Ron Kovic
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Sep 10, 2026
Guy DavisHOST
Yeah.
Charlie ClausenHOST
Yeah, so he's playing, uh, Ron Kovic, who is a, a, a, in...
Charlie ClausenHOST
A small town guy who just wants to, a, a patriot, wants to-
Guy DavisHOST
Yeah
Charlie ClausenHOST
Really, really hard.
Guy DavisHOST
But even at this stage, when he's faced with, uh, you know, this, um, underfunded, uh, yeah, VA hospital and a, a, a general sense in America that's like, "We don't like you guys.
Guy DavisHOST
You went to fight an unjust war and you're, you're all baby murderers," and all this kinda stuff, he still rema- retains this positivity that is part of the character of Ron Kovic-
Charlie ClausenHOST
Mm
Chris JerichoHOST
... and-
Tyler MeasomGUEST
Ron Kovic.
Tyler MeasomGUEST
So Bruce Springsteen's sitting by the pool.
Tyler MeasomGUEST
He's literally reading the book Born on the Fourth of July, and up wheels Ron Kovic, the author, and he says, "I wrote that book." And Bruce says, "I m- love this book."
Chris JerichoHOST
Hmm.
Tyler MeasomGUEST
They get to be friends.
Chris JerichoHOST
And now we know the reason why, 'cause Born on the Fourth of July is this Army vet that kinda was left behind by, by his country.
Tyler MeasomGUEST
Right.
Thomas777GUEST
You know, and like I said, Vietnam's exceptionalized.
Thomas777GUEST
Like people, you know, the, the narrative presented by, you know, people like Ron Kovik, people like Oliver Stone, you know, people, uh, in the era like Abbie Hoffman, was that this is like kind of conspiratorial design.
Thomas777GUEST
It's like, look, man, like the Truman Doctrine is very clear.
Thomas777GUEST
Like America deployed in pretty much exactly the same way in, uh, in Korea, in the Dominican Republic in '65, um, in, in Bolivia to run down Che Guevara, um, decades later in Nicaragua and El Salvador, although obviously those weren't, you know, um, those weren't deep deployments.
ThomasGUEST
You know, and like I said, Vietnam's exceptionalized.
ThomasGUEST
Like people, you know, the, the narrative presented by, you know, people like Ron Kovik, people like Oliver Stone, you know, people, uh, in the era like Abbie Hoffman, was that this is like kind of conspiratorial design.
ThomasGUEST
It's like, look, man, like the Truman Doctrine was very clear.
ThomasGUEST
Like America deployed in pretty much exactly the same way in, uh, in Korea, in the Dominican Republic in '65, um, in, in Bolivia to run Don Che Guevara, um, decades later in Nicaragua and El Salvador, although obviously those weren't, you know, um, those weren't deep deployments.
Nick KoloffPANELIST
When
EazyHOST
Kovic
Nick KoloffPANELIST
here looks back.
Nick KoloffPANELIST
Yeah, that
DavoHOST
I
KelsPANELIST
think this was the Ron Kovic played by Tom Cruise.
KelsPANELIST
Born on the 4th of July.
KelsPANELIST
Craig Hunter is born on the