The StoneZONE with Roger Stone - The Stone Zone ｜ 06-19-25

00:00:00.780 The Stone Zone, entertaining and informative on the Red Apple Podcast Network.

00:00:08.060 And this is Rita Cosby filling in for my friend Roger Stone.

00:00:12.800 And boy, we got some big news.

00:00:14.740 And just a little bit ago, Caroline Leavitt at the White House announcing that President

00:00:21.240 Trump will make his decision on what he's going to do with Israel and Iran, whether

00:00:27.040 he will go into Iran.

00:00:30.000 Within the next two weeks, and that word is important, within the next two weeks, knowing

00:00:35.820 President Trump, as I have for decades, that could mean that maybe as early as tomorrow.

00:00:41.500 It could mean as early as tonight.

00:00:43.280 It could mean he's waiting for two weeks.

00:00:45.820 What it clearly shows is that all these people who are saying, oh, this is a warmonger who's

00:00:51.200 going to hurry up and take us to World War III.

00:00:54.140 Clearly, that is not the case.

00:00:56.020 He is willing to listen.

00:00:57.520 He's willing to talk.

00:00:59.460 It looks like the Iranians at least are claiming that they want to talk.

00:01:03.600 I put claiming in quotes, you guys, because, boy, we've seen the history with Iran. 0.52

00:01:08.880 You can't really trust anything, of course, that they're saying.

00:01:12.020 But at least he is saying, I want to be measured.

00:01:15.020 I want to be correct.

00:01:16.680 I want to think about it.

00:01:17.920 And he's also being definitive.

00:01:19.620 He's putting down that two-week marker, and you know darn well President Trump is not going

00:01:25.680 to want to go past that marker.

00:01:27.880 So this is a moment for history.

00:01:30.180 What do you think is going to happen?

00:01:32.200 And is that also maybe a deflection?

00:01:34.200 Because President Trump knows the game all too well, too.

00:01:37.720 Maybe they're thinking, oh, boy, we got two weeks.

00:01:41.840 We can kind of do whatever.

00:01:43.660 Meanwhile, they're planning, and they're moving the B-52s, and they're moving the USS carrier

00:01:48.300 fleets into the area.

00:01:50.720 There are already many in that area.

00:01:52.780 So he is gearing up, and he is ready.

00:01:55.740 Maybe he's ready to strike as early as tonight.

00:01:59.040 I wouldn't put any of these scenarios outside of the mind of President Trump, because he

00:02:03.640 is brilliant, and he is a great statistician, and a great man of knowing how to play the

00:02:10.720 game with some very bad actors in the world.

00:02:13.660 So what do you think is ahead, you guys?

00:02:16.080 1-800-848-9222.

00:02:19.380 1-800-848-9222.

00:02:22.080 This is Rita Cosby filling in for my dear friend Roger Stone. 0.88

00:02:27.160 Well, here is Caroline Levitt. 1.00

00:02:28.960 Take a listen, because it could not be more interesting and more clear.

00:02:34.300 It is clearly the big story of the day.

00:02:37.980 And here is what Caroline Levitt did when she led her White House press briefing just a few 0.96

00:02:43.600 hours ago.

00:02:44.620 I have a message directly from the president, and I quote,

00:02:47.880 quote, based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not

00:02:53.500 take place with Iran in the near future.

00:02:55.480 I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.

00:03:00.560 That's a quote directly from the president for all of you today.

00:03:03.500 And the White House press room was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

00:03:09.940 Is something going to happen tonight?

00:03:11.740 Is it going to happen in the next five minutes?

00:03:13.680 Caroline Levitt said, I can just tell you what the president said.

00:03:16.720 This is a direct quote from the president of the United States.

00:03:20.920 So clearly there is something afoot.

00:03:23.820 First of all, I, again, give him credit that he's at least willing to see, will they come

00:03:29.080 to the table?

00:03:30.160 Will they give up their nuclear enrichment?

00:03:32.860 Will they full-fledged allow inspectors to come in?

00:03:36.380 It can't just be, hey, oh, we gave it up.

00:03:38.540 There has to be verifiable proof.

00:03:40.780 And President Trump, I believe we are lucky to have this man for this moment in history.

00:03:46.920 Can you imagine if we had President Joe Biden or Obama?

00:03:51.980 They were sending in pallets of cash.

00:03:54.540 They were allowing Iranian oil not to be sanctioned.

00:03:58.800 So they were selling it to China and Russia.

00:04:01.520 And that's how they were funding their war machine.

00:04:04.980 I mean, it's pretty common sense.

00:04:06.100 I could pull a two-year-old off the street and they would say, maybe don't give that person

00:04:10.340 money.

00:04:11.100 Don't give a bad person money.

00:04:13.040 Guess what?

00:04:13.740 You know what's going to happen.

00:04:15.000 So I applaud President Trump for being strong, but I also applaud him for showing restraint

00:04:22.200 because he is leading with, again, that sort of Reagan mantra of peace through strength.

00:04:28.560 It's actually a perfect combination.

