RADIONovember 16, 2023

Glenn WAR GAMES: Are Israel, Ukraine, & China CONNECTED?

The circumstances surrounding the wars between Ukraine and Russia and Israel and Hamas are very odd, Glenn says. Why has NATO been so open about its plans to eventually invite Ukraine into its alliance? Why did the Biden administration free up $6 billion for Iran? Glenn war games a possible scenario: Has this all been a plan to avoid a 3-front war once China invades Taiwan? But while Glenn finds the scenario interesting, he says that there's one reason he doesn't believe it: "We're evil enough to do it, but I don't think we're smart enough."

Transcript

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GLENN: Okay. Let's go back to our premise here.

And this is a very hopeful premise.

Hopeful premise.

Remember, as a -- an action adventure fiction writer, if you had to figure out what the heck was going on in the world, and you didn't know that it was just progressives. Early 20th century progressives. That, again, for some strange reason, hate the Jews. And love eugenics.

You might say, well, wait a minute. What have we learned in the last few years?

We have learned that we cannot take on China, with Taiwan.

We can't do that in peacetime. Okay?

There's no way to do that. We are not prepared to do that.

It's too far away from our bases et cetera, et cetera. We also found the endless wars are draining.

Okay?

And we certainly could not take on three fronts.

Because you know the Middle East will be on fire. You know that Russia would get involved.

And China, we would be fighting. So we can't do three fronts.

So if you are really, really sharp, and you love America.

And you believed what everybody was saying. And you knew we couldn't let Taiwan go. Because we won't be able to make the supercomputer chips, because Taiwan has the clean rooms and the highest quality to make all of the super computer chips.

We don't make them, but Taiwan does.

We can't lose Taiwan. Okay. What do you do?

You look at the -- you look at everything, and you say, okay. China's economy is failing.

They're close. But they just upped their spending with the Navy.

Et cetera, et cetera.

And everybody knows, this is going to happen.

So you think, okay. How can we do this?

Hear me out on this.

You pick Iran, because Iran can get involved.

They want to defeat America.

They continue to sell oil to China.

China imports about 70 percent of its energy supplies.

Much of it is from Iran. Via sanctions and illegal oil sales.

Plus, China might promise to help Iran finish their nuclear bomb.

Right?

Then you have Russia, the other ally, that we would worry about.

There's a chance, they want to weaken America.

In fact, a very good chance. And level the playing field. They need to level the playing field, especially against our aircraft carriers. And they need to also keep selling oil to Europe. And to China.

That's just the China is about half their GDP.

Now, if you war it became this. When the US goes to war with China, we lose.

But we also have to fight Russia and Europe and Iran and the Middle East.

Those are three theaters of war. We can't handle that.

But what?

What if Iran and Russia, could not come in on China's side in three years down the road.

Everybody looks at you, you're sitting there, in the briefing room, and you say, hear me out. What if Russia and Iran had already been taken out? What if they've already been neutralized before we had to fight China?

Everybody looks at you, like you have lobsters growing out of your ears.

We don't have any political support here in the US for wars with Russia and Iran, especially in this election cycle. No way Congress would approve this. The administration won't approve that. The American people wouldn't support it. You say, proxies.

We don't have to fight Russia and Iran.

We get proxies to take them out for us.

All they need is a little push.

And a ton of weapons. Just the right motivation, and they'll take them out for us.

The room gets silent. And you're sitting there and you say, so who is dumb enough to fight two land wars in Asia.

You smile and say, well, NATO.

NATO can take out Russia. Israel can take out Iran.

You have to do it just right. NATO and Israel could never know we are using them like that. We can't just go out there and bribe them. They have to be so motivated to risk their own survival and beef up their own military budgets to take Putin and the ayatollahs out for us. We supply the weapons.

They do the fighting.

Everybody is in on the great game, all of a sudden.

The trick is, we have to get Russia to invade. How do we do that?

Why don't we just say, Ukraine is going to be part of NATO?

That's been a red lane forever. Everybody knows that. They'll feel threatened. Putin invades Ukraine. NATO will come to the rescue with guns and money. Ukraine does the dirty work, but we make sure they have enough to win. Yeah, but Israel. Well, Israel will need to be attacked. And much worse than ever before.

