Don't Be Touching My Leg! You'll Get Your Ass Kicked!

Summary

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“Don't Be Touching My Leg! You'll Get Your Ass Kicked!”

Date: March 3, 2026
Hosts: Jack Armstrong & Joe Getty
Podcast: iHeartPodcasts

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Episode Overview

This engaging episode dives deeply into the ongoing Iran-Israel-US conflict, media coverage and political spin, the concept of "wars of choice," US military preparedness, and the rapid consumption of military resources (“burn rate”). Armstrong and Getty bring their signature humor and irreverence to serious geopolitical and domestic issues. They also riff on pop culture stories, polling on the war, and how social media shapes political perspectives. Notable for both sharp policy commentary and tongue-in-cheek banter.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Posthumous Media Rehab & the Ayatollah (03:07–04:43)

• Discussion on how sections of the media have characterized the recently deceased Iranian Ayatollah, poking fun at “austere scholar” narratives.
• Quote: “The posthumous rehabilitation of the Ayatollah by the lefty media is something to behold. An austere scholar with a bushy beard and a ready smile…” – Jack Armstrong (03:10)

2. War of Choice, Political Posturing, and Congressional Debate (04:41–06:38)

• The hosts dissect arguments around whether the ongoing Iran conflict is a “war of choice” or necessity, with references to historical and legal concepts (including ancient codes).

• Quote: "I just dove into a long scholarly piece about the very concept of a war of choice and it went back to the freaking codes of Hammurabi..." – Jack Armstrong (05:40)

• Cites a statement from Senator Mark Warner questioning the classification of an Israeli threat as an American one (04:25–04:41).

3. Legal & Strategic Complexity (06:14–08:39)

• Debates regarding the War Powers Act and the US President’s right to act militarily.
• Historical context: US involvement dating back to 1953 coup in Iran.
• Highlights media hypocrisy on military strikes with shifting narratives depending on the president in office.

4. Imminent Threats and Rubio’s Response (08:39–09:37)

• Marco Rubio's justification that defending Israel equates to defending the US because of the likelihood of blowback.
• Broader commentary on anti-war and anti-Semitic sentiment from both sides of the aisle.

5. Public Opinion and Polling on the War (10:06–11:13)

• Noting historically low early support in public polls for the conflict, and how public perception may evolve if perceived success grows.
• Quote: “I don't remember a war where it was upside down like this at the very beginning. Well over 60%...are against what happened.” – Jack Armstrong (10:15)

6. The Burn Rate Problem: Running Low on Munitions? (11:58–12:16; 13:31–14:30)

• Discussion of US and allied defensive stockpiles running low after days of combat.
• US manufacturing has shifted, leaving the country no longer the “arsenal of democracy.”
• Quote: “We're spending more than we have in quite a while... We're not the arsenal of democracy anymore. We don't have enough factories.” – Joe Getty (11:58)

7. Iran’s Strategy: Blitz the Defenses (13:41–14:08)

• Iran’s plan to overwhelm US and Israeli missile defenses by flooding the region with cheap drones and rockets, forcing a high-cost response.

8. “Big Wave” and Future Escalation (14:08–15:07)

• Teasing the potential of a much larger counteroffensive, as referenced by Trump and media.

9. The Shahed Drone Challenge (17:33–18:01)

• Iranian-made $10k drones (“Shahed”) are draining million-dollar defense resources per strike, paralleling lessons learned in Ukraine.

10. News Roundup with Katie Green (18:14–20:51)

• Rapid review of major headlines related to the conflict, US munitions, China’s submarine program, and quirky sidebars (Shia LaBeouf, egg studies, Babylon Bee satire).
• Humorous moment: Armstrong jokes about bar fights and Shia LaBeouf’s altercation (20:18–20:34).

11. Domestic Terrorism and Iran Symbology (24:18–25:08)

• Coverage of an Austin, TX, mass shooter with apparent Iranian sympathies. Skepticism over media reticence to draw connections.
• Quote: "Still trying to investigate a motive, but a guy wearing an Iranian jacket with an Iranian flag in his house and a Quran in his car?" – Jack Armstrong (25:00)

12. Trump’s Boasts and Munitions Stockpiles (25:14–27:00)

• Trump claims US has ‘virtually unlimited’ mid-grade munitions, blames Biden for lapses, and refers to Zelensky as “PT Barnum.”
• Quote: “We have a virtually unlimited supply… Wars can be fought forever and very successfully using just these supplies which are better than other countries’ finest arms at the highest end.” – Reading Trump’s Truth Social post (25:41)

13. Industrial Capacity and Wartime Readiness (27:47–29:41)

• Comparing WWII ramp-up to today’s limited manufacturing capability—now tougher to retool modern plants or retrain the workforce for wartime.
• Tension between business risk and national security needs.