00:04:30.840 He is bringing in carrier fleets into the region.

00:04:34.660 He's talking about the bunker-busting bombs at that big nuclear facility, the one that's

00:04:41.500 300 feet deep.

00:04:42.960 So you got all that stuff.

00:04:45.600 And he's clearly showing we're ready to strike.

00:04:48.280 This is the guy who took out Soleimani, so he doesn't mess around.

00:04:52.180 And then on the other hand, he's also saying, look, if they're willing to come to the table,

00:04:55.940 I'm going to give you one last chance.

00:04:57.840 We're also hearing from Israel that they are saying maybe there needs to be a regime change.

00:05:03.880 They're equating the Ayatollah there to Hitler.

00:05:09.200 So they're basically gearing up and saying, maybe we might take out the Ayatollah.

00:05:14.240 They've taken out the intel chief and then the guy who replaced the intel chief after he was killed

00:05:20.720 four days later.

00:05:21.860 So anybody gets offered the intel chief in Iran, I think they're kind of turning it down.

00:05:26.180 I think they're looking elsewhere, guys.

00:05:28.740 They're like, no, no, no, I'll be a dog catcher instead.

00:05:31.780 I don't think we need to be the intel chief.

00:05:34.700 But today we're also hearing from the Israeli defense minister who said that the Ayatollah

00:05:41.340 is in their sights.

00:05:42.260 And you know darn well, if you are the Ayatollah of Iran right now, you are shaking in your boots

00:05:48.840 here.

00:05:49.060 Apparently, the word is that he's in some bunker somewhere south of Tehran.

00:05:54.280 But you know that he is definitely panicking.

00:05:58.180 And here is President Trump yesterday, because this is really important.

00:06:02.100 President Trump understands the gravity.

00:06:05.820 There are reports out there.

00:06:07.720 You've heard them that, you know, some people in the Republican Party say, no, we shouldn't.

00:06:12.260 We shouldn't be involved or we shouldn't even be thinking about it.

00:06:15.280 President Trump understands, first of all, if he could bring them to the peace table and

00:06:19.580 have them give up their nukes, that would be an enormous deal.

00:06:23.720 Not that I would ever trust it.

00:06:25.340 And if they don't do it, guess what's going to happen within two weeks, if not a lot sooner?

00:06:30.380 It's going to look like a pile of rubble.

00:06:32.720 And President Trump says he cannot mess around.

00:06:35.520 And that is because he believes that Iran is weeks away from a nuclear weapon.

00:06:42.580 Weeks away from a nuclear weapon.

00:06:44.380 Take a listen.

00:06:44.880 This is what he told all of us yesterday.

00:06:47.280 Well, I don't want to get involved either.

00:06:49.060 But I've been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

00:06:54.220 I've been saying it for a long time.

00:06:56.040 And I think they were a few weeks away from having one.

00:06:59.380 And they had to sign a document.

00:07:01.380 I think they wish they signed it now.

00:07:03.060 It was a fair deal.

00:07:03.840 And now it's a harder thing to sign.

00:07:06.600 You know, it's a lot of water over the dam.

00:07:10.200 But, you know, it's very, I say it very simply.

00:07:14.320 Iran can't have a nuclear weapon.

00:07:16.540 Too much devastation.

00:07:18.840 And they'd use it.

00:07:20.020 You know, I believe they'd use it.

00:07:21.380 Others won't use it.

00:07:22.760 But I believe they'd use it.

00:07:24.020 So that's it.

00:07:25.040 It's very simple as far as I'm concerned.

00:07:26.740 They can't have a nuclear weapon.

00:07:27.900 Yeah, it is pretty simple.

00:07:30.460 And anybody out there who says, oh, let's not really worry about it, if indeed he has the intelligence that they are weeks away.

00:07:38.260 And earlier today, we were talking with General Blaine Holt and Gordon Chang and a whole bunch of other folks who are deep entrenched in intel.

00:07:47.420 And they're really worried that not only even if they're close, it doesn't mean they're not going to get it.

00:07:53.660 That they could potentially put something in sort of a makeshift form and maybe potentially put it on a container, on a shipping container.

00:08:02.660 What about putting it on the back of a Toyota pickup and moving it across the border?

00:08:07.800 What about, there are so many things.

00:08:11.060 I mean, there are so many scenarios.

00:08:12.800 Putting it on a 747.

00:08:14.980 I mean, this is the scary stuff.

00:08:16.320 When you're dealing with some rogue actors, this is not movies.

00:08:20.720 This is real life.

00:08:22.720 And the stakes could not be higher.

00:08:25.420 And I believe President Trump, if he sits there and says, yeah, they are weeks away, you know darn well they are weeks away.

00:08:32.420 He would not put that out there if he did not believe that that was indeed the case.

00:08:38.480 So what do we need to do now?

00:08:40.660 And what do you think this president's going to do?

00:08:43.100 I think it's brilliant that he is allowing a little more forgiveness.

00:08:47.380 I'm going to give you one last chance.

