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During a debate, Kamala Harris stated that there is not one member of the US military in active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world, which is the first time this century. Fact checkers found this statement to be false. There are reportedly 900 US military personnel in Syria and 2,500 US troops in Iraq, who have been under regular threat from drones and missiles. Additionally, there is action in the Red Sea, and Navy SEALs, Delta Forces, and special operators can be part of deadly raids every day. One speaker questioned why Harris would make that claim, while another stated that Harris demonstrated herself to be commander in chief.

Thousands gathered at Abbey Gate seeking help, facing malnutrition, dehydration, and Taliban brutality. Afghans tried to kill themselves to escape torture. Despite reporting atrocities, no action was taken. State hindered evacuation efforts, risking lives. A potential suicide bomber was ignored, leading to casualties. The chaotic withdrawal lacked accountability. The speaker highlights the deaths of 11 marines, 1 sailor, and 1 soldier, demanding justice.

Ashwin Rutanski hosts Going Underground, outlining a global swirl of recent events: Odessa massacre anniversary, Ukraine, oil politics with UAE withdrawing from OPEC+, Trump signaling troop withdrawal from Europe, and a broader context of US and allied military actions. The broadcast features a guest: Master Sergeant Wes Bryant, a former chief of the Pentagon’s civilian harm mitigation and response effort and the first head of its civilian protection center of excellence (PTEC). Bryant discusses his twenty-year career as a JTAC (Joint Terminal Attack Controller), coordinating on-the-ground targeting and calling in air strikes, while conducting civilian harm mitigation and collateral damage analysis to minimize civilian casualties. Key explanations from Bryant: - JTAC role: JTAC stands for Joint Terminal Attack Controller, formerly Forward Air Controller. JTACs coordinate and call in air strikes, oversee intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance for targeting, and conduct civilian harm mitigation to avoid civilian casualties. - Bryant’s background: Spanned conventional and special operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, later initiating and operating strike cells against ISIS across Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Bryant describes the Pentagon’s civilian protection efforts: - Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response Effort (CHMRE) was authorized during the Trump administration and later codified into law under Secretary Lloyd Austin in the Biden administration, establishing the Civilian Protection Center of Excellence at the Pentagon and a broader network across the US government. - The aim of the Center was to sustain and improve protection of civilians and reduce civilian harm in military operations, reflecting past failures and successes in the war on terror. Reactions to leadership and policy shifts: - Bryant asserts that Pete Hegseth, who later led the Pentagon, pursued a transition toward a view of “wokeness” and restrictive engagement rules, leading to the dissolution of the civilian protection center and a shift toward “lethality” and greater civilian harm tolerance. He claims Hegseth’s rhetoric and policy direction contributed to a more permissive environment for strikes with increased civilian casualties. - He contends that this shift correlates with intensified operations in Iran and broader Middle East conflicts, including alleged recklessness and negligence in targeting in places like Yemen and the Caribbean/Pacific, and a failure to adequately account for civilian harm. Views on war conduct and accountability: - Bryant rejects claims that Trump’s inflammatory statements on social media are solely negotiation tactics; he argues that Trump’s actions—such as threats to bomb energy infrastructure and bridges in Iran, including a strike on a bridge—indicate intent that could amount to war crimes and reflect a disregard for civilian harm. - He criticizes the current approach to civilian protection, arguing that even if some actions are framed as “fog of war,” Iran-related operations involve months of target vetting from secure rear offices, with a lack of on-the-ground risk in contrast to battlefield fog of war. He asserts this marks a departure from past standards and raises concerns about willful recklessness or negligence as potential war crimes. Iran/Israel/Gaza context and analysis: - Bryant argues that many civilian casualties in Gaza and Iran reflect a broader policy environment influenced by a fusion of extremist ideologies within Trump’s and Netanyahu’s camps, including revisionist Zionism and white Christian nationalism. He claims the administration is aligned with Israel due to these ideological underpinnings, impacting the US approach to Iran and Gaza. - He suggests that US weapons are often used in ways that violate international law or US best practices, and he envisions a role for civilian protection mechanisms to monitor end-use of weapons, though such monitoring faced challenges in State Department capacity. Concluding remarks: - The discussion touches on incidents such as the Kunduz hospital strike and calls into question the balance between strategic aims and civilian protection. Bryant emphasizes a concern that the current leadership under Hagseth lacks accountability, contrasting it with earlier attempts to implement civilian harm mitigation within the Pentagon. - The program closes with Bryant’s assertion of concern over the ongoing use of anti-tank/anti-personnel mines and their open-area deployment, suggesting potential violations of international law. Bryant’s interview highlights: the role of JTACs in targeting, the rise and fall of the Pentagon’s civilian protection center, and perceived shifts in US military policy that Bryant attributes to Pete Hegseth and related leadership, framed within broader debates over civilian harm, international law, and the ethics of US interventions in the Middle East.