14. Mossad, Hacking, and the Death of the Ayatollah (31:16–33:52)

• Rumors that Mossad hacked Tehran’s traffic cameras to track and kill the Ayatollah.
• Skepticism about intelligence sources, but agreement that leaks serve to intimidate adversaries.
• Quote: “Israeli spies spent years hacking nearly every traffic camera in Tehran so they could monitor the Ayatollah everywhere…” – Reading from Financial Times (31:16)

15. Naming Wars, Media Jokes & Jon Stewart (35:02–35:44)

• Amusement at over-the-top military operation names ("Epic Fury"); Jon Stewart’s quip about Trump’s late-night announcements and “father of the bride settling with the caterer.”
• Quote: “Why do we name our wars the same way the Paul brothers name Energy drinks?” – Jon Stewart, as quoted by Jack Armstrong (35:02)

16. Algorithmic Political Bubbles on Social Media (40:04–41:54)

• Email segment: audience complaints about social media “walled gardens,” siloed newsfeeds, and lack of exposure to opposing viewpoints.
• Quote: “I wish the algorithm could choose smart people with a variety of opinions… as sort of an opt-in option as opposed to lots of dumb people whose politics lean my direction.” – Jack Armstrong (40:43)

17. War and Public Deterrence: Historical Perspectives (41:54–44:48)

• Listeners compare the build-up to WWII to the current situation; question whether US enforcement is necessary for “rules-based order”; George Will's column on the return of deterrence.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• On the Ayatollah’s Media Image:
  “An austere scholar with a bushy beard and a ready smile, the Ayatollah was beloved by family and friends alike…” – Jack Armstrong (03:10)

• Dissecting ‘War of Choice’:
  “It's one of those terms that people use when they want, in the way they want and when it's their side, they use it differently.” – Jack Armstrong (05:40)

• On Munitions Burn Rate:
  “We're not the arsenal of democracy anymore. We don't have enough factories.” – Joe Getty (11:58)

• On Iran’s Drone Swarm Tactics:
  “We're gonna spread this out. Send so many things, so many places that… they're going to use up all their defense munitions and then we'll be able to really strike people.” – Jack Armstrong (13:41)

• On US Industrial Might During WWII:
  “The Ford plant or the GM plant… was cranking out giant bomber planes, one an hour at our height.” – Jack Armstrong (28:41)

• On Propaganda Value of Leaks:
  “It's a good thing to put out there to frighten… make them paranoid. Oh, yeah, we're hacked into your traffic cameras. We're watching everything…” – Joe Getty (31:41)

• On Media-Siloed Perspectives:
  “It's no wonder why most of the population never hears multiple perspectives… Our media platforms… throw you into one walled garden of ideas and throw away the key based on very little input.” – Email from Brent (40:43)

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• Broadcast kick-off & Ayatollah media criticism: 02:15–04:43
• War of choice and legal debates: 04:41–06:38
• Legacy, causality, and Congressional context: 06:38–08:39
• Rubio and Israel-US threat discussion: 08:39–09:37
• Public opposition/polling: 10:06–11:13
• US munitions and burn rate: 11:58–12:16; 13:31–14:30
• Iran’s strategy & "big wave": 13:41–15:07
• Shahed drones and defense cost mismatch: 17:33–18:01
• News rundown & lighter stories: 18:14–20:54
• Austin shooter & Iran symbolism debate: 24:18–25:08
• Trump munitions claims: 25:14–27:00
• WI/II US manufacturing vs now: 27:47–29:41
• Israeli intelligence/Mossad hacking: 31:16–33:52
• Jon Stewart/media jokes: 35:02–35:44
• Social media echo chambers: 40:04–41:54
• Listener mail: WWII comparisons, rules-based order: 41:54–44:48

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Tone & Language

The episode remains true to Armstrong and Getty’s style: pointed, irreverent, a mix of serious policy conversation and comedic asides. Sarcasm and pop culture references abound, keeping dense geopolitical issues accessible and relatable. Their skepticism of official narratives and willingness to question all political stripes is evident throughout.

