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[00:01:57] People should do their own research. Just don't let this anniversary pass. In three days, Monday, you'll be having the 59th anniversary of Israel's attack on the USS Liberty. The murder of so many Americans, 34 I think, 171 wounded, was sought to sink this American ship. And it is another indication of the great friendship we have with Israel.
[00:02:24] It's something that should not pass, and I wasn't going to be on the radio with you between now and then, and I just thought I'd tell people, dig it out, look it up. Amen. USS Liberty, everybody. And, you know, Israel tries to play that they, you know, didn't really realize there was confusion there. That's an absolute collaborated lie. There's still gentlemen alive now that speak out boldly that they were actually on the ship. These sailors basically say this is just totally bogus. They're lying.
[00:02:54] They want retributions. They want accountability. Really what they want is acknowledgement of the truth. And I don't blame them, and I agree with them. We've had them on the broadcast several times over the years. Our hearts go out to them and their families. It was a horrible tragedy then, and it's something that we need to never let die. It's something that we need to highlight. And most importantly, though, somebody like Donald Trump should come clean and say, you know what, and admit the truth and let it all come out. We really need to do that. And Israel, you know, they just love the war. Israel loves to fight them.
[00:03:21] And Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, they claim, got in a little tiff recently where Donald kind of went off F-bombs and everything else. Benjamin Netanyahu claiming, what are you doing? You're crazy. Have you lost your blanking mind and all this stuff? And, you know, we don't really know the truth of what really happened. We don't know the behind the scenes. We hear that with Joe Biden and hear that with Donald Trump and hear that. The problem is we're not getting to the truth as far as I can see. And at the end of the day, Israel just loves war. I mean, they're the provocateur extraordinaire.
[00:03:51] And I know people are going to attack me for saying that, but there's not a war that Israel doesn't love. And the fact of the matter is that without us funding, training, arming Israel and everybody else, by the way, we wouldn't be having these wars. And so, folks, it's a sad deal to tell, but we really need to realize Israel loves war. And, I mean, we're in the middle of these attacks and everything else.
[00:04:16] And, hey, they're claiming their ceasefires while they continue just to blow things up and destroy things and kill people. And, look, Washington is trying to rein in. The House rebukes the White House on Iran war powers. The House approved a resolution seeking that, hey, this further military action against Iran is exposing bipartisan concern over the scope and the duration of the conflict.
[00:04:46] Well, no, duh. But, see, while that's happening, Israel's trying to escalate at every turn. On one hand, we hear there's supposed to be a ceasefire. On the other hand, Israel's just going ham. And Israel does not want this war to stop. I don't believe they do. I don't believe they want war to stop anywhere. They claim they want peace. They claim they just want to be left alone. They don't want to be swept off the map or off the globe or whatever else. And, look, the only way people get swept off the land is if they're not obedient to God's commandments.
[00:05:15] If you believe in the Bible, and if you're a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, you believe in the Book of Mormon, look, God will preserve your land and protect you. If you repent and heal and turn to him, he'll heal you. He'll take care of you. Don't got to worry about that kind of stuff. But, see, it's a lack of trust in God. And that's this fear-mongering with war behind it constantly. And so I pray, and you guys brought this up in your webinar last night, by the way. Hey, what's going on?
[00:05:43] The Trump prediction of peace breaking out in the Middle East? It's never going to happen. I agree with that. Doctor? You know, it's interesting that last week, Rubio appeared before both the House and Senate committees, had rather acrimonious exchanges, very obfuscated, twisted, and carefully tempered wording. He basically said, the war is over. And here's the deal.
[00:06:13] They're saying it's over to get out from under this 60-day 1973 war resolution. Yeah, and that's a lie, just like the ceasefire. I mean, you're blowing me up while you're telling me that you're not firing? Well, that's the thing. They're going to change the name whenever there's another development. They say, oh, no, well, this is a different operation. We've got to start the clock over again. What a pack of lies. This is Operation Dupe the People, is what it's called. It is.
[00:06:41] And the sad thing about it is, well, there's a lot of sad things. I mean, Trump was asked in a conference, what's the ceasefire? And he says, oh, you're shooting each other more moderately. What the heck? Anyway, but this idea that we can just change the names and the people are stupid enough to go along with it, there needs to be a pressing forward. And that war resolution needs to be enacted.
