Dive deep into the captivating tales of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill with our guest, Richard Battle. Explore how this iconic battle forged the Continental Army from mere militia, and discover the profound impact of unsung hero Dr. Joseph Warren. Learn why remembering our past is vital in shaping the democratic spirit of today.
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And we are back. Hour 2, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Richard Battle joining us now. And Richard, how are you today?
SPEAKER 11 :
Good afternoon, John. We’re doing great, and my vote is for salt on watermelon.
SPEAKER 04 :
Ah, there we go. Man, after my own heart. Absolutely. All right, 250th anniversary battle of Bunker Hill and fall of Dr. Joseph Warren.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, and we’re going to have more and more of these 250th anniversaries, as we’ve seen the last few weeks. Bunker Hill was yesterday, and that was very important, and Dr. Warren was very important, and we shouldn’t forget them, because Bunker Hill, the British had laid siege to Boston, and the hills around Charlestown is where the colonists decided to defend themselves in the shorter hill, Breed’s Hills, where they put the redoubt and Bunker Hill was up above it. And they fought the British to what would have been a victory, except they ran out of powder and shot and the British were able to get a tactical victory, although the British suffered about 2,000 casualties to about 400 Americans.
SPEAKER 04 :
Wow. To your point, these are things we cannot forget. We’ve got to continue to talk about them, and quite honestly, Richard, you’re right. You’re going to hear a lot about the 250th of this, that, and all sorts of things, and The reality is you’re going to find a lot of people that some of these are going to crop up, and they’re not going to have the slightest idea these things ever happened, Richard.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, that’s exactly right. And what’s interesting is the colonists entered that fight as a militia, and they left as the Continental Army. Hmm. And we just celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Continental Army. We’ll have the Navy and Marines coming up later in the fall as well. But not only the people that fought, but the people that supplied them and took care of them, all the people behind the efforts. And that’s what we celebrate. talked about before, it takes all of us today to make the country what it is, just like it took all of them then to win the independence for us.
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It’s funny, I saw some things from the weekend, because it was quote-unquote no King’s Day on, of course, this past Saturday, and it was also the 250th anniversary of the Army, and I saw lots of things, Richard, where people were saying things, and they were right, by the way, people were saying, you know, It’s the 250th anniversary of why we have no kings, folks. You’re not looking at this correctly.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, that’s exactly right, and we’re not subjects. We’re citizens, and that is a huge difference. And there was cost complaints, whereas I think there was more spent on the protests than there were the actual parade. The ROI on the parade will be much greater over a longer period. with recruiting and other things that will benefit us.
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Huge, huge, huge. I mean, to your point, Richard, not to get off track here, but the recruiting that will come out of the parade alone, and there’s all sorts of folks on the left talking about how that was a dismal failure. No, folks, it wasn’t. That was a huge success, and that was one of the best advertisements you could have, Richard.
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Well, I think one of the things that was most interesting to me is how they started during the Revolutionary period and went through different phases of the progression of the Army over the last 250 years. And for people who didn’t know or didn’t remember, I think it was an excellent refresher of how we’ve been served by our Army in that period.
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Talk to us a little bit more about Dr. Joseph Warren. He’s a name that I don’t think most people, myself included, know a ton about. And as I was reading through my notes, I’m like, man, I didn’t know all of this stuff. So I think we owe it to him for you to talk a little bit more about him.
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Well, and he is a great hero. And the reason we don’t know is because he ended up being killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. But what’s amazing, he was only 34 years old. Yet he was a leader of the leaders, if you will, of the founders, a medical doctor. So he was able to move about Boston and gain intelligence because he had very easy access to the community. He was very involved with the Sons of Liberty and helped plan the Boston Tea Party. He was the leader on the Boston Committee for Safety and Correspondence and the president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress. He gave… Paul Revere and William Dawes, their directions to go out and ride when the British were out before Lexington and Concord. And he could have, during the Battle of Bunker Hill, he could have stayed back behind and taking care of the wounded. But he basically said, hey, I can’t inspire you guys to go out there and fight and risk your lives while I stay back here in safety. So he went out and participated in the fight. And toward the end of it, unfortunately, he was shot.