Why don't we just release all of the funds, to Iran?

So they have all of the money, to plan an attack on Israel, that is so large and so heinous, that they'll be forced to use their own military it take them out.

Which will then force Iran to join in, and then Israel takes them out. We just need the weapons, guys.

Because we need the weapons in three years. When we're going after -- when we're going after China. And all of our weapons are outdated and old.

We need a whole new generation, but we have all of these weapons sitting here.

And there's no way, we can -- with cost overruns. You know, with -- with everything that comes with giant military production.

How are you going to get the American people to do it?

Well, we'll just tell them the truth. We're out of armaments. And then we will have to rebuild our army. Maybe we could even convince China in the end, if Russia and Iran falls, they have no real allies. They'll take Taiwan.

Thoughts?

I think the only reason why I don't believe this is because I -- I mean, we're evil enough to do it. But I don't believe it. Because I don't think we're smart enough to do it.

I don't just there's enough, hey, we all love America here. Let's do. You know what I mean?

STU: Right.

GLENN: There's the evil generals and the war planners and everything. I think there's enough of those in Washington. You know, the Lindsey Grahams that are like, yeah. We got to get them. At any cost, we get them. I think those guys exist.

STU: There's a lot of that type of stuff that you were talking about there, where you throw things out like, well, then Israel will take out Iran.

Think of what that looks like. These little assumptions millions of people dead.

GLENN: This is the way the elites always do.

They did it in World War I, World War II.

STU: Yeah, no, it's realtime strategies. Those old games, where you used to drag your troops around, and you have them attack the little base. Then you rebuild.

You wouldn't think about the little guys that are going in there and dying. That's the way it is thought about.

It's risk.

GLENN: I thought of this. I'm reading a book. Or I was reading a book on JFK. I can't remember the name of it.

It was the JFK assassination. And it's just documenting how many people hated him.

Okay?

They hated him. The military, CIA, he really had a problem with those guys.

Just like Donald Trump.

Really had a problem with those guys. And he did not like the way we were fighting the Cold War. And he's like, we are not going to keep escalating this war.

And one of the generals, I can't remember his name, but he was in charge of -- maybe NATO strategy. Or he was -- he was big.

And he absolutely believed that thermonuclear war was inevitable. And he was pushing hard.

Launch first. Launch right now. It's inevitable.

So launch now. They'll never see it coming. We can take them out. Launch now. This is not Cuban Missile Crisis time.

This is, when he first gets into office. Launch. And he actually goes around Kennedy's back, and is calling him weak for not doing this.

It was a legitimate campaign inside the pentagon. To just launch our missiles.

Did you know that?

STU: I -- I think maybe you've told it to me. Or I've heard it maybe once.

But it's -- it's impossible to believe. And, of course, these people -- there's always somebody like that. I guarantee, you think it's bad here. How many people are doing that in Russia right now? How many people are going behind Vladimir Putin's back, and saying, hey. Like this guy wouldn't even fire the nukes.

They're giving weapons to Ukraine. They're killing our people.

How is he not firing these things.

There is a huge faction inside of Russia. Who is pushing that hard line approach. And God forbid one of them wins an argument one day over vodkas, God only knows what happens.

GLENN: Wait until you see what we will show you tonight about Russia and Iran. And about what they're actually doing and saying to one another. And the language they're sharing with one another. It is spooky. It is really -- they are -- they are serious. They are serious.

STU: Yeah. Yeah. So this is the -- this is the biggest worry, right? There's just this instability everywhere right now. It's instability, combined with a bunch of really incompetent people, who don't know what they're doing and don't know how to manage this sort of instability, at the helm here in America.

And you, of course, have, I mean, our share of instability has been well-documented here over the past few weeks, especially.

So you put all that together. And like, it's just -- at some point, you wonder if it will all spiral out of control.

GLENN: So let me ask you: Have you ever seen our government pay for hostages.

I think the only time we did it was the Iran-contra thing, right?

STU: I mean, off the top of my head, I mean, that one pops to mind.

GLENN: So we had that one.

But we paid. Didn't we pay the Contras? And they brokered the deal.

So we weren't really paying Iran. We were paying the revolutionaries in South America.

STU: And they would kind of say the same thing now. Right?

They would kind of say, well, we're not really paying for hostages.