[00:07:09] I mean, it's a weak, limp wrist kind of thing. I mean, Congress should have taken the bull by the horns the very first moment. But it's got to be something. In fact, I'll tell you something, Sam. I'm sorry to say this. I absolutely, completely disbelieve anything the administration says on the war.
[00:07:31] Now, my credo has always been basically distrust until confirmed. Verified. But this is even farther. I mean, it's a pipe dream. Every week we get, oh, we'll be done by the weekend. Or, oh, yeah, we get through this weekend. Monday comes. It'll be happy days are here again.
[00:07:55] The every single time Iran, when you look at the actual outcome of what was said and what actually happened, Iran has been far more accurate, more honest, more honorable in their press releases about these things than the administration has. And so it's tragic to think that we're being lied to so prolifically.
[00:08:25] And, you know, to make that broadest statement, you tell me when we have had a full, firm, complete, total truth told to us about this war. It's a moving target. And so, yeah, the trust of the American people has been strained to the end. And yeah, the trust is at an all time low for good reason. And that's part of the that's the biggest reason that the Republicans at the midterm are in trouble. I mean, they should be sweeping this right now.
[00:08:54] If Trump didn't go to war, if they had really like abolished the IRS, if they had really doubled down on things that were promised in terms of decreasing the size and scope and of government to the degree we want. You know, I will say that Donald Trump has really tried to do a lot of these things in his defense. He's really tried. Congress has been his biggest enemy, in my opinion. Congress has virtually done nothing. And when they've done something, it's been to the negative. I mean, the only thing they can look at is the big, beautiful bill.
[00:09:22] And that was a betrayal where we were told they were going to reduce spending and get a handle on things. And all they did was spend us into oblivion. They haven't done really Congress, as far as I can see, anything we've talked about doing or the Republicans planned on doing. Donald has really tried, and he's even gone so far as to try to bypass Congress with executive orders, which I don't agree with that plan. But other constitutionalists who, you know, I think they mean well, but I'm concerned about their view, too, which is, well, what is Donald supposed to do? He has to do something.
[00:09:51] Yeah, but you don't got to violate the Constitution. You've got to go to the American people and make your case is what you've got to do. So there's just a difference in, I don't know what you want to call it, tactics or how to carry it out. We agree on the problem, but we disagree on tactics. They claim, well, Trump has no choice. He's got to do this. I say he does have a choice. He needs to take his case to the American people, have the American people batter on the turret of Congress and say, you work for me. Let's get this done. The president wants to do it. We want to do it. And you represent us.
[00:10:19] And so we're missing, in my opinion, the leverage points that are constitutional, doctor. And we want to basically circumvent and bypass, which no wonder we've got all these problems and all these divisions. When you do that, it creates problem and division. When we get back, Dr. Bradley will start out and we'll talk about that exact point. Because I'm just telling you, it's insane. The Constitution is the answer. When you obey it, things work well. And so, hey, president, if you can't get Congress to come aboard for what you want to do, bring it to the people. Let the people press on Congress.
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[00:12:36] Okay, so going back to Sam's statement before that little interlude about violating the Constitution for good reasons. Okay, now just kind of play along with me for a minute. Think about this and honestly assess this. I'll just give an illustrative kind of example and then we can talk about how destroying the Constitution to save it is a stupid thing to do.
[00:13:02] So anyway, back in 1968, some people are old enough to maybe have been cogent at that time. During the Tet Offensive in February, there was this massive communist battle plan put together. There was a town down on the Delta, down on the southern end of the Mekong, down kind of like in the Mississippi Delta only in Southeast Asia. A little town called Bontrea.
[00:13:29] And there was a briefing given that I remember a major gave this and he said it became necessary to destroy the town to save it. Okay, now I would ask, is that exactly what should have been done? And this is the problem we have.
[00:13:47] When Donald Trump violates the Constitution to do good things, quote unquote good things, if he can violate them for those good things, why can't I violate it for this good thing? And why can't, let's just say, for example... Now hold on, doctor, I think my reason to violate it is more important than yours. See, you go down that, especially with parties, you go down that idea that, I mean, it's okay to do it if it's done my way. See, and that's the trap you fall into as well.
