To create a pool of elected leaders
- 00:17:37.054 --> 00:17:39.056
- Who do what's best for our entire country,
- 00:17:39.056 --> 00:17:40.992
- Not just what suits them.
- 00:17:40.992 --> 00:17:42.527
- Or is that going to have to wait
- 00:17:42.527 --> 00:17:43.528
- For another generation to pass?
- 00:17:43.528 --> 00:17:46.230
- I tell you, i don't see that happening anytime soon.
- 00:17:46.230 --> 00:17:48.933
- Back when i served in congress,
- 00:17:48.933 --> 00:17:50.601
- You had the, conservative democrats, blue dog democrats.
- 00:17:50.601 --> 00:17:53.538
- As a matter of fact, he schuler, who was the quarterback
- 00:17:53.538 --> 00:17:56.908
- Of the university of tennessee some years after me,
- 00:17:56.908 --> 00:17:59.277
- But he was a congressman representing he was a democrat,
- 00:17:59.277 --> 00:18:02.547
- And several others out of north carolina. oklahoma.
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- What have you.
- 00:18:04.815 --> 00:18:05.616
- But what the left has done
- 00:18:05.616 --> 00:18:06.784
- Is completely purged them out of the democrat party.
- 00:18:06.784 --> 00:18:09.453
- This is a far left marxist, socialist communist party.
- 00:18:09.453 --> 00:18:13.457
- And that's their alignment.
- 00:18:13.457 --> 00:18:14.825
- So i don't know how long it will be before we can reunite
- 00:18:14.825 --> 00:18:18.396
- As these united states of america,
- 00:18:18.396 --> 00:18:20.698
- But it starts in our school houses.
- 00:18:20.698 --> 00:18:22.633
- We got to get rid of the indoctrination
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- Of our future generations and get back to educating them
- 00:18:24.435 --> 00:18:27.271
- On the greatness of america.
- 00:18:27.271 --> 00:18:28.606
- Well, colonel west, thank you for coming back on today.
- 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.876
- It's always a pleasure
- 00:18:31.876 --> 00:18:32.877
- To hear your thoughts on these big issues.
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- I hope you'll stay in touch.
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- Absolutely, sir.
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- Thank you so much, pastor jackson. god bless.
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- And in a moment, your emails.
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- You can listen closely for your name to be called.
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- Thank you for sharing your thoughts and opinions.
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- George kay emailed from south carolina president reagan once
- 00:19:15.747 --> 00:19:19.217
- Said, socialism only works in two places
- 00:19:19.217 --> 00:19:22.153
- Heaven where they don't need it,
- 00:19:22.153 --> 00:19:23.421
- And hell where they already have it.
- 00:19:23.421 --> 00:19:26.091
- Good job, president reagan.
- 00:19:26.691 --> 00:19:28.159
- You know, socialism is a failed ideology.
- 00:19:28.159 --> 00:19:31.062
- We have enough of history to know what the outcomes are.
- 00:19:31.062 --> 00:19:34.132
- Tens of millions of dead.
- 00:19:34.132 --> 00:19:35.767
- Freedoms and liberties completely suspended.
- 00:19:35.767 --> 00:19:38.937
- You know, it continues to be attractive,
- 00:19:38.937 --> 00:19:40.572
- It seems, to younger generations,
- 00:19:40.572 --> 00:19:42.641
- Because it promises things
- 00:19:42.641 --> 00:19:44.309
- That they feel are deserved without the effort to get there.
- 00:19:44.309 --> 00:19:47.946
- But the outcomes never work.
- 00:19:47.946 --> 00:19:49.581
- They never have.
- 00:19:49.581 --> 00:19:51.249
- Debbie t email
- 00:19:51.249 --> 00:19:52.384
- I wonder if a democratic member of congress
- 00:19:52.384 --> 00:19:54.452
- Has suffered
- 00:19:54.452 --> 00:19:55.587
- Through the loss of a loved one from fentanyl overdose.
