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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Okay, on my personal cell phone, not on the text line,
but on my personal cell my wonderful wife who I
you know, I married up, she married down, as many
of you like to say. This last break off air,
it's been one text after another. She doesn't want us
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to resume the bombing. This would be a disaster. The
public doesn't support this or can't believe you're advocating for this, Jeff.
And it really got to the point where I said, look,
you know, I'm not going to be going back and
forth texting with you. Why don't you just call into
the show if you feel that strongly, and you know,
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debate me on the air. But look, here's here's what's changed.
What's changed is that over the weekend, the Mullahs, the Ayatola,
the Supreme Leader, has now announced a new change in
Iran policy, official policy from the regime, that their goal
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now is war with the United States, that they want
controlled over the Strait of Hormuz non negotiable, that their
nuclear weapons program is non negotiable, and that now they
are vowing revenge and retribution for the murder of the
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Supreme Leader or the death of the Supreme Leader. On
the first day of bombing and the fact that we
took out many of the key people in their government.
And so they are now saying it is the official
policy of the Iranian regime to assassinate or seek to
assassinate President Trump and his entire cabinet, including and especially
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they mentioned JD. Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, key leaders
that they believe are responsible for the war. So my
question to Grace and my question to people like Grace, look,
I don't want war, you guys know, Jeff Cooner, the
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last thing I want is war. But when a fanatical
regime now has openly declared war on you officially and
they're claiming the strait and they're now saying no negotiations
on a nuke, and they're saying we we'll do everything
in our power to murder and kill your president, and
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you know, his cabinet, including his vice president. Well, what
are we supposed to do, like just you know, shrug
it off, like okay, you know, like this is I
don't like Madonna is criticizing Trump or something, you know,
like some celebrity is just uh huh, I wish Trump
was dead. No, we're not talking about that. It's a
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declaration of war. Now to me, after this weekend, the president,
to me, has an overwhelming case to go to the
American people, speak to them from the Oval Office, and
go to Congress and say, after he speaks to the
American people, do you want your leaders targeted? Do you
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want me dead? Do you want my family dead? Do
you want key American leaders dead? Because that's what they're
now calling for? Do you want them to control the Strait?
Do you want them hell bent on a nuclear weapon?
So if a country has declared war on us, what
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do we do in response? And I think President Trump
has the clear justification and will get a clear mandate
to declare war on them, And I think he should
tell them straight out, I'm not talking about a two month,
three month, four month war. Leave me, no, no, no, no.
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Carg Island is gone, do you understand? Gone? And if
they continue their power grid, their bridges gone, they're gonna
have no country left, They're gonna have no economy left
by the time we're finished, and this will take less
than two weeks. You don't threaten to murder the leaders
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of other countries, period, full stop. Well, what about the
Supreme Leader, Jeff we killed him. Yes, they were the
number one state sponsor of terrorism in the world. This
man wasn't a leader. He was a terrorist masquerading as
an Iatola as a man of God. You know, we
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didn't kill some innocent, peace loving you know, shiah cleric
in a mosque somewhere.
Speaker 2 (04:58):
This is a.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
Man who personal sanctioned Hezballah hamas terrorist attack after terrorist attack,
including by the way, terrorist attack suicide bombings against our
soldiers in Iraq. His hands were steeped in blood. So
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you live by the sword, you die by the sword,
or to be more accurate, you live by the jihad.
You die by the jihad. So that's the Ayatola. You
like to kill people all over the world. You like
to kill him in Lebanon, You like to kill him
in Syria, You like to kill him in I Rock.
You like to kill him in Palestine or the Palestinian territories.
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You like to kill Americans. You like that sort of stuff. Well,
don't be surprised. One day somebody bombs you. So this
is a terrorist regime that we're dealing with, and they've
been a terrorist regime since nineteen seventy nine. So if
they want to declare war on us as they have.
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Then President Trump, to me, if he wants, and I
think he should, has every right and to me, almost
the duty to go to the American people and say
they want me dead, they want you dead. They've declared war.
I'm going to ask Congress now for a declaration of war.
Let's go to Bob I Rainham, thanks for holding Bob
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and welcome.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Hey Jeff, Hi Jeff. How's it going.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
I'm good.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
How are you, Bob good?
