On today's show, Glenn talks about the latest terror attack in the United States, and why Islamism is cancer. Also, Iran's soccer players escape the clutches of the Iranian soccer team, and how they got out of the situation. And the FBI gives an update on the Old Dominion University shooter.
00:00:00.000Hey, some really important things today that you just don't want to miss.
00:00:05.160You might want to listen to the whole show because there's a couple of turning points.
00:00:09.340Today was a turning point. We talked about, you know, the terror attacks that happened yesterday
00:00:13.680and what they mean. I started with, you know, Islamism is cancer. That's what it is. And we
00:00:21.900have to start treating it like that. And you're going to start seeing people as pushback comes
00:00:27.440back because of this war, you're going to start seeing people say, we were better off before we
00:00:31.600were fighting it. Where we listen to that monologue, Islamism is cancer. Also, we had the woman who is
00:00:40.180the lady in Australia who has been doing the main coverage on the escape of those Iranian soccer
00:00:46.600players, the girls. What were they facing? What was really happening when they didn't salute the
00:00:53.640flag and they didn't sing the national anthem what happened and how did they get out she tells
00:00:58.900a riveting story on that and so much more you don't want to miss on today's podcast war affects
00:01:05.380supply chains and right now one of the most important shipping routes in the world the
00:01:09.620Strait of Hormuz along Iran's southern border is under massive strain about 20 percent of the
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00:03:03.280I want to give you a couple of pieces of audio here from the FBI yesterday during a press conference after the shooting at Old Dominion University.
00:03:16.940And here is cut one from the FBI on the terrorist shooter at Old Dominion, Virginia.
00:03:23.700I can tell you that we have confirmed reports that prior to him conducting this act of terrorism, he shouted or stated Allah Akbar, and he was formerly a subject of a FBI investigation in material supporting terrorism.
00:03:43.360i'd like to know when that actually happened was that under the biden administration or the trump
00:03:50.480administration because i know that one administration likes to excuse people who are
00:03:55.320like oh well you know they're not really terrorists i'd like to know exactly what
00:03:59.240happened to that investigation from the fbi when it happened will tell us an awful lot
00:04:03.280and here is the fbi again on the students the rotc that uh stopped the shooter listen
00:04:11.440uh the there were students were in that room that subdued him and uh rendered him no longer
00:04:20.540alive i don't know else to say it but they basically were able to terminate the threat
00:04:26.680so he was not shot he was not shot he shot three people uh correct we have information that he shot
00:04:34.440three people um and he's no longer alive amen um now in uh michigan we had another terrorist attack
00:04:46.640this time on a synagogue and i'm going to later talk to you about what happened there and how the
00:04:52.120media new york times msnbc or whatever the hell they're calling it now um what they are now saying
00:04:58.640who's responsible and i'll give you i'll give you two guesses jews and republicans if that's what
00:05:04.420you guessed, you're absolutely right. We'll get into that here in a minute. But I want to spend
00:05:09.700some minutes being very, very clear on something, because you are now going to start hearing blame
00:05:17.200on this, all these terror attacks, because more are coming. And all these terror attacks,
00:05:23.140they didn't have to happen, yada, yada, yada. So let me be very clear.
00:05:27.080please hear me america please hear me on this the war in iran did not begin yesterday
00:05:36.980yesterday was a pivot point and i'll explain in a minute but it didn't begin you know with
00:05:44.040donald trump declaring war didn't with the latest missile strike or the intelligence briefings or
00:05:49.280the latest headline scrolling across your phone that's not when it started this war began in 1979
00:05:56.080When the Shah fell and the Marxist students gathered with the Islamists, they worked together to destabilize Iran and overthrow the country of Iran.
00:06:09.560When the diplomats were blindfolded from America and marched through the gates of the embassy and they held them there for 444 days, that's when this started.
00:06:21.200From that moment forward, Iran declared something really simple, and they've been shouting it and chanting it in their streets since 1979.
00:06:35.100And every president, from Reagan to Bush to Clinton, all of them, even those who were just candidates, including Hillary Clinton and Al Gore, have all said the same thing.
00:06:52.520Iran is the central engine of terror in the modern world.
00:09:42.520None of these are going to make you feel good.
00:09:44.620But it's designed to purge the body of something that is eating you from the inside out.
00:09:50.740And each of the treatments are brutal, but let me just concentrate on one. Let me just talk to you
00:09:55.240about chemo. Let me liken chemo to what we're facing right now, this war and the effects of it.
