Lobster for Soldiers, Tears for Democrats

Summary

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The Rob Carson Show – Episode Summary

Episode Title: Lobster for Soldiers, Tears for Democrats
Air Date: March 12, 2026
Host: Rob Carson
Guest: Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer
Theme: Humorous and pointed discussion on military spending controversies, political reactions to recent U.S. military actions, government fraud scandals, and the morale of American troops.

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Rob Carson Show is a blend of energetic satire and critical analysis, focusing on three major topics:

1. Democratic outrage over reports that U.S. troops are served steak and lobster in deployed settings, amid broader criticisms of military spending under Trump.
2. The political fallout and media coverage surrounding recent U.S. military victories (notably against Iran and Venezuela) and the Democrats’ somber, critical responses.
3. Widespread government fraud in welfare, Medicare, and COVID relief programs, particularly in California and Minnesota.

The episode is packed with biting humor, listener calls, pointed guest commentary from Lt. Col. Tony Schaefer, and musical parody.

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Key Discussion Points & Timestamps

1. Democrat "Doom Parade" Over Military Successes

[00:39–06:25]

• Rob Carson opens by lampooning Democratic politicians for allegedly rooting against U.S. military success abroad simply because major victories happened under Trump.

• He sarcastically brands this attitude the "Democrat Doom Parade," implying they exaggerate negatives and downplay strategic gains.

• Quote (Rob Carson, [01:10]):
  "You people are so bankrupt intellectually and morally, it is ultimately ridiculous. The Democrat Party… they'd rather have [Maduro] back in charge again."

• Clips and commentary decry Democratic criticisms of the Iran campaign and Venezuelan operations.

• Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer ([02:34]): Suggests the Venezuela operation was "the gateway drug" for the Iran intervention, warning of escalation.

• Rob Carson pushes back, citing atrocities by the Ayatollah and suggesting Democrats are out of touch with military families.

2. Commentary on Media & War Narratives

[05:05–06:25]

• Rob Carson and guests ridicule late-night hosts (Jimmy Kimmel) for politicizing war coverage and linking Trump to conspiracies without evidence.

• Quote (Rob Carson, [05:25]):
  "If you do satire, you have to have truth in it. If there’s no truth, it’s just propaganda—and that’s what he leans into."

3. Widespread Fraud in America’s Safety Net

[08:15–19:15]

• Carson runs through multiple large-scale fraud examples:

  • California hospice/Medicare fraud: Hundreds of millions lost to fake hospices; ethnic targeting of specific scams; accusations of racism as deflection.
  • Minnesota welfare/daycare fraud: Massive sums funneled through fraudulent Somali-run daycare centers, with pushback framed as racism.
  • COVID relief loan fraud: 112,000 California borrowers suspended for $9 billion in fraudulent loans ([18:34]).

• Quote (Carson, [09:15]):
  "The United States government is as corrupt as the former Soviet Union, but with a $7 trillion budget."

Notable Segment: "Body Brokering" Scandal

[14:49–18:14]

• Detailed discussion of exploitation of homeless/addicted patients in California, including financial incentives to keep people perpetually in rehab and helpless.

• Elon Musk ([16:57]):
  "Their incentive structure is to maximize the number of drug zombies, not minimize it… This is a diabolical scam."

• Rob draws parallels to ghastly state corruption:
  "This is almost as bad as the Chinese Communist Party kidnapping people and stealing their organs—except you’re leaving them alive to suffer." ([17:48])

4. Lobster and Steak "Scandal" in Troop Rations

[21:20–28:53]

• Lt. Col. Tony Schaefer debunks the outrage over military “surf and turf” meals:
  • Notes this has been standard for decades—boosting morale after weeks of hardship.
  • Recalls Afghanistan deployments: "Every Friday night they always, always try to make sure that the deployed troops get something special… Surf and turf, filet mignon."
  • Ridicules claims that Trump allies or high-level officials personally consumed “all the lobster.” ([23:06–24:42])
• Rob Carson:[24:42]
  "Of all the things you could say about our military, this has to be the lowest. And I am just done with them… particularly when you consider how successful we are right now."

5. Progress of the Iran Campaign

[30:45–37:27]

• Military success:

  • U.S. destruction of 70%+ of Iranian missile/naval capacity, regaining air supremacy.
  • Avoidance of civilian infrastructure to minimize harm to Iranian people.
  • Use of massive ordnance (MOAB) for strategic messaging ([32:03]).

• Navy & Shipping:

  • Despite Iranian disinformation, Straits of Hormuz remains open for business.
  • Carson laughs at Iranian propaganda, likening public appearances to “cardboard cutouts.”

• Drone Strike Threats to California:

  • Downplayed as “aspirational”—no real Iranian capability to deliver drones across the Pacific ([35:17]).

• Israel’s Role:

  • U.S. and Israeli forces coordinate; Israel targets northern command/control structures ([36:34]).