Speaker 3 (06:39):
Yeah? So you a few things. I somewhat agree with Pete,
although I don't believe that Dan Yeah, who's a warmonger
or wants to be the ultimate leader in the Midiast
as any great leader. He just wants to protect his
country and he will do anything to protect his country,
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and that including duping President Trump into attacking Iran for him. Now,
I believe President Trump took care of the nuclear threat
last June when he bombed those sites, and at that point,
I think it would should have been Israel's uh game
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to you know, keep an eye on them. I mean,
they have the Moustad, who arguably even a better organization
than our CIA, and you know they have special forces
and whatever so at that point, I think it would
have been time for them to you know, keeping on
an eye on Iran and make sure that they were
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never able to get the nuclear program going for weapons. Anyway,
for US to get involved, I think again, Netanyahu's a
great leader. I think President Trump's a great leader too,
and every great leader should look out for their country,
primarily in Natan. Yeah, who's looking out for his But
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I think President Trump didn't realize, I didn't think it
out what was going to happen if he got involved there,
because now he risks the end of his presidency, the
end of MAGA, and really the end of the United
States if the Democrats take over again.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
Well, you know, Bob, I have to say, in many ways,
you really articulated my position when this war began. That's
why I was a war skeptic. I felt I supported
completely Operation Midnight Hammer. I thought we had destroyed Iran's
nuclear program. In fact, Trump told us so, and he
told us so again recently, that the attacks last June
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destroyed their nuclear facilities and their ability to reconstitute a
nuclear weapon. And so I think Netna who pushed him
into the war. Lindsey Graham pushed him into the war.
Who's now deceased, General Jack Keene, others Mark Theesen from
the Washington Post. There were people around him who convinced
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him that we could end the long term threat of
Iran once in for all that the Mullahs were weak.
They had just gone through what is it, months of
riots where they were slaughtering their own people. They were
massive protests in almost every major city. The regime is,
or at least was deeply unpopular, shaky, fragile, and Netti
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Nahu and the neo conservatives were convinced that this was
now the time to topple them. Our own intelligence community
told him that the Iranian regime was stronger than what
the president was being told. They explicitly told him that
that it's going to be tougher. It's not going to
be a lightning war. This thing is not going to
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be over in ten to fourteen days, never mind four
to six weeks. Four to six weeks has now become
four or five months, so the war has not gone
according to plan. I think they underestimated Iran or the regime,
the roots of this regime, the tentacles of this regime.
I think they made a catastrophic mistake, which should cost Pete.
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Hegseth his job for failing to anticipate that they were
going to block the strait of Wormouse. So you know, JD.
Vance told him, don't do it. Marco Rubio in private
told him, don't do it. The Chief of the General,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kane,
said don't do it. We can do it. He said, look,
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we're the best army in the world. We can do this,
and we can hammer them to oblivion. But it's going
to be a mess. It's not going to be a clean,
quick victory like the neo conservatives are telling you now.
To be fair to the president, he had a stunning
success in Venezuela. Many people said don't do it. He
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did it, and it was a clinic. It was a masterpiece.
He felt this was going to be Venezuela, but a
little bit larger Venezuela two point zero. And Bob, it's
no accident that on the first day he didn't just
kill the Ayatola, the supreme leader. He decapitated most of
their regime because he felt sort of like Venezuela, you
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take out Maduro, you take out the top guys or
the top person, the rest of the regime will just
fall by the wayside. So he felt, you kick the
door open, you take out their top leadership, and the
whole thing will come crashing down. Iran was preparing for
an attack for twenty five years, so they were more
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resilient than we initially thought, and we underestimated them. And
you never do that in a war. So on that,
I'm with you. I would not have done the initial bombing.
I wouldn't I would have waited until after the midterms
if we were to do it at all, because I said,
I said, I don't see how this thing is going
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to be over in a month. So here we are.
We're now into middle of July, sliding into August, and
now the midterms are on the horizon, and to me,
the worst thing that could befall this country is the
communist now sweeping back to power. Now, I think where
you and I differ, Bob, and it's fine, It's okay.
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My wife disagrees with me on this as well. I
think people of goodwill can disagree. I'm looking at the
situation now and I'm just telling you I don't want
them in control of the Strait. I think that would
be a disaster. I don't want them now stronger than
when they war initially began. I think this will embolden them.
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I think, in fact, this is going to encourage them
to get the bomb, especially if we don't get that
nuclear material out. I think we're playing with fire. And
when a nation declares war on you and says your
president's days are numbered and your cabinets days are numbered,
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you've crossed, to me the rubicon that to me is unforgivable.
This is a terrorist state that is now threatening terrorism
on our president, our cabinet, our leaders. And now I
think they I think somebody needs to punch them right
in the mouth. I mean, these people are out of control,
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and so as far as I'm concerned, no self respecting
president should ever accept that from an other country. And
he's got many cards to play. Israel hates the Lebanon
hates them, Siri hates some I can name you, I'm
not gonna name you. A does the whole region hates them.
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The European Union, now NATO's starting to wake up to
what a threat they are to me. Get on the phone,
build an international military coalition, and just take this regime
out once and for all. In other words, do the
world a favor, because if we leave him in pac now,
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with how they've been strengthened and emboldened, Bob, I got
to tell you, we're asking for trouble and we're gonna
get trouble anyway, just my opinion, Bob, Thank you so
much for that call. I really appreciate it. Joe inacting,
thanks for holding Joe, and welcome.
