GWOT Veterans Are Taking Over

Dave Morrow:
Boom. Folks, I’m really sorry. I’m late, man, but I have a good reason. Excuses are like assholes. Everybody’s got one. I got a new car. I got a new shiny platinum with black accent Tiguan sitting outside right now. I’m looking right at it.

Dave Morrow:
It looks freaking slick. I’m gonna be the coolest dad picking up the kids today for sure. So that’s the reason why I’m late. But I appreciate you guys tuning in whereas we are filling in. We got 22, 23

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folks.

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Not quite there yet. Too too good. As always, I appreciate you killers for joining me on this, this journey we call the hard to kill podcast. We got a lot to talk about today, like, lots to talk about today. I don’t know if we have time to get it all in. I really don’t. But let’s give it a shot. So shout out to all you folks that are return listeners and all those that are here for the first time.

Dave Morrow:
If it’s your first time, drop it in the comments. You know what to do. If you want something answered, put it in the comments. I love seeing what you guys have to say, and let’s get right into it. I’m gonna drop a banner here, and then we’ll go from there. Let me fill you in, folks. I’ve written a new book. It’s called Pardon the Up.

Dave Morrow:
Yes. That’s the actual title of the book. The book is 19 chapters of the best actionable intel on how to get yourself fit, healthy, and moving in the right direction to make yourself harder to kill. If you wanna get yourself a copy, you’re gonna have to join the presales. Like, I literally don’t have a book in my hands. This is how early you are. I get it. You might be on the fence.

Dave Morrow:
Why should I buy another book written by a veteran? Well, I’ll tell you why. You wanna be cool. Right? Well, you’re gonna want to be like all the cool kids that are saying some really cool things about this book, like Dallas Alexander. He’s pretty cool. General Thompson, former Task Force commander Kandahar, Tony Chapman, Doctor Elliot Justin. Who else? Oh, Tim Jensen of Grunt Style. Not only did he think the book was cool, he thought it was so so cool. He wrote the freaking forward to the book.

Dave Morrow:
Go get your copy as soon as it comes out. You’re gonna get an email and you’re gonna get access to the harden up book page right away so that you can start hardening up. If you want more information, you’re gonna wanna join the pre sell list. Do it right away. Join the list. Join the list. And you can be one of the very few that gets their hands on one of the best books of 2024. E book and audiobook drop on the 28th November.

Dave Morrow:
On 29th, you can get your paperback copy at Amazon. Link will be sent to you in your email. Be one of the first to get your hands on a copy of this amazing book and become harder to kill. Peace. So I got a lot, in terms of, I guess, commentary today because there’s just a lot going on. Veteran land is full of stuff, and it relates to you, the veteran, and and also to anybody that’s not a veteran. This this is important to understand. You don’t need to be a veteran to understand what’s going on here.

Dave Morrow:
You don’t need to be a member of the military to understand what’s going on here. These are areas of concern for everybody. United States, Canada, UK, doesn’t matter. Hell, if you’re tuning in from somewhere other than North America, let me know. I used to have a big Swedish following. Like, by big, I mean, like like, a percentage point so that on my pie chart, it would actually show up like, hey. Sweden’s tuning in, which is really interesting. So I don’t know if any Swedes are here, but, is that is that how you say hello in in Swedish? I don’t know.

Dave Morrow:
If you’re Swedish or no Swedish, drop it in the comments. I’m a bit clueless as to the Swedes and how they roll. Okay. So what we’re going over today, well, we’re we’re gonna start with our moment of share and show, and then we’re going to discuss the lawsuit with the 330 CAF members that were suing the government for abuse of power during the COVID era mandates and find out what’s happening there. Also, we’ve got a Cansoft corporal, a former Cansoft corporal who, is, getting his rights infringed upon by the very organization that used to employ him. So we’re gonna look at that. And then lastly, the title of this live is the veteran revolution. So we’re gonna look at the rise of the g y veteran and what that means for all of us.

Dave Morrow:
So let’s get right to it. The moment of share and shill is going to really focus mostly on me today, guys. I’m gonna shill a lot of my stuff because I am beyond excited to talk to you about my new book. Bada bing bada boom. It’s called harden the up. We don’t want the YouTube sensors to give this a strike. You can read. This book has been a yeah.

Dave Morrow:
You wanna call it labor of love for the last 3 years or so. I’ve been working on it bit by bit. I gave up on it for a while. I even forgot it was on my hard drive, believe it or not. And thanks to Phil at Double Dagger Publishing, veteran owned Canadian publisher. We reached out because I was reaching out to him to see if he wants to join one of my fitness programs. He’s like, actually, do you have a book on the go? He’s like, I’ve been following you for a little while. I said, actually, I do.

Dave Morrow:
There’s one on my hard drive. It’s not done. I just kinda gave up on it. It was more of my mental health exercise for my mind during the pandemic than anything else, and I just forgot about it. But it’s a combination, a culmination, a a composite of all, and I shouldn’t say all, of the best podcast episodes with the best guests that I could put into a book in 19 chapters for hard and effort. So that’s that’s the gist of the book. You’re gonna get a synthesis of the most actionable stuff that you can do. And there was so much more.

Dave Morrow:
I just had to really trim it down. So, therefore, there’ll likely be some more volumes in the future. But the book is going to be available next week, so on 28th. So 28th, you can join the presale list here. You’ll be on the email chain. Email chain. Who doesn’t email? Okay, Boomer. So you’re gonna be on the email list.

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So you’re gonna get updates. There’s gonna be little goodies that come with it, and you’re gonna get some background as to, you know, what the book is all about, where you can find more resources because you’re a member of the presale list. So you’re gonna wanna check that out. I’m gonna drop the link right here for y’all. So, here we go. Dropping it right in the comments section for you. Done. You can go add yourself there and be first in line to get yourself a copy.

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So the ebook and the audiobook go on sale on So actively support their ongoing struggles, which often persist long after the military service has concluded. We must stand on guard for the and then if you guys got to work with major general Thomas, I didn’t, but I got to work with him on the back end once he was out uniform, and I was a veteran as well with the Afghan crisis. Just a solid dude, and he lives here in Montreal too. So he thinks the book is great, and I quote worth with worth with firsthand experience from Afghanistan. Dave offers a powerful science packed guide to becoming truly hard. I’m just gonna end it right there. It stands for something. It’s an acronym.

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If you just listen to the audio, it’s like, what is this book about? It stands for happy, aggressive, ready, and disciplined. It’s my hard to kill protocol. He provides a road map for Canadian veterans to achieve lifelong resilience, breaking down essential habits like finding inner happiness, embracing control, aggression, maintaining readiness, mastering discipline in fitness, sleep, and nutrition. With expert insights and practical no fail missions, this book equips veterans with the tools they need to thrive in both body and mind for the long term. Okay? So, guys, what’s cool about this page too, I’m still building it. There’s gonna be a whole bunch of extra resources here, including workouts, exercises, and I did a whole bunch of, graphic art that you get in the book. You’re gonna get a sneak peek as to some of it on this page too. I’m pretty proud of myself.

