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<v Speaker 1>It's perfect into your day.

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<v Speaker 2>Jesse Kelly on seventy ten wo.

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<v Speaker 1>R Dreams The Jesse Kelly Show.

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<v Speaker 2>Another hour of The Jesse Kelly Show on an amazing,

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<v Speaker 2>a fantastic Thursday. And here's what's in store for this hour.

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<v Speaker 2>History time, Baby, No more politics. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk about raids and the EPA and the idiots in

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<v Speaker 2>Congress and other We've done that all week long. And

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<v Speaker 2>I have owed you this story for quite some time.

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<v Speaker 2>So we you and me, we're about to take some time.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe this is part one, maybe I'll do the whole thing.

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<v Speaker 2>I have no earthly idea, but we are about to

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<v Speaker 2>take a long time, and we're about to discuss Alexander

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<v Speaker 2>the Great in one of the most amazing sieges you've

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<v Speaker 2>ever heard of in your life. Alexander the Great in

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<v Speaker 2>the siege of a place called tire t y R.

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<v Speaker 2>And actually, maybe depending on your upbringing or your church

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<v Speaker 2>attendants now, or just reading the Bible, maybe that name

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<v Speaker 2>sounds familiar to you. You see, there's this prophetic verse

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<v Speaker 2>or two. There's a couple of those in the Bible.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that'd probably be a good place to start out.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe you could call this a little foreshadowing, if you will,

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<v Speaker 2>Ezekiel twenty six, verse three. Therefore, thus says the Lord God. Behold,

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<v Speaker 2>I am against you, oh Tire, and I will bring

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<v Speaker 2>up many nations against you. As the sea brings up

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<v Speaker 2>its waves. They shall destroy the wall of Tire and

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<v Speaker 2>break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from

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<v Speaker 2>her and make her a bare rock. She shall be

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle of the sea, a place for the

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<v Speaker 2>spreading of nets. For I have spoken, declares the Lord God.

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<v Speaker 2>Now let us discuss how things worked out for Tire. First, well,

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<v Speaker 2>before we get to Alexander the Great, let's discuss briefly Tire.

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<v Speaker 2>Where it is what we're actually talking about here. As always,

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<v Speaker 2>maps help if you are not driving. May I invite

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<v Speaker 2>you to open up your phone or a computer if

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<v Speaker 2>you're in front of it, and I want you to

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<v Speaker 2>look up Lebanon. Lebanon. You know where it is, Lebanon,

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<v Speaker 2>just north of Israel. Over there, you know where it is.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the Mediterranean Lebanon. Okay, it doesn't mean we

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to get more specific than that, but you

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<v Speaker 2>can leave the map open if you'd like. This is

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<v Speaker 2>our area for our story. Here now we are back

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<v Speaker 2>in We're three hundred years before Christ. Okay, this is

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<v Speaker 2>the time of Alexander the Great. That's not exact. But

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<v Speaker 2>remember history is not names, dates and locations. That stuff

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<v Speaker 2>is boring. History is storytelling. Roughly three hundred years before Christ,

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<v Speaker 2>that's the time we're in, Okay, And at this time,

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<v Speaker 2>the wealthiest, you would probably argue, most powerful empire on

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<v Speaker 2>the planet is the achimited Persian Empire. It's often known

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<v Speaker 2>as just the Persian Empire or the Achimenid Empire, but

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<v Speaker 2>the achimened Persian Empire, and they are in control of

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<v Speaker 2>this area at this particular time. Now pause on that

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<v Speaker 2>for a moment. Let me explain something else. This city tire,

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<v Speaker 2>it isn't necessary Persian. It's under Persian control. And this

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<v Speaker 2>is going to matter for our story at some point

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<v Speaker 2>in time. That's why I'm boring you with a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of this background in this detail. Yes, the Persians

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<v Speaker 2>wanted the Persians own it, the Persians are in control

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<v Speaker 2>of it, but it's not really a Persian city. It

