WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.919 This is Gary and Shannon and you're listening to KFI 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:05.839 AM six forty, the Gary and Shannon Show on demand 3 00:00:05.919 --> 00:00:07.280 on the iHeartRadio app. 4 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:14.759 The unmatched capabilities and global reach of the United States military, 5 00:00:15.519 --> 00:00:19.679 as the President clearly said last night, no other military 6 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:22.920 in the world could have done this, and that means. 7 00:00:23.399 --> 00:00:26.480 The while we knew that, and that's maybe one reason 8 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:29.640 why you saw a scaled back military parade, because we 9 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:32.960 were about to put on the real parade over the weekend. 10 00:00:33.479 --> 00:00:36.560 We knew this was happening. We knew that only we 11 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:37.200 could do it. 12 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:40.840 We knew That's why Israel was sidling up to Trump 13 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:45.439 in in such a way for the past months and 14 00:00:45.719 --> 00:00:46.439 or years. 15 00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:47.920 This was the goal. 16 00:00:48.200 --> 00:00:53.840 You know, you look back at what happened on October seventh, 17 00:00:55.079 --> 00:00:59.640 and you know, you realize that that was essentially a 18 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:06.239 nine eleven esque see change in the global power balance 19 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.000 shift because there was going to be. 20 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:15.120 Hama, specifically funded by Iran to a degree, had just 21 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:16.920 signed its own death one exactly. 22 00:01:17.319 --> 00:01:19.200 And now why they didn't do the math on the 23 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:24.040 long game, I don't know. It makes you wonder even 24 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.480 more so in the same questions we're asked with nine 25 00:01:26.480 --> 00:01:28.560 to eleven right. And I hate to be one of 26 00:01:28.599 --> 00:01:34.519 those crazy conspiracy theorists people, but you just wonder, you know, 27 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:38.280 this is what Israel has wanted for a very long 28 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:39.560 time to. 29 00:01:39.920 --> 00:01:43.400 Knock out, well not just Israel, other places around sure, 30 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:48.040 you know the Middle East have shuddered at the idea 31 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.519 of Iran having a nuclear weapon. For example, I heard 32 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:55.040 this interview today former ambassador Kurt Volker, ambassador to NADO. 33 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.400 He said, Listen, you're not going to see a lot 34 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:01.599 of headlines like Saudi Arabia's cheering patting anybody on the back, 35 00:02:01.920 --> 00:02:04.920 but they're very happy that Iran was knocked down a 36 00:02:04.920 --> 00:02:06.519 couple of pegs over the weekend. 37 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:09.599 Whether it's Israel, whether it's Saudi Arabia, whether it's the UAE. 38 00:02:10.400 --> 00:02:13.719 Having Iran in a much weaker position is something that 39 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:15.960 they're going to be happy about. There's still some risk 40 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:18.879 right now, as Israel and Iran will continue to fight, 41 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.759 but Iran is in a much much weaker position, and 42 00:02:21.800 --> 00:02:23.919 I think they're happy about that, and I think they're 43 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.280 looking for an opportunity down the road to actually begin 44 00:02:27.400 --> 00:02:30.919 the process of renewing their effort to normalize relations with Israel. 45 00:02:30.960 --> 00:02:34.039 I will say quickly that there is something going on 46 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.400 in the Middle East right now. The Qatari government has 47 00:02:37.680 --> 00:02:42.080 completely shut down their airspace, and Katar happens to be 48 00:02:42.960 --> 00:02:45.159 I want to get the terminology right because I wrote 49 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:49.879 it down. Qatar is home to the largest US military 50 00:02:49.919 --> 00:02:54.000 base currently in the Middle East, l Udid Air Base. 51 00:02:54.360 --> 00:02:59.000 About eight thousand Americans live there, according to the According 52 00:02:59.000 --> 00:03:01.800 to the State Department, we know there are forty plus 53 00:03:01.840 --> 00:03:05.680 thousand within range of an Iranian attack if they decide 54 00:03:05.719 --> 00:03:08.599 to try to mount something against US. And there are 55 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:14.080 some sources who had suggested that Katar specifically may be 56 00:03:14.240 --> 00:03:17.439 that target because of that air base, the American airbase 57 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:17.960 that is there. 58 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:20.719 So that's something that's developed within the last half an hour. 59 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.960 So well, we may be chest thumping and taking a 60 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.639 victory lap Iran does not seem to be striking a 61 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:32.439 conciliatory tone. Yesterday, the Foreign Minister vowed to respond, said 62 00:03:32.439 --> 00:03:36.560 that Trump administration understands only the language of threat and force. 