LAID TO REST IS ALSO ON HIGH
ALERT THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND.
LELAND: A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT
HOW PEOPLE HERE AT HOME ARE
RESPONDING TO THE STRIKE.
TALK SHOW HOST FROM LOUISVILLE,
KENTUCKY, LELAND CONWAY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU, AS ALWAYS, MY
FRIEND.
WE'LL PUT THIS TWEET UP, WE GOT
THIS FROM ROSE McGOWAN
YESTERDAY.
DEAR IRAN, THE USA HAS
DISRESPECTED YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR
FLAG, YOUR PEOPLE.
52% OF US HUMBLY APOLOGIZE.
WE WANT PEACE WITH YOUR NATION.
WE'RE BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY A
TERRORIST REGIME.
PLEASE DO NOT KILL US, HASHTAG
SULEMANI.
SHE HAS SINCE WALKED THAT BACK,
AS ONE MIGHT IMAGINE, WITH THIS
REPORTED BY THE DAILY MAIL.
QUOTE: I HAD A FLASHBACK TO
BEING AT THE UNITED NATIONS
CAFETERIA WITH MY FRIEND IF WHO
WAS A LAWYER THERE FOR THE U.N.,
AND IT WAS THE SAME DAY THAT
COLIN POWELL WAS DELIVERING HIS
FAKE WMD TESTIMONY AT THE U.N.
THIS IS WHAT SHE TOLD THE AP.
HOW THOSE TWO ARE RELATED OR
EXPLAINS THE TWEET, I DON'T
KNOW.
CAN YOU FIGURE IT OUT?
[LAUGHTER]
>> NO.
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, I TURN TO
HOLLYWOOD FOR ALL OF MY
POLITICAL COMMENTARY THESE DAYS.
WHAT DO THEY ACTUALLY KNOW ABOUT
WHAT AVERAGE AMERICANS ARE
FACING?
BETTER YET, I COME FROM A STATE
WHO HAS 302,000 VETERANS OUT OF
4 MILLION PEOPLE, ALMOST 10%
HAVE BEEN IN THE MILITARY AND
ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY
SERVED IN THE IRAQ AND
AFGHANISTAN WAR AND HAVE FACED
THIS SITUATION.
I ALWAYS LOVE IT WHEN
CELEBRITIES LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON
THINGS LIKE POLITICS BECAUSE,
CLEARLY, SHE HAS A GOOD GRASP OF
HOW AMERICANS REACT.
I WAS RUSHING TO TRY TO WRITE
APOLOGIES TO IRAN FOR EVERYTHING
WE HAVE DONE TO THEM OVER THE
YEARS, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
LELAND: FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY,
AMONG A LOT OF OTHER --
>> FORT KNOX.
LELAND: -- U.S. MILITARY
INSULATIONS.
YOUR LISTENERS, REASONABLE
PEOPLE CAN DISAGREE ON FOREIGN
POLICY DECISIONS.
WAS THERE A LOT OF DISAGREEMENT
YOU WERE GETTING ON THE AIR
YESTERDAY?
>> NO.
I THINK, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU LISTEN TO SENATOR RAND PAUL
AND CONGRESSMAN THOMAS MASSIE
FROM KENTUCKY SPEAK, THEY
REPRESENT A PRETTY WIDE PORTION
OF THE PEOPLE IN THE STATE AND
ALSO IN MY LISTENER BASE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A RECOGNITION
THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST
RESPONDED TO IRAN CROSSING A RED
LINE.
THERE'S A RECOGNITION OF THAT,
AND THERE'S A SENSE OF RELIEF
THAT WE HAVE A PRESIDENT NOW
WHO'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DO WHAT
HE SAYS HE'S GOING TO DO.
BUT THERE'S ALSO TREPIDATION,
AND THAT IS THAT BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE SO MANY VETERANS IN OUR
STATE, SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR
STATE WHO HAVE SACRIFICED, SO
MANY WHO HAVE ACTUALLY GIVEN THE
ULTIMATE SACRIFICE, THERE'S A
QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S THE PLAN
GOING FORWARD.
