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Trumps theory tweeting out that guy has tweeted that we see around responsible for the events in baghdad and we will respond to iran 1st you cant do anything 2nd if you were logical which you are not you would see that your crimes in iraq afghanistan have made nations hate you. Yes my friends it appears that despite our best hopes twitter will still be the diplomatic tool of the 21st century so with tensions once again rising it appears the war and conflict in the middle east may well be washingtons new years resolution as we roar into the roaring 2000 twenties and start watching the hawks. If you want to deal with. This man real the truth. Of. What they like i got. Welcome everyone watching the hawks i am tyrrel ventre and joining me today for our Weekly Panel Discussion on the news of the week is the host of the world according to judge the former minnesota governor Jesse Ventura author and editor at large for salon dot com the one and only walk ins are to america correspondent Rachel Blevins and to america Sports Correspondent Stephen Chris tacos and weve got a full show for you we go from war to new years eve shootings to n. B. A. Commissioner weve got a whole lot to get to but 1st lets start with the recent protests and siege of the u. S. Embassy in iraq and i look almost a media at least since the start of this the u. S. Spin machine jump led by President Trump put all of the blame on the protests on iran and iranian backed militias in iraq lets get the big huge monstrous elephant out of the room and on the ass this panel. Are what were seeing happening in iraq right now a harbinger of a potential war with iran using iraq as the battlefield ill start with you jesse. Well of course it is you know you have to look at it the Congress Just appropriated 850000000000. 00 to the department of defense which should be called the department of off friends and theyve got to have a way to spend all that money now allegedly theyre trying to get us out of afghanistan but were a war culture now so we have to stay at war so they have to develop a new war if theres not going to be one in afghanistan now all get political for a moment defy were president i would welcome that 850000000000 did the department of defense but rather than spending about aircraft carriers and rockets and weapons of mass destruction i would go out you spend 200000000000. 00 on those machines that clean up the ocean then id spend another 50000000000. 00 training the United States navy how to use them and we would start a war on cleaning up the ocean guess what the rest of the world might like of sergei but what are the chances of bad no of course were going to go to war again because the military Industrial Complex hastur spend that budget theyve got there spend it or lose it what you guys feel should we be fighting the war on climate or should we be fighting another war with iran do you guys see a war with iran coming down the pipe or 2021 is interesting because there are just a few months ago the top u. S. Officials like mike pump a. O. L. d and then john bolton were all saying hey watch out iran is going to use these smaller militias to go and attack u. S. Troops and they kept warning about that even though iran was saying we dont have any plans to do this and now all of a sudden you have a one tab i sat with this long list of the killed one you know u. S. Servicemen and now all of a sudden theyre going off in their honest saying hey we didnt do this it lines up with that narrative that they have in place and so now theyre able to say oh look at this and of course how dare these protests. Come and storm this and this me and speak out in a country where the United States hasnt been for several years with no plan of leaving. True. We need new leadership. Everything is just the whole idea of the military Industrial Complex will as a new one every year and its been that way since this country began and it doesnt work for the people. On this i mean well we could talk about whether who this militia was and you know where they were on the inner just iraqi people and what whether it was justified the bomb or not but at the end of the day like rachel said weve been there since 2003 in iraq and unjustly so eventually people are going to rise up and when the bully keeps on punching you down and kicking you were going to punch back in the mouth and i think thats what happened and the u. S. Is being a bully over there and theyre bound to get get what they have coming its interesting too because what you see happening too is remember no one was thankfully killed in the siege on the embassy was mostly just property destruction they didnt get into the actual part of the embassy where people were i mean you know so one of the interesting things to the jump out at me is the Iraqi Security forces actually let these protesters into the green zone like these are the these are the Security Forces that weve been training for many years weve been there. And then respond then you also saw that in response to the original u. S. Airstrikes that killed these 25 iraqis they may have been in this supposedly has been you know the iranian backed militia Militia Group theres still 25 iraqis that we killed iraqis iraqs Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi stated we have previously confirmed our rejection of any unilateral action by the Coalition Forces or any other Coalition Forces or any other forces inside iraq and we consider it as a violation of iraqi sovereignty and a dangerous escalation that threatens the security of iraq in the region are we seeing in real time the United States kind of lose its control over the country that it toppled its government like we said back in 2000 to 2003 are we are they losing control of this country. Jesse tyrrell im still waiting for the day dick cheney told us we would be greeted in the streets like liberate are just a Im Still Holding my breath lets skip dick cheney out here and explain to us why its nearly 20 years later and were still not being looked at by the liberators you know when your country goes out and they wage war simply for regime change years this is the blowback you went up with so everything thats happening now is the result of the misguided law war the iraq war