00:08:49.820 He's not being hasty.

00:08:50.980 Maybe he's being smart.

00:08:52.560 But on the other hand, he also knows that Iran has had such a history of dragging this out and lying to the international inspectors for years upon years.

00:09:04.900 So President Trump is trying to bomb the heck out of them via Israel to bring them to the peace table.

00:09:12.180 And maybe he can do it.

00:09:14.320 Maybe they'll be like crawling and begging and saying, oh, boy, we didn't really think it was going to be that bad.

00:09:18.960 But, boy, it is.

00:09:21.620 1-800-848-9222.

00:09:24.720 1-800-848-9222 is the number to call.

00:09:31.200 And let's go to Susan on line one.

00:09:33.680 Susan, this is Rita Cosby filling in for my friend Roger Stone.

00:09:37.040 Go ahead, Susan.

00:09:37.700 Oh, gosh, it's good to hear you at any time of the day or night.

00:09:43.060 And I did want to say I listened to you on Cats at 5 and that you so deserved that award that you got for being, I guess, a great co-host.

00:09:57.420 Is that what that was?

00:09:58.200 I got two Gracie Awards.

00:10:00.600 Cats and Cosby got two Gracie Awards, one for best show and I got for best co-host, which is really neat.

00:10:07.880 And I feel very blessed.

00:10:09.580 I work with the greatest team in the world.

00:10:11.420 Thank you, Susan.

00:10:12.680 Now, what do you think is going to happen here?

00:10:15.520 Definitely amazing.

00:10:16.280 You like the glue on there and you're just so energized.

00:10:18.780 But, no, this is my concern, well, there's so many because this is just such an unfolding situation with such great, you know, upside and downside.

00:10:35.020 But with this memo that Tracy Galbert read about how.

00:10:42.360 You mean, you mean Telsey Gabbard, right?

00:10:44.380 The former director of national intelligence, right?

00:10:47.440 Yes, yes.

00:10:48.940 And she was reading a memo, I guess, under oath, probably information that she received from our intelligence agencies.

00:10:59.140 And their conclusion was that Iran was not involved with doing these actions towards nuclear weapons.

00:11:13.140 And in that report, if I'm not mistaken, it said they hadn't been for several decades.

00:11:20.600 Right.

00:11:20.840 And, you know, it's interesting.

00:11:22.200 I'm so glad you brought that up, Susan, because President Trump was asked about that.

00:11:26.880 First of all, I remember when when Telsey Gabbard testified.

00:11:30.320 I like Telsey.

00:11:31.360 I know Telsey.

00:11:32.160 She's a great gal and a smart gal. 1.00

00:11:35.260 Clearly, she was looking at something that President Trump strongly disagrees with.

00:11:40.540 And I trust President Trump just because he probably has a lot more information.

00:11:45.200 I can tell you that Telsey Gabbard was definitely rebuffed by President Trump this week in a very stunning move.

00:11:51.740 If President Trump came out and said the reporters were asking him on Air Force One, in fact, we're saying, you know, bringing up the question that you're asking, because it's a very good question.

00:12:03.280 Like, OK, she's saying this.

00:12:04.820 President Trump saying this.

00:12:06.560 They sound like apples and oranges.

00:12:08.400 And how could your director of national intelligence say one thing?

00:12:11.680 So the reporters were asking President Trump.

00:12:14.180 And I was curious.

00:12:14.860 I watched it when it was happening.

00:12:16.600 And President Trump's answer was don't listen to that.

00:12:19.200 Don't listen to her.

00:12:20.140 Essentially, he really rebuffed her.

00:12:23.440 And I don't know, you know, what the back story is.

00:12:27.100 I don't know if maybe she got something.

00:12:30.380 I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt that maybe she had something different than he did.

00:12:34.140 And maybe he's gotten more information since then.

00:12:37.080 That could be the case.

00:12:38.180 You never know.

00:12:39.500 Also, again, as I brought up, he is the president of the United States.

00:12:43.400 He has a lot more information and intelligence than Tulsi Gabbard would have.

00:12:49.880 Even though she's the director of national intel, he is the guy who gets the information from her, from FBI, from all these other world leaders.

00:12:58.220 All these other folks are talking directly to him.

00:13:00.620 So all I can say is it was a very clear response from President Trump that there's a lot more to it than what Tulsi Gabbard said.

00:13:10.100 And I don't know what the disconnect is or if she was reading it the way she wanted to read it.

00:13:15.880 She is one of those people who doesn't really believe in going into wars.

00:13:20.940 I believe she probably has good intentions because I like and respect Tulsi a lot.

00:13:26.180 So she may be one of those people who wasn't, you know, apt to go into war.

00:13:30.560 I don't think anybody is.

00:13:31.600 And I don't think President Trump is either.

00:13:33.920 I think he's been pretty measured all along about in terms of when to even consider going in, you know, from the sky.

00:13:42.320 I'm not talking about ground troops whatsoever, but I think maybe since she made that statement, either she didn't have all the information he had or maybe since then he's gotten some new intelligence.