• Quote (Lt. Col. Schaefer, [34:26]):
  "The one thing I’ll say about the Iranians is they are masters of asymmetric warfare, which includes information warfare, deception."

6. The Power of Parody

[39:00–end]

• Carson introduces the song “Cardboard Ayatollah”—lampooning Iranian efforts to prop up new leadership and highlighting the show's satirical edge.
• Quote (Carson, [40:30]):
  "Comedy makes the best point… You disarm your opposition with it and the left cannot fight back against mockery, ridicule, and satire."

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Memorable Quotes

• Rob Carson ([01:10]):
  "You people are so bankrupt intellectually and morally, it is ultimately ridiculous…"

• Lt. Col. Tony Schaefer ([23:06]):
  "On the C-17 right at my feet was a pallet, like a huge pallet of Alaskan King crab, purchased by the Department of Defense… was going to be served that Friday night at Bagram…"

• Elon Musk ([16:57]):
  "Their incentive structure is to maximize the number of drug zombies, not minimize it."

• Rob Carson ([24:42]):
  "Of all the things you could say about our military, this has to be the lowest."

• Lt. Col. Tony Schaefer ([34:26]):
  "They are masters of asymmetric warfare, which includes information warfare, deception…"

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Notable Segments & Timestamps

• [02:34–03:58]: Tony Schaefer and Carson debate Democrat criticism of military interventions.
• [14:49–18:14]: Deep dive into California’s “body brokering” and Medicare fraud.
• [21:20–28:53]: Military steak and lobster controversy; Schaefer dispels myths with anecdotes.
• [32:00–34:02]: Discussion of the devastating effectiveness of the MOAB bomb and modern war strategy.
• [39:00–end]: Parody song “Cardboard Ayatollah” and wrap-up on the use of satire in political discourse.

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Takeaways for Listeners

• Military Menus: “Surf and turf” for troops is a traditional morale-boosting gesture in combat zones—not a new or uniquely lavish expense.
• Political Satire: Democrats’ criticisms are relentlessly mocked and dissected; Carson emphasizes entertainment and lampooning his ideological opponents.
• Systemic Fraud: The show exposes large-scale government fraud, particularly in progressive-run states, pointing to incentives and lack of oversight.
• War Update: The U.S. is presented as decisively winning against Iran, with careful avoidance of civilian harm, and strong coordination with Israeli forces.
• Satirical Edge: Music and comedy are central to Carson’s style, driving home points through ridicule as much as through policy discussion.

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Overall Tone:
Fast-paced, jokey, partisan, and aggressive—Carson spares no time for Democratic critics, instead ridicules them as out of touch, even “morally bankrupt,” using guests and current events to reinforce his narrative of “common sense conservatism” and pro-military patriotism.

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Transcript

[Rob Carson]

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[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Hold it now.

[Rob Carson]

You are about to hear the most interesting, informative, thought provoking and funny show in America on air and on the World Wide Web. This is the Rob Carson Show. This is the Rob Carson show, hour number three. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Shafer's gonna join us at the bottom of the hour. I'm going to save the steak and lobster story until then, okay? Because Democrats were freaking out because the. The Secretary of War was spending money on steak and lobster for our troops. And apparently the Democrat Party is perfectly fine with them stuffing their gullets full of steak and lobster all the time. But by God, you certainly don't want to spend that kind of money to, to give to people who would give their full measure of their life for the country. I mean, honestly, you people are so bankrupt intellectually and morally, it is ultimately ridiculous. It is ultimately ridiculous. The Democrat Party. Here's the Democrat Party, by the way. The Democrat. I'm gonna call this the Democrat Doom parade. Never before have we seen this. When the United States was in a military conflict where people were being freed around the world, where we removed a dictator who the Democrat Party. Joe Biden had raised the bounty from 5 million to $15 million on Maduro, but because it happened on Donald Trump's watch, suddenly bad. And they would have rather had him back in charge again. Same goes. It took us minutes to vaporize the ayatollah Khamenei after 47 years of war on the United States. And the Democrat Party felt the need to wish that he was still in power and that the people were still in bondage and that women would have to wear hijabs and be treated as animals, as livestock for another. Another generation. That's your Democrat Party. They're so mentally ill. But here's the Democrat doom par our successful campaign against Iran.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

It seems to me that the Venezuela military operation was the gateway drug for Donald Trump ordering this operation in Iran. I think that gave him the false expectations that this would some somehow be simple. This is a terrible mistake. And the sooner we end this, the better. Democrats want an end to war. We're winning.

[Rob Carson]

Why?

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Before the first bomb dropped. The verdict was already in. Trump's guilty. Donald Trump is like the guy who runs into a crowded theater and yells fire. He created this huge panic in the region, a huge conflict. But instead of putting the fire out, he's now closing the doors to the theater.

[Rob Carson]

The Ayatollah killed 35,000 people because they protested. You people are ill. And he's allowing

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

the thing to burn. Because even if he exits right now and he ends it quickly, the chaos is still going to be enormous. And even if it continues, it's going to burn to the ground.

