RADIOOctober 25, 2022

Are Biden & Putin playing a game of CHICKEN with WAR?!

‘I think we’re reliving the Cuban Missile Crisis,’ Glenn says, and hopefully — like last time — Russia will back down. But the situation in Ukraine continues to escalate, especially now with U.S. troops just miles away. In this clip, Glenn gives several updates on the Ukraine war, on Putin, and on America’s involvement in it all. Glenn makes the case that Biden and Putin may be playing a game of CHICKEN, putting our nation in a ‘very dangerous situation.’

Transcript

Below is a rush transcript that may contain errors

GLENN: Let me just give you an update on something I am very concerned about. And I'm not concerned, as if -- I'm not saying this is coming. I'm not wishing this is coming.

I just think there are some things on the table, that we should be aware of. Yesterday, I told you about the 101st airborne, going into the border of Ukraine. They're in Romania. Some dominoes fell because of that, yesterday, that you should be aware of.

I think -- I hope that this is all that it is.

We are playing a giant game of chicken, with a guy who may be on his deathbed soon. Vladimir Putin.

I think, I hope, that's what it is. I think we are reliving right now, the Cuban Missile Crisis. Where Russia, backed down in the end.

This, I think -- I think is what the White House is trying to do. But I don't know.

But we should at least be having a conversation about it. So let me just tell you what has happened here in the last few days. USA, Japan, Australia, the UK, and now China have all recommended that their citizens leave Ukraine.

So with -- with the war so far, Chinese citizens could stay and work there. But as of yesterday, China is calling all citizens home. The U.S. and Canada have -- and the UK have also recommended all citizens flee Russia, immediately.

Russia seems to have declared also, a full evacuation, of one of the four breakaway regions. It just claimed we're now part of Russia. Now, two weeks later, they're telling both citizens and their military to fully evacuate that region.

Biden, we told you over the weekend, deployed the 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army to Romania. Right on the Ukrainian border. That's another ten-plus combat personnel on top of the 120,000 U.S. military personnel already stationed in Europe.

As we discussed on yesterday's show, that division hasn't been deployed to Europe, since World War II. It is also worth noting this. You can find it on Wikipedia. But I have something better than Wikipedia in a second. The 101st Airborne Division aerosol screaming eagles is a light infantry division of the United States Army, that specializes in air assault operations.

It can plan, coordinate, and execute multiple battalion-sized aerosol operations to seize terrain. These operations can be conducted by mobile teams, covering large distances, fighting well behind enemy lines. And working in austere environments, with limited or degraded infrastructure. So it is worth noting, and reporting, nowhere in the U.S. Nowhere, but just yesterday. The Romanian defense minister. Who has a been a vocal opponent, of having non-defensive NATO forces, deployed in his country.

Non-defensive NATO forces deployed in his country suddenly resigned. He said, that it was a disagreement with the Romanian president. Could it be that these are non-defensive troops?

It's not a defensive. It is an offensive. It's not there to defend every inch of NATO's soil. It's there as possibly an invasion of Ukraine or Russia and to drop behind enemy lines.

Now, Brigadier General John Loobis (phonetic), the division's deputy commander just said, this is not a training deployment, but rather a combat deployment. And that his troops needed to be ready to fight tonight, tomorrow, depending on how the situation escalates, across the border. His troops are now three miles from the Ukrainian border in Romania.

What is all of this caused by? Apparently, both sides now, we and the Russians are accusing each other and Ukraine for a couple of things. A dirty bomb. False flag. And the possibility of flowing up the Ukrainian equivalent of the Hoover Dam. It's the largest hydroelectric dam in all of Europe.

As many as a hundred thousand people live along the river, downstream. We don't know who started this rumor. But both sides now are going, they're going to do it. No, you're going to do it. No, you're going to do it. Also, in something that has made me question my very existence on the planet. There's a sudden about-face of 50 congressional Democrats that just sent a letter to the White House, demanding Biden should seek peace with Russia. They say, the reporting is, even if a free state of Ukraine has to be sacrificed as a concept, to get a peace deal done, specifically citing the dangerous signs, we are escalating now towards nuclear war with Russia.

