RADIOFebruary 20, 2023

Glenn: THESE signs show we're moving toward WORLD WAR III

It seems like we’re going to be helping Ukraine indefinitely, and now President Biden has announced we’re even paying Ukrainian PENSIONS. But it gets worse. In this clip, Glenn demonstrates how signs TODAY show we are following the same pattern that eventually resulted in World War I. And thanks to government leaders — including our own — continuing to escalate tension between the world’s most powerful nations, it seems that we may be MARCHING toward World War III…

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GLENN: Okay. So the president is -- is over now, and he's in Ukraine.

And, wow. And we are going to be there indefinitely, it seems.

Here is President Biden about the money going over to Ukraine. Cut 11, please.

BIDEN: And they'll delivery much-needed humanitarian assistance, as well as food, water, medicine, and shelter, and other aids to Ukrainians displaced by Russia's war, and provide aid for those seeking refuge in other countries from Ukraine.

It's also going to help schools and hospitals open.

It's going to allow pensions and social support to be paid to the Ukrainian people, so they have something in their pocket.

It also will provide critical resources to address food shortages around the globe.

GLENN: Okay. So wait. So wait. So wait. So we're sending, what?

Money for food shortages, all around the world? All around the world. We are also paying Ukraine's pensions?

Social Security is on the ropes here?

And we're now paying the Ukrainian pension fund!

Did you approve this? Because I didn't. Have we even discussed this?

That's the first time I've heard it. That's my money and your money. Our country. Our children's lives at stake here. And nobody seems to be talking about it, at all. It doesn't matter.

When you listen to what they said over the weekend.

This is the foreign minister, from Ukraine. What is victory? Cut one.

VOICE: There is a short notion of victory.

And that's full restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity.

GLENN: Okay. Not going to happen.

VOICE: And there's long records, which includes compensations for the damage inflicted, and accountability for creators of crimes. And most importantly, Russia must change.

GLENN: Okay. May I just say, we are repeating to the letter World War I.

The elites, the socialists, got together with all the socialists in the west, and they all got together, and said, you know, if we kind of push this along, it will be a quick war.

And it will be able to collapse all of the old regimes.

And -- and we'll be -- and we'll be great.

And we'll have this new utopian world.

So what happened?

Well, it wasn't quick.

It killed millions.

Changed the history of Europe.

It did collapse some of the old empires. If that's what you were excited about it.

But at what cost? And then at the end, what did they do?

The same people who started the war, got together and said within now we're going to punish Germany. And we're going to make them pay.

And we want all the land, that they the claim is theirs.

And we're going to take it. And they're going to pay us. And what did that do?

Set up World War II.

We're doing the same thing. Exactly the same thing.

And the people were not for the war. In fact, they elected a President who said, if you elect me for a second term, I will not send your boys into war. And what did he do?

He waited a full three-six months. What was it, Stu?

Do you remember? Before Woodrow Wilson sent all our boys to war.

We have got to wake up. By the way, Lindsey Graham. He's now saying that we now have to send fighters. We have to send the jets. We have to send the jets.

Really? Because Putin has just said, that's our final straw.

If you put western jets, in Ukraine, that is the final straw.

STU: Because you don't need jets to defend Ukraine. You need jets to fly into Russia, and make targets in Russia. I can understand why they would want to do that to win a war. But I can also understand how, I don't know. If you're Russia, you're going to see that as a big problem.

And this is one of the biggest issues with this, Glenn. And I don't see how this stops. Is that both sides have arguments that you can see from their perspective. They will not want to give up on. You mentioned Crimea will not happen.

But if you're a Ukrainian citizen, you're like, well, wait a minute. They just took that. What do you mean, it is not going to happen? It is going to happen. We're going to go in there and get it.

And there's going to be this constant push to be able to hold those lines.

GLENN: And they can have their constant push.

I am not involved in their constant push.

STU: I know. But that's not what -- unfortunately, you're not -- actually, fortunately, you're not president.

Unfortunately, someone better than the current president is not president. Because he's currently doing that. With no seeming -- no limiting principle whatsoever. He keeps putting down these lines. Oh, we're not going to send jets. We're not going to send tanks. We're not going to send missiles. All these things have happened with the exception of planes, and now we have Republicans saying, we should be sending the planes. So at what point does Biden fold on that?

GLENN: Well, I don't know.

Because during this -- during this global security conference in Munich, the Chinese are talking now about giving weapons and ammunition to Russia.

And the United States came out, over the weekend, and said, they better not do that.

Excuse me?

You better not do that. That is a line for us.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Not only are we sending over tanks, missiles, bullets, guns, we're now paying for their Social Security. I mean, we are the Ukrainian government.

