On Thursday’s episode of “The Michael Knowles Show,” Knowles addresses the U.S. military&#8217;s response to the Iranian-backed terrorists trying to take control of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Video and partial transcript below: 
The year started off in a pretty auspicious way, it was actually a pretty good start to the year. Why? There was an attack on a U.S. embassy — that&#8217;s not a good start — [but the] good start was the response. It shows you the difference between the 2020s — between right now — and the Obama administration. Maybe there&#8217;s a difference in these two decades?

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