I say -- I question my very existence, because I've read the letter. And for the very first time in my life, something coming from progressives, seems reasonable.

Maybe I'm missing something there. But what they're saying is, we support the Ukrainian people. We support Ukraine having its own right to exist. And its own property.

But everything, everything has to be done, to negotiate and try to find peace. Remember, it was just last week, that the US Department of Health and Human Services. Not the Department of Defense.

But the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, acquired hundreds of millions of dollars, of acute radiation poisoning medication. That only has a two-year shelf life.

It's not in Europe with our troops. It's here in the US. We've never done anything like that before. Oh, and the New York Post. Reported yesterday, that Putin has been seen, with what appears to be IV track marks on the back of his hand.
Reigniting the rumors, that he's getting cancer treatment. So what does all this mean?

Nothing. Other than, we are moving giant chess pieces on the beard.

We are, I think, playing a game of chicken. At a time when the world has never been closer to the edge of, really, global destruction.

We haven't seen this kind of escalation and talk of nuclear war, since probably 1983.

We've got a guy in Russia, that we all know is crazy, and will do whatever the hell he wants. Who is possibly dying.

Wants to leave a legacy behind.

The other guy, on the other side of the table, I don't even know if he has all of his marbles. I don't know what this guy is thinking. We're in a dangerous situation.

Oh, and, by the way, no constitutionally required declaration of war yet. Don't listen to people who tell you, you're pro-Ukraine or anti-Ukraine. Pro-Russia or anti-Russia.

I don't really care. I'm pro-America. I'm pro-life. I'm pro-the western world.

I just like to have a discussion on all these things that are happening in our world, that are affecting each of us, deeply.

The idea that we could be in a war, that -- that Biden could just say, tonight, you know what, go across the border. Now, I would assume we would need Russia to do something, to do that.

But, I mean, that's what would make sense. But does anything make sense? Especially when Glenn Beck just said the progressive letter, I agree with. I mean, nothing makes sense in today's world. But traditionally speaking, Russia would need to do something.

But are you comfortable with us being there, ready just to throw in the 101st airborne and begin to engage?

Because I'm not. The ramifications of this, are incredible.

Could passengers have SAVED Iryna Zarutska?

Surveillance footage of the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska in Charlotte, NC, reveals that the other passengers on the train took a long time to help her. Glenn, Stu, and Jason debate whether they were right or wrong to do so.

Transcript

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GLENN: You know, I'm -- I'm torn on how I feel about the people on the train.

Because my first instinct is, they did nothing! They did nothing! Then my -- well, sit down and, you know -- you know, you're going to be judged. So be careful on judging others.

What would I have done? What would I want my wife to do in that situation?

STU: Yeah. Are those two different questions, by the way.

GLENN: Yeah, they are.

STU: I think they go far apart from each other. What would I want myself to do. I mean, it's tough to put yourself in a situation. It's very easy to watch a video on the internet and talk about your heroism. Everybody can do that very easily on Twitter. And everybody is.

You know, when you're in a vehicle that doesn't have an exit with a guy who just murdered somebody in front of you, and has a dripping blood off of a knife that's standing 10 feet away from you, 15 feet away from you.

There's probably a different standard there, that we should all kind of consider. And maybe give a little grace to what I saw at least was a woman, sitting across the -- the -- the aisle.

I think there is a difference there. But when you talk about that question. Those two questions are definitive.

You know, I know what I would want myself to do. I would hope I would act in a way that didn't completely embarrass myself afterward.

But I also think, when I'm thinking of my wife. My advice to my wife would not be to jump into the middle of that situation at all costs. She might do that anyway. She actually is a heck of a lot stronger than I am.

But she might do it anyway.

GLENN: How pathetic, but how true.

STU: Yes. But that would not be my advice to her.

GLENN: Uh-huh.

