WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:05.599 Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders drags and Air Force commander into her political circus, 2 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:11.320 publicizing his resignation to push her religious right wing agenda. After Colonel Peterson of 3 00:00:11.439 --> 00:00:16.679 the one to eighty eighth Air Wing Arkansas Air National Guard resigned citing personal reasons, 4 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:21.000 The governor in foreigned President Biden AND's Secretary of Defense Austin that the military's 5 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:27.239 pay leave program for abortion care compromises. Excuse me, the commander's religious beliefs, 6 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:30.879 and it is their fault. Our country is now weaker. With no 7 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:35.600 official word from the colonel, we are left with this political hack meddling in 8 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:39.840 military affairs without any real regard for the commander's situation. But isn't it better 9 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:44.479 for a commander to step down when they realize that their religious beliefs conflict with 10 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:49.840 their duties. As the military grapples with complex reproductive issues, Patterson's departure could 11 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:55.880 highlight the clash between personal ideologies with principles of service, while Sanders actions highlight 12 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:00.359 her lack of professionalism and military prowess. The story is from Task and Purpose 13 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:04.319 dot com by Jeff Shogel on January third, twenty twenty four and Infidel. 14 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:07.760 You and I have been talking about this all week. You know, this 15 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.040 is not the first time that we've mentioned it. Actually, I brought this 16 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:14.159 up to you to see if we could talk about on the show, because 17 00:01:14.280 --> 00:01:15.959 as a service member, you know, I kind of take this a little 18 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.280 bit personally, and before I get into kind of my thoughts and opinions, 19 00:01:19.319 --> 00:01:23.079 I wanted to see your what yours were on this topic. I do say 20 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:30.439 that I think that Huckabee first did a disservice to the military by saying that 21 00:01:30.799 --> 00:01:34.920 by trying to imply this or play this as a as a role of lesson 22 00:01:34.120 --> 00:01:38.760 capability because of this resignation. In no way do I see anything that would 23 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:46.760 say that he is incompetent or anything less than a perfectly good leader in his 24 00:01:46.840 --> 00:01:52.560 position. I do take issue with the way he decided at this point that 25 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:57.319 he just couldn't do this any further. I do feel that there was likely 26 00:01:57.359 --> 00:02:01.959 some type of motivation that made him make a decision between his moral choice and 27 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:08.719 his responsibility as as as a leader that he was supposed to be. My 28 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:15.360 problem is is that I don't see where he made the big sacrifice. You 29 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:19.000 know, when I when I look back at examples, biblical examples of the 30 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:23.159 boldness of Simon Peter or Saul or Paul. You see someone to put something 31 00:02:23.199 --> 00:02:25.719 in the game. There was skin in the game. It wasn't just something 32 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:30.240 where Okay, well, I'm going to lose some privileges of leadership, because 33 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:35.479 he's definitely going to lose privileges of the leadership, But ultimately, at the 34 00:02:35.560 --> 00:02:38.960 end of the day, he's not going to lose his job. And I'm 35 00:02:38.960 --> 00:02:44.000 not saying he should, nor his rank, but it's really not that great 36 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:47.840 of a commitment for him to make this decision. Now, it does annoy 37 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:53.080 me that Huckabee, never to lose an opportunity to score political points, is 38 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.199 going to hop right on this. I do think that this gentleman probably made 39 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.800 this choice over abortion. I don't think that's being misrepresented and and I do 40 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:08.240 find a real problem with that. But for Huckaby to then hop on this 41 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:14.840 and some of the things that she said are just absolutely ridiculous, talking about 42 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:20.080 how this is a political decision. Uh, you know, having this rule 43 00:03:20.080 --> 00:03:23.120 in a play where the federal government allows the military to go to a state 44 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:30.159 that's less restrictive. It's so dishonest because I don't think people are going out 45 00:03:30.199 --> 00:03:36.439 there having abortions and for political reasons. That right there is just completely false. 