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I’ll be honest. So you can go find all that at, hard to kill dot org slash harden up book. And I got a video for you guys. You guys are the first that are gonna get to witness this video because I haven’t even posted on YouTube yet. It’s on 0 0 platforms. So let’s let’s see if this works. I might cock this up, but I think I’ll be alright. Here we go.

Dave Morrow:
Video file. Fill you in, folks. I’ve written a new book. It’s called harden the up. Yes. That’s the actual title of the book. The book is 19 chapters of the best actionable intel on how to get yourself fit, healthy, and moving in the right direction to make yourself harder to kill. If you wanna get yourself a copy, you’re gonna have to join the presales.

Dave Morrow:
Like, I literally don’t have a book in my hands. This is how early you are. I get it. You might be on the fence. Why should I buy another book written by a veteran? Well, I’ll tell you why. You want to be cool, right? Well, you’re gonna want to be like all the cool kids that are saying some really cool things about this book, like Dallas Alexander. He’s pretty cool. General Tolleson.

Dave Morrow:
Former Task Force commander Kandahar. Tony Chapman, doctor Elliot Justin. Who else? Oh, Tim Jensen of Grunt style? Not only did he think the book was cool, he thought it was so so cool. He wrote the freaking forward to the book. Go get your copy as soon as it comes out. You’re gonna get an email and you’re gonna get access to the harden up book page right away so that you can start hardening up. If you want more information, you’re gonna wanna join the presale list. Do it right away.

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Join the list. Join the list. And you can be one of the very few that gets our hands on one of the best books of 2024. Ebook and audiobook drop on the 28th November. On 29th, you can get your paperback copy at Amazon. Link will be sent to you in your email. Be one of the first to get your hands on a copy of this amazing book and become harder to kill. Peace.

Dave Morrow:
Peace. There you go, folks. Little sizzle reel for y’all. It’s gonna be more to follow coming down the pipe. So, go sign up. Link is here in the, in the comments. So what else do we have to go over today? Well, I got a new podcast coming up with, Katherine Christensen. We’re gonna be going over the unfortunate news of the 330 that were involved in the lawsuit for op valor.

Dave Morrow:
The federal government has punted that back to the grievance process of the calf. It’s really, it’s it’s really unfortunate. I’ll be honest. So we had a discussion about it yesterday. So we’re gonna be posting that episode, on, YouTube tomorrow. So stay tuned. It’s gonna be at 19:30. It’s gonna be, eastern standard, for all of you that wanna tune in as a premier and then be on my YouTube channel and Apple Music and all other where places that you can listen to podcast, after that.

Dave Morrow:
I also wanted to talk about a really good article that I read. So, this is from Jay Watt. He’s a Canadian Armed Forces veteran. I don’t know if he he wants to share his real first name yet, so I’m just gonna move it to Jay Watt. So I I know I know Jay Watt personally, and his his subsect’s actually really good. This article here so this article on the degradation of masculine enterprise is purifier. It’s so good. It just nails a lot of what a lot of us dudes are thinking, and and have been thinking for a long time and just haven’t, felt like it was appropriate to say it out loud.

Dave Morrow:
But I’ll say it out loud. Guys need their own space, man. Like, we need our own space. And he makes a very compelling argument that without these spaces, we’re we’re in a bit of trouble. So I’ll just read you just an excerpt here. The first thing I noticed sitting down to write about men’s issues was some strange internal urge to say something like women struggle with many issues, but or although there’s been much discussion and progress on equality, I think, but why? Why do we have to hedge what we say here? Why is there always some caveat when someone wants to talk about men’s issues online or in public? Look up any book, research article, podcast, or interview about men’s issues in the 21st century. Almost 100% of them will have a token line or paragraph saying that they acknowledge the struggles of women first. Oh, sorry.

Dave Morrow:
I said I read that wrong. But saying that they acknowledge the struggles women’s women face. There’s no need to apologize or add caveats. There’s only 2 of us here, men and women. We’re both in this together, and the reaction I had inside my body to try and smooth out the beginning of this article to avoid being labeled as too masculine is part symptom of what’s happening in society that’s causing trouble for men. Okay. So look at, if you wanna support a fellow veteran and, support a sub stack, I highly recommend you go, like, just get the subscription. It’s a few bucks every month, and, you’re gonna be able to read articles by, by Jay Watt here.

Dave Morrow:
He’s published some some other ones that, I’m definitely gonna have to get them on the podcast. But it’s just it’s just a. Like, it’s gotta happen, to chat about them because he’s writing some really insightful stuff. Super smart dude. And, I just want to share some, some veterans that are really here in Canada anyways. They’re doing some really good stuff in the, in the, you wanna call it journalism, in the influencer space. And then lastly, if you haven’t seen this book on Amazon yet, it’s by Steve Macbeth. So, we connected on LinkedIn just very briefly.

Dave Morrow:
So I’m very interested in having Steve on the show. So, Steve, you’re paying attention. This is your formal invite. I know I’ve been sent to you. But no names, no pact drill. An oral history of Canadians at war in Afghanistan. This looks really good. This This is really, really good.

Dave Morrow:
It’s already a number one bestseller in Canadian military history. So, go get go get your copy. Go support, Canadian veterans that are in literature. Right? Like, there’s plenty of books out there, but we need to support ourselves and and do a better job at, self promotion. So here’s some some free advertising for no names, no. I haven’t read the book yet, but I I don’t care. At this point, I will read the book, but I just want to give a shout out to, to Steve and and anybody else that’s that’s writing a book. Please let me know.

Dave Morrow:
Send me the links. You know where to find me. Send me the links. I would love to promote them. I don’t care what they’re about. It could be about children’s toys. I don’t care. But if you’re a veteran and you wanna promote your your your book, I’m I’m all in.

Dave Morrow:
I’m all in. I wanna get, get our voices out there. Okay? So go check out that book, and I’ll drop the link right here for you. It’s gonna be in the the link in the description as well, just FYI. So, if you’re wondering, hey. Where where do I get it? It’ll be in the description once I’m done recording the live here, guys. Okay. So, let’s move on.

Dave Morrow:
And, what else do we have to talk about today? Well, let’s so many tabs. Alright. So I wanted to talk about the court case that got dismissed. Okay. So if we open up, the National Post today or, actually, was this today? No. This was yesterday, I believe. Oh, no. A few days ago.

Dave Morrow:
So this is November 19th. Let me just pull not that. Let me just pull up. Guys, I’m having some technical difficulties here. I’m starting to spin. That’s the problem. Here we go. Sergeant, what do I do next? Not in a moment.

Dave Morrow:
Judge tosses vexatious Canadian Armed Forces vaccine mandate lawsuit, over lack of material facts. Okay? So this is the state of, where we’re at in terms of the lawsuit that, Valor Legal and Catherine Christensen brought against the Canadian Armed Forces for messing with 330 of our bravest and finest in the Canadian Forces because they have a conscience and didn’t want to, bend the knee to, tyranny. No big deal. Right? But more than 300 plaintiffs, so 330 to be exact, who are seeking $1,300,000 in damages each will now collectively pay Canadian government 5,000 in court costs. Okay.

