RADIODecember 12, 2023

SHOCKING 7-year-old video sheds new light on Ukraine/Russia war

A clip from 2016 has resurfaced and it's shocking. In it, Sen. Lindsey Graham tells Ukrainian soldiers that "2017 will be the year of offense" against Russia. So, was this a lie, or was the plan to start a war thwarted? Glenn questions how odd it is that before Trump took office, American war mongers were talking about a Ukrainian/Russian war and then right after Trump left, the war began. Have American politicians been planning for this war for 7 years? Did Trump's presidency delay it?

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GLENN: So people are moving because of people like me.

I think from Washington State. They're fleeing the Pacific northwest.

To California. And then Oregon. And Washington.

And they're going to -- they're going to Idaho.

Now, normally, I don't I don't like it when people move to California.S is

To my state. And I know, you know, people in Idaho are like, no. Californians, please.

However, the state is already one of the most conservative states in the union.

58 percent are G.O.P.

Voters.

But the people that are moving in, they're moving because of politics.

And they're registering at 65 percent G.O.P.

So they're more conservative than the people of Idaho.

And I say bring it on.

STU: It's already a conservative state.

GLENN: Yeah. Yeah.

STU: Now, there will be no -- every Republican will lose 80 to 20 in Washington and California instead of 16-40. But who cares.

GLENN: Yeah. Sixty-five percent of the people who are moving in, are registered Republicans. 12 percent are Democrats.

PAT: Wow.

GLENN: That's remarkable.

PAT: Wow.

STU: We are sifting ourselves a little bit into --

PAT: Yeah, we are.

PAT: I'm okay with it now. Whatever.

STU: Okay.

GLENN: I feel like -- I feel like that's what I want to do. But it's really bad.

STU: Is it though?

GLENN: Well, it's not bad for us, per se. It's bad for the country.

STU: Is it though? The first one get on the air.

Because I don't know.

I mean, I feel like, you know, look, it's okay to self-select at some level with people who generally see the world.

I mean, I don't need someone who will agree with me on the exact tax cut policy that I want. I would like someone who thinks men are men, and women are women.

It's hard to talk to people who can't address basic reality.

GLENN: People are blaming conservatives for self-sorting.

Theory saying, this is horrible. Well, you know what, this is where I'm torn.

No. It's really pretty horrible. When you are living in a state, that forces your children to learn, that there is no right or wrong.

Male or female.

And white people are bad. I mean, I wouldn't want to live in a state where they're teaching black people are bad. Or Asian people are bad. No race. What do you say about that?

You feel like you have no choice, but to move.

And I think it's bad for the country, long-term.

But I tell you, I'm -- you know, in Texas, I'm here for a reason. I didn't want to live in New York anymore.

STU: Yeah. And like, I don't know. Was that a good choice or bad choice?

Do you like getting pelted by eggs on the way to work every day?

GLENN: No. I don't. No, I really don't. G.O.P. does not solve all the problems.

I want to play something that a friend of mine found. Because he's Bulgarian. And so he watches news from former Iron Curtain countries.

He found something on their news in Ukraine. And it comes from 2016.

It's Lindsey Graham, and John McCain.

Talking to Ukrainian soldiers, that next year, is the year for offense. Offense.

With Russia. Listen to this clip.

VOICE: Your fight is our fight.

VOICE: 2017 will be the year of offense.

All of us will go back to Washington, and we will push the case against Russia.

Enough of our Russian aggression. It is time for them to pay a heavier price.

GLENN: 2016.

STU: Hmm.

VOICE: Our fight is not with the Russian people. But with Putin.

Our promise to you, is to take your calls to Washington.

Inform the American people of your bravery. And make the case against Putin to the world.

STU: Wow. Talk about a warmonger. That guy has never met a war, he wasn't in love with.

GLENN: But hang on just a second.

Isn't it fascinating, that you are standing there in 2016, right after the election.

PAT: Uh-huh.

GLENN: And you're speaking as though the war is going to begin the next year.

PAT: Uh-huh. And it's already -- the decision Sharia law already made.

GLENN: Already made. We will go to war with Russia.

STU: It will make the case. His decisions are certainly made. Not the nation's.