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<v Speaker 2>is a Phoenician city. The Phoenicians. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 2>go into all this stuff, but you've heard of a

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenician city before Carthage. Carthage is a Phoenician city. What Chris,

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<v Speaker 2>what Chris said, isn't that Persia, man, It's under control

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<v Speaker 2>of Persia at the time. You see, the Persian Empire

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<v Speaker 2>at this time was massive. They had fought wars, they

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<v Speaker 2>had done all this conquest. They were not only massive,

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<v Speaker 2>they were infamously wealthy. And I know they're kind of

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<v Speaker 2>the bad guys in this story, at least for dudes,

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<v Speaker 2>because dudes all cheer for Alexander the Great. I'm no different.

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<v Speaker 2>They were for the time not a bad empire to

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<v Speaker 2>be conquered by. We're not talking about the Assyrians here

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<v Speaker 2>where they're gonna stuff a hook through the bottom of

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<v Speaker 2>your mouth, put it out underneath your tongue. Chain you

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<v Speaker 2>and your wife and kids up on a long chain

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<v Speaker 2>and drag you off to slavery, and they might flay

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<v Speaker 2>you alive when you get there. The Persians didn't really

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<v Speaker 2>operate in that way. The Persians, you could probably call

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<v Speaker 2>them the Donald Trump at the time. The Persons wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to do business. Hey, you want to do business, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>we're gonna conquer you. And don't get me wrong, we

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<v Speaker 2>will send our armies and we'll smash you. But why

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<v Speaker 2>don't we just do business. We'll take over you. You're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna have to pay tribute when we call for troops.

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<v Speaker 2>That's fine, but we're not gonna abuse you. You can

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<v Speaker 2>have your religious practices and you can keep your tradition.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't care. We're here for business. That's how the

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<v Speaker 2>Persians handled conquest. And that's why Tire was under control

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<v Speaker 2>of the Persians. But was it really Persian? They were Phoenician,

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<v Speaker 2>the Phoenician people. We're not going to go into all that.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's your one minute explain around the Persian people. They

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<v Speaker 2>were a seafaring people. They really ruled the Mediterranean by

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<v Speaker 2>owning the waves. They were a merchant slash slash navy people,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's gonna matter for our story. A merchant slash

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<v Speaker 2>navy people. They figured out how to go to and

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<v Speaker 2>fro on the water, which was a big deal back then.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you know, there weren't speedboats. They figured out

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<v Speaker 2>how to go to and fro on the water because

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<v Speaker 2>they were on the ocean, because they figured out how

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<v Speaker 2>to trade across the water water. They were stupid wealthy.

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<v Speaker 2>Carthage was wealthy. Tire was wealthy. These Phoenician cities were

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<v Speaker 2>crazy wealthy. Now, maybe you're focusing on the biblical aspect

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<v Speaker 2>of this, because I opened up with the Biblical verse,

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<v Speaker 2>and because you're wondering what was God God's acts to

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<v Speaker 2>grind with these people. Ah, they were big on child sacrifices,

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<v Speaker 2>like really, really really big on child sacrifice. And not

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<v Speaker 2>that there's any kind of wonderful child sacrifice, planned parenthood,

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<v Speaker 2>not that there's any kind of wonderful way to kill children.

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<v Speaker 2>But they burnt them alive. It's horrible, really really terrible.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's not that this would be okay, we're not

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<v Speaker 2>even just talking babies, children who were older. They would

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<v Speaker 2>just cook them alive. A real, real demonic even the Phoenicians.

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<v Speaker 2>It was what they did. It was part of their

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<v Speaker 2>religious practice, and they wouldn't repent, and they got crossways

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<v Speaker 2>with God. And that genuinely ends with right way of

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<v Speaker 2>the same way every single time was set that aside.

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<v Speaker 2>That's tire at the time. Phoenician society Lebanon, that's where

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<v Speaker 2>you need to think of under control of the Persians.

