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<v Speaker 1>Jane nine says the following about the weather heat divised

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<v Speaker 1>to tomorrow at eight pm. Wait for it, we get

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<v Speaker 1>a reprieve on Thursday between now and then high ninety

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<v Speaker 1>one today with a low one hundred heat index, very hot,

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<v Speaker 1>very humid, muggy. Overnight clear sky is seventy three, partly cloudy,

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<v Speaker 1>very humid. Tomorrow with ninety two for a high and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>heat index in the low one hundreds. Wednesday night sixty

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<v Speaker 1>finally Thursday, cold front slowly coming in. We're going to

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<v Speaker 1>see high have just eighty two, feel good seventy five.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey twenty eight, fifty five KRCD talk station. Stayed in

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<v Speaker 1>the obvious. It's Tuesday, and for regular listeners, stayed in

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<v Speaker 1>the obvious. It's the time of week when we get

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<v Speaker 1>the deep dive Daniel Davis Deep Dive find them online

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<v Speaker 1>where you actually might run into me. I was on

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<v Speaker 1>his program last week. It was a real honor to

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<v Speaker 1>do so, Welcome back, retired Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Davis. Got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of haters out there, man, Well.

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<v Speaker 3>Well we do. But you know the people, what do

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<v Speaker 3>they call it? Hate watching? Sometimes they just love to

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<v Speaker 3>do that. But it was great to have you on

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<v Speaker 3>the show.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I enjoyed it.

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<v Speaker 1>Man. We talked about four or five different subject matters.

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<v Speaker 1>But boy, I guess I really stepped in it when I

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<v Speaker 1>had comments about Israel and no expert on you know, Israel,

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<v Speaker 1>It's history or anything else. I'm just aware of what's

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<v Speaker 1>in the news of late. But apparently that was what

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<v Speaker 1>hit a nerve. But I guess I'm used to that.

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<v Speaker 1>You always hit a nerve with someone when you're talking

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<v Speaker 1>about the deteriorating situation there between Israel guys and of

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<v Speaker 1>course the terrorist organizations.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and of course I have this when you and

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<v Speaker 3>I talk about Israel. I think you've told me You've

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<v Speaker 3>had some of the folks not lacking what I've said either.

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<v Speaker 4>So I guess you just can't win on that. You can't.

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<v Speaker 4>It is what it is.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the fact it really is. And people have some

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<v Speaker 1>very very very deep seated feelings about that. But before

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<v Speaker 1>we talk about that, let's get the latest on rushing

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine another day. Know, the same old, same old, it seems,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, Donald Trump, it seems like he's pulling the

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<v Speaker 1>plug on't even trying anymore. Tries to sit down with

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<v Speaker 1>Vladimir Putin, tries to get Putin to negotiate, But as

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<v Speaker 1>you and I have observed and talked about regularly, Vladimir

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<v Speaker 1>Putin's got his list of demands, he's not wavering from them.

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<v Speaker 1>And so you end a discussion with nobody conceding to

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<v Speaker 1>anything that he wants. You're not going to get a settlement.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the bombs and the drone start flying again.

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<v Speaker 3>Well yeah, and you know what, I honestly find the

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<v Speaker 3>whole episode puzzling. I mean, let's go back to when

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<v Speaker 3>the fifty day deadline was said. I thought that was

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<v Speaker 3>kind of odd because I didn't understand what was fifty.

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<v Speaker 4>Days tied to you?

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<v Speaker 3>Now, why would you say, all right, we've already gone

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<v Speaker 3>six months to the Trump administration. Why why another fifty days?

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<v Speaker 3>And why would that be any different? And then why

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<v Speaker 3>did it go from fifty to now ten or a

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<v Speaker 3>dozen something like that? Uh? And but still we had

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<v Speaker 3>the same thing lumin out that we did when that

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<v Speaker 3>first fifty day deadline was set. What is going to

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<v Speaker 3>happen if he tries to impose those secondary sanctions on

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<v Speaker 3>Russia and the primary issues not what they do to

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<v Speaker 3>Russia because Russia is basically sanctioned proof already. It's the

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<v Speaker 3>secondary sanctions that they slapped the terrace on China, India,

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<v Speaker 3>Brazil and anyone else. They say, who does business with

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<v Speaker 3>Russia with uh pydric garbage, et cetera. I don't know

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<v Speaker 3>that you're going to succeed if you're going to try

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<v Speaker 3>to get our you know, our friend India to say

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<v Speaker 3>don't buy Russian oil or it's gonna you know, get

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<v Speaker 3>it from somewhere else where else are you going to

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<v Speaker 3>get it? And then, of course we have the issue

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<v Speaker 3>with China. We're still in a trade issue with them.