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Yep. And not that that’s an exact comparison, but there were those that were very critical of Donald Trump the other night leaving the G7, quote-unquote, early because he wanted to be back in the Situation Room and be there to see what’s going on in regards to Israel and Iran and what needs to happen next and so on and get briefed. And his exact words were – I’m paraphrasing slightly, Richard, but really what he said was, You know, I don’t want to hear this secondhand. I want to be right there when this information is coming in. I want to be able to then extract that information and make the best decision possible. And frankly, I can’t do that while I’m away. And last but not least, my work here is done. I need to be there. And Richard, I listen to that and think, you know what? That is true leadership and something that other leaders around the world could learn from.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, absolutely. And we could do a whole segment on so many things that President Trump did in that session and coming back that set the stage for hopefully a peaceful future for us. It was brilliant how he acted at that particular time, I thought.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, and that goes back to what you were saying a moment ago. I mean, that really sort of mimics Dr. Joseph Warren because he could have easily said, you know what, you guys got this handled. I’m up at the G7. I’m a little busy right now. I’m meeting with all these other world leaders and, you know, that thing over there, it’ll wait until I get back. It’s not that big of a deal. You guys handle it and just brief me as needed. He could have said that.
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Yes, he could. And one of the other things we’ve talked about before is comparing organizers to leaders. And today, everybody was called organizers. And we’ve talked before about, well, when you have a group of organizers, no one’s really responsible. Yep. for any results they all pass the buck off to other people whereas if someone is a leader they’re out front and they take that responsibility and accountability and dr warren was a leader and an example i think this quote that i wish every student in school had to learn and have impressed upon them to me is so important he says on you depend the fortunes of america you are to decide the important question on which rests the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn. Act worthy of yourselves.” And I wish every student had that impressed upon them, that whether they’re a milkman or a butcher or whatever job they have, everything we do contributes to the welfare of the country if we’re doing positive and legal things.
SPEAKER 04 :
And a lot of this, by the way, for those of you listening, coming out of your new book, Americans Who Made America, 18th Century, and you can get that now on your website and let folks know how to do that, Richard.
SPEAKER 11 :
Well, richardbattle.com, all volumes are signed, and yes, this is out of the 18th century volume, and we just released, as we talked about the other day, the 19th century volume. There’s 40 profiles of people with the Americandu spirit in each The 18th century volume has 258 quotations like the one I just mentioned. The 19th century volume has over 350 quotations. And it’s people that inspire us to be the best we can and help us be grateful for this great country we’re in.
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RichardBattle.com. As always, Richard, I appreciate you and your time and taking time for us each week.
SPEAKER 11 :
It’s always my pleasure. God bless America and see you next week.
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God bless you as well, Richard. Appreciate it very much. We’ll be right back. Golden Eagle Financial coming up next. Al did a great interview of late. Just listen in and we’ll be back right after that. Golden Eagle Financial, find them at klzradio.com.
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Putting reason into your afternoon drive, this is John Rush.
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And we are back, Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Del, what’s going on, sir?
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Oh, not much, John. How you doing?
SPEAKER 04 :
I’m great, sir. Good to hear from you.
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Speaking of Bunker Hill.
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Yes.
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That museum up in Wyoming, when you go into the armory, they got it on display. It’s the musket that fired the first shot at Bunker Hill.
SPEAKER 04 :
Oh, wow. Very cool.
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And it was owned by an 18-year-old kid.
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Amazing. That’s cool. I did not know that. I did not know that, Del. Thank you for that.
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The other one they have on display up there, remember in the movie Pearl Harbor where you had a gentleman come up and fire the anti-aircraft gun and never shot a gun before? That’s also on display in the memorial up there.
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Awesome. And that’s just up in Wyoming?
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Yes.
SPEAKER 09 :
Yeah, it’s called the National Museum of Military Vehicles.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, very cool. You’ve mentioned that many times.
SPEAKER 09 :
I need to go up there at some point. Yeah, it’s 160,000 square feet inside.
SPEAKER 04 :
Wow.
SPEAKER 09 :
And about 6 or 7, maybe 10 acres outside. Okay. It’s got a MIG-21.
SPEAKER 04 :
Very cool. Del, thank you for that. I appreciate you saying that very much. Thanks for the info. I mean that sincerely. Thank you, sir.
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Yeah.
