Did you know that the resurgence of pagers has woven itself into the fabric of modern warfare? Our latest episode uncovers how these seemingly obsolete devices are now at the forefront of Israel's defence with Hezbollah. We deal with the complex landscape of the Israel and Hezbollah conflict, shedding light on the Israel's need to deter her enemies and international responses that often overlook the on-the-ground realities.
This episode also delves into the propaganda machinery of groups like Hezbollah and Hamas, painting a vivid picture of the turbulent life in the Middle East. We urge listeners to cut through the noise and uncover the truth for themselves.
00:00:04.286 --> 00:00:05.368 Welcome to the Rat Network.
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00:00:06.509 --> 00:00:11.465 My name is Stuart Brzgel and my co-host is that guy to my side named David Solomon.
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00:00:53.082 --> 00:00:53.884 That kind of went with a bang.
00:00:53.884 --> 00:01:01.838 Now, you know, david, I remember the 80s where we had pagers and we used to page from numbers 411, 611, 911.
00:01:01.838 --> 00:01:11.346 And we had codes because we couldn't actually we didn't have alphanumeric, so you would think, by the time you got texting.
00:01:11.346 --> 00:01:25.504 But the paranoia that the terrorists have because, heaven forbid, we don't want people to know what we're planning, so we're going to go to pagers and codes and cryptic and keep changing it.
00:01:25.504 --> 00:01:27.483 He thought that was smart.
00:01:27.823 --> 00:01:32.944 Now, israel never took responsibility for this, nor did they take responsibility for Sussnet.
00:01:32.944 --> 00:01:56.373 But let me tell you something, david when the sentiment of an article from the Dow Jones which is not a right-wing, you know, nor is it ever, you know, other than a financial news network the Dow Jones has a positive response of almost 53.
00:01:56.373 --> 00:02:01.067 Now let me tell you something that is incredible.
00:02:01.067 --> 00:02:08.813 The world that the Dow Jones surveys is happy that this actually happened.
00:02:08.813 --> 00:02:17.724 They're amused because it's amused because you know what you got to catch terrorists and whoever pulled this one off.
00:02:17.724 --> 00:02:23.430 They got them and they got them inside their house.
00:02:23.430 --> 00:02:25.604 They say kids.
00:02:25.604 --> 00:02:32.588 These aren't kids like you, and I have david right, these kids are soldiers.
00:02:32.588 --> 00:02:38.581 So when they say children, they're referring to soldiers that are just not of age.
00:02:38.581 --> 00:02:40.024 And you want to know something?
00:02:40.024 --> 00:02:42.007 Not a bad thing.
00:02:42.007 --> 00:02:45.793 I'm not losing any sleep over this because I don't carry a pager.
00:02:49.668 --> 00:02:50.992 All right, let's start from the beginning.
00:02:50.992 --> 00:03:06.671 And, guys, for those of you who are not fully aware of what's going on here, yesterday, uh being uh the 17th of september and the day that I'm going to laugh at it for a while was a stewart one, bb, um, quite a few um pagers now.
00:03:06.671 --> 00:03:08.521 So Hezbollah ordered a bunch of these pagers.
00:03:08.521 --> 00:03:17.318 Apparently there was a report coming out that Hezbollah ordered these pagers from Taiwan and these pagers were going to be basically set off explosives and Israel knew about it.
00:03:17.318 --> 00:03:27.087 There is a report that claims that Israel tampered with it and we said in case Hezbollah does attack, they will, you know before, before they attack, they will set off these explosives.
00:03:27.087 --> 00:03:32.407 Now, unfortunately, they had to set it off sooner because there was a suspected attack and what have you?
00:03:33.248 --> 00:03:35.480 And Israel plays the role of deterrent, it doesn't?
00:03:35.480 --> 00:03:35.661 You know?
00:03:35.661 --> 00:03:40.724 A lot of countries, stuart likes to blame Israel and say you're initiating war.
00:03:40.724 --> 00:03:46.480 But you know, when you talk about the Middle East, it's about who's got the bigger stick, you know?
00:03:46.480 --> 00:03:48.085 And that's the deterred, right.
00:03:48.085 --> 00:03:56.883 That's why people have nuclear bombs there, that's why it's a crazy, crazy neighborhood, okay, and people think we should be fighting in that neighborhood like we do in the US and Canada.
00:03:56.883 --> 00:04:00.832 Right, we should all be polite and everybody be soft.