The speaker addressed the House Republicans' report on the Afghanistan withdrawal, calling it a partisan report that says little new. According to the speaker, the Trump administration's Doha Agreement mandated a complete U.S. withdrawal, including from Bagram Air Base, and released 5,000 Taliban fighters. This agreement demoralized the Afghan government and military. President Trump ordered a rushed exit by Christmas 2020. President Biden chose to abide by the agreement to end the war. The speaker refuted several claims in the report, stating that the Department of Defense prepositioned military units, the rapid collapse of Afghan forces was unanticipated, securing Bagram Air Base was impractical, U.S. equipment was not handed over to the Taliban but left behind by Afghan forces, and there was no deception from the current administration. The speaker stated that ending wars is difficult, but the withdrawal was conducted professionally. The speaker acknowledged the tragic loss of life, especially at Abbey Gate, and honored those who served in Afghanistan. The speaker concluded that with the war over, the nation can focus on other security interests.

Over 3.3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to eligible DoD personnel, with 58% of active duty service members having had at least one dose, up from 37% a month prior. The DoD has had nearly 300,000 COVID-19 cases, just over 4,000 hospitalizations, and 351 deaths, including military, dependents, civilians, and contractors. COVID-19 infection incidents and testing positivity rates for DoD personnel are lower than for the civilian population, suggesting health protection measures are working. Refusal of vaccination within the DoD may mirror trends in the civilian sector. There are no current plans to mandate vaccination, but a decision will be made if and when the FDA licenses the vaccine. Efforts to combat the virus will continue until deaths and hospitalizations are eliminated and it no longer negatively impacts commanders' operations.

Julian reveals that the most disturbing aspect of the war is the countless incidents resulting in the deaths of innocent individuals. He shares a heartbreaking story of a little girl in a yellow dress who was killed by a US tank for no apparent reason. These instances of violence are widespread, including checkpoint killings where even a doctor delivering a pregnant woman to the hospital was shot. Julian also highlights a town on the Syrian border that saw its population drastically decrease from 40,000 to 2,000, yet this event went unreported in both mainstream and alternative media due to the absence of reporters on the ground.

