John Ashbrook
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He raises the question, you know, why do we have the most expensive health care in the world, but we're 42, rated 42 in life expectancy around the world. It was talking about the health care industry and the need for violence. I mean, especially when you talk about, you know, the opening, which is that it had to be done. These parasites, you know, had it coming.
He volunteers and he joins the 101st Airborne Division as a infantry platoon leader. And he goes to Iraq. The infantry troops that are on the ground like him, they're supposed to fix it. And he realizes how difficult that's going to be because he's getting some very conflicting instructions.
He volunteers and he joins the 101st Airborne Division as a infantry platoon leader. And he goes to Iraq. The infantry troops that are on the ground like him, they're supposed to fix it. And he realizes how difficult that's going to be because he's getting some very conflicting instructions.
He volunteers and he joins the 101st Airborne Division as a infantry platoon leader. And he goes to Iraq. The infantry troops that are on the ground like him, they're supposed to fix it. And he realizes how difficult that's going to be because he's getting some very conflicting instructions.
So lawyers in the army who are giving a briefing to him and all the soldiers that he's arriving with tell him essentially, hey, look, the rules are very strict. You cannot fire on an Iraqi, even if you see them with a rocket launcher, unless that rocket launcher is actually pointed at you. On the other side is some of the leadership in his brigade.
So lawyers in the army who are giving a briefing to him and all the soldiers that he's arriving with tell him essentially, hey, look, the rules are very strict. You cannot fire on an Iraqi, even if you see them with a rocket launcher, unless that rocket launcher is actually pointed at you. On the other side is some of the leadership in his brigade.
So lawyers in the army who are giving a briefing to him and all the soldiers that he's arriving with tell him essentially, hey, look, the rules are very strict. You cannot fire on an Iraqi, even if you see them with a rocket launcher, unless that rocket launcher is actually pointed at you. On the other side is some of the leadership in his brigade.
Combat commanders who are saying, you should expect to fire on pretty much any military-age male, and you don't even need to give warning shots. He's like, okay, we're just going to be really careful. We don't want to shoot anyone we don't need to, because that's just going to make us... so many more enemies in a war that we're trying to end.
Combat commanders who are saying, you should expect to fire on pretty much any military-age male, and you don't even need to give warning shots. He's like, okay, we're just going to be really careful. We don't want to shoot anyone we don't need to, because that's just going to make us... so many more enemies in a war that we're trying to end.
Combat commanders who are saying, you should expect to fire on pretty much any military-age male, and you don't even need to give warning shots. He's like, okay, we're just going to be really careful. We don't want to shoot anyone we don't need to, because that's just going to make us... so many more enemies in a war that we're trying to end.
And so not only did he tell his soldiers, hey, we're not going to shoot unless we're sure, but he volunteered to be the first one through the door on raids they would go on because he didn't want to put that really difficult decision in the hands of some 21, 22-year-old soldier who might make a rash decision.
And so not only did he tell his soldiers, hey, we're not going to shoot unless we're sure, but he volunteered to be the first one through the door on raids they would go on because he didn't want to put that really difficult decision in the hands of some 21, 22-year-old soldier who might make a rash decision.
And so not only did he tell his soldiers, hey, we're not going to shoot unless we're sure, but he volunteered to be the first one through the door on raids they would go on because he didn't want to put that really difficult decision in the hands of some 21, 22-year-old soldier who might make a rash decision.
And people who served with him that I interviewed say he was flawless, careful, cared about what he did, and his soldiers loved him for it.
And people who served with him that I interviewed say he was flawless, careful, cared about what he did, and his soldiers loved him for it.
And people who served with him that I interviewed say he was flawless, careful, cared about what he did, and his soldiers loved him for it.
Today, we come to Atlanta. the cradle of civil rights, to make clear what must come after that dreadful day when a dagger was literally held at the throat of American democracy. They want chaos to reign. We want the people to rule. Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things, voter suppression and election subversion. At consequential moments in history, they present a choice.
Today, we come to Atlanta. the cradle of civil rights, to make clear what must come after that dreadful day when a dagger was literally held at the throat of American democracy. They want chaos to reign. We want the people to rule. Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things, voter suppression and election subversion. At consequential moments in history, they present a choice.
Today, we come to Atlanta. the cradle of civil rights, to make clear what must come after that dreadful day when a dagger was literally held at the throat of American democracy. They want chaos to reign. We want the people to rule. Jim Crow 2.0 is about two insidious things, voter suppression and election subversion. At consequential moments in history, they present a choice.
Do you want to be on the side of Dr. King or George Wallace? Do you want to be on the side of John Lewis or Bull Connor? Do you want to be on the side of Abraham Lincoln or Jefferson Davis?