KSEV Mornings · November 9, 2026 · Hour 2
Caller Mike says combat troops in Iran would be another Afghanistan, President Trump says deportations “might be” too tough, Wayne’s Rubio ultimatum, Dave Chappelle, and the six sexes.
“If you send combat troops into Iran, you will have a mess that Afghanistan will look like a kid’s fight.” Caller Mike told Craig Coglianese and Wayne Dolcefino that on Monday’s second hour of KSEV Mornings, and the debate ran most of the hour. They also played President Donald Trump saying his deportation crackdown may have been too tough, Wayne laid out the ultimatum he would have Secretary of State Marco Rubio deliver, and Craig finally walked through James Talarico’s “six sexes.”
Rubio deports a Lebanese diplomat
Wayne opened with an Al Jazeera report that Rubio ordered Ibrahim Charara, Lebanon’s consul general in Detroit, to leave the country after resurfaced social media posts allegedly praised Hezbollah’s 1983 Beirut Marine barracks bombing, which killed 241 U.S. service members. “So we’re deporting that guy,” Wayne said. He added that if the U.S. leaves Iran without finishing the job, “that Iran’s going to lower gas prices, we’re nuts, folks.”
Mike vs. the Mob Guys on combat troops
Mike said he usually agrees with the show but split the war in two: knocking out Iran’s nuclear capability, which he said was done fast, and the Strait of Hormuz fight. Craig objected that the U.S. has not gotten all of Iran’s enriched uranium and that Iran keeps moving it. Mike said the only way to take it all is combat troops. “I want to win the fight,” Craig said. “I don’t want to send combat troops if we don’t have to.” Wayne raised a special forces mission on the underground site known as Pickaxe Mountain, and Mike said he could support surgical strikes.
Craig’s bottom line: “As the fight occurs, no option is off the table anymore.” He said Iran hears American leaders promise no boots on the ground and loves it, so the president needs to say “we are now taking this fight seriously.” Wayne said he wants to degrade Iran over the next six weeks “and then let’s celebrate the New Year by getting the hell out of there.”
John and Carlos weigh in
John called to suggest dropping one of the military’s huge air-burst bombs, the kind last used in Afghanistan, to force Iran to surrender. Craig said both hosts agree the U.S. could show much more strength than it has. Carlos said the war caused the blue wave, “so you might as well finish it no matter what it takes,” or China will decide the U.S. won’t defend Taiwan. Craig agreed: “Every time you limit our ability to respond to a situation militarily, we’re pulling some level of our skill set” away from the fight.
Trump on deportations: “It might be” too tough
The show played Trump’s interview. Asked if his deportation policy went too far, Trump said, “I think it might be tough,” and said a deal with Democrats on “some kind of legal status” for workers like landscapers and hotel staff is “something that’s actually doable.” Craig called it a big change driven by the midterms and the Latino vote, but drew a line: “I don’t like the deterrent going away. When people think they can get in and think they can stay, they start showing up more.”
He said Gov.-elect Gina Hinojosa will be an early test. If she cuts back state police on the border, “people are going to be very unhappy,” he said. “People do not want any more illegal immigration, period, end of story.” Wayne said Hinojosa will have “a heck of a problem” in border communities if the door swings open. Earlier, Wayne said he would stop the H-1B visa program and look at something between deportation and citizenship for people already here and working.
Wayne: send Rubio, not Vance
Wayne said Trump was right to take the shot at Iran’s leadership but should have kept bombing in April instead of five or six months of “let’s be friends.” He said Vice President JD Vance “telegraphed his hand” and “that’s not the guy you put in charge of negotiating.” His pick is Rubio, “tough but fair, respected around the world,” carrying a letter to the Ayatollah: “It is November 9th. You have till November 11th. On November 12th, we’re going to start demonstrating to you what we will do.” Then Wayne added, “That’s a mob, by the way.”
Chappelle, and war and veterans
The hosts played the Dave Chappelle clip in which he says that since Charlie Kirk was murdered, “I feel better.” Wayne called it horrible: “Some stuff is just not funny.” Craig said there may be more context later, but “from what we’ve seen so far, it seems horrific.”
Near the end, Craig said war is “a horrible, disgusting, awful thing that you sometimes have to fight,” and that is why he respects veterans so much. He had no patience for people who think everybody can “end everything with a hug.” Wayne offered him a hug anyway. Wayne also said Republicans lost on messaging and on what people see as crony capitalism: “Showing off your $50 million wedding is not the right look.”
Talarico and the six sexes
Craig closed on James Talarico, saying the left will prop him up but his votes will show “his positions are far to the left.” He has wanted someone to ask Talarico what the other four sexes are, so he Googled it on air: chromosomal, genetic, gonadal, genital, hormonal and psychological. Craig decided genital and gonadal were “more like three and a half,” and said of the last one, “I psychologically am a dude.” Wayne asked for a whole show on gonadal sex instead of Iran.
Also in this hour
- Wayne said Republicans need to deal with health care and housing, including getting corporate ownership out of rental homes.
- Craig said he didn’t expect a show mostly about Iran, but the war was one of the biggest things the midterms were about.
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