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The Megyn Kelly Show

Tim Kennedy on the Taliban Terror Threat, Personal Responsibility, and the Importance of Losing | Ep. 190

The Megyn Kelly Show

SiriusXM

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.632.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Megyn Kelly is joined by Tim Kennedy, decorated military veteran and MMA athlete, to talk about the Taliban terror threat, America's Afghanistan withdrawal, the importance of taking personal responsibility, the dangers of social media, how 9/11 changed the course of his life, China's military might, the importance of losing, similarities between military service and MMA, the supply chain crisis, the state of the American military today, leadership life lessons, and more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Megan Kelly Show, your home for open, honest, and provocative conversations.

0:07.0

Hey everyone, I'm Megan Kelly, welcome to the Megan Kelly Show.

0:15.0

Joining me today, a true badass, Tim Kennedy.

0:18.6

Or as he describes himself, someone who is unapologetically American.

0:23.2

Same.

0:24.2

He's a decorated war hero, serving in Afghanistan and Iraq with his special forces units

0:28.4

as a sniper, as a green beret, and as an army ranger, all while he was moonlighting

0:33.0

as a top ranked UFC fighter.

0:36.6

Then he left the world of MMA in 2017, re-enlisting in the military, and this past summer going

0:42.3

back to Afghanistan this time as a volunteer, working to rescue civilians that helped us

0:47.9

in the war effort.

0:49.2

Tim, as those of you watching on YouTube, we'll see is currently in his car, and there

0:54.2

is a reason for that.

0:55.6

He was just as of moments ago, re-activated to military service and is currently somewhere

1:01.6

near the training ground he will be deployed at for the next several months.

1:06.8

You can't get too far into the details of that, but Tim joins me now.

1:11.0

Tim, thank you so much for being here.

1:12.6

My pleasure.

1:13.6

Thanks for having me.

1:14.6

So you just got the news that you were being redeployed?

1:17.8

I mean, I've been back to work for a couple of days, and they call it volent old,

1:25.1

where you're volunteering, but you're being told to volunteer.

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