00:13:54.380 Because that could also be the case, Susan, because remember, he's talking to President Netanyahu on the phone all the time.

00:14:00.280 So maybe he has gotten a lot more significant intel, not just from Netanyahu, because I'm sure he would look all over the place on something as serious as this.

00:14:10.000 Even if it's a great ally like Netanyahu, he's going to want a lot of confirmation.

00:14:15.640 But he clearly he was very clear.

00:14:18.040 So either he's got new info or her interpretation was very different.

00:14:22.740 And he's gotten something else to break, you know, to add on top of all of that, to to to break it clear to him.

00:14:29.560 That Iran is absolutely he said weeks away.

00:14:33.800 And in fact, today, Caroline Leavitt was asked specifically about this because it's such a big deal, Susan.

00:14:39.940 And the reporters were like, what is this?

00:14:43.100 Did he really say they are weeks away from a nuclear weapon?

00:14:47.600 And she said, yes, that is what he said.

00:14:51.000 So because they were trying to figure out the disconnect.

00:14:53.560 I hope that answers it for you.

00:14:54.840 Bottom line is the president of the United States has the best info in the world.

00:14:59.560 He is clear that he believes that Iran was prior to the Israeli strikes because he believes, obviously, they've taken out a number of these nuclear facilities.

00:15:09.120 But he believes at that time, which was what, a few days ago now, about a week ago, they were only a few weeks away from a nuclear weapon.

00:15:17.760 And that could not be more chilling.

00:15:20.040 We're going to continue with your call.

00:15:21.760 Susan, thank you for the sweet words about the big awards, too.

00:15:24.360 That was so nice of you.

00:15:25.480 You're so kind.

00:15:26.760 And everybody, this is Rita Cosby filling in for my friend Roger Stone.

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00:16:43.260 Breaking news.

00:16:45.540 And more big news coming in on the Israel-Iran conflict.

00:16:49.320 This is Rita Cosby filling in for my buddy Roger Stone today. 0.90

00:16:54.280 Israel being told that they need to evacuate their state television, essentially, that Iran is saying it's in their sights.

00:17:02.960 And this comes after Iran hit the Bathsheba Hospital, where there were dozens of people wounded.

00:17:10.540 They're claiming, oh, we're really sorry.

00:17:13.760 There was a military facility a few miles away, and we were aiming for that.

00:17:18.500 So either they're bad liars or they have bad aim.

00:17:22.000 Either way, it is not a good situation.

00:17:25.380 You don't hit a hospital, especially with a children's ward and a whole bunch of other things. 0.97

00:17:31.100 These people are savages.

00:17:33.320 And clearly, the Ayatollah is also in Israel's sights. 0.78

00:17:38.240 We're just getting word from Israel that, you know, going after the Ayatollah is not off the table.

00:17:45.620 That that could happen, and who knows, that could happen soon.

00:17:49.300 Israel is hitting a number of these nuclear enrichment sites.

00:17:54.460 But they've also gone after some other leadership folks.

00:17:57.600 And now they keep talking about the Ayatollah.

00:18:00.700 Wow, wow, wow.

00:18:01.740 We're going to continue with your calls, guys, after the break.

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00:18:20.340 And this is Rita Cosby.

00:18:22.160 And for my friend, Roger Stone.

00:18:24.660 And boy, what a busy news night.

00:18:27.040 We are just getting word also from Israel.

00:18:29.260 They are saying, quote,

00:18:30.160 We will strike all of Iran's nuclear facilities. 0.99

00:18:34.480 Now, that's a very important message. 0.66

00:18:36.380 Not a surprise that that's their goal.

00:18:39.160 But they are clearly signaling that they're going to hit all of them.

00:18:42.820 And that would, of course, mean that Fordow facility, which is the one that is 300 feet deep, reportedly, below a mountain range of limestone and other rock.

00:18:55.700 And that would require potentially either a bunker buster that the U.S. has, a cluster bomb type activity where they would have to go in with these bunker busters simultaneously, one after another.

00:19:09.720 Either one opens and creates the crater and then another bunker buster bomb comes in afterwards and then goes deeper.

00:19:16.100 Or, the other question is, does Israel have some other plan to take out that facility, which is like the backup, backup of nuclear production?

00:19:26.780 Clearly something secret because they put it at the 300 feet below a mountain range.

00:19:32.100 So you can imagine it's obviously something very big to the Iranian mullahs.

00:19:36.940 But also, maybe Israel has some sort of other strategy.

00:19:40.860 Remember, they put off those pagers, so who knows what they got.

00:19:46.120 Or, maybe they have some sort of military technology that we are not aware of right now.

00:19:53.480 So, boy, oh boy, the stakes could not be higher.

00:19:57.760 We're going to take your calls tonight because there are so many developments here.

00:20:01.320 1-800-848-9222.

00:20:04.540 1-800-848-9222.

00:20:06.860 And also, you've got to hear this.

00:20:10.160 I can't believe this.

