In this week's edition of The Watchman, we sit down with former Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger and Sarah Stern of the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) to discuss the future of the America/Israel relationship and what to do about Iran.
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Erick: AND WELCOME TO
"THE WATCHMAN."
WELL, IRAN NOW EFFECTIVELY
CONTROLS FOUR ARAB CAPITALS,
BEIRUT IN BE LEBANON,
DAMASCUS, SAMAAN IN SYRIA,
AND BAGHDAD.
AND IT IS DEVELOPING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS AND LONG-RANGE
INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC
MISSILES, ICBMs THAT COULD
BE DELIVERED TO THE U.S. ONE
DAY.
AND WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS
MEAN FOR OUR GREAT FRIEND
AND ALLY, ISRAEL.
JOINING ME TO DISCUSS IT ARE
TWO OF MY FAVORITE MIDDLE
EAST EXPERTS, URAM EDAM IS A
FOREMOST AUTHORITY ON THE
U.S.-ISRAEL RELATIONSHIP.
YOU CAN FIND HIS WORK AT THE
EDINGER.COM.
AND SARAH STERN IS WITH A
TOP NATIONAL SECURITY THINK
TANK HERE IN WASHINGTON.
SARAH, URAM, GREAT TO HAVE
YOU.
URAM, I WANT TO START WITH
YOU.
THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS
PRESSURING ISRAEL, AND ONE
OF THE LYNCH PINS OF THAT
PRESSURE IS IRAN.
I WANT TO START ON A
POSITIVE NOTE.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY WE'RE
GLOOM AND DOOM WITH
EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE
MIDDLE EAST, BUT WE HAVE TO
BRING THE TRUTH TO PEOPLE.
BUT TELL ME THE GOOD THINGS
IN THE U.S.-ISRAEL
RELATIONSHIP.
YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED IT OFTEN
IN YOUR BLOG AND IN SOME OF
YOUR ARTICLES.
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THE
GOOD THINGS HAPPENING
BETWEEN THE U.S. AND ISRAEL
AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP.
STILL, THE REALITY IS
THAT UNIQUELY IN THE U.S.
ROLE IN THE WORLD, ITS TIES
WITH ISRAEL ARE NOT TOP TO
BOTTOM, BUT BOTTOM TO THE
TOP.
NAMELY, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE
BAD CHEMISTRY BETWEEN THE
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. AND
THE PRIME MINISTER OF
ISRAEL, RELATIONSHIPSAND
CORPORATIONS HAS NEVERBEEN
ASROBUST AS IT IS TODAY.
AS WE SIT HEREIN THIS
STUDIO, AMERICAN SPECIAL
OPERATION UNITS ARE TRAINED
IN ISRAEL O ON THE WAY TO
AFGHANISTAN, AS THEY WERE ON
THEIR WAY TO IRAQ, BY
ISRAEL'S TOP EXPERTS ON
SUICIDE BOMBERS, CAR BOMBS,
AND IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE
DEVICES.
AS WE TALK HERE, THERE ARE
250 TOP AMERICAN HIGH-TECH
COMPANIES, GIANTS LIKE INTEL
AND MICROSOFT AND APPLE AND
GOOGLE, AND THE REST OF
THEM, WHICH DO HAVE RESEARCH
AND DEVELOP CENTERS IN
ISRAEL, WHICH DEVELOP THE
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES OF
THOSE BIG-TIME AMERICAN
COMPANIES, WHICH HAS
ENHANCED AMERICAN GLOBAL
COMPETITIVENESS, HAS
INCREASED AMERICAN EXPORTS,
EXPANDED AMERICAN
EMPLOYMENT, AND AS WE SIT
HERE, ISRAELI INTELLIGENCE
IS PROVIDING THE U.S.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WITH
MORE INTELLIGENCE ON ISLAMIC
TERRORISM THAN ALL NATO
COUNTRIES COMBINED, WHICH
SPARES THE LIVES OF MANY
AMERICANS AND MAKES HOMELAND
SECURITY THAT MUCH MORE
ROBUST THAN WITHOUT ISRAELI
INTELLIGENCE.
Erick: AND THAT'S JUST
THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
IF YOU WANT MORE, IT'S THE
EDINGERREPORT.COM.
IT IS AN UNBREAK BELIEVE
BOND OUR TWO COUNTRIES
HAVE.
AND SARAH, YOU'RE DOING
GREAT WORK ON CAPITOL HILL
WITH EMMETT.