[Caller/Guest]

Just came from a two hour closed door classified briefing on the war. Just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not going to be able to achieve any of our stated objectives. This is a disaster of epic proportions.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

We can bet pretty safely that Iran has a higher pain threshold than Donald Trump.

[Rob Carson]

That's your Democrat Party. I mean, my God, how many of you listening right now are either in the military or have a son and daughter in the military? How does that make you feel? That's your Democrat Party. Oh my God. Nevin. Here is Victor Davis Hansen talking about the end of this conflict which is coming soon.

[Caller/Guest]

I think the Energy Secretary is right. There's three possible outcomes in our view and they're all better than the pre war one. The first is that we did so much damage to the military and discredit. There's a popular revolt. I'm not sure that's going to happen, but it could. The second is the Venezuela situation where somebody emerges that we're not really in favor of, but they're going to put a lid on the theocracy and work with the West. And the third is you're just going to do so much damage to the command and control and the military infrastructure that you just let them stew in their own juice. And then you say to the Iranian people, these people did this to you and we're here to help sometime, but go to it and whatever happens will be better than having them close to a nuclear weapon with all the assets they had. So we're in a good position.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. And I'm going to tell you, here's why. I know that the Democrats are going to eat their words on this because they've been wrong about everything. They've been wrong about everything. Jimmy Kimmel. This is not comedy, by the way. This is Jimmy Kimmel just being an jerk. He got a one year contract because ABC couldn't take the heat of firing like they're doing. CBS was doing with Colbert because of the miserable ratings. But here is Jimmy Kimmel for, you know, trying to say that Donald Trump, even though five people now, including Helene Maxwell, have come forward and said Donald Trump had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein. Here is Jimmy Kimmel. And again, if you do comedy, you've got to have truth in it. If you do satire, you have to have truth in it. If there's no truth in it, then it's nonsense, it's propaganda. That's what he leans into. But he says that Donald Trump is using the conflict to distract from Epstein.

[Expert/Analyst]

Trump claims we are way ahead of

[Rob Carson]

schedule on the war. He's got a schedule, which means should

[Expert/Analyst]

be over just around the time we see his taxes and the rest of the Trump Epstein files. Ironically, this war he launched to distract us from those could turn out to be more damaging to him than the Trump Epstein files themselves.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

So Trump 86 the Ayatollah to distract us from Epstein the weekend after the Clintons testified. You mean the Epstein story that about a half dozen Democrats have been forced to resign over? Are we talking about the same thing?

[Rob Carson]

Jesse Waters, of course, with some brilliant commentary on that. The ridiculous of it. We have phone calls here. Let's get to them real quick. In another caller from Delaware today, Joe in Delaware, one of my favorite places, even though Joe Biden is from there. Joe, welcome to the Rob Carson Show. What's up? Oh, Joe dropped. I apologize. Well, let's go to Nick in Chicago. Nick in Chicago. I want to mention something real quick here, Nick, because I'm quite excited to see. I'm a Midwesterner. And did you realize that a Giordano's is coming to Washington D.C. sometime this spring? I almost wet myself when I found that out. How are you doing otherwise? Are you there? That was like an American missile. No, that was like an Iranian missile. That's what that was. Just right into the ground. Had it all set up and everything's gonna talk to the guy in Chicago about Giordano's coming here and, and look what happened. He drops off before I could even do that. That is just crazy how that happens. My gosh, that is just crazy. That's the kind of day I'm having. That's okay, though. Let's, let's, let's play some, let's play some Trump here because I got, I got something on the other side of the break. No, actually, I want to do this now. I got some of the other side of the brick. I'll reserve some of the, some of the Fraud stories for the other side of the break. But massive fraud is being uncovered across the country. The reason why, in case you didn't know, remember, remember last year around this time the Democrats were burning Tesla dealerships, you know, attacking Tesla's in town parades. If you were driving a Tesla cybertruck, they were, they were vandalizing Teslas because Elon Musk was of doge. Was looking, looking at all the corruption and everything. Do you remember that last year, remember when Elon Musk was suddenly a Nazi for no good reason and all these people came out who looked exactly like the same people in the no Kings rally who looked the same as the, the hands off Iran rally. The same bought in four people. Remember that? Remember that? The reason being is because of all the fraud. All of the massive, massive, massive fraud. You may recall a few years ago I said that we are going to discover that the United States government is as corrupt as the former so union but with a $7 trillion budget. You remember that? Remember when I said that? You can go look at the podcast, just go back a couple of years. There's thousands of episodes back there. But you will recall I've been saying that and I was right and I was right and I was right and I was right. And in California there is tens of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars going for people who are supposedly in hospice, who are not in hospice. And it's run by foreign governments, the Russian mafia, among others. And just about two months ago, Gavin Newsom decided he was going to file a lawsuit against Dr. Oz for uncovering all this and charge racism. Now the reason being is the same thing happened in Minnesota when, when we decided to go after all of the Somalians, the, the 89% of Somalians who are on welfare and the, the thousands of Somalians who've defrauded our government faking that their kids had autism. Opening daycare centers where no in. In the daycare or feeding our future $250 million for meals for starving kids who never were fed. Okay. And then when some, when, when it was mentioned that Somalians did it, of course Tim Vaults immediately said it was racism. Right? Same goes in California. Here is the. The story about Gavin Newsom about a month and a half ago. And now the truth is coming out.