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All right, you too, Dale. Appreciate you very much. Okay, something I want to play, and we’ve talked about this before. Even Andy and I have together talked about this, but I don’t know that I’ve ever heard anyone, especially that’s over in the Middle East, explain what this, and I don’t know this young lady. I just happened to find this. I was watching some videos last night. This happened to pop up on one of my feeds, and I thought, hmm. This gal says what she’s saying better than anyone else, and it’s very thought-provoking, and no matter what side of the aisle you’re on, you really need to listen to this. Those of you that are especially, though, on the left, that are on the whole free Palestine side, which I know you listen to me because I got a really interesting text message yesterday where I was going back and forth, which… Won’t get into right now, but I know you listen. So you all need to listen to what this young lady has to say. This is about a three-minute long video. I’m going to play its entirety because she’s got too many important things to not hear all of it. I have prefaces. There’s nothing in here that she says that’s bad or wrong. In fact, it’s very, very thought-provoking in what she says. So, Charlie, let me make sure that I’ve got my settings really quick. Sorry, I should have done this a moment ago. I apologize. Let me make sure all my sound settings are correct, which they are. I’m going to hit play. Here we go.
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Everyone blames Israel for what’s happening in Gaza. But here’s a question your protest signs won’t answer. Why don’t Arab countries, especially Egypt and Jordan, take in Palestinian refugees? They share borders, they claim solidarity, yet they keep their gates shut while waving flags. Let me show you the truth they don’t want to talk about. It’s the Arab regimes who’ve turned Palestinian suffering into a political asset. Because let’s be clear, solidarity without responsibility is just performance. Take Jordan. Yes, it welcomed Palestinians in 1948 and 1967. But by 1970, the PLO had grown so powerful it tried to overthrow the Jordanian monarchy. What happened next? Black September. Over 3,000 Palestinians were killed by the Jordanian army. The PLO was exiled and Jordan never fully trusted Palestinians again. Since then, Jordan has revoked citizenship for thousands of Palestinians, not because they’re disloyal, but because Jordan fears becoming Palestine 2.0. What about Egypt? They ruled Gaza until 1967, but never gave Gazans citizenship or rights. Egypt actually sealed the Rafah crossing after expelling them. And even during the bombings and the worst campaigns, that gate stays shut. Why? What is Egypt’s fear? Hummer self-induction, radical spillover, and worst of all, being asked to absorb Gaza permanently. So instead, they let Gaza burn, but from a safe distance. Here’s the uncomfortable truth. Arab regimes don’t want a solution. They want the issue to stay alive because it’s useful. A leaked WikiLeaks Arab League memo literally says resettlement ends the Palestinian cause. Translation, keep Palestinian state less, keep the camps running and keep blaming Israel while doing nothing themselves except funding Hamas. So to the people chanting slogans worldwide, I get it. You mean well, but ask yourself, why don’t Arab leaders with wealth and land and power and proximity lift a finger beyond speeches? Where are the resettlement plans? Where is the open door policy for people they call brothers? Why is Hamas hiding in tunnels while civilians die on rooftops? Why is it always easier to blame Israel, but never the dictators, the clerics or the militants keeping the suffering in place? This isn’t occupation. It is betrayal. Palestinians are not victims of Israeli policy. They are hostages of Arab hypocrisy and Hamas opportunism. You want to support Palestine? Start by telling the whole truth, not the curated, comfortable one.
