Posted on 09/17/2019 7:42:12 PM PDT by Kazan
On his nationally syndicated radio talk show “The Mark Levin Show” on Monday, host Mark Levin warned that if something serious isn’t done, Iran will take this attack as a first step.
“I will say this, if something isn’t done, something serious and significant isn’t done respecting Iran, they’re going to take this as a first step,” stated Mark Levin. “I’m just telling you. They’re going to take this as a first step. So, we’ll see what happens.”
Mark Levin’s comments came after a Saudi Arabian oil facility was attacked by “cruise missiles and drones,” FOX News reported, that “were launched from Iranian soil,” and after Iran seized control of another oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Below is a transcript, in pertinent part, of Mark Levin’s remarks from his show on Monday:
“The Iranians are not going away.
“So what should the president do? Short of military action – and I’m not saying we should be short of military action, but if we are – what should we do? Should we lift our sanctions? No. There are five areas of waivers that the secretary of state’s office has argued should not be lifted, that is, they shouldn’t be imposed on Iran. Will the secretary of state change his mind now? I hope. There needs to be a lot of pressure on Iran.
“I read an article the other day – I don’t know if it’s right or not – that Iran’s pension funds are about to collapse, including with the military. Isn’t that a good thing? Wouldn’t that be great?
“So why would we give them a $15 billion bridge loan?
“Remember the gentleman who called last week? He had been from Eastern Europe, I believe. No, he was from France, I think – originally, now an American. He said, ‘Do you remember how Khomeini would up in Iran? Because the French government released him.’ The French make very, very stupid foreign policy decisions, which is why they’re a second- and third-tier country. I don’t think we need to be taking advice from Macron, who’s got 27 percent popularity in France, and has no background on anything, no background on anything.
“So the Iranians are pirates on the open sea. They took another oil tanker yesterday.
“If you go on the internet – you won’t read this in many newspapers because the media are the media – you’ll see they’re kidnapping British and Australians and others left and right now.
“This attack on Saudi Arabia should grab your attention because of its accuracy, the devastation and the technology involved.
“And as I told you before, maybe Rand Paul is not aware of this, the fifth fleet is harbored in Bahrain. Should we withdraw? Should we pull back? How about with China? They took over the South China Sea with their fake islands. Should we withdraw, pull back? Should we take our subs off of the Korean peninsula, remove them too? Where should we go? Where should we go? Just keep pulling back and back and back and let these various threats and enemies grow and grow and grow?
“Rand Paul asked a question over the weekend: ‘Why are we in Afghanistan?’ Is this guy an idiot? Does anybody know why we went into Afghanistan? Anybody? Everybody knows why we went into Afghanistan. Because the Taliban gave safe harbor to Al Qaeda and Bin Laden, and if we take all of our troops out of Afghanistan, what do you think is going to happen?
“I mean, how many more times do we have to lose Americans, heroes, blood to go back and fight the same battles, go back and fight over the same territory? It’s— At one point we had over 140,000 troops in Afghanistan. We’re down to 14,000. We have about anywhere from 1,500 to 2,200 special forces in Syria. We have minimal presence in Iraq.
“We’re not an invading army. We’re not going to war with these countries. We’re trying to make sure we’re not attacked – yes, from 7,000 miles away – that we’re not attacked. We’re not colonialists. We’re not conquerors.
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“I will say this, if something isn’t done, something serious and significant isn’t done respecting Iran, they’re going to take this as a first step. I’m just telling you. They’re going to take this as a first step. So, we’ll see what happens.
“But right now they’re controlling events – not the world – they’re controlling events.”
Iran threatens our freedom you say?
How is that working for them?
I wonder how many times they can be ignored before they try to pick a fight with Israel.
Invading and occupying these Islamic sh!t-holes did nothing to stop the multiple acts of terrorism carried out by Muslim mutants right here in the U.S. SINCE 9/11.
You might want to try a new line of propaganda. That one is a joke.
When I heard the Bush Doctrine first described - I was fully on board. Then - we went into Iraq - and NOT Iran. Then - we screwed around in Afghanistan and still are for 17 years with STILL stupid ROEs (notice changing a CINC hasn't changed squat). We are still buddies with the Saudis.
If you want to get enlightened go to YouTube and watch "The Secret History of ISIS" from Frontline. Watch Colin Powell lie his a$$ off. As someone who came very close to dying over there and leaving behind a wife and two young sons - it's infuriating to me.
I don't trust the intel branches as far as I can throw my car. Seriously - go watch that Frontline - and look at what they still do - and tell me we can trust them NOW to put our kid's lives in harms way for the Saudis.
Thank you for this information. Have you read this one? It’s the Guardian, I know, but wow, I was shocked to read who all supported their de-listing as a terr. organization.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/23/iran-usa
Thank YOU for that link. It gives a lot more detail than I knew.