Stanislav and Speaker 0 discuss a rapidly evolving, multi-front crisis that they argue is in its early days but already sprawling across the region and the global energy order. Key military and strategic points - The conflict has expanded from warnings into a broader destruction of regional economic infrastructure, extending from Israel to Iran. Israel began by hitting southern oil fields; Iran responded with attacks on oil and gas facilities and US bases, and warned it would strike “everywhere” including US bases if attacked again. - Iran’s stated aim includes purging the US from the Persian Gulf by destroying American bases and making hosting US forces prohibitively expensive. This has been coupled with actions that blinded US radars and pressured Gulf Arab states to expel the Americans. - Israel attacked infrastructure and a nuclear power plant associated with Russia’s project; Israel’s destruction of oil infrastructure and oil fires contributed to a widespread environmental contamination event, with oil smoke and carcinogenic particulates dispersing over Central Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Northern India, and potentially further. - The war is generating cascading economic damage, including a potential long-term hit to energy supply chains. The speaker who has oil-industry experience (Speaker 1) explains that refinery expansions and LNG projects involve complex, lengthy supply chains and custom equipment; extensive damage means years, not months, to recover, with LNG output potentially 20%–30% lower for Europe, and cascading effects on fertilizer supplies and food production. - European energy and fertilizer dependencies are stressed: Russia supplies a large share of chemical fertilizer; Europe could face severe energy and food crises, while the US appears more flexible on sanctions and fertilizer sourcing. - On the military side, there is discussion of a possible ground invasion by US forces, including the 82nd Airborne (as part of the XVIII Airborne Corps) and Marines. The analysis emphasizes the daunting difficulty of any cross-border operation into Iran or even taking forward positions in the Strait of Hormuz or on nearby islands. The speaker argues that the 80th/82nd Airborne’s capabilities are limited (light infantry, no back-up armor), making large-scale incursions extremely costly and unlikely to achieve strategic objectives (e.g., seizing enriched uranium on Kare Island). The argument stresses that “mission impossible” scenarios would yield heavy casualties and limited gains, especially given Iran’s mountainous terrain, entrenched defense, and pervasive drone threat. - Kare Island (Hormuz Strait) is described as highly vulnerable to drone swarms. FPV drones, longer-range drones, and loitering munitions could intercept or complicate the deployment of troops, supply lines, and casualty evacuation. Even with air superiority, drones combined with coastal defenses could make an island seizure a “turkey shoot” for Iran unless ground troops can be rapidly reinforced and sustained against a rising drone threat. - The role of drones is emphasized: drones of various sizes, including small FPV systems and larger retranslated-signal drones, could operate from Iranian coastlines to disrupt coastlines such as Kare Island and other Hormuz approaches. The talk highlights how drones complicate casualty evacuation, medical triage, and resupply, and how air assets (helicopters, Ospreys) are vulnerable to drone attacks. Nuclear and regional deterrence questions - Enriched uranium: Iran reportedly has around 60% enrichment; 90% would be necessary for weapons, which could provide a deterrent or escalation leverage. The possibility of nuclear weapons remains a major concern in the discussion. - Fatwas and leadership: The new supreme leader in Iran could alter policy on nuclear weapons; there is debate about whether Iran would actually pursue a weapon given its political culture and regional risk. Regional and international dynamics - The role of Russia and China: The discussion suggests the US is being leveraged by adversaries through proxy relationships, with Russia and China potentially supporting Iran as a way to undermine US influence and the Western-led order. - Regime and leadership dynamics in the US: Speaker 1 predicts intense internal political pressure in the US, including potential civil unrest if casualties rise and if policies become unsustainable. There is skepticism about the willingness of US political leadership to sustain a protracted conflict or a ground invasion. Recent events and forward-facing notes - A ballistic missile strike on southern Israel and simultaneous missile salvos from Iran were reported during the interview; there were also reports of air-defense interceptions near Dubai. - The discussion closes with warnings about the potential for catastrophic outcomes, including a nuclear meltdown risk if nuclear facilities are struck in ways that disable cooling or power systems, and emphasizes the fragility of the current strategic balance as this crisis unfolds.

Over the course of 20 years in Afghanistan, the United States armed and equipped the Afghan National Security Forces with congressional approval. However, as the Taliban advanced, many of these forces chose not to fight and instead surrendered their weapons. The specific reports about weapons left behind cannot be verified, but it is important to clarify that the United States did not simply abandon a pile of weapons in Afghanistan. This notion is historically inaccurate.

If the President orders the end of the war and the withdrawal of American troops, it will take about a year to physically remove them. Leaving behind equipment could shorten the timeline to around 7 months, but it would also mean leaving behind billions of dollars worth of weapons that could be used against future generations.

Thirteen US service members died at AbiGate during the Afghanistan withdrawal, and three died in a drone attack in Jordan this year. The President mistakenly claimed to be the only president without troops dying, but he deeply cares about service members and their families. He attended the dignified transfers of fallen soldiers and will continue to honor them. The President was comparing the number of service members who died under his leadership to previous years to emphasize his commitment to keeping troops safe.

The IDF estimates that in this war, there are two civilians killed for every fighter killed. Civilian casualties are devastating, but unfortunately, they occur in almost every war. Since World War II, the average civilian to combatant death ratio is nine to one, including conflicts involving armies that disregard civilians. The British and American armies are careful to minimize civilian deaths, with estimates suggesting that US forces killed three civilians for every combatant in Iraq and between three and five in Afghanistan. In previous conflicts in Gaza, the IDF achieved a more favorable casualty ratio, ranging from 0.6 to 1 to 2 to 1. Despite facing challenges such as the use of human shields, the IDF has historically achieved lower ratios compared to other armies. This tactic is used by Hamas to manipulate public opinion against Israel.