46 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:40.439 People are having an abortions for very reasons of their own decision, their 47 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:46.280 own decision to make, but ultimately not a political choice. Was her as 48 00:03:46.280 --> 00:03:50.560 a political choice, yes, like just about everything she does. So when 49 00:03:50.560 --> 00:03:54.759 it comes down to it, I don't see him as an act of bravery. 50 00:03:54.919 --> 00:04:00.199 I think it's beth lethargy and in action. You know, given up 51 00:04:00.240 --> 00:04:04.599 the awesome parking spot and all those advantages. Isn't really making a commitment for 52 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:09.759 life or whatever this is supposed to be representative of. Now, when it 53 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:14.400 comes down to it, I'm glad at least this story is getting some recognition 54 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.439 because I agree with you on the point, Jimmy, that if there's a 55 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:21.079 problem, if you have an issue and you believe God's first, that is 56 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:26.120 your right. But make that decision the day they come into conflict, not 57 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.759 the day it becomes inconvenient. And that's what I feel like we have here. 58 00:04:29.879 --> 00:04:32.759 We have a grifter taking advantage of a person who became a wilful pawn 59 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:39.120 because it was no longer convenient to ride with the status quo. So here 60 00:04:39.160 --> 00:04:44.040 I am. Look at me. Woohoo. I'm not that impressed. Now, 61 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.040 Helen, what about you? Where you come from on this issue? 62 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:51.120 What are your ideas? Well? The first thing I thought when I read 63 00:04:51.160 --> 00:04:57.079 this article, well like, while somebody wants to run for office, that 64 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.879 was the first thing that popped into my brain. And I could be wrong, 65 00:05:02.560 --> 00:05:05.639 but the timing of his resignation, you know, he's a little you 66 00:05:05.680 --> 00:05:12.879 know, suspicion to me and deviating and any proof of these claims that are 67 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.560 rutten through my brain brain now, But I'm just I'm just a little you 68 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:23.240 know, hesitant to think that this alone is being done for his morals alone. 69 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:27.879 It might, but the timing is very odd. And like I said, 70 00:05:27.920 --> 00:05:30.639 I don't know his mind, but I'm wondering on some level this might 71 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:34.800 be a political stunt. He might be standing up for his morals, but 72 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:39.560 it can also be calculated at the same time. And again, I don't 73 00:05:39.600 --> 00:05:44.439 know, but that's that was my feeling when I first initially wrote read this 74 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:49.879 article, And honestly, like, I don't really care. If his ideology 75 00:05:50.480 --> 00:05:57.399 and his religion are that he has an anti choice stance, that's fine, 76 00:05:58.480 --> 00:06:00.600 But I I just find this whole thing a little weird, and I do 77 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.839 have more to stay on this, but I'm going to pass it over to 78 00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:10.040 Grant for now because I want to get his reflections for me before I go 79 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.519 into the rest of mine, and I also want to hear what everybody else 80 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:16.720 has to say. Sure, no problem, I have I think a similar 81 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:24.680 reaction. I initially when I read it, I was focused on the serviceman, 82 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:28.480 and then I read Jimmy's pre show notes where he was sort of saying, 83 00:06:28.519 --> 00:06:32.079 Hey, is this Huckabee Sanders being opportunistic? And that made me sort 84 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.199 of rethink a little bit. But when I was thinking about what I wanted 85 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:42.720 to focus on, I did want to focus on Huckabee and her sentence that 86 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:47.360 she said she said quote. Colonel Patterson was forced to personally choose between either 87 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:55.639 continuing his command or adhering to his sincerely held religious beliefs against abortion. He 88 00:06:55.800 --> 00:07:00.759 was forced to choose. This is what Dan Dennet used to call a deepity. 89 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.120 It's kind of a weird form of it, but it's still a deepity. 