YOU SEE BIPARTISAN SUPPORT
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
IN CONGRESS, BOTH SIDES OF
THE AISLE, AND POLL AFTER
POLL SHOWS THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE, VERY IMPORTANTLY,
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT
ISRAEL.
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU SEE ON
THE HILL IN TERMS OF SUPPORT
OF ISRAEL.
THAT'S TRUE, ERICK.
70% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
ACCORDING TORECENT POLLS,
WHICH DO SUPPORT ISRAEL.
ANDTHAT IS IRRESPECTIVE OF
WHO THE OCCUPANT IS IN THE
OVAL OFFICE.
HAVING HAD SAID THAT, I
THINK WE ALWAYS HAD A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF
BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
I HOPE IT CONTINUES.
I HAVE TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT
OBAMA HAS BEEN FLEXING HIS
MUSCLES, AND HE DOES WANT
PARTY DISCIPLINE, SO IT IS
VERY DISCIPLINE, ESPECIALLY
AFTER SENATOR ROBERT
MENENDEZ HAD CROSSED HIM,
AND YOU SEE THE INDICTMENTS
THAT ARE COMING DOWN.
AND I THINK IT HAS PUT A
LITTLE BIT OF FEAR OF THE
OFE OVAL OFFICE -- THE
REPERCUSSIONS FOR STANDING
OUT ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE
OF THE AISLE.
Erick: WE SAW THAT IN
THE SPEECH BACK IN MARCH,
WHERE SOME DEMOCRATS DIDN'T
ATTEND.
THAT'S RIGHT.
Erick: AND YOU THINK IT
IS AS A RESULT OF THE
PRESSURE FROM THE OVAL
OFFICE?
ABSOLUTELY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS ABLETO
MANIPULATE THIS INTO MUCH
MOREA BIG DEAL THAN IT
EVER HAD BEEN.
Erick: YEAH.
AND IT'S VERY SAD.
I HOPE -- I THINK THAT THE
SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
IS ROBUST AND SOUND, AND
PEOPLE WILL LISTEN, AND
LEGISLATORS WILL LISTEN TO
THE WILL OF THEIR
ELECTORATE.
Erick: AND THAT'S WHY
IT IS SO IMPORTANT, WHAT WE
ARE DOING HERE TODAY, URAM
AND SARAH, WE'RE GETTING THE
WORD OUT TO PEOPLE AT HOME,
AND WE'RE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
WHO ARE SAYING, THE
U.S.-ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP IS
OVER, BUT THE TIES REMAIN
VERY STRONG, BUT WE HAVE TO
REMAIN VIGILANT AND EDUCATE
PEOPLE AND SOUND THE ALARM,
AND I BELIEVE HOLD THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE
FOR THE WAY THEY'RE TREATING
ISRAEL.
URAM, SPEAKING OF THE WAY
THEY ARE TREATING ISRAEL,
THE WAY THIS OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION DEAL IS
DISASTEROUS.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
WHAT'S IN THIS DEAL?
I KNOW IT IS BAD, BUT WHY?
CAN YOU TELL OUR VIEWERS WHY
THIS DEAL IS BAD NOT ONLY
FOR ISRAEL, BUT FOR
AMERICA?
I WOULD SAY PRIMARILY FOR
THE U.S.A. BECAUSE AS FAR AS
IRAN IS CONCERNED, THE U.S.,
AND NOT ISRAEL, IS THE PRIME
TARGET FOR POTENTIAL NUCLEAR
CAPABILITY.
Erick: THE GREAT
SATAN.
THE GREAT SATAN.
AND ISRAEL IS THE SMALL
SATAN.
MORE THAN THAT, THE AIM OF
IRAN IS TO DOMINATE THE
GULF, AND TO DOMINATE THE
MUSLIM WORLD WHERE ISRAEL IS
NOT A PLAYER.
THEY ARE A MAJOR OBSTACLE ON
THE WAY TO DEMOCRAT NATION
HAS BEEN THE U.S.
PROJECTION, AND THEREFORE
THEY WANT TO DEVELOP THE
MEGA CAPABILITY IN ORDER TO
REMOVE THE MEGA AMERICAN
OBSTACLE, AS THEY VIEW IT.