The Afghanistan exit is described as a disgraceful failure, leading to the death of 13 American soldiers. The remains of the fallen service members arrived at Dover Air Force Base. Kamala Harris is implicated in the incompetence that led to the deaths. Gold star families state that Biden and Harris have refused to say the names of the fallen soldiers. One gold star family member says that since her daughter-in-law's death in Afghanistan, there has been silence from the Biden-Harris administration, who have allegedly pushed them away and tried to silence them, despite pleas for answers. Donald Trump is portrayed as supportive of soldiers and their families. One gold star parent claims Trump spent 6 hours with them, allowed them to grieve, and carried the weight of their grief, making her feel not alone. Harris and Biden allegedly failed the soldiers and their families, while Trump never will.

Around 35,000 people were lost in the chain of communication within the armed forces and veterans community, which is a significant blow to our small military. The Canadian military is currently unable to defend our own country, let alone participate in NATO conflicts. During the 20-year Afghanistan war, we lost around 53 people, while self-inflicted casualties caused by our own actions have reached 3,000 to 4,000. This has severely weakened our military, which should ideally have around 100,000 personnel but currently only has about 40,000. The damage inflicted on our Canadian Armed Forces is far greater than that of Afghanistan, and a comparable hit hasn't been seen since World War II.

Almost 70% of the casualties in the Gaza conflict are women and children, according to the UN's Human Rights Office. This analysis is based on nearly 10,000 verified victims over a six-month period. The ongoing war between Israel's military and Hamas militants has been described by the UN as a systematic violation of international humanitarian law.

The speaker highlights a big story he says is not being covered by the Pentagon or CENTCOM. He notes Israel’s war on Iran is in its tenth day, and says CENTCOM confirmed the seventh American soldier killed in this war, but asserts that “the KIA numbers are … not accurate.” He questions how many Americans have actually been wounded, pointing to a dispute over the casualty figures. He cites sources claiming that the number of medevac helicopter flights in the past seventy-two hours has been flying around the clock, “stocking up medical facilities in many of the outlying countries,” including the Dubai area. Based on these sources, he estimates the injured at “well over a 135 soldiers,” noting that this is “the most conservative number possible.” He adds that some estimates from different outlets and sources suggest “well over a thousand,” but he states his figure as the conservative estimate. The speaker suggests that the large number of flights allows wounded personnel to be transported to floating hospitals and aircraft carriers, which function as massive triage centers, enabling authorities to “keep it very quiet.” He asserts that flights land on the aircraft carriers as part of this process. He mentions reports from Stuttgart, Germany, where there is a major NATO and US base, and notes that Germany is where Netanyahu fled to, though he is unclear whether Netanyahu is still in Germany or has returned to Israel. He claims American wounded are being treated inside Germany and says he would like to know those numbers. Finally, he urges a brave Pentagon reporter to ask questions about this, implying that these numbers and movements are being concealed.

Tucker Carlson and the host discuss the evolving casualty figures and the media’s handling of them. The conversation begins with the host recalling that on March 9 they reported, citing a military source, that 147 Americans were wounded, and that Reuters later published an exclusive stating 140 soldiers were wounded; the Pentagon confirmed that figure, and they note that many of the wounded have serious injuries, including traumatic brain injuries, not minor injuries. The host asks Carlson if his sources, close to the White House, confirm those numbers and why the media might be hiding them. Carlson offers two reasons. First, he suggests the media hesitates to push on the matter because they “support the war reflexively” and because of institutional loyalty and fear of criticizing the war. He adds a provocative comparison, saying some in the media “support big organizations” and implying that certain prominent figures have incentives to align with defense contractors. Second, he says there is a legitimate moral concern about reporting numbers when families are involved, describing a “moral blackmail” that discourages reporting about deaths and injuries. He acknowledges that, in his experience, families deserve consideration, which can complicate reporting, but asserts that there is also a pattern of lying and censorship surrounding casualty figures. He notes that ground troops, while the U.S. military presence may be limited, certainly includes special operations and Tier One units, and expresses concern about overuse of those forces. He emphasizes that there is a broader issue of deception and AI-generated misinformation making it hard to know what is true. The discussion then shifts to Israel. The host asks for Carlson’s sense of daily life in Israel and what is happening on the ground, noting a “total blackout” on Israeli attacks. Carlson replies that he is not as well sourced in Israel as before but has connections in the Gulf, where sharing social media video of destruction is illegal in six monarchies. He mentions a single clip that has stood out in his thinking for years: a video showing a missile segment near the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aqsa Mosque Complex, and references Jerusalem’s Holy Sepulchre. He warns that the destruction of the Al Aqsa Mosque Complex and the Dome of the Rock could trigger a global war and possibly a nuclear exchange, suggesting that some prominent Israelis would want such an escalation; therefore, he argues the U.S. government should make protecting the Dome of the Rock a priority, not because of sectarian reasons but to prevent a world-ending conflict. A separate segment (omitted as promotional) includes Carlson’s remark that denial of censorship and government blocks complicates reporting and that he values the ability to access diverse sources. The hosts then pivot to audience dynamics, with Carlson noting that some audiences who were skeptical of him have become supporters, and reflecting on the cultural shift in political loyalties. Toward the end, the host asks Carlson for his take on last night’s events involving Thomas Massey and Donald Trump in Kentucky; Carlson describes it as a reflection of a broader battle in American politics. He recalls his experience with Trump’s 2020 coalition and laments that neoconservatives allegedly destroyed the coalition, elevating figures like MTG and Massey as enemies. He expresses a desire for a new political coalition of “normal” people who want a government that does not hate them and seeks to improve their lives, acknowledging differences in approach but emphasizing good-faith effort over insults or aggressive foreign policy. The program closes with mutual thanks and well-wishes.

