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You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly
on demand from KFI Am six. Mo

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Kelly here as we continue our coverage
of the events unfolding in Iran, and

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if you're just tuning in to bring
you up to speed. Israel early Friday

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morning local time launched missiles in a
retaliatory attack against Iran in response to the

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Iran attack on Israel over the weekend
with the three hundred or so unmanned drones

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and missiles. A little bit more
information has come in at this point.

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Iranian State TV is reporting that three
explosions were heard near a military base that's

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new where fighter jets are located in
the northwest part of the city of Isfahan.

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Prior to now, we knew that
there was a civilian international airport in

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that area, but now we know
there was also a military base in that

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vicinity. It has been said that
the radar was one of the possible targets,

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and Iran, as you might expect, has promised an immediate and maximum

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level response and this actually was prior
to the attack. Iran had promised if

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Israel were to do anything that there
would be an immediate and a maximum level

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response. We will see if they
follow through on that. But there's a

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little bit more clarity. We understand
now from information which has been corroborated on

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a number of news sites, that
there was specifically a military base, military

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target in Isfahan, and that was
the intended target. But we don't know

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whether that was the only target,
but we know that that was the target

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on this particular occasion, and there's
still speculation whether it was army radar,

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or whether they targeted the jets,
whether they targeted the runways so to limit

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the jets' capabilities, or whether there
was a missile facility there, or there

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was some other high value military target
that within that base. We don't know

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that information, but it's coming into
clearer view that this was not an attack

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on Iran the country, but it's
more related to its military infrastructure. Originally,

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we were wondering, or I wondered
out loud, if and when President

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Biden would have anything to say on
this, or Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nett

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and Yahoo. At this point,
there has been no official White House response

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as of yet, President Biden has
not made any mention of this. It's

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an unnamed senior US official who confirmed
that this was an Israeli attack on Iran.

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The official was not named, but
has been corroborated by a number of

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news agencies. That's why we are
reporting it at this point, but there

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has been no official White House response. I don't know if there will be

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any White House response tonight, whether
there will be any type of press conference

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to give information, or they're going
to wait until the Israeli Prime Minister speaks

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first, because I don't think they
want to be out in front on this.

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This is something that Israel is going
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more information about before other nations I
think would weigh in. That's what we're

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following at this point. That's what
we know, and it's a little bit

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more than what we knew last hour. Last hour, we knew there was

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an attack, but we didn't necessarily
know if there was a military target.

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It seems now at this point there
was a specific military target, military base

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in East Fahan, which also has
an international airport. The airport was not

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targeted, The airport was not hit, but this military base. From some

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reporting, Iranian State Agency has reported
there were three explosions heard near the military

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base. There has again, there
has not been any confirmation of fatalities.

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At this point, there has been
no specific information as far as amount of

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damage or whether there was severe damage
at the base. We don't know anything

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like that at this point. Iranian
state media hasn't even given any indication about

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that, so I don't know how
to read into that. But the rhetoric

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has not been hyperbolic at this point. If there haven't been any reports of

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widespread mass casualties, there haven't been
reports of extensive damage that may be coming,

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but as of this point it has
not happened, and still information is

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very limited, and would I would
caution anyone from just getting on the Internet

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and getting on Twitter, because this
is the time that people will thrive in

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spreading disinformation, information, fake videos
from locations that we don't know, because

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they're just trying to draw attention to
their account but they don't have any actual

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information. This is the time where
it's okay to be on the Internet and

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social media trying to find information,
but be very wary of the sites that

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you go to or the supposed purveyors
of this information, because this is the

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time where you can easily be duped
if you're not clear on the origin of

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the information or the sourcing of the
information, and this is not something that

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needs to be resolved as far as
the what, the why and how right

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about now and last hour. We're
talking about this from a number of levels.

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There is what is going on in
the Middle East. There is how

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the US is going to respond or
not respond in terms of our rhetoric,

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any type of action, our support
of Israel, how we as a country

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will respond, and then there's internally
how people will respond. We saw what

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was happening on Columbia's campus today.
We heard what was happening and saw what

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was happening on USC's campus. There
were arrests in New York on Columbia's campus.

