S8 Ep669: 15. General Blaine Holt Defends the A-10 Warthog and Casualties Report GUEST: Gordon Chang, General Blaine Holt SUMMARY: Retired General Blaine Holt defends the deployment of the A-10 "Warthog" for close air support in the Iran conflict. He also addresses
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15. General Blaine Holt Defends the A-10 Warthog and Casualties Report GUEST: Gordon Chang, General Blaine Holt SUMMARY: Retired General Blaine Holt defends the deployment of the A-10 "Warthog" for close air support in the Iran conflict. He also addresses reports that Russian satellite intelligence is being used to target U.S. bases.,, General Blaine Holt addresses allegations that Russian satellite imagery assisted Iranian attacks on U.S. bases, though he maintains that Iran has its own local targeting capabilities,. He argues that the A-10 Warthog is a "formidable close air support weapon" essential for protecting ground forces and cannot be replaced by the F-35,. Holt also notes that the Iranian regime’s use of schools and hospitals as human shields indicates they are in "life support mode" as the U.S. targets their remaining infrastructure,. (15)
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| 0:00.0 | I'm John Bachelor. Gordon Chang, at Gordon Chi Chang, my colleague and co-host, |
| 0:20.0 | and we're very pleased to be |
| 0:20.9 | joined by General Blaine Holt, the United States Air Force retired, commenting on a headline, NBC |
| 0:27.1 | news in these last days. Russia took satellite images of U.S. airbase in days before Iranian |
| 0:33.0 | attack, according to Ukraine Zelensky, subhead. Zelensky told NBC News it would be a mistake, in quotes, |
| 0:41.5 | if American-made missile interceptors bound for Ukraine were diverted to Gulf countries |
| 0:46.0 | being attacked by Iran. |
| 0:48.4 | Two different directions, both from the Ukraine point of view. |
| 0:52.6 | Blaine, a very good day to you. |
| 0:54.5 | The airstrike or whatever, the drone strike on the Saudi base, leading to destruction and |
| 1:01.2 | wounding, I believe. |
| 1:02.9 | There might be casualties. |
| 1:04.4 | It's fog of war right now. |
| 1:06.8 | Was said in some headlines to have originated from intelligence provided by the Russians. |
| 1:12.0 | What do you make of this? |
| 1:13.3 | Would the Russians get in the game at this point by giving satellite information to, I don't know, Iran? |
| 1:20.1 | Good day to you. |
| 1:21.9 | Good day. It is possible. |
| 1:24.7 | One would think that the motivations would certainly be there when one considers that |
| 1:29.8 | Moscow probably doesn't appreciate our support of Ukraine over these years in the war against |
| 1:34.8 | them. However, we have to remember that Iran does not lack an ability to target or range things |
| 1:41.8 | in its own theater. That's one. Two, in the words of Secretary Rubio, |
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