We're over there -- can you imagine, if Brezhnev, would have shown up in Hanoi. He would have just shown up in Hanoi, Vietnam. We all knew Russia was involved. We all knew they were giving -- but if he would have said, you know what, we're with you until the very end.

And the very end, we look at this as regime change in Washington. Do you not think we would have gone to war?

Do you not think we would have been justified to include Russia in that?

Of course, we would.

We have our president, in Ukraine today. Saying, we are with you, in this fight.

And this fight is unlimited, and it will only end with regime change.

What the hell do you think that means to Russia?

And now, after we're sending all this, we actually think we have the right to tell China, don't send any military aid to Russia.

Who the hell do we think we are?

We're on the wrong side.

We -- this is the beginning, of real darkness.

We are on the wrong side.

And I'm not saying China and Russia are the right side. We should not be involved in this.

This is -- this is -- this should terrify people. We're sending the firefighter jets. You know it's coming. And that's the final straw, for Putin. We're telling China, that, you know, we're going to hold you to a different standard.

Meanwhile, Putin's cronies are threatening to nuke England. They said, London will turn to dust. And they will burn in hell, and be destroyed in flames.

If we send any more weaponry. If they do.

So what does the UK do?

They issue a national warning message of world war. This is the first time they have done this, since early in the Cold War.

But Russians who are kind of on our side, said, they are serious about pointing missiles towards Great Britain. And so the UK, quote, has to be prepared for a nuclear war.

No, they don't.

No, they don't. We can stop this madness right now!

They -- I am not for Russia or Putin.

But I am for this insanity, to stop!

I don't know, other than, what I have told you long ago, would happen. These progressives do the same thing.

They take it up to a certain point.

And right at the moment of collapse. As soon as there's no trust, what do they do?

They have to have a war to be able to justify all of the massive changes that they're going to make to society. Because by the -- the other side of the war, you won't even really care, if you get your freedoms back. You just want the bloodshed to stop.

That's their theories.

And these people are going to do it. These people are crazy enough to do it.

I mean, we don't even know, who blew up the pipeline?

Who belie it up?

If it wasn't us, who was it?

I mean, the western detectives went in, what was it?

Sweden, Norway.

They went in. They said, it wasn't Russia. Germans said, it wasn't Russia. So who was it?

China? India?

Iran? There are only about five countries that can do it. And on the list of five, only two of them, are axis. Only Russia and China.

Explain that. So was it England that did it?

And we didn't know anything about it?

Who did it?

Who did it?

And why would you do it?

This -- these questions have got to be answered right now!

We are marching toward war! And I've never lived in a period of time, ever. Where I have seen my country so detached from the people in the country.

And they are just leading us into places none of us want to go.

Did you want an oil crisis?

Or did you want to remain, you know, the biggest producer of oil, and have our gas prices low?

Were you for that? Were you for that?

Are you for this gas stove thing?

No matter what they say, that is true. They're going after natural gas.

So do you want to get rid of natural gas, as well as oil?

Because I don't. Do you want all of these -- all of these men wearing skirts. That was the latest story. A guy wearing a skirt, he's a teacher in kindergarten. Did you ask for this?

Because I didn't. I don't know Democrats that ask for this. Where are the Democrats that are against war?

Did you ask for a war with Russia? Because I didn't.

They're ignoring us.

And taking us down a path, that they are designing.

And we have got to stand up, you've got to call every congressman and every senator you know. And say, the hell I will.

I am not sending my child, to war.

And I want you to stop sending my money, to Ukraine.

Oh, well, then we'll just empower Putin.

You know what, Putin is really smart.

Really smart. He may be crazy. He's definitely a killer.

Cold-blooded killer. But he's lasted this long. He seems to have, you know, less syphilis than the last mad dictator, that tried to take over the world.

I don't want to give him any help. But I also don't think World War III will end well.

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Is Socialism replacing the American dream?

The American Dream used to mean freedom and the chance to build your own life through hard work, faith, and independence. But today, it’s been replaced by comfort, consumption, and debt. Glenn Beck breaks down how America traded liberty for lifestyle, why socialism is gaining ground, and what it will take to reclaim the real American Dream before it disappears for good.

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GLENN: I don't know if you saw the visualizing the American dream, Stu.

You know, what the American dream actually is, is that you can forge your own way.

You can -- you know, you can have a scrap of land, and grow your own food if up.

You can, you know, go to school. Not go to school.

You can find a job. If you're qualified for it, you have an equal chance of getting it, you know, based on merit.