Kristin Rowell:
So let’s get into a little bit

Dave Morrow:
of this article and explain just a little bit about the conversation I had with Katherine moving forward, which will be dropping, like I said, tomorrow at 19:30 EST on YouTube. So federal court judges tossed a lawsuit filed by 330 current and former Canadian enforcement members, each seeking more than 1.3 1,000,000 in damages for having their charter rights allegedly violated by a 2021 COVID 19 vac vaccine mandate. Now they’ll collectively pay 5 grand. Ruling in favor of the government’s most interest strike the case, associate judge Catherine Coughlin repeatedly discounted the plaintiff’s claims at the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms because their pleadings were devoid of material facts or evidence to support the allegations and prove a reasonable cause of action. Now the interesting thing here and and I want you to come up with your own conclusions, but after you listen to the, conversation I had with Catherine tomorrow, it’s very hard to kind of wrap your head around the fact that this was a mass tort. So, essentially, what this means is they’re individually pressing not stop pressing charges, bringing a lawsuit against the government, but every one of these has to be heard on its own merit. Okay? Does that make sense? So with that being said, the judges essentially said that every one of these 330 has not enough evidence and doesn’t deserve to go forward, which is very hard to believe considering in the statement of claim, you get an excerpt of what the evidence is, but then there’s evidence that goes with that mass, toward in that statement of claim. And Catherine explains that quite well that all of that there’s thousands of pages of evidence.

Dave Morrow:
It’s very hard for her to believe that the judge read through all of it in 2 months because that’s how long it’s taken. So the fact that it was ruled on so quickly on such a big case with so many people and so much evidence is very suspicious. And the judge here, Coughlin, said the pleadings presented in individual paragraphs that include details about each plaintiff, including vaccination status, are replete with vexatious language and bold assertions of bad faith. Okay. So we’re gonna get into what vexatious is and why it keeps on being brought up. It’s a legal term that is used here in Canada often to out of hand dismiss things. And this is something that if you’re paying attention, you’re gonna know as vexatious. If you’re paying attention to what’s going on with a lot of veterans claims, vexatious is being used.

Dave Morrow:
We’re gonna look at another example right after this one about vexatious claims. Okay? So start getting your reticular activating system attuned to this word because it’s being weaponized against you, me, and everybody else that is a veteran in the event that we decide to take legal action. So get ready. Alright? Get ready. So to follow on with that, Valor Legal is, mounting an appeal. This is the appeal. They’ve gotta give San Go. Obviously, this costs money, obviously, and they are a nonprofit.

Dave Morrow:
So, they’re a legal action center for members of the Canadian Armed Forces and veterans. So they have decided that they’re gonna go ahead with the appeal. Like Catherine said on the episode, don’t corner Canadian Armed Forces veterans. They get pretty, they get pretty aggressive and can fight a good battle when when the backup is up against the wall. So that’s the next step. Okay. We’ll get more into it in the episode tomorrow, but, I’ll post the link here in the description. But, that’s the give us a go site if you wanna go donate.

Dave Morrow:
And, additionally, if you want another way to donate, I give $1 of every sale of the support, the, Canadian 329, which was made a few days before they added one extra dude. I think it was a dude to the to the claim. So it’s still 329. I just haven’t been able to do the graphic art to make it 3:30. But a dollar from each one of these shirt sales goes to the Valor legal action center. So, you can support not only the podcast, but Valor legal action center that way as well. So moving on, what else do we have to cover here? Well, the court case, or the, I should say, the denial of rights for a cans of corporal corporal, Masood Abood. Sorry.

Dave Morrow:
Abood. Basically, this is just popping up in the right. There’s been 2 articles written now, about this exact issue. And it started to become a clear pattern that I’m starting to recognize that, we need to all be aware of here, when it comes to abuse of power. And I’m just having a hard time, for some reason opening up this link, but I’ll get there. I’ll get there. There we go. Okay.

Dave Morrow:
So, if you guys are kinda worried about, what’s going on here, what are your thoughts? K. Katherine’s lawsuit is now just, was essentially tossed back to the CAF grievance system, which is it been proven at the federal level to be broken. There are individuals that had grievances in for 18 years. The reason why it had to be taken out of the the calf to the federal court was because that system is broken. You cannot get damages. You cannot get any timely justice. And the individual that’s in charge of the grievance process at the very, very top is the CDS. Well, the CDS is the jerk face that didn’t send the order, made the policy for the mandates.

Dave Morrow:
And if your issue is with the mandates, how do you agree that? Obviously, he’s not gonna go against his own policy. And now the new CDS is not gonna go against her predecessor’s policy. So this makes no sense. This makes no sense. They have the exact same issue with the the sexual misconduct stuff. The head of the sexual misconduct could have been your aggressor, so it has to be outside the chain. There has to be some means of obtaining justice. And the, the comment is often made.

Dave Morrow:
It’s like, oh, your military is basically it’s a basic dictatorship. You shut up and just do your thing and too too bad, so sad. No. You no. That is wrong, man. That’s 100% wrong. You have every right like every other Canadian citizen. You have access to a legal system.

Dave Morrow:
There is nothing that changes when you join the military. That’s the military’s fault and Canada’s fault for not creating a different justice system for the military. That’s not on the individuals, that’s not on the individual to to sort out. That’s just the way it is. So you gotta deal you gotta work with the system that you have. So there’s a group of Canadians, those that are in the military that do not have access to justice like every other Canadian. This is a major constitutional issue, and we’ll get more into it in the episode on Friday. So this speaks to more of what we’re talking about here.

Dave Morrow:
So we have a special forces soldier that, is essentially, getting targeted by CANSOFF. And I believe it’s seesaw. I’m not entirely sure. They say, but I I don’t know. So special forces tracked former soldiers’ social media, shared private info without consent. This is a big no no. You you can’t do like, if you do this as a private citizen, things bad things happen. Right? It is literally against the law.

Dave Morrow:
But if you’re, you can just do whatever the hell you want. Right? Who’s gonna who’s gonna stop you? I mean, we saw it with Dallas Alexander. Right? The only thing that stops him is his incompetence. Documents reveal that military collected a veteran’s, comments on misconduct, alleging they were part of an effort to intimidate troops. Okay. So that was that that was the that was the justification. So here we go. We have this handsome lad here.

Dave Morrow:
So documents show Canadian special operations, forces command claimed retired corporal Daniel Abood was trying to intimidate its elite troops by asking questions about alleged wrongdoing and making posts on various social media platforms. I don’t think that holds much water. What do you guys think? A can soft soldier posting on social media is intimidating the, like, most savage war fighters on the planet? That that doesn’t make it might make sense that somebody reading this in their, like, comfy La Z Boy, but I just I I can’t see how they that’s any kind of justification. You’re scaring you’re scaring the craziest warriors that humanity has ever produced with some tweets. Dude, come on. So just reading on, Canadian Special Forces collected social media posts of veteran, of a veteran as well as shared his private information without permission as they tried to strip him of his right to ask for government information according to Defense Department records. So we’re talking about ATIPs here, access to information. Documents shared with Ottawa Citizen, show Canadian operation special operations command claimed retired corporal Daniel Abood was trying to intimidate its elite troops by asking questions about alleged wrongdoing and making posts on various social media platforms.