90 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:06.079 A deepity is something that it's a statement to that to the extent it 91 00:07:06.199 --> 00:07:12.120 is true, it is trivial and to the extent that it is significant or 92 00:07:12.199 --> 00:07:15.920 profound, it is false. So here we have a claim that Peterson was 93 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:21.040 quote forced to choose between continuing his command or adhering to his beliefs. But 94 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:25.720 to what extent was he forced? He joined the military voluntarily. I assume 95 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.720 you know, the Bible endorses conscription and slave soldiers, but we don't do 96 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:34.120 that. So it's a voluntary service. And he knew when he joined he 97 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:39.839 would be prosecuted if by force, if necessary, if he failed to obey 98 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:43.959 the lawful orders of his chain of command. So did he understand that, 99 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:46.480 Of course he did. So was he forced to make the decision? Well, 100 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:50.120 in a trivial matter, yes, he was forced to make a decision. 101 00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:55.240 He had to either follow orders or he had the luxury because he was 102 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:58.560 in the National Guard to quit, and so he was forced to make a 103 00:07:58.600 --> 00:08:01.600 decision. Is that a profound thing. No, everyone in the military is 104 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.199 constantly forced to make such decisions, if they even have the luxury to quit, 105 00:08:05.399 --> 00:08:09.439 you know, Plus everybody in a regular job does. If you work 106 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.439 for a big chemical company you learn that they've been dumping chemicals in people's backyards, 107 00:08:13.480 --> 00:08:18.839 are you are forced to make a decision, So there's nothing astounding here. 108 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:22.480 It goes I think to what Jimmy was saying is he may legitimately have 109 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:26.240 just said, I'm going to make this choice to quit. I don't like 110 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:28.519 what my employer's doing. I am going to leave this job now. I 111 00:08:28.560 --> 00:08:33.879 do agree with Helen and Infidel to say the timing was interesting. He knew 112 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:37.279 he took his command five months after this rule went into effect, so he 113 00:08:37.320 --> 00:08:41.399 knew what he's getting into, and so he put his troops through a change 114 00:08:41.399 --> 00:08:46.240 of command only to five months later have them go through another one. So 115 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:50.600 that's a little bit suspicious to me. But I think the main focus of 116 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:54.720 Jimmy's notes regarding Huckabe are really what I want to go. The decision that 117 00:08:54.759 --> 00:09:01.519 he was making was between honoring and oath he swore at the Constitution and walking 118 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:07.360 away. It wasn't a decision between honoring his oath and his religion, right, 119 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.080 It's just not a big deal. Quite frankly, that's kind of what 120 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.200 I walked away with. In the past, we have seen big deals. 121 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:18.679 If you remember Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who refused the gay couple a 122 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:24.039 marriage license. She was in the news this week. Ten years later, 123 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.200 I think of court finally ordered her to pay an extra two hundred and sixty 124 00:09:28.240 --> 00:09:33.759 thousand dollars to the couple's attorneys, after she'd already spent five days in jail 125 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:39.639 and paid the couple one hundred grand for using her position of power to enforce 126 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:43.600 her personal beliefs on them. That's an example further of somebody being quote unquote 127 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.360 forced to decide. Yet we all look at that and go, yeah, 128 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:50.519 she did the wrong thing. The couple could have come in said we want 129 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:54.200 a license, and she could have said I quit like this serviceman. But 130 00:09:54.360 --> 00:09:58.720 instead she used her authority to fight it. So props to him, quite 131 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:05.240 frankly, for walk away and not dishonoring his oath and not soiling the constitution, 132 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:09.919 And shame on Huckaby for taking advantage of that honorable decision that he made. 133 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.240 Well, is that where you're getting, Jimmy, I think so. 134 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.720 Really. What I want to say though, is that we wouldn't be talking 135 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:22.080 about this at all had Sarah Huckabee Sanders not jumped on the opportunity to take 136 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:26.240 this man's personal life and drag it out into the political arena. Now before 137 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.600 I go any further. I just want to acknowledge that because I am a 138 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:33.919 military officer, that I am not here to provide official comment, and I'm 139 00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:37.240 not here as a representative of the government, the Air Force, or the 140 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:39.679 Department of Defense. My thoughts and opinions on my own, and those are 141 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:45.080 