SHOULD THERE BE A NUCLEAR
IRAN, WE DEFINITELY ARE
GOING TO WITNESS AN
AVALANCHE OF THE
PRO-AMERICAN ARAB GULF
COUNTRIES, AND THEN FURTHER
ARAB COUNTRIES, JORDAN AND
EGYPT, WHICH WOULD SEVERELY
UNDERMINE AMERICAN INTEREST,
AND WOULD CAUSE HAVOC, AS
FAR AS THE SUPPLY OF OIL,
THE PRICE OF OIL, AND
THEREFORE ALSO WOULD DAMAGE
SEVERELY THE AMERICAN
ECONOMY.
A NUCLEAR IRAN WOULD
RENDER -- WOULD LEND A MAJOR
TAIL WIND TO THE FEW HUNDRED
ISLAMIC SLEEPER CELLS IN
THIS COUNTRY, WITH IRAN
BEING THE CENTRAL BANKER OF
GLOBAL ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
AND CERTAINLY A NUCLEAR IRAN
WOULD MAKE THE PROBLEMATIC
ANTI-AMERICAN REGIME IN
VENEZUALA THAT MUCH MORE
AUDACIOUS ANTI-AMERICAN.
AND WHAT WOULD STOP THE
REGIME IN VENEZUALA TO ASK
THE IRANIANS TO DEPLOY A
NUCLEAR SUITCASE TO CARACAS,
AND HOW DIFFICULT WOULD BE
IT TO BRING IT FROM CARACAS
TO ONE OF THE METROPOLITAN
AREAS OF THE U.S.?
THE PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT
DEAL IS THAT THE CURRENT
NEGOTIATION IGNORES
COMPLETELY THE IRANIAN TRACK
RECORD.
WE HAVE A TRACK RECORD OF
THE NUMBER ONE ANTI-AMERICAN
ROGUE REGIME, THE NUMBER ONE
TERRORIST SUBVERSIVE HUMAN
RIGHTS VIOLATOR, OPPRESSIVE,
NO HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN, AND
THEY HATE EDUCATION --
ANTI-AMERICAN AND THEY HATE
EDUCATION -- YOU HAVE
NOTHING OF THAT IN THE
AGREEMENT.
NAMELY, THE U.S. TREATS IRAN
AS IF IT WAS A
LEGITIMATE --
Erick: ECONOMIC
BROKER.
-- PARTNER TO THE
NEGOTIATIONS.
Erick: THE BEIRUT
BOMBING IN '83 NEVER
HAPPENED.
OR CURRENTLY TRYING TO
TOPPLE THE AMERICAN-SAUDI
REGIME, THE POTENTIAL
BLOCKING OF THE OIL ROUTES
TO THE PERSIAN GULF.
Erick: A PLOT AGAINST
THE SAUDIS HERE IN
WASHINGTON IN 2011, AND IT
GOES ON AND ON.
AND YOU EXPECT THE U.S.
TO PRE-CONDITION ALL SORTS
OF GOODIES TO IRAN ON THE
DRAMATIC CHANGE OF THE
NATURE OF THE REGIME.
THAT, BY THE WAY, CALLS EACH
ONE OF THE VIEWERS HERE,
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL
CONSTITUENTS, TO IMPRESS
UPON THEIR REPRESENTATIVES
IN THE HOUSE AND IN THE
SENATE TO FERTILIZE AND
WATER THE SEED, WHICH WAS
PLANTED BY THE CORKER
AMENDMENT.
NAMELY BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE,
WHEN THEY MAY CONCLUDE AN
AGREEMENT, THE THERE SHOULD
BE A SERIES OF HEARINGS ON
THE HILL, DISCUSSING THE
NATURE OF THE IRANIAN
REGIME, AND INTEGRATING IT
INTO THE FINAL AMERICAN
POSITION ON IRAN.
AND NOT LESS IMPORTANTLY,
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
SUCCESSFUL IN
MISREPRESENTING THE MILITARY
OPTION AS IF IT IS AT WAR.
BUT, IN FACT, ANYONE WHO
REMOVES A MILITARY OPTION
FROM THE TABLE IS INVITING A
NUCLEAR WAR.
Erick: WE'VE LEAVE IT
RIGHT THERE, URAM.
I HATE TO CUT YOU OFF.
SARAH, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO
YOU AFTER THE BREAK.
WE'RE TALKING IRAN.
STICK AROUND.
Erick: WELCOME BACK.
WE'RE TALKING TO FORMER
ISRAELI AMBASSADOR, URAM
EDENGER, AND SARAH STERN.
WE'RE TALKING IRAN, THE
MIDDLE EAST, ISRAEL, AND
AMERICA.