Dave Morrow:
So they have some of the posts here. He was he was commenting on, was it beer trooper, beer jumper? What do we call them? I can’t remember. Anyways, that was hilarious. Like, that was that was awesome. He said one particular social media post, gathered by the special forces team as evidence was a video of a Canadian soldier drinking a beer while parachuting over the Ottawa Valley. Abood posted the image on social media platform x with the comment, the only kind of troops I support. Yeah. It’s just this is like shitposting.

Dave Morrow:
Right? Like, when you’re pissed, like yeah. The thing is we have the right to post. When they say you cannot have a presence and you have to shut the fuck up because you’re in the military, actually, that’s not 100% true. Now it can affect your career. Like but to say that it’s, like, against the rules, you have a right to be able to actually say stuff. But we get into but, technically, if somebody decides that you don’t, they can strike that right down, which is kind of the gray zone that we’re in here in Canada, and we get into it on the episode tomorrow. So you’re definitely gonna wanna stay tuned to that. So overall, this is just again, there’s more evidence of the Canadian forces just overstepping the law, just doing whatever the hell it pleases, and doing it with impunity because what’s gonna happen to them? You know, what’s gonna happen to them? Public opinion and, I guess, shaming in public is maybe the only avenue because the law isn’t going to do anything.

Dave Morrow:
The troops can’t do anything. The institution isn’t going to do anything. So we’re just seeing a continual pattern. So now that there’s the Internet, maybe just shame the people that are responsible for doing bad stuff. But then you run into a nasty death loop. Right? Because likely, you may not get all the facts right. You might shame somebody that is completely innocent. So that’s not the path we wanna go down, like doing vendettas.

Dave Morrow:
That’s, like, the worst case scenario. That’s why you need to have swift, effective justice. It puts this to rest. Boom. Hey. Misconduct. Boom. Toast or boom.

Dave Morrow:
You know, you’re removed from command. Boom. You’re gone. All those things help with morale. Morale. Remember that thing that we used to have? Morale. So, if any of you guys know, please let me know. I’d love to, I’d love to be able to chat with, said individual on the show.

Dave Morrow:
And, if you’d like to see him, let me know. Let me know in the comments. It’d be pretty cool. And then let’s, let’s round up the day. Let’s round up the day with, the main, thrust of of what I wanted to talk about today. So we’re gonna talk about 3 individuals, in the United States that, are making waves. Okay? So, first up, we’ve got, Tulsi Gabbard. Okay.

Dave Morrow:
So I’m just gonna bring her up here. So Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea. If you guys have been paying attention on, the podcast circuit, the podcast series, she’s been really, you know, prominent on, Joe Rogan’s podcast. She’s been on a few times. You know, she’s she’s an excellent, conversationalist. She’s got some really interesting ideas. She’s principled, and she’s a GWOT veteran. So we’re gonna be looking at 3 individuals that are GWOT veterans.

Dave Morrow:
So we’re gonna be looking at Chelsea. We’re gonna be looking at JD Vance, and we’re gonna be looking at Pete Hegseth. And the reason why I want to bring this up is because I think we’re entering into a new era here. I call this the the veteran revolution because these individuals all potentially have the chance to have really prominent positions in the Trump administration. G Watt veterans, Global War Ontario veterans. We’re young. We fought wars that sucked and were pointless, and now we’re coming back with a vengeance, and we’re reshaping the culture. The Americans are always at the forefront of the spear of culture change.

Dave Morrow:
And what we’ve been seeing over the last 20 years or so is a shift into something that we don’t recognize. And I think most of you that are listening to this channel would agree. We’re not on the right path. I think most Canadians agree we’re not on the right path. But it takes individuals of courage to stand up and say, like, we’re not on the right path. We’re not gonna follow this shit anymore, and we’re gonna do something different. So Tulsi is one of those individuals, and I I now respect her for a few reasons. One of the main reasons is that she has been able to be a vocal advocate for the, quote, unquote, traditional left.

Dave Morrow:
So she was a Democrat for years in Hawaii and has made the leap to the Republican side, which is in any other time is very interesting. Right? But in this time, I think I understand why. It’s because I don’t think she’s changed very much. I think she’s stayed more or less the same, but she shifted over to the right because the left is so far to the left now. Your face is smashed up against that wall. And if you can’t relate to it, you’re not going to spend any more time there. So, let’s get into a bit of Chelsea’s background. She’s a combat veteran.

Dave Morrow:
She’s a US she was a US congresswoman, from Hawaii and served in the army in Iraq, during the height of the war. She was in the National Guard, in 2003 and was deployed to Iraq as a medical operations specialist. She later served in Kuwait in a counterterrorism training mission, and she left as a major. In congress, she’s known for independent streak, especially in foreign policy. She’s, been critical of regime regime change wars and advocated for a more restrained approach to US military interventions. So you’re gonna see a common theme here. Most of the GWAD veterans, me included, are probably some of the biggest peace advocates that are out there. And I think a lot of you might have the same the same thought patterns that especially if you deployed during the last 20 years.

Dave Morrow:
The idea of going to war in a foreign country and, quote, unquote, nation build is farcical. We lost too many of our friends, too many of us are injured and unhealthy, and we spent 1,000,000,000,000 of dollars all for nothing because the places are the same as when we got there in the first place in the early 2000. Afghanistan, for instance, was a complete and utter fucking disaster. And the anger it brings up to for most of us is visceral. To see all that hard work and effort go into the shitter is where I think a lot of us are starting to get activated, and we’re not gonna put up with it anymore. Chelsea has been activated way before this. So I’m excited to see what she does as potentially the national director of intelligence. I got a quick clip here for you guys just to play y’all.

Dave Morrow:
Oh, of course. Video’s unavailable. Why? Why is this video unavailable? I already vetted.

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Kind. This path provides a

Anthony Canania:
Let’s talk about everybody else and what matters here. The the fact that we have all these troops in the region, this is an issue of sensitivity for you about where America is and why. Do you believe that this is something that will be rethought by the Trump administration? Well, thank you, Chris. It it’s good to be with you on your

Ryan:
show, and I appreciate you recognizing our veterans, my brothers and sisters in uniform, and and the many challenges that our veterans in this country still face alongside their families. And and to me, the most important commitment that veterans and servicemen and women should have from our leaders in this country, the best way to recognize that service and sacrifice and to say thank you is to make sure that our men and women in uniform are only sent into harm’s way or only sent to war as a last resort after all measures of diplomacy have been exhausted. Now this is one of the many reasons why I think so many Americans turned out to vote for president Trump is because he understands this. And we’ve seen how through his last administration, he didn’t just talk about ending wars. He actually went out and did that work of direct diplomacy. He went out and met with dictators and adversaries in that pursuit of peace for the American people. So in in his next administration, he was very vocal about this throughout this presidential campaign that his goal is to end wars, not start them. His goal is to prevent World War 3 and nuclear war and spoke many times about things that Kamala Harris never brought up during her campaign about how he understands the seriousness of the stakes and the threats that we face, as the American people, specifically because of the foreign policy decisions made under the current administration.

Ryan:
And so I can tell you as as someone who still wears the uniform, I’m a lieutenant colonel in the army reserve as someone who’s deployed to multiple war zones in different parts of the world. The most important responsibility that any president has is to serve as commander in chief. And it’s important on this day as Veterans Day as well, as you said, as every day to recognize the best way to ensure, our gratitude is shown to those who serve and their families is to make sure war is a last resort, and if it is required, that we take care of our men and women in uniform if and when they come home.