GLENN: Yes.

STU: In this program, and these dollars are going -- they always have some way of getting around it technically.

GLENN: Yes. Have we ever -- have we ever rewarded a terrorist state? Like another -- I don't even know, I keep seeing reports that say billion, and million. And no money from the government ever seems like real money. So I have no idea, but I think it's $10 billion.

And we released it yesterday. The State Department did. And they said, well, it's because it's for medical stuff.

STU: Yeah. What was their excuse? Well, there will have to be terrorism anyway. They will find terror no matter what, so you might as well give them an extra 10 billion. They really said.

GLENN: They really did.

STU: They're going to do this anyway, so it doesn't matter if we give them a bunch of extra money.

GLENN: What world does that make sense?

STU: Well, Jeffrey Dahmer is going to kill Laotian teenagers anyway, so we sent him over a bundt cake. Like, what are you talking about? That's not a good argument.

GLENN: He's not going want a bundt cake. I've been pushing for the extra double-sized refrigerator/freezer. Bundt cake!

STU: I just feel like, that's not a good idea. Well, you know these people are really bad actors. So therefore, the reward isn't going to incentivize more bad acting. So let's give them the reward. What -- that's not a good argument.

GLENN: And you don't use that in anything.

STU: No. It would be a terrible, terrible thing to do. And it is. And, of course, we all know, as the Iranians last time we did this.

Pointed out to us. This money is fungible, it will go wherever we want it to go.

GLENN: They told us that!

STU: They said it publicly.

GLENN: Like they will give their people medicine.

STU: Oh, that's a huge concern for them. They're really worried. Oh, gosh. Do we have enough Robitussin for the population? I don't know.

GLENN: Their God says, wipe out Israel, bring the Madhi (phonetic) back. And we'll start the end of the world war.

That's our top -- God is telling us that. Yeah, but we don't have enough Robitussin.

STU: Yeah. I know. That's not the concern for them.

GLENN: No, I don't think so. I don't think so.

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The world has a plentiful, seemingly endless supply of angry boys. What it's lacking is real MEN. Glenn Beck shares the secret that our young men must learn if they truly want to protect and perfect our country.

Transcript

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GLENN: There's a difference between a revival and an awakening. We are in a revival right now, but that doesn't necessarily lead to anything. Except, oh, I have to re-learn those principles. But that doesn't mean you apply them in your life. Okay?

That's an awakening. There's been two great awakenings in American history. One brought us the American Revolution. The second one brought us the Civil War and the freedom of slaves.

We have the possibility of going into a third great awakening. That's the only thing that will save us. If you don't know the difference between a revival and an awakening. Let me give you the negative print of a godly awakening. Our kids right now, they don't have any purpose. They don't have any meaning.

They look at everything, and it doesn't -- it's not real. None of it is real. It's money. It's fame.

It's -- you know, it's ever changing truths and definitions. And they have no purpose in their life. Okay?

So they're looking for that. Because man has to have purpose in his life. Man has to search for meaning.

So they're searching for meaning. And they found a group of people that actually mean something. And they're willing to die for it. And it's ISIS.

And so they're like, at least these people believe in something. They believe it. And they're willing to die for it. I'm going to stand with them. And they put that twisted understanding into action. That's the -- that is -- that's an awakening. It's just an awakening to the dark side. And that one is already happening. It has to happen on the good side. And let me speak directly to young men: Look, you are inheriting a very loud, angry, cynical and worst of all spiritually starving and malnourished society. And you are being sold a future of cheap pleasures and hollow heroes and screens with blue light that just rob you of your strength, one distracted second after another.

And in the middle of all that noise, may I just give you one piece of instruction. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praise-worthy, seek those things.

Don't admire them. Don't nod at them. Seek them!

Hunt them. Chase them. Build your life around those things. A man who will do that. A boy. A young man who will do that, will become different. Noticeably different.

He will stop letting the culture feed him garbage. He stops applauding the trivial. He stops laughing at the obscene or cheering for the cruel.

He will become a curator of -- of real, lasting beauty in an age that has forgotten what beauty even looks like.

When other men are chasing down or holding up cynicism, this man holds up hope!

When everyone around him is chasing dopamine, he chooses discipline. When others will blame their circumstance, he'll take responsibility for his own action. When the world worships the shallow, he goes and searches for the deep!