63 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.840 The Iranian regime is one that rules by fear. Has 64 00:03:42.039 --> 00:03:46.199 been so well documented throughout our lifetimes, and so the 65 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.360 only question left on the table is do they have 66 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:53.080 anything to back that up with. I don't think they do. 67 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.400 I think they're the weakest they've been again in a 68 00:03:57.639 --> 00:04:01.000 very long time. I don't know my lifetime, but problems 69 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:02.360 I've been paying attention well. 70 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.560 And I think that has prompted. You know, yesterday President 71 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:11.479 Trump on truth Social talked about or hinted at maybe 72 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:14.280 regime change. And we're not supposed to call for it, 73 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:17.759 like the. 74 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:17.879 That's not the goal. 75 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:20.399 Each country's supposed to make that decision for themselves. We're 76 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:25.160 not supposed to fomented. But at the same time, Caroline 77 00:04:25.240 --> 00:04:28.519 Levitt outside the White House today was saying, yeah, listen, 78 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:31.680 it's not up tossed to really make that decision. But 79 00:04:31.759 --> 00:04:33.839 she's like, if you guys want to, now might be 80 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:34.439 a great time. 81 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:37.839 The President's posture and our military posture has not changed. 82 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:40.199 The President was just simply raising a question that I 83 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:42.680 think many people around the world are asking. If there 84 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:47.480 was Iranian regime refuses to give up their nuclear program 85 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:49.759 or engage in talks. We just took out their nuclear 86 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.079 program on Saturday night, as you all know. But if 87 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:55.720 they refuse to engage in diplomacy moving forward, why shouldn't 88 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:59.079 the Iranian people rise up against this brutal terrorist regime? 89 00:04:59.199 --> 00:04:59.439 Listen. 90 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:02.279 If I'm in the White House Press Office, I pipe 91 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:06.360 in those birds sounds every single time, every single time, 92 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:07.720 even if there's no birds. 93 00:05:07.639 --> 00:05:11.879 I say every press conference ever again, no matter where 94 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:15.439 it is, the birds just make everything feel so much 95 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:16.439 more calm down. 96 00:05:16.639 --> 00:05:20.040 Okay, I have to bow down to you. 97 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:23.519 Because you called this one hundred percent that this was 98 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:26.680 going to happen. I was still I was still not 99 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:30.160 sure that it was going to happen. And I completely 100 00:05:30.480 --> 00:05:34.600 fell for the ruse that they had put out there 101 00:05:34.639 --> 00:05:37.759 for everybody, and I gobbled it up. If I was 102 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:39.800 a fish, I would be the first fish to be 103 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:43.040 taught the two weeks ruse, the two weeks the oh 104 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:46.360 look there's B two's flying to Guam. Wait a minute, 105 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.879 that seems like a It seems like a really long 106 00:05:49.079 --> 00:05:52.319 way to go around. Couldn't you go the other way? 107 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:52.759 Yes? 108 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:56.120 Yes they could, and they did because I'm a dummy. 109 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:57.199 Well, when we. 110 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:01.160 Talked about their ability to fly their five hours non 111 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:04.560 stop and the B twos were on the move, I 112 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.120 was like, let's go, oh, no, it's free positioning. 113 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:08.279 I was like, no, it's not. 114 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:11.240 Well, the ones and the ones that we knew of, Yeah, 115 00:06:11.279 --> 00:06:12.759 well we'll talk about the RUS when we come back, 116 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:16.160 because it's it's pretty I feel stupid. 117 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:18.160 Dud, don't feel stupid. Don't feel stupid. 118 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:20.160 But I'm hoping that I just know what I know 119 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.600 about people and what I know about Trump. This was 120 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:25.920 way too good for him to pass up. And I 121 00:06:25.959 --> 00:06:28.120 also know because I'm the same way. He has a 122 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:30.920 lack of patience. He wants to be badass, and he 123 00:06:30.959 --> 00:06:34.319 wants to be badass yesterday, and I understand that mentality. 124 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:38.000 We also have a chance for you to win a 125 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:39.680 thousand dollars coming up right after the break. 126 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:41.600 We'll tell you how you can do that. 127 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:45.600 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 128 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:46.720 AM six forty. 