SARAH, THIS CORKER MENENDEZ
BILL -- SOMETIMES AMERICANS
GET LOST IN THE WEEDS WHEN
IT COMES TO BILLS BEING
MADE.
TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THAT
BILL.
AND YOU HAVE AN INITIATIVE
WITH EMMELT, THA EMMETT,
WHICH YOU HAVE, AND I WANT
YOU TO TELL US HOW WE CAN
TELL YOU?
THE CORKER MENENDEZ WAS
BECAUSE OF SENATOR
MENENDEZ'S LEGAL ISSUES, AND
CORKER CARDON.
IT BASICALLY GIVES THE
UNITED STATES SENATE 30 DAYS
TO REVIEW THE DEAL.
Erick: THE IRAN NUCLEAR
DEAL?
YES.
AND THAT MEANS ON
JUNE 30th, WHEN THEY
FINALLY DO HAVE SOMETHING
COMMITTED TO PAPER, BECAUSE
THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE
FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT THAT WAS
WRITTEN DOWN, THE U.S.
SENATE HAS ITS
RESPONSIBILITY THAT WAS
GRANTED BY THE FRAM MERERS
OF THE CONSTITUTION TO
BASICALLY REVIEW AND ASSENT
TO IT.
UNFORTUNATELY --
UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT
BELIEVE, AS MANY OTHERS DO
NOT BELIEVE, THIS IS
ENOUGH.
BECAUSE WHAT WE NEED RIGHT
NOW IS FOR THE CORKER CARDON
BILL -- IT WAS A START
BECAUSE PRESIDENT OBAMA
REALLY WANTED TO TOTALLY
IGNORE THE U.S. SENATE AND
CONGRESS AND OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
WHAT WE NEED IS TO LOOK AT
THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR DEAL AS
A TREATY.
IF THERE WAS EVER ANYTHING
THAT WOULD AFFECT NOT ONLY
OUR LIVES HERE IN AMERICA,
THE LIVES OF OUR ALLIES IN
THE GULF STATES, AND IN
ISRAEL, BUT ALSO THE LIVES
OF OUR CHILDREN AND
GRANDCHILDREN, IS THIS
DEAL.
AND WE NEED, AS THE FRAMERS
OF THE CONSTITUTION HAD
ESTABLISHED TWO-THIRDS OF
THE SENATE TO RADIFY IT.
SO THIS IS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT.
I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD
CALL INTO THEIR ELECTED
OFFICIALS.
YOU CAN GET TO THE SENATE
SWITCH BOARD BY DIALING
202-334-3121, AND ASK THAT
THIS BE REGARDED AS A TREATY
BECAUSE IT IS.
IF ANYTHING SHOULD BE
REGARDED AS A TREATY, THIS
IS.
AND IT REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS
OF THE SENATE TO REVIEW AND
FOR ITS ADVICE AND CONSENT.
Erick: IT IS EMMETT
EMMETTONLINE.ORG.
YOU CAN FIND OUT WHY THIS IS
IMPORTANT AND DISASTEROUS,
IN MY VIEW.
URAM, BEFORE THE BREAK WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF
TIMES PRESIDENT OBAMA,
WHETHER HE IS TALKING ABOUT
ISIS OR IRAN, HE SAYS
AMERICANS ARE WAR WEARY.
HE DOESN'T SAY HE DOESN'T
WANT TO USE THE MILITARY
OPTION, BUT, HINT, HINT,
WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THE
MILITARY OPTION.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KEEP
THAT OPTION ON THE TABLE,
WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN'S
NUCLEAR PROGRAM?
AND WHY IS THAT A LOT MORE
DOABLE THAN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION IS LEADING
ON?
FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO DESIST
FROM MISREPRESENTATION.
AND MILITARY OPTION IS NOT
NECESSARILY A WAR.
THERE IS A LITANY OF
OPTIONS.
FOR MILITARY OPTION --
BEFORE YOU GET TO A WAR.
FOR INSTANCE, SURGICAL
BOMBING.
WHEN YOU SURGICALLY BOMB
SOME INSTALLATIONS WITHOUT
GROUND TROOPS, YOU ARE NOT
INVOLVED IN A WAR.
THIS HAS HAPPENED MANY, MANY
TIMES.
MORE OVER, IN 1988, AFTER
EIGHT YEARS OF WAR BETWEEN
IRAN AND IRAQ, WITH IRAN
REFUSING FOR A CEASE-FIRE,
THEY FINALLY AGREED.