- 00:19:55.587 --> 00:19:58.089
- If that brave, honest person would step across the aisle
- 00:19:58.089 --> 00:20:00.558
- To share that tragedy and admit
- 00:20:00.558 --> 00:20:02.527
- The president is doing a great thing for everyone,
- 00:20:02.527 --> 00:20:04.729
- Perhaps barriers would break open.
- 00:20:04.729 --> 00:20:08.300
- Well, i'm sure there are members that have lost people
- 00:20:08.300 --> 00:20:10.735
- They loved that were close to them.
- 00:20:10.735 --> 00:20:13.004
- It's just tragic.
- 00:20:13.004 --> 00:20:14.239
- We've arrived at a place where statesmanship seems to be lost.
- 00:20:14.239 --> 00:20:17.642
- We don't make decisions about the leadership level
- 00:20:17.642 --> 00:20:20.011
- Frequently enough that are good for the country.
- 00:20:20.011 --> 00:20:22.314
- We've got to make a change in that,
- 00:20:22.314 --> 00:20:23.648
- And that starts with our own hearts at home.
- 00:20:23.648 --> 00:20:25.984
- Debbie, in missouri,
- 00:20:26.451 --> 00:20:27.852
- You notice how republican cities don't have issues with ice
- 00:20:27.852 --> 00:20:30.522
- Or riots or mentally challenged politicians.
- 00:20:30.522 --> 00:20:33.958
- God bless the usa and israel and our government
- 00:20:33.958 --> 00:20:36.594
- That's trying to make america great again.
- 00:20:36.594 --> 00:20:39.164
- Amen.
- 00:20:39.164 --> 00:20:39.964
- Debbie, i think it's so important
- 00:20:39.964 --> 00:20:41.333
- That all of us use our voices at our kitchen tables.
- 00:20:41.333 --> 00:20:44.569
- I'm inviting everybody
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- One meal a week at your table
- 00:20:45.637 --> 00:20:47.672
- With the people who live under your roof.
- 00:20:47.672 --> 00:20:49.607
- It's a wellness check.
- 00:20:49.607 --> 00:20:50.675
- It's a time to talk about values,
- 00:20:50.675 --> 00:20:52.677
- What you're praying about.
- 00:20:52.677 --> 00:20:54.145
- We've got to bring those values back into our homes.
- 00:20:54.145 --> 00:20:57.449
- Phyllis, be from san pedro, california.
- 00:20:58.249 --> 00:21:01.553
- Mom, donnie is ruining new york city.
- 00:21:01.553 --> 00:21:03.588
- He's running
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- The ultra wealthy and the upper middle
- 00:21:04.489 --> 00:21:05.557
- Class out of new york and into florida.
- 00:21:05.557 --> 00:21:08.526
- But so many of those moving
- 00:21:08.526 --> 00:21:09.694
- To avoid the radical political environment
- 00:21:09.694 --> 00:21:11.963
- Continue to vote this left wing and radical agenda.
- 00:21:11.963 --> 00:21:15.533
- How does that make sense?
- 00:21:15.533 --> 00:21:17.102
- I don't think it does.
- 00:21:17.102 --> 00:21:18.503
- I suggested in tennessee that everybody
- 00:21:18.503 --> 00:21:20.038
- That moves here from california to new york, they're welcome.
- 00:21:20.038 --> 00:21:22.707
- They should have to wait ten years to vote.
- 00:21:22.707 --> 00:21:25.043
- I don't think my idea is going to carry the day,
- 00:21:25.043 --> 00:21:27.379
- But the reality is too
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- Many people move because of a personal agenda
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- To get away from policies.
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- But they're not willing to make the sacrifice
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- To see better policies implemented in new places.
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- Again, we have to have a hard change.
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- Politicians is a reflection of our hearts.
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- If we will have a change of heart,
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- We will have a change of policy.
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- God's moving in the earth. we can be a part of that.
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- Promise you there's more reasons for hope than despair.
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- Thank you for spending a few minutes of your day with us,
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- And i pray you have a wonderful evening.
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