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For Listeners Who Missed the Episode

If you want both an insightful tour through the Iran war and American politics—and plenty of laughs along the way—this episode delivers. From dissecting media spin to questioning military preparedness, Armstrong and Getty offer both information and perspective, making complex current events engaging and understandable.

Transcript

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We are in a dimly lit room deep within the bowels of the Armstrong and getting communications compound. And here on day whatever this is of war, we're toiling under the title of the show The Ayatollah will be

missed by the left media, apparently. Or my personal favorite, missiles whistled, leaving gristle.

That is pretty funny. The

posthumous rehabilitation of the Ayatollah by the lefty media is something to behold. An austere scholar with a bushy beard and a ready smile, the Ayatollah was beloved by family and friends alike who

loved poetry and Liz Le Miz. Right. According to the Washington Post, Michael and I were both talking about the Daily show, which we watched last night, which was pretty funny. But Jon Stewart was making jokes about the Ayatollah and the crowd groaned and he was like, what? I can't make fun of a murderous dictator? What, I'm supposed to go soft on the guy?

Thank you, John.

Yeah, yeah, I appreciate that. He said, although we. We did what? What did he say? We did what saturated fat was gonna do in a couple of weeks. Cause he was talking about how the guy was 87 years old.

Wow, that's another good one. Yeah. I realize we're coming off the Winter Olympics and not the Summer Olympics, but the incredible gymnast like flexibility of the American media on display is really something to see. Like the New York Times, which you may recall last year back in June was hammering the Trump administration because the strikes against the Fordo plant were unsuccessful, according to intelligence reports, and barely set Iran's nuclear program back a month. And it was a terrible, terrible failure by Trump. But now they're saying there was no need for the attacks, cuz that attack last year sent him back forever. I mean, they'll never get a nuke after that unbelievably devastating attack. Sometimes the same people wrote those two articles. It's just ridiculous.

I am interested in this whole was this a war of choice thing. So that was one thing. I, Jon Stewart on the Daily show, of course, would be against whatever Trump is doing and kept referring to this as a war of choice. I suppose technically it is, but if you have to wait until you're punched in the face before it's not a war of choice, I don't quite understand that. And then I heard Senator Mark Warner. He's a Democrat and. But he's a serious man. He's one of the handful of serious people on both sides. I just heard him say there was no imminent threat to the United States. There was an imminent threat to. To Israel. And if we're going to count an imminent threat to Israel as an imminent threat to the United States, we are in uncharted territory now. Which is an interesting thing to say. Yeah, there Was not. There was not an imminent threat to the United States. I suppose that is true.

No, the whole war of choice thing, it's funny, I just 10 minutes ago dove into a long scholarly piece about the very concept of a war of choice and it went back to the freaking codes of Hammurabi, which is viewed as the first written law mankind's ever had and goes through, you know, the Talmud and all sorts of ancient traditions. And I gave up. I thought this is way too esoteric and eggheaded a discussion. And obviously it's one of those terms that people use when they want, in the way they want and when it's their side, they use it differently.

Well, it's going to fit into the, the Congress is going to do some War Powers act voting this week and I think it's going to play into that because the President does have the right to defend the United States. An imminent attack or when we're under attack. If we're not though, if we weren't then, then it gets more complicated. So.

Right. And we will end up in that turf, no doubt. Because to use the term imminent threat, I think it probably overstates the nature. Well, not overstates, but overstates the urgency of the threat. I think it's a much more long term, never ending terrible threat that killed more of our people than any other country on earth over the last 50 years. It's worth remembering that over and over and over again, every chance they got. And their desperate attempt to secure a nuclear weapon so they can hold the world hostage. And an opportunity came to end that never ending threat. And that may not be an imminent threat per se, but it's, it's a reason to act.

Yeah, but you're right, the legality of

it is complicated and prone to, you know, a flip flopping by either side depending on their needs of the day.

And Iran has now attacked 10 countries, I think nine or 10 countries.

Good strategy.

Continue to do that. And it's dangerous all over the place in the Middle East. I heard it called last night. I suppose it's true. This is the biggest war in Middle Eastern history. Which is a heck of a thing to say because there's been a lot of wars in the Middle east throughout the last several thousand years. There's never one that encompassed this large an area. So it's the biggest war in Middle Eastern history that we technically started. Though I still see it as a defensive war personally.

