Victor Beck with Moe Lauzier

" Hey good morning feel welcome once again to. Saturday morning get together -- 7 O'Clock hour every Saturday that the nine. We discussing -- issues of the day. -- with the one Boston. Rock station eight and six city WRKO before -- introduce our guest -- give your phone numbers because we're going to invite you to call and and speak with him telephone numbers"

" 6172666868 where you can call toll free at 18774694322. Our guest from Baghdad this week in every Saturday morning we do this is a fellow who's been here a couple of times before the last time he was here he took phone calls and engage in some interesting conversations and I think that may well happen again his name is captain victor backed the United States navy and we've known that there is that back that good morning welcome against the WRKO. Exploratory right we were and first -- what's it like out there right now temperaturewise."

" Temperaturewise not too bad actually it's. I guess and its high 70s -- pleasant."

" Not too bad these -- He I suspect you know what it's like here you don't even have to beat though let -- living in you know winter's miserable here is so yeah at least have one consolation. And that is you're getting into the really decent weather for that part of the world is that accurate"

" that is actually very true however my day license children are back there review guys. And so I I feel the pain."

" I know you do not I don't I don't and I I think you fit."

" A little but my back -- a conference of one player that knows I have some you know it's great have a great support network it is great friends and neighbors that are open -- home so everything's -- take care of the -- shuttle so this stuff -- my."

" The audience shouted side book one word finding -- That's I don't think anybody yeah I've native there need a little lazy few dollars usually takes here let the very -- go on story -- how goes the -- I heard there was a a terrible incident up. Just north of the Baghdad a mother who has. Ticked that some others Sunnis for having turned in Al Qaeda strapped a bomb around her chest of women and blew herself up a whole bunch of other people. Is there any hope of this kind and nutty -- will actually come to an end."

" I'll tell a you know something you really cannot give up hope you really hope is that one thing that everybody should continue to have. And here here and you talk with the Iraqi citizens that are not the extremists and not just terrorists. You're just blown away by -- not a whole constraints they have it is a -- very difficult fight this is by no stretch the imagination he's safe and stable place yet silences decreased dramatically. It'll that are continued to be some of these terrorist elements thinkable helmet out there that are going to do those kinds of things."

" I mean she didn't invent the bomb herself lemon that's not it is known as much as we might like to think commitment in the light term making none of those as a rather sophisticated process -- one mistake you know you do blow yourself up and nobody else."

" Well I think that's true and so there's either individual in these are individual actions so we're going to just go do that it goes to debt to -- is they need any network. That we are continuing to root out this network. We've seen. Cases where you know and Al Qaeda leader in certain area is -- And you know months later there's replacement of them. We killed them -- times so it is really is a it is a process as we continue -- disrupt those networks. That's really the root as he could've that the networks more likely to be successful in the long."

" Our guest is captain -- United States navy of the Boston area serving us in Baghdad by the way I forget to mention thank you very much for your service captain and I think that's something here at home we maybe take for granted a little bit more than we should we had a taste here in the United States during the course of the past week what it is like you have terrorists within our minutes to do absolutely insane things one with the nut cake -- in in Rochester, New Hampshire who strapped a couple of players to have -- to make them look like sticks of dynamite -- Couple wired them at some gadget does and and he had -- an entire community paralyzed 156 hours they had hundreds of policemen surrounding the area all -- the swat team solid business this is one guy with a couple of players and then another it was another nut bag Upton in Omaha, Nebraska with a an AK 47 went in and murdered -- many nine people including himself and wounded a whole bunch of others we got to see what just one lone nut can -- I can just imagine what is likely have to live with today in an area where there's an actual operation set up to send people out to do this very thing."

" It is quite simple -- at least in my mind is that you know we will continue to. Through all the time to have individuals. That are do things to harm other people while arming themselves and are happy to die in -- In this cause their -- as long as he has society has of people continued to change. Not accept that kind of behavior that we will prevail but it always will be those individuals -- you're absolutely right though it is it is different when there's a network that is funded it's tree they trained there. Whole network of of terrorists is harder to root out but it certainly can be done."

" I had some terrorist part had some terrorist than in mound in Omaha. On might have been able to teach at 19 year old. You know words replace himself too -- to get maximum effect the -- nine with obviously terrible slaughter he could have done far worse he hadn't known what he was doing."