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<v Speaker 2>You with me so far, Now let's go the other way.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone has seen the movie three hundred or everyone at

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<v Speaker 2>least has heard of this. I take that back. Kids,

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<v Speaker 2>please don't watch the movie three hundred. Definitely not for

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<v Speaker 2>the kids. People know the story of the three hundred

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<v Speaker 2>Spartans at Thermopyla if you don't. The Persians invaded Greece, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>and that was a complicated affair. The Persians felt they

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<v Speaker 2>were completely justified invading Greece. But the Persians invaded Greece.

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<v Speaker 2>This was a long time, over a century before where

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<v Speaker 2>we are now. But time is a funny thing, meaning

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<v Speaker 2>how we think about time now isn't how they always

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<v Speaker 2>thought about it, Because the pace of our life is

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<v Speaker 2>so much faster now. If you if I was to

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<v Speaker 2>take you right now, and I was to tell you, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you you need to get a hold of your mother,

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<v Speaker 2>but you need to wait five hours. It's really important

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<v Speaker 2>that you talk to your mother, but you have to

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<v Speaker 2>wait five hours to do it. That would be stressful,

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<v Speaker 2>wouldn't it five hours? Why Why can't I call her?

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<v Speaker 2>I need to get a hold of mom. I can

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<v Speaker 2>text her right now. I could pick up a phone.

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<v Speaker 2>If I was to teleport you back to just the

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<v Speaker 2>year nineteen hundred and say you need to talk to

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<v Speaker 2>your mom now and you'll talk to her in five hours.

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<v Speaker 2>You'll be blown away by the speed of it. WHOA, really,

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<v Speaker 2>that's amazing. What are you teleporting me there? Greece had

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<v Speaker 2>not let go of the Persian invasion. When we hear

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<v Speaker 2>it was one hundred and fifty years earlier, time to

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<v Speaker 2>get over it. Everybody's dead by that. They were not

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<v Speaker 2>over it at all. For the very proud Greeks. That

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<v Speaker 2>was an affront to them, That was an offense that

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<v Speaker 2>was ingrained in Greek society, and they were mortified that

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<v Speaker 2>these uppity Persians and all their money took a big

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<v Speaker 2>army and they came and invaded Greece. Now that's the

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<v Speaker 2>Greek the Tire situation, or that's the Tire situation, the

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenician situation. That's the Greek acts to grind. Now, let's

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<v Speaker 2>introduce Alexander the Great.

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<v Speaker 1>It is the Jesse Kelly Show on a Thursday.

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<v Speaker 2>Driving the show off the rails, as we do from

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<v Speaker 2>time to time because it's history time on the Jesse

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly Show, delivering on my Alexander the Great Siege of

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<v Speaker 2>Tires story that I had promised you. I left it

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<v Speaker 2>up to you, and that's the one you wanted, So

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<v Speaker 2>that's the one you're getting. So that was tire. The

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenicians will come back there, well, more specifically, Alexander the

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<v Speaker 2>Great's about to come back there. Alexander the Great. It

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<v Speaker 2>is one of the most amazing stories ever. And believe

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<v Speaker 2>it or not, I'm actually not talking about his military conquests.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm talking about the creation of this man. How do

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<v Speaker 2>you what does it take to create somebody who's capable

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<v Speaker 2>of conquering the world at the age of twenty five?

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<v Speaker 2>What does it take to create somebody who, at the

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<v Speaker 2>age of twenty is commanding armies, who never loses. Surely

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<v Speaker 2>there is something to his background, right well, there is

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<v Speaker 2>a lot to his background, not all of which I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to go into right now, but we have to

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<v Speaker 2>discuss it because one, it's fascinating. In two, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>understand the man until you understand first his father. His

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<v Speaker 2>father is Philip the Second. His father is one of

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<v Speaker 2>the most amazing and bravest conquerors of my lifetime, of

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<v Speaker 2>my lifetime that I've ever heard about. He died before

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<v Speaker 2>I got here. Philip the Second, Philip of Macedon. Macedonia

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<v Speaker 2>is considered Greek by us. But at the time when

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<v Speaker 2>Philip was coming up, they were considered ruffians, barbarians, those

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<v Speaker 2>northern wilderness people. Okay, picture Athens as New York City

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<v Speaker 2>and people from New York City who loved New York City.