129 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:50.879 Situation in the Middle East is going to be the 130 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:55.240 big topic for the day. There was a very sad 131 00:06:55.319 --> 00:06:58.279 story that still is creating some massive issues over in 132 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.480 West la and that was two people killed on the 133 00:07:01.519 --> 00:07:04.839 four or five very early this morning, including one an 134 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:08.680 LAPD sergeant who had stopped his patrol vehicle to help 135 00:07:09.199 --> 00:07:14.480 in another accident when somebody hit and hit him and 136 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:18.480 he eventually died at UCLA Medical Center. But they are 137 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:23.639 setting up outside the medical center for a very grave 138 00:07:26.879 --> 00:07:31.319 scene which is the escort of the body from the 139 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:37.040 hospital we assumed to the coroner's office. 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The sun of the last us Backshaw, 160 00:08:43.799 --> 00:08:49.440 who's been in exile for forty years, is calling for this, saying, 161 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.480 do not repeat the mistakes of the past, do not 162 00:08:52.600 --> 00:08:56.720 throw this regime a lifeline. The destruction of the regime's 163 00:08:56.799 --> 00:09:00.960 nuclear facilities alone will not deliver pieces names Raisa Paalvavi 164 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:04.279 and he's the exiled son of that toppled Shaw, and 165 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:06.679 he says, you're right to be concerned about stopping nuclear 166 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:10.440 weapons and securing regional stability, but only a democratic transition 167 00:09:10.559 --> 00:09:14.840 in Iran can ensure those goals are achieved and are lasting. 168 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:19.519 He's calling for a return to the way things were 169 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:24.600 when we back to his father back in the seventy 170 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:25.440 eight seventy nine. 171 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.559 Yeah, that this is and we've seen it over and 172 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:30.480 over again. You use the term in the first segment 173 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:34.799 that Iran is at its weakest. The rulers in Iran 174 00:09:34.919 --> 00:09:37.360 are now at their weakest point that that we've ever seen, 175 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:42.080 probably since nineteen seventy nine. Okay, so late last week, 176 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:45.799 Caroline Levitt, White House spokesperson, said this, I. 177 00:09:45.799 --> 00:09:48.639 Have a message directly from the President, and I quote 178 00:09:49.399 --> 00:09:52.039 based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of 179 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:55.279 negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran 180 00:09:55.399 --> 00:09:58.360 in the near future. I will make my decision whether 181 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:00.919 or not to go within the next two weeks. 182 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:02.279 Wait a minute, two weeks. 183 00:10:02.320 --> 00:10:04.200 That was just Friday that you said that, and then 184 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.320 about twenty four hours later, we're dropping big ass bombs 185 00:10:07.320 --> 00:10:10.799 on this place. Okay, There's a couple of things that 186 00:10:10.840 --> 00:10:13.360 were at play in all of this. Number one is 187 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:16.360 just misdirection is a good idea. If you're about to 188 00:10:17.320 --> 00:10:21.440 put American lives at risk, you want to try to 189 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:25.600 create you want to keep the sense of surprise, and 190 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:29.360 that's definitely what was done with that two weeks statement. 191 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:33.919 The other thing was headfake, decoy, whatever you want to 192 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:36.759 call it. A bunch of B two bombers take off 193 00:10:36.759 --> 00:10:40.240 from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, turn on their 194 00:10:40.360 --> 00:10:44.480 transponders so that everybody who's got a flight aware account 195 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:48.279 can see where they're going, and they headed this way. 196 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.679 They came out over California and flew towards Guam, headed 197 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.799 west over the Pacific, when a bunch of other B 198 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:58.720 two bombers, seven of them specifically, went. 199 00:10:58.600 --> 00:11:02.480 The other way, headed east Tehran. 200 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:05.840 Now, all of that is, all of that was going 201 00:11:05.840 --> 00:11:12.679 on there was an interesting aspect of military leadership that 202 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:17.200 was a little bit concerned. Remember before Caroline Leavitt read 203 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:19.879 that statement about two weeks, we'll make a decision in 204 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:23.519 two weeks, President Trump had taken to truth social to 205 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:28.279 tell everybody to evacuate from Tehran. Remember that there was 206 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:33.159 some concern down at Sentcom that he was telegraphing the 207 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.600 next move, which is way, hold u second, don't tell 208 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:39.120 everybody that we're coming. That's not going to that's not 209 00:11:39.200 --> 00:11:42.240 going to help us keep the element of surprise. So 210 00:11:42.480 --> 00:11:46.200 then they come up with the I'll decide in two 211 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.919 weeks kind of thing. The biggest threat they had to 212 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:56.240 operational security was going to be the open source intelligence 213 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:58.720 