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There were no arrests to my mind, on USC's campus, but there's

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going to be more. I would
say tension on campuses because of this.

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Yes, what happens with USC and
its commencement is far less important in the

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grand scheme of things agreed. I
wouldn't say otherwise, but I would say

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it would. I think we need
to pay attention as to what is happening

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on the campuses, and that will
give us an indication of where a lot

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of this is headed. We had
talked about how USC made a decision in

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a moment that I'm not so sure
I understood. I understood why I wasn't

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so sure it was the right decision
or the right way to handle it.

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And Toualla Sharp brought this out and
made the key point this may have been

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an unattended consequence and created an escalation
just within USC, which may not have

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been their intention but may have been
the end result. And we saw the

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protests today, hundreds and hundreds of
students and other activists on USC's campus having

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nothing to do with the events in
the Middle East today, or at least

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not the retaliatory strike by Israel today
because it happened after that. So we

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don't even know how those students are
going to respond to this given the sentiment

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and feeling on USC's campus. We
do know that young people buying large,

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especially those heavily influenced by social media, and moved to cause, whether it's

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Black Lives Matter or whatever march you
want to call upon, that move to

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cause where you're out there and just
the moment of the and the hype of

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it gets them out there in force. And this is why I don't want

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to be worrisome I don't want to
cast worry on this, but I am

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concerned about the state of mind of
young people nowadays here in southern California and

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how incidents like what we're seeing right
now just could serve to heighten them.

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Get them out there really to make
a point. Well, they are obviously

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much more animated, and they didn't
need the events of today in the Middle

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East. No, yes, you
know, and if they were already animated,

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and if they were already against the
stance of USC for example, and

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their decision, the events in the
Middle East today, the retaliatory strike on

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Iran by Israel is not going to
in any way lesson their anger. And

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this is not to take size.
This is just to tell you clearly that

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there will be a rhetorical escalation on
college campuses, a rhetorical one, and

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hopefully it doesn't go beyond that.
These are the things that I said we

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could not predict. We didn't know
what the future was going to hold.

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We didn't know what the world was
going to look like in one or two

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weeks. We said exactly that,
and it turns out we didn't know what

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the world was going to look like
in twenty four hours and It has fundamentally

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changed the conversation about what will happen
on college campuses. It changes the conversation

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what will happen in the Middle East. We don't know if there will be

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other bad actors or proxies of Iran
which will further involve themselves in this common

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conflict. We don't know how this
impacts the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.

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Does this say to Hamas they would
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to exchange hostages if they feel as
if they have more public backing from a

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Hesba law or Iran. I don't
know. I'm not the military expert,

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but those are some of the questions
that will cross my mind. Because all

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of these things are connected. They
are not They're not discrete in nature,

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They're not separated in nature. All
of these things are connected. It's IM

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six forty on mo Kelly as we
continue the events in the Middle East.

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Israel early Friday morning local time has
launched missiles and a retaliatory strike against Iran.

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We will continue to follow that story
here and in the newsroom. You're

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listening to Later with Moe Kelly on
demand from KFI AM six forty as we

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continue our coverage of the events unfolding
in the Middle East, we're live everywhere

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on the iHeartRadio app Something I want
to remind folks because I know what I

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know, because I've lived a certain
amount of time, and I sometimes forget

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that not everyone may have lived as
long and seen a lot of this history

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unfold over their lifetime, and maybe, let's say you're twenty five to thirty,

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you don't know how this moment is
remarkably different in any way. And

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I think here is the main reason
why it's really different. In the past.

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We know there's always been unrest in
the Middle East. We know that

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there's always been tension between Israel and
Iran. But when we talk about Israel

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and Hamas, Hamas is not a
nation state. When we talk about Israel

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and Hezbolah, it's not a nation
state. These are terrorist organizations. For

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the most part, what is happening
now is significant in a historical sense.