Right. Again, you've got an adversary that kills your people, constantly threatens you constantly, and you Saw a chance to take him out. So who started what? I don't know. The, I think it was the New York Times was trying to. Or some, one of your usual suspects trying to make the case that we started it back in 1953 when we assisted in the overthrow of a popularly elected communist government and installed the Shah, so that that was the original sin. Therefore, we're not allowed to do anything because we're the bad guys in Iran.

Okay, here's Marco Rubio's response, because this is fast moving conversation and it's pretty important one, I think, especially as con gets ready to vote on a variety of things. Marco Rubio's response to the. It wasn't an eminent threat to the United States, it was an imminent threat to Israel. And if we're now counting Israel being under threat, the same as us, we're into uncharted territory. Marco Rubio's response was Israel was about to act. Iran would have attacked our bases. So that's why it was an imminent threat to us, because Israel is going to act whether we did or not. And they, and then our bases would have been under attack. Is that too far a stretch?

It's true. It's true. No, that's fine with me. I can hear the, both the lefty anti Semites and righty anti Semites there at the cozy end of the horseshoe saying there, it says approved for dancing on the strings of the Jewish Jew puppeteers. But, you know, I just.

Well, the polling is terrible on this war right now. So you got the what you've said there. You've got the where we shouldn't be fighting for the Jews crowd that are both Republicans and Democrats. You've got the never like any military action at all crowd, which is a certain percentage of people always. And then you've got the I'm going to oppose anything Trump does, including if he saved childhood cancer. So you combine all those people and you get to a pretty big number.

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see the, the polling as it unfolds, as the case is made by the administration. It's, it's a bit early. Yeah.

I don't remember a war where it was upside down like this at the very beginning. Well over 60% high 60s percent are against what happened. I don't remember that ever in my life.

One point that was made on that score that I thought was pretty interesting is usually there's a pretty obvious trigger. We are hit, we are attacked, we have our people hurt or killed, and there's a rally around the flag effect. And that lifts poll numbers a lot. This was a more strategic, now we have an opportunity, let's end this threat for all time moment, which is a different scenario if you're into this stuff. I think people, I think the people who follow the news most closely probably have the highest poll numbers in approval of these strikes.

Well, yeah, but you're right. As opposed to a lot of other stories where it's the other way around.

Sure. And as you made the point many times, the lack of discussion about this leading up to it, it was just amazing since it was clear what was about to happen.

So here's some analysis from one of my favorite pundits on the whole poll thing. Maybe tomorrow Americans will support Trump on Iran. Americans like success and as we are successful, the polls could completely flip in a week. We will see, that's, that's a possibility also. But it's going to matter to Congress and they have control over, you know, given more money or allocating more funds for building more munition. Oh, on that front, is this a new thing in the last couple of years where we're always in danger of running out of material? I don't remember that in the past. I always, always kind of saw us as the arsenal of democracy is like practically a never ending supply of whatever we needed. It seems like a new conversation of we're on the verge of being out all the time.

We're spending more than we have in quite a while for one thing. And the offshoring and manufacturing included defense through the years. We're not the arsenal of democracy anymore. We don't have enough factories.

Well, that ain't good. We can't have a couple of dust ups like this and be on the verge of running out of everything already.

Yeah, we can hardly build a ship. We depend on the South Koreans for a significant chunk of that. We just the post Cold War de armorization of the United States. I made a board and d, you know, manufacturization of the United States. It's left us in a hell of a spot.

Let's start the show officially.

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All right, I know we all missed the smile of the ayatollah that could light up a room, but here we go. Officially, according to FCC rules, And regs at mark.

America and Israel attack Iran. And Iran's answer is to just attack everybody. You know, having been in a bar fight or two in my life, I'm pretty sure the worst thing you can do during a two on one beatdown is slap everyone else.

Hey, hey.

Not every part of me is getting punched.

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What are you doing?

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What are you doing? Hey, you.

I thought that was all about burn rate, Jack. Burn rate. We're all learning what burn rate is now, how quickly we're going through our anti missile shells and armaments.

So the idea, Iran's idea wasn't his crackpot. It was we're gonna, we're gonna spread this out. Send so many things, so many places that the United States, Israel and everybody else is going to use up all their defense munitions and then we'll be able to really strike people. That's their plan.