00:10:03.660Okay. So war is the chemo that we're putting it, putting through the hair falling out is the terror
00:10:10.000attacks that you're seeing. Now you have a choice. Are we going to treat this or not? Are we just
00:10:14.860going to deny that it was really a problem but really the choice is this do you want to live
00:10:21.460or not because when the cancer becomes this bad that is the choice do you want to live or do you
00:10:29.480want to just live your remaining days feeling good but they're going to be short days
00:10:35.000chemo will weaken you and it is it will weaken us it will make you sick we'll have protests in the
00:10:43.260streets we'll be arguing with each other we will deplete our armed forces it's going to make us
00:10:48.180weaker it will lose we will lose hair all kinds of effects that we really don't want we'll be
00:10:54.420vomiting all the time those things are the terror attacks that are happening and you will feel worse
00:11:00.200during the treatment and then some people will say which in a very narrow sense is absolutely true
00:11:06.820you know what we were better off before the chemo started that's absolutely true you were kind of
00:11:12.840kind of you were dying but you were feeling better but if you wouldn't have done anything
00:11:19.960you were dead in a very short period of time you'd be dead now it it doesn't matter um and
00:11:29.740it may even piss the patient off when the doctor like i come in come in and tell the truth but
00:11:34.460here's the truth none of this had to happen we didn't have to do this i've been i've been on the
00:11:39.200air for 50 years so i've been on the air in fact uh it was i was on the air a couple of years before
00:11:46.700we went into before they took our hostages in iran i've been talking about iran forever
00:11:51.920and if we would have done the things at the time we should have none of this would have happened
00:11:57.800but now we have no good options left there's nothing it's death or this and that's where we
00:12:03.360are and this confrontation is not a sudden war okay it's 47 years of ignored warnings
00:12:11.120finally reaching the stage where the disease can no longer be contained with polite diplomacy and
00:12:17.200hopeful secrets and so the side effects are ugly there will be retaliation there will be terror
00:12:23.140there will be more terror attempts and more terror there will be economic shocks okay
00:12:29.660but we weren't better than we were before we started the treatment we were just in denial
00:12:36.240and the effects of it being in every organ of our body was just starting to show signs of a problem
00:12:42.160but if you waited and continued to do nothing it would kill us for sure now what would have
00:12:49.800happened if ronald reagan one of my heroes would have gone in and said beirut nothing and punish
00:12:57.200them at that point. He didn't. He said, we can negotiate. We can do all kinds of things. The
00:13:02.900tumor was small. We'll try other things. We chose to delay. We chose negotiations for the last 47
00:13:10.260years without consequence. We chose sanctions without enforcement. We chose to hope that
00:13:15.540cancer just might stop growing. It would choose to stop growing. Cancer never makes that decision
00:13:24.040because cancer to live must feed on something and so it's spread through hezbollah and hamas
00:13:32.400and the houthis through militias in iraq and syria now in our universities now in our media
00:13:37.880it's infected every organization our government it's in our neighborhoods it's in many of american
00:13:44.300mosques it's here gang and it is the most radical form of cancer and the body of western civilization
00:13:52.620has a long history of fighting this kind of cancer. And so we have a long history of knowing
00:13:58.620what happens if it goes untreated. So yes, what comes next is going to make you vomit. It's going
00:14:04.320to make your hair fall out. It's going to make you feel like crap. It's going to be painful.
