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RUSH: We\u2019re gonna start in Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, on the phones. This is Mark, and it\u2019s great to have you here, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hello. Thanks for taking my call this afternoon, Rush.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I appreciate that, sir. Thank you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: All this weekend I\u2019ve been thinking about this, and I when I heard your opening monologue about this monumentally bad plan to pull US troops, the remaining US troops out of Iraq, one of the things that I have not heard mentioned but I think is a really significant issue to consider is the US embassy that we have built in Iraq. The Iraqi embassy right now, as far as I know, is our largest. And if we have a huge embassy in a unstable part of the world with no troops nearby, we are courting disaster.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, you know what? I actually don\u2019t know what we\u2019re gonna do with that embassy. I\u2019m just assuming we\u2019re gonna keep diplomatic staff there and I\u2019m assuming that there will be Marine guards like there are at all the other embassies. Beyond that, I don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n
RUSH: What do you mean? By overrunning the embassy with defenseless, innocent US State Department people in there?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yes. That\u2019s exactly it. Islamic terrorists or militias could see that as a real opportunity to kick the United States where it hurts the worst.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, that\u2019s a good point, maybe Obama will close the embassy so that that won\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, that would be a great way of making use of our investment that we\u2019ve put there.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, it is our largest. It\u2019s the largest, most expensive. Our embassy in Iraq cost a billion.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah. So there would be a good use of taxpayer money to let just disappear if he chose to do that. But, you know, our presence in that area —<\/p>\n
RUSH: You really think the Al-Qaeda guys would attack our embassy? You don\u2019t think they would respect the whole notion of diplomatic immunity and leave it alone?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Right, right, right. Well, if the Iranian government, which is a sovereign government can\u2019t quite figure that out, I have even less hope for anybody else that is not a sovereign government —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. If the Iranian government can\u2019t figure what out?<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, they tried to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington, DC, did they not?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, that\u2019s what the regime tells us.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Okay. Well, I\u2019m going on that being true. But if it\u2019s not, it\u2019s still a dangerous roll of the dice for the United States to leave our embassy in such a weakened environment over there without having a footprint nearby to protect ourselves.<\/p>\n
RUSH: We\u2019re gonna have some kind of a footprint. I just don\u2019t think it\u2019s gonna be combat troops.<\/p>\n
CALLER: All right.<\/p>\n
But right now we\u2019re just dealing with the surface aspects of the announcement, and I don\u2019t really know about the military support staff that would remain. It could well be that we\u2019re gonna hire Blackwater types. We\u2019re gonna outsource the security, which is being done in Afghanistan, that\u2019s being done in Iraq, so a number of ways you could do that without having to say you\u2019ve got military personnel there. (interruption) No, I don\u2019t have doubts about Iran. I just think the timing of it\u2019s pretty strange that all of a sudden this mild-mannered Abdel-Jalil, I know this guy, seen this guy, why wipe this guy out? I mean take out Bandar bin Sultan or somebody, take out somebody big. But, no, I don\u2019t have any doubts about it. I just don\u2019t think there are any coincidences in politics, that\u2019s all. Pure and simple. Appreciate the call out there very much. <\/p>\n
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RUSH: Luke in Savannah, Georgia. Great to have you with us, sir. Hello.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hey, Rush. How you doing?<\/p>\n
RUSH: Very good, sir. Thank you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Well, I think I feel like I should preface this by saying that I do believe President Obama is a very dangerous man.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I believe that another four years will be detrimental to the country\u2019s health. But I also think that we forget a lot of times just how politically savvy he is and the entire Democratic Party. And you notice that right after Moammar Khadafy, who, you know, his death is considered one of Obama\u2019s victories, we find a small opening and an opportunity to pull the troops out of Iraq, and we do it kind of as an afterthought. And earlier in your segment you said that he\u2019s willing, just to get his base back or support from his base back, he\u2019s willing to associate defeat in Iraq with the Democrats. But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s the case. I think that what he\u2019s doing is people will say, he started Libya, he ended it successfully, you know, obviously it\u2019s more complicated than that. And Bush is responsible for Iraq, and if there\u2019s any defeat there, it\u2019s on him, but the ultimate victory is, you know, we got our precious troops back.<\/p>\n
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CALLER: Yeah, but here\u2019s what I got. I deployed to Iraq twice, and I was with the special operations community both times, so I wasn\u2019t over there in an office. We were participating in direct action raids. We were killing plenty of people that needed to be killed. But even I recognize, you know, yes, 4,500 troops, that\u2019s a tragedy, but you also said that Obama\u2019s pandering to this fringe group that is sadistic and wants to pull everybody out of Iraq and accept defeat. I\u2019m as far right as you can get, and I believe that the Founding Fathers envisioned neutrality for the nation and preservation of our nation. I don\u2019t give Obama any credit; I want him to get defeated. But I\u2019m having a problem saying anything negative about bringing troops back. And this is coming from, I did serve, because I\u2019m telling you right now, it\u2019s corrupt over there. Any government that we emplace is gonna be corrupt —<\/p>\n
RUSH: So your thought is even if Iraq is toppled and even if Iran takes it over or Al-Qaeda, it becomes a new outpost, the American people aren\u2019t gonna care, there\u2019s no way anybody will chalk whatever happens in Iraq to a defeat because nobody cares, they already think —<\/p>\n
CALLER: No, no. I\u2019m not saying that. What I\u2019m saying is based upon principle, if we are leaning as far right as possible, we agree with neutrality as a nation, not policing of every country. ‘Cause I understand strategically why Iraq is beneficial —<\/p>\n
RUSH: Well, now, wait, it\u2019s too late for that, though. I mean we\u2019re there. We went there. We conducted an operation. We liberated the place. We toppled the leader. It\u2019s moot now to discuss whether or not we as conservatives believe in neutrality. We went there. We took care of it. We had an amazing victory in two to three days, we got rid of Saddam Hussein. Now the theory is that we\u2019re trying to make sure that Iraq stays what it is because Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations love to take root in stateless territories. That\u2019s what the Taliban did in Afghanistan. It\u2019s one of the reasons we\u2019re still in Afghanistan, by the way, is to make sure —<\/p>\n
CALLER: Right, right, right. Apart from the aggressiveness that we showed at the beginning, I do believe that they\u2019ve already kind of emasculated our forces. I mean, I got guys that are still going over there and they complain that they can\u2019t do anything now. And somehow political correctness has managed to make its way into the troops. One last thing before I leave, you said what would Sharia law do to rape, and I think I got your answer here. I\u2019m looking at this one article, and apparently there is no rape in Sharia law. It\u2019s actually the girl\u2019s fault for —<\/p>\n
RUSH: That\u2019s exactly right, they can be beheaded, they can be stoned or what have you.<\/p>\n
CALLER: No such thing as rape.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah.<\/p>\n
CALLER: No such thing as rape under Sharia law.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Right. Okay.<\/p>\n
CALLER: So Biden should be pleased.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yeah, it\u2019s even worse than that.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Yeah.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Those are all true statements that you\u2019ve made. I\u2019m glad you called, Luke. Thanks much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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