that we don't even know if this is even true. I mean, did 142 00:10:45.120 --> 00:10:48.840 he resign for this reason or is that just something that Sarah Huckabee Sanders is 143 00:10:48.840 --> 00:10:52.840 saying because there is no official statement from him, and he doesn't even owe 144 00:10:52.879 --> 00:10:56.320 us one right. He submitted his resignation and cited personal reasons. Okay, 145 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:03.720 Sarah Huckabye Sanders stood stepped in and then dragged him before the President and the 146 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:07.679 Department of Defense to use him as a political pawn. But this is inconsistent 147 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.480 with what we've seen, and like you said, you know, not to 148 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:16.679 downplay his contribution to our country and his service. But it is just one 149 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:22.120 colonel, and the military is not set up in the way that if one 150 00:11:22.159 --> 00:11:24.919 colonel steps down from command that the whole thing is going to fall. No, 151 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.159 there is somebody else ready to step in and to do their very best 152 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:33.399 and to follow their orders. And I actually would prefer that if this is 153 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:37.720 even true, and that this commander said, well, you know, these 154 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:41.360 abortion rules, these paid leave rules for abortion that the military has are really 155 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:45.519 conflicting me, and I need to step out of command. I commend him 156 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:46.919 for that. Here's the thing, though, he didn't even really quit. 157 00:11:48.039 --> 00:11:50.840 I mean, he's still serving. He just couldn't command because of personal reasons. 158 00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:56.000 And that's all we know. But Sara Huckabee Sanders stepped in to say, 159 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:01.360 hey, everybody, look religion, Look Democrats, and tried to turn 160 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:05.960 this into something it's not because we do know, unlike the commander, unlike 161 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.679 the assessment that we could make saying, well, the timing's interesting. You 162 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:11.919 know he might be he might be gearing up for a political run. We 163 00:12:13.000 --> 00:12:16.320 have no proof of that. What we do have proof of is Sarah Huckabye 164 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:20.519 Sanders with her own political goals. And I didn't see her about getting back 165 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:26.720 to this thing being inconsistent when Secretary of Defense James Maddis set down because of 166 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:31.960 how we were treating our allies. I don't remember her even lifting a finger 167 00:12:31.039 --> 00:12:33.600 about this. I don't remember her raising a stink at all. This is 168 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:37.159 the Secretary of Defense, as opposed to one colonel in the International Guard. 169 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.200 But this, this is what we really need to follow. So you know, 170 00:12:41.279 --> 00:12:43.759 I have a little bit, a little bit more I can say about 171 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:50.240 this. I just as as somebody in the military. While Sarah Huckaby Sanders 172 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:54.600 stepped in to take advantage of this situation, I want to take advantage of 173 00:12:54.639 --> 00:13:03.240 the opportunity to point out her disingenuine disingenuity, dis ingenuousness I can speak. 174 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:05.559 But anyway, those are my initial thoughts. And yeah, I'll kick it 175 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.320 over to Infidel to see if he's got anything to follow up. I would 176 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:16.759 put nothing past Huckaby if anything has shown her to be king at bad decision 177 00:13:16.799 --> 00:13:22.200 making. Just look at the podium she is stood behind at one point. 178 00:13:22.200 --> 00:13:26.120 That was she paid twenty thousand dollars to the state of Arkansas, paid twenty 179 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:31.000 thousand dollars for so she and of course she lies about so consistently that there's 180 00:13:31.080 --> 00:13:33.639 no way I could ever get a read on anything. You know, she 181 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:37.600 said it in person, but yes, we only have her words, and 182 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:43.919 we have no idea really other than personal reasons. I am suspicious, but 183 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:50.799 suspicion doesn't say definitively anything I can be suspicious all day. But the truth 184 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.159 is is that I do know one thing, and that is is that while 185 00:13:54.279 --> 00:14:01.000 Huckabee talks about how important life is and how important she how pro life she 186 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:03.759 is. And this is somewhat of Jason, but there's a guy who's been 187 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:09.600 sitting in prison in Arkansas since nineteen ninety one, Charlie Vaughan. He's illiterate. 