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And she said it better than I ever could have, in fact, better than anybody I’ve ever heard anywhere in a very three-minute short time frame laying out exactly what’s going on over there and why. And I’ve asked that question many times. I know Andy has as well. If it’s such a big thing over there to have Hamas there and all of these refugees and so on, why don’t their fellow countrymen take them in? She just gave us the answer as to why. So for all of you that are out there running around that want to wave these free Palestine signs, and you’re against Israel for what they’re doing, and you’re even against what’s going on right now with Israel and Iran, remember what she said a moment ago. Why is it no other Arab countries are lifting a finger to help those refugees, quote-unquote, that are in Gaza and Hamas? She gave the answer. They’re tools. They’re simply a political tool at the end of the day to meet what they want. Now, what’s going to happen when it comes to Israel and Iran? Folks, I don’t know fully. Let me say this. Iran will be defeated. That I’m confident of. How? When? The timing of? I don’t have those answers. I’m not sure even right now Donald Trump has the exact answers. I think he’s got a pretty good idea in his mind what needs to happen. I think, on the other hand, he’s looking for every alternative possible to not have us be involved. But my prediction is we will be. That’s my prediction. I hope I’m wrong, by the way. This is one of those predictions that I hope I’m very incorrect on. I hope that it doesn’t come true. I don’t want us to be involved, but I’m afraid that there’s no other choice. And I mean that in a way that I don’t want us to be, quote unquote, involved in any war. But as I was talking to somebody, you know, Tanner, who helps with Andy when I’m gone at times, Tanner and I were talking before the program today, and I don’t look at this as war. I know a lot of people do. This is a battle. This isn’t really a war. And I say it’s a battle because wars typically last for a while. I get it. There can be a six day war, five day war, things like that. But I don’t necessarily consider this a war because here’s the reality. With one phone call from Donald Trump to our Air Force, this would be over in an instant. Meaning it’s really not a war per se because literally Donald Trump could end this with a phone call. In May at the end of the day, by the way. It may come to that. I think what they’re trying to figure out right now, this is my own personal take, and Andy and I talked about this some yesterday. They’re trying to figure out what do they do with the facility that’s been spinning the centrifusions and so on. How do they end that permanently so that Iran has to literally start from scratch and it may take them 40 to 50, as I said yesterday, there’s even reports out on this, might take 40, 50 years for them to come back to where they are today if you destroy that facility. That’s what’s being considered right now as we speak. And believe me, they’re having conversations right now trying to determine how do we end that facility, what’s our best way to do it, and how can we do that with the least amount, with a little bit of involvement from the U.S. As it is right now, keep in mind that Israel right now, given what they’ve had to do to defend themselves from Iran right now, They’re starting to run low on certain things that they will need resupplied on. And that will be from us, by the way, for them to even keep up with the battle that’s happening as we speak. So where does this go and how does it end? I think Donald Trump has even said today that, you know, Iran, I’m paraphrasing here, but, you know, Iran, be careful. Be careful what you hope for, what you wish for, because at the end of the day, this probably isn’t going to end well for you. And that’s the bottom line. That’s the reality of. And You know, what’s going to happen with all of this? I don’t know. Earlier today, a reporter asked Donald Trump, what do you say to the Supreme Leader of Iran after he said they will not surrender? President Trump said, I say good luck. In other words… you probably ought to be rethinking your position on that, Mr. Iran, because this isn’t going to end well for you when it’s all said and done, because if we do what we need to do, you may not exist at the end of the day. Nonetheless, the country itself, but you may not exist. That’s essentially what Donald Trump is saying. Now, again, my prediction is, and I hope I’m wrong, but I would say by no later than Friday— If Israel has not taken care of that particular facility that’s spinning centrifusions, we will. That’s my prediction. Today is Wednesday. Now, it’s already close to—it’s, what are they, eight to nine hours ahead of us, I want to say, Charlie, so it’s midnight there already. What’s going on as we speak, I don’t know. But again, my prediction is by our time Friday, something will happen one way or the other because they’re not going to continue down this path. Either Iran will have to surrender and figure out how to make all of this work and let people into that actual facility and stop doing what they’re doing, or we or Israel, one or the two, and I believe it’ll be us, will take that facility out. Now, I don’t think Iran’s going to bend. Just my own thought process. They’re not going to bend. So in turn, we will make them bend. We’ll kick their knees out from under them, if you would, and then it’ll be over. Now, what will the repercussions be? We talked a little bit about this on the roundtable this morning. You can listen to that tonight at 6 o’clock. Personally, I don’t think there’ll be too many. I think there’s a lot of countries, even some Arab countries, that are looking at this saying, man, can you guys just get this little cousin of mine that’s a pain in the rear? Can you just deal with him so we can go on about making money? We’re tired of all of this. We want to go about, we want to open the spigot, sell more oil, and make money. We like driving Ferraris, Lamborghinis, and Rolls Royces, and we want to continue to do so. And these guys over here are kind of cramping our style right now. That’s my opinion. I could be completely wrong, but I don’t think I am. And while they will come out and they will denounce this and denounce that and they’ll have to have their rhetoric. And believe me, those conversations are already being had, even with our own White House as to guess what? If you do this, we’ll have to say this in response. But just know that, you know, we’re on your side because we want this thing done as well. So that’s my take on what’s happening. We’ll see. And again, I hope I’m wrong as far as the U.S. involvement is concerned, but that’s my prediction. 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Now back to Rush to Reason on KLZ 560.
