INTEL Roundtable w/ Johnson & McGovern : Weekly Wrap

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TLDRIn this geopolitical discussion, Judge Andrew Napolitano hosts Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson, focusing on US military interventions and international policies. They first delve into the issue of US troops in Syria, questioning their presence despite being uninvited by the Syrian government. The panel highlights the strategic intentions to weaken Iran, support Israel, and sustain chaotic conditions in Syria beneficial to US interests. Despite Trump's initial order to withdraw, operations continued, reflecting deeper agendas. Shifting to South Korea, the segment scrutinizes the US military's role there, reasoning it as a component of sustaining the military-industrial complex rather than genuine security threats, especially with 28,000 troops positioned against a vague threat from China. Attention then turns to the Ukraine conflict, where Secretary of State Antony Blinken promises continued support, including $50 billion in aid. This segment critiques the lack of understanding and diplomatic communication with Russia, risking heightened tensions likened to pre-Cuban Missile Crisis levels. The discussion closes by evaluating potential policy continuities under Trump, should he return to office, questioning the effectiveness of such strategies especially when advisors like General Kellogg are considered. Throughout, the role of US policy is portrayed as heavily influenced by defense industries and geopolitical power plays rather than straightforward ethical stances.

Punti di forza

  • 🗺️ US troops are in Syria without Syrian consent for strategic interests.
  • ⚖️ The military-industrial complex significantly influences US foreign policy.
  • 🇰🇷 The presence of US troops in South Korea is debated as unnecessary militarily.
  • 🇺🇦 Secretary Blinken announced $50 billion aid to Ukraine, continuing US support.
  • 🛡️ Lack of communication between the US and Russia is dangerous, says Russian officials.
  • 🗨️ Trump’s withdrawal orders from Syria were ignored by military leadership.
  • 🇮🇱 US actions in Syria align with Israeli interests more than US security needs.
  • ⚠️ Concerns over US aid inadvertently supporting terrorist groups in Syria.
  • 🔄 Potential US foreign policy shifts under Trump may remain unchanged.
  • 📉 Conflict in Ukraine puts immense pressure on Ukrainian forces and strategy.

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  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Judge Napolitano introduces a discussion between Ray McGovern and Larry Johnson about US military presence in Syria. Despite the Syrian government's opposition, 1,000 US troops remain, allegedly to aid oil extraction and as a potential catalyst for conflict, which some US officials reportedly seek.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Larry Johnson elaborates on the broader US strategy aimed at destabilizing Syria due to its alliance with Iran and facilitating arms to groups that oppose Assad. The discussion highlights the US’s paradoxical support for Sunni Islamist groups linked to terrorism against the West.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Ray McGovern discusses the historical context of US intervention aligned with Israeli interests, which perpetuates chaos in Syria. McGovern expresses skepticism about changes in US policy under a prospective Trump administration due to entrenched interests.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The conversation shifts to geopolitics involving South Korea, where domestic instability might threaten US strategic aims against China. Additionally, Larry Johnson critiques the military-industrial complex's role in perpetuating unnecessary US military deployments globally.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The panel discusses US policy on Ukraine, critiquing claims by Secretary Blinken about supporting Ukraine militarily against Russia. McGovern and Johnson express skepticism about the effectiveness of such support amid significant Ukrainian military casualties.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:53

    The discussion concludes with Larry Johnson criticizing the disconnect between US policy and Russian realities, noting an increased risk of escalation due to lack of dialogue. Despite potential changes under Donald Trump, the conversation remains pessimistic about altering entrenched US strategic postures.

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Video Domande e Risposte

  • Why are US troops in Syria?

    US troops are in Syria to protect oil extraction and as part of a longer-term strategy to weaken Iran and support Israel by preventing a threat from Syria.

  • What was Trump's position on US troops in Syria?

    Trump ordered the military to leave Syria, but his orders were ignored.

  • What is the US strategy in Syria according to the discussion?

    The strategy involves supporting moderate rebels to create chaos in Syria, weakening Iran's influence, and benefiting Israel by preventing Syrian alignment with Hezbollah.

  • How is the US military presence in South Korea justified?

    It is justified as necessary for regional stability and to benefit the military-industrial complex by maintaining high military budgets and bases.

  • What is Sergey Ryabkov's warning regarding US-Russia relations?

    Ryabkov warned that US-Russia relations are more dangerous now than during the Cuban Missile Crisis due to a lack of communication.

  • What did Secretary Blinken say about supporting Ukraine?

    Blinken stated the US is providing $50 billion and various munitions to support Ukraine against Russian aggression.

  • What are the views on Trump's potential future policy in Syria?

    The discussion suggests there may not be significant changes under Trump due to advisors with similar views to the current administration.

  • What does Larry Johnson say about US aid to terrorists?

    Johnson claims that the US is indirectly supplying terrorists that are enemies of the US through intermediaries like Turkey.

  • Why are there concerns about US and Russian communication during the Ukraine conflict?

    There are concerns because the lack of direct communication increases the risk of misunderstandings and escalation.

  • What is the purpose of US aid to Ukraine according to the discussion?

    The purpose is to provide financial support and military aid, with the expectation of further mobilization of Ukrainian troops.