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<v Speaker 3>And if you slap another one hundred percent, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>that it hurt us last time when we had one

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<v Speaker 3>hundred and forty five percent. So I just don't see

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<v Speaker 3>how this is going to help our case much less

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<v Speaker 3>hurt Russia.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm with you on that.

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<v Speaker 1>As we enter into more thoughtful and I guess deep

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<v Speaker 1>trade negotiations on tariffs with China and our negotiation process

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<v Speaker 1>with them process with them, these secondary tariffs, I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's just going to blow that up. I would imagine

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<v Speaker 1>China's not going to stand for it in a discussion.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I mean because you're you've spent so many months

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<v Speaker 3>and so much you know, political capital, trying to come

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<v Speaker 3>up to some kind of a mutually acceptable financial deal

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<v Speaker 3>and apparently there are making some progress.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, but you talk something like this on.

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<v Speaker 3>Top, it'll literally blow up everything you've been doing and

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<v Speaker 3>set us back, you know, several months, and that's just

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<v Speaker 3>not going to be good for American consumers or business.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let me ask you get your reaction to this,

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<v Speaker 1>because my my first reaction was this is childish. When

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<v Speaker 1>we talk about, and we have before, when Ukraine wants

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<v Speaker 1>to strike and strikes targets within Russia, you and I

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<v Speaker 1>both scratch our head and wonder to what end. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not like they're going to make advances and take over

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<v Speaker 1>Russian territory. They don't enough troops to keep the territory

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<v Speaker 1>if they took it. But when they choose targets to bomb,

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<v Speaker 1>last time I checked, it was resort towns, there's not

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<v Speaker 1>even a military objective. If you're bombing a beat where

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<v Speaker 1>people go to vacation, what possible benefit could that be?

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<v Speaker 1>And of course then the Russians retaliate by bombing the

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<v Speaker 1>Ukraine resort towns, not military objectives. Either of those are

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<v Speaker 1>civilian target So what's the point of this exercise? Again,

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<v Speaker 1>it seems like children playing war games.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and part of the problem for the Ukraine side

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<v Speaker 3>is that they don't. They have limited number of offensive

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<v Speaker 3>missiles and drones, so they have some that can get in,

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<v Speaker 3>but not that many. Russia, on the other hand, has

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<v Speaker 3>more than enough air defense missiles. Unlike the Ukraine side

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<v Speaker 3>and the Western side, who are in a significant dearth

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<v Speaker 3>of those interceptor missiles, Russia has no shortage, but they

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<v Speaker 3>have them. They do have a huge country, so they

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<v Speaker 3>have to pick and choose where they put them. So

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<v Speaker 3>on the militarily important targets, they have a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>air defense, so Ukraine doesn't want to missiles where they

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<v Speaker 3>don't even get you know, they don't even have video

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<v Speaker 3>of burning buildings in Russia.

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<v Speaker 4>So they go places.

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<v Speaker 3>Where there aren't air defenses or there are not very many,

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<v Speaker 3>and so they can get the video. Because this is

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<v Speaker 3>all about just having impressions and media outlets. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>that's just the truth of it. They want the video

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<v Speaker 3>footage to show that they're doing something. There is no

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<v Speaker 3>military path, so it's not an issue that, well, this

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<v Speaker 3>won't help the front line, because nothing will, which of

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<v Speaker 3>course exposes the absurdity of continuing to fight a ward

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<v Speaker 3>you can't win.

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<v Speaker 1>No question about it. And this week after week after week,

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<v Speaker 1>we keep coming up with the same conclusions, Daniel Davis,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't have the I think one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things we learned from COVID is we need to start

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<v Speaker 1>making our own stuff and not being so reliant on China.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a moment of clarity for our US military

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, the world is clamoring for our weapons

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<v Speaker 1>and asking for patriots and wanting this, and that we

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<v Speaker 1>don't even have enough of our own you mentioned many

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<v Speaker 1>times on this program. We talked about it last week.

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<v Speaker 1>We can only make six hundred patriot missiles a year.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm sorry. The demand is much greater than

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<v Speaker 1>the supply, and we have an obligation to our our

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<v Speaker 1>own people to protect our people from threats abroad and domestically,

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<v Speaker 1>and for that you need a stockpile of weapons, and

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<v Speaker 1>apparently we don't have enough.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean that's you said, it's a moment of clarity.

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<v Speaker 3>I would say it should be a moment of clarity,

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<v Speaker 3>but it doesn't seem to be because I mean, what

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<v Speaker 3>was it more than a year ago is when we

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<v Speaker 3>expanded I gut maybe two years ago we expanded our

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<v Speaker 3>capacity because it was five hundred missiles pier at the

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<v Speaker 3>outset of the war. Now is up to around six hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>But I mean, unless I miss something, I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 3>anybody say all right, we have this emergency contract here,

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<v Speaker 3>we're gonna triple it or something to that effect.