STU: Now, maybe once the guy has certainly -- is out of the area. And you don't think the moment you step into that situation. He will turn around and kill you too. Then, of course, obviously. Anything you can do to step in.

Not that there was much anyone on the train could do.

I mean, I don't think there was an outcome change, no matter what anyone on that train did.

Unfortunately.

But would I want her to step in?

Of course. If she felt she was safe, yes.

Think about, you said, your wife. Think about your daughter. Your daughter is on that train, just watching someone else getting murdered like that. Would you advise your daughter to jump into a situation like that?

That girl sitting across the aisle was somebody's daughter. I don't know, man.

JASON: I would. You know, as a dad, would I advise.

Hmm. No.

As a human being, would I hope that my daughter or my wife or that I would get up and at least comfort that woman while she's dying on the floor of a train?

Yeah.

I would hope that my daughter, my son, that I would -- and, you know, I have more confidence in my son or daughter or my wife doing something courageous more than I would.

But, you know, I think I have a more realistic picture of myself than anybody else.

And I'm not sure that -- I'm not sure what I would do in that situation. I know what I would hope I would do. But I also know what I fear I would do. But I would have hoped that I would have gotten up and at least tried to help her. You know, help her up off the floor. At least be there with her, as she's seeing her life, you know, spill out in under a minute.

And that's it other thing we have to keep in mind. This all happened so rapidly.

A minute is -- will seem like a very long period of time in that situation. But it's a very short period of time in real life.

STU: Yeah. You watch the video, Glenn. You know, I don't need the video to -- to change my -- my position on this.

But at his seem like there was a -- someone who did get there, eventually, to help, right? I saw someone seemingly trying to put pressure on her neck.

GLENN: Yeah. And tried to give her CPR.

STU: You know, no hope at that point. How long of a time period would you say that was?

Do you know off the top of your head?

GLENN: I don't know. I don't know. I know that we watched the video that I saw. I haven't seen past 30 seconds after she --

STU: Yeah.

GLENN: -- is down. And, you know, for 30 seconds nothing is happening. You know, that is -- that is not a very long period of time.

STU: Right.

GLENN: In reality.

STU: And especially, I saw the pace he was walking. He certainly can't be -- you know, he may have left the actual train car by 30 seconds to a minute. But he wasn't that far away. Like he was still in visual.

He could still turn around and look and see what's going on at that point. So certainly still a threat is my point. He has not, like, left the area. This is not that type of situation.

You know, I -- look, as you point out, I think if I could be super duper sexist for a moment here, sort of my dividing line might just be men and women.

You know, I don't know if it's that a -- you're not supposed to say that, I suppose these days. But, like, there is a difference there. If I'm a man, you know, I would be -- I would want my son to jump in on that, I suppose. I don't know if he could do anything about it. But you would expect at least a grown man to be able to go in there and do something about it. A woman, you know, I don't know.

Maybe I'm -- I hope --

GLENN: Here's the thing I -- here's the thing that I -- that causes me to say, no. You should have jumped in.

And that is, you know, you've already killed one person on the train. So you've proven that you're a killer. And anybody who would have screamed and got up and was with her, she's dying. She's dying. Get him. Get him.

Then the whole train is responsible for stopping that guy. You know. And if you don't stop him, after he's killed one person, if you're not all as members of that train, if you're not stopping him, you know, the person at the side of that girl would be the least likely to be killed. It would be the ones that are standing you up and trying to stop him from getting back to your daughter or your wife or you.

JASON: There was a -- speaking of men and women and their roles in this. There was a video circling social media yesterday. In Sweden. There was a group of officials up on a stage. And one of the main. I think it was health official woman collapses on stage. Completely passes out.

All the men kind of look away. Or I don't know if they're looking away. Or pretending that they didn't know what was going on. There was another woman standing directly behind the woman passed out.

Immediately springs into action. Jumps on top. Grabs her pant leg. Grabs her shoulder. Spins her over and starts providing care.

What did she have that the other guys did not? Or women?

