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<v Speaker 1>I'm Bill Cunningham, the Great American. Of course, we'll continue

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<v Speaker 1>to follow the events happening New Orleans and also indirectly

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<v Speaker 1>in Las Vegas. Joanan, you and on ows Lieutenant General

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<v Speaker 1>Richard Newton, retired Lieutenant General Richard Newton has spent about

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<v Speaker 1>thirty four years and the military now retired Assistant Vice

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<v Speaker 1>Chief of Staff and General Newton, welcome again to the

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Cunningham Show and General when these stories broke, As

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<v Speaker 1>a great American, I like to think that the American

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<v Speaker 1>military is the best and the brightest at times that

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<v Speaker 1>may lose its way with some of their ideas about DEI, etc.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless, many of us were somewhat shocked that the

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<v Speaker 1>two persons involved in these acts of terror, one in

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<v Speaker 1>New Orleans and one in Las Vegas, might have been

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<v Speaker 1>related somehow. They were both served at Fort Bragg, probably

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<v Speaker 1>with hundreds of thousands of others at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>But nonetheless, as a retired military leader, I've read your resume.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm honored to have you on the phone with me,

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<v Speaker 1>Lieutenant General Richard Newton. But what came to your mind

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<v Speaker 1>is these two events reporting this has taken place and

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<v Speaker 1>both have a military connection.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you, Bill, It's good to be with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Unfortunately under these circumstances. But nonetheless, the bottom line is

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<v Speaker 2>the forces of Islamic radicalism have not gone away. This

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<v Speaker 2>evil act of terrorism, both in New Orleans and also

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<v Speaker 2>in Las Vegas. These are acts of evil done by terrorists.

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<v Speaker 2>In my book, regarding specifically the fact that their associated

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<v Speaker 2>with military, certainly the terrorists in New Orleans had served

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<v Speaker 2>eight years on acting dut the United States Army in

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<v Speaker 2>five years in reserve. Shows the reach that you know,

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<v Speaker 2>ISIS and others can have. You know, we have sixteen

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<v Speaker 2>million veterans living in the U States and that's quite

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<v Speaker 2>a large cohort. But I would say it's not just

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<v Speaker 2>a military cohort that could be targets of influenced by ISIS,

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<v Speaker 2>but other parts of the United States. And it just

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<v Speaker 2>goes to show that ISIS have, you know, had somewhat

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<v Speaker 2>been put in a weakened state under President Trump during

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<v Speaker 2>his administration. Now that they're trying to fight back and

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<v Speaker 2>to have influence not only in Europe as we saw,

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<v Speaker 2>but also in the United States. It's unfortunate, but we'll

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<v Speaker 2>get to the bottom of it. But you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>American people. Again, we have to realize that we are

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<v Speaker 2>a target, that we are hated by these fundamentalist groups

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<v Speaker 2>and organizations, and that the fact is is that we

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<v Speaker 2>can't take our freedom for granted at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the thing is, when I watched the media coverage,

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<v Speaker 1>often it is said that the liberal media want to

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<v Speaker 1>make a connection between terrorism and the US military, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's somehow the wrong things are being taught. Or secondly

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<v Speaker 1>that on one hand, they might be bloodthirsty warriors wanting

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<v Speaker 1>to kill and Maine because they've served in the military,

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<v Speaker 1>and the military comes in the media, something happens bad

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<v Speaker 1>with a cop or with a deputy sheriff or somebody

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<v Speaker 1>in the military, their status is put front and center.

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<v Speaker 1>But you point out there's a thirteen or so million

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<v Speaker 1>American veterans that have nothing to do with any of this.

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<v Speaker 3>Probably the most.

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<v Speaker 1>Peaceful, god fearing, law abiding citizens that have ever lived

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<v Speaker 1>are veterans from the US military, and you're one of them.

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<v Speaker 3>You wouldn't even think about such things.