WHY?
BECAUSE THEN PRESIDENT
REAGAN BOMBED A NUMBER OF
IRANIAN INSTALLATIONS, AND
IRAN ASSUMED THEY WERE
DEALING WITH AN AMERICAN
DOBERMAN, NOT WITH AN
AMERICAN POODLE.
Erick: I HATE TO CUT
YOU OFF AGAIN, MY FRIEND,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO PICK IT
RIGHT UP AGAIN AFTER THE
BREAK.
DON'T MOVE.
Erick: AND WELCOME
BACK.
WE'RE TALKING TO URAM
EDINGER AND SARAH STERN.
URAM, I HATED TO CUT YOU OFF
BEFORE THE BREAK.
WERE YOU MAKING A CRUCIAL
POINT.
PICK UP ON THAT POINT.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWING
STRENGTH TO THE IRANIAN
REGIME.
WHEN YOU CARRY A BIG
STICK AND SHOW WILLINGNESS
TO USE IT, YOU PREVENT WAR.
WHEN YOU DO NOT CARRY A BIG
STICK, OR WHEN YOU REMOVE
THE BIG STICK, A MILITARY
OPTION FROM THE TABLE, YOU
ONLY INTENSIFY -- YOU FUEL
AGGRESSION.
YOU FUEL RADICALISM, IN THIS
CASE ON THE PART OF IRAN.
AND, THEREFORE, THOSE WHO
REMOVE A MILITARY OPTION
FROM THE TABLE, THEY ARE
GOING TO BRING ABOUT A
NUCLEAR WAR.
AND A MILITARY OPTION MEANS,
FOR INSTANCE, A POTENTIAL OF
BOMBING OF URANIUM
INSTALLATIONS SURGICALLY
WITH NO TROOPS ON THE
GROUND.
Erick: THAT'S THE KEY
APPOINTMENT YOU DON'T NEED
GROUND TROOPS TO DO THIS.
DURING THE 1980s,
PRESIDENT REAGAN BOMBED
LIBYAN INSTALLATIONS.
THAT PUT AN END TO LIBYAN
ACTIVE ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM BECAUSE THE
LIBYANS REALIZED WE'RE
DEALING WITH AN AMERICAN
MARSHAL WHO IS WILLING TO
USE HIS GUN, NOT WITH AN
AMERICAN POLICEMAN WHO IS
RETIRED, HIS GUN.
THE SAME THING WITH THE
ASSUMPTION THAT THE WHITE
HOUSE HAS REFLECTED THAT
SUPPOSEDLY THE IRANIANS,
JUST LIKE THE SOVIETS, ARE
AWARE OF MUTUAL ASSURED
DESTRUCTION.
THEY MAY HAVE 10 NUCLEAR
WARHEADS, AND AMERICA HAS
THOUSANDS, AND THEREFORE
IRANIANS WOULD BE DETERRED.
THE SOVIETS WERE DETERRED BY
THE MUTUAL DISTRACTION.
THE APOCALYPTIC IRANIANS DO
NOT CONSIDER IT AS A
BURDEN.
THEY CONSIDER IT AS AN
INDUCEMENT TO GET FASTER TO
THE GOAL TO MEET WITH THEIR
GOD AFTER BRINGING HAVOC
UPON THE SO-CALLED IN
INFIDEL AMERICANS.
Erick: A KEY, KEY
POINT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE IRANIAN IDEOLOGY IS WHAT
FUELS THIS AT THE END OF THE
DAY.
IT IS A MESSIANIC IDEOLOGY,
AN END-TIMES IDEOLOGY THAT
THEY SHAPE POLICY AROUND.
SARAH, YOU'RE ON THE HILL
FREQUENTLY, AND YOU'RE
AROUND LAWMAKERS.
IS THERE A LACK OF A GRASP,
I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, OF
THE IDEOLOGY?
PEOPLE KNOW TERRORISM IS
DANGEROUS, BUT DO PEOPLE ON
THE HILL, OUR LAWMAKERS,
REALLY GET THE IDEOLOGY THAT
FUELS IT ALL?
SOME DO AND SOME DON'T.
IT IS REALLY HARD TO
GENERALIZE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DOVE
TAIL ON TO SOME OF THE
THINGS THAT URAM SAID SO
WELL.
EVERY SINCE APRIL 2nd,
WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA
APPEARED IN HIS ROSE GARDEN
AND TOOK THE OFF THE TABLE,
WE HAVE SEEN HOW IRAN HAS
BEEN FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES.