They will have to back off. And it could work, couldn't it? Do they have enough rocks?

Unless we take out all those launchers. Because doesn't matter how many rockets they have if they have no way to launch them.

Well, they're. Their gamble is that if they escalate enough and the burn rate burns through everything, the, the other countries in the region will say, we got to stop, we got to stop, we got to stop. I suspect it will be more like, all right now we've got to level the place. Not we got to quit, but we got to go whole hog.

And that might speak to the really big wave Trump was talking about yesterday. That hasn't come yet. What we saw on Saturday was not the big wave. The big wave is still coming. I don't know if that's a fog of war type threat or if that's real. I have no idea. That's hard to imagine though. I don't know if you've read much about it, but it's quite the stunning operation. Factory got some of the numbers on that we can talk about later. Is just a cloud of the most amazing flying things on earth coming at one area and dropping stuff on them.

But again, we ran through a five

year supply in two days.

Yeah.

Any good? All right, we got Katie's headlines in the way and lots of stuff. Stay here.

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however you pronounce it, is Iranian drone. That might turn out to be the, the, the, the, the biggest part of this whole story. That's the drones that Russia's been using attacking the bejesus out of Ukraine for years now. Those Iranian drones, the Shahid drones. And that's now what the Iran's sending all over the Middle East. They only cost like $10,000 a piece as we take them out with a million dollar missile and frustratingly hard to

hit from what I understand.

So that might end up being the story anyway, more on that later.

Is that this Decade Scud missile could be term everybody used back in the day. Hey, let's figure out who's reporting what these days. It's the lead story with Katie Green.

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Katie, of course, the lead story is Iran. From abc, US Closes embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait amid attacks cnn, Trump tells CNN the big wave is yet to come in war with Iran. NBC See Ukraine offers to help against Iranian drones as new war overshadows Russia peace talks.

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All about the Russia peace talks.

I know every time I hear that

phrase, I roll my eyes.

Poor President Zelensky's got to be thinking, good lord, this is not going to help. Nobody's going to pay attention to us now.

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From the Wall Street Journal, Rubio warns that the quote hardest hit are yet to come.

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I wonder if that's true or not. Doesn't seem like we are holding back a lot.

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From the Washington Post, China building subs that can strike United States from closer to home. According to the U.S. navy.

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Was just reading that. Yeah. Our supremacy under the sea is definitely eroding fast.

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Well, logically, if you're going to have the Clintons on there, I suppose you should have Trump on there. Although he's a sitting president, but as soon as he's out of office, he'll definitely be called by a Democratic Congress.

Any chance we can shoot Epstein's bones at Iran? Would that settle it all? I'm not sure how that math works, but anyway. Oh, for goodness sakes.

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You got to make what people want.

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Man, he is having a rope touching my leg. All right, there's nothing better get your ass kicked.

There's nothing better than the him getting beat up by six guys at a bar. He gets thrown in jail because he started it. Then as soon as he bails himself out running two miles to get back to the parade and start drinking again

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Yeah, yeah, there's that. Islamophobia if that word has ever passed your lips, drop to your knees right now and pray for forgiveness from both me and the Almighty.

The guy with the property of Allah and a Quran in his car and an Iranian flag in his house and all that other stuff, right? Yeah. And all these investigations about Cuz still being investigated. Not sure if it's attached to the war or had anything to do with mus Islam or what. Oh my God, are you kidding?

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The way ABC did that last night? The FBI is investigating.

[Jack Armstrong]

Yeah, hilarious. We got more on the way.

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Everyone but Dave.

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confirming that they're urgently trying to determine why that gunman who went on a murderous rampage in Austin, Texas was wearing a T shirt bearing the flag of Iran.

The gunman wearing a sweatshirt with the

words Property of Allah, officially identified as Jaga Jung, a U S naturalized citizen originally from Senegal. In addition to the flag, authorities have discovered writings about Iran and its leadership. After searching his car and other properties

okay, robbery gone wrong?

Yeah, he was upset about the Dobbs decision.

Ira Smells like the IRA to me. What the hell? NPC News What?

Still trying to investigate a motive, but a guy wearing an Iranian jacket with an Iranian flag in his house and a Quran in his car?

Hmm.

All right, what are we doing?

