The Matt Walsh Show - October 12, 2025


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Episode Stats

Length

2 minutes

Words per Minute

176.95473

Word Count

473

Sentence Count

50


Summary

25 years ago, on this day in 2000, the USS Cole was attacked by an al-Qaeda suicide bomber in Yemen, and 17 American sailors were killed. In reality, it was Al-Qaeda s declaration of war, and America ignored it. Streaming now on Daily Wire Plus, the untold story in a three-part original series, USS Cole: Al Qaeda's Strike Before 9-11.


Transcript

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00:00:30.000 What if I told you 9-11 could have been prevented?
00:00:32.780 Because the truth is, the warning shot came a year earlier.
00:00:36.540 25 years ago today, October 12, 2000.
00:00:40.020 The USS Cole, a billion-dollar Navy destroyer, was ripped open by an Al-Qaeda suicide bombing in Yemen.
00:00:46.380 17 American sailors were murdered.
00:00:48.160 Dozens more wounded.
00:00:49.500 Washington called it a criminal act.
00:00:51.200 In reality, it was Al-Qaeda's declaration of war.
00:00:54.420 And America ignored it.
00:00:55.820 Streaming now on Daily Wire Plus, the untold story in a three-part original series,
00:00:59.500 USS Cole, Al-Qaeda's strike before 9-11.
00:01:02.600 We uncover the ignored intelligence.
00:01:04.840 Dozens of warnings dismissed by politicians too distracted by optics to act.
00:01:09.120 We take you inside the blast itself when a small boat pulled alongside the destroyer and disappeared in a fireball,
00:01:15.220 leaving the crew to fight with nothing but grit and training to keep their ship from sinking.
00:01:18.880 And we expose the investigation that traced the plot straight to Al-Qaeda's network, a flashing red alarm that should have forced America to act.
00:01:26.460 Instead, Washington pointed fingers, searched for scapegoats, and did nothing.
00:01:30.720 Less than a year later, the towers fell.
00:01:32.880 USS Cole is the story America was told to forget.
00:01:35.660 We didn't.
00:01:36.580 And now neither will you.
00:01:37.580 But you can only watch it if you're a member.
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00:01:45.740 And that's just the start of what's coming this October.
00:01:47.660 October 16th, the premiere of Friendly Fire.
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00:01:51.920 This is where the most trusted voices in conservative media get together with their loudest opinions on the biggest questions facing our country.
00:01:58.640 Join me, Ben Shapiro, Michael Knowles, Andrew Klavan, and special guest Isabel Brown for conversations you won't hear anywhere else.
00:02:04.100 Plus, an exclusive first look at the Pendragon cycle from Jeremy Boring.
00:02:07.620 Also on October 16th, the 1916 project exposes Planned Parenthood's century-long culture of death.
00:02:13.720 On October 24th, Nefarious, the smart, unsettling thriller, arrives just in time for Halloween.
00:02:18.380 On October 30th, Hiding in Plain Sight takes you inside the world of digital predators who use everyday apps to groom and traffic children,
00:02:26.120 sometimes from inside their own bedroom.
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