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And we are back. Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560. Sonny Kutcher joining us now. Young Americans Against Socialism. Sonny, how are you?
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Doing great. Glad to be with you.
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Always a joy. We missed you last week. Hope you had a great week off. And as I was mentioning a moment ago before even you coming on air, lots going on between Israel and Iran. And I, again, I am by no means sunny, and I told all of our listeners this a few minutes ago, I’m not an expert when it comes to foreign affairs and things that are happening along these lines. I have my own thoughts and ideas as to how some things might play out. And as much as I don’t want this to happen, I could see us being very involved in probably ending this no later than Friday.
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I think there has been, of course, the temperature has gotten very hot. It’s heating up for sure. And this crisis breaking out acutely, as it has this past week, has been, I think, a reality check for a lot of people. I think that there are A lot of, as we know, dark influences happening across the globe that are fighting each other. And they do not want peace in this world. They do not want peace and prosperity for America, the beacon of freedom and Western values, and all that our Constitution stands for, the respect that we as Americans have for our freedom and the Constitution as well. They hate that, despise that. Yes. And so I believe that, unfortunately, you have to, what’s the saying? You have to, you know, to make an omelet, you have to break a few eggs. I think that, you know, I’m not condoning violence. No one likes war. No one wants any of these things. But unfortunately, that is the brokenness of humanity and the consequences of evil is battling each other. I think that, you know, just because Trump is President Trump is not shying away from using force or action like he has in his first term and just, you know, he’s advocated for in general as a strong foreign policy leader. that doesn’t mean this is all-out war. And if you’ve seen Trump make his press gaggles and the words that he’s using and the interviews that he’s done, you see he seems very strong and confident. He knows the American people do not want to be in another never-ending war. He understands that, but he also knows what’s at stake here, what’s at risk, and who he is.
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There’s an article that just literally just came out three minutes ago in Wall Street Journal. Trump privately approved of attack plans for Iran, but has withheld that final order. And I think his hope is, is that some of this news leaks out that we are going to for sure be on Israel’s side. We will make sure that this thing ends the way that it is supposed to. I think Donald Trump’s, you know, hope and mine is as well, Sonny, is that You know, Tehran will come back and say, OK, we get it. We surrender. We’ll make we’ll make this all work the way that it’s supposed to. We’ll quit spinning centrifusions. We’ll shut down our program. You know, we’ll do whatever is necessary to make sure that we don’t lose any more ground as a country, although I hope that happens, Sonny. I’m highly doubtful knowing the pride of this Islamic regime, because that’s what this is, by the way. We have to remember that this isn’t a regular country. This isn’t a regular foreign dignitary or president or somebody like that that we would normally be speaking about. These are literally individuals that want to see the death of Israel and the death of the U.S. We can’t forget that for any moment. That’s exactly what they want, in my opinion, my opinion only. Is because of that, they’re not going to bow and Trump will finally have to make that phone call to get this thing ended. That’s that’s my prediction.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, they’ll never bow. And I think that’s what people are. One side is understanding and one side is kind of like there seems to be lost on the plot of that because. like you said, the Islamic leader, this Islamic regime, as there are literally many across the country who all believe that their victory in heaven comes from killing all infidels. That’s right. Unfortunately, that is the truth, and there are very peaceful Muslims, but they still bow down to Allah, and the radical Muslims believe that they will be martyred in heaven for dying at the because of their bravery in killing all infidels, that includes Christians. And I’m not Netanyahu’s biggest fan, personally. I think that he’s just in what a difficult position to be in, right? But when people talk about protecting Israel and supporting Israel, that doesn’t necessarily mean the government of Israel. We’ve talked about this before, the modern political entity that does Israel’s bidding in terms of the political landscape. We have to understand that this is a spiritual war, and when we talk about the whole hullabaloo over Ted Cruz’s interview and everything talking about Israel, I think that is the beginning. I heard other commentators saying this. This is the beginning of a very uncomfortable conversation for Christians, for all people, when we’re talking about spiritual warfare and the dark forces when it comes to these thousand, thousand years long conflict between Muslims, and Christians. Yep.