00:20:11.780 President Barack Obama sort of joining the loony Democrat resistance, calling for a broad-scale Trump resistance.

00:20:21.140 Give me a break.

00:20:22.160 You were the former president of the United States.

00:20:25.620 And you could make the case that right now, part of the reason that Iran is flush with cash is because Obama was so easy on them.

00:20:33.880 Remember, he flew in the pallets of cash in the middle of the night?

00:20:38.000 Not even in U.S. dollars.

00:20:39.500 It was in euros.

00:20:40.460 So, it could be sort of secreted.

00:20:42.100 Remember going in?

00:20:43.700 And he's sitting there saying, resist?

00:20:45.360 You've got a president that may be a wartime president?

00:20:48.540 And you're dealing with this?

00:20:50.980 Nonsense. 1.00

00:20:51.660 It's ridiculous. 0.94

00:20:53.140 But President Barack Obama, the former president, said the U.S., quote, 0.84

00:20:56.720 is dangerously close to moving towards an autocracy.

00:21:01.740 And we can't let that happen.

00:21:04.020 And then he's also, you know, inspiring the likes of people like Ilhan Omar.

00:21:09.340 And every time I think of Ilhan Omar, I think of, well, somebody did something.

00:21:14.940 Remember after 9-11?

00:21:16.940 She's the one who put out the comments who said, oh, yeah, 9-11, that was when somebody did something.

00:21:22.860 It was called 19 Hijackers Unleashed Hell on America. 1.00

00:21:27.240 It's a lot more than somebody did something.

00:21:29.680 She seemed like an apologist.

00:21:31.820 To me, it felt like for these hijackers.

00:21:34.960 Well, now she is trashing America, saying that America is the worst when it comes to human rights and other things. 1.00

00:21:43.740 Are you kidding me?

00:21:44.660 Have you seen what happens in Iran?

00:21:47.680 Have you seen what happens in some of these other dictatorships around the world?

00:21:52.820 Let's play Ilhan Omar, because this is a reprehensible comment.

00:21:57.160 Up in a dictatorship.

00:22:01.220 And I don't even remember ever witnessing anything like that.

00:22:04.720 To have a democracy, a pecan of hope for the world to now be turned into one of the worst countries where the military are in our streets without any regard for people's constitutional rights.

00:22:24.120 While our president is spending millions of dollars prompting himself up like a failed dictator with a military parade.

00:22:32.560 Are you kidding me?

00:22:34.460 He did a parade to showcase America.

00:22:36.780 I thought it was brilliant because it also was fitting in with his peace through strength.

00:22:43.240 And here is Whoopi Goldberg.

00:22:45.160 If you thought that Ilhan Omar was sipping the loony kuzuni pills, listen to what Whoopi Goldberg on The View had to say.

00:22:54.860 I couldn't believe this.

00:22:56.760 She was talking about the fact that she believes that African-Americans in America who look America's had obviously a troubled past. 0.88

00:23:08.140 You know, you think about the Civil War and there are so many different issues tied to African-Americans in the past.

00:23:15.680 I'm glad that we have made enormous strides, but I don't think Whoopi Goldberg sees it that way, even though she's African-American and extremely wealthy.

00:23:26.540 So I'm not really sure what she's talking about here, but she actually is equating African-Americans in America with the way that women are treated in Iran. 0.97

00:23:37.860 And I just want to you think of what happens to women in Iran. 1.00

00:23:41.680 And it came up on the discussion of one of these individuals, a woman, a very courageous woman who was, you know, didn't want to wear the hijab.

00:23:51.520 And they took her into custody, the Iranians. 1.00

00:23:55.580 There are reports that they horribly sexually assaulted her and they horribly killed her.

00:24:01.640 And there have been many stories like that of what they have done to women in Iran.

00:24:09.260 And Whoopi Goldberg is somehow saying that America is just as bad as the regime in Iran.

00:24:18.280 This is horrible.

00:24:19.460 And again, it's on the precipice of we're wondering, you know, what President Trump's going to do.

00:24:24.640 Whoopi has one of the most difficult decisions that any commander in chief would have to face ever.

00:24:30.700 You think about the potential of a nuclear weapon in the hands of a mad regime like the Iranian regime. 0.98

00:24:37.140 And then you actually have people in this country who are, you know, in front of the camera, have a microphone in front of them and are saying that African-Americans in America basically are treated the same or worse than Iranians who rise up like this woman. 0.87

00:24:55.520 This is nuts.

00:24:56.600 But you have to hear it because everybody's talking about this.

00:24:59.680 I think it's very different to live in the United States in 2025 than it is to live in Iran. 0.99

00:25:03.160 Not if you're black, not for everybody, not if you're black guys, don't go to Iran. 1.00

00:25:07.640 Do not. 0.99

00:25:08.060 And you know, let me tell you about being in this country.

00:25:11.660 This is the greatest country in the world.

00:25:13.920 But yeah, I know that.

00:25:15.520 I know that.

00:25:16.500 And we all know that.