Couple of angles to the Iran conflict that I found absolutely fascinating. Slash troubling. Number one, and I'm sure the big news bureaus have somebody who just sits there and stares at Truth Social for when Trump unleashes a new barrage not of missiles but of words. I missed this one somehow, although I guess it was in the middle of the night last night or late last night, President Trump bragged the US has a virtually unlimited supply that's in quotes of medium grade munitions and proclaimed America is ready to win big. In an ominous warning to the Iran regime. The United States munitions stockpiles have at the median and upper medium grade, never been higher or better, he wrote on Truth Social. I guess addressing the conversation that we and others have had about our low stockpiles. As we stated, as was stated to me today, we have virtually an unlimited supply of these weapons. Wars can be fought forever and very successfully using just these supplies which are better than other countries finest arms at the highest end. We have a good supply but are not where we want to be. It goes on additional high grade Weaponry is stored for us in outlying countries. And then he blamed Biden for the stockpile not being what it should be. Listen to this, Jack. You're gonna hate this. Sleepy Joe Biden spent all of his time in our country's money, giving everything to PT Barnum Zelensky of Ukraine. Oh, boy, hundreds of billions of dollars worth. And while he gave so much of the super high end away free, he didn't bother to replace it, he claimed. Trump then proclaimed he rebuilt the military during his first term before revealing the United States is stocked and ready to win big.

There were a lot of people making the legit argument, though, that when we were giving stuff to Ukraine that what if we need to go to war? Oh, yeah.

An argument that we at the time said over and over again is legit.

I feel like the answer is not turning down various military operations that are in our interest. It's building more stuff. So we got enough. Yeah, we're the richest country on earth, clearly.

Yeah, yeah. Once you disarm, though, once you dismantle that arsenal of democracy, you know, capability that we had for so long, it's a slow, expensive thing to rebuild it. And, you know, companies are thinking, well, gosh, the next administration might be a bunch of peaceniks. So do I invest a zillion dollars in a missile plant or not?

So I don't know that much about this, but, like, if we ended up in a prolonged war with China that started two years ago, would we have run out of stuff in, like, nine months?

I've heard various projections of how long we could hold out, and I don't know how seriously to take them, but they're. They're not good. Not good at all.

Now, we didn't have hardly anything when World War II started or when we got ready to join World War II, but we ramped up really damn fast, and it was unbelievably impressive. That's one of the best things that they portray at that fabulous World War II museum in New Orleans was our industrial might and how we got ramped up. And all the business leaders of America came together and the Ford plant or the GM plant, one of your big car companies up there in Michigan was cranking out giant bomber planes one an

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at our height.

I mean, just incredible. But do you have to be at war before you turn yourself to that?

Probably. Or have a threat that your whole country perceives as serious? You know, I'd like to see a real, scholarly, serious comparison of where we were then and where we are now. Not Just in terms of, you know, actual manufacturing facilities. But the people who do that sort of work, who could easily switch from making, you know, washing machines to fighter jets because we don't make washing machines anymore or virtually anything else. Right.

It's a big. It's be much easier, I assume, to turn a plant that makes cars into a plant that makes fighter planes than it is to take a whole bunch of people who type into computers cubicles into people who are cranking out fighter planes. Yeah, drones or whatever we're gonna build.

The skills of both the manufacturer of war goods and the warriors themselves are much more the skills of America in the 40s than they were than they are now. You're gonna send a bunch of SOC majors who sit around cubicles a different world. I don't know what the answer is. I really don't. So I said I had two angles. One was the Trump saying we got plenty arms and then taking a shot at Zelensky call PT Barnum. Which gave me a sick feeling in my stomach. But listen to this shiznizzle, William. And you tell me, Jack, whether you think this is true and why. We know it now, but Israeli spies spent spent years hacking nearly every traffic camera in Tehran so they could monitor the Ayatollah everywhere he went before he was eventually wiped out. The cameras, including one directly pointed to a communities closely guarded compound, allowed the Mossad to build highly specific intelligence files that aided Saturday's deadly strikes. Multiple sources told the Financial Times London, blah, blah, blah. We knew Tehran like we know Jerusalem, an Israeli intelligence official claimed. And when you know a place as well as you know the street you grew up on, you notice a single thing when it's out of place. So some of the images that they got from the cameras allowed Mossad operatives to determine a pattern of life for Khamenei's security guards, including exactly where they parked their cars, their addresses, who they were tasked with protecting, etc. They knew everything about his security forces.