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It's because these aren't proxies, if
you will. We know that Hamas is

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a proxy for Iran. This is
different because we have Israel and Iran directly

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attacking each other. Are they focused
strikes? Absolutely? Are they limited in

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scope, yes and no. The
strike today it was Friday in terms of

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Israel and Iran, but the strike
on this occasion was focused and targeted.

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The attempted strike from Iran to Israel, from everything I've read, was not

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focused in nature. It was expansive
and extensive in nature. Excuse me,

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expansive and extensive. We have some
three hundred missiles and drones coming in that's

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not focused in nature. So that's
that is something. How it's different.

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You have nation nation, not proxies, and there is a continuous escalation of

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what has been happening. There has
been limited loss of life so far,

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but we can argue thanks to the
Iron Dome. You know, without the

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Iron Dome, loss of life probably
would have been much more extensive. We

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know that Israel has been more measured
than Iran at this point, but you

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have to go back to what Israel
did with the Iranian consulate on April first

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in Syria that also had a loss
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This is not about right or wrong. This is about a continuing path of

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escalation. And I don't know who's
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they say, I don't know who
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on this level. I don't know
if Iran is of the mind where this

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is the time to have a full
on direct conflict with Israel. Israel I

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don't think wants a direct conflict with
Iran. Israel still dealing with Hamas and

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quite possibly Hesbelah because Hezbela just kind
of sitting there waiting if you will,

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possibly going to strike. But for
those who who are not old enough to

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remember a lot of the history,
it's different because this is nation on nation,

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not proxies. This is direct interaction
and escalation. This is different in

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a historical sense. And this is
why people are much more concerned about what

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is going on in the Middle East, given that it's one thing when it's

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rhetorical in nature. Excuse me,
one thing when it's just rhetorical and you

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have limited strikes. But we're not
seeing that. We're seeing direct strikes,

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possibly for mass casualties, the purpose
of mass casualties. At least that's what

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we saw from Iran on Saturday,
not today with Israel. That may not

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be the case in a week or
two if it keeps going on this path.

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There's a little bit of history in
a general sense. Why this is

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different. You have this direct adversarial
conflict between nation states, and we don't

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know where this is going to lead. And also as Americans, we don't

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know what our role is going to
be if it continues to escalate. What

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is the expectation as to our level
of support for Israel given this? Now

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we can talk about AID, we've
understood that. But if it turns into

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a full on regional conflict, another
war, dare I use the word what

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does that mean for the United States? We knew what it meant for Afghanistan,

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we knew what it meant for the
Iraq War. And if you're old

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enough to remember, we remember how
close we got to war with Iran back

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in nineteen eighty given the hostage crisis. All that history matters, All that

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comes into play with the fall of
the Shaw of Iran, and that history

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still plays today. Maybe not in
an immediate sense, but it's still connected.

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It's part of the reason why Iran
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want to go back to the nineteen
fifty four mark Ronner, I might.

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I don't have the year right,
the nineteen fifty four where they overthrew in

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Iran. You're in the ballpark,
and I would have to look it up,

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but yeah, I want to be
specific, but there's a historical dislike

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for the US in Iran dating back
to the nineteen fifties, and I want

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to get all that correct. Yeah, absolutely, And you know, Iran

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and Israel have been antagonizing each other
increasingly for years and there years. Yes,

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And you have to, for context, remember that former President Trump canceled

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the nuclear agreement that Iran was abiding
by, which is going to play bigger

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and bigger into this situation. It
is, it is, but we don't

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know where any of this is going. And if you're just checking in with

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KFI right now, we're following this
story in the Middle East as Israel has

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carried out a strike inside Iran.
This has been confirmed by an unnamed US

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official. President Biden has not made
any public statement the government. Our government

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has not officially acknowledged it, but
a number of news agencies here and in

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the Middle East have confirmed it.
We do know that these explosions, there

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are three explosions which are heard near
what is now known to be a military

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base in East Fahan, which also
has an international airport and flights in and

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out of that airport have been suspended
and redirected. We don't know about any

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casualty or loss of life. We
don't know as to extent of any damage