Speaker 4 (15:00):
Hi, Jeff. I've been thinking a lot about this. Let
me just give you some background on me, without identifying myself.
In the seventies, I taught in Europe. I had many
Iranian students. I had also social interaction with Iranians. I
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wasn't known too many as being an American, although I
wasn't American, an next patriot and working there in two countries,
France and Germany. I had students and friends too, both
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anti Israeli, strongly anti Israeli, and also some that were
anti Shah. So I saw both sides. Then a lot
of those people have matured. Now those that have maybe
gone to back to Iran after education are there. I
feel for the Iranian people, however they have been there
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for forty seven years. Those that have remained have been
there forty seven years. Eventually, it's up to them that
opposed the administration to either rise up against them at
the risk of death, or get out of the country,
find a way to get out. And I think that's
what has to be done. I think we have to
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tell the Iranian people rise up. If you don't want
to rise up and lose your life immediately, most likely
try to get out. I mean I think you can
get out to some of these other Arabian countries.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Well, yeah, many Iranians have fled by the millions. Okay,
my friend's final segment Monday. You know what that means.
It's time for talkback. Tit for tat your voices, your reaction,
your heart, the true heartbeat of Cooner Country. We asked,
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Speaker 2 (17:10):
Take it away a mic, Jeff.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You crack me up, buddy.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I'm married down books. I mean, you dig a hole
quicker than most people. Jeff, without even meaning to, would
have killed you.
Speaker 1 (17:35):
To play some patriotic music on a bump from music.
Speaker 2 (17:39):
Coon a man, I can't helpe. I notice every time
you go on vacation and take a day off.
Speaker 1 (17:43):
You always hand the reins over the indies, Jef, why
not let the mice girl Mic grab the bool by
the horns every once in a while.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
He's earned it now.
Speaker 1 (17:49):
That would be red, white and blue dynamite, baby, my
European in the ass, would that drop button?
Speaker 4 (17:54):
Man?
Speaker 1 (17:55):
Gloom and doom. That's all you've got, gloom and doom.
Speaker 3 (18:00):
You never say anything color Bill when his argument again,
you always change the subject and you lose it by
insulting him right off the bats one oh one Talk Radio.
Speaker 2 (18:13):
The fill and Suberg.
Speaker 1 (18:15):
You really need to build a bridge and get over it.
Speaker 2 (18:17):
Tired of it?
Speaker 3 (18:18):
Let him talk?
Speaker 1 (18:19):
Hey, Jeff, I just wanted to say, everybody loves you,
but no one's gonna say anything bad about Mike because
Mike got the power.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
He's got the power.
Speaker 1 (18:32):
Boy, Mike. I love the way you rig it for you. Huh, gotta,
I gotta hand it to you. Mike. I mean, you know,
the Democrats should hire you to help recolections because you
I mean, you got this thing down Pop. So Mike
should be filling in for Sandy. Mike does a great job.
(18:52):
It's all Mike. Mike Mike. You know how we can't
criticize Mike. He's got all the power. It's just a
it's incredible and you know, and then what'd you find
the two people on planet Earth that support Bill in Sudbury?
Like you know, you should let Bill talk more? Oh
my god, oh are you serious? I lose IQ points
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every time the guy opens his mouth. A ya yai,
you know, I mean you always change a subject. No,
he doesn't answer my questions, you know. But anyway, let
that go so you can be on talkback Tit for Tat.
All you've got to do is go to the get
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on the right hand corner, and you can just blast
away your reactions, your feedback. Criticize me, praise me, Criticize Mike,
although that's almost impossible. Now, praise Mike, talk about Sandy.
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Everything is fair game on Kooner's Tit for Tat. Okay,
my friends, let me just end by saying this. It's
obvious now that the negotiations are kept put, they're finished.
I think that's the one thing. Now there is no
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going back. And the question now is what will President
Trump do. I believe he is so fed up with
Iran and that they have obstructed him and lied to
him over and over and over, that he wants to
end this war and end this regime as quickly as possible.
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And you know, as a Texter put it, why do
we always have to be the ones that, you know
that always does the heavy lifting, you know, I mean, yes,
I'm not saying we shouldn't finish them off, but why,
you know, bring in Israel, bring in these other Gulf countries,
bring in NATO. In other words, let other countries chip in,
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let other countries share the burden. Let's form an international
military alliance to finally, once and for all, end this
cancer on the region and on the world. Instead of
it's always us that has to carry the load, the
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mother of all, you know, the mother load of the burden.
Let the other countries do their part.