Anthony Canania:
LTC, Gabbard, I, thank you for your service, of course, and your

Dave Morrow:
So that’s Tulsi in in in a nutshell, and I I just learned something new that she’s still serving, which is, which is pretty cool. That’s I don’t know. Can we can we do that here in Canada? Can you be a political figure and still be serving in, let’s say, the reserves? Love to know what you guys think in the comments. And I that’s like I said, the common vein here, we don’t wanna be fighting stupid wars because we don’t and this is this is where being a dad comes in. I don’t wanna see my kids deploy like I did. If I need to go fight, it’s for a damn good reason, and I don’t want my kids going into the fight and losing their friends and maybe not coming home for a government that doesn’t give 2 shits about their life and doesn’t give 2 shits about them when they come home. That’s why we’re angry, and that’s why we’re taking action. That’s why this podcast exists.

Dave Morrow:
Okay. So that’s Telsey in a nutshell. Curious to know what your thoughts on Chelsea are, but we’re gonna move on. And, now we’re gonna shift gears and look at our next dude on, the list, and that’s JD Vance. So give me a sec here. I’m just messing messing around with my screens. This is where I feel like a boomer. I’ll get it.

Dave Morrow:
I’ll get it. So JD Vance. Here we go. It’s JD Vance. JD Vance. Again, there’s a another common theme here, folks. They all have books. Like, they’ve all written books.

Dave Morrow:
And this book is really a big one in the culture and especially in the American culture. And there’s a Canadian link too. I’ll get into that in a second. So hillbilly Elegy, there’s actually a Netflix movie on this. It came out a few years ago. A memoir of a family and culture in crisis. So JD Vance is a Marine Corps veteran, but he also comes from the Rust Belt. He comes from Ohio, a part of Ohio that was really hit hard with globalization.

Dave Morrow:
So I’ll they like, when you think about the opioid crisis and when you think about just poor and destitute to white folks, this is the epicenter of that. So he didn’t have a dad growing up, you know, like, all the things that could lead to a potentially, like, ruinous upbringing. He overcame that. So it’s a pretty interesting backstory, for JD, and I’ve I’ve got a few more details here to just, back up what I’m saying here. So, JD Vance, he’s the Hillbilly Elegy author, and now US he was a US senator. Now he’s the vice president, elect, and he served in Iraq. He’s actually a journalist. I didn’t know this, was a position, but you could be in the Marine Corps and be a journalist.

Dave Morrow:
So that’s what he did when he was in Iraq, and gave him discipline and focus needed to rise above the challenges in his tough tough Appalachian upbringing. JD then studied at Yale Law School, but his experience in the core stuck with him. When he entered politics, it was with a focus on addressing the struggles of working class Americans, particularly the Rust Belt. Vance has been a vocal supporter of the Trump administration’s America First policy and now plays a key role in shaping GOP’s vision for the future. I think he’s, like, the next iteration of, like, a GOP Republican slash conservative because he blends a lot of social justice stuff that, you know, the left talks about a lot. And he talks about making sure that companies have social responsibility, which is typically not what the right talks about. It’s really interesting. And his link to Canada is actually with Jamil Jovanni.

Dave Morrow:
If you don’t know who Jamil Jovanni is, let’s see if I can do this on the fly here. Jamil Giovanni. If you know who I’m talking about, let me know in the comments. He is a newly elected MP conservative MP in the Toronto area, JD Vance. Him and and JD Vance are actually best friends. So that’s interesting. Let’s see if I can get an image here. Here we go.

Dave Morrow:
So that’s JD and, Jamil hanging out. They were outcast together because JD came from nothing from, like, dirt poor upbringing, and so did Jamil. And, they hit it off at law school at Yale. And so, Jamil’s come back home and and been a successful, politician getting an MPC and overcame cancer. And so there’s clearly gonna be a connection here, because, I mean, I can’t see how a conservative government doesn’t get elected next time around. And so you’re gonna have 2 folks that really know each other really well. And, obviously, they’re gonna have their national best interests at heart, but they’re also able to have a conversation across the border too. So, that being said, back to, JD, I I was saying that his military background gives him credibility when discussing national security, and veterans issues, and he’s becoming a rising star essentially.

Dave Morrow:
So with the the vice presidency. So, I like what he has to say because he’s just very level headed. Right? He’s a he’s a great counterbalance to Trump just riffing. JD is very level headed. So, they’re, making good 4.0 claims to be the most advanced waterproof tactical hoodie.

Theo Von:
So do you have to ask Trump places you can go

Dave Morrow:
to JD.

Theo Von:
Promote or to podcast. Campaign? What is that’s relation how does that work?

JD Vance:
Yeah. No. It’s it’s it’s actually mostly driven at, like, the the staff level. Right? And So strategy kind of? Yeah. It’s like strategy. So so okay. There are 7 big battleground states. It’s, the 3 in the Midwest are Mission, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and then Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina.

JD Vance:
And so it’s like you look at a little bit it’s driven by polling, a little bit it’s driven on just like where do you think this guy is gonna do the best and I’ve spent a ton of my time, like I think I did like 6 or 5 or 6 events just in Pennsylvania the past week and a half. Wow. So I’ve spent a lot of time in Pennsylvania, a lot of time in Michigan, a lot of time in, in Wisconsin. I’m actually trying to get Kid Rock to go with me to Michigan in a couple days Yeah. Because he’s a Michigan guy.

Theo Von:
Oh, he’ll go.

JD Vance:
Yeah. I he probably will.

Theo Von:
Yeah. He’ll go, dude. He’ll he’s he yeah.

JD Vance:
But he would answer your question. It’s basically, you go where the campaign needs you to go. Right. And and, like, yeah, I could say no, but I’m, like, running for vice president. So I try to do as much as I

Theo Von:
can just to be helpful. And do y’all have do you

Dave Morrow:
I’ll just make it oh, wait. Let’s go back. Let’s go forward a little bit. Get some JD in there. I’m just gonna say, JD, bro, I can help you I can help you with a little the little muffin top going on here. Get rid of this dad bod. We gotta tighten you up. We gotta get you back to Marine Corps fitness levels, buddy.

Dave Morrow:
Let’s get those sit ups in. Anyways, I digress.

JD Vance:
It’s more divide and conquer. Right? So it’s like you got 2 people, and you can be in 2 places, so you might as well do it. But if we got, like, a really big event, like, you know, the president got shot in in Bucks County or sorry.

Theo Von:
Which time are you talking

JD Vance:
about? The first time. Okay. The first time Yeah.

Theo Von:
Because they really

JD Vance:
He got shot in in in Pennsylvania. And so we went out to Pennsylvania together to do a big rally in the Eli Oh, and Butler. There. In Butler and Butler, PA. Yes. In Butler, Pennsylvania. And then, you know, like, I was in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, like, a week earlier, but that was just me. Right.

JD Vance:
Right? So you you sort of go you know, some places you go together, but most of the time, we’re sort of dividing and conquering.