00:14:09.900And here's the thing you really don't want to hear. And because we waited so long, we may die
00:14:14.480anyway but if the body has a chance of survival it must be cut out completely and every cell
00:14:24.300well you know when the surgeons go in for surgery like this when they're when they think they're
00:14:28.840finished they leave the body open and they say send everything out and let's look at the margins
00:14:33.860and then they get it back did they cut everything because if there's one cell of the cancer left
00:14:40.100behind it grows back and it grows stronger more aggressive and more determined and you're in the
00:14:45.340same situation this is where we're at now america this is it this is what history is demanding of
00:14:55.600western civilization right now not denial not delay not pretending the diagnosis is wrong or
00:15:01.720never came not pretending that cancer maybe isn't so bad doctors have warned us for 40 years the
00:15:09.500patient is finally open on the operating table and like it or not the time for debate is over
00:15:16.460here's my change i have told you this is you know i'm not gonna i'm not trying to sway you and i'm
00:15:23.220still not trying to sway you but i have i have not been clear where i stood today after the terror
00:15:28.840attacks yesterday i'm very clear i'm very clear the body is open the surgery has begun whether
00:15:36.480you were for the surgery or against the surgery the body is on the table and the surgeons have
00:15:43.000their hands and their scalpels in and they are cutting the cancer out this isn't exploratory
00:15:48.580surgery you know back when i was growing up before we had cat scans and everything else
00:15:52.780you had to exploratory surgery where they just cut somebody open we think he might have cancer
00:15:57.460cut them open the worst thing that would happen is the surgery would be very short and the doctor
00:16:02.660would come out and say we just sewed him back up it's too far gone okay we we're already in the
00:16:10.400surgery we know exactly how bad this answer is we're not exploring to see how bad we know how
00:16:16.740bad it is and this might sound like a justification for war but it is not it is a justification for
00:16:24.960getting all of the margins you already have the body open so it doesn't matter do you think it
00:16:31.760gets better or worse if we now sew the body back up do you think they learn the lesson of oh we
00:16:38.040better not screw with america or do they learn the lesson you just hit them and they're such
00:16:42.460cowards they're so weak they will never come for us it doesn't go away it only reinforces what
00:16:51.460reagan sent in beirut it only gets worse and we're all in denial if we think we didn't know
00:17:00.220exactly what we're dealing with my question to you today is
00:17:05.140are we really at the point in our country where we have family members our brothers and sisters
00:17:13.800saying stop the surgery sew him back up and let him die
00:17:18.760are we really in that place or can we find ourselves growing back into a nation that is
00:17:29.400strong enough to say this patient is worth saving it's worth the radical steps that we have to take
00:17:38.180and the pain we will endure because life this life is worth saving that's your choice america
00:17:45.580you're listening to the best of the glenbeck program
00:17:48.520we welcome tracy holmes now sports journalist host of the sports ambassador in australia thank
00:17:57.140you for staying up so late for us i know it's very late in australia not at all pleasure to
00:18:02.740be on your program thanks for having me you bet so tracy we've been watching we've been watching
00:18:08.660from afar this amazing story can you tell us from the beginning let's i mean let's start with
00:18:14.760the national anthem when the girls soccer team was out we had just started bombing uh iran and
00:18:21.700the soccer team is standing on the field the national anthem is played and they don't sing
00:18:26.900start there how shocking was that and how much trouble were they in and did they well they're
00:18:34.180in a lot of trouble yeah so if i rewind even further back in the qatar fifa world cup in 2022
00:18:41.100the men's team did the same thing they had turned up to play uh on the back of a massive protests
00:18:47.820in their country and when the anthem played they did not sing uh they were then instructed they
00:18:53.660must sing by game two, otherwise they would face consequences when they got back home.
00:18:58.800So when the women did the same thing, it was an act of bravery. It was a real statement. But I
00:19:07.220think we also need to pull back and look at the wider context. As you say, 48 hours earlier,
00:19:13.020the bombing campaign had started in their country. So their country was essentially at war.
00:19:18.500And there were pockets of celebrations in the streets, even here in Australia, where quite a large Iranian expat community lives.
00:19:29.100And so there was all of this feeding into them and feeding into where they stood on this.
00:19:34.720So game number one, national anthem plays, they don't sing, and there were repercussions.
00:19:40.280We know that because by game two, not only had we seen the security apparatus tighten around the team at their team hotel, but by game two, they not only sang the anthem, they also saluted the flag.
00:19:54.340Wow. So any idea? We've heard rumors their families, some of them may have been taken or taken in for questioning or at least the message was sent. You will behave. We have your families. Correct?
00:20:10.020Yeah, pretty much. They also had to sign statements before they left, which was tying them from what we believe to some sort of financial commitment that these girls would all return home.
00:20:22.720Otherwise, there would be a penalty for the family to pay, financial or otherwise.
00:20:28.160And also, after the incident, we also heard from one of the state spokespeople on state television, basically saying that these women were not just traitors, they were wartime traitors, the worst of the worst, and they should be punished sufficiently, given that tag.
00:20:49.740well i mean we know what i mean in america the the only crime that comes with a
00:20:56.840a constitutional punishment is traitor um it's very hard to prove in america but it is it's
00:21:05.080constitutionally required death i gotta believe that's the kind of punishment they were talking
00:21:11.060about in iran yeah well you would hate to think that that's uh what they were going to face but
00:21:17.480we're in a situation now where six of the women stayed in Australia. They have sought asylum and
00:21:23.500been given visas. The Australian government offered emergency visas to any female in that team
00:21:29.400that wanted one. There was one other who originally accepted one and then changed her mind.