00:25:18.380 But every day we are worried.

00:25:21.540 Do we have to be worried about our kids?

00:25:23.440 Are our kids going to get shot because they're running through somebody's neighborhood?

00:25:28.000 These are there.

00:25:28.900 They are not big deals.

00:25:30.380 And I don't mean to say they're not big deals to you because that's not what I meant.

00:25:34.200 And they are not doing well there either.

00:25:36.300 They are not doing well in Iran.

00:25:38.500 They are not educated.

00:25:39.400 They cannot property.

00:25:40.280 They cannot leave them.

00:25:41.320 I'm talking about here.

00:25:42.120 Nobody wants to diminish the very real problems we have in this country.

00:25:45.920 That is no one's intent.

00:25:47.140 But I think it's important we remember there are places much darker than this country and people who deserve rights.

00:25:52.220 Not everybody feels that way.

00:25:54.360 Not everybody feels that way.

00:25:55.980 Listen, I'm sorry, you know, when you think about the fact that we got the vote in 1965.

00:26:03.660 Okay, they don't have free and fair elections in Iran.

00:26:06.900 It's not even the same universe.

00:26:09.080 They can't go out of their house.

00:26:10.720 You know what, there's no way I can make you understand.

00:26:14.360 What a preposterous comment.

00:26:18.720 And then here's a little more lunacy from Whoopi. 0.99

00:26:22.160 But let's just remember, too, the Iranians literally throw gay people off of buildings. 1.00

00:26:25.660 They don't adhere to basic human rights. 0.98

00:26:27.000 Listen, here's the thing.

00:26:28.220 Let's not do that.

00:26:30.020 Let's not do that. 0.98

00:26:31.140 Because if we start with that, we have been known in this country to tie gay folks to the car. 0.98

00:26:37.840 I'm sorry, but where the Iranian regime is today, I'm sorry, they used to just keep hanging black people. 0.95

00:26:45.560 It is not even the same.

00:26:47.060 I couldn't step foot wearing this outfit.

00:26:48.320 Oh, no, wait, wait, wait.

00:26:48.880 That's not what you mean to say.

00:26:50.480 It is the same.

00:26:51.560 No, it's not.

00:26:52.400 The year 2025 in the United States is nothing like if I step foot wearing this outfit.

00:26:56.360 I can't have my hair showing.

00:27:01.520 I can't wear a skirt.

00:27:02.380 I can't have my arms out.

00:27:03.600 I'm telling you.

00:27:05.000 I literally said it was up to the Iranian people. 1.00

00:27:08.380 Yes, it is up to them.

00:27:09.280 And that's why I am saying that it is the same.

00:27:14.720 Murdering someone for their difference is not good.

00:27:19.100 Whoever does.

00:27:20.700 It's not good.

00:27:21.940 How could you ever equate what she was just saying in America, like one of the by far the

00:27:32.000 freest country in the world, by far the freest country in the world.

00:27:36.280 I've traveled a lot.

00:27:37.800 This is the greatest, freest country in the world.

00:27:40.460 And she's equating us to Iran that they're essentially on the same page.

00:27:47.120 She needs to travel.

00:27:48.820 Can you imagine if you walk and you had like a gaze for gaze for Gaza? 0.96

00:27:55.900 I always see these crazy loony kazooly protesters out there that are in different places and 1.00

00:28:01.660 they're waving the gaze for Gaza sign.

00:28:03.940 They would last about five seconds in Gaza.

00:28:07.660 They would literally throw them off of the roof.

00:28:10.980 Can you imagine?

00:28:12.460 And she's sitting there saying that that's about the same as America. 1.00

00:28:16.280 That is a preposterous comment and it's ridiculous and it's ignorant. 0.98

00:28:22.300 And it's also at a time where the president is saying we're going in for the greater good 0.99

00:28:27.360 of the world and that's the best she can come back with.

00:28:31.400 That is a disgrace.

00:28:33.220 And that's an American saying that.

00:28:35.240 Wow.

00:28:36.020 1-800-848-9222.

00:28:39.160 1-800-848-9222.

00:28:42.440 And let's go to Jim on line four in Afton, New York.

00:28:46.520 Jim, your thoughts about this?

00:28:49.060 Hi, Rita.

00:28:49.640 I think Israel has been spectacular in their response.

00:28:54.440 And I think President Trump has a very dangerous chess game to play. 0.98

00:28:59.600 Because you're dealing with, you know, lunatics. 0.99

00:29:01.960 They're an apocalyptic version of Islam. 1.00

00:29:04.460 They think if they bring on the end of the world, they're going to have the 12th Emon come out of the well.

00:29:09.400 And we're all going to be on Sharia law. 0.62

00:29:11.280 By the way, Jim, you forgot about the 30 virgins, too.

00:29:15.860 You know, you forgot about that, that they want to see Allah.

00:29:21.560 Jim, are you there?

00:29:23.200 Yeah, I'm here.

00:29:23.720 Yeah, go ahead.

00:29:24.340 I'm just saying that they have these images of the 30 virgins and Allah.