AND YOU HEAR SENATE RAND PAUL
TALKING ABOUT THAT AND
CONGRESSMAN MASSIE, AND HE
BROUGHT UP TO ME YESTERDAY ON MY
SHOW, CONGRESSMAN MASSEY DID,
THAT OUR EMBASSY IN IRAQ IS A
BILLION DOLLARS.
DOES THAT LOOK LIKE THE KIND OF
EMBASSY THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE
THERE VERY LONG IN TERMS OF JUST
THE SIZE, THE SCOPE AND SCALE --
LELAND: AND RAND PAUL SAYING,
ESSENTIALLY, THAT DIPLOMACY'S
DEAD BECAUSE OF THIS STRIKE.
IT'S IMPORTANT.
NOW WE LOOK FORWARD TO 20 AND
WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE -- 2020
AND WHOEVER IS GOING TO BE THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WILL PROBABLY
BE TALKING ABOUT JUST THIS ISSUE
IN TERMS OF FOREIGN POLICY AND
WHETHER OR NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP
KEPT HIS PROMISES OR NOT.
HERE WAS OUR PETER DOOCY
QUESTIONING JOE BIDEN YESTERDAY
ON THE TRAIL ABOUT WHETHER HE
WOULD HAVE GIVEN THE SAME ORDER.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF IF YOU
WERE EVER HANDED A PIECE OF
INTELLIGENCE THAT SAID YOU CAN
STOP AN IMMINENT ATTACK ON
AMERICANS BUT YOU HAVE TO USE AN
AIRSTRIKE TO TAKE OUT A TERROR
LEADER, WOULD YOU PULL THE
TRIGGER?
>> WELL, WE DID.
THE GUY'S NAME'S OSAMA bin
LADEN.
>> DIDN'T YOU TELL PRESIDENT
OBAMA NOT TO GO OUT --
>> [INAUDIBLE]
LELAND: AND NOW WE WILL RUN THE
TAPE FROM 2012 THAT PETER WAS
BASING THAT QUESTION WITH OFF
OF.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> MR. PRESIDENT, MY SUGGESTION
IS DON'T GO.
WE HAVE TO DO TWO MORE THINGS TO
SEE IF HE'S THERE.
LELAND: THAT WAS BIDEN TALKING
ABOUT THE DECISION PROCESS INTO
THE bin LADEN RAID.
DOES THESE MOVES BY PRESIDENT
TRUMP IN SENDING 3,000 PLUS
TROOPS NOW TO THE REGION OPEN
HIM UP TO ATTACKS FROM BIND OR
FROM -- BIDEN OR ANYBODY ELSE
SAYING YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING
TO GET US OUT OF ENDLESS WARS,
AND YOU JUST PUT, MADE A MAJOR
MOVE IN THE MIDDLE EAST OF
POTENTIALLY STARTING ONE WITH
IRAN.
>> I THINK WHAT'S INTERESTING IS
LOOKING AT WHAT THE DEMOCRATS
HAVE DONE IN RESPONSE TO THIS.
AND BIDEN MAY BE IN A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT SITUATION HAVING BEEN
VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES WHEN PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE
PARTICULAR TYPES OF STRIKES.
BUT WHEN I HEAR THE DEMOCRATS
JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND SAYING,
YOU KNOW, WE WANT, WE WANT PROOF
OR WE WANT THE AUTHORITY AND ALL
OF THIS, THE DEMOCRATS IN A
SENSE HAVE BEEN A BIG PART --
CONGRESS ITSELF, BOTH
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS --
HAVE GIVEN THE PRESIDENT THE
AUTHORITY TO DO STUFF THAT THEY
NOW CAN STAND BACK AND SORT OF
CHEER FROM THE GALLERY OR JEER
FROM THE GALLERY.
THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE THOSE OLD
MEN FROM THE MUPPETS, THERE'S NO
DANGER TO THEM, YOU KNOW WHAT I
MEAN IN.
[LAUGHTER]
IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE THAT
BACK AND FORTH WITH THE
DEMOCRATS NOW THROWING POT SHOTS
AT THE PRESIDENT WHEN HE'S
ESSENTIALLY JUST BACKING UP WHAT
HE SAID.
THEY CROSSED A RED LINE, AND
HE'S FOLLOWING UP ON IT.