Theo Von:
How, with the attempts that they’ve had on Trump’s on Trump’s life and safety, how much of a concern has that been for you? Like, it’s like, because if I’m standing next to a guy and they’re shooting at him, I’m next to him. Yeah. You know?

JD Vance:
Yeah. I know what you mean. I mean, I try not to think about it, man.

Theo Von:
Because Really?

JD Vance:
Yeah. It’s it’s just it’s one of these thing

Dave Morrow:
So Theo Voland is probably one of my favorite podcasters. I can’t believe he’s become, like, so legit. He gets, like, the president on his show and the vice president. It’s podcasting’s a wild ride, man. I’m not gonna lie. I’m I’m happy to be here, on the podcast airwaves because it’s the new so, yeah, you know, the, I guess, the the town crier, then you had newspapers, then you had radio, then you have TV. And, I guess the next iteration of that is, is podcast. Right? Clearly, they’re they’re like a kingmaker now.

Dave Morrow:
It’s it’s it’s so insane. It’s so insane. Picking up a mic and and hitting record. So Theo Von being a really he’s freaking hilarious about his stand up is is insane. So to have all these folks on and he’s he’s actually taking a more serious tone, it’s it’s pretty cool to see. And then lastly, Pete Hegseth. So I only really learned about Pete Hegseth a few weeks ago on the Sean Ryan show. He was on his show, and I’ll pull this pull this all up here.

Dave Morrow:
So, Hegseth has been tapped to be the secretary of defense. It’s a big deal. It’s a really big deal. I’ll pull up his book here. Again, Everybody has a book. Like, this is this is the SOP here. If you wanna make it oops. If you wanna end up, you know, having a having a platform, having a political platform, clearly having a book is is part of is part of the the the SOP, is part of the the way forward.

Dave Morrow:
And he has a few. Right? He he he doesn’t have just one. He has a battle for the American mind. I think he has a third book as well. So he’s also he’s he’s also a journalist on, Fox and Friends as well. I don’t is it Fox and Friends? I’ll I’ll I’ll get into the actual, title he had, but, the the conversation he had with Sean Ryan was really interesting. I have a I have a clip from it as well that we’ll go over. But his book, the war on warriors behind the betrayal of the men who keep us free, is again saying out loud what a lot of people have been scared to say for a while and also echoes what Jaywat was saying about kinda having a caveat when you’re talking about men’s issues.

Dave Morrow:
Right? Like, I don’t quite know if I can say this without saying well, but women too. He’s very upfront and on the nose, and this is, what I’ve believed for a long time. We’re doing a disservice to women in the military. We are putting them in positions that they are not ready for, and they’re getting injured, and it’s not right. And they’re getting put in situations that they should not be in. His his argument is very similar to mine. There are some positions that just shouldn’t be open to women. And the only way that this would actually be doable is if the standard remained the same for men and women.

Dave Morrow:
But what we’ve done is we’ve created and this goes back 20, 30, almost 40 years. We started reducing the standards and having 2 tier of standards for men and women to get into things like the infantry, for army jobs here in Canada. Like, it didn’t it didn’t make sense that you could have somebody do the exact same job, but have a different standard to achieve. It’s like having a different standard at school. Right? It’s like, well, you get an a if you get 90% if you’re a boy, but if you’re a girl and a is 80%. Nobody would stand for that because you’d be like, well, that’s sexist. Well, it’s sexist if you make the standard lower for women for a job that is physically demanding, because it’s saying if you don’t if you can’t get this standard, you’re gonna get hurt. But, no, these do gooders, these individuals that thought they were doing good, virtue signallers thought it’d be great because they’re not the ones that are joining.

Dave Morrow:
They’re not the ones that are putting their ass in the line. They’re the ones going, oh, yeah. Well, women should be in the infantry. Women should be artillery men. It’s a brutal job. A lot of guys get washed out. So Pete has basically, made a really good point that, this culture needs to go. And he talked about wokeism, which I essentially just equate to modern Marxism.

Dave Morrow:
It’s a it’s a it’s a way to undermine everything that builds your nation. And this has been going on for a long time. It’s just the packaging is different. And since we don’t teach civics anymore in school or history, it’s very easy to dupe people. It’s very easy to pull the wool over people’s eyes and to make them believe in things that are contrary to their own best interest. For example, looking at veterans as if they are somehow terrorists, that they are somehow a threat to your democracy, to your way of life. Even though we’re the ones that said, hey. I’ll go and fight these wars.

Dave Morrow:
I’ll go. Some some some even had their their kids go. They believed in it so much. To come home and think that somehow we’re gonna be the enemy is farcical. But the reason is is because the culture has shifted show so far over, and, I’ll read just an excerpt from his book. He joined the army to fight extremists, then that same army called him 1. The military Pete joined 20 years ago was fiercely focused on lethality, competency, and color blindness. Today, our brass are following the rest of the country off a cliff of cultural chaos and weakness.

Dave Morrow:
This is from an American. I think you can hear the echoes here in Canada as well. I would say we’re way past off the cliff. We’re off the cliff. We’re, like, in the valley. We’re down over the waterfall. We’re descending into hell. This is essentially where we are.

Dave Morrow:
They they’re just leaving off the cliff here in the States. And so what his background entails? He’s a he’s a decorated, army officer, and he’s a Fox News host. He’s, like I said, army veteran, multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s part of the National Guard as well. He earned 2 2 bronze stars and continues to be a strong advocate for veterans. He transferred from active service to becoming a media personality and political commentator. He’s been a staunch supporter of Trump and has used his platform to promote policies aimed at strengthening the military and reforming departments of Veterans Affairs. Under the Trump administration, Pete serves as an informal adviser, but as we know, that’s been updated to, his nomination now is for secretary of defense.

Dave Morrow:
So when I first heard about, like, him in on the Sean Ryan Show, and I’ll show you a clip, he was, you know, talking about, like, Veterans Affairs needs to go out to the veteran. It needs to actually go where they are, not the other way around, and incorporate some privatization. And I like what he was saying because they have the luxury of having a VA that actually has a system of care that’s built around them. So they have the doctors. They have the the facilities that are for military members, so they know who their clients are. We don’t even have that here. So it’s very hard to even compare apples to apples on that front. But, let me just show a quick clip here from the Sean Ross show.

Star Wars:
This is a razor that you buy once. It’s a razor that you own forever, and it’s a razor that no matter how

Dave Morrow:
Why have we spent the last 20 years fighting enemies that don’t abide by rules at all when we live now in a world in 2024 where all of our enemies use all of their advantages against us, ignoring all the rules of war and then expecting us to play by all those very same rules.

Dave Morrow:
Hey, man, brother. Just critiquers in

Dave Morrow:
the middle of the process. And then we wonder why the war never ends and why we it perpetuates itself and then why we’re throwing our own guys in jail. Because we’ve written rules that are impossible that that are written for us to lose.

Kristin Rowell:
All new at 5:30. A Pentagon ban on women in combat is over, opening up new opportunities for the next generation of female soldiers. Defense secretary Leon Panetta says removing outdated barriers to women will make our military stronger, and the president agrees.

Shawn Ryan:
You don’t like women in combat?