00:29:29.900 And you hit it exactly on the head that there's such a fanaticism.

00:29:35.120 It's like the kamikazes, you know, going into Pearl Harbor, the Japanese kamikazes who were willing to die for a cause. 0.98

00:29:43.120 They're so fanatical.

00:29:44.460 And that's a dangerous breed.

00:29:46.140 Right, Jim? 0.66

00:29:46.700 Yes, and you can't negotiate with them because since you're an infidel, it's okay for them to lie, cheat, steal. 1.00

00:29:54.100 And, you know, you can't negotiate.

00:29:56.020 And then with Israel, they don't have the aircraft to deliver what you need to reach that 300 feet and that mountain. 0.87

00:30:05.680 I was listening to some, it might have been Blaine Hall, that the Moab, the mother of all bombs, it's 86,000 pounds.

00:30:12.620 That has new...

00:30:14.700 Oops, I lost you, Jim.

00:30:17.700 Hey, Jim, call us back.

00:30:19.000 We lost you.

00:30:19.600 But I remember earlier, I think the point that Jim was going to make when we spoke with Blaine Holt earlier on Katz and Cosby,

00:30:28.860 the general was saying that these cluster bombs have capabilities,

00:30:33.520 but that he firmly believed that they would require some sort of ground forces,

00:30:39.640 not necessarily by any means like U.S. or anything,

00:30:42.280 but that there might need to be maybe some Mossad or somebody on the ground there that could also trigger or at least help some sort of acceleration of it on the ground

00:30:55.540 or just to make sure it was taken out for the second phase.

00:30:58.080 But he thought it would have to be something that would have some sky activity, obviously strikes from the sky.

00:31:04.520 And also, he didn't rule out that maybe there is something else that Israel has that we just don't know about.

00:31:10.720 So let's go to Fran in Massapequa on line one.

00:31:14.220 Go ahead, Fran.

00:31:16.420 Rita, congrats on your awards.

00:31:18.320 You're a winner, and we love you, and thank you for fighting for us and our rights.

00:31:22.940 Thank you, Fran.

00:31:24.180 Thank you so much.

00:31:25.740 I appreciate it.

00:31:26.820 You know what?

00:31:27.300 I love you guys and tell the truth and common sense.

00:31:30.920 I feel like, you know, I care about this country, and you do too.

00:31:34.420 So thank you.

00:31:35.540 You're very, very sweet.

00:31:36.700 It's nice when you're picked by your peers because it was picked by your peers,

00:31:40.520 so that means even more, you know.

00:31:42.540 But thank you, Fran.

00:31:43.860 What do you think is going to happen now with this?

00:31:45.780 Because this is big stuff.

00:31:47.720 Well, the thing is, first of all, just real quick,

00:31:50.700 those African-American women with a lot of money and a lot of security, 1.00

00:31:55.920 and they eat a lot of good food, and they have a lot of good things in life,

00:32:00.000 and then they got the nerve to say what they say.

00:32:02.420 Let's not forget that.

00:32:03.820 The problem is we have too many rights in America,

00:32:06.500 and you can see the left abusing it.

00:32:09.020 And thank God for the African-American and Spanish men in this country

00:32:14.180 that finally woke up and said, 0.99

00:32:16.280 we aren't voting for this junk anymore, 0.99

00:32:18.880 and they voted for Donald Trump, who cares? 0.99

00:32:21.940 Now getting on to the war.

00:32:23.440 And by the way, Fran, before I get you on to the war,

00:32:26.200 you know, you just reminded me of also,

00:32:28.300 remember Obama during the campaign was scolding black men?

00:32:33.220 Remember?

00:32:33.800 And that totally backfired because he was like,

00:32:36.360 you guys need to hurry up and come out and vote.

00:32:38.740 Like shaming them.

00:32:40.260 And African-American men afterwards came out and said,

00:32:43.920 we don't need to be talked to.

00:32:45.280 We don't need to be like disgraced to like,

00:32:48.160 like you got to vote for Kamala.

00:32:50.380 It turned them off.

00:32:52.240 So that was another powerful point as we're talking about Obama 0.92

00:32:55.220 and his crazy comments.

00:32:56.360 Now, what do you make of where this is headed?

00:33:00.320 And what's your biggest concern, Frank?

00:33:03.140 That's what's great about you.

00:33:04.480 You're 100%.

00:33:05.300 The world hasn't been right since Obama's been the president.

00:33:08.180 Let's remember that the, what I think is this,

00:33:11.320 the Israelis are doing the world's job. 1.00

00:33:14.420 There's people with, you know,

00:33:15.800 on these countries in the middle East that are saying,

00:33:19.240 Oh my God, please get rid of this.

00:33:20.880 You have to get rid of them. 0.98

00:33:22.040 They've already said they want America dead. 0.99

00:33:24.100 Everybody. 1.00

00:33:24.880 They want Israel dead. 0.99

00:33:26.520 Everybody. 0.99

00:33:27.260 That's it.

