Ian Smith
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call it what it is, blowing up women and children as a method of warfare and say, hey, you know, because my whole thing when I first started it was, you know, we always hear about how America, we have the moral high ground. You know, we're the peacekeepers of the world. So why are we killing women and children? That's not traditional warfare. That came from World War I and World War II.
call it what it is, blowing up women and children as a method of warfare and say, hey, you know, because my whole thing when I first started it was, you know, we always hear about how America, we have the moral high ground. You know, we're the peacekeepers of the world. So why are we killing women and children? That's not traditional warfare. That came from World War I and World War II.
call it what it is, blowing up women and children as a method of warfare and say, hey, you know, because my whole thing when I first started it was, you know, we always hear about how America, we have the moral high ground. You know, we're the peacekeepers of the world. So why are we killing women and children? That's not traditional warfare. That came from World War I and World War II.
That was essentially unheard of in most Western wars. civilians were. And now it's just, oh, well, you know, we flattened entire areas, entire cities.
That was essentially unheard of in most Western wars. civilians were. And now it's just, oh, well, you know, we flattened entire areas, entire cities.
That was essentially unheard of in most Western wars. civilians were. And now it's just, oh, well, you know, we flattened entire areas, entire cities.
And then finally, when the rubble pile is too big to ignore, we'll say the terrorists were hiding there. And I just, for me, a big thing is ideological consistency. I've always been anti-war. I was turned on to the issues with government during 9-11. I was pretty young. I think I was a sophomore or junior in high school at that time. But I wanted to understand how does something like this happen?
And then finally, when the rubble pile is too big to ignore, we'll say the terrorists were hiding there. And I just, for me, a big thing is ideological consistency. I've always been anti-war. I was turned on to the issues with government during 9-11. I was pretty young. I think I was a sophomore or junior in high school at that time. But I wanted to understand how does something like this happen?
And then finally, when the rubble pile is too big to ignore, we'll say the terrorists were hiding there. And I just, for me, a big thing is ideological consistency. I've always been anti-war. I was turned on to the issues with government during 9-11. I was pretty young. I think I was a sophomore or junior in high school at that time. But I wanted to understand how does something like this happen?
know and uh i started to learn you know and and learned little by little and you know i i saw the horrors of the iraq war and at the afghanistan war and a lot of kids i grew up with either never came home or they never came home the same uh physically mentally spiritually or otherwise you know so i've always been very anti-war you know i i i didn't support the ukraine war nobody called me anti-ukrainian
know and uh i started to learn you know and and learned little by little and you know i i saw the horrors of the iraq war and at the afghanistan war and a lot of kids i grew up with either never came home or they never came home the same uh physically mentally spiritually or otherwise you know so i've always been very anti-war you know i i i didn't support the ukraine war nobody called me anti-ukrainian
know and uh i started to learn you know and and learned little by little and you know i i saw the horrors of the iraq war and at the afghanistan war and a lot of kids i grew up with either never came home or they never came home the same uh physically mentally spiritually or otherwise you know so i've always been very anti-war you know i i i didn't support the ukraine war nobody called me anti-ukrainian
So I just learned to accept it for what it is, really. I was also called a grandma killer during COVID. All of us were. I was called racist during BLM.
So I just learned to accept it for what it is, really. I was also called a grandma killer during COVID. All of us were. I was called racist during BLM.
So I just learned to accept it for what it is, really. I was also called a grandma killer during COVID. All of us were. I was called racist during BLM.
But the people who know me know best. Some of my best friends are Jewish. Yeah, bro. Do you feel like... The whole reason I was able to buy the gym, I came up about $10,000 short, and one of my best friends who's Jewish handed me the money and said, pay me back whenever you get a chance. So it's never about Judaism, but...
But the people who know me know best. Some of my best friends are Jewish. Yeah, bro. Do you feel like... The whole reason I was able to buy the gym, I came up about $10,000 short, and one of my best friends who's Jewish handed me the money and said, pay me back whenever you get a chance. So it's never about Judaism, but...
But the people who know me know best. Some of my best friends are Jewish. Yeah, bro. Do you feel like... The whole reason I was able to buy the gym, I came up about $10,000 short, and one of my best friends who's Jewish handed me the money and said, pay me back whenever you get a chance. So it's never about Judaism, but...
I refuse to sit by idly and have my name attached to something as an American, because that is something that I'm very proud of. I am very proud of being an American. I believe in the ideas and the values of America. I'm all in on it, in fact. And the fact that my tax dollars play a part in blowing up women and children, I'm just not OK with. And if that comes with.
I refuse to sit by idly and have my name attached to something as an American, because that is something that I'm very proud of. I am very proud of being an American. I believe in the ideas and the values of America. I'm all in on it, in fact. And the fact that my tax dollars play a part in blowing up women and children, I'm just not OK with. And if that comes with.