SPEAKER 04 :
No, I can’t argue anything you just said along those lines. And every political leader, I mean, you know, what you said about Netanyahu, as much as I love Donald Trump, I love every single thing that Donald Trump does and says, no, Sonny. I mean, we’ve had those conversations before. I think, and I said this yesterday on our program, I think anybody that claims to be 100% behind someone else no matter what they say, no matter what they do, number one, somebody’s lying in that relationship. Because even partners in life, husbands and wives, you’re never going to agree on every single thing that comes along. There’s compromise, and that’s what it takes to make relationships work. So at the end of the day, no, I’m not always going to agree with what a leader does. But the premise of it and what has to happen in this particular case when you’ve got Iran and – The Ayatollah basically saying, I’m reading it right here, says his country wouldn’t surrender and warned any U.S. military intervention would bring irreparable consequences. Well, I can already tell you right now that I as an American and Donald Trump are looking at that saying, yeah, bring it on, folks.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, exactly. And there’s that that viral infamous clip of Trump speaking on Rush Limbaugh. And he said, you know, go ahead, you know, find out.
SPEAKER 07 :
Right.
SPEAKER 21 :
Because F.A.F.O. Exactly. Exactly. And so I just think, you know, I think that if. Iran was really going to strike back. It would have happened already. And maybe they’re just going for the element of surprise. And we know we have these sleeper cells here. We know we have just we are such a vulnerable.
SPEAKER 04 :
We are. I want to stop you for a moment, because I do think that’s something we’re talking about for a moment that I haven’t. And there’s one thing that if there’s anything that I do get a little bit nervous about is the fact that I know that what you just said exists. I know we’ve got these folk that are in the United States of America, the sleeper cells, which, by the way – And I don’t know how this would potentially work, but I don’t trust those cells. I don’t trust what China’s got going on here in our country. I don’t trust what the cartels from other countries, Mexico, et cetera, have going on in this country. And you combine some of those together, and would they ever work together at the same time, Sonny? I don’t have an answer to that, but I don’t trust any of them. And if there’s any fear that I have, it’s more along those lines than it is what the Ayatollah says.
SPEAKER 21 :
Right. And we just don’t know. We never know the whole truth. You know, the Ayatollah’s tweeting saying, you know, we’re going to we will we’ll never surrender. And people are saying, oh, well, you know, there’s no proof that Iran does have a nuclear bomb or the capability for it. And it’s like, well, do you I mean, do you think that they would tell us you really trust these people? You know, like you said, I don’t trust anyone. And Trump said that recently. He said I he said those exact words. I don’t trust anybody. And we have to be. so cognizant and so discerning about the information that we’re told just like that report that you just said came out you know oh we’re you know we’ve approved an attack but let’s hope iran comes to the table i mean maybe they want to leak that so that you know they spread certain information there’s just so much at play this is the fog of war this is 5d chess and Personally, I was very, you know, just unnerved and unsettled, uneasy about this conflict, you know, rising up again. But I do trust President Trump. I do trust that he does not want Americans to die overseas for another, you know, for a war that it does.
SPEAKER 04 :
threaten our freedom these ideologies but there’s a way to do it without sending troops and a 20 year long war i mean we all we don’t want that no no none of us want that and i and i don’t by the way i don’t think that would happen in this particular case i think trump knows that full well and we talked about this yesterday because i i’ve made a very uh you know made it very clear my my cohort andy we talked about this yesterday that you know tucker carlson for example um he’s on the wrong side of this. I hate to say that, but he is. He and Steve Bannon both, they are 100% on the wrong side of this whole problem, this whole solution, if you would, and I don’t agree with either one of them. So I would have been on Ted’s side as far as sparring with Tucker over this because Tucker’s just flat out wrong. You cannot let mad men and women, terrorists, have nuclear weapons. It’s that simple. That’s what this comes down to, period.
SPEAKER 21 :
Well, and I also just think that, you know, Tucker specifically, and I have been a fan of Tucker Carlson.
SPEAKER 04 :
Me too, up until now.