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to this location, this military base, its capabilities, whether they've been limited

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in any way, and Iran has
not officially made any type of response,

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either in a statement or any type
of military action at this time. This

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is what we're following. This is
what we're watching, and we'll stay right

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here on the story you're listening to
later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI

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AM six forty and we're continuing to
follow the events I say unfold in the

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Middle East. And by now you
probably know that Israel as promised, they

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did promise, and had promised since
this weekend. They promised a retaliation to

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the drones and missiles launched by Iran
on Saturday, and they responded this evening,

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which seems to be at this point
a limited strike on one target,

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a singular target which was military in
nature, a military base in Isfahan near

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an international airport. No confirmation of
casualties at this point. We don't know

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the extent of the damage at this
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with and we're looking to find out
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monitor not only local news but also
internationally different news agencies which they are and

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are not reporting, which they can
corroborate. That's most important. That's the

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basic information, and it has not
changed for a while now, and I

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think that's good because it would signal, I think, to a reasonable person

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that this is where it will end, at least for this particular Israeli strike.

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It does not seem to be one
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one and done at this point.
And maybe I guess the next shooting drop

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is how Iran, if at all, will respond. Prior to today,

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Iran had pledged an immediate and a
maximum level response if there was any take

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action taken by Israel against Iran.
Well, Israel has now taken that action

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against Iran, and we're basically in
a wait and see. We don't know

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how much damage was done. I
was just talking to to wall I said,

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hopefully you know you did yours,
we did ours. No less,

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everybody go home and leave it at
that. Hopefully it will not lead to

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another escalation, because we all know
with each escalation it moves us to a

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point of no return and you will
not be able to de escalate it,

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and then you just have a regional
wideflict, which obviously nobody wants. One

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thing that comes to mind and I
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God forbid drugged into this, what
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What could that mean for involvement from
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Because that is what I've already seen
already on social media. I know you

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say, watch out for what's happening
on social media, but the sentiment is

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there that this is what's quote unquote
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war because of the players involved in
our allegiance. From what President Biden said

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over the weekend, what we know
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Even though this may be happening in
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the potential to impact what is happening
in Ukraine. As far as what Russia

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intends to do. Whether Russia would
help Iran, that's a question. Whether

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China would with Iran, whether they
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they would do something to complicate the
issue in the Middle East. Those are

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the things that I think it's fair
to wonder about because none of these things

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happen in a vacuum. Even North
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will, and I put that in
air quotes, opportunities for rogue actors to

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make this worse than it is at
this moment. That's the question. Of

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course, you're not going to find
that answer on social media, but that

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will be also the discussion on social
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and let's not lose sight of this, because whenever we have these incidents,

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we always wonder how is it going
to impact us? How is it

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going to impact us here, not
only in California, but US as Americans.

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Well, we know that there is
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when anything happens in the Middle East. It's fair to wonder about OPEC and

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gas prices and whether that is going
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with. Even though America we're at
the height of our energy independence and we

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rely less on Middle East oil than
ever before, we can't necessarily control all

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the factors in what sets prices.
We know that today the average price per

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gallon of regular gas five dollars and
forty cents in La County. That's just

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today, and that's up for the
twenty eight consecutive day. That's before the

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events of the Middle East transpire.
I would expect that this will have some

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It would have to have some negative
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it's real or whether it's price gouging, we'll see where it goes. But

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historically there has been unrest in the
Middle East, it has foundered its way

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to our gas pumps, and we
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We as Californians obviously know that we
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else in the country. So if
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probably will be a response in terms
of our oil markets, in a response

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in terms of what we have to
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the short term consequence of all this. And yes, I know oil prices

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their speculative in nature. It's not
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But oftentimes the prices are a reflection
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call them speculative in nature. It's
thoughts about the future, what things may

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happen. If there's a fear that
there would be a wider conflict or dare

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I say it a war in the
Middle East that ad affects the cost of

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crude oil and then gas here in
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connected. That's what I always try
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own silo, in its own vacuum. And this is why it's so very

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important to pay attention to what's going
on, not only what's happening here on

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college campuses, but what's happening in
the Middle East. It's all connected.