GLENN: Sure. But isn't it weird, after Donald Trump. We didn't really hear anything about Ukraine. We heard Russia, Russia, Russia. But we didn't hear anything about Ukraine.

Then as soon as Donald Trump is out. The first thing that happens is Ukraine.

STU: Yeah. But caused by a Russian invasion, yes.

Russian invasion.

GLENN: Was that Russian invasion not only wouldn't have happened with Donald Trump, because of who Donald Trump was.

STU: I think that's true.

GLENN: But is it also because the Russians knew exactly what the warmongers were going to do, under the Biden administration.

STU: Maybe.

Who knows. It's possible.

I will say, this is 2016.

This is after Crimea.

This had heated up quite a bit, already.

There's some reason for them to be talking about it.

PAT: It's two years later.

It's two years after Crimea. So...

GLENN: And why is 2017. I'm convinced it's because they thought Hillary Clinton was going to get a win.

STU: Win. Yeah.

GLENN: Then when she didn't, the train has already left the station. And we're just going to do it anyway.

And had no idea that perhaps -- I would love to play this clip for Donald Trump.

And get his point of view.

Was there a movement, to go in to Ukraine, by the left and the right, when you first got in?

Because somebody in his administration would know if that was -- if that was trying to be wielded against.

But, you know, that was -- remember one of the problems that they had was they said, that Donald Trump was too pro-Russian. And I mean before -- there was a computer sending signals to his bank.

No. There's not. That was a complete fabrication. However, he was sending the message, we're not going to be hostile.

We're not hostile. We just want to be friends with everybody.

PAT: Well, and that was our -- that was our position, that we were not going to allow Ukraine into NATO.

And that position went away.

They just went back on that, completely.

So I thought it was kind of reasonable, for Russia not to want Ukraine, to be part of NATO.

STU: And angry when we failed a promise.

There was a promise to them. That was part of the agreement back in the day.

PAT: It was.

STU: So, I mean, look, there's been lots of problems on both sides for a very long time.

It does seem like there was an agenda in place, people wanted to execute. And Trump certainly got in the way of that.

I mean, that clip there is a great example of it. They 100 percent at that moment believed Hillary Clinton was going to be the next president of the United States.

GLENN: No. That was December.

It was after the election. It was December.

STU: It was December.

So, yeah. So that's interesting. They already knew.

GLENN: Right. But I think they thought that the train was already -- had already left the station.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Deep State. Everything was happening.

You know, the State Department. And they just didn't think that I think, that they thought, it couldn't be stopped.

STU: At that time, you remember the early versions of the Trump administration.

Would be maybe more -- have more -- have more affinity for that type of thing. Right?

They had a lot of generals in control.

Remember, that was the early version of the Trump administration, had maybe more -- more likelihood, to take that seriously.

GLENN: And it also --

STU: But it didn't work. Obviously, Trump did not go along with McCain.

GLENN: Right. But the Deep State started pushing Russia, Russia, Russia. That Russia interfered.

Putin was behind it.

That the presidential election had been hijacked by Russia.

I mean, they immediately went and made Russia, the bad guy.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Even though, I'm not saying, they are the bad guy. They are the bad guy.

But they immediately made -- they pinned all stuff that wasn't true, on Russia.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: I mean, they've had it out for Russia.

And it's amazing to me. How, does it seem that anybody is actually representing you?

PAT: Not really.

GLENN: Yeah.

PAT: Not really.

GLENN: Right?

And so people buy into conspiracy theories.

Because you have to try to explain it.

PAT: Yeah.

GLENN: Why is no one else standing up for America?

And how much have things changed since that presidential debate between Obama and Romney.

Where Obama told Romney, that the 1980s called and they wanted their Russian policy back.
That you shouldn't be considering Russia even an enemy at that point. It was al-Qaeda, that was the enemy. Not Russia.

Well, that's interesting, how much that has changed over the last few years.

GLENN: Well, I think the Russia thing, came from the Clinton and Biden camp.

I really -- I mean, think they've been making money with Russia and Ukraine on the side. Dirty money for a long time.

And I think this was part of their plan. The whole time, quite honestly.

But I could be wrong.

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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: 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.