Speaker 0: Nearly two weeks into this conflict, the official story is cracking, and the number of Americans wounded is slowly coming out. Yesterday, we reported based on our sources that the number of American wounded was at least one hundred and thirty seven. After our report ran, the Pentagon has now publicly acknowledged about one hundred and forty wounded. That confirms our sources on this. So why did it take a little news show like ours to report this information? Why wasn't Fox News reporting this information? The Pentagon I know it's really weird. Why is the mainstream media silent on this? The Pentagon finally comes out and actually admits to this. Speaker 1: Reuters comes out and reports this. Exclusive. As many as one hundred and fifty US troops wounded so far in Iran war. They just published this today, this morning. March 10. That's remarkable. Exclusive. Just curious how that's an exclusive when we reported it yesterday. Yesterday. Whatever. Hey, Reuters. Bite me. Anyway, this war is clearly not winding down no matter what the messaging says. President Trump is saying the war could end very soon. But Iran says talks with The United States are off the table for now. Tehran is prepared to keep striking as long as it takes. And they're vowing an eye for an eye. So what is an eye for an eye actually mean? Does it mean you hey, you killed our leader. We kill yours? Does it mean, hey, you killed all these girls who were the daughters of members of the the Iranian Navy at a girls school, do we also do that to you? Like, what is actually does that look like? Speaker 0: Does it mean we took out your water infrastructures or you took out ours? So we do that. Right. Your gas infrastructure, civilian infrastructure, that's that's a war crime. But we did it. Your oil infrastructure, we do that. Like, what exactly does that look like? Meanwhile, the Strait Of Hormuz is getting worse by the minute. US intelligence tracking Iranian mine laying threats now as Gulf energy infrastructure there is taking a major hit with about 1,900,000 barrels per day of refining capacity across Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and The UAE. All down. CBS now says shipping through the Strait Of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt. Nothing getting through. That's of just a few minutes ago. And Israel's hammering Beirut's southern suburbs and Lebanon. So they've essentially invaded Lebanon. Speaker 2: And then there's the neocon political class in Washington saying the quiet part out loud. Senator Lindsey Graham is now openly talking about, you know, going back to South Carolina to tell the sons and daughters in South Carolina, you know, you gotta send your loved ones to the Middle East. That's what I'm doing here in South Carolina. I gotta tell them to go fight in the Middle East, and he's calling on other Middle East countries that have been sitting on the fence that we've supported over the years as allies. Get off the fence. Go bomb Iran. Help out with Iran. And, oh, by the way, Spain, we're pissed off at you because you don't want us using your air bases or airspace to bomb Iran. Listen. Speaker 0: To our allies step up, get our air bases out of Spain. They're not reliable. Move all those airplanes to a country that would let us use them when we're threatened by a regime like Iran. To our friends in Spain, man, you have lost your way. I don't wanna do business with you anymore. I want our air bases our air bases out of Spain into a country that will let us use them. To our Arab friends, I've tried to help you construct a new Mideast. You need to up your game here. I can't go to South Carolina and say we're fighting and you won't publicly fight. What you're doing behind the scenes, that has to stop. The double dealing of the Arab world when it comes to this stuff needs to end. I go back to South Carolina. I'm asking them to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast. What I want you to do in The Mideast to our friends in Saudi Arabia and other places, step forward and say this is my fight too. I join America. I'm publicly involved in bringing this regime down. If you don't, you're making a great mistake, and you're gonna cut off the ability to have a better relationship with The United States. I say this as a friend. Speaker 1: Ugh. He's an odious friend. Speaker 0: Say this as a friend. Speaker 3: With friends pick up a gun and go fight yourself, you coward. Yeah. I freaking hate that. But you're calling so, like, bluntly for somebody else to go die for his stupid cause. Speaker 0: Yeah. Speaker 1: I am so curious about this. I mean, he's a liar. But how many people in South Carolina are really walking up to him and saying, who are we gonna get to fight with us? Who are we gonna get to