was and thats all they do now is live to get us into war now weve learned afghanistans been a big wide from start to finish one of the people going to wake up to these lies and finally say no to the wars and i dont think dick cheney has ever been greeted any way every. Detainee greeted in his own country let alone somebody elses of it kind of makes us so big. And i know weve removed but we consume easy on the Bush Administration you know trouble comes in this is goofy and out of control and we kind of for get like those years if you want to talk about him and how much damage was wrought they want imagine being a citizen in iraq you know you had the United States come in way to this war and then all this and it starts coming out that this weapons of mass destruction claim was all a big lie and yet theyre still there theres no accountability for any United States basically says hey guess what were camping out here and if you try to do anything about it were just going to come launch more airstrikes in this country where we arent even supposed to be in the 1st place i mean that has got to be incredibly frustrating point then i think you know we use the narrative as that isis is our biggest threat and there are these big scary boogie men over there but i would if i heard correctly this militia was fighting leading the fight against isis as well and were bombing the militia that is leading the fight against our biggest threat thats not very i dont know if they actually were they were what i will be doing. Ok lets throw in there too there would be are you serious if we hadnt invaded iraq in the 1st place did not exist until we invaded iraq there are the leftover of saddams regime that we didnt pay or keep on the payroll when we got there they went up north reformed themselves so our use of suits our frankenstein it always has but its very interesting that like in response to the protests and the burning of the guard stand at the embassy President Trump and all of his glory treated iran will be held responsible for lives lost or damage incurred to any of our pows sylvies they will pay a very big price this is not a warning it is a threat happy new year should the year. Literally under the tree would have prevented this. So the us president or any other elected representative or official from the United States is very serious be threatening mation or our nations people or anyone whatsoever on social media savvy allowed at this point know why a lot of i know is in the zone and it. Was the element of surprise. You 2 years old come on a man like you is a contrived think that you know enough and is im think the president should be kicked off its what it says im so largely because you know we live in a day and age where what travel becomes Headline News as a result means to me it takes that they carry this narrative right all this and they say well the president claims that iran was behind these attacks so now we have to go forward and spread that claim and spread that claimants one of those things where honestly they were behind them so if its a lie that spread enough times and eventually becomes the truth and regular americans sitting at home are watching this on fox news or c. N. N. And theyre like well they said iran is after us and theyre killing our soldiers so now we have to go after them good point good point just going to say oh buddy. Just his job but im. Let last lets rip. Member this is the twitter of a draft dodging power when it was time for theres a guy there serve what did he do he paid big money and got out of that thats why you said tough guy because he himself never would ever fight himself he told your cult and let you fight tough guy on twitter but not in real life its not exactly what i say just an example of a bully who should not be a leader in any way shape or form at all because like i said earlier when you if you eventually are big bad bill youre going to get hit back in the mouth and he its just a bunch of empty threats it is it is and that is the danger i see in that kind of thing its like look i dont i have im fine with you want to talk policy on twitter you want to tweet out what your ideas are for the country want to have that communication with your base directly and not have to go through the media fine you can do all that but we dont need to turn twitter into like a 16 year old war that i see in high school between countries and we see and then they all run as leader fire back at Donald Donald but i get that im tired of it i dont want to see it anymore and i honestly just like a lot of people who go to the social media his tweets manner yeah i dont know i dont think were going to get mad and they have this viral and implication and until until we get a president who doesnt own a cell phone or doesnt is not on social media i dont think were going to see that end anytime soon all right weve got to move on as we go to break card watchers dont forget to let us know when i think of the topics weve covered on our social media be sure to check out watching the box the podcast which is now available on spotify apple music and everywhere you listen to your favorite amounts of paper podcasts coming up the panel next discuss the violent start to the 2020 here in the United States and then finally we journey into the land of basketball and look into the legacy of be a commissioner david stern and stay tuned to watch in the fall. Were going to fulfill the prophecies probably to the people. Whats. That you want to. Know. Trump is a new yorker and you know he looks at the global picture and he sees the tension in the middle east he sees iran doing a dance with the neighbors and hes like you know what lets just cut to the chase this is take out a guy in iraq and were going to get more money printing right away because i want to make my pain med this weekend why fox around this is the new york way of doing things i said it when he 1st got elected its like having a new yorker in the white house and ive been in new york around the world im a new yorker you know i got to tell you im one of them. But if she warned you and i do the dishes at the bus morning theres no. Speech and she me you. Know. Ball. As if i had 2 kids. Last. 10 days of doing. Something new. On january 1st while most of us were waking up with a hangover