00:21:35.720Now, those that didn't accept them have flown to Malaysia. They were supposed to get on a flight to
00:21:41.100go onwards to Turkey and then bus across the border into Iran, but they've been prevented
00:21:45.980from doing that. They can't find plane access to be able to get back into the vicinity of Iran,
00:21:53.400so they're still in Malaysia. And there are rumours that there are some people in Malaysia
00:21:57.780now, perhaps another three, who are also seeking asylum. So what has happened if they do
00:22:07.420get home? Do you have any idea why they would have chosen to go home? Was it family or were they
00:22:14.140believers in the regime. Do you know? Well, we don't know the breakdown of that,
00:22:19.820but I imagine there may have been some that were regime supporters. We have seen
00:22:24.560one woman in particular, one of the players who has put up a very pro-regime message on her
00:22:31.320Instagram account, but you don't know whether that is done through coercion. But if you have
00:22:38.640to think about that choice to make as a young female, do I stay in a foreign land where I
00:22:43.960don't speak the language and know nobody but I will have a freedom that I do not have at home
00:22:49.220or do I go back to my family who was under threat because of my position we've also seen a change
00:22:54.900in state television broadcasting who have said that any girl that comes home will be celebrated
00:23:02.360as a national hero so they're being put in this terrible psychological position where they've got
00:23:07.760to be you know back flipping on what they want and what they think and what they're being
00:23:11.960threatened with and how they have to pretend if they don't believe so i saw one of your reports
00:23:18.980and i can't believe this is true i mean donald trump had to get involved and say and i and i
00:23:24.540hope it wasn't too much pressure um that it took but he said look guys if you don't take them we
00:23:30.000will but i've heard reports from you that your secretary of foreign affairs have some kind of
00:23:36.920deal that if somebody wants to defect that he his office has to be alerted and then he alerts
00:23:43.360the country of origin is that true no that's not true no so so what happens is thank god
00:23:50.720i thought boy australia is lost if that's happening
00:23:56.380no the home affairs minister um has has just stated that you know the government
00:24:02.320they can't coerce people into seeking asylum so it has to come from the person themselves
00:24:07.560and you know once that approach has been made they do everything in their power to facilitate
00:24:15.240that which is what happened the Home Affairs Minister actually flew to the Gold Coast where
00:24:20.420the team was staying to be able to meet with those who were seeking asylum and then they did
00:24:24.640organise within the next 48 hours or so individual meetings with each of the girls to determine which
00:24:30.940way they thought to try and give them some space away from the very tight security around them who
00:24:37.180were trying to prevent them from, you know, making such decisions. So President Trump didn't have to
00:24:43.900get involved? Well, it was good that he did, I think, because that highlighted the situation to
00:24:49.760a whole lot of other people and around the world. It got further headlines because of that. But the
00:24:54.940time he rang where he said um you know basically if you don't do it we will uh the prime minister
00:25:01.500said to him thanks very much we've already got this under control our our home affairs minister
00:25:06.360is in a room with them right now and that's when uh donald trump then put out another truth saying
00:25:11.840he's got this the australian prime minister's all over it um i saw a video of protesters actually
00:25:19.580laying down in front of the bus at one point. And I thought, well, there's a group of protesters I
00:25:25.200actually applaud for the first time in a long time. These protesters that were saying, don't
00:25:30.740ship them back. Don't allow that bus to move. Have you seen any, what is the reaction in Australia?
00:25:38.620Is it pro saving them or are you getting pushback? And, you know, we're unfortunately having terror
00:25:45.100attacks because of the war here in america um are you seeing any signs of trouble for you guys for
00:25:51.940saving them um no but as you know we've we've had trouble recently you know building up in the last
00:25:59.280few months we've had some attacks on um you know synagogues we've had uh the the bondi beach
00:26:05.780shooting you know there there is this but we've also had you know months and months of of protests
00:26:11.220as well. But, you know, one thing I should mention is the public support for the women's football
00:26:16.700team of Iran has been overwhelmingly positive and very receptive to the government offering them
00:26:24.020these asylum visas, these emergency visas. But at the same time that this was happening,
00:26:30.040the government took a position where temporary visa holders in the Middle East region,
00:26:35.340and I think there's about 12,000 maybe more they have now been restricted so even if they have a
00:26:42.260visa to come here because they are now at war they will be restricted and it's up to the Home
00:26:48.420Affairs Minister as to whether he will allow those visas visa holders to actually come into the
00:26:54.620country so it's like he was giving visas to the women on one hand but those that already had visas
00:27:00.320but are not in the country yet are being restricted from coming here.
00:27:04.460And that's understandable given that war changes everything.
00:27:10.180So FIFA begins in, what, less than 100 days, I think.