" The harsh reality that though is -- Internet and availability of information today but the right kind of looking for the information people confront all kinds of -- it is because Amazon mass level the as long as we need in people remain ever vigilant. Of things with dole but it doesn't seem quite right. -- don't take -- have to -- walk away possibly reported instincts are right your neighborhood I don't hear fits here in diablo or if it's in the you know Chestnut Hill it doesn't seem right he should be taught it to proper authorities to report those kinds of things."

" Navy captain big -- is our guest these and -- into us from Baghdad our phone number 6172666868. Our toll free line is 18774694322 and by the way I have to mention that one do you know why I have to mention that one neck."

" Yes because sometimes people on dial and they get if they'll it'll work I had a database plug gave in the tape Drew the tape league Tripoli years ago. That I tried to call your show this -- I said yeah and and you went over the line busy it's a well I kept getting the operator a July. He should borrow I kept dialing that number and I just wasn't getting up okay. -- number to dial in the tell me and it's that you dial one varieties notably at the dial one you didn't say that. So the paper. That -- the canal you know that's awfully difficult to trip reports he had maybe they didn't put they a couple of bridges now. -- very. Like the what would be your definition and try to get a little series of Jesus and that's something -- I generally intend to do it in this particular sample of the program but in all seriousness what what would you consider to be the success in our -- of being successful to the point where we can say goodbye"

" that it that is the 64 billion dollar question I don't know what that answers I think what things shores of the Iraqi people are there. Are demonstrating there resolves the tolerance and there commitment to have paid their own sovereign nation and it. The war that continues on then. That is to step in the right direction -- really you know three -- successor rack is the security piece which today. Looks good or not there yet. There's the economic piece that is political piece the economic piece -- a lot of great stuff that our country is doing right now here. Fiscal reconstruction teams out -- provinces and then there's the political piece that the Iraqis need to have themselves they're get there. But it's it's gonna take so that takes some time."

" I think one of the things we hear on the side of the ocean and don't fully appreciate I can't say don't comprehend that we don't appreciate is the fact that Iraq is really the cobbled together -- country and cobbled together less than a century ago that it is that literally brought in three separate elements and suddenly said all right your your country now so go -- go no go govern yourself essentially have the of the north which is primarily current you have the central portion which is primarily Sunni. And the -- would new witches you know most of the south and yeah historically these people have never had to live together in in a homogenous way the way we do here in the United States. Now we in -- magnum I was a boy we have a Portuguese neighborhood we had the Italian neighborhood we had a French Canadian neighborhood we have an Irish neighborhood all the sort of -- but overtime we learned how to get along with one another we learned that we were all know we all had the same goals aspirations ambitions for a children and that we were really more similar than dissimilar howling it's gonna take the people of Iraq to do that I don't know but I think that's probably the single most necessary element"

" would have to agree yeah I think that's really critical piece it is Kennedy one of tolerance -- One of compromise the Sunnis issues. Birds need to need to do that if you listened to some of the world where they are saying that things like well where Iraqis first that's what you need to be first and it is -- a decent happening is that happening is that as fast separately with like including many Iraqis probably not let. There working. It did as -- that is whole. Just an individual thing it is an individual effort but that's really achieved success here Iraq Iraqi people."

" I saw an interview fairly recently with a commander of -- some military unit some Iraqi military unit talking about oh they're dealing. Along the Iranian border. -- how dangerous how very dangerous it is clear how much influence we keep hearing how Iran is cleaning up its act in not shipping weapons into. It into Iraq with -- summary tonight. I'm finding myself very very doubtful -- like listening to a used car salesman saying the film just don't know lady -- on Sundays just the is that something we can believe. It is a Brandon is in Syria that fact or should take our Iran and Syria in fact not shipping weapons and anymore."

" Well specifically regard to race and it is it is is a commitment that they have made to stop the negative influence in Iraq. It's one that we're here obviously. Looking very very closely and trying to determine if there are those -- I don't know the answer at this stage oh well we're. Looking very closely to ensure that they are doing just that we are fighting you know more more weapons captions but some of these cases you know these weapons caches are. Older than when they said they stopped -- they stopped their nativist and so it was they were here before. The correct they've been here for awhile also you know one of the things that we the US military in the coalition forces are beholden to do is accuracy in the troops which we will not forgo any of our public. The media outreach her press statements are our press conferences so were were beholden to a higher standard. And that's sometimes a disadvantage if you will an information war but we will continue to. You know take a hard look as the -- in. And so determined. If they aren't tracked holding its templates."