So when I heard this story, my first thought was this is either completely true or not at all true. And it was a different way that we tracked Khomeini and killed him. And good for us for lying about it. Because the world doesn't need to know, right?

Exactly. Great minds think alike, apparently. Or certainly mediocre ones. So which side do you come down on? It sounds legit as hell.

Yeah, I find it hard to believe that we or the Israelis would reveal exactly how we track evildoers. Because you might. There are probably other evil doers we're tracking right now whether it's Putin or Xi or whoever. Wherever. On the other hand, it's a good thing to put out there to frighten the hell out of people, make them paranoid. Oh, yeah, we're hacked into your traffic cameras. We're watching everything that happens.

That's how we figured it out. It's not that we got a bunch of moles in your embassy or whatever. Yeah. I don't. I don't know. I don't know what to think. But I am intrigued by the idea of the Israeli intelligence guy sitting around saying, hey, Muhammad didn't come to work today. Check out his place. Yes. Car's still in the driveway. I haven't seen him come out yet. I wonder if he's sick.

Huh. Interesting. I think you're gonna have to narrow it down a bit.

Muhammad number four. Yeah.

Yeah. That is amazing, though, if that. If that played a role. And he's right about the. You know, if you know something as well as your own street. I pull into my own street every single day, and if there is a different, completely different car there, I would notice immediately.

Sure. Many times I've said to Judy, who's that blue car? Yeah. Down in front of our house. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Xi Jinping is probably thinking, oh, yeah, you can track people like that. Traffic cameras, streetlights, security cameras, manholes, please.

Right, exactly. Because they're doing it already with their own people.

Right. Yeah. Yeah. Wow.

They knew exactly where the dude was and, well.

Well, where 40 dudes were.

Yeah. I mean, I. I can't wait to read more about this years from now, because they won't. They won't release this information for a very long time. But, man, when they ran to Trump and said, hey, look, we have an opportunity here, the Ayatollah and 40 of his top guys are gonna be in one room above ground Saturday at 2. Do we do something or not? Now, I like the way we had Mike lines on yesterday, and he went out of his way to portray it as everything was Israel's decision. I noticed.

So. Well, because we said we don't assassinate people, political leaders.

Right. So if we give you all the information and the coordinates and the planes and the bombs and maybe train the pilots.

It wasn't me. You're not going to bomb them. All right. Okay.

It wasn't us.

Yeah. Yeah. So I'm just picturing what it must be like to work in the Mossad. And you're sitting there, you've got, like, the number five guy in the Revolutionary Guard. He's your guy that you track with the traffic cameras if it's legit and you report to somebody. Yeah, he seems to be moving toward the Ayatollah's compound and like everybody's saying the same thing at the same time Saturday morning and what that the fever pitch of conversation and calls back and forth and quickly assembled meetings must have been like.

So there were. I didn't agree with Jon Stewart's overall take on the Daily show last night, but he had a number of jokes that I thought were quite funny. First of all, the name Epic Fury. Why do we name our wars the same way the Paul brothers name Energy drinks?

That's good.

This is a pretty funny joke. But he also said he played the clip of Trump in the middle of the night and he said is this way we announce wars now. You come out in a jacket and no tie and a big hat on your head and dimly lit. He said he looks like the father of the bride settling up with the caterer at the end of the night.

That's good too. He is a clever little wordsmith, that John Stewart. Getting back to the joke that we opened with, how many bar fights do you reckon he's actually.

Yeah, that's funny. I got distracted by that too when Jon Stewart said I've been in a couple of bar fights. Thought you have a. A guy who writes for a living. You're like 5, 5, 125 pounds.

An intellectual. Maybe, maybe, maybe you've seen a couple.

Or maybe he's one of those smart asses that got himself into trouble all the time. I've known a few of those guys that like you would think you'd keep your mouth shut if you're that size.

Right, right. Anyway, possible.

But that's funny that the first thought I had too. Really? I don't know if I believe this. Okay, we got Mailbag on the way and other stuff. Stay here.

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we talked quite a bit about anthropic versus the Pentagon and the battle they got going on right now and they had a huge divorce Friday. Then hours later we used anthropic technology to attack Iran. That story is super interesting and not over, so maybe we'll get into that in later hours.