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There's some things that I would want
people to glean from what has happened in

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Iran tonight. And a US official
has confirmed that this was a retaliatory strike

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from Israel into Iran. It's curious
there hasn't been any formal statement by Israel.

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There's been no formal statement as far
as Iran State News agency. It

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just seemed curious, and obviously President
Biden hasn't spoken on it, which says

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it's not necessarily as clear cut as
it might be. And if it is

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as being reported that Israel did attack
Iran, I think we can look at

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this through somewhat positive lens in this
way. If it is as it's reported,

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it was a limited strike. There
have been no casualties reported, and

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with respect to proportionality, it is
far less than what transpired over the weekend

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with Iran sending some three hundred drones
and missiles, I would say, indiscriminately

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all across Israel. If it is
what we are being told it is in

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Iran, as far as what was
hit this military base near East Bahand,

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which also has an international airport,
If it is that as it's being reported,

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but it hasn't been corroborated and confirmed
by either Benjamin net Yahoo, our

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federal government, the Biden administration,
or Iranian state news. There were certain

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things I was looking for that I
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And if you look at cable news, they're saying the White House has

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yet to respond. That's interesting,
That's all I'm gonna say. It's interesting

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that there has been no official response
or indication. Usually when there's something like

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this, there's a there's a message
of condemnation or admiration of support, something

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like that. There's been nothing said
by the Biden administration. I'm not going

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to read into it other than there's
been no statement. There's been no statement

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from Benjamin net and Yahoo, there's
been no statement from Iranian state media about

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contextualizing the nature of this event,
this incident, that's the only way I

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can phrase it. And what might
the response be going forward. I'm seeing

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on NBC that earlier Israeli officials had
notified US officials that a response was coming.

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So with that in mind, we
can only assume that President Biden has

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been behind the scenes doing everything humanly
possible to stop this from turning into a

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tinderbox. Well, I would suspect
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have to assume the public rhetoric would
match with that. He has been vocal

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in the previous days trying to keep
this from escalating, and Israel has been

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very clear that there would be a
response, and Iran has been very clear

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that if there was a response,
they would respond. And obviously President Biden

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is saying, you know, this
only leads to one place. Exactly whether

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we get there or not, I
don't know. I don't know. The

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details are still very few with respect
to this. I've phrased it as an

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attack, but I don't know how
to really characterize it. I just don't

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know. We don't know the exact
nature excuse me, the exact location of

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the missile strike or whatever it was. We don't know what was used.

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Like for example, with Iran,
we knew that there were unmanned drones,

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there were missiles. We haven't even
gotten the specifics of what struck this location.

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No, and like any developing story
like this, details are changing as

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more information comes in, and they're
going to be throughout the night. So

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just be aware that whatever you hear
could change in an instant. Absolutely not

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only could be changed, could be
one hundred and eighty degrees in the other

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direction. Because details are scant,
facts are even fewer. So we're trying

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to give you the information which has
been corroborated the best of our ability.

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And I'm glad you pointed out earlier. Be careful what your news sources are.

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Go to the source. Don't believe
anything you see, especially now on

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Twitter. Check through, make sure
it's a reputable news agency. This is

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very important and it's we're bearing the
fruit right now of Elon Musk taking over

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Twitter. You can trust it far
less than you've been able to before,

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well it used to be. And
this is where not to get too far

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afield, but this is where those
check marks mattered back in the day,

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because at least you knew you were
getting information from a reputable agency, you

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knew that they had been verified,
and then you could then make an informed

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decision about that information. Now it's
just a wild while west. You have

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no idea where any of this stuff
is coming from has been verified. It

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could be fake, it could be
AI, it could be doctored, all

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those things. And we're in a
different space in place now when it comes

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to disseminating information, digesting it and
then also verifying it. Right now,

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if you see a check mark on
Twitter x, it means exactly the opposite

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of what it used to mean.
So be very skeptical of your news sources.

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