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<v Speaker 1>So there is there an argument available that whether it

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<v Speaker 1>was Fort Hood with I recall the guy's name was

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<v Speaker 1>Major Hassan, who was an Army major that murdered thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>American soldiers and injured about thirty others.

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<v Speaker 3>That when those in the media draw.

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<v Speaker 1>A connection between the US military more or less giving

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<v Speaker 1>birth to terrorists, what is your reaction, Well, it's interesting you.

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<v Speaker 2>Bring out Major Hassan, by the way, who's on death

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<v Speaker 2>row at Fort Leavenworth as we speak. I was the UH,

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<v Speaker 2>one of the We had assembled a team on the

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<v Speaker 2>morning of November fifth, two thousand and nine, or out

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<v Speaker 2>of the afternoon in a high level investigative team UH.

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<v Speaker 2>And I was part of that to the first couple

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<v Speaker 2>of days of the Fort Hood investigation. UH. And what

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<v Speaker 2>we discovered through FBI investigation, a separate Department of Defense investigation.

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<v Speaker 2>Congress also was that there's this this concept and it's

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<v Speaker 2>hard to get our minds wrapped around this bill because

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<v Speaker 2>these are maniacs. These are people who who spurn hate

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<v Speaker 2>and so and not just attributed to you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>veteran population or any part of the American population. These

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<v Speaker 2>are these are what I would call one offs of

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<v Speaker 2>anyone around the world. Frankly. But what we discovered was

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<v Speaker 2>that there's this what I call a linear radicalization. It's

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<v Speaker 2>like you go from events connected to events connected to events,

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<v Speaker 2>then you get this, uh, these terrorist acts. In the

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<v Speaker 2>case of Major Hassan but who was an army major,

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<v Speaker 2>but he was really a psychiatrist. He was a part

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<v Speaker 2>of the Army Medical Court. He had some personal issues

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<v Speaker 2>which led to things that and let's talk about perhaps

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<v Speaker 2>the terrorists in New Orleans. Jobbern it was one where

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<v Speaker 2>he was going through divorces, he had failed marriages, he

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<v Speaker 2>had failed relationships with his with his daughters, he was

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<v Speaker 2>high in debt, and then that led to an event

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<v Speaker 2>whereby he had this armic religious intensification that was intensified

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<v Speaker 2>steeped to what I'm making presumptions here, but I'm just

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<v Speaker 2>going through what I think could be a process. So

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<v Speaker 2>his Islamic beliefs are intensified, which then lead to a

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<v Speaker 2>path of even more radicalization, which leads to the fact

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<v Speaker 2>that he's going to go out and chill and name

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<v Speaker 2>and he I believe he had every intent bill at

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<v Speaker 2>three point thirty five in the morning on you know,

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<v Speaker 2>just to it wasn't you know, twenty four hours or

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<v Speaker 2>so ago was also be killed on spot there New Orleans.

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<v Speaker 2>And so that's what we're going to find out. Again.

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<v Speaker 2>The bottom line is that these radical Isami terrorists. They

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<v Speaker 2>want to do harm to the American people. They want

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<v Speaker 2>to do harm to everything we stand for. And while

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<v Speaker 2>i'mount of roll he let me take one more point,

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<v Speaker 2>if I may. The FBI Director Christopher Ray testified before

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<v Speaker 2>the House of Representative in open form back in April

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<v Speaker 2>that he is not seen in his thirty plus years

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<v Speaker 2>in law enforcement and the FBI a condition where there

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<v Speaker 2>is threats to the United States from our the safety

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<v Speaker 2>of the American people as well as our national security

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<v Speaker 2>that he has seen at that moment, and that obviously

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<v Speaker 2>has come true. Today. You've got October seventh, most hateous

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<v Speaker 2>attack and on twenty twenty three against against Israel, which

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<v Speaker 2>has spurned off a lot of you know, terrorist and

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<v Speaker 2>activity and so forth. You also have a very poor