But the percentage of Americans who say the American dream is retirement is 86 percent. Health care, 86 percent. Owning a home, 85. Raising two kids, 78. Owning a car, 72. Vacations, 71. Pets, 66. A wedding, 55 percent. That's the American dream, I can get married.

The American dream, if that's what you think, they've now estimated, the cost per household over the cost -- over the lifetime, retirement is $1.6 million. Owning a home now, 30-year mortgage, 20 percent you want to, is $957,594. Owning a car, buying and finance to begin with new cars every ten years is now $900,000 over your lifetime. Raising two kids to 18, plus four years of public college, $876,092. Two kids. Health care, over your lifetime, spending from ages 22 to 85, $414,000. Vacations, annual vacation from '22 to '85, $180,000. One dog and one cat for 11 to 13 years is $40,000!

That's more expensive than a wedding. The engagement ring, the ceremony, and the reception is now estimated to be $38,200.

There's a reason socialism is doing well. You look at that, and you're like, wow. I mean, if that's the American dream. And for a lot of people, that is the American dream!

That's not what the American dream is supposed to be, but, you know, once -- you know, once Woodrow Wilson and FDR got a hold of us and they started advertising, it became stuff instead of freedom. It became stuff. And, you know, when there's a new report out. Let me see if I have that.

There's a new report out now that shows, first time home buyers made up just 21 percent of the home purchases. That's the lowest on record.

The typical age of repeat buyers hit an all-time high of '62. The median downtowns, reaching 23 percent.

The highest since 2023.

And also, where is it?

The last one is -- the median age for first time home buyers, in 1981, it was 29 years old.

I'm sorry. Yeah. Twenty-nine years old. In 2021, it was 33 years old.

What is it this year?

Median age, first time homeowner, forty.

You're 40 before you can buy any kind of home. That puts these things that people want, dream about, out of reach, until you're 40?

You know, 29 is one thing. But if you're not seeing -- you're not seeing your life really kind of settling down until you're 40, I -- I can understand why you're like, you know what, this system doesn't work.

Because you've never seen it work. It's betrayed you.

Or so you've been sold. It's betrayed you.

And everything is being pushed out of your reach. And when you're young, the one thing you're not is patient.

And at 40, I can see why people are not, you know, yeah. Well, socialism is neat because capitalism isn't working. How would you respond to that?

STU: I mean, it's more lengthy than we have time for. But I would say that the response to, you know, you thinking that you want a home is not to embrace an ideology that murders 100 million people.

That's not -- that's not a good answer to the problem that you think you have.

GLENN: But they're not learning that anywhere.

They're not -- that is our responsibility! To teach those things. Because they're not learning it anywhere.

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Glenn Beck warns: We're already in World War III

"The world doesn't understand yet. We're already in World War III," Glenn Beck warns. "That foe is not China. That foe is militant Islam." Glenn explains the battle we're currently facing and what's to come if we don't wake up soon...

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GLENN: From New Jersey, it's Brian. Hello, Brian.

CALLER: Hello!

GLENN: Hey.

CALLER: Yeah. Thanks for taking the calls today.

GLENN: Sure.

CALLER: Yeah. I'm worried that we are headed towards another French Revolution-style because we have entire generations. Or actually people just not being heard by their representatives.

GLENN: Hmm.

CALLER: And it's not just here. It's around the world.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

I -- actually, I had scheduled for this time, I'll just do it some other time. Talking about what's happening in -- in England.

I think England is headed for a Civil War. And -- and it's very close.

I mean, you can't put 4,000 people. 4,000 people, in jail, or try them for hate crimes. And speech crimes.

You can't -- you can't do it. In England!

You can't do that in one year. And expect people to just put up with it!

You can't -- you know, we're -- we're -- America doesn't understand yet.

The world doesn't understand.

We're in World War III. We're already in World War III.

I don't know when it becomes a hot war. Or even a war that we on our side recognize. But we are in World War III. And that -- that foe is not China.

That foe is militant Islam, period. And, you know, when we have a situation to where people are -- when the government is just like, no. It's not a problem.

It's not a problem. You know. You've got illegals all over.

It's not a problem.

It's not a problem.

It is a problem. Don't tell me what -- what the problems are not!

Because we're the ones living it!

You're the experts, who keep telling us, no. It's going to work out fine.

And it doesn't work out fine. And it just gets worse and worse.

Oh. We can spend this money. No. It looks like we can't spend this money. Oh, we can afford this. No. It looks like we can't afford this.

You know, if we do this with Ukraine, it will work out fine. No, it didn't, did it? These endless wars, all of this stuff, don't tell me what the problem is. Listen to the people and start talking to the people. Honestly, this is the reason why I'm doing this today. I -- I need to hear from you.