SPEAKER 21 :
The idea of being so isolationist to a detriment, that is not, in my opinion, strong foreign policy. No, it’s not. You know, there has to be some sort of strength. And I, you know, again, Israel, you know, started… Abuse airstrikes like that was completely up to them. And I think, you know, of course, we’ve sent billions of dollars to Israel, which I don’t personally support either. But that is just the fact. And I think people are not living in reality. They’re not there. This is where we are, folks. You know, we have to. make do with what we’ve got. And unfortunately, things will not always go our way. There are times where conflict arise. You just have to be strong in the face of it and be strong in the face of, you know, how you what you say, because we can’t do our hands are, you know, our hands are clean, like we’re staying out of this one. It’s like, Like you said, they chant death to America, too. It’s not just words. This is an ideology, a religious extremist ideology. To their core, it’s just like the socialists and the Marxists. And that’s why, you know, I would bring up the other, this Zoran Mamdani, who I’ve been talking about on Twitter a lot, because it is terrifying. These cities are going to become not only… you know, leftist cesspool welfare states, welfare cities, but they’re also going to be radical jihadist Islamic caliphates. This is a serious problem, and we’ve just completely dropped the ball. Some of those illegal aliens that have come in, yeah, of course, they’ve come in from all these other countries who just want benefits from the government, and they’re just living here, you know… sucking off the teeth of the American taxpayer, but a lot of these people are from countries that their only mission in life is to kill infidels.
SPEAKER 04 :
You’re right. You’re right. No, you’re right. One last thing before I let you go, though, is just a reminder, and I’ll throw this back at you. When it comes to Israel and the money we spend there, the reason why I don’t get bothered too much by that is because it’s a pretty good bargain to to take care of the things that even you just mentioned a moment ago about what happens in the Middle East. The Middle East, as far as the peace that’s kept, has a lot to do with, yes, us supporting Israel in that way. But really, at the end of the day, Sonny, it’s a pretty good bargain if you look at how much we actually spend doing that.
SPEAKER 21 :
Listen, you know what? And that that’s just been the way of it. I think that there’s just a lot of brokenness in the system and a lot of lack of transparency. And I, you know, despite people’s accusations of Trump being, you know, there is always such close connections to Israel and whatnot as it goes. I think Trump is. cannot be bought. I really do. I really do think that he’s on, you know, the path of freedom and hope and prosperity for the people, for American people. You can see that. You can see his love for this country. And we’re not perfect, but we are, you know, but I do think that he has, you know, God behind him, of course. God did not save his life just as someone said to save others, to save, you know, freedom. I really, truly believe that. I am just concerned about what happens next. And there’s so much division in this country, especially when it comes to these Middle East conflicts. So we’re going to feel, it’s going to be shaky. And like I said earlier, this is spiritual warfare, especially because of this particular conflict that’s been going on in the Middle East. And it’s going to open up some very, very important but uncomfortable conversations.
SPEAKER 04 :
Young Americans Against Socialism, give us the website where folks can find you.
SPEAKER 21 :
Yes, it’s yaas.org, yaas.org. You can find us on Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, all the things. That would be yaas underscore America. We’re grateful to have this audience, and you can check out our resources there, check out our articles, and stay in touch.
SPEAKER 05 :
Awesome.
SPEAKER 21 :
And we’re just exposing all the socialists and how we can protect our freedom.
SPEAKER 04 :
Appreciate it very much, Sunny. Thank you so much, and have a great rest of your day.
SPEAKER 21 :
Oh, I’ll also say that tomorrow I’ll be on Newsmax at 1 p.m. Eastern time with John Bachman on his show.
SPEAKER 04 :
Okay, awesome. Awesome. Well, good job. Thank you very much.
SPEAKER 21 :
Absolutely.
SPEAKER 04 :
All right, have a good one, Sonny. Appreciate it very much. Let’s do this. I’m going to push a break off so we can get Ben in before the break. Ben, go ahead, sir. Take over. Let’s go, sir.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, I just had a couple of comments. One, the situation in Aurora.
SPEAKER 04 :
Yes.
SPEAKER 10 :
I’m going to give that new police chief the benefit of the doubt. The other guy, I could have done as much as he did. And, you know, I say bust him out of there.
SPEAKER 04 :
You’re talking about some of the renewed gang violence that we’re seeing happen in Aurora, right? That’s what you’re referring to, Ben?
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, if I was the sheriff, I wouldn’t even let him think that, right? I’d be on it like… You and I both. Yeah, I agree. And the other thing about this thing in the Middle East with Iran… I get the big picture we’re getting on the media. Trump knows more than we do.