Dave Morrow:
No. Why not? Because everything about men and women serving together makes the situation more complicated, and complication in combat means

Dave Morrow:
Let’s open that up in the comments. What do you think? K. Be honest. K. If we’re not honest, we’re just lying. K. I don’t think women should be in combat units. That’s my opinion.

Dave Morrow:
Being honest. Doesn’t mean I don’t like women. K? Right. Doesn’t mean I’m a misogynist. I just don’t think. Unless there’s a very strong caveat here. Unless they have the exact same standards to get in as the men. But I would also argue that they have very different, strengths that can be utilized in a lot better roles that the army is blinding blindly just saying, yeah.

Dave Morrow:
Let’s just waste this talented individual by meeting quotas in a line infantry unit when they could be deployed in other capacities. That’s my main argument is that we’re just wasting really good talent because we wanna see people in the rangers. We wanna see people in the infantry battalions, and we wanna have women faces there. That’s my that’s my argument. Curious to know what yours is.

Dave Morrow:
Casualties are worse. Take the assassination attempt of president Trump. In a perfect world, would you wanna have, like, 6 3 guys guarding a 6 3 president?

Shawn Ryan:
Well, I’ll tell you what. It sure as hell doesn’t make sense to have a 5 5 woman in there guarding a 6 foot 2 man because part of personal security is you should be able to shield your principle. Kinda makes sense. Right?

Dave Morrow:
Know, I wrote a book about education. I’ve written some books about politics, and it just didn’t feel like the right time to kind of assess where we were in the military, especially after 20 years of of more or less ongoing combat. But then things, you know, under Obama, but really after Trump and then Biden, start to look around and say, wow. And it happened really fast. The deeper question is, how did the military allow itself to go?

Random:
Service members in the US military branches are warning that diversity, equity, and inclusion policies are weakening the institutions while recruitment is falling short and morale is dropping. No one wants to work, let

Dave Morrow:
alone serve.

Kristin Rowell:
Last year, the army alone came up short. They wanted 60,000. They were short by 15,000. Are woke recruiting commercials like this to Blanche? The American people see advertisements in June with rainbow bullets strapped to helmets. When they see surgeries for transgender being funded by taxpayers, they see the Department of Defense being turned into a social engineering experiment.

Dave Morrow:
We saw editor Clinton with the 2 prude of don’t ask, don’t tell and the reasons for those changes, and I talked to some of the people involved in that when that was changed. But it really happened, started to accelerate under Obama. Would I recommend my kids join the the army today or the military today? It used to be, of course, I would. And over the last couple of years, it became clear, like, I I would I? There’s a

Dave Morrow:
lot of great points there. And and so here’s the thing too. There’s a lot of controversy around him, and you may not have heard of it, but he goes into it in the show. The labeling of individuals as right wing extremists is rampant. Right? The folks that would use labeling to defeat somebody before they hear their ideas is a Marxist tactic. It’s something that’s been used forever. Right. If you want to silence somebody and make sure that somebody that hasn’t heard of this individual never listens to that individual, you label them something that would make them repulsive.

Dave Morrow:
So Pete’s been labeled a white nationalist, essentially a neo Nazi. And you think, well, that’s weird. Like, why would he be named as a secretary of defense? Why would he be in the National Guard? It’s because he’s a very devout Christian. He’s got Christian tattoos, one of them being the Jerusalem cross. Jerusalem clock a clause. Cross has been used in history for 2000 years. It’s been around for a while. And, yes, the cross sometimes is used by people that are neo Nazis.

Dave Morrow:
But that doesn’t imply that because you’re a Christian and you use a cross that you are one too. So it’s a very ugly way to cast, shade on somebody for the mere fact that they’re proud of their Christianity. So the the rumors around him that he’s a neo Nazis are so far fetched. I mean, we see right wing being tossed around a lot like, oh, that’s right. And that the implication is that don’t listen to that individual. They have far right ideology. Really? So I you’re basically implying that somebody like myself who questions the government, who doesn’t like the fact that we’re being bullied somehow is far right. That makes me what you in your in the individual’s mind somehow unlistenable, toxic, a Nazi.

Dave Morrow:
That’s what they’re trying to imply, and that’s what they’re trying to do, but we’ve had enough. I I I can’t I I I can’t think of a better organization that that rooted out extremism than the military. I mean, I remember I showed up. My I had a I I bit my head. Like, I like, it was, like, down to number 1. I didn’t dick it. It was down to number 1. And I got, like, I got torn a new one when I first joined.

Dave Morrow:
They’re like, uh-uh. We don’t have skin head, haircuts like that. You get a high and tight, but I don’t wanna say let that grow out a little bit, and then you fade it. And it’s like, well, why? It’s like, because we’re not neo nazis. It’s like, oh, okay. Now I kinda get it. So the idea that somehow the Canadian forces that the military is a breeding ground for white nationalism is laughable. I mean, the amount of folks that you hang out with in the military that are from literally every culture on the planet, it doesn’t make any sense.

Dave Morrow:
It doesn’t make you don’t you don’t join because you’re a white nationalist. Nobody does. So I I I have literally never bumped into 1. Not that, like, guys walk around, like, doing, hail Hitlers, but, you know, it’s just it’s it’s unfortunate that that’s what our culture has come down to. And so he’s gonna be a wrecking ball in my opinion, and I’m curious to know what you your thoughts are. All these individuals are going to have a massive impact. If they get the positions that they’re nominated for, they have to pass through congress and the senate, I believe. And I’m curious.

Dave Morrow:
Does this does this have an impact here in Canada? Is this going to change the political landscape? Who is actually involved politically? I mean, the first one that comes to mind is Jody, Jody Minnick. He was a counselor in Ottawa. He was high profile. No longer in politics. Maybe one day he’ll get back in. Who knows? Kevin Vong, he was embroiled in a whole bunch of scandal, but he’s a navy officer, I believe. You know, there’s, Aaron O’Toole. There’s a few that are speckled, Harjitsa Jain, who’s a corrupt piece of whatever, who’s in politics.

Dave Morrow:
Andrew Leslie was in politics, but he had to leave because he was too corrupt. So we have individuals that are making plays. Looks like Rick Hillier might be doing it as well, but the GWAD veteran, like, the captains, the majors, the corporals, the sergeants. You know, JD Vance was an NCO. That means something. You know? Then he went to Yale and became a lawyer. Like, that’s we have a lot of those here in Canada, but we’re we’re not pushing like the Americans are to get into the positions of power, and I think we need to. I think we need to listen and take notes as to how these Americans to the South are doing it.

Dave Morrow:
Because we can sit here and complain. We can talk about wokeism. We can talk about how shit the military was, how much abuse they levy onto their troops, like, how dysfunctional it is. But the only way that changes is if there’s either, a, a complete teardown revolution and pitchforks and torches, or you get involved in the political system to enact change. And imagine if all your bros and sisters get involved and start moving that ball in the right direction. I think that’s one option. I think it’s possible. I’m an eternal optimist, but I’d like to know what your comments are on that.

Dave Morrow:
Do we even have a shot? But it’d be good to see more g y veterans just getting into the mix. Get into business. Start writing books. Do more. You can. People will listen. Guaranteed. I didn’t think anybody would listen to this show.