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<v Speaker 2>order that has ensued for the last several years, uh

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<v Speaker 2>Princeville in Arizona and Texas, which allows for literally, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, bad people to do bad things coming in

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<v Speaker 2>the back door of the United States. That's why I

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<v Speaker 2>would advocate for and I would buy President Trump, that

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<v Speaker 2>we have to stay offensive against you know, radical terrorist

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<v Speaker 2>groups such as ISIS in northern Syria. We've got a

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<v Speaker 2>base of operations there. We've been operating every between nine

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<v Speaker 2>hundred and two thousand people. We need to go offensive

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<v Speaker 2>against these radical uh these radical terrorist groups so that

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<v Speaker 2>their terrorism and their reach in the United States doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't come on shore.

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<v Speaker 1>Lieutenant General Richard Newton retired. You bring up problems and Jabbar,

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<v Speaker 1>the New Orleans mass murderer, had marital had women problems.

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<v Speaker 1>He was in debt, and he turned toward a branch

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<v Speaker 1>of Islam that said, the resolution of your difficulty is

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<v Speaker 1>to go out and kill the infidel in large numbers.

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<v Speaker 3>And I would anticipate them.

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<v Speaker 1>Major Hasan, who was a psychiatrist, thought that he was

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<v Speaker 1>doing the Lord's work when he's shot in cold blood

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<v Speaker 1>thirteen proud American soldiers. And I would imagine when we

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<v Speaker 1>get the final information out of Las Vegas, it'll be

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<v Speaker 1>the same that somehow there's a branch of Islam that

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<v Speaker 1>says the way to solve your difficulties is to murder

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<v Speaker 1>innocent men, women and children. I've never left a Roman

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<v Speaker 1>Catholic mass and said, you know what, damn, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to go kill somebody. It happens in the Islamic world

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<v Speaker 1>many times. On a late Friday that large numbers come

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<v Speaker 1>out shouting, arguing and screaming about killing the Infidel, which

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<v Speaker 1>is their path towards their version of heaven. And the

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<v Speaker 1>head of the snake is Iran. You spent You're an

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<v Speaker 1>Air Force lieutenant general retired, and the head of the

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<v Speaker 1>snake is Iran, and the Iranian people need to be

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<v Speaker 1>freed from its leadership. Have you ever encountered in the

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<v Speaker 1>last since nineteen seventy nine, what forty five years, forty

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<v Speaker 1>six years ago, that Iran is in a more vulnerable

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<v Speaker 1>position than it is today and now's the time to strike.

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<v Speaker 2>I agree from a standpoint of the vulnerability of Iran,

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<v Speaker 2>I believe that certainly we all lot get a gratitude

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<v Speaker 2>frankly to Prime Minister and in Yahoo and what he

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<v Speaker 2>had done leading Israel in terms of that Heinus, they're

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<v Speaker 2>nine to eleven, if you will, was on October seventh

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<v Speaker 2>to twenty twenty three when Hamas did that attack, and

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<v Speaker 2>then a day later Hezemlah starts ringing down missiles and

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<v Speaker 2>artillery shells and cruise missiles and drones against Israel, and

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<v Speaker 2>then a couple of days later you've got the housies.

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<v Speaker 2>Now are tract me holding the Red Sea. Well, twelve

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<v Speaker 2>percent of global commerce shipping goes through hostage to freelance

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<v Speaker 2>of communication of shipping and so forth. And you're right,

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<v Speaker 2>Iran has been the source of the largest export of

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<v Speaker 2>terrorism buill has been the nation state of revolutionary Iran,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're starting to see that. But nonetheless, I believe

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<v Speaker 2>they are now on their heels and it's time that we,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, focus and continue to support Prime Minister Ninyahu.