Governor Gavin Newsom's office is filing a civil rights complaint against Dr. Oliver, who is currently serving as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The governor is seeking an investigation into Oz's quote, baseless and racist allegations against Armenian Americans in California. His complaint is in response to this video that Dr. Oz posted on his social media this week. In the video, the former TV host claimed without proof that the businesses controlled by Armenians in Van Nuys are fronts of for health care frauds.

Yeah, generally when your, your hospice care is in the same strip mall as a payday loan place and a liquor store, not a good place to go for in life care.

The governor reacted to the comments during a discussion in San Francisco went down

attacking the Armenian community just a few days ago.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

A business is down now 30%.

[Rob Carson]

Poor guy. Yeah, Business way down for Somalians in, in Minneapolis where they did so much fraud. Small businessman running a bakery because he decided the bakery and hospice center do

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

a little TikTok video or something

[Rob Carson]

saying

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

they're somehow connected to the mob.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah. Well, we got the truth coming on the other side of the break and you better be ready for it because California is Minnesota times 10. We'll have details on that coming up. This is the Rob Carson show. All right. Coming to the bottom of the hour, Lieutenant Colonel Colonel Tony Schaefer to talk about lobster and steak for our troops. The Democrats can't stand it. They love it when they're, you know, illegal aliens get free hotel rooms for $500 a night in New York in free health care and all of that. But not our soldiers. My God in heaven. No, Siri. No. Siri, look at this. My God. I got another email today and this is a great offer here. First Premier Home Warranty. They're giving me $200 off month free. And look, they even got a policy number in here for me and everything. The only problem is it's bull crap. Yeah, it's, it's bull crap. It's, it's in the spam folder. I get all sorts of offers. I get people telling me that, you know, my, my credit card is no longer, you know, I need to update my payment or I've got some sort of, you know, my auto warranties, this and that and all that. I get so bloody tired of it. I, I leave it on at home because I want to be able to share these stories with you because AI has completely changed the cybersecurity game. Scams are smarter, malware, faster phishing. Emails look amazingly real. If you're not careful, you or somebody you love is going to get scammed. Maybe it's going to be your mom, maybe it's going to be your dad, maybe it's going to be your kid. And then all sudden you're going to be in a World of hurt. You're going to have your identity stolen, you're going to have a bunch of charges you can't afford. Webroot total protection going to help you out. And the thing is, it's cloud based so it stays out of your way. Takes up 33 times less space than bulky competitors, scans six times faster. So instead of waiting with lag time, you're getting instant powerful protection without the lag. It exists in the cloud and it's great real time protection against malware, phishing, ransomware, viruses and other threats. 60% off. If you go to this website now, webroot.com Carson or webroot.com Newsmax either one of those get 60% off. I've got it here. I check it every morning to see if they scanned and if there are any threats and it's boom. It's like that. I've never seen anything like it. I get all sorts of, I even get from the other virus protection places saying, oh yeah, your, your payment is even those people telling me my, my payment is, is not updated and I didn't even buy the damn thing. Webroot.com Carson webroot.com Newsmax 60% off. 60% off. So Gavin Newsom, of course said, oh, there's all sorts of racism about these hospice care places in California to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars involving Armenians and Russians and whatnot. Now even CBS knows it.

For people reaching the end of their life due to illness, hospice care helps them get through their final days. Medicare often pays for almost all of it, making it very ripe for fraud. So according to a watchdog report, suspected Medicare Medicare fraud.

Medicare is a joke right now.

Hospice fraud totaled almost isn't this number $200 million in 2023.

Wow.

CBS News investigation found that four years after California vowed to stamp out fraud, many hospices with red flags still remain in business to this day. Adam Yamaguchi shows us what this means for your tax dollars.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

69 year old Dr. Lynn Ianni was, according to Medicare records, dying in hospice

[Rob Carson]

care two years ago, something she discovered

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

when she sought physical therapy for a pickleball injury.

[Rob Carson]

I was shocked. They said, you're in hospice. And I said, what? What are you talking about? Do I look like I'm not? So she goes, no, no.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Ione's Medicare number had been stolen and used by a company to fraudulently enroll

[Rob Carson]

her in hospice care, which she obviously didn't need.

Just to think you were literally without coverage because of some ridiculous fraudulent thing.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

My name is Adam Yamaguchi. I'm with cbs.

[Rob Carson]

This is just like the daycare centers in, in Minnesota news.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

A CBS News investigation found an industry ripe for fraud, especially in California.