[00:14:18] And there's people that say we had to go to war with Iran because blah, blah, blah, and there's all sorts of reasons, none of which have been really elucidated to anybody. And it's a moving target. Or we're going to do a requirement that everybody get health care. Or we're going to do this about... And by the way, that's what the debates are about and why Congress is in charge of the war powers because it's supposed to be discussed, debated, justified. That's why the Declaration of Independence, you know, wrote to a candid world. Here's our justification.
[00:14:47] Here's our reasons. Here's the, you know, and they laid out the case before God and a candid world. And that's what we need to do as well, and they set the standard for that with the Declaration of Independence, right? Well, and what you say about, oh, Trump can't get anything because he's got these rascals, the Democrats in there. Okay, listen to me for just a second. Trump is one of the most acrimonious, unstatesmanlike, undiplomatic person that has ever walked this earth.
[00:15:16] I saw a news conference this past week where he just blistered. One of the correspondents, it's a personal attack. These kinds of things, and just, there's just a churn. You do this with every nation. You do it with NATO. You do it with all of the regional countries in the Middle East. And when he talks about some of our friends that have been friends for decades, literally, oh, well, they better get in line or we're going to bomb them.
[00:15:42] Well, there isn't a shred of give in an attitude like that. And so what you do is you build walls rather than build connecting roads. And so you say, well, he can't get anything done because of the rascal Democrats. Well, I remember the days, and I know most people today that are looking at the current political world will say, no, no, no, that's never been. Yeah, it has.
[00:16:06] There was bipartisan agreement when Nixon did some of the shenanigans he did, and he resigned rather than face impeachment. These kinds of things happen. And honestly, they generally happen for the wrong reasons. It's like when we got Obamacare, for example, it became bipartisan to a small degree so that Republicans got on board and sold out everybody. But the fact of the matter is there were some avenues to success.
[00:16:35] But Trump has blown up every single bridge to every foreign power, except for Israel. I got to admit that he has, even if you say he had a cussing match with Netanyahu, we are still engaged. And Israel holds the veto power for every, not only ceasefire, but some long-term solution. Israel will hold those keys, and we will not get a resolution.
[00:17:03] And in fact, we'll never return to what it was the 27th of February, 2026, because things were on a stable platform then, at least. The Strait of Hormuz was open. We didn't have Lebanon being blown up. We didn't have Iran being blown up. We didn't have Tel Aviv being blown up. We didn't have the world's economy teetering. We didn't have 47% inflation on gas prices. Well, all those things that you say are true.
[00:17:32] Now, the Trump prediction of peace breaking out in the Middle East, it's never going to happen, folks. These people have been at war for thousands of years. And go read your Bible. Go read Revelations. Go read history. Israel becomes, in my opinion, the wedge. And, you know, war is just not going to stop there. I wish it would. But if it is going to stop, it isn't going to be through predictions of peace. It's going to be through we, the American people, deciding not to fund people around the world and weapons everywhere.
[00:18:01] We're the biggest arms dealer the world has known. Now, what you say about Trump is largely true. But I will say, for example, on tariffs, at least he wants to put tariffs in place. And if Congress were to run that properly and do their part, then we might be able to have tariffs stable and appropriate and used as they're intended to pay for the proper role of limited constitutional government, to honor contracts, to level the playing field internationally. It could be used appropriately if we wanted to. And Congress needs to step up in that regard.
[00:18:31] There's so many things where Congress just isn't stepping up as part of the problem. That doesn't dismiss some of the things that Trump's not doing right. I'm just saying that there's a lot of things that could be right if we would get people to work. Now, there's a 2027 National Defense Authorization Act. Their goal is to, what is this, bind Israel into the U.S.? Military? Doctor?
[00:18:57] Well, okay, they have to pass a military funding act. They mean Congress? They, correct. And they will. Unless they just tell the president he can spend whatever he wants and then just, you know, they don't do it anymore. But yeah, you're right. Congress has power. Really? To make the rules for government and calling forth the militia and raising and supporting armies, but no appropriation is more than two years. Okay, so that's right out of the Constitution.