You want to know what the secret of becoming strong is, or becoming trusted, or becoming the kind of man that your future wife, your future children, your future nation can depend on?

Here it is!

You become what you seek. If you seek trash, you become trash. If you seek virtue, you become a man of virtue. You seek excellence, and your life will begin to shine, not loudly, but steadily. Like the steel glow of a blade being forged.

That's who you'll be.

The world has a plentiful, seemingly never-ending supply of angry boys. We don't need any more addicted boys.

We don't need any more distracted boys. The world needs men. Whole men. Clear-eyed men.

Men whose souls are anchored to something higher than the algorithms, trying to own them!

Build a life worthy of admiration. Forget about the applause. Fill your mind with words that make you wiser. Fill your days with work, hard work, that makes you stronger. Fill your home with beauty that lifts every soul who walks into it.

Have your home a place where people walk in and go, man, I say so great here. I just love it here. I don't know what it is about your house. I just love it. It's the spirit that's there! Because you built it! You protect it.

Protect your integrity like a watchman on the wall. Don't lie. Don't cheat. Don't steal. And when you fail, and you will, stand back up again.

Because a man who seeks the virtuous, is not a man who never fails. He just -- he just becomes a man who refuses to stay on the ground.

If you seek things that are lovely and pure, trustworthy, praiseworthy, you'll become a kind of man this age almost never produces. A man whose very existence is a rebuke to the darkness.

That's your calling. That's why you were born.

Not to be lost. Not to play video games. Not to give up. Not to say, there's no hope. Not to end up in the trash bin of human history because you've -- you've taken so many drugs, you can't stand up straight anymore.

You're not destined to be alone.

You were destined for great things. You are destined to find an amazing woman!

Believe me. I didn't think I would ever find an amazing woman. Because I didn't think I was worth it. I didn't think I was worth it.

And until I started understanding how God works. That, yeah. I'm not worth any of the stuff that I have.

When you realize, it's all a gift. It's all a gift. And even if you work your brains out, you may not ever get all the things that you want. But you're going to have everything you need. Once you realize, carefully selecting friends makes a difference. My mother used to always say, show me your friends. I will show you your future.

It's true. Be careful who you select as friends. Watch your language. Watch what you're putting into your brain and what's coming out of your mouth. Because the brain is so amazing. It's being turned to mush. Did you know that there is a new study that just came out. I have to tell you about it next week, maybe.

New study going out. It is -- it's AI. And it has access to social media, and they have found that the AI -- the AI that is scrolling through social media all day, just to keep updated on everything that's going on in social media. It's getting brain mush. It's actually becoming dumber. It's become less effective!

It's a machine. What do you think this, flesh and blood, this thing is going to do?

We say life is meaningless. And life is the only thing that has any value. And yet, we spend all of our time, on things like social media. And that has absolutely no value.

But we think that's life.

I'm not that smart. I've just lived a long time. And I've made so many mistakes.

And I decided at one point, I'm going to stop saying, it's somebody else's fault. I'm going to start saying. Maybe -- what did I do to create that?

What did I do to attract that?

Why does this thing keep happening to me?

Why is it that I always find myself involved with these same kind of people?

Because, Glenn, dummy, it's you!

What you think, it's like -- it's like think of yourself as a -- as a beacon. It's just -- you're a beacon. Your GPS pin, that is constantly saying, here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

Except, it's transmitting more than just your location. It's -- it's transmitting what you're looking for, who you are. And it's attracting other dropped pins to you. It's saying, "I like this. I think this way. I believe these things. I am afraid of these things."

Whatever it is, you're thinking. It's constantly putting that out.

And saying, here I am. Is there anything else like that?

Anything else that can reinforce that? Anything else that can live like this?

Because that's me. Here I am. Here I am. Here I am.

That's why you keep finding yourself in exactly the same situations. Nothing will change, if nothing changes!

And the only thing that you can change, is you!

Seek the things, that have virtue.

Seek the things, that have beauty in music, in -- in art, in life, in architecture, in clothing! Whatever it is. Look for real, lasting beauty and value.

Find the things that are true! Truly true.

Universally true. Find the things that uplift. Seek those things!

And you will change your life and your world!