and some. Memories of what was a glitter champagne or beer and pizza some of us were not so lucky some of us waking up with a loved one in the hospital or even worse the morgue thanks to a friend stranger a loved one who misused or on purpose used a gun to inflict hurt in fact the New York Times reported that in just the city of st louis by new years morning the police were investigating 10 shootings including 5 deaths across that city the times went on to highlight the during the 48 hours of new years celebrations a man in cleveland firing off a gun to celebrate accidentally killed his girlfriend in florida 2 men were killed in the shooting inside a nightclub and in baltimore which closed 2019 with the citys 2nd highest number of homicides on record the police were investigating 2 killings that happened a few hours before midnight and these were just a few examples of multiple shootings and killings that took place across the country just in time to welcome a new year so as we start this new decade with what appears to be no end in sight to gun related violence i ask this panel what would you like to see over the next decade take place when it comes to curbing gun violence start with a panel of rachel. Well i think its one of those things that is going to take a cultural shift and you know we look at places where theyve theres some cities where theyve tried to enact gun control and theyre trying to enact different simply hasnt worked you know specifically when you look at chicago and there are other places where its just a cultural thing and theres going to be a number of ways than answers that work for different cities and i think that whenever you look at these places you have to look at how well the police are dealing with this when there have been dealing with and all whether theyre just looking at it and letting it go by and not really whether theyre spending more time you know sending their swat teams to these huge marijuana bust than they are looking at these different homicides and i think thats something that were going to have to tackle over the next decade most of all and most of me just see what do you see what can actually curb gun violence in your mind as i know youre a big 2nd amendment advocate. Well heres the deal look at it you know lets take a look at mexico for a moment mexico practices strict gun control theres a big signs at the border you cant bring in a weapon you cant even carry ammunition or you go straight to mexican prison you dont even get 200. 00 for cash and go but the point being is that the point being is that they practice strict gun control its the old cliche the good people dont have them the bad people do because how many people die of gun violence in mexico now clearly we need to do better background checks people that are on Drugs Pharmaceutical drugs and mental drug should not have access to weapons or guns we need to would do a better job of that but it could start with our own government our own government setting the stage for us we are the larger seller of weapons throughout the world today whats the difference between a gun death or a rocket death somewhere else both of them kill women and children in the end and our government should take the example by getting off their high horse of being the largest arms dealer. In the world then talk to be about my god. I live in baltimore from baltimore this has been one of the most. Ever closer with 349 murders. You know understand every argument for the 2nd amendment i get it just hasnt been working even when you tried tough gun laws to Police Officers out playing guns on people that didnt have to get a lot going to people who actually shoot people so its almost like weve gotten to a place where we need to put a policy on the 2nd amendment so we figured its out me i miss out before it doesnt doesnt feel good. When i really hear stories about how old because this person had a gun they saved this family over because this person had a good that wasnt this mass shooting like you always hear something bad happening nothing good is coming from it its empowering a lot of collards you know beyond everything that happened on new years just look at all of the Mass Shootings that happened even. In the past 10 years like its like the number is christmas almost its a part of our culture now its something that we that we know is going to happen in we need to figure it out because the way it is now working with all 3 of everybody on here on the panel you know i think a little bit everybodys writing a little theres a lot of its very complex of course you want commonsense gun control but you also want to respect the 2nd amendment but that was also so long ago there might need to be some revision to that obviously because that was in a different time period theres been a lot thats happened since then but i think with common sense like jesse mentioned background checks closing loopholes like a gun shows and all that because you do want good people with good intentions to be able to have guns for whatever reason they want but maybe not an a r 15 or you know you know if the automatic joins in then was that a gun show sign a bag of skittles like this to study this is what we need to have i mean its easy to talk about Different Things than to say we need a positive effect and that men are we need to enjoy this. Not with you have to assume that their government is actually going to carry valid aisle and yet a legitimate way furnish of on then at the same kind of was no of to realize we have this millions of guns in this country so lets say in that weve heard out new gun control legislation we say art were banning all air are fifteens who whos going to go in take those a are 15th thats going to create a whole new more on itself so well and guess there 1 are a lot of problems at the same time guns do say of wives and their instances where when you look at the texas shooting there was a man who came out shot off 2 shots before he were shot in the head by another man who was there with the god and it guy didnt meant and man did not have a gun than there were at least 5 other people that had their guns drawn of the same to who would have easily taken him out where as of no one else was our mint he would have been able to do whatever he wanted to do for a police