" Now not a line go on the had a guess and I can't recall and which one it was -- I apologize. During the last few weeks that I guess about 75 different yes so some of the names of the slip you your name I remember -- you're good Red Sox fan"

" that are all well. Very obviously have the wrong guess on your show a second call 1 was second call this morning from a geeky man but of course -- my condolences of course alternative funny story of the in America and with the nation but the you know that the fact of the matter week. We we kept hearing about how that was so many foreign fighters who were physically involved in the so called insurrection but I don't believe that's an insurrection if you coming in from outside the country. But to fight it's no longer insurrection it's an invasion an insurrection to me would be you know Jamaica Plain rising up in. Throwing the mayor of Boston out of Jamaica Plain and building a wall thing Leo where -- around that to me would be an insurrection or having another shot fired neutered around the world that would be an insurrection for our soldiers -- for the terrorist. I -- soldiers coming in from outside of the -- coming in seem to have been a big deal one time is that still is that still sampling that a year you you're very concerned with."

" It is it is we are concerned it. Absolutely no question about it if -- there -- four foreign fighters coming in from other countries. All the all the top countries you probably know about that we've been very public about that actually and but would have seen though. We have -- decreased this decrease is not enough quite right we have seen this slight increase in the foreign fighters crossed borders that we are fighting. Yes an Iraqi security forces fighting in -- people."

" I understand the Egyptian so for some reason reasons I don't quite fathom weren't a large part of that group I know they were a large part of Leo qaeda element in Afghanistan when they supported when that when the -- Al Qaeda supported the Taliban and propped up the the Taliban government in the in the country is it true that it is in. In Iraq as well that you here have a large for some reason the Egyptian element there"

" I don't know to break out -- mutually largely who's who's leading the country who's leading the the list where the foreign fighters are coming from certainly Syria and two obvious -- their countries in northern Africa you know and -- complex here as well but I don't. Don't have to break out so I don't -- were called -- by head."

" Saudi Arabia and one -- said he was certain other one as I understand so even for unfortunately if it was one. Which could put your finger and probably. Draw a line in the ascendancy -- that based on the issue you know cut but but because they're coming inference that so many different places and so many ways. Well I mean look we've got a million illegal aliens entering this country each year and we are not able to stop that how the hell would you be able to step other Arabs from coming into Iraq."

" It really underscores. The complexity of this -- you know we're fighting terrorists and it must say that we in the coalition forces used the culture -- pointers from many many many years not just here rack but across this world because -- that's where they're coming from a variety of different locations. He's saying a top slate. -- that we need to continue to work to prevail it is unacceptable behavior -- until it. It won't tolerate."

" Pint captain I would -- the your sweetheart is listening right now and just assuming that she is because of she's not -- have a chance to listen to this a little bit later you know whenever she so pleases do you have anything to save her in your family."

" Our loved them very much their -- just so incredibly proud of them the there forging ahead shoveling snow. A take care business you know I'd miss you terribly certainly holidays Canada -- but full support. Be home so it's in next but actually you're taking. I -- my vacation. Will he believed are are believed what ought to call and it will be in the bullies who also you guys stayed there is no then you'll escape for a cup withdrawal -- relax."

" I -- the other ship where you going he's going to the country."

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" You're gonna see some motion that you been missing for quite awhile. I'll like I mean that's -- joined the navy is meant. Yeah sort of -- order -- Listen -- when you give back the book than someday again by you about a big tall 25 slam okay. As I -- offer that deal yard. -- from a friend it's awfully good to continue again -- my pleasure I hope you safe just for Euro and for your own sake of for your own edification you know also for year for your wife we are now catalog in the account like keeping all of our interviews and what is known as say an audio -- if any when wants to go to WRK dot com click on -- by the audio vault the audio vault in its history pop up in the field thing that says Iraq click on that. And then just scroll to whatever interview you want to hear it will be there in perpetuity. Like Edward -- out how on -- that perpetuity. While -- did you get my tongue stuck. I kept in the -- thank you for your service my for an god bless you which you annulment friends there a merry christmas and would be safe -- should be said. Thanks go patriots you got -- meg going to take a little deal that the Steelers are going to be body -- before this -- with our. Have a -- Democrat will get back to your calls just ahead -- laws a year with you on Boston by the -- that with captain victor -- United States navy. You know. Dramatics here. You'll from thinking emotional in this business pal. -- about a become an undertaker all right Marty called just ahead on Boston talk station AM 680 WRKO"