[00:19:26] And so what has been written in? I think Israel realizes that they are waning in terms of their national support. They have as much support as they've ever had. What they've done is they've pushed way too hard. They've gone too far is the problem. Well, they've bought too many offices in the House and the Senate and the executive branch. Trump got $250 million to his campaign treasury out of the Israel lobby.
[00:19:53] And you look at how they defeated Massey in Kentucky, a little congressional district that got $30 million of Israeli money poured in there. So anyway, people are starting to see, man, this is not working out so sweet for us. They're buying our legislature and our executive. So anyway, I think that that is diminishing the overall support. But the current people in office are bought and paid for. And that's a pretty bold thing to say.
[00:20:21] But if the truth were known and we could analyze each one individually, the vast majority were. So anyway, going into this National Defense Authorization Act is Section 224. Okay, Section 224 should be expunged completely. What it does is it interweaves the Israeli military into our military. So development of arms. So the manufacturing of arms.
[00:20:49] So the sharing of intelligence. All of these things that are absolutely integral. And really what will happen is the decisions for war will eventually be between Benjamin Netanyahu and or Israeli leadership. And the president bypassing Congress like we've seen happen already starting February 28th, right? And that'll be the new norm. Section 224 needs to be expunged. Here's the deal. Israel has proven themselves to be such a valuable ally.
[00:21:19] Not just in this taking us into a war that is unjustified and unnecessary and unconstitutional. Whatever you want to say about it, it's on the long path. Immoral. Immoral. Okay, fine. All of these things. Murdering of innocents and everything else like this. Civilians dying, blah, blah, blah. Anyway. Terrible, terrible, terrible.
[00:21:37] But you look at, we mentioned earlier in this show, the 1967 USS Liberty incident where they attacked blatantly a U.S. flag ship in international waters and spent the day trying to sink it. They murdered so many Americans and they injured so many others. Look at what happened with the Pollard, Jonathan Pollard issue back in the 1980s.
[00:22:04] He was spying for Israel in the United States. He had his clearances and everything like that. He stole so much information, probably damaged the United States more than any other single spy thing. And he was, I think, sentenced in 1987, sticks in my mind. And his sentence was commuted in 2015.
[00:22:30] He finished up wearing his ankle bracelet or whatever he was doing in 2020. Moved to Israel and Israel admitted they were paying him this whole time. Okay. People need to understand they are not the ideal friends that you should have in your corner. I mean, so anyway. And then what people would say is they would come back with the biblical reality and say, look, if you're not on the side of Israel, you're not on the side of God. And what I would say is this. That isn't a reality. Sam, that isn't a reality. I know.
[00:22:59] I'm just telling you that's what they would say, though. Right? They would say that, but we can divide that into the calcium. And I would say this. I would say that the government of Israel in modern times in the world is not the same as the biblical Israel, doctor. You're absolutely correct. But then you get this. They're saying out loud things that have only been whispered. I mean, Hegseth is saying them across the podium. You know, build the third temple. We're talking about the greater Israel thing from the. Go look at a map. The Nile River is in Egypt.
[00:23:28] The Euphrates River is in Iraq. And it goes clear up through areas of Syria and Turkey. That whole segment of the Middle East is what they're trying to do as a greater Israel. And they're saying, Huckabee said this in his conversations, that this greater Israel thing is biblical. It's going to happen. Well, it's not. Like I say, it's not going to happen because God wanted it to.
[00:23:56] It's going to happen because of force of war. Well, ladies and gentlemen, our prayers are that we can stand tall for the sacred cause of liberty. That our greatest export can become the supreme law of the land, our constitution. Our prayer is that we don't decide to sidestep or challenge or fail at the constitution. Our prayers are that we return to it. Liberal application of the principles the founders put in place is the peaceful solution. And avoiding foreign conflict everywhere we go would be one of the starting points.
[00:24:26] Let's obey the supreme law of the land. And let's see if we can turn to God Almighty and repent. And he promises us he will heal us and he will protect us. He will heal our land. What an incredible promise. Let's turn to God Almighty and exercise our side of that wonderful God-blessed covenant, shall we? God save our republic.