I need to know what's on your mind, so I stay focused and -- and clear on what America is saying.

Because I don't think -- look, you know, me taking phone calls is -- is not a true representation of anything, but it does give me a sense of -- of where you are, as an audience. Maybe not as America, but as an audience. And there are lots of things that concern me. But I want to hear it from you.
But I think you're right! We're headed for real, real trouble. All you need is real economic trouble.

You start getting real, true economic trouble. 1930s kind of depression stuff. And we're in Civil War.

Dan, Oregon. Welcome!

CALLER: Hello, Glenn. How are you?

GLENN: I'm great!

CALLER: Yeah. Good. It's been a long time.

I guess it's been over ten years, since I've had a chance to talk with you. I was one of your first insiders. I was listening to you, since you were in Florida.

GLENN: Wow. Wow.

CALLER: So it's been a long -- yeah. It has been. And I can't say I've enjoyed all of it.
(laughter)

GLENN: Neither have I!

STU: I can't say that either, I'll be honest with you.

CALLER: You know, you were talking on yesterday's show, reminiscing with Stu about how you guys started. And I remember those old shows. And, you know, at the end of the -- the fusion of entertainment and enlightenment.

STU: Hmm.

GLENN: Right.

CALLER: And there was a lot more entertainment. I remember I laughed a lot.

GLENN: Oh, yeah. I know. I know. Those days are long dead.
(laughter)

STU: There's nothing to laugh about now.

CALLER: Yeah. I -- I'm 78. I still work 40 hours a week. I love my job.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: Been married for 55 years. I have seven kids.

GLENN: Good for you.

CALLER: I've got a daughter -- I've got a daughter who is in her 40s. And she has severe TDS. She -- we don't -- I mean, we're not cutting each other off. She hasn't done that at all. We're still very close as a family. But she was down visiting the other day, and got into a conversation with my wife. And I wasn't in the room. But Kathy said it was just like listening to one of those young people out on the street that was being interviewed by the news media. And she was -- and she was in tears about it. My wife and my daughter both.

And, I mean, I love her, and I continue to support her. She's a single woman, not by choice. She just never found the right guy.

GLENN: Yeah.

CALLER: And I really think that's part of the problem. Because she started reading -- back when Trump was first running, she started reading all of this stuff about him being misogynistic and all of this stuff.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

CALLER: And it's just gotten worse. I -- I'm at a loss. I really am. Because I -- like, I see the country doing better. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. But I still feel like that at least right now, we're doing better as a whole. But what do we do about -- what do we do about our kids about -- she went to Portland State University for the last two --

GLENN: Oh, jeez, for the love of --

CALLER: Well, yeah. For the last two years, she went to -- she went to a little college in Idaho called Ricks for the first two years, and Utah State.

GLENN: Oh, yeah.

CALLER: And then she served a mission for our church in Brazil and came home, but then she went to Portland State University. And it just seems to have gone downhill from there.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah. So, Dan, I think you are suffering from the same thing that almost all parents are suffering from. If you're not suffering from this, then, I mean, God bless you. You know, get on your knees and thank God. Because you are a lucky, lucky family. Everybody has in their family. I have it in my family.

And you have to ask yourself, what is your goal?

My -- what is your goal with your daughter? Your real goal?

CALLER: My real goal is for us to be united eternally. That's my goal. That's my goal as a father and has been to teach her --

GLENN: And how -- and how is that going to happen with politics?

CALLER: We just stay together as a family regardless of what politics does.

GLENN: That's exactly right. Exactly right.

I think we're in a place now where as parents, you can ask your kids, but it has to be honest. It cannot be trying to win. It has to be honest. How did you get there?

I mean, I remember. You know, we've talked about this before. And you didn't believe that before. What has changed?

Can you help me with that?

I would like to see what you're reading, or what that was.

And just ask questions. But they have to be honest. They can't be, you know, because I'm setting you up. Because I want to change your mind.

But keep a dialogue open with them. And just love them!

Just love them!

Because if you do anything else, you're going to drive them away. And then they're really lost. So just love them.

CALLER: Oh, I know that. Glenn, when she was young -- when she was young, I considered her one of the elect. And the Scripture says, that in the last days, even the elect are going to be deceived. And that's what I'm seeing. But everything you've said, I -- I am doing. I'm doing it that way. Because I know --

GLENN: Okay. Good. Then you didn't need to -- I appreciate it. I'm so glad you called me. But you didn't need to -- my advice, you already have it down. You're a very wise man.