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<v Speaker 2>How do they look at people from rural Alabama? That

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<v Speaker 2>is very similar to how the people of Athens looked

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<v Speaker 2>at Macedonia. Those stupid hicks said that they're uncivilized. That's

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<v Speaker 2>how they looked at it. But Philip of Macedon, he

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<v Speaker 2>had this upbringing where he had a bunch of military

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<v Speaker 2>training and hicks or rural or whatever they may have been,

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<v Speaker 2>the Macedonians were tough as nails. They were just a

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<v Speaker 2>tough people. They lived in a tough environment. They were

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<v Speaker 2>always at war. They were at war with Greece, they

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<v Speaker 2>were at war with other Ruffian tribes to their north.

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<v Speaker 2>They were a warlike people from a warlike area, and

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<v Speaker 2>they were tough as nails. And along comes this very

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<v Speaker 2>sharp man named Philip, Philip the second, and he has

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<v Speaker 2>a plan. And his plan is this, no more separate

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<v Speaker 2>Greek city states. No more Sparta fighting Athens, who's fighting Thebes,

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<v Speaker 2>who's fighting us? No more of this, I am going

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<v Speaker 2>to raise an amazing army. I'm going to reform it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I am going to go conquer Greece and unify

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<v Speaker 2>it under my command. That's what Philip wanted to do,

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<v Speaker 2>and over years and years and years, I did. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>in three sentences. Over years and years and years, he

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<v Speaker 2>through conquest. He reformed the army. His army was experienced,

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<v Speaker 2>and to his credit, Philip the Second, unlike these loser

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<v Speaker 2>Now along the way, Philip the Second picked up a

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<v Speaker 2>bunch of wives. That was a Macedonian thing. They believed

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<v Speaker 2>I guess at this point in time, but it was there.

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<v Speaker 2>It was really their fing. They had a bunch of

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<v Speaker 2>You know how I just said Philip had a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>Philip had another son. The other son got brain damage,

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<v Speaker 2>She poisoned him and just wrecked his mind. So now

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<v Speaker 2>I guess we'll have to go with Alexander. This is

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of woman we're talking about here. She marries Philip,

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<v Speaker 2>She sleeps with snakes as part of her religious custom.

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<v Speaker 2>of Dionysis. It's this weird Greek god that believed in

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<v Speaker 2>there are snakes in her bed. I get it. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the kind of exotic person we're talking about here, the

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<v Speaker 2>kind of girl you run off with for a couple

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<v Speaker 2>weeks in college and then regret your decisions and never

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<v Speaker 2>tell mom about it. You got me. That's Philip, that's

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<v Speaker 2>his wife. So already, what kind of a child are

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<v Speaker 2>these people going to have? They have? Alexander, Alexander the

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<v Speaker 2>Great has all the physical tools. Apparently he was short,

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<v Speaker 2>but not ridiculously short. He was fairly average for the time,

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<v Speaker 2>five six they think five to seven. No one knows

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<v Speaker 2>for sure. He was reportedly strong, very strong, and very fast.

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly Show on a wonderful, wonderful Thursday. We are doing

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit of history here this hour, a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit of Alexander the Great Siege of Tire history. And

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<v Speaker 2>maybe tomorrow, But tomorrow's ask doctor Jesse Friday. So you

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<v Speaker 2>be to Jesse at Jesse kellyshow dot com. Back to

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander the Great. He's got this warrior conquer father who

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<v Speaker 2>just unified Greece. He has this raging psychopath mother who

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<v Speaker 2>may just be a lovely well, I don't think there's

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<v Speaker 2>any chance she was a lovely woman. But she loved

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<v Speaker 2>her son. She would kill for her son and did.