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<v Speaker 2>Let them finish the job with Hamas and gothwel and

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<v Speaker 2>finish the job at Hezelo in Lebanon, but also take

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<v Speaker 2>a very close eye towards how we're going to deal

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<v Speaker 2>with They're wrong. They cannot get any closer in their

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<v Speaker 2>employ a nuclear weapon. I don't think we're going to

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<v Speaker 2>see that happen on the Trump administration. There's three things

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<v Speaker 2>as I segue into President Trump and how he sees

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<v Speaker 2>things from a national security standpoint. First number one, strategic clarity.

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<v Speaker 2>He's going to call out who the adversary is, who

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<v Speaker 2>the enemy is. In my book, it's it's the leading

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<v Speaker 2>culprit here is China. That's another conversation for another day,

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<v Speaker 2>but includes Russia, North Korea, and certainly Iran. Secondly, he's

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<v Speaker 2>going to make sure that other allies of ours and

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<v Speaker 2>friends and allies of ours that they will also add

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<v Speaker 2>towards their defense, that it's not just the United States

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<v Speaker 2>always picking up the tab. I'm very pro for alliances,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think it's others that others, especially NATO in

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<v Speaker 2>other countries that also need to pair more of a

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<v Speaker 2>fair share. But the third point is it's key under

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<v Speaker 2>President Trump and his new national security team will focus on,

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<v Speaker 2>is peace through strengths. The only thing in the adversary understands,

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<v Speaker 2>in this case in Iran in order to deter them

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<v Speaker 2>from either are expanding their nuclear weapons capabilities or employing

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<v Speaker 2>weapons of mass destruction is you need both capability, which

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<v Speaker 2>we have, but you need will will, especially at the

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<v Speaker 2>political level. That's what's been lacking recently. And so that's

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<v Speaker 2>the only thing A Putin understands, the only thing that

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<v Speaker 2>Chi understands in China, that's the only thing I Toil

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<v Speaker 2>understands in Iran. And so you're going to see that

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<v Speaker 2>come January twentieth, that peace through strength and whether or

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<v Speaker 2>not it leads to us having to decimate a run

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<v Speaker 2>in terms of not there against their people. We have

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<v Speaker 2>nothing against their people. It's against their nuclear weapons ambitions

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<v Speaker 2>that will be determined. It's all up to your run.

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<v Speaker 2>They want to back off, they have an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 2>do so, but we're gonna have President Trump and others

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<v Speaker 2>are not going to allow for them to have a

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<v Speaker 2>nuclear weapon if that happens. If they get a nuclear weapon,

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<v Speaker 2>it turns the Midies upside down and is a great,

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<v Speaker 2>great threat to US national security.

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<v Speaker 3>Is there any down in your mind?

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<v Speaker 1>Lieutenant General Richard Newton retired that if Iran receives a

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<v Speaker 1>they would do it.

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely, they would do it. Once they get hands on

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<v Speaker 2>their capabilities, they will. But what you've got the chalcot

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<v Speaker 2>us has changed a little bit. When Prime Minderson went

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<v Speaker 2>their kind of OBUSI missiles and cruise missiles and drones

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<v Speaker 2>against Israel in the end of October, he went after

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<v Speaker 2>their uh, their air defense capabilities. He went up near

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<v Speaker 2>where their nuclear weapons production sites are. He didn't go

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<v Speaker 2>after the nuclear weapons production sites, but he may send

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<v Speaker 2>the Ietola, and the regime messages that he can use

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<v Speaker 2>his air power and he can go downtown Iran wherever

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<v Speaker 2>defense system, they're really they have very little protection right now,

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<v Speaker 2>and they know that. So I believe that they're to

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<v Speaker 2>to deliver a nuclear weapon. That's a whole new Tacus,

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<v Speaker 2>and I believe you're going to see the United States

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<v Speaker 1>Because Israel says never again. About a year and a

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<v Speaker 1>half ago, I spent about two weeks in Israel and

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<v Speaker 1>went through the Holocaust Museum. You see these young men

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<v Speaker 1>and women Israeli IDF soldiers marching around with their weapons,