00:04:00.832 --> 00:04:02.362 This is not a soft neighborhood, people.
00:04:02.362 --> 00:04:09.215 This is a very dirty neighborhood and Israel has to play with dirty rules because the people playing against them are playing with dirty rules.
00:04:09.215 --> 00:04:10.806 In fact, there are no rules.
00:04:11.980 --> 00:04:21.190 So yesterday, at 3.30 local time, some way, somehow, these pagers blew up.
00:04:21.190 --> 00:04:24.334 Several dead, don't know.
00:04:24.334 --> 00:04:25.596 Hard to believe anybody.
00:04:25.596 --> 00:04:40.314 They're claiming thousands and thousands of injuries and children, and this and that, well, of course, because once again, hezbollah, like their brothers in Hamas, are hiding in civilian communities.
00:04:40.314 --> 00:04:48.428 They're always hiding in the civilian communities Because they know that whenever there's a damage, they've got propaganda against israel.
00:04:48.428 --> 00:04:49.990 It's perfect cover.
00:04:49.990 --> 00:05:01.485 So israel set it off and, yeah, there were thousands of injured and hospitals were overwhelmed and whatever, and now they're claiming that about 500 other members lost their eyesight from the explosions.
00:05:01.485 --> 00:05:03.988 Do you see the tears in my eyes?
00:05:03.988 --> 00:05:12.545 No, because what people are forgetting, neglecting or trying to put Israel once again in that negative light?
00:05:13.730 --> 00:05:17.887 Simple, hezbollah started firing rockets at Israel on October, the 8th.
00:05:17.887 --> 00:05:20.043 People, october 7th.
00:05:20.043 --> 00:05:32.812 Hamas, okay, went in, okay, and attacked, attacked Israel, and then the next day, hezbollah, from the north, fires rockets.
00:05:32.812 --> 00:05:34.805 You know what's sick, stuart?
00:05:35.461 --> 00:05:50.795 The world has stayed so silent about Hezbollah and each time Israel has to retaliate, she's accused of inciting escalating, wanting to cause an all-out Middle East war.
00:05:50.795 --> 00:05:52.764 Amazing, isn't it?
00:05:52.764 --> 00:05:55.687 I'm going to go and I'm going to punch you in the face.
00:05:55.687 --> 00:05:59.755 You hit me back and I'm going to go, you hit me.
00:05:59.755 --> 00:06:03.521 That's the way the world has worked Now.
00:06:03.521 --> 00:06:07.567 Yeah, I know the Dow Jones may be happy, but the left is not happy.
00:06:07.567 --> 00:06:09.084 The media is not happy.
00:06:09.084 --> 00:06:13.468 Okay, the bitch Albanese who is the UN?
00:06:13.468 --> 00:06:20.925 You know a UN person there who simply is the most all-out hating anti-Semite of the UN she's not happy.
00:06:20.925 --> 00:06:30.425 The UN Secretary, general Gutierrez, who is not a fan of Israel, he's not happy today because Israel punched back.
00:06:30.425 --> 00:06:38.992 Israel was the one who punched in the face today, folks, because Israel needed to, because, you see, hezbollah has decided that in order for them to.
00:06:38.992 --> 00:06:40.805 You know, you want to appease me.
00:06:40.805 --> 00:06:43.230 Then you got to do something with Hamas.
00:06:43.230 --> 00:06:47.341 The Houthis fired a rocket earlier this week into Israel.
00:06:47.341 --> 00:06:54.494 Nobody said boo, but Israel stops Hezbollah from an all-out vicious attack.
00:06:59.526 --> 00:07:08.072 And now, with a US election and the spotlight on people like Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, what are they going to do?
00:07:08.072 --> 00:07:10.504 What are they going to do?
00:07:10.504 --> 00:07:11.689 Well, it's simple.
00:07:11.689 --> 00:07:16.240 The Biden administration is trying to tighten the screws, of course, on Israel.
00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:23.153 The Biden administration that claims to be on Israel's side is tying her down by saying you have to stop.
00:07:23.153 --> 00:07:27.591 You can't defend yourself against Lebanese, against Hezbollah.
00:07:27.591 --> 00:07:29.882 Come on, it's wrong.
00:07:29.882 --> 00:07:32.307 The story is beyond wrong.
00:07:32.307 --> 00:07:44.228 Israel has been attacked by Iran, the Houthis, hezbollah and Hamas, and she's being told don't hit back, don't escalate a war.