A bully is still a bully, same rules apply here as in the school yard. Take out their oil - all of it, and they will literally dry up. Give the Saudi’s the arms they need to take the oil out completely and let them push the button. Plausible deniability.
Why should we do anything to Iran?
——SIGH—— Nevermind.
Saudi Arabia should admit that they’re a client state of the US and behave in a properly subservient fashion.
Assuming, of course, we actually want them as a client.
How much compensation is that ‘absolute fortune’ to the families and friends of dead and maimed service members?
There’s nothing anonymous about B52s in the air.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Just as there is nothing anonymous about Irans recent drone/missile attack on Saudi oil facilities.
Its done quickly at night, and we deny all involvement just like Iran does.That seems to go for “anonymous” these days.
I am very aware that MUDSLIMES don’t need a reason to kill Christians (or any other non-mudslime) just because they want to.
Islam is not a true religion, it is a political/social ideology that advocates world dominance; and hides behind a phony prophet and false god, unless their god is Satan.
My point here is that there are about as many different factions of islam as there are of Christianity.
The difference between Christian factions and islamic factions is we stooped killing each other over our differences quite a while back; they are still killing each other over the number of virgins or raisins they will get upon death.
This particular fight is between two factions of idiot RAGHEADS, WE DON’T HAVE A HORSE IN THIS RACE.
Let them kill each other hand over fist, I don’t care about either side; if they manage to kill each other off, then we can go in and MOAB the last raghead standing.
Much better than picking one side over the other and wind up getting a lot of young American men and women killed.
ALL RAGHEADS are enemies of the United States and our form of government; you can’t teach 6th Century SAVAGES what freedom and independent thought even means, much less how to implement it.
These savage barbarians are still tribal groups who keep SLAVES and attack each others tribes to TAKE SLAVES.
We do -- our horse is American citizens in this country and abroad that will be attacked by Islamic terrorist groups if we don't stay in Afghanistan and make sure Islamic terrorist groups gain strength.
Carter and Clinton tried ignoring Islamic radicals and didn't work.
The lie is that we're still fighting a war in Afghanistan. We're not. The war is over and we won. We're there to have a base of operation to conduct an ongoing anti-terrorist operation.
So am I my friend. I served 22.5 YEARS. I am what you would call a LIFER. I’ve seen shit. Done shit. And eaten shit most people cannot even imagine.
And, as our Founding Fathers understood, there are some things bigger than us. More Important than us.
The Holy Bible is replete with the sacrifices of good men for the greater good.
The Holy Bible is also replete with men who said no way. I’m not going there. I refuse. It’s not worth it. F that shit!
I choose to be the former and not the latter. It seems you’ve made the opposite choice. Good Luck with that.
Fat Fingered the damned 10 key!!! I meant to type 26.5 years.
I don’t refuse to fight, I have never refused to fight; but this isn’t our fight, and regardless of how you choose to twist the words or use the Holy Bible to defend your position YOU ARE WRONG.
GOOD MEN and WOMEN will DIE while the shit-stains that are calling the loudest for war will just sit back and collect the BLOOD MONEY generated by their NEXT NECESSARY WAR.
I for one am sick and tired of seeing good men and women sweat, bleed, cry, and die for some politicians WET DREAM.
We have been in Afghanistan for what? EIGHTEEN YEARS now?
When are the PERFUMED PUSSIES in the Pentagon and White House going to decide to win or throw in the towel on this one.
Of course they tell you we left with our HONOR intact, those dickwads wouldn’t know the meaning of the word if you beat them to death with it.
They shived me and mine in the back in Viet Nam, only when it finally got to dangerous for the Congressional Junkets to go down there to get their DICKS WET!
If they had allowed us to fight to destroy communism in South East Asia, we could have gutted those f#ckers in 18 months max; it was a war about MONEY in CONGRESSIONAL POCKETS and POOM POOM, I hope they all went back to the world with the CLAP.
As I said before; if you want a war great! Pick up your DEUCE gear, your weapons, buy a ticket to shitcanistan and go kill a raghead for Christ.
I spent my time killing commies for Christ, so to you, kind of like the TV commercial “THIS WARS FOR YOU”.
America is energy independent today thanks to PRESIDENT TRUMP, if the Saudis, the Kuwaitis, the Iraqis, et al, are WORRIED ABOUT THEIR MARKET SHARE, LET THEM DEFEND IT.
The fact that we are not just energy independent but, we are now an energy exporter is a very good thing.
However, Oil is a COMMODITY. Our oil is not isolated from world markets. It is tied directly to them. Disruptions to the worldwide supply affects every country, every industry, and every man and woman in every country.
Iran has attacked either directly or through proxies American and has been killing Americans for more than 40 years.
It’s long past time we put a world of hurt on those MF’s.
And, as for me, I’m just a tad too old now to grab my gear. You see, I’m recently retired after serving in our great Armed Forces for 26.5 years.
As did my dad, my grandfather and, my great grandfather, my brother, and now, my son and a nephew.
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