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<v Speaker 2>And that wasn't the only upbringing he had. Phillips father, Look,

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<v Speaker 2>think about this. What kind of a king who can

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<v Speaker 2>send people to do what he wants? What kind of

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<v Speaker 2>a king is in the front of his army at

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<v Speaker 2>all times getting wounded. Not just a brave one, but

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<v Speaker 2>a brave one who will demand that of his son.

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<v Speaker 2>Philip starts to transform Alexander. Starts to train Alexander as

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<v Speaker 2>receiving not just classes, not just alongside his father on

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<v Speaker 2>military campaigns, not just sitting around the table with the

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<v Speaker 2>other general's sipping wine figuring out how to move this

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<v Speaker 2>and that. He is sending Alexander the Great on forced marches.

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<v Speaker 2>He hires somebody to harden him, essentially turn him into

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<v Speaker 2>a beast, put him through a one on one boot camp.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's more than that, they are training him to

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<v Speaker 2>be a king. They bring up Aristotle. Ever heard of Aristotle?

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander the Great and his other friends, his friends would

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<v Speaker 2>be General's kids and things like that. They receive personal

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<v Speaker 2>schooling from Aristotle himself. Again, it's like he was created

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<v Speaker 2>to be a conqueror in a lab. In every sense

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<v Speaker 2>of the word, he is competitive. Every account, accounts that

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<v Speaker 2>hate him, accounts that love him. Every account from the

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<v Speaker 2>time cites the fact that Alexander the Great is obsessively competitive,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is one of those qualities. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 2>you have to have that quality, because everybody is not

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<v Speaker 2>built the same way, but that is one of those

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<v Speaker 2>qualities that Uber's successful people possess almost every time. Michael

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<v Speaker 2>Jordan is famously so competitive that it gets kind of

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<v Speaker 2>unpleasant to be around. He'll play ping pong. When he

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<v Speaker 2>was on the Dream Team, they would play ping pong,

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<v Speaker 2>and eventually ping pong became not fun because Michael Jordan

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<v Speaker 2>couldn't take losing. Just obsessive, just just awful. Tom Brady

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<v Speaker 2>one of those types of guys. All right, let's fast

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<v Speaker 2>forward to the celebration which I reverenced referenced the other day.

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<v Speaker 2>There's a huge celebration for Philip the Second. Philip the

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<v Speaker 2>Second is murdered in front of everybody at this celebration.

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<v Speaker 2>One of his bodyguards, former lover, I don't know, kind

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<v Speaker 2>of weird former lover. One of his bodyguards takes a

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<v Speaker 2>dagger and jams it into Philip the Second's ribs. He

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<v Speaker 2>bleeds out and dies in front of everyone. Lo and behold,

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<v Speaker 2>the assassin, instead of being captured, is killed immediately. Little

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<v Speaker 2>bit suspicious. You would normally want to grab that guy

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<v Speaker 2>alive and pull his fingernails out to figure out who

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<v Speaker 2>hired him. So now we'll never know. Was it Philip

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<v Speaker 2>the Second's wife? But who knows? We'll never know. It

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't matter, We're never gonna solve that mystery. Now. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander the Great, as a young man I believe he's

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<v Speaker 2>twenty at the time, is in command of the finest

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<v Speaker 2>army in the world. Philip the Second, having unified Greece,

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<v Speaker 2>was already getting ready to invade the acheumened Persian Empire.

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<v Speaker 2>The one we had talked about before he already had

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<v Speaker 2>What do I mean by getting many getting ready? He

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<v Speaker 2>already had ten thousand men in Persia attacking Persia, basically

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<v Speaker 2>building up supply depots in Persia. Philip the Second was coming,

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<v Speaker 2>the boats were ready, he was going, the army was prepped. Boom,

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<v Speaker 2>He's dead. Alexander the Great steps up immediately with the

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<v Speaker 2>backing of Philip the Seconds generals, and Alexander the Great says,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm the guy. Alexander's mom murders everybody, everyone who may

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<v Speaker 2>have contended for the throne. That's the kind of woman

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<v Speaker 2>she was. Look, Alexander the Great, I'm sure helped a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>And now Alexander the Great is pretty much free. He

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<v Speaker 2>first has to put down some rebellions at home, those

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<v Speaker 2>tribes up north where bad He goes up, beats the

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<v Speaker 2>That's a story for another time. We already talked about Thebes.