00:07:44.228 --> 00:07:45.410 Why?
00:07:45.410 --> 00:07:47.632 Because they want Kamala Harris to win an election.
00:07:47.632 --> 00:07:49.214 They don't want Donald Trump to win.
00:07:49.214 --> 00:07:52.420 This is the mindset.
00:07:52.440 --> 00:07:59.867 Look what happened in the UK, france, other countries who are condemning Israel why she should not be allowed to defend herself.
00:07:59.867 --> 00:08:07.095 These are countries that want to see Israel wiped off the map, but Israel doesn't want to get wiped off the map.
00:08:07.095 --> 00:08:11.119 There are countries that want to see Israel wiped off the map, but Israel doesn't want to get wiped off the map.
00:08:11.119 --> 00:08:18.141 There are countries that want to support Israel Because they know that right after this attack is done in Lebanon and with Hamas, it's coming here.
00:08:18.141 --> 00:08:23.908 Stuart, I'm going to pass you the ball, but I got to tell you I think this was a brilliant tactic by Israel.
00:08:23.908 --> 00:08:32.855 Catch them while they were laying low, catch them while they weren't paying attention, and go guys, don't go there.
00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:42.042 David, I want a ceasefire.
00:08:42.042 --> 00:08:43.307 I agree, I want a ceasefire.
00:08:43.307 --> 00:08:46.738 Okay, when they give us back our hostages alive and dead, they'll get their ceasefire.
00:08:46.738 --> 00:08:47.220 Until then, fuck off.
00:08:47.220 --> 00:08:49.044 All bets are off.
00:08:49.044 --> 00:08:50.586 These guys are criminals.
00:08:50.586 --> 00:08:51.865 These guys are animals.
00:08:51.865 --> 00:08:54.389 They don't file any GIVA convention.
00:08:54.389 --> 00:08:57.009 We send leaflets, we send messages.
00:08:57.009 --> 00:08:58.524 We tell you where we're going.
00:08:58.524 --> 00:08:59.808 Fuck off.
00:09:00.520 --> 00:09:03.610 And anyone who says otherwise is just another anti-Semite.
00:09:03.610 --> 00:09:05.226 I've had enough of the nonsense.
00:09:05.226 --> 00:09:06.260 Blow them up.
00:09:06.260 --> 00:09:07.985 Let them knock them to the stone age.
00:09:07.985 --> 00:09:13.404 They deserve no quarter, and the US, by the way, doesn't give quarter.
00:09:13.404 --> 00:09:17.703 When it went out to assassinate Osama bin Laden, did they tell them they were coming?
00:09:17.703 --> 00:09:24.572 No, they scooped the guy out of his bed, shot a couple of people in his house, took him out to sea and dumped him in the ocean forever.
00:09:24.572 --> 00:09:29.328 People in his house took them out to sea and dumped them in the ocean forever.
00:09:29.328 --> 00:09:31.596 David rules for me, not for thee, like the dumbass Whoopi Goldberg.
00:09:31.596 --> 00:09:31.918 You know what?
00:09:31.918 --> 00:09:39.860 I hope Whoopi Goldberg gets a taste of her own rat-a-pat-ass, because that girl is nuts and we listen to these nutty people.
00:09:39.860 --> 00:09:42.245 We should be laughing at these people.
00:09:42.245 --> 00:09:46.254 People demanding insanity should be treated insanely.
00:09:46.254 --> 00:09:48.383 I'm sorry, I've had enough.
00:09:50.025 --> 00:10:01.631 So let me remind everybody OK, the people who are, who are attacking Israel right now verbally and insulting them with the media and whatever, are the same people who said, hey, it's OK to try to assassinate Donald Trump.
00:10:01.631 --> 00:10:07.868 It's the same people who are trying to convince you that you know of all these ideologies.
00:10:07.868 --> 00:10:10.894 Okay, this is the new religion and we've talked about this.
00:10:10.894 --> 00:10:14.047 People remember where the source of this information is coming from.
00:10:14.047 --> 00:10:15.711 The condemnations, right?
00:10:15.711 --> 00:10:17.624 You know when we talked about this.
00:10:17.624 --> 00:10:20.933 The same people who said, oh, israel killed 40,000.
00:10:20.933 --> 00:10:22.679 Okay, but 40,000?