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<v Speaker 4>You know, we'll go way above what it is. Now

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<v Speaker 4>that you see how.

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<v Speaker 3>Many interceptions it takes to sustain combat. Clearly we don't

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<v Speaker 3>have enough. And by the way, the last credible information

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<v Speaker 3>I've forgotten from somebody who had access to the inside

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<v Speaker 3>of the Pentagon, it'll take about five years for us

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<v Speaker 3>to repay replace our own stock piles. And that that

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<v Speaker 3>number doesn't even start five years until we stop giving

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<v Speaker 3>everything that comes off the Foundation to somebody else right now,

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<v Speaker 3>to you know, to whether it's to Israel or the Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 4>So we need to do something.

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<v Speaker 3>So you say clarity, but I don't see that that

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<v Speaker 3>clarity has turned into policy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's okay, the European Union's gonna buy seven hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>fifty billion dollars worth of military hardware from domestic military

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<v Speaker 1>hardware manufacturers, thus ensuring the longevity of the military industrial complex.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and you know, I see that, certainly from an

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<v Speaker 3>American perspective, that's a big number. And then investing six

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<v Speaker 3>hundred billion dollars in our energy to all this, I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>all that is really good, but I mean you still

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<v Speaker 3>have that bottleneck there. It matters how much you can

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<v Speaker 3>produce and how fast. So a lot of dollars are

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<v Speaker 3>being thrown around, but you don't have the capacity to

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<v Speaker 3>do anything big. You just have the ability for the

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<v Speaker 3>status quo to continue to perpetuate for the military industrial complex.

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<v Speaker 4>But that doesn't do a whole lot for our national security.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, Daniel Davis, let's walk down that dangerous road

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<v Speaker 1>and talk about Israel, Gaza and Iran. Now, obviously, you

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<v Speaker 1>and I and I think the whole world can agree

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<v Speaker 1>there is a massive humanitarian crisis going on Gaza. There

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<v Speaker 1>are people literally starving, and I think one of the

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<v Speaker 1>things I stepped in the other day was about this

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<v Speaker 1>getting aid into Gaza, getting food to people who obviously

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<v Speaker 1>need it. You know, the two sides every story. You

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<v Speaker 1>got Israel, and maybe they're blamed. You got the hamas

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<v Speaker 1>Terrists maybe preventing the aid from getting it to people.

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<v Speaker 1>But as soon as AID shows up, it's like any

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<v Speaker 1>group of starving people, it just turns absolutely chaotic. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw a massive crowd storming one of the AID trucks.

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<v Speaker 1>And the UN obviously seems to me to be always

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<v Speaker 1>seems to me to be a pointless exercise, incapable of

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<v Speaker 1>really providing any benefit anywhere. But they can't even seem

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<v Speaker 1>to resolve the situation. How are we going to how

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<v Speaker 1>can we just get food in there? Yeah, that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>the that's the central problem right now. The problem with

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<v Speaker 1>the UN is they have no power. They can only

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<v Speaker 1>have influence and they only try to say something. But

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<v Speaker 1>that requires primarily Israel on the ground, because they're the

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<v Speaker 1>only ones that actually have power over this situation. And

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<v Speaker 1>just in a form of context for people to understand

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<v Speaker 1>why we're in this starvation situation. Israel decided they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>like the UN program that was feeding people Undra, it's

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<v Speaker 1>called UH and so they shut that down and then

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<v Speaker 1>they formed this new one, and of course they had

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<v Speaker 1>shut it off from from March up until just very recently.

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<v Speaker 1>Now then they have four food designation points where they

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<v Speaker 1>can have it. That's why you see this chaos here

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<v Speaker 1>because the entire gauze strip has to swarm, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>torment on four points.

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<v Speaker 4>They had four hundred before that, and so.

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<v Speaker 3>It's a lot easier to distribute food more orderly when

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<v Speaker 3>you have multiple places and routine food coming in. But

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<v Speaker 3>unfortunately Israel has restricted it to four and the number

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<v Speaker 3>of trucks is about one I'm sorry, a fifth. What

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<v Speaker 3>is needed for just a basic sustenance airgo You have

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<v Speaker 3>people starving to death because there's not enough food getting

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<v Speaker 3>into the population. And look, whatever you want to say

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<v Speaker 3>about anything policies or who's right or wrong, Israel has the.

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<v Speaker 4>Power over the food.

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<v Speaker 3>And right now they are not releasing, they're not opening

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<v Speaker 3>the gates, and they're not letting the rest of the

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<v Speaker 3>trucks get in.