188 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:13.600 He missed a date to file some paperwork because somebody else was convicted of 189 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:16.440 the crime that he was convicted of, and it finally ended up on her 190 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:20.720 desk as past Thanksgiving, and her answer was essentially, ah, yeah, 191 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.279 okay, yeah, you did miss the paperwork. Too bad. You can 192 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:28.240 try again in six years. So that doesn't sound pro life to me. 193 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:33.279 So with that in mind, pro life is a game. It's a pawn, 194 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:37.440 especially for a state that ranks eleventh in prisons and has some of the 195 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:43.960 lowest standards of livings of most many third world countries. I mean, they're 196 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:48.360 down there at the bottom of the United States forty eighth and forty ninth and 197 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:52.720 almost everything. We used to joke in Louisiana that Arkansas and Mississippi existed, 198 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:58.799 so we wouldn't be fiftieth and she's consistently holding that. It's like they're doing 199 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:03.919 everything they can to deny the ability of people to change things. And you 200 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.279 know, but you know, let's let's let's make sure we're pro life and 201 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.159 that somebody doesn't have the right to decide what happens with their body. For 202 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:16.240 me, it's just disgusting. And Helen, since we're talking about Sanders, 203 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:22.120 let me quote her. So she has said Colonel Patterson was forced to personally 204 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:26.639 choose between either continuing his command or hearing to his sincerity held religious beliefs against 205 00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:31.480 a portion Satah's wrote a letter first reported by conservative outlet The Daily Caller. 206 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:37.840 Because he adhered first to his faith instead of overly political mandates, he voluntarily 207 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.919 resigned his command. I am Colonel Patterson for having the confidence of his convictions, 208 00:15:41.919 --> 00:15:46.840 but regret that our nation's military will suffer the losses of dedicated airman, 209 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.519 leader and guardsmen as a commander. Well, I want to ask Sarah what 210 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:56.080 is it? Was he forced or did he voluntary resign or a policy that 211 00:15:56.240 --> 00:16:00.840 had nothing to do with him? So, and I just find it kind 212 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:07.240 of disgusting that she's using this for her own political clout. She's dog whistling 213 00:16:07.279 --> 00:16:11.799 to all the Republicans, you know, and that oh these are you know, 214 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:15.759 they're doing abortions in the military, you know, and never going to 215 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:21.080 be pro live, which I find ironic in the military a little bit that 216 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:26.559 you know, we're going to maybe this is something we should look at, 217 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:29.919 you know, if people are going to serve that's this is what I see 218 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:33.480 this, as you know, and I feel this is more of a political 219 00:16:33.519 --> 00:16:37.320 stunt than really, especially on standard size. I can't I can't know the 220 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:41.039 Commander's you know, true thoughts, and I said that at the beginning, 221 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.279 but I do. I'm a little sess, that's all, you know. 222 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:52.360 But I'm really disgusted by the fact of the way Sanders is using this just 223 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:56.679 for you know, her own political gain or whatever candidate she wants to support, 224 00:16:57.399 --> 00:17:02.159 and to also, you know, now try to get people to think 225 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.920 about what's going on in the military. You know, do we really want 226 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:08.920 this, you know, blah blah blah blah blah. Sorry, I agree. 