[Rob Carson]

Companies accused of over billing real patients denied care.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

And it's costing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.

[Rob Carson]

Unbelievable. And it's all over. All over California. All over California. Here's something even worse. You ready for this? This is going to make you sick to your stomach. There's a thing called body brokering. Body brokering. What is body brokering? Well, let me just put it this way. People who are dying of drug addiction and homelessness are never made better. Elon Musk warned about this.

[Expert/Analyst]

Homeless is not going to go away. Let me tell you why. Have you heard of body brokering? Someone that finds homeless people out of state, gets them insurance, ships them to California, puts them into a drug rehab center. In California, the drug rehab center makes 30 to $45,000 a month for the rehab. Then that person comes out of rehab, they give them drugs, they get them hooked again, and they put them back in. So that's called body brokering. And the person that finds these people gets commission from their commission. They pay these people, ship them one way over to California, and they get them insurance. It's gotten so out of control and so bad that there's certain states that if you come from those states, those insurance are not acceptable.

[Rob Carson]

Do you know the hell that is for the people involved? That is. That is purgatory. It's purgatory. Politicians in California putting people through purgatory. Here's Elon Musk last year talking about it.

[Elon Musk]

Homeless implies that somebody got a little behind on their mortgage payments. And if they just got a job offer, they'd be back on their feet. But someone who's totally dead inside, shuffling along down the street with a needle dangling out of their leg, you know, taking a dump in the middle of the street, they're not like one job offer away from getting back on their feet. You know, these sort of charities, they get this money. The money is proportionate to the number of homeless people. Their incentive structure is to maximize the number of drug zombies, not minimize it. That's why they don't arrest the drug dealers. Because if they arrest the drug dealers, the drug zombies leave. And they would stop getting money from the state of California and from, from all the charities. This is a diabolical scam. You're taxed on any money going through the system in San Francisco, and that money goes to the homeless industrial complex. When you add up all the Money that's flowing. They're getting close to a million dollars per drugs offer. It's like $900,000. Something like some crazy amount of money is going to these organizations.

[Rob Carson]

This is like. This is almost as bad as the Chinese Communist Party kidnapping people and stealing their organs, except for you're leaving them alive to suffer.

[Elon Musk]

So they want to keep people just barely alive. They need to keep them in the area so they get the revenue. They don't arrest the drug dealers because otherwise the drug zombies would leave if they had too much drugs and they die. So they're kept in this perpetual zone of being addicted.

[Rob Carson]

But just unbelievable. Gavin Newsom is the governor of California. You tell me he doesn't know that's going on. That's why I say he's a sociopath. Kelly Liffler of the Small Business Administration. Listen to this. Listen to how many borrowers in the state of California are fraudulent.

I'm here in San Diego standing at an address that Is registered to 14 businesses that took $2 million in pandemic era loans. Those loans haven't been paid back. But this is just the tip of the ICEBERG. Today the SBA is announcing we're suspending 112,000 California borrowers who took 112,000 borrowers who took advantage of COVID Essentially upwards of $9 billion. We're going to continue to work with our federal.

That's as much as they did in Minnesota, although it's been doubled up there.

Partners to ensure accountability for Covid era fraud that the Biden administration tried to sweep under the rock. And just like Minnesota, California is another state whose socialist welfare policies have invited fraud.

Yeah. Also in Texas, they've got businesses down there who have dozens of employees who are taking advantage of visa fraud. H1B visa fraud in Texas. So there is fraud happening across the spectrum of the government, state and federal. Regardless of where it is, you and I are paying for it. You and I are paying for it. And look at the suffering that it's caused. This is our country. We have become the Soviet Union. This is why I say 80% of us believe the country's headed in the wrong direction. 80% of us will come together to save her. And by the way, Democrats and people who don't want the SAVE act want that to continue, because that's their gravy train. That's their gravy train. And the people who own those businesses send money to Democrat campaigns. There you go. There you go. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer to join us next to Talk about Iran. Don't go anywhere. Every day for 20 years, I devoted myself to making sure my wife and kids were well dressed and ready to face the world. Meanwhile, dad over here wore T shirts and jeans. Now I've discovered Quint's. Quince has everyday essentials I love with quality that lasts, like linen bottoms and shorts, Pima cotton, European jersey linen. You're not just paying for brand markup or fancy retail stores, just quality clothing. And I look good. Their clothing is rated between four and a half and five stars by thousands of people wearing it every day. Linen shorts are a go to. They don't wrinkle when they're not cheap. The clothes I wear look expensive but aren't. When I go out in the evening, and I do now, I'm actually turning heads. It's nice to feel good and look good. Quince does that for me at a price I can afford right now. Go to quince.com newsmax for free shipping and 365 day returns. Don't keep settling for clothes that don't last and don't look good. Go to Q U I n c e.com Newsmax for free shipping and 365 day returns. Quince.com Newsmax

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

he has spent $15 million in one month for ribeye steak, 6.9 million for lobster tail, $225 million for for furniture. He spent more in the month of September than most countries on earth spend in their defense. Do you believe for himself lobster tails? Do you believe our troops are eating MREs? Do you believe the secretary of defense is personally eating all the lobster? Well, he can't eat 16.