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<v Speaker 2>The other day, the major Greek city decided they were

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<v Speaker 2>going to rebel. Hmm, bad idea. Greece didn't understand Thiebes

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<v Speaker 2>didn't understand what they were dealing with. Also, remember, Alexander

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<v Speaker 2>the Great is famously short tempered, prideful, competitive, and short tempered.

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<v Speaker 2>At one point during the peace negotiations, Thebes makes fun

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<v Speaker 2>of him, almost always a bad idea, and Thebes also

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<v Speaker 2>brags to Alexander the Great that they're being paid by

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<v Speaker 2>the Persians to rebel. Now he's really mad. Alexander the

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<v Speaker 2>Great wipes out the city of Thebes. Whoever doesn't get

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<v Speaker 2>killed and raped gets sold into slavery. He tears down

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<v Speaker 2>virtually every building, eliminated, one of the oldest, greatest cities

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<v Speaker 2>in Greece, wipes it out gone. Now it's Persia time. Baby.

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<v Speaker 2>He gathers this army, he crosses the sea. The Persian

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<v Speaker 2>emperor he's a man by the name of Darius. He

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<v Speaker 2>is aware of Alexander. He is I will not say afraid,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's not taking him lightly at all. He dealt

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<v Speaker 2>and he just sat back and watched Alexander the Great

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<v Speaker 2>beat the living crap out of all the rebellious people

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<v Speaker 2>at home. He is aware that this young man is

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<v Speaker 2>he's coming over to Persia with a very capable army.

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<v Speaker 2>Darius himself, as we mentioned earlier in the show, is

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<v Speaker 2>in command of really the most you would think before

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<v Speaker 2>this look before the war starts. If you're handicapping things,

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<v Speaker 2>you're looking at it and you're saying, well, the Persian

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<v Speaker 2>Empire's the most powerful empire on the planet. So Darius

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<v Speaker 2>and he squares off with him. This is not the

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<v Speaker 2>Siege of Tire, It's the Battle of Issus. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>very famous battle. I'm not going to go into it now,

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<v Speaker 2>because that's not what we're discussing. Darius gets his teeth

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<v Speaker 2>kicked in badly. He shows up. I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>say he underestimated him. He brought a very sizable force.

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<v Speaker 2>But he's not Alexander the mediocre, is he. Alexander the

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<v Speaker 2>Great is really really good at what he does, and

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<v Speaker 2>he beats the living crap out of Darius's army. He

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<v Speaker 2>beats him so soundly that Darius has to flee the

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<v Speaker 2>any shivalry points. He left behind his wife, his mother,

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<v Speaker 2>and his children, and Alexander the Great took possession of

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<v Speaker 2>Darius's wife, mother and children. Now, Darius, remember you need

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<v Speaker 2>to think about this geographically, because we're about to get

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<v Speaker 2>to tire itself. Darius has taken off. He still has

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<v Speaker 2>a bunch of troops, but physically, geographically, that's what I

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<v Speaker 2>don't want to say. Physically, geographically, the acumuted Persian empire

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<v Speaker 2>is huge. It's massive. He has disappeared back into the

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<v Speaker 2>another army so he can go back and fight Alexander

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<v Speaker 2>the Great again. When we picture these these old wars,

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander's battles, for instance, we picture that Alexander, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 2>and they That's not how it works. If you're Alexander

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<v Speaker 2>the Great, you can't leave Persian truth hoops, Persian cities

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<v Speaker 2>behind you. You have to supply thousands of men with