that was available. So they were able to manipulate that 214 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.879 open source intelligence, let everybody believe that they were going 215 00:12:01.919 --> 00:12:05.240 the long way around the barn, when in fact, knock, knock, knock, 216 00:12:05.320 --> 00:12:09.039 here they come. Everything's done. The Israelis were able to 217 00:12:09.080 --> 00:12:13.320 go in and basically knock out every single piece of 218 00:12:14.879 --> 00:12:21.320 anti aircraft defense that Iran had. Major Jack Keen, we've 219 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:24.360 talked about before, go ahead, Uh. 220 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:25.279 Go on, I was gonna say. 221 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:30.919 Major Jack Keen explains why on Saturday night, early Sunday morning, 222 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:34.639 depending where you were when it happened, not a shot 223 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:39.759 was fired at dozens of airplanes that made their way 224 00:12:39.799 --> 00:12:40.919 into Iranian airspace. 225 00:12:40.960 --> 00:12:44.200 The Israelis knocked out the advanced S three hundred and 226 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:47.720 S four hundreds from Russia, and Russia does very good 227 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:51.559 in missile defense systems on a parallel to us, and 228 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.600 they took care of that in October, and then they 229 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:56.759 came back as a result of the initial stage of 230 00:12:56.840 --> 00:12:59.240 the operation. Nagel about business the same way we do. 231 00:12:59.320 --> 00:13:00.879 The first thing we knew we're going to deal with 232 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:03.600 a country, a nation state is to bring down their 233 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.600 air defense systems. We don't bring anything else in until 234 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:10.879 we've done that. They took down the remaining seventy air 235 00:13:10.919 --> 00:13:15.559 defense batteries that existed, all of them. That is why 236 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:19.600 no shot was fired. Now that the B twos, they 237 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:24.000 obviously are stealth bombers, and we had stealth fighters participating 238 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:27.039 in that, and they would likely not be detected in 239 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:30.360 any event. But what the Israelis did deserve huge amount 240 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:30.720 of credit. 241 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:34.480 Okay, I want to talk about the specifics you mentioned. 242 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.360 You had the seven B two Spirit bombers flew east 243 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:38.759 from Missouri to Iran. 244 00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:40.759 Yeah, the group of B twos flying west. 245 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.440 Like I said, even when I saw that the b 246 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:44.679 twos were flying west, I thought they were making the 247 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:48.679 whole grand trip because like I just didn't believe that, Like, 248 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:49.879 you're not gonna fly b. 249 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:51.600 Twos to the West for reap? 250 00:13:51.679 --> 00:13:51.840 Is that? 251 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:54.159 Like, what are you talking about anyway? 252 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:55.639 Normal training exercise. 253 00:13:55.720 --> 00:13:57.879 We knew it was a go. We knew it was 254 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:59.919 a go when we saw the movement of the B twos. 255 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:01.519 I do was a go when we saw the movement 256 00:14:01.519 --> 00:14:05.600 of the B twos. But Operation Midnight Hammer came with 257 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:09.440 not just the payloads, but it came with the support aircraft, 258 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:14.120 and it came also with the submarine launching the cruise missile. 259 00:14:14.200 --> 00:14:16.240 So want to get into all that because it's just 260 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:20.840 fascinating to hear about the specifics and the logistics of wargames. 261 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:23.039 And there's been a name that has kind of emerged 262 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:28.679 as the architect in its General Dan Kine, who is 263 00:14:28.720 --> 00:14:29.440 a bad ass. 264 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:32.440 He was the guy who explained I mean, he was 265 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:35.080 reiterating what the President had said. 266 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.399 As the President clearly said last night, no other military 267 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:41.279 in the world could have done this. 268 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:45.240 So Dan Cain did a briefing with Pete Haigseth, who, 269 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:50.600 by the way, has emerged very strongly from Signalgate, was 270 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:53.080 that even the name of it, yes, okay, and didn't 271 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.120 reveal the plans. 272 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:55.679 Oh no, So that's. 273 00:14:55.480 --> 00:14:58.679 Good, exactly exactly. We'll talk about the specifics and we 274 00:14:58.720 --> 00:14:59.039 come back. 275 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.759 You're listening to Gary and Shannon on demand from KFI 276 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:04.879 AM six forty. 