[Rob Carson]

Oh really?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

The troops are getting lobster Frequently in theater of God Troops who are going to work. Oh my God, great meal.

[Rob Carson]

You know that they're getting lobster. You are so full of this like a complete ass. I mean, unbelievable. One of the dumbest moments. He thought he had a gotcha moment because Pete Hegseth was spending money on lobster and ribeyes. Not knowing that this happens all the time. Particularly when you are. You spend weeks out on patrol eating MREs and you're on foreign soil and the military comes in and gives you a little back. Forgiven so much. I thought my head was going to explode. When they said of all the things yesterday, of all of the B word and whining that the Democrats have done, even, even the first day, right after, I mean, seconds into it, we killed the ayatollah, the people of Iran began dancing and Democrats started saying it was a disaster. I swear To God, I've never seen anything like it. It's easy to get distracted. I will just say stay positive. Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer. I gotta tell you brother, I've had enough of these Democrats and their nonsense. Welcome to the show. Your thoughts on the latest salvo by Democrats against Hegseth and Donald Trump.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Hey Rob, always good to join you. And yeah, it's insane. So let me say something out of personal experience which I think always helps enlighten the audience. My last deployment to Afghanistan was in early 2004 and on the C17 right at my feet was a pallet, like a huge pallet of Alaskan King craft that was purchased by the Department of Defense back then. Now it's Department of War and was going to be served that Friday night at Bagram at the mess at the, you know, for all the soldiers, Bagram Air Base. So, and then I've heard from Vietnam era soldiers that they also had things like surf and turf served to them in Vietnam. So this whole thing by Paul Begalla I mean, talk about an ass's ass. I mean this guy is nuts because all he had to do is ask anybody, anybody Democrat, Republican, it doesn't matter. Anybody who served in the theater of operations in Iraq, Afghanistan or other areas that we're in would know that every Friday night they always, always try to make sure that the deployed troops get something special. Surf and turf, Alaskan, you know, any number of things. Filet mignon. So for this guy to say this is completely insane. I mean, and come on, look at, who looks at Pete Hextaff. Do you really believe he personally ate 7750,000 orders of lobster?

[Rob Carson]

I mean, come on. Well, you know, the, the, the Atlantic, all of these, these a holes who, who hate the military anyway, by the way. They hate the military. They only concern themselves when, when troops die. And they don't even care about that by the way. They, they just want to be able to, I, I, I felt, I had a guy on earlier this week named Tariq and he said that Democrats casualties are ammunition, casualties are ammunition. And I gotta tell you, I have a nephew, he doesn't talk to me anymore. He has ptsd. And he would go and spend weeks out on patrol in Afghanistan, you know, using a bush to go to the bathroom eating MREs. And he would come back in, and he would come back in. I want you to listen. For those returning after a seven to 15 month long deployment, that surf and turf was the first taste of real food. Many of these men had felt after months in grueling days, sleeping on the ground, dealing with the elements, and often eating MRAs. I mean, of all the things you could say about our military, this has to be the lowest. And I, And I am just done with them. I'm done with them, Tony. Particularly when you consider how successful we are right now.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Well, I don't understand how Begal and these other folks didn't even bother to check. It's like, first off, like I said, it's like it's a joke to think that Pete Hickstadt didn't put on a ton of weight eating all this food. I mean, it's like, are you kidding me? It's like, come on, just think for yourself. Just use something that the Democrats rarely have as common sense, like, does it look like he's doing this? And then just actually do some basic research. I mean, this to me is. Makes your point that they hate the troops so much, they'll try to do something that benefits the troops to hurt Donald Trump and my friend Pete's death politically. Think about that.

[Rob Carson]

It is remarkable. Also, troops actually pay for their food. I saw this piece. An E3 without dependence and military currently makes about 2800 to 3200, or roughly 700 to 800 a week, which is nothing. Their job entails grueling hours, often waking up at 4 or 5 in the morning for PT, among other things. They are on call 24 7. They have to pay for their own meals. Winning garrison troops receive what is called a basic allowance for substance. Bas is usually deducted automatically from your favorite troops that aren't deployed and live on base. While deployed, they are not charged for food. However, they do also receive the base pay. And then also, you might mention when you're out, you know, dealing with the most grueling circumstances you could ever imagine, they do special nights. They do like, taco night. They do like, whatever night. Because. Because you know what? It's the only thing to look forward to.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Yeah. So I've been in fire bases, remote parts of Afghanistan, and the senior NCOs and officers always try to make sure that something specialist served. Even. Even on the front. Even on the front. I know, Rob. Even on the front. That means people. You know, I've been at a fire base where we were getting mortared every night, and they were still cooking good food for us during the day.