fight Iran? Worried about this. My son can go, but who's going with him? Let's make some war playdates. Who does that? Speaker 0: Larry Johnson is a former CIA analyst, NRA gun trainer, and, he's been looking at all of this and doing some incredible writing over at his website, Sonar twenty one. Larry, thank you for joining us. Great to see you back on the show. Speaker 4: Hi, guys. Good to see you. Speaker 0: So I wanna talk about the American war wounded first because Mhmm. I know that this is, near and dear to your heart and, of course, something that you've been watching, closely. And the lies, of course, that are coming out about this. Again, I spoke to sources over the past forty eight hours that were telling us here at Redacted about 137 Americans wounded. Then the Pentagon comes out and then confirms about a hundred and forty. So right pretty much right on the nose. And does that number sound low to you? Or does that sound about right? Speaker 4: That sounds a little low. So on March 4, let's go to Germany. Stuttgart, just North West of Germany, there is a hospital called Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Landstuhl's primary mission is to handle American war wounded. On March 4, they issued a memo telling all the pregnant women that were about to give birth that, sorry, don't come here. We're not birthing any more babies. We gotta focus on our main mission. So that was the first clue that there was there were a lot of casualties inbound. I know, without mentioning his name, somebody who was involved dealing with the combat casualties during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and he dealt with the personnel at Lunstul. And he called someone up and said, can't say anything, but there's a lot of casualties. Then 13 miles to the east of Landstuhl is an army base called Kaiserslautern. Kaiserslautern and the Stars and Stripes issued for that base had an appeal, a blood drive appeal. Hey. We need lots of people to show up and donate blood. So those that was on March 5. So I wrote about this March 6. So I wrote about this four days ago, that, yeah, we had a lot more casualties, and there are more coming, because Iran's not gonna stop. You know, right now, we're getting signals that the Trump administration is reaching out, trying, oh, hey, let's talk, let's talk cease fire. Iran's having none of it. They've been betrayed twice by Donald Trump and his group of clowns. Speaker 0: Right. Speaker 4: You know? And and so they're not ready to say no. No. They've got the world, by the testicles is the polite way of saying it, withholding the Strait Of Hormuz. They've shut down the movement of not only oil, liquid natural gas. They're the supplier of about 25%, 25 to 30% of the world's liquid natural gas, and, about 30%, 30 to 35% of the world's urea, which is used for fertilizer. Now, that may not I just learned that that may not be as important as I once thought it was because most of it comes out of Oman. Oman, you don't have to worry about things going through the Strait Of Hormuz. But on oil and liquid natural gas, huge. 94% of The Philippines depended upon the flow of gas, both liquid and the petroleum oil, out of the Persian Gulf. India, 80%. Japan, South Korea. So this is gonna have a major impact on certain economies in the world. Now there there I I I've said this ironically. I I think Vladimir Putin's sitting there going, maybe Donald Trump really does like me, because what he's done is he's making Russia rich again in a way I mean, they're getting, you know, they were selling they were forced to sell their oil previously under sanctions at, like, $55 a barrel. Now they're getting $88.90 dollars a barrel. Well, and they just opened it up to India. I mean, that story over the past forty eight hours, like, so they The United States has eased its restriction on Russian oil flowing to India. I mean, talk about an absolute disaster. Speaker 4: Well, yeah. And remember what had happened there is India was playing a double game too. You know, bricks India is the I in bricks, and Iran is the new I in bricks. And so what was India doing? Well, India was pretending to play along with The United States, but then going to Russia and saying, hey, Russia. Yeah. We'll buy we'll buy your oil, but we needed a discount because we're going against the sanctions, and we need to cover ourselves. So Russia said, okay. As a BRICS partner, we'll let you have for $55 barrel. So they got a discount. So now when all of a sudden the the the oil tap is turned off, including the liquid natural gas, India goes running back to Russia. Now remember, on, February 25-26, India was in Israel buttering up the rear end of BB, Net, and Yahoo, kissing rear end all they could. Oh, man. It was a love fest. We're partners