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<v Speaker 2>food and weapons and medical supplies and new troops. You

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<v Speaker 2>have to secure everything as you go. It's a slow process.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not show up one day, be win one battle,

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<v Speaker 2>and you won. Doesn't work that way. Now Alexander has

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<v Speaker 2>to secure the ports, secure the port cities along the Mediterranean.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time to go to Tire. Yes, is the Jesse

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<v Speaker 2>Kelly Show on a fantastic Thursday. I haven't decided if

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<v Speaker 2>I'm even going to go back to politics. I really

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<v Speaker 2>genuinely don't know, because I'm not going to finish this

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<v Speaker 2>next hour? Maybe I'll ask Chris and Corey. Chris Corey,

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<v Speaker 2>do I go back to politics and make him wait

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<v Speaker 2>till mondays it can't do it tomorrow? And ask doctor

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<v Speaker 2>Jesse Friday, and do I finish the siege of Tire today?

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<v Speaker 2>Chris said, we'll see what's in the news. Okay, fair enough,

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<v Speaker 2>fair enough. Now, Alexander the Great just defeated King Darius

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<v Speaker 2>of the achemend Persian Empire, and he has to do things.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember I told you to look at Lebanon, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>the area we're in. He's looking at all that coastline

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<v Speaker 2>we're about three hundred years before Christ. There are cities there.

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<v Speaker 2>And Alexander the Great he's up north. Okay, so he's

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<v Speaker 2>going north to south. He starts conquering these cities he wants.

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<v Speaker 2>He needs control of these port cities. He has to

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<v Speaker 2>have it. He can't have port cities legal to the

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<v Speaker 2>Persian Empire in his rear. They'll attack him in the rear.

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<v Speaker 2>They won't have I realized that made me sound like

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<v Speaker 2>Lindsay Graham. They'll they'll attack his supply lines. They'll they'll

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<v Speaker 2>he can't have it, Okay, So he starts attacking, and

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<v Speaker 2>he starts taking city after city after city until he

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<v Speaker 2>gets to the city that is our subject today. And

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<v Speaker 2>this city is known as Tire. This is the important

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<v Speaker 2>thing you need to understand. Don't worry. It's easy to understand.

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<v Speaker 2>He gets to the city on the coast. That city

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<v Speaker 2>is known as Old Tire. Remember that Bible verse we

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<v Speaker 2>read at the beginning book of Ezekiel. That's Old Tire

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<v Speaker 2>they were talking about. Old Tire is the one right

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<v Speaker 2>there on the coast. Not exactly heavily defended, but very

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<v Speaker 2>very old. Why wouldn't it be very heavily defended because

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<v Speaker 2>the people of Tire, the Tyrenes, they found themselves a

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<v Speaker 2>new gig about. Look, I've read half a mile, I've

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<v Speaker 2>read three quarters of a mile. One dirty European said

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<v Speaker 2>one kilometer, like anybody knows what that means. Right off

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<v Speaker 2>the coast of Old Tire out into the Mediterranean is

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<v Speaker 2>an island. This island is known as New Tire. It

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<v Speaker 2>is a large, very very large island town slash fortress

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<v Speaker 2>in every sense of the word. In fact, we get

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<v Speaker 2>the question a lot on ask doctor Jesse Friday, if

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<v Speaker 2>you could go witness an old battle or witness something

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<v Speaker 2>from history, what would be your one thing? This is

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<v Speaker 2>on my short list, just to see the city and

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<v Speaker 2>see another aspect of this battle, which I'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>in a moment. But this is an island fortress. It

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<v Speaker 2>has a couple of fortified harbors on it, which is everything.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember these are a naval people that'll come into play.

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<v Speaker 2>They have ships. This island has walls that are allegedly

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<v Speaker 2>there's a lot of dispute on whether people believe this

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<v Speaker 2>that are alleged the one hundred and fifty feet high

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<v Speaker 2>Whether or not they were actually one hundred and fifty

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<v Speaker 2>feet high, that doesn't matter. What matters is they were

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<v Speaker 2>high surrounded by high walls. And again it's an island.