277 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:10.360 So we are talking about all the details about the 278 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:15.159 operation to bomb three nuclear sites in Iran, the Chairman 279 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.879 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff saying it was the 280 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:22.759 largest B two operational strike in US history, inflicting extremely 281 00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:26.960 severe damage and destructions to the targets. When after the 282 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.559 nuclear sites, today you're seeing Israel go after the sites 283 00:15:30.559 --> 00:15:34.519 that mean something to the theocracy that is Iran. But 284 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:37.840 we mentioned General dan Kin before the break, the Chairman 285 00:15:39.440 --> 00:15:41.639 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff saying that this was 286 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:44.720 a highly classified mission. Even if we knew was happening, 287 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:48.039 very few people in Washington knew the timing or the 288 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:49.720 nature of this plan. 289 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:54.080 Which is also interesting because we've seen a lot of 290 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.600 members of Congress come out and say we weren't even 291 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.279 briefed on it. 292 00:15:57.840 --> 00:16:01.320 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we're not asking your permission, which 293 00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:02.320 we don't do anymore. 294 00:16:03.039 --> 00:16:04.200 We're just going to go for it. 295 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:06.679 Why the hell would we brief Why would you waste 296 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.000 time briefing a member of Congress if you weren't asking 297 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.159 them for the rubber stamp? 298 00:16:10.320 --> 00:16:13.480 Yeah, and listen, the War Powers Resolution does give the 299 00:16:13.480 --> 00:16:15.120 president a lot of leeway when it comes to that. 300 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:17.240 I talked about it yesterday when it came in, and 301 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:20.159 the irony, No. 302 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.600 Is irony the right word. 303 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.639 The hypocrisy, I'll just say that, the hypocrisy of certain 304 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:30.559 politicians coming out and saying, I can't believe this president 305 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.559 didn't come to Congress for permission, despite the fact that 306 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:37.440 every president going back to Reagan has done something very 307 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:39.320 similar in some capacity. 308 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:43.879 Operation Midnight Hammer as it's called, of course, Oh my God, 309 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:47.879 included seven B two Spirit bombers of lou East from 310 00:16:47.919 --> 00:16:50.240 Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri to Iran. 311 00:16:50.320 --> 00:16:53.080 We mentioned the group of B two's that went. Yes. 312 00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:58.919 Meanwhile, that eighteen hour flight east by the bombers would 313 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:03.600 draw payload on Iran. It required multiple inflight refuelings as 314 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:07.759 the planes crashed across the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. The 315 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.960 bombers would meet up with US fighter jets and support 316 00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:15.160 aircraft once over land in the Middle East. We're talking complex, 317 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:20.599 tightly timed maneuvers. When you see the air shows right 318 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:23.480 in Huntington and the way that they are able to 319 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:29.240 move so tightly, and how they're able to maneuver, the choreography, 320 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:35.079 just the flight feel, the whole math of the entire situation. 321 00:17:35.200 --> 00:17:38.039 This is what they trained for and it came off. 322 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:38.599 Without a hitch. 323 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:40.160 And you mentioned the timing as well. 324 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:44.200 Yeah, they did twelve of those mop bombs on four 325 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:48.599 to oh, they did two on Natans and then the 326 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:53.079 rest the thirty Tamahawk missiles hit Ishfahn and Dan Kane again, 327 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:56.599 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explained that those 328 00:17:56.640 --> 00:17:59.640 Tomahawk missiles were you know, I think it was about 329 00:17:59.640 --> 00:18:03.240 three hundre miles away in a submarine. Those were launched 330 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:06.480 before any of the bombs started dropping, so that all 331 00:18:06.519 --> 00:18:10.559 of this thing would happen in a very very tight window. 332 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.359 Just prior to the strike package entering Iran, a US 333 00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:18.599 submarine in the Central Command Area of responsibility launched more 334 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:22.880 than two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles against key 335 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:25.519 surface infrastructure targets. 