227 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:17.680 I think that the distinction between whether or not he did it for legit 228 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:21.519 reasons or because he wants to go get a book deal later on that I 229 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:25.680 don't think that's as important. I'm won over by Jimmy's arguments, and I'm 230 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:30.000 also one over by the coverage that it's getting. After Jimmy brought this up, 231 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:33.680 I googled these stories just to see how is the media treating this, 232 00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:37.640 and the conservative outlets are all have headlines that say one hundred and eighty eighth 233 00:17:37.680 --> 00:17:42.240 Wing commander resigns due to Pentagon policy regarding abortion. All of the neutral and 234 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:48.960 liberal sources say Governor Sanders colon one hundred and eighty eighth, when you know, 235 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:52.640 they basically say Governor Sanders is says that this happened, and that's what 236 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:57.480 actually happened. The other the conservatives, the Fox News, the local Arkansas 237 00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:02.640 local, you know, five at Live at five channels, are all just 238 00:18:02.640 --> 00:18:07.519 saying this as a fact, when all the other, like legit news investigative 239 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:11.119 reporters are saying, well, all we know is that government Governor Sanders said 240 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.799 this. The official statement from the military is that he resigned his command for 241 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:21.920 personal reasons. So again, I'm won over by Jimmy's analysis. I think 242 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:26.400 that in the end, I don't really care. You know, if people 243 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:32.039 go in and decide to do things for their own personal beliefs. The point 244 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:36.400 where I get into deep concern is when they do the Kim Davis thing of 245 00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:42.240 I'm going to use my governmental prowt, the democratically imbued power that I have 246 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:47.680 to attack people based on my own personal beliefs and deny them their rights and 247 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.319 lock them up and do things like that. That's where I think we should 248 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:52.319 be really concerned. So this is to me and nothing Burger. It's a 249 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:56.640 deepity. It's a cynical political move by Huckebye Sanders, and nothing more. 250 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:00.119 Jimmy, Yeah, I would I would like to just give some closing thoughts. 251 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:03.200 I think I have an obligation to do this, and I really really 252 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.519 feel this way. First of all, I just want to acknowledge that I 253 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:10.839 owe my career as an officer to a Muslim man, one of the best 254 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:15.880 leaders that I've ever served with. We serve together despite our differences. People 255 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.319 look at the military and they think that we are this kind of right wing 256 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:23.960 arm of conservative politics. And that may have been true earlier in history, 257 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:27.759 but you know what, it's changed. Okay, we have transgender troops that 258 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:33.759 we supervisor, or I certainly have members of the LGBTQ community and members of 259 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:37.000 all races, all faiths, and we all put the uniform on and we 260 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:40.920 really do our best. And there's a lot that I could say. Honestly, 261 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:44.079 our segment is aimed to be about twenty minutes, and I could probably 262 00:19:44.119 --> 00:19:48.039 go much longer than that, but I do just want to say that politicians 263 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.799 need to stay out of our personal affairs, need to stay out of the 264 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:57.880 military's affairs. We have the luxury and the expectation to be a political so 265 00:19:57.960 --> 00:20:02.759 let's just leave it. Letting us be a political and do our jobs. 266 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:04.759 That's what I'm going to say there. I have one follow up to that 267 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:10.640 is that you are echoing. If you remember Jen Peoples, a host of 268 00:20:10.680 --> 00:20:14.799 the Atheist Experience from long ago. She served in the US Army for twenty 269 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:18.640 six years. She retired as a lieutenant colonel. She was, if I 270 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:23.079 recall corrector, a helicopter pilot. Described yourself as one of those foxhole atheists, 271 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:29.319 and she herself had many stories of serving alongside devotely religious people and all 272 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:32.319 working towards the same goal, which is, you know, protecting our country. 273 00:20:32.559 --> 00:20:36.640 So thank you, thank everybody else, thank you to Colonel Patterson for 274 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:38.759 what he's doing. Doing it the right way. So that's I just wanted 275 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:45.759 to add that, so if you wanted learn more about politicians getting into, 276 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:51.480 you know, our business or in them building nothing burgers. And also a 277 00:20:51.559 --> 00:20:53.240 wonderful things to our troops and what they do for us, so