Dave Morrow:
But turns out, hey. We got a 163 on a live. There’ll be thousands of people this month that tune in. K? That’s insane. It just takes a little bit of effort. It takes a little bit of courage, because you gotta get in the arena. You gotta say what’s actually on your mind. Don’t be Canadian on this.

Dave Morrow:
Talk about the things that bother you. It’s okay. You’re not a racist. K? It’s okay. You’re not a misogynist. It’s okay to be a dude. It’s okay to say things. Don’t be scared.

Dave Morrow:
K? Don’t let the Twitter versed and the pussies that reside in your neighborhood or in your, workplace scare you. You’re a warrior. Act like 1. Alright? So that’s my, pep talk for the day, guys. Stepping down from my soapbox, about to get in my new fancy car, go for a little drive, go pick up the kiddos. We have not surprisingly, not a lot of comments today. Is it just that they’re not populating? Because I got 2 here. Cynthia agrees, and she loves Tulsi.

Dave Morrow:
Thanks, Cynthia. And, and then, k, Duke Nuke. Okay. Good question here. When recruitment is limited as it is, wouldn’t it be hard to specify men only for combat roles? I got a good I got a good, counterpoint to that. The marine corps, they’ve never reduced their standards. The army, the navy, air force in the US have all reduced their standards over the last, like, 20, 30 years, and they’ve seen like, we just saw declining numbers. You know who doesn’t miss their quotas? The marines.

Dave Morrow:
You know why? Because if you keep your standard high, the hard chargers will find that and be like, I wanna be part of these people, not these losers over here. And that’s what individuals that believe in this woke multicultural inclusive agenda believe. They believe that lowering essential everybody can join is a good thing, but it is a it is a awful thing for an institution. It is a race to the bottom. I saw it as a teacher. We would always work with the kids who are having the most amount of trouble instead of working with the kids that had the most amount of potential. The majority of the resources went to the kids that were struggling, when in my opinion, they should be going to the kids that are knocking it out of the fucking park. And until we change that mentality and it starts in a cool school system, we’re gonna have a hard time.

Dave Morrow:
But if you up your standards, and I would I would love to see this experiment here in Canada. Hey. To get into the infantry, the standards are they’re getting jacked up. You wanna join PPCLI? You wanna join the RCR? Cool. But you’re gonna need to be able to bench press. You’re gonna be able to deadlift. You’re gonna be able to run, and you’re gonna be able to basically be a savage on day 1. And we’re not we’re not gonna compromise.

Dave Morrow:
If you can’t make the cut, you don’t make the cut. And you do videos like Pete Hegseth says that are edited and and run by the guy that, like, does, like, top gun, you would have a lineup of young dudes ready to join. Guaranteed. I guarantee you. Some of the recruiting stuff here in Canada is pretty cool. Like, I like the videos, but you gotta get rid of the, hey. We wanna all have a happy family, and it’s a great job. No.

Dave Morrow:
It’s not a job. It’s dirty. You’re jumping out of helicopters. You’re doing cool shit, but you might die, and you gotta punch people in the face. That’s the job. The army’s job is to kill and close with and destroy the enemy. And until you bridge that gap and accept that that’s what the military does, you don’t need to worry. People will join.

Dave Morrow:
You don’t need to lower your standards and say, like, well, we don’t have enough people, so let’s lower our standards. So, like, women that wouldn’t typically make it can get in. And the same thing goes for guys. If you’re just not physically strong enough, you can’t join. All of the combat jobs in the military are strength based. They’re all strength based. If you’re an artillery man, you gotta lift those, what, 70 pound shells? I wasn’t in the arty. They’re heavy.

Dave Morrow:
The machine guns in the in the infantry, like the c six is heavy. The 50 cal, fucking crazy heavy. Jerry cans, everything, super heavy. It’ll bust like, I got busted up. I’m a big dude. I’m 64. So, like, what are we trying to do? Are we just trying to be a social experiment? Are you actually trying to have a fighting force that people are scared of? Because that is what the army and the infantry is supposed to do. Supposed to be savages that people are fucking scared of.

Dave Morrow:
That’s it. That’s your job. Go kill people when we say so. That’s it. So to answer your question, that’s a little bit long winded, but, if recruitment is limited, up your standards. Up your standards. Make it harder to get in and stick to it. Guaranteed they’ll have more people in.

Dave Morrow:
Guaranteed. Like, I mean, even can’t afford their standards recently. I’m training a guy to get get over to can’t soft. Like, yeah. Standards went down. I’m like, what? What do you mean standards? Like, they removed some of the PT requirements. I’m like, oh, come on, man. Really? It’s like, nope.

Dave Morrow:
This is what it is. Not cool. So, Duke. K. Cool. You agree? Awesome. So, I guess that’s it for me, guys. 168.

Dave Morrow:
Wow. More people are tuning in, man. Unfortunately, I gotta bounce. I gotta bounce. I gotta pick up the kids. But, let’s recap here, guys. Let’s recap before I, before I take off. My book is gonna be out on the that’s whoops.

Dave Morrow:
Whoops. Whoops. There we go. It’s gonna be out on the 28th. You can get the ebook and the audiobook on the 28th on Amazon. You can get the soft cover on 29th. So Black Friday. Go check it out.

Dave Morrow:
You’re gonna enjoy. If you enjoy this, this is the book is right up your alley. This is what I’m talking about in the book. I’m talking about fitness, health, talk about mindset, how to dial your shit in, how to make sure that you’re a better veteran, a better human being. This is where it’s at. And, you’re also gonna get a training plan in here too. So the book is, gonna be available to you next week. Join the presale list.

Dave Morrow:
K? You’ll get the heads up before everybody else. Hey. Go get your book. And if you do get the book, this is important. You gotta leave a review. You gotta leave a rating, because when you do, that helps me sell more copies, get more veterans dialed in, and get closer to helping a 100,000 veterans lose £2,000,000. And then I want you guys to also go check out, j watt here and his, substack. Really awesome stuff.

Dave Morrow:
Like, honestly, but, yeah, he’s he’s such a good writer, and he’s got a bunch of, bunch of articles that you’re gonna find, really intriguing, and he’s a Canadian Forces veteran. So, definitely go check that out, and, stay tuned tomorrow tomorrow at 19:30 Eastern Standard. There’s gonna be a premier episode where I chat with Katherine Christiansen, the lawyer from Valor Legal that, is representing the 330 troops that brought an abuse of power lawsuit against the Canadian Armed Forces that has now been punted back to the Canadian Armed Forces to go to their grievance system, which is clearly just a disaster and, a miscarriage of justice in my opinion. So you’re gonna wanna stay tuned to that episode. It’s gonna be a banger, and, always appreciate the support. So make sure to share these episodes. Make sure to like, make sure to subscribe, and I’ll see you guys on the next one. And, stay tuned.

Dave Morrow:
Next week is anti corruption week or corruption week, whatever you wanna call it in the CAF. We got a bunch of episodes all lined up with some really incredible guests talking about what we’re talking about here. Corruption and how it affects you as a member of Canadian Armed Forces and as a veteran and as a Canadian because you should know what’s going on in your military. That’s it for me. Train hard. Fight easy. See you on the next one. Peace.