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The Michael Knowles Show

Ep. 122 - Hey, Remember The Middle East? ft. Maj. Scott Huesing

The Michael Knowles Show

The Michael Knowles Show

News, News Commentary

4.729.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We’ve been talking a lot about China and of course about Russia. What about the Middle East, that place we've fought the longest war in U.S. history for the entirety of this century? We’ll be joined by Major Scott Huesing, a retired U.S. Marine infantry officer and author of “Echo in Ramadi: The Firsthand Story of U.S. Marines in Iraq’s Deadliest City.” He'll explain why he’s glad Tillerson is fired and more broadly America’s future in that God-forsaken sandbox between Europe and Asia. Then, the Mailbag! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

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0:18.0

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0:23.0

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0:30.0

Hey, remember the Middle East? We've been talking a lot about China and of course Russia, you know, which is controlling all of America and probably all of the world.

0:39.0

But President Trump has just fired his secretary of state Rex Tillerson. Whatever happened to the Middle East? What? Why aren't we talking about the Middle East?

0:47.0

You know the place that we have been fighting the longest war in US history for the entirety of the century.

0:51.0

Today we will be joined by Major Scott Huising, a retired US Marine infantry officer and author of Echo and Ramadi, the first-hand story of US Marines in Iraq's Deadly as City.

1:01.0

Major Huising has served 24 years of honorable service, both enlisted and commissioned, and his career has spanned 10 deployments in over 60 countries.

1:09.0

Scott will explain why he's glad Tillerson is fired and more broadly America's role in that God for Sakin sandbox between Europe and Asia.

1:16.0

Then the mailbag on Michael Knowles and this is the Michael Knowles show.

1:20.0

Beware, beware the Ides of March, Mr. Tillerson. Those Ides of March took him down unfortunately, I guess a few days early.

1:35.0

But we are going to bring on Major Tillerson. He's fired Tillerson.

1:41.0

Fired Secretary of State Tillerson, Major Huising. But before we do that, we have got to talk about sleep.

1:46.0

Clearly I haven't gotten enough sleep last night. It is true. We were here at the Daily Wire having stogies and scotches and all this thing very late.

1:55.0

And you know me. I need at least what, 19 hours of sleep a night? Otherwise I don't function. I just don't feel fresh. I don't feel like me.

2:02.0

Sleep is very important. People always cheap out on this. It's very stupid to do that. You spend at least a third of your life sleeping on average.

2:10.0

And for me you spend at least four fifths of it. There are a ton of online mattress retailers popping up these days. All with a one size fits all solution to a better sleep.

2:19.0

Guess what? One size does not fit all. I've moved around a lot from New York and to Connecticut to LA. I always just sell my mattress because it's hard to move it.

2:28.0

And then I go to a mattress store and I got to go into this shop and they're all like piranhas there. You know trying to just gobble up all your money and you can never really compare anything like that.

2:37.0

And it's just a real hassle. You know me. I don't even like to leave my chair much less go to a physical store.

2:42.0

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