She was a sheepdog. There is a -- this is my issue. And I completely agree with Stu. I completely agree with you. There's some people that do not respond this way. My issue is the proportion of sheepdogs versus people that don't really know how to act. That is diminishing in western society. And American society.

We see it all the time in these critical actions. I mean, circumstances.

There are men and women, and it's actually a meme. That fantasize about hoards of people coming to attack their home and family. And they sit there and say, I've got it. You guys go. I'm staying behind, while I smoke my cigarette and wait for the hoards to come, because I will sacrifice myself. There are men and women that fantasize of block my highway. Go ahead. Block my highway. I'm going to do something about it. They fantasize about someone holding up -- not a liquor store. A convenience store or something. Because they will step in and do something. My issue now is that proportion of sheepdogs in society is disappearing. Just on statistical fact, there should be one within that train car, and there were none.

STU: Yeah. I mean --

JASON: They did not respond.

STU: We see what happens when they do, with Daniel Penny. Our society tries to vilify them and crush their existence. Now, there weren't that many people on that train. Right?

At least on that car. At least it's limited. I only saw three or four people there, there may have been more. I agree with you, though. Like, you see what happens when we actually do have a really recent example of someone doing exactly what Jason wants and what I would want a guy to do. Especially a marine to step up and stop this from happening. And the man was dragged by our legal system to a position where he nearly had to spend the rest of his life in prison.

I mean, I -- it's insanity. Thankfully, they came to their senses on that one.

GLENN: Well, the difference between that one and this one though is that the guy was threatening. This one, he killed somebody.

STU: Yeah. Right. Well, but -- I think -- but it's the opposite way. The debate with Penny, was should he have recognize that had this person might have just been crazy and not done anything?

Maybe. He hadn't actually acted yet. He was just saying things.

GLENN: Yeah. Well --

STU: He didn't wind up stabbing someone. This is a situation where these people have already seen what this man will do to you, even when you don't do anything to try to stop him. So if this woman, who is, again, looks to be an average American woman.

Across the aisle. Steps in and tries to do something. This guy could easily turn around and just make another pile of dead bodies next to the one that already exists.

And, you know, whether that is an optimal solution for our society, I don't know that that's helpful.

In that situation.

THE GLENN BECK PODCAST

Max Lucado on Overcoming Grief in Dark Times | The Glenn Beck Podcast | Ep 266

Disclaimer: This episode was filmed prior to the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But Glenn believes Max's message is needed now more than ever.
The political world is divided, constantly at war with itself. In many ways, our own lives are not much different. Why do we constantly focus on the negative? Why are we in pain? Where is God amid our anxiety and fear? Why can’t we ever seem to change? Pastor Max Lucado has found the solution: Stop thinking like that! It may seem easier said than done, but Max joins Glenn Beck to unpack the three tools he describes in his new book, “Tame Your Thoughts,” that make it easy for us to reset the way we think back to God’s factory settings. In this much-needed conversation, Max and Glenn tackle everything from feeling doubt as a parent to facing unfair hardships to ... UFOs?! Plus, Max shares what he recently got tattooed on his arm.

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Are Demonic Forces to Blame for Charlie Kirk, Minnesota & Charlotte Killings?

This week has seen some of the most heinous actions in recent memory. Glenn has been discussing the growth of evil in our society, and with the assassination of civil rights leader Charlie Kirk, the recent transgender shooter who took the lives of two children at a Catholic school, and the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, how can we make sense of all this evil? On today's Friday Exclusive, Glenn speaks with BlazeTV host of "Strange Encounters" Rick Burgess to discuss the demon-possessed transgender shooter and the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk. Rick breaks down the reality of demon possession and how individuals wind up possessed. Rick and Glenn also discuss the dangers of the grotesque things we see online and in movies, TV shows, and video games on a daily basis. Rick warns that when we allow our minds to be altered by substances like drugs or alcohol, it opens a door for the enemy to take control. A supernatural war is waging in our society, and it’s a Christian’s job to fight this war. Glenn and Rick remind Christians of what their first citizenship is.