[Rob Carson]

Just saying, brother, doesn't it mean. Doesn't it mean the world to you? Doesn't mean the world to you.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

You know, I mean, anything you can do to Build morale in very difficult circumstance. Let me tell you something.

[Rob Carson]

Let me.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

And the audience may not understand this when you're out there to your point, I mean, even the folks who are not out on patrol constantly, you're in austere conditions. You, you, you know, in the winter, you got to go out to either a trench or a Porta John. That's about 20 degrees, about 20, 21 degrees. And you got to do your stuff. And then in the summer, the same thing. 110, 120 degrees. So whenever you're living in that level of depravity, you look forward to having any little comfort that you can find. You would think again to think that these Democrats are now trying to say, oh my God, we can't believe we're, you know, the Department of War, spending money on good quality food for our troops. And we're going to try to politicize that. Is it just. Again, it speaks volumes of who they really are. And I want to see if they win the midterms.

[Rob Carson]

I want to see The Democrats eat MREs for a week. They wouldn't last a damned day now. They would not even know what to. You know, these guys got to have like, you know, puppy therapy whenever something, you know, whatever happens at, you know, in their office or whatever. Honestly, absolutely ridiculous. I want to move on to other things. Tony Schaefer, I want to hear your thoughts on the progress of epic fury. I know this isn't, this is not going to impact the, the, the morale of our troops. The Democrat Party is not affecting the morale of our troops. Our, our troops are kicking ass and taking names. Most of those names, Muhammad. We'll get to that on the other side of the break. Let's take that break now. This is the Rob Carson Show. Hey guys, it's Carson. I just got a ghost bed. Yeah, pay attention here because I've been sleeping on a foam mattress since I moved to the Washington, D.C. area, which is like sleeping on the sponge in your sink. Ghostbed doesn't build mattresses like furniture. They build engineered sleep systems. Their beds are serious health equipment beds designed for relief and recovery, not looks, not fluff. Your body should be healing while you sleep, not fighting for comfort. I have been sleeping past seven in the morning on my ghost bed. It's unbelievable. If you wake up stiff, you toss and turn. If you sleep hot, even reaching for a pain reliever before bed, hoping tonight will be different. That's not aging. It's your mattress talking. Another great thing I love about Ghostbed, you get 101 nights to try it at home. If you don't like the difference, you can send it back risk free. Ghostbed is offering my audience their lowest prices of the season plus an extra 10% off. Go to Ghostbed.com Carson use promo code Carson. That's Ghostbed.com Carson. Promo code Carson. You are going to love your new Ghostbed.

[Expert/Analyst]

I think we're quite far along actually. Obviously we had enormous success. 40 leaders in the first 40 seconds. As the President noted, and you have noted, we've largely taken down their air and ballistic missile defense. We can now fly really at will with our non stealthy aircraft. Not just the stealth B2 and F35, but the B52, B1 other fighter bombers. We've had considerable success against their Navy. Needless to say, we've taken down probably at least 70% of the missile launchers and a substantial amount of the stockpile. The missile strikes, as you also noted, way, way down. We're still going after the drones and that's I think proven to be a bit more challenging frankly. They have thousands of them in tunnels. We're parked on top of the launch sites, as you would imagine, going after them. But that a variety of other targets that we've taken out. Of course, a lot of the regime forces, their headquarters, their subordinate leaders, large depots, bases.

[Rob Carson]

And by the way, it's a little more challenging because we're not taking out their infrastructure. You know, we're leaving their power grid intact. We're leaving their, their energy production intact because we don't want to make this about punishing the people. But other than that, kicking butt in Lt. Col. Tony Shaver, did you see the, did the Moab being dropped yesterday? That was something else.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Yeah, well, that was purposely done to make a point and I think that's where we're going with some of this right now, dude.

[Rob Carson]

That the MOAB is the largest conventional explosive. Next. And it's the size of a small nuke.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Yeah. And that's why they needed the B1 to do that. That's the only bomber we have right now that can do that. And I think that's why they brought that in.

[Rob Carson]

How much does that weigh, man? How much that thing weigh?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Oh, I have no idea.

[Rob Carson]

£5,000. I know, I know. All right. Yes, yes, yes. All right, go ahead, man.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

So no, I think we're now to the point of where we recognize that what they have left is hidden underground to include leadership. Also, there's a strong potential that even though we've destroyed their Navy, they have shown us that they have tunnels full of these small, you know, smaller than Corvette size, you know, like pleasure craft ships. So I think we're looking for those right now to make sure they can't go out. And the streets of Hormuz thing, I think, is the only thing that's troubling, because right now they're trying to tell people it's closed. And it's kind of like, well, if you go on the Marine tracker, you can see ships are still going through. So the bottom line is. And by the way, my friend Sal McCurgliano, who's a professor here in North Carolina, does something called what's got? What's up with Shipping? Has shown that, no, everything's good. The war insurance has been kind of settled. Everybody can go now, sail through there. But the Iranians are trying to tell people it's closed. And obviously that panic then is driving up oil prices, which they're trying to do. So people have to be rational. And I think one of the things we can do to help drive that rationale is showing that, hey, Straits of Hormuth is not closed. We've got it open. People can go through, and oil should not be an issue.