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<v Speaker 4>And we see what the result is on the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>And I have not looked for, nor have I read

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<v Speaker 1>an explanation for why it went for that approach. I

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<v Speaker 1>presume on some measure Israel wants to manage the distribution

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<v Speaker 1>of food to keep it out of the hands of

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<v Speaker 1>Hamas and get it to the people who actually are starving.

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<v Speaker 1>But that Hamas is quite often commandeering the food supplies.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more food supplies, more trucks, more distribution centers. It

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<v Speaker 1>seems to me might still be managed by Israel if

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<v Speaker 1>they broaden the effort. But there is that threat of

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<v Speaker 1>Hamas and that concern about Hamas taking the supplies from

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<v Speaker 1>the people they purport to represent.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, but the reality is you're not doing any of that.

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<v Speaker 3>You're not preventing even the way they're doing it now,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not preventing food and forgetting Hamas. They have no

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<v Speaker 3>idea who's Hamas and who's just Palestinian. So by saying

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<v Speaker 3>that's what they're trying to do, what they're doing is

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<v Speaker 3>starving other people. You're not gonna prevent that. You can't

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<v Speaker 3>mean the Hamas is Palestine, I mean they are part

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<v Speaker 3>of it. So you can't distinguish where the food goes

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<v Speaker 3>because you Israel has no control whatsoever over where that

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<v Speaker 3>food goes in those four distribution points. Once it goes

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<v Speaker 3>in there, they don't know where it goes, whether it's

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<v Speaker 3>four or four hundred. So that's not an attainable objective

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<v Speaker 3>because it can't be met. But this is just not

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<v Speaker 3>a military solvable question. And look, at some point you're

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<v Speaker 3>just gonna have to say, either Israel is going to

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<v Speaker 3>literally starve everyone to death or they're going to have

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<v Speaker 3>to open the gates. And they're coming under a lot

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<v Speaker 3>more pressure. And I personally find that reprehensible that that's

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<v Speaker 3>they're using starvation as a tool.

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<v Speaker 1>It's yeah, well, and the idea of using civilian captives

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<v Speaker 1>as a tool, I find that inanitari from a humanitarian

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<v Speaker 1>inspective and an ethical perspective, pretty awful too. But what's

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<v Speaker 1>the downside risk of just allowing opening the gates and

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<v Speaker 1>allowing food in. We're not talking about military or anything

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<v Speaker 1>like that, just letting the food in and letting it

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<v Speaker 1>go where it may.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen, Brian, we got to be honest and especially and

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not talking secret stuff here. I'm talking absolute open

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<v Speaker 3>discussion within his senior Israeli positions and on Israeli media.

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<v Speaker 3>They want the Palestinians out. They don't want to open

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<v Speaker 3>the gates and let the food in. That would now

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<v Speaker 3>then remove the pressure to get them. I think it's

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<v Speaker 3>pretty clear from evidence that what they want is to

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<v Speaker 3>compel or coerce other regional countries, whether that's in Africa.

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<v Speaker 3>There's been some talk there or in other Arab countries

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<v Speaker 3>that they want them to see how bad this is

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<v Speaker 3>and say, are we'll just alleviate the suffering, let them

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<v Speaker 3>come here, Let you know, five hundred thousand come here

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<v Speaker 3>or something like that, or go anywhere, because they want

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<v Speaker 3>them out. So there are many in Israel who don't

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<v Speaker 3>want to solve that problem because they want to keep

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<v Speaker 3>the pressure on that could possibly get them out.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's just the uncomfortable truth. So they wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>part they wanted to be just big as an empty

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<v Speaker 1>parking lot.

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<v Speaker 3>That is what they want. They have a plan right now.

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<v Speaker 3>It was out there just last week. There's many discussing

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<v Speaker 3>openly the reoccupation of Gaza to Israeli people, meaning they

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<v Speaker 3>have to first get the current occupants out.

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<v Speaker 1>Complicated world we live in. I always love talking one

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<v Speaker 1>with you about it, which we could solve the problems

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<v Speaker 1>of the world. But then again, you and I wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>have anything to talk about every Tuesday at eight thirty,

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<v Speaker 1>Daniel Davis, I would.

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<v Speaker 3>Love it if we didn't have any we could talk

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<v Speaker 3>about sports or all seasons coming up.

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<v Speaker 4>I'd rather do that and have that problem solved.

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you what, I have said that so many

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<v Speaker 1>times over the years.

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<v Speaker 4>If all the.

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<v Speaker 1>Problems of the world solved, I wouldn't have anything to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about. That's fine. I'll find something else to do

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<v Speaker 1>for a living. Daniel Davis. Deeve Die find him online.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll enjoy the podcast and the conversations he has throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the week. And I say, we appreciate you let me

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<v Speaker 1>on your show last week. Was a fun conversation, sir.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a pleasure. I really enjoyed it. I'll look

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