SPEAKER 05 :
Exactly.
SPEAKER 10 :
But honestly, myself, before I could sign off on military action or lack thereof, I’d want more info. And I trust Trump to do the right thing because he’s got a track record.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, and I think, you know, to your point, Ben, and I agree with you 100 percent. I’ve said that many times already, said it on the podcast this morning. You hear that play tonight. You know, the one thing you have to remember is, hey, I don’t have all the information in front of me. I don’t know what’s going on. I haven’t been in the situation room. I don’t know what information has been funneled in so far. I do know this, too, Ben, that believe me, if Donald Trump would have wanted to already pull the trigger and have everything done and have that facility obliterated, that could have already been done. So I think he’s being extremely patient, giving everybody fair warning and a fair chance to, hey. settle down, let’s find a common ground here where we can get some things taken care of and not have us intervening. And I think he’s doing a very good job of that. But what I said earlier, Ben, unfortunately, you’re dealing with very, very proud Islamic people that want Israel gone and us gone, and I don’t see them bending. I just don’t.
SPEAKER 10 :
I tend to agree. And, you know, I’m skeptical. I don’t have, again, enough info. But they built Hamas, sponsored by Iran. That’s right. Allegedly built 350 miles of tunnels. And this is me. If there’s another rabbit or gopher in my yard, I know about it. And I’m wondering, how did that happen? And so this whole thing, you know, when you think about the steps of the events leading up to today, which… really goes back to that.
SPEAKER 04 :
Well, if you want my honest opinion, Ben, I think we, as a country even, Obama, Biden, I think we’ve known a lot more than what we’ve even allowed others to know. And I think those two administrations especially made grave mistakes when it came to Iran and even having them be at the point they’re at right now when it comes to nuclear weapons. If there’s anybody you want to blame for having this happen today, Donald Trump is playing cleanup on what Obama and Biden both did.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah, that’s a pretty believable explanation. I just hope that, you know, everybody hates Israel, and I’m thinking, they made the desert bloom. They’ve got, like, more Nobel Prizes with a relatively small population.
SPEAKER 04 :
There are only true ally, Ben. I think a lot of people, Americans even forget that. So you may like them. You may not like them. At the end of the day, they are our true ally. To your point, we have both as countries benefited from each other in a in a grand way. And as I told Sonia. a few minutes ago, the reality is the money we spend in Israel is pretty good peacekeeping at the end of the day, because for the few billion that we spend, I think it’s like $8 billion a year that we spend over there, Ben, it’s a pretty good bargain considering other things we spend money on.
SPEAKER 10 :
Compared to USA?
SPEAKER 04 :
Lots. I go down the list, Ben. So many other things that we spend money on, we get a really good bargain out of Israel.
SPEAKER 10 :
Yeah. Yeah, and Trump, I think, thinks like that.
SPEAKER 04 :
I agree. I agree.
SPEAKER 10 :
And in business, you’ve got to think like that.
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s exactly right.
SPEAKER 10 :
What am I spending? What am I getting?
SPEAKER 04 :
That’s right. What am I getting for that return? Exactly. Ben, I’ve got to run. I’ll let you go. Appreciate that, by the way, very much. A great conversation. Mile High Coin coming up next. If you’ve got a collection of anything kicking around the house, want to know what its value is, want to turn that into cash, Mile High Coin can help you with all of that. 720-370-3400.
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All right. And thank you for the text messages coming in those last two segments that we had. One of you or a couple of you have asked for the link to the lady that was actually a young lady that was talking about, you know, why don’t the Arab states take in Palestinian refugees? I can send that out personally, which I did. Or if you want to just pull it off of our show notes, that’ll be up in our show notes on our website, RushToReason.com. And it’s RushToReason.com. That’ll be up a little bit later this evening where you could pull that down as well. But anytime you guys need a link or something along those lines, I’m always happy to even just send that to you directly. But if there’s something that you would like to have later and you don’t get a hold of me or whatever the case is, Almost always those things are in our show notes. Producer Ann does a great job of putting it up on the website a little bit later in the evening, so you can always go back and get it that way as well. Just go to the show notes section of the website, RushToReason.com. All right, Hour 3 is next. Don’t go anywhere. This is Rush to Reason, Denver’s Afternoon Rush, KLZ 560.
SPEAKER 06 :
Thank you.