I agree completely and Anthropic is rapid, rapidly becoming the new Tesla where people are dividing along Political lines, whether they're fans or not, which is just groovy. Here's your freedom loving quote of the day. Doing a series on war for obvious reasons and we're gonna do a broad range of them. Not trying to make any particular point. It's all about ambivalence. I like ambivalence. Well, some days I like ambivalence. This one is from William T. Sherman, General Sherman of the famous March to the Sea Civil War. I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.

Yeah. He and Grant were perfectly suited to to that war. Both grimly doing what had to be done to win and not liking it at all.

Yeah, yeah. Unwilling soldiers who just wanted it to be done. And in both of their views, the way it's done is if you win. Mailbag, Drop us a note mailbagarmstrongandgetti.com whenever you like. Boy, have we gotten just reams of email lately. How about this Brent in the Bay Area, California, Just interesting. I signed up for Next Account for the first time over the weekend. Followed Armstrong and Getty and Tim Sandifer and that's it. My feed is now covered with right leaning posts and very few neutral left leaning ones. Yeah, all the follow suggestions are all conservative voices. It's no wonder why most of the population never hears multiple perspectives on an issue.

I know. I wish the algorithm could choose smart people with a variety of opinions as opposed to.

Oh, as sort of an opt in option as opposed to lots of dumb

people whose politics are lean my direction.

Yeah, yeah, I'd rather hear smart people

on the other side.

Brent with some nice writing. He says our media platforms basically throw you into one walled garden of ideas and throw away the key based on very little input from the users. Just a few likes and follows and

it's how you can end up in a conversation. And this happened to me several times in the modern world where I end up in a conversation and we're just like at some point staring each other like we're talking about completely different things here because we have such different information. Yeah, you can't even have a conversation you're so far apart.

Right. Where is the broad range algorithm? I mean even if I believe what I believe, I think it makes me a much better conservative if I confront the argue arguments of the people who disagree with me obviously and wrestle with them and Help, you know, have help. Have them help hone my ideas.

And sometimes I'm wrong or we're wrong. So having the other side is a good idea.

Speak for yourself. Loyal listener Eugene of Centerbrook, Connecticut writes, hey guys, love the show. I digress.

Look.

Look at the old flag of Iran versus the current flag of the Islamic Republic. The old flag has prominently displayed a lion. As in the lion will be coming back. Operation Rising L

A Wimble up on

the topic of a rules based order. Sean writes, people complain the old rules based order is gone. That order didn't exist because the US relented to European and East Asian states pressure. It existed because the US enforced it vigorously. You want a rules based order? Maduro in Iran and seasoned ghost tankers is how you get it back.

Yeah, well, that was George Will's column in the Washington Post. Deterrence is back.

Yeah. Boy, all of this stuff is so interesting. There's so many subtopics. But I'll. I'll discipline myself to stay with Mailbag for now. Let's see. Alvin writes, guys, I heard the Iranian TV guys or some Middle Eastern TV guys say the weapons Iran got from China aren't working. Maybe they got them from Timu. Which brings me to yet another subtopic of this conflict. How China over and over again is super good buddies with you until the chips are down. And then country after country around the world are discovering, oh, that's weird, they won't take my calls when the poo hits the fan. They are a fair weather friend at best. Moving along, reporting from the ccop, Rich writes. And that'll be explained in a minute. Hey fellows. Just a quick round rundown of the reporting here at the communist city of Portland. Local media reported a few seconds worth of the rally of Iranians that were thrilled with the death of the dictator. Then they spent several minutes covering the protests, which were predominantly white, over educated and screeching through their bullhorns. Apparently the higher education affords you the opportunity to not go to work like

the rest of us, I guess.

Yeah, the people do seem to have unlimited time to protest. Psy writes, the more I learn about the hierarchy of Iran's Islamic leadership, the more it reminds me of the Sopranos. There's this big FBI board on the show with pictures of the whole family, starting with the don at the top of the pyramid. Khapos, soldiers, so on. It's almost like when the FBI used used to update their board in the show. Adding new faces, shifting alliances, constantly reshuffling players in the game. It's funny. Organized crime really does look the same wherever you go. And this real quick from Frank. Imminent threat question mark. When did Nazi Germany become an imminent threat? Imperial Japan and simple naive Jack needs to wake up that Mark Warner is a political hacked and corrupt, not a serious person. Love the show.

All right, that's your opinion man.

Simple naive view.

Yeah, I was thinking about that with Germany. We declared war on Germany prior to them attacking us. Was that a war of choice?

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