WE SAW HOW THE MAERSK
TIGRIS, THE MARSHAL ISLANDS
CARGO SHIP WAS CON MAN
COMMANDEERED BY THEM.
HASSAN FALAMI, WHO IS THE
DEPUTY COMMANDER JUST SAID
BASICALLY WE WELCOME THE
OPPORTUNITY -- WE WELCOME
THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEFEAT
AMERICA.
WE ARE AT WAR WITH AMERICA.
Erick: AND THIS IS A
TOP OFFICIAL OF IRAN'S ELITE
REVOLUTIONARY GUARD'S
CORPS.
RIGHT.
THE RECENT ARREST OF HUMAN
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS -- THERE IS
A WONDERFUL WOMAN, MOHAMEDI,
WHO HAS BEEN IN CHARGE OF
HUMAN RIGHTS, AND SOCAROFF
ALWAYS SAID, IF YOU WANT TO
KNOW THEFOREIGN POLICY OF
ANY COUNTRY, LOOK AT THE WAY
THEY TREAT THEIR
DISSIDENTS.
AND JASON RAYSON, A
"WASHINGTON POST" COLUMNIST
WHO RECENTLY HAD CHARGES
TRUMPED UP AGAINST HIM, AND
THEY SAY HE HAS BEEN SPYING
ON IRAN BY THE UNITED
STATES --
Erick: AND PASTOR
SAEED --
YES.
Erick: AND THEY'RE
BASICALLY MAKING YEMEN A
VESSEL STATE THROUGH THE
HOUTHIS.
RIGHT.
WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
EMPOWERING THE BEAST.
I WOULD LIKE TO QUOTE
WINSTON CHURCHILL WHO SAID,
HE WHO FEEDS THE CROCODILE
IS ONLY EATEN LAST.
Erick: I THINK THAT'S A
GREAT WAY TO END IT.
SARAH STERN AND URAM
EDINGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I LOVE QUOTING CHURCHILL.
THAT IS A MAN WHO REALIZED
AND SAW THE GATHERING
STORM.
WE NEED THAT TODAY.
SO EMMETTONLINE.ORG AND THE
EDINGERREPORT.COM.
AND GET IN THE EAR OF YOUR
LAWMAKERS.
THAT'S ONE BIG LESSON
TODAY.
AND AFTER THE BREAK, FIND
OUT HOW YOU CAN JOIN "THE
WATCHMAN" IN ISRAEL LATER
THIS YEAR.
STICK AROUND.
Erick: I'LL BE HELPING
TO LEAD THE DATELINE
JERUSALEM TOUR OF ISRAEL
FROM NOVEMBER 3 TO THE
13th 2015.
AND I WANT YOU TO JOIN US.
CHRIS HAS BEEN BASED IN
JERUSALEM FOR 15 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME, HE HAS
COVERED ALL OF THE MAJOR
EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
AND HE HAS BEEN MY TRUSTED
GUIDE ON MANY TRIPS TO
ISRAEL.
SO IT IS GOING TO BE A BLAST
TO TEAM UP WITH CHRIS TO
LEAD OUR TOUR TOGETHER LATER
THIS YEAR.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO
ISRAEL, LET ME TELL YOU, IT
IS A LIFE-CHANGING
EXPERIENCE.
THERE IS NOTHING LIKE
WALKING THROUGHOUT THE HOLY
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SEEING THE BIBLE COME TO
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NOT ONLY WILL OUR TOUR TAKE
YOU TO ALL OF THE IMPORTANT
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WILL ALSO GIVE YOU A UNIQUE
PERSPECTIVE ON THE SECURITY
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WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR US
HERE IN AMERICA AND FOR THE
FUTURE.
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THE TOUR IS BEING RUN BY
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COUNT ON IT.
YOU CAN FIND OUT ALL OF THE
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AND THERE IS A VIDEO WHERE
CHRIS WILL TELL YOU MUCH
MORE ABOUT THIS EPIC
EXPERIENCE.
FOLKS, MY FIRST TRIP TO
ISRAEL CHANGED MY LIFE.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK
ABOUT IT HERE ON THE SHOW.
ONCE YOU GO, YOU'RE NEVER
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SO JOIN US.
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SO FROM "THE WATCHMAN," GOD
BLESS YOU AND REMEMBER,
NEVER HOLD YOURPEACE.