Anyone Else Frustrated With the On-Again, Off-Again Iran War?

**Todd Starnes** (0:10)
Live from the Liberty University Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, it's America's favorite, gun-toting, Bible-clanging, deplorable American. Todd Starnes.

**Todd Starnes** (0:28)
All right, so the Iran War, ladies and gentlemen, is off again before it was on again, then it was off again, then it was on again, and well, then off again, and then on again, and off again, and on again, and off again, and off again, on again, on again. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Todd Starnes radio program. What a great way to start the week. I'm incredibly confused about what our foreign policy is in the Middle East. We have got a great show for you, a jam-packed show for you today. Just absolutely absurd stuff coming out of the Trump administration, and we're going to get into all of it today. Now, President Trump had threatened to pretty much annihilate the Iranians, and over the weekend, the president announced that the Iranians reached out. Ahmed or somebody, I don't know who's running the joint over there. So the Ayatollah Ahmed apparently called up and said, oh, please, please, please, please, do not bomb Arqamos. Please, Mr. President, do not bomb Arqamos. And so the president said, well, okay, since you and I asked nicely, we're going to hold off on the bombs. The president said this is going to be a pretty darn big attack. Cut number one, please.
All right, cut number one.
We don't have to.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:58)
So we had an attack that would be the biggest attack since World War II, and it would have been disastrous with them, and they didn't want us to do it.

**Todd Starnes** (2:11)
All right, so it was a little hard to hear he was on Air Force One. The president said we had an attack that would have been the biggest attack since World War II. It would have been disastrous for them. And so here we are now, and the Iranians are saying that they, in fact, do not have a deal and haven't been talking to the Trump administration. So, all right, here's where I think we're going with all of this. I think we're going to a very bad place. And I posted some things on the weekend that went a little viral on the socials, talking about the Trump administration and the concerns I have about the direction this administration is going right now. There are some disturbing things happening, and it bothers me because I don't think they're coming from the Oval Office. I believe they're coming from within the administration and some of the presidential appointees. And some of you may say, okay, well, that's on Trump. The buck stops with Donald Trump, and that's true. But again, the president of the United States cannot be micromanaging every single department in the government. That's just not the role of the president. So I'm willing to cut the president some slack here, but I want to go through some of these things here, folks. You know, when you're talking about Iran, it's not just Iran. We're just, everything is off the rails right now. And I don't know if the administration understands that things are not going well. For example, they told us that the schools allowing boys to play girl sports would be defunded. That has not happened. And now it's become a huge national issue. You got the WNBA, and we're going to get into all of that. Pardon me, the WLBA, the World Lesbian Basketball Association. They're in an uproar right now. We're going to get into all of that. But again, why is that? Because the administration, they said they were going to defund schools that allow boys to play girl sports. Has not happened. They promised mass deportations of illegals. And ladies and gentlemen, a little bit later on the program, you're going to hear me call for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen. That guy's got to go, and I'll explain why. But the mass deportations of illegals, it just hasn't happened.
They promised to lower gas prices and grocery prices. That has not happened.
They promised no more forever wars. That has...
I don't think that's going to happen. I think we're in a mud pit right now. It's like quicksand over there. I think this is going to end badly for us.
I hope it doesn't, but that's what it's looking like. Again, six weeks max. That's what they told us. Six weeks. We're in there. We're out of there. Gas prices are going to drop like a rock, and we're going to be living the good life. That hasn't happened. It's been six months ago. And counting, by the way. And again, the reason why is because the policy, it seems to be the official policy of the administration is as follows. We bombed the holy you-know-what out of the Iranians, and then they say, we're sorry. We say, oh, okay, we forgive you. Just don't do it again. So what happens? Well, the next day, they go out and they blow something up and kill American soldiers. We launch another attack. They say, oh, please stop. We don't want you to blow up our camels or our tents. And we're like, well, okay, as long as you said you're sorry, just don't do it again. And they're like, great. The next day, the Iranians come out, they blow something else up. Then we fire back and they say, please don't hurt us again. Please don't blow our burkas to smithereens. And we say, oh, well, okay, just don't do it again. Are you catching on here? There's a pattern developing, ladies and gentlemen, and it's not a good pattern.