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander doesn't have an army. Alexander cannot allow this Persian

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<v Speaker 2>loyal city in his rear. He has to take it somehow,

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<v Speaker 2>some way, So he first tries the clever route. Alexander

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<v Speaker 2>was a Greek, obviously considered himself to be Greek. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know they had all these different gods Zeus and

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<v Speaker 2>all that Tire it had a temple. Old Tire had

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<v Speaker 2>a temple, and New Tire had a temple. Both of

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<v Speaker 2>these temples were to Hercules, you know who. Hercules was,

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<v Speaker 2>ancient Greek hero. New Tire had a bigger, nicer temple

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<v Speaker 2>obviously than Old Tire. Remember old tiles, old tires, the

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<v Speaker 2>one on the coast, just kind of ancient collecting dust. Alexander,

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<v Speaker 2>trying to be clever, gets with the Tire people and says, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>you have a beautiful island. I've heard there's a beautiful

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<v Speaker 2>temple to Hercules, and I Alexander the Great, would really

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<v Speaker 2>love to go out there and make some sacrifices to

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<v Speaker 2>Hercules and that temple. Do you mind of me and

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<v Speaker 2>some friends come out to your island and pay homage

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<v Speaker 2>to Hercules. The people of Tire were not fools. This

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<v Speaker 2>guy had been rampaging through Persia for a while. They said, oh, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>that's that's going to be a no. But guess what

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<v Speaker 2>good news we have an we have another temple in

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<v Speaker 2>Old Tire. Go make your sacrifices there. Okay, so everyone

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<v Speaker 2>understands the game. Alexander the Great receives that news about

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<v Speaker 2>as well as you would expect. He received that news,

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<v Speaker 2>and so he now decides to wipe out Old Tire.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that biblical passage I read in the very beginning,

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<v Speaker 2>the prophecy that this city is going to essentially be

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<v Speaker 2>scraped down to soil. Yeah, Alexander the Great did that.

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<v Speaker 2>He wiped the entire place out, but he wiped it

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<v Speaker 2>out with a purpose. You see, Tire made a horrible mistake,

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<v Speaker 2>a horrible mistake, mistakes that they used to make with

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<v Speaker 2>that people used to make against Genghis Khan, and for

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<v Speaker 2>some reason, they made them against Alexander the Great too.

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<v Speaker 2>Envoys Alexander the Great had sent envoys to Tire. Tire

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<v Speaker 2>not only killed his diplomats, his ambassadors. These are peaceful

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<v Speaker 2>people just coming out to talk. Tire not only killed

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<v Speaker 2>them in front of Alexander. Remember he's half a mile

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<v Speaker 2>off shore, he can watch all this. They threw the

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<v Speaker 2>bodies of his envoys in the Metai tranium. Hmm, that

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<v Speaker 2>was not a good move to make. So Alexander the Great,

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander the Great sets about destroying and building at the

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<v Speaker 2>same time, if you will. Why did he remove all

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<v Speaker 2>the buildings? Why was essentially no stone there? Apparently there

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<v Speaker 2>weren't two stones still stacked on each other by the

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<v Speaker 2>time he was done with Old Tire. Was this purely

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<v Speaker 2>out of spite? Well, don't get me wrong, that's something

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander would do. But no, it wasn't purely out of spite.

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<v Speaker 2>Alexander the Great doesn't have a navy, he has an army.

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<v Speaker 2>He needs to attack an island, so he decides to

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<v Speaker 2>build a bridge, a causeway. More specifically, he is emptying

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<v Speaker 2>Old Tire of all the stones that had built it,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's throwing them in the water and building a

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<v Speaker 2>causeway out to New Tire. And you know what, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not even leaving it up, Kristen Cory, We're gonna tell

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<v Speaker 2>this tale in its completion next maybe we'll get to

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<v Speaker 2>some politics in a little bit.