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 Joe Rogan said he understands both sides of the debate on illegal immigration — including those who compare President Donald Trump’s ICE raids to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo. Rogan talked about the issue on his podcast with guest Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday. The podcast star said he gets why conservatives believe ICE raids are necessary to “take away some of the damage” done by illegal immigration. He then said he also sees the “point of view” of anti-ICE protesters who argue “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo? ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” Rogan made the remark while discussing the shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota last week. He said he read the agent who shot Good had been run over by a car last year — but that he still felt it was a “terrible tragedy” that shouldn’t have happened. He said: I’m not that guy, I don’t know what he thought, and again this is a guy who had almost been run over. But this just looked horrific to me. When people say it’s justifiable because the car hit him, it seemed like she was kind of turning the car away. It seemed like she was out of her f*cking mind to begin with. That lady seemed crazy. Paul told Rogan he did not want to get “too much into the specifics” of the incident because he did not want to “pass judgement like a jury would.” The senator said he believed ICE agents have a “very difficult job,” which Rogan agreed with, but mostly avoided talking about last week’s shooting. Rogan said another “problem” with ICE raids is that they are making agents look like “villains” to many citizens. “People are now looking at them like murderous military people that are on the streets of our city,” Rogan said. “And they’re masked up, which is also a problem.” He said if you get pulled over by a cop, you are allowed to ask for their name and badge number. But “If you get arrested by an ICE agent, you get no such right. They don’t have to tell you sh*t.” At the same time, Rogan said he understands why ICE officers would want to be anonymous — because they fear anti-ICE protesters will wreck their lives. Watch above. The post ‘Are We Really Gonna Be the Gestapo?’ Joe Rogan Takes a Critical Look at ICE Raids — Says the Shooting Of Renee Good ‘Looked Horrific’ first appeared on Mediaite.

 Joe Rogan said he understands both sides of the debate on illegal immigration — including those who compare President Donald Trump’s ICE raids to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo. Rogan talked about the issue on his podcast with guest Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday. The podcast star said he gets why conservatives believe ICE raids are necessary to “take away some of the damage” done by illegal immigration. He then said he also sees the “point of view” of anti-ICE protesters who argue “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo? ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” Rogan made the remark while discussing the shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota last week. He said he read the agent who shot Good had been run over by a car last year — but that he still felt it was a “terrible tragedy” that shouldn’t have happened. He said: I’m not that guy, I don’t know what he thought, and again this is a guy who had almost been run over. But this just looked horrific to me. When people say it’s justifiable because the car hit him, it seemed like she was kind of turning the car away. It seemed like she was out of her f*cking mind to begin with. That lady seemed crazy. Paul told Rogan he did not want to get “too much into the specifics” of the incident because he did not want to “pass judgement like a jury would.” The senator said he believed ICE agents have a “very difficult job,” which Rogan agreed with, but mostly avoided talking about last week’s shooting. Rogan said another “problem” with ICE raids is that they are making agents look like “villains” to many citizens. “People are now looking at them like murderous military people that are on the streets of our city,” Rogan said. “And they’re masked up, which is also a problem.” He said if you get pulled over by a cop, you are allowed to ask for their name and badge number. But “If you get arrested by an ICE agent, you get no such right. They don’t have to tell you sh*t.” At the same time, Rogan said he understands why ICE officers would want to be anonymous — because they fear anti-ICE protesters will wreck their lives. Watch above. The post ‘Are We Really Gonna Be the Gestapo?’ Joe Rogan Takes a Critical Look at ICE Raids — Says the Shooting Of Renee Good ‘Looked Horrific’ first appeared on Mediaite.