with Israel. And then Israel attacks their BRICS partner. And what does India say? Nothing. Zero. They don't say a thing about the murdered girls. So now all of a sudden, the oil's turned off. It's nine days now with no oil coming out of there for India. They go running back to Russia. Hey, buddy. Let's let's get back together. And Russia says, sure. That's great. But it's gonna cost you $89 now a barrel. No more friends and family program. Gonna get market conditions. Speaker 0: We've had many journalist friends that have had their bank accounts shut down. We were literally in the middle of an interview with a great journalist from the gray zone who found out that his banking was just shut down. Literally, in the middle of an interview, he got a message that his banking was shut down. 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So support our show today and other creators by clicking the tip button on our Rumble channel. Speaker 1: Now I wanna ask you about president Trump responding to CBS News reports that there may be mines in the Strait Of Hormuz. That doesn't make a ton of sense. He says we have no indication that they did, but they better not. But they are picking and choosing who gets to go through, and their allies can go through. So why would they mine their allies? What do we make of this? Do we need to respond to this at all? Speaker 4: Yeah. I don't think they've done it yet. But let's recall the last time Iran mined the Persian Gulf. They didn't mine the Strait Of Hormuz. They mined farther up. It was 1987, 1988. Why did they do that? Well, in September 1980, when Jimmy Carter and Zbigniew Brzezinski were still in office, The United States encouraged a guy named Saddam Hussein, don't know if you've ever heard of him, but they encouraged Saddam Hussein to launch a war against Iran. And then Ronald Reagan comes in with Donald Rumsfeld and Cap Weinberger, and by 1983 had provided chemical weapons, or the precursors that Iraq needed to build chemical weapons, and Iraq started using chemical weapons against Iran in 1983 and continued to do it in '84, 85, 86. During that entire time, Iran never retaliated with chemical weapons. They were not going because they saw it as an act against God. They were serious about the religion. So 'eighty seven, 'eighty eight, they start dropping mines there in the Persian Gulf. Well, at that time, they didn't have all these missiles, so the United States Navy, a Navy SEAL, a good friend of mine, set up what was called the Hercules barge, and he had a Navy SEAL unit with him, and they fought off attacks by Iranian gunboats. He had some Little Bird helicopters from the one sixtieth, the special operations wing of the Air Force. And but we ended up disrupting the Iranian plan to mine The Gulf back then. Well, we couldn't do that today. We do not have that capability because Iran would blow us out of the water with drones and with missiles. You as we've seen, it's been happening over the last ten days. So United States would be in a real pickle. Speaker 1: And especially given the rhetoric of US war hawks in power for three decades. Like Yeah. Yes. They kind of had to prepare all of this time. Did we think that they weren't paying attention when we said it to the world? Speaker 4: Well, when we're writing our own press clippings and then reading them, there is a tendency to say, god, I am great. Can you see this? How good we are? And so they really believed that our air def the Patriot air defense systems and the THAAD systems would be they they could shut down the Iranian missiles and drones. And what they discovered was, nope. They didn't work. And they worked at an even lower level than the you know, Pentagon kept foul. We're shooting down 90%.

Our military leaders are great, but our involvement in the Middle East has given our military a bad reputation. Going into the Middle East was a horrible decision, the worst in our country's history. It has turned out to be a disaster, destroying the region and costing us billions of dollars and millions of lives. The situation is much worse now than it was 20 years ago. We should have just done a retribution strike for the World Trade Center and not gotten stuck in there like quicksand. Currently, there are reports of as many as 40,000 Americans affected.

To end the war, it would take a year to withdraw all American troops, or 7 months if equipment is left behind. Leaving weapons behind risks them being used against future generations.

I served in the National Guard for 24 years as an artilleryman, deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. My battalion provided base security across Europe from Turkey to England during the early stages of the war in Afghanistan. The same battalion is currently deployed in Iraq.