could get there jesse are so you try to wear your im what you have to search well lets also look to mass stabbing now too arent they. Right not now youre seeing the trend of people going in like that at the jewish place of mass stabbing so its beyond weapons this is a mental problem thats out there that weve got to deal with because it takes a mentally deranged person to do any of that in the 1st place i want to i want to finish off the show today and this week we saw the death of and be a former n. B. A. Commissioner david stern the 77 year old passed away on wednesday after a 3 week hospital stay up or you know suffer every suffered a sudden brain hemorrhage back in the summer 12 started served as the top man in the business a professional basketball here in the u. S. For 30 years serving as an n. B. A. Commissioner from 1900 or 2014 eat oversaw the billions of dollars rise of the n. B. A. During his tenure but also he was witness to many a controversy i want to ask the panel its curious that you see a guy like this is such an impact on Popular Culture in this country he brought the n. B. A. And made it into a powerhouse he also had the help of a lot of big n. B. A. Players along the way namely Michael Jordan and Le Bron James and everyone else what are your thoughts on the david stern also howard stern star on the david stern legacy of the n. B. A. All star with the jesse. Well i just like they have one year of his salary. And so i cant imagine how i can imagine how much money david made guiding this 1000000000. 00 empire and tip your hat to it i mean yeah you do things wrong bad things can happen that did happen the c. E. O. Of any industry over a 30 year period but lets look at the positives davids gone now what he did though he took basketball international now look at the teams in the n. B. A. They are not dominated by just a mare. Now youve got an International Field that plays you have literally the greatest basketball players on the planet and david sterns directly really responds i want to get to you steve as the artsy burger sports guy what were what whats your feelings on stern jumping off what jesse was just touching on internationally was a huge aspect of david sterns tenure 30 years in the in the n. B. A. From 84 to 2014 and he organized over 150 International Games he struck t. V. Deals in over 200 countries in over 40 languages that was huge that was unprecedented for any Sports League at the time and now you see the n. F. L. Follow up they have games in london every year so he kind of set that precedent and trend but also going off the money that hes made for the n. B. A. The value of the franchise in total of all the french as has increased over 18000000000. 00 since he took over to now so thats a massive name is there definitely the n. B. A. Like i think a lot of controversy people really had to sit back and say how he caused the expansion of the league and created of so many amazing errors like even before the jordan era a certain show time that was dont stand alone so to have created probably more n. B. A. And did anything you know the robert reasons as you know. Rachel your thoughts of history. You know i think when you get family and legacy there may be a little bit here and there but ultimately ending for him for what he did and for what you contributed. I mean i also have to say that i still believe the n. B. A. Draft is rigged. I think theyre starting on a really good stern or they have a lottery yeah i think its rigged for the big market teams i think theres a lot of behind this i think anybody whos watched n. B. A. Coaching over there is now whether this falls on david sterns back as commissioner whatever i think when you watch n. B. A. N. B. A. Refereeing over the years you can clearly see n. B. A. Referees favoring certain players certain teams certain markets over other teams and players and markets depending on the last time. You know you see the names get the calls of course the browns going to get a call or he doesnt get called for traveling ever but also another aspect of davids. And he really changed a lot of social issues such as when people were afraid of hiv when they didnt know too much about it back in 91 when Magic Johnson was diagnosed and he had to retire stern actually let he was the Magic Johnson was the leading vote getter for the 92 allstar game and stern opposed as opposed to even players that want Magic Johnson play he let him play in that game and shook his hand and that quelled the fears that youre not going to catch this virus from just touching something that had a big impact like across the world yes and you know i dont think of. That lets look at the Bottom Line Panel look at what these guys are making sure they know and youve got to give credit to a commissioner that was in there 30 years that would build a business to where ive made a 1000000. 00 a year now i just looked at the shipping fee and drew its true its true basketballs an incredible force and i think it always a lot well it owes a lot to david stern and what you put in and also i think we were talking earlier just what touch of those 2 stern also drew out all the controversy things like the best but it still allows a lot of the players to be the individuals they want to be and to speak out politically the way they want to and things like that that also started under david stern and i think most important thing to know about his legacy with that yeah basketball players coming off as a revolutionary these Football Players that is there anything about nothing and they think oh no not at all and im going to adam silver credit to him the commissioner audio audio like hey how do you like the fact theyre going to let Antonio Brown maybe play again but they wont like but they wont let capper at all let tapper of it because theyre that good topic and well pick that one up again in a later date but i want to thank my panel Jesse Ventura the Watkins Rachel Rachel Blevins and steve christakis thank you so much everyone for coming on always a pleasure that is our show for you today remember when in this world we are not told the beloved enough so i tell you all i love i am tyrrel them through and keep on watching all those hawks out there a great day and night. 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