Yesterday, I think it was Senator Kennedy from Louisiana made the remarkably stupid comment that we should turn the Russians into fish food. What? And he’s talking about, I’m talking about conventional. That’s insane. What planet is this man on? How do these people get elected? Well, we know the answer to that. They get elected from states that where people don’t know anything any more than he does. But it’s dangerous when you have someone sitting there with, at least in theory, serious influence, make stupid statements like that. Just in case anybody thinks you’re making this up, I’m pretty sure we have this clip.

Do we, Chris? He has disrespected our president. I don’t think it’s going to get any better until we make it clear to Mr. Putin that we are willing to turn him and his country into fish food. It’s hard to believe. I don’t know what kind of influence he has. He’s one of 53 Republicans in the Senate. Can we switch gears, Colonel? Can Donald Trump stop Benjamin Netanyahu from attacking Iran? You always ask these easy questions. And I appreciate that. It makes it so much easier on me. I have several people who have told me repeatedly that President Trump personally dislikes Mr.

Netanyahu. Well, that’s fine. Personal issues, personal relations, contrary to what President Trump thinks, don’t matter in interstate relations. Interests matter in interstate relations. In theory, we have no interest in bankrolling either the mass murder of people in Gaza, the expansion of Israel into southern Lebanon, Syria, or the Sinai. We have no interest in going to war with Iran. So if we were simply looking at this from the strategic standpoint of what is or not in our interest as Americans, it would be easy. But he’s dealing with something else entirely, and we’ve been over this.

This is called the Israel lobby, which is much larger than a few people sitting in an office in Washington, D.C. It represents billions of dollars and is backed by Jewish billionaires who are absolutely intent on supporting what it is that Mr. Netanyahu is trying to achieve, this greater Israel project. Can he stand up to it is the real question. These people were instrumental in electing him to office. And I think the quick answer is I’m not sure he can do that. I just don’t know that he can. Now, my principal concern at this stage is not that Mr.

Trump is going to pick up the phone and say, all right, Mr. Netanyahu, go for it. Do whatever you need to do. We’re there. I don’t think that’s going to happen. But I do think that Mr. Netanyahu could certainly trigger a war with Iran that we are then obliged to join. [tr:trw].

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