336 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:28.160 At s Fahind and listen, I know that the geography 337 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:31.720 of those three different sites is relatively spaced out, but 338 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:36.359 could you imagine that the twenty minutes or twenty five 339 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:41.680 minutes of ever loving sheer hell that existed in those 340 00:18:41.759 --> 00:18:44.440 spaces in that very very small amount of time. 341 00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:47.440 Well, and just the pure adrenaline of the people carrying 342 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:51.799 out this mission, he said, Iron's fighters did not fly 343 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.640 Aron's surface to air missile systems did not see us 344 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:59.839 throughout that mission at those three sites. We retained the 345 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.720 element of surprise. More than one hundred and twenty five 346 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:05.680 US aircraft participated in this mission. 347 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:10.680 All told, there was a moment yesterday as well when 348 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:14.160 the first of those B two bombers came back and 349 00:19:14.279 --> 00:19:19.200 landed at Whiteman Air Force Base. And there's a it's 350 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:23.240 a sense of it's a sense of awe when you 351 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:26.319 think about the thirty seven and a half hours I 352 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:28.920 think is at the official time, the thirty seven and 353 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:32.480 a half hours that pilot and copilot are sitting in 354 00:19:32.519 --> 00:19:34.240 that pretty cramped cockpit. 355 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:38.079 This is I mean, this is this is it. 356 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:42.599 This is exactly why that bomb was developed, was specifically 357 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:49.279 to go after hardened underground Iranian nuclear facilities twenty plus 358 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:51.440 years ago when they started developing this thing. 359 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.720 This was the mission. 360 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:56.720 They had in mind specifically, and it was finally able 361 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:59.920 to be played out over over the weekend. 362 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:04.759 Apparently there was a final phone call from Steve Whitcoff, 363 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:10.359 special envoy to the Middle East, which played a major role, 364 00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:13.559 told Trump in the weeks leading up to the strike, 365 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:17.319 that the Iranians not serious at all about a nuclear 366 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:19.559 deal and they haven't been. There were a lot of 367 00:20:19.599 --> 00:20:23.079 Trump tweets over the weekend unearthed about how he was 368 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:26.440 calling out Obama back in twenty twelve, twenty thirteen. Oh, 369 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:29.319 I bet he's going to go after Iran to appear strong. Oh, 370 00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:30.160 he's got to do this. 371 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.000 Well. 372 00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:35.039 They gave Iran a lot of breathing room Biden did, 373 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.400 Obama did. 374 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.119 Trump did. 375 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:41.960 And now that breathing room window has closed and Iran 376 00:20:42.119 --> 00:20:44.599 drug their heels way too much. They thought they were 377 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:47.839 getting away with this, and it was the wrong place 378 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.960 and time with this president at this moment. With what 379 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:54.839 happened on October seventh, all the arrows pointed to now 380 00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:56.160 and that's exactly what happened. 381 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:57.920 That was the phone call that was picked up. There 382 00:20:57.960 --> 00:20:59.839 was one that was not picked up. The New York 383 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:02.960 host was reporting yesterday that Trump tried to call the 384 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:07.359 Ayatola literally tried to call the Ayatola before the attack 385 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:11.799 to say basically, this is your absolute last chance. Yeah, 386 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:13.759 and he never picked up. I don't listen to. 387 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:15.880 You have like twelve hours or something like that. 388 00:21:16.079 --> 00:21:16.559 Yeah. 389 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.079 Never, He wasn't able to get a hold of the 390 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:22.000 Iyatola because the Iatola is sitting in a cave somewhere 391 00:21:22.000 --> 00:21:24.920 being guarded by thirty of his best sons. 392 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:25.480 I don't know. 393 00:21:25.599 --> 00:21:26.559 Do you think they still. 394 00:21:26.440 --> 00:21:28.640 Hide in caves or was that a narrative that we 395 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:32.400 were fed during you know, the post nine to eleven 396 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:34.559 world where everyone's hiding in caves. 397 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:37.359 He's in a bunker somewhere. I don't know a cave bunker. 398 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:40.799 You know, depends on the air lashing unit. Okay, So 399 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:45.519 here's the other question. Battle damage assessments take time. What 400 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:47.799 do we know about exactly what is left? 401 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.319