00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:27.852 What If we're going to believe the number of 40,000, how many of them were terrorists?
00:10:27.852 --> 00:10:29.245 And again, it doesn't matter.
00:10:29.245 --> 00:10:30.886 Abc proved it didn't matter.
00:10:30.886 --> 00:10:40.934 So, the people who are trying to condemn Israel, the same people who are trying to brainwash you into believing how the world should be.
00:10:40.934 --> 00:10:43.566 I mean, think about it.
00:10:43.566 --> 00:10:45.085 Israel is a democracy.
00:10:45.085 --> 00:10:48.981 Whether you like the leadership or not, it's irrelevant.
00:10:48.981 --> 00:10:51.307 But, Stuart, you know I was telling you this offline.
00:10:51.307 --> 00:10:55.908 If I tell you how many more articles I'm seeing about, we got to get rid of Netanyahu.
00:10:55.908 --> 00:10:57.773 Netanyahu is a warmonger.
00:10:57.773 --> 00:11:04.875 All these commentary style news feeds on Apple News, it's like it's disgusting.
00:11:04.875 --> 00:11:09.345 It doesn't end Because Israel should be condemned, netanyahu should be condemned.
00:11:09.345 --> 00:11:10.589 There should be an election.
00:11:10.629 --> 00:11:16.225 Right now Folks think of I'm going to give a little quick history thing.
00:11:16.225 --> 00:11:40.369 Okay, when the UK had their election in 1944, right, churchill was taken out, okay, and Clement Attlee became the prime minister, I believe, if I remember correctly afterwards right, the Americans, even the Russians, sensed there was an opportunity here because it was a weak leadership.
00:11:40.369 --> 00:11:46.822 Okay, why, churchill was believed to be, he was a war prime minister, he wasn't a peace prime minister and peace was close.
00:11:46.822 --> 00:11:50.865 So they needed to change and it weakened the United Kingdom.
00:11:50.865 --> 00:11:55.868 Folks, you do not, do not change your leadership.
00:11:55.908 --> 00:12:03.792 In a war, israel's being attacked on seven by seven different fronts and you're saying let's just change the leadership because it's not convenient to the left.
00:12:03.792 --> 00:12:07.033 You're saying let's just change the leadership because it's not convenient to the left.
00:12:07.033 --> 00:12:08.014 That's not how it's going to happen.
00:12:08.014 --> 00:12:17.927 And right now, while more and more people say, oh, he's going to fire his defense minister and all these kinds of things, folks, this is a war, it's not conventional.
00:12:17.927 --> 00:12:19.552 There's no army at Hamas.
00:12:19.552 --> 00:12:22.263 There's no army with Hezbollah.
00:12:22.263 --> 00:12:25.432 They're terrorists who want to attack and destroy Israel.
00:12:25.432 --> 00:12:34.510 This is not a conventional army and civilians are going to get hurt and to condemn Israel because they're hiding behind civilians.
00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:39.451 Again, the people who are reporting are not reporting the entire truth to you.
00:12:39.451 --> 00:12:42.581 Do your homework, research it and you will see.
00:12:42.581 --> 00:12:53.043 Where does Hamas hide hospitals, schools, mosques, homes, same with Hezbollah.
00:12:53.043 --> 00:12:56.162 And you sitting here telling me israel shouldn't hurt civilians?
00:12:56.162 --> 00:13:02.933 Come on, dirty rules, people, and if there are dirty rules, dirty things will happen.
00:13:02.933 --> 00:13:17.134 So when israel has to blow up all these pagers because they're they're they're sensing a really terrible thing about to happen to israelis, give me break and stop crying to me that Lebanese people have been displaced in the south of Lebanon.
00:13:17.134 --> 00:13:22.511 There are 100,000 Israelis who were displaced since October the 8th and no one talks about them.
00:13:22.511 --> 00:13:28.091 So give me a bloody break, you folks in the media, about crying for Lebanese people who are displaced.
00:14:46.831 --> 00:14:52.673 And oh, by the way, ask yourself why other Arab countries are really quiet right now.
00:14:52.673 --> 00:14:58.455 Hmm, ask yourself why other Arab countries are really quiet right now.
00:14:58.475 --> 00:14:58.980 Stuart, you're on mute.
00:14:58.980 --> 00:15:02.105 Yeah, a lot of noise, but I'd say, why are they?
00:15:02.105 --> 00:15:02.542 Guys?
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