00:33:28.020 They've said it for years and years and years.

00:33:30.040 That's what they want.

00:33:31.220 Let's give it to them.

00:33:32.520 Let's give them what they want.

00:33:34.440 And then when Israel's done, they should say, who's next. 0.97

00:33:37.300 We want peace.

00:33:38.620 Who's next.

00:33:39.800 And that's where you got to do it. 0.99

00:33:41.140 Because the only way to kill a bad person with a gun is with a gun.

00:33:44.940 The only way to stop a bad person is with good people and Jesus and the Lord.

00:33:50.060 And whether you believe, you know, believe in that's it.

00:33:53.320 These people, they don't care about nothing. 0.81

00:33:55.180 They kill innocent people, women. 1.00

00:33:57.460 They rape their children, old people. 1.00

00:34:00.200 They don't care. 1.00

00:34:01.300 And the left is just insane. 0.99

00:34:03.240 We all know that now. 0.94

00:34:04.880 The news, that there's certain channels that are crazy.

00:34:08.240 We all know that.

00:34:09.420 We all know that now.

00:34:11.240 So now it's time for peace or we get rid of you.

00:34:14.880 Love you.

00:34:15.800 You are the best.

00:34:17.560 Fran, thank you very much.

00:34:20.180 A great, great message.

00:34:21.800 And you know what?

00:34:22.340 I do feel Trump is clearly putting out that message like, I'm willing to come to the table.

00:34:30.000 It's a great message.

00:34:31.300 And I actually think so far he has handled this really masterfully because it's a tough balancing act.

00:34:37.220 But he has said, look, I want peace.

00:34:40.360 I want Iran to be a great country.

00:34:42.600 I mean, he's always praising the people of Iran, not the leaders, but the people of Iran, the Persian people, predominantly Persian.

00:34:50.440 And he's saying, you know, it's a very well-educated, sophisticated society.

00:34:54.740 I have friends who are Persian.

00:34:56.220 I have a lot of friends who are tied to the resistance that are waiting for this moment, praying for this moment for years.

00:35:02.900 And he's saying if things can be great, Iran can be great again.

00:35:07.780 I mean, that's his message.

00:35:08.740 He really does want the best for Iran. 0.66

00:35:10.580 But he knows that he's got to get the mullahs and this terrible regime that's inspiring these crazy zealots like we're talking about.

00:35:20.740 And that's got to get out of the way.

00:35:22.420 And obviously the nuclear potential has to be off the table 100%.

00:35:26.840 They have to allow inspectors in.

00:35:29.340 So 100%, we know that they don't just gear up again a few weeks later, a few months or years later.

00:35:34.900 All of these things.

00:35:36.200 And he knows it.

00:35:37.260 So he's also emitting strength, saying if you don't do it, you're going to be rubble.

00:35:43.120 And often the fact that he is strong enough and clear enough and has a track record enough.

00:35:49.260 He went after Soleimani when many others had the chance and did not do it.

00:35:54.640 And he said, I'm going to do it because this is a bad actor.

00:35:57.980 And this is a guy with a track record.

00:36:00.400 The Iranians know it. 0.68

00:36:02.140 And that's a good thing for peace in the world because he's not also trigger happy either.

00:36:07.440 He's being smart, but he also is not afraid either.

00:36:11.280 And that's a powerful combination.

00:36:13.880 Boy, oh boy.

00:36:14.780 Fran, thank you.

00:36:15.480 You're terrific.

00:36:16.480 1-800-848-9222.

00:36:19.420 And this is Rita Cosby filling in for the great Roger Stone. 0.53

00:36:24.220 The Stone Zone on the Red Apple Podcast Network.

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00:36:45.240 We are taking your calls.

00:36:46.620 1-800-848-9222.

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00:36:51.920 Let's go to Lou in Long Island on line four.

00:36:56.020 Lou, your thoughts about this?

00:36:58.720 Yes, I understand you'd have to send in troops to verify the destruction of those nuclear sites.

00:37:05.980 But what about the radiation exposure to those troops?

00:37:10.420 Yeah, that's a great point.

00:37:11.680 And that's an enormous, enormous concern.

00:37:14.200 And, you know, I also think, Lou, that is part of the reason also Israel, it's not like they're hitting every site all the time.

00:37:21.680 You see they're hitting, like, one over here, one over here.

00:37:24.940 And that's why, especially with that Fordow facility, they're being really careful.

00:37:29.760 I'm sure that they are trying to figure out what to do because that's an enormous concern.

00:37:34.940 You think about what happened in Chernobyl and some of these other things that we have heard throughout history.

00:37:41.260 And you don't know.

00:37:42.840 You know, the other thing, too, the other day when they believed that there was some hit or maybe a test, potentially, on a nuclear site, there were a couple earthquakes that were felt in Iran.

00:37:55.400 So that's how serious and how big this is.

00:37:58.160 And that is a major concern.

00:38:00.040 Great point, Lou.

00:38:01.300 Everybody, Bill O'Reilly's coming up next.

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