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Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

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Politics, News, National Security, News Commentary, Daily News, Veteran

4.6 • 907 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Is the American military a tool for national defense or a private army for global conquest? Host Paul Rieckhoff breaks down a volatile week as Donald Trump issues a chilling "warning" to Iran, claiming our military is "loading up" and looking forward to its next conquest. Coming to you from Los Angeles before his appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher, Paul drills down into why this rhetoric makes our service members less safe and more hated, and why we must reject the idea that American troops signed up to be a "loaded gun" pointed at anyone’s oil.

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0:00.0	And he wrote America is back.
0:01.8	It was a flood of rambling and bad,
0:05.0	but the last part is definitely the worst.
0:08.4	Our military, our men and women in uniform,
0:10.9	are not a loaded gun.
0:12.2	He can point at anything and everything.
0:14.5	And no American service member,
0:16.2	I don't care what your politics are,
0:17.6	signed up for conquest.
0:19.6	Conquest.
0:34.9	Thank you. what your politics are, signed up for conquest. Conquest. Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:37.0	Welcome to Independent Americans.
0:39.6	Welcome to episode 490.
0:42.2	I am your host, Paul Reichoff.
0:48.9	It is Friday, April 10th, and I am coming to you from a hotel room in Los Angeles, California.
0:56.9	Yes, I am in La La Land for just about 48 hours, and the weather is 71 and partly cloudy.
1:01.9	And it might rain, which seems to only happen when I come to L.A.
1:05.0	But a cloudy day in L.A. is still a good day.
1:09.5	I'm only here for 48 hours for the real-time show with Bill Maher on HBO tonight.
1:11.9	In just a couple of hours, you should tune in for that,
1:16.2	where we're going to recap a wild week and hopefully have some laughs.
1:20.2	And I'm going to do the same today on a quick Friday burst of a show.
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