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<v Speaker 1>and I felt safe. And the slogan of the Holocaust

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<v Speaker 1>Museum was never again. And if Israel believes, which I

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<v Speaker 1>a nuclear war to kill as many as possible, including themselves,

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<v Speaker 1>because it is a culture of death, not a culture

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<v Speaker 1>of life. The way to get to heaven is to

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<v Speaker 1>kill the infidel in large numbers. And as Infidels have

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<v Speaker 1>been killed to the tune of some two hundred thousand

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<v Speaker 1>Islamic terror, but ninety two percent or other Muslims killed

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<v Speaker 1>in Islamic terror, it is somewhat unusual to have Americans

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<v Speaker 1>or the Europeans killed. Mainly the Islamic terrors kill other

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<v Speaker 1>Muslims by ninety two percent. But nonetheless, we can't live

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<v Speaker 1>under the gun, and there's nothing in the US military

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<v Speaker 1>that causes someone to become radicalized. Over the weekend, I

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<v Speaker 1>saw some reporting that maybe some of the teaching that

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<v Speaker 1>you have done or generals have done, gives birth the

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<v Speaker 3>That is a ridiculous charge. What do you say about that?

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<v Speaker 2>I say that is absolutely first, unfathomable for anybody to

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<v Speaker 2>men and women in unform. We have two point one

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<v Speaker 2>million men and women unform, active duty, Guard, Reserve, and

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<v Speaker 2>so forth. They are extremely well led, they're well equipped.

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<v Speaker 2>We've got to modernize our force. But today we have

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<v Speaker 2>several hundreds of thousands of men and women serving overseas

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<v Speaker 2>and Harm's way, all volunteers, all raise the right hand

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<v Speaker 2>like I did, to support and defend the Constitution of

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<v Speaker 2>the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. I

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<v Speaker 2>would close on this point. Number one, I would make

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<v Speaker 2>sure our American people and some of our listeners right

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<v Speaker 2>now understand that this is still the greatest nation in

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<v Speaker 2>the world. Secondly, we are the beacon of hope. We

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<v Speaker 2>are the beacon of light of freedom of all nations

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<v Speaker 2>around the world. They're all going to be looking to

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<v Speaker 2>the United States and how do we deal with this

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<v Speaker 2>homegrown domestic terrorism that perhaps has been influenced strongly influenced

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<v Speaker 2>by isis how we're going to deal with that In

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<v Speaker 2>New Orleans and subsequently likely in Las Vegas, they're going

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<v Speaker 2>at the border starting on January twentieth. And my last

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we're gonna call it's one hundred United States,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's that's from a diplomatic standpoint, that's economically and financial,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's with Mordack, and we are the sole superpower,

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<v Speaker 2>but we're the superpower that understands how to support and

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<v Speaker 2>defend freedom. We're the beacon for freedom for the rest

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<v Speaker 2>charge that we have, and it's something that we realize

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<v Speaker 2>that freedom isn't free. I would wish that we didn't frankly,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't even have to have a military, but we do.

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<v Speaker 2>The Enny gets a vote here, and so I believe

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<v Speaker 2>that's where we're gonna believe. This is where the United

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<v Speaker 2>States has got to lead, and we can no longer

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<v Speaker 2>lead from the rear. We've got to lead from the front. Build.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, you're a great American. Lieutenant General Richard Newton retired

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<v Speaker 1>to US Air Force thirty four years assistant Vice chief

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<v Speaker 1>of Staff, and you're with News Nation at this point

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<v Speaker 1>in Sean Compton and of course Danny Jansen and Lieutenant

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<v Speaker 1>General Richard Newton, thank you for coming on the Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Cunningham Show, and with your permission, will do it again.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, General, Bill, Best to you, God blessed America.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's continue with more the line becomes available five one, three, seven, four, nine,

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<v Speaker 1>seven thousand. Bill Cunningham Live, at the home of the

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<v Speaker 2>Meanwhile,