 Joe Rogan said he understands both sides of the debate on illegal immigration — including those who compare President Donald Trump’s ICE raids to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo. Rogan talked about the issue on his podcast with guest Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday. The podcast star said he gets why conservatives believe ICE raids are necessary to “take away some of the damage” done by illegal immigration. He then said he also sees the “point of view” of anti-ICE protesters who argue “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo? ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” Rogan made the remark while discussing the shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota last week. He said he read the agent who shot Good had been run over by a car last year — but that he still felt it was a “terrible tragedy” that shouldn’t have happened. He said: I’m not that guy, I don’t know what he thought, and again this is a guy who had almost been run over. But this just looked horrific to me. When people say it’s justifiable because the car hit him, it seemed like she was kind of turning the car away. It seemed like she was out of her f*cking mind to begin with. That lady seemed crazy. Paul told Rogan he did not want to get “too much into the specifics” of the incident because he did not want to “pass judgement like a jury would.” The senator said he believed ICE agents have a “very difficult job,” which Rogan agreed with, but mostly avoided talking about last week’s shooting. Rogan said another “problem” with ICE raids is that they are making agents look like “villains” to many citizens. “People are now looking at them like murderous military people that are on the streets of our city,” Rogan said. “And they’re masked up, which is also a problem.” He said if you get pulled over by a cop, you are allowed to ask for their name and badge number. But “If you get arrested by an ICE agent, you get no such right. They don’t have to tell you sh*t.” At the same time, Rogan said he understands why ICE officers would want to be anonymous — because they fear anti-ICE protesters will wreck their lives. Watch above. The post ‘Are We Really Gonna Be the Gestapo?’ Joe Rogan Takes a Critical Look at ICE Raids — Says the Shooting Of Renee Good ‘Looked Horrific’ first appeared on Mediaite.

 Joe Rogan said he understands both sides of the debate on illegal immigration — including those who compare President Donald Trump’s ICE raids to Adolf Hitler’s Gestapo. Rogan talked about the issue on his podcast with guest Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday. The podcast star said he gets why conservatives believe ICE raids are necessary to “take away some of the damage” done by illegal immigration. He then said he also sees the “point of view” of anti-ICE protesters who argue “You don’t want militarized people in the streets just roaming around, snatching up people — many of which turn out to be U.S. citizens that just don’t have their papers on them. Are we really gonna be the Gestapo? ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” Rogan made the remark while discussing the shooting of Renee Good in Minnesota last week. He said he read the agent who shot Good had been run over by a car last year — but that he still felt it was a “terrible tragedy” that shouldn’t have happened. He said: I’m not that guy, I don’t know what he thought, and again this is a guy who had almost been run over. But this just looked horrific to me. When people say it’s justifiable because the car hit him, it seemed like she was kind of turning the car away. It seemed like she was out of her f*cking mind to begin with. That lady seemed crazy. Paul told Rogan he did not want to get “too much into the specifics” of the incident because he did not want to “pass judgement like a jury would.” The senator said he believed ICE agents have a “very difficult job,” which Rogan agreed with, but mostly avoided talking about last week’s shooting. Rogan said another “problem” with ICE raids is that they are making agents look like “villains” to many citizens. “People are now looking at them like murderous military people that are on the streets of our city,” Rogan said. “And they’re masked up, which is also a problem.” He said if you get pulled over by a cop, you are allowed to ask for their name and badge number. But “If you get arrested by an ICE agent, you get no such right. They don’t have to tell you sh*t.” At the same time, Rogan said he understands why ICE officers would want to be anonymous — because they fear anti-ICE protesters will wreck their lives. Watch above. The post ‘Are We Really Gonna Be the Gestapo?’ Joe Rogan Takes a Critical Look at ICE Raids — Says the Shooting Of Renee Good ‘Looked Horrific’ first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke to former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Tuesday and asked him about the recent revelation that the U.S. bombed alleged drug boats using a military aircraft disguised as a civilian aircraft. “This morning, disturbing new questions about the Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. It happened back in September in the Caribbean near Venezuela. Citing multiple officials, the Washington Post now reporting the boat was struck by a secret military aircraft that was painted to look like a civilian plane,” Blitzer began, adding: The Post says this led to a legal debate over whether this violated international law. Eleven people were killed, including two in a controversial second strike. Joining us now, William Cohen. He’s the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and is now the CEO of the Cohen Group here in Washington. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. Does this account from the Washington Post of a U.S. military plane being disguised as a civilian plane—does that concern you? “It does concern me. Generally, there’s a rule against using military assets camouflaged as civilian aircraft or civilian weapon systems and then using them to carry out a military operation,” Cohen replied, adding: So I think it will be challenged legally, but nonetheless it’s already been carried out and will have to end up in the courts and such. But I think President Trump has said boldly that we’re going to use power without regard to whether it complies with or contradicts international law. The New York Times confirmed the Post’s reporting this week, adding, “The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.” The Times explained the significance of disguising the plane and the legal implications such an action carries, noting, “the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’” Watch the clip above via CNN. The post Ex-Pentagon Chief On CNN Slams Trump Admin Disguising Military Plane as Civilian Aircraft In Attack first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke to former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Tuesday and asked him about the recent revelation that the U.S. bombed alleged drug boats using a military aircraft disguised as a civilian aircraft. “This morning, disturbing new questions about the Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. It happened back in September in the Caribbean near Venezuela. Citing multiple officials, the Washington Post now reporting the boat was struck by a secret military aircraft that was painted to look like a civilian plane,” Blitzer began, adding: The Post says this led to a legal debate over whether this violated international law. Eleven people were killed, including two in a controversial second strike. Joining us now, William Cohen. He’s the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and is now the CEO of the Cohen Group here in Washington. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. Does this account from the Washington Post of a U.S. military plane being disguised as a civilian plane—does that concern you? “It does concern me. Generally, there’s a rule against using military assets camouflaged as civilian aircraft or civilian weapon systems and then using them to carry out a military operation,” Cohen replied, adding: So I think it will be challenged legally, but nonetheless it’s already been carried out and will have to end up in the courts and such. But I think President Trump has said boldly that we’re going to use power without regard to whether it complies with or contradicts international law. The New York Times confirmed the Post’s reporting this week, adding, “The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.” The Times explained the significance of disguising the plane and the legal implications such an action carries, noting, “the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’” Watch the clip above via CNN. The post Ex-Pentagon Chief On CNN Slams Trump Admin Disguising Military Plane as Civilian Aircraft In Attack first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke to former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Tuesday and asked him about the recent revelation that the U.S. bombed alleged drug boats using a military aircraft disguised as a civilian aircraft. “This morning, disturbing new questions about the Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. It happened back in September in the Caribbean near Venezuela. Citing multiple officials, the Washington Post now reporting the boat was struck by a secret military aircraft that was painted to look like a civilian plane,” Blitzer began, adding: The Post says this led to a legal debate over whether this violated international law. Eleven people were killed, including two in a controversial second strike. Joining us now, William Cohen. He’s the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and is now the CEO of the Cohen Group here in Washington. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. Does this account from the Washington Post of a U.S. military plane being disguised as a civilian plane—does that concern you? “It does concern me. Generally, there’s a rule against using military assets camouflaged as civilian aircraft or civilian weapon systems and then using them to carry out a military operation,” Cohen replied, adding: So I think it will be challenged legally, but nonetheless it’s already been carried out and will have to end up in the courts and such. But I think President Trump has said boldly that we’re going to use power without regard to whether it complies with or contradicts international law. The New York Times confirmed the Post’s reporting this week, adding, “The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.” The Times explained the significance of disguising the plane and the legal implications such an action carries, noting, “the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’” Watch the clip above via CNN. The post Ex-Pentagon Chief On CNN Slams Trump Admin Disguising Military Plane as Civilian Aircraft In Attack first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke to former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Tuesday and asked him about the recent revelation that the U.S. bombed alleged drug boats using a military aircraft disguised as a civilian aircraft. “This morning, disturbing new questions about the Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. It happened back in September in the Caribbean near Venezuela. Citing multiple officials, the Washington Post now reporting the boat was struck by a secret military aircraft that was painted to look like a civilian plane,” Blitzer began, adding: The Post says this led to a legal debate over whether this violated international law. Eleven people were killed, including two in a controversial second strike. Joining us now, William Cohen. He’s the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and is now the CEO of the Cohen Group here in Washington. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. Does this account from the Washington Post of a U.S. military plane being disguised as a civilian plane—does that concern you? “It does concern me. Generally, there’s a rule against using military assets camouflaged as civilian aircraft or civilian weapon systems and then using them to carry out a military operation,” Cohen replied, adding: So I think it will be challenged legally, but nonetheless it’s already been carried out and will have to end up in the courts and such. But I think President Trump has said boldly that we’re going to use power without regard to whether it complies with or contradicts international law. The New York Times confirmed the Post’s reporting this week, adding, “The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.” The Times explained the significance of disguising the plane and the legal implications such an action carries, noting, “the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’” Watch the clip above via CNN. The post Ex-Pentagon Chief On CNN Slams Trump Admin Disguising Military Plane as Civilian Aircraft In Attack first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke to former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Tuesday and asked him about the recent revelation that the U.S. bombed alleged drug boats using a military aircraft disguised as a civilian aircraft. “This morning, disturbing new questions about the Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. It happened back in September in the Caribbean near Venezuela. Citing multiple officials, the Washington Post now reporting the boat was struck by a secret military aircraft that was painted to look like a civilian plane,” Blitzer began, adding: The Post says this led to a legal debate over whether this violated international law. Eleven people were killed, including two in a controversial second strike. Joining us now, William Cohen. He’s the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and is now the CEO of the Cohen Group here in Washington. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. Does this account from the Washington Post of a U.S. military plane being disguised as a civilian plane—does that concern you? “It does concern me. Generally, there’s a rule against using military assets camouflaged as civilian aircraft or civilian weapon systems and then using them to carry out a military operation,” Cohen replied, adding: So I think it will be challenged legally, but nonetheless it’s already been carried out and will have to end up in the courts and such. But I think President Trump has said boldly that we’re going to use power without regard to whether it complies with or contradicts international law. The New York Times confirmed the Post’s reporting this week, adding, “The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.” The Times explained the significance of disguising the plane and the legal implications such an action carries, noting, “the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’” Watch the clip above via CNN. The post Ex-Pentagon Chief On CNN Slams Trump Admin Disguising Military Plane as Civilian Aircraft In Attack first appeared on Mediaite.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer spoke to former Defense Secretary William Cohen on Tuesday and asked him about the recent revelation that the U.S. bombed alleged drug boats using a military aircraft disguised as a civilian aircraft. “This morning, disturbing new questions about the Trump administration’s first deadly strike on an alleged drug boat. It happened back in September in the Caribbean near Venezuela. Citing multiple officials, the Washington Post now reporting the boat was struck by a secret military aircraft that was painted to look like a civilian plane,” Blitzer began, adding: The Post says this led to a legal debate over whether this violated international law. Eleven people were killed, including two in a controversial second strike. Joining us now, William Cohen. He’s the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton and is now the CEO of the Cohen Group here in Washington. Secretary, thanks so much for joining us. Does this account from the Washington Post of a U.S. military plane being disguised as a civilian plane—does that concern you? “It does concern me. Generally, there’s a rule against using military assets camouflaged as civilian aircraft or civilian weapon systems and then using them to carry out a military operation,” Cohen replied, adding: So I think it will be challenged legally, but nonetheless it’s already been carried out and will have to end up in the courts and such. But I think President Trump has said boldly that we’re going to use power without regard to whether it complies with or contradicts international law. The New York Times confirmed the Post’s reporting this week, adding, “The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first attack on a boat that the Trump administration said was smuggling drugs, killing 11 people last September, according to officials briefed on the matter. The aircraft also carried its munitions inside the fuselage, rather than visibly under its wings, they said.” The Times explained the significance of disguising the plane and the legal implications such an action carries, noting, “the laws of armed conflict prohibit combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them. That is a war crime called ‘perfidy.’” Watch the clip above via CNN. The post Ex-Pentagon Chief On CNN Slams Trump Admin Disguising Military Plane as Civilian Aircraft In Attack first appeared on Mediaite.