[Rob Carson]

So the new ayatollah apparently made some sort of statement, but didn't appear in public today, I guess, which was maybe a step above the cardboard cutout. I mean, honestly, do you expect us to take you seriously when you say, oh, we're intact, when they use a cardboard cutout and they didn't even bother to, like, dress the cutout. They just had an old refrigerator, refrigerator box, and they put his face on it. I mean, my God. Really?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Well, I think that's part of what's going on right now. You have these dueling narratives. And the one thing I'll say about the Iranians is they are masters of asymmetric warfare, which includes information warfare, deception. So, yeah, it's kind of hard to dispute the fact that you had ceremony with a guy's face on a cardboard box. You know, I think the Democrats would have been better off doing that with Joe Biden. Just saying. It would have been unbelievable.

[Rob Carson]

Well, it was livelier than Joe Biden

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

in person, but in any case, no. And the dueling narrative is, like I just said, oh, we're in control. We're setting the terms as the Iranians, or the reality is, no, we're kicking their butt, and there's nowhere for them to go. It's a matter of being precise and effective rather than being overwhelming. And Careless because we don't want to destroy the infrastructure. We don't want to have to go back and rebuild things and we don't want to get the Iranian people against us. That's one of the key elements and objectives of the current operation.

[Rob Carson]

Now, we also were talking about the possibility of drone strikes on California. The obvious punchline is Gavin Newsom's already destroyed California. What are we worried about? But on a serious note and unserious note, Gavin Newsom says they're prepared for it like you were for the Palisades fire. What are your thoughts on that?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

So first off, it's aspirational. This is from an FBI report saying, hey, you know, they have this aspiration. The bottom line is, is that there's no evidence that they've been able to establish that level of complexity to get that sort of thing doing. Now that you put drone, you'd have to put drones on a pleasure craft or some other platform to get them to act, you know. To California.

[Caller/Guest]

Yeah.

[Rob Carson]

Where are they going to come? I mean, but how are they going to get there? How are they going to get there, Tony? Venezuela's not there anymore. Where are they going to get that?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Yeah, come across the Pacific. Yeah, it's, it's, it's a bit of, I think. Would the Iranians love to do that? Oh, yeah. Would they have the capability to do that?

[Expert/Analyst]

No.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

And I think this has been, been a bit overblown by everybody talks has been talking about.

[Rob Carson]

So, so we're, we're two weeks into a four to six week campaign. I would venture to say when you consider we've knocked out 80 with 85% of their missile strikes, 80% of their drone strikes that we're on schedule are even better. Would you say that?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Yeah, I think we're going to be wrapping up primary combat operations by, I'd say early next week. At this point, I just don't think we're going to have a lot to be able to strike at this. You know, since we've been making really good points.

[Rob Carson]

Real quick, what about Israel's role in this? Because it sounds like they're going to lean into the regime changing thing, which I'm fine with. We got to get, we got to usher in this. The. If they want Pavlovi, we got to get rid of the Ayatollah and let PAV lobby protect him. But what are your thoughts on that? Real quick?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

There's been a rough division of labor between us and them regarding north versus south targets in Iran and obviously Iran is in the north. So, yes, I think you're going to see the Iranians be struck more handily regarding the command and control and leadership by the Iranian, by Israelis than us. I think that's what's going to happen.

[Rob Carson]

And you think they're carrying their weight, though. I mean, Israel's doing a great job.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

Well, I do. Yeah. I think now there's differences because at one point rally struck a refinery. That was something we said. Now we don't want you doing.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, 100%.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

But other than that, no. And look for those who say that President Trump is run by the Israelis. No. Now doing what he has to with an ally to accomplish joint objectives, there's going to be a time when our objectives, their objectives and he'll say so. But right now, everything is working.

[Rob Carson]

All right. One other thing with 20 seconds school, the girls school I see is bull crap. It happened on day one. It hasn't happened since. It was targeted right in the center of the school, I believe was the same damn thing they tried to do right after October 7th with the hospital bombing. What do you think about that?

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

So no matter how you cut it, this school was located right next to one of their major naval headquarters. Just accept that?

[Rob Carson]

Yep.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

So I don't know all the details. I know, as Pete Hicks has said, there's an investigation going on right now. I don't know. But it's point. It's like they do this all the time. As far back there was question. There's pictures the other day, Rob of the IRGC putting some of their mobile command and control trucks into a kindergarten.

[Rob Carson]

Yeah, that's what they do. And it happened, Tony. It happened the first day and it hasn't happened since, which says to me, bullcrap. Listen, I appreciate you being on Tony T. Spooky on Twitter. Anywhere else. That's it.

[Lieutenant Colonel Tony Schaefer]

No, just go with that.

[Rob Carson]

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