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    hi everyone Judge Andrew napalitano here
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    for judging Freedom today is Friday
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    December 6 2024 the end of the day the
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    end of the week it's our favorite
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    Roundtable with my dear friends Ray uh
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    mcgoverin and Larry Johnson gentlemen
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    thank you welcome here always a pleasure
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    there a lot of events that happened this
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    week and I want to pick your brains on
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    all of them Ray to you first it seems
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    the neocons are added again this time in
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    Syria before you
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    address what they're up to why do we
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    have a thousand troops in Syria when the
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    government of Syria asked us to
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    go uh do you want a very cynical
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    explanation yes I want a a govern I want
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    a a govern ask
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    explanation there are people in
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    Washington strong enough to Prevail upon
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    the military to leave the troops there
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    there are 900 to a th000 troops they are
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    extremely
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    vulnerable now the ones across the
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    border in Iraq have been shot at and
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    have been damaged and wounded that is
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    the US troops so why are they leaving
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    these troops up there in Syria well a
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    considered decision was made to well
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    leave them up there and and let's see if
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    we can get let's see if some of them get
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    killed and that will be a pretext for us
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    toh to do real damage to whoever killed
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    them okay there's no no sense there
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    except they are helping to protect the
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    extraction of the oil that we are
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    stealing there that Trump bragged about
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    stealing and actually some of that oil
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    goes to Israel so there is some utility
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    to having those people up there but the
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    the vulnerabilities for outweigh the
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    benefits of keeping troops in Sy besides
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    they're not invited okay at least the
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    Iraqis have asked us to leave but they
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    okay you can stay a little long all
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    right you can stay a little longer the
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    syrians never invited us on the contrary
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    they have invited the Russians so that
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    should say something with respect to
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    international law Larry before we get
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    into what the neocons are up to didn't
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    Trump in his first
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    presidency uh order the military to get
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    the heck out of uh Syria and if he did
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    what happened he did they ignored the
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    order they didn't carry it out look the
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    the presence of US troops in Syria is
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    not just to protect the oil it's also
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    part of a a longer range plan that
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    actually started back well predated 2011
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    but it it started under Barack Obama in
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    Earnest to overthrow the government of
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    Bashir al-assad because they saw Assad
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    as a supporter of Iran and this is an
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    indirect way to attack Iran weaken Iran
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    prevent any Supply from transiting Syria
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    that would wind up in the in the hands
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    of Hezbollah the the real irony here is
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    that the United States in providing this
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    support which it was collecting weapons
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    in
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    Benghazi it was and all throughout all
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    Libya the weapons in Libya were then
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    brought to Benghazi they were shipped
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    from Benghazi to Turkey were given to
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    the Turks the Turks then distributed
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    them to the radical Sunni islamists who
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    are let's call them
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    the theological descendants of
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    al-Qaeda the terrorists that attacked us
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    on
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    9/11 begat you know this will sound like
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    something out of Genesis Al-Qaeda begat
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    Isis Isis begat al-nusra al-nusra beat
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    this uh hayat tah al-sham which is right
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    now carrying out that military operation
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    they are receiving from the United
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    States indirectly
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    training
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    intelligence and weapons and those
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    weapons now are being used against the
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    Shia and the alowitz and the Christians
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    in Syria so the United States now think
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    about this wrap your brain around it the
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    United States is supplying weapons and
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    lethal Aid to the very terrorists that
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    attacked us on 9/11 okay that's how far
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    we've fallen and we're using
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    our military to attack the Shia elements
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    the Alo elements the Syrian Army that's
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    trying to defeat those terrorists you'd
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    think we'd be in we'd be lined up with
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    Bashar al-assad but no no we're more
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    concerned about Iran who hasn't carried
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    out a single major terrorist attack
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    against the United States in the entire
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    first quarter of this 21st century
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    instead we're providing weapons and Aid
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    to the very terrorists who have been
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    attacking the West because they want to
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    establish a global
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    caliphate Ray you have a great piece at
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    antiwar.com I think it came at yesterday
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    the neocons are up to it again what is
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    their possible
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    justification for what Larry just
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    described they've been doing it as Larry
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    said before 2011 when the uh the spring
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    broke out in Damascus there've been uh
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    we have been kind of letting ourselves
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    be used as a tool of Israel now bad not
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    the nicest person in the world but he
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    has absolutely no threat to the United
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    States okay who is he a threat to well I
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    mean just like Saddam Hussein seemed to
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    be a threat to Israel so with bash Assad
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    so what do we do well we we we train
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    these Rebels moderate Rebels mind you we
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    showed that little clip of the of Lloyd
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    Austin saying well we we spent $500
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    million but we got four or five good
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    ones still in the fight okay that's how
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    we distributed our laress and why to
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    keep chaos going in Syria to deprive the
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    the ability of of other people to supply
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    HB in in Lebanon and most of all to make
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    that area not a threat to Israel I want
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    to quote there was a New York Times
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    bureau chief in Jerusalem Jody ruin at
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    the height of this this first breakout
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    in 2013 she went to senior Israel
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    officials which we she she knew quite
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    well she now tell me what's the
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    preferred outcome of this interesan this
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    Su Sunni Shia fighting here in Syria
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    what's Israel's prefer outcome and they
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    said well Jord it's not the doesn't
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    sound very good but um our preferred
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    outcome is no outcome as long as Sunni
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    and Shia are sh's throats you as long as
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    they're hemorrhaging their capabilities
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    here Israel has nothing to fear from
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    Syria that's the name of the game as far
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    as Israel's concerned and it's
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    impossible to look at us policy towards
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    Syria without thinking that we're joined
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    at the hip as Israel we're doing
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    Israel's bidding by arming these
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    moderate Rebels even if we're going to
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    get five or four or five for the half
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    billion dollars we invested in that
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    particular
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    trch Larry can we expect any change in
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    American policy in Syria under Donald
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    Trump or will it be more of the same
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    notwithstanding Trump's campaign
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    promises no I I don't think there'll be
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    much of a change you know unless you
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    know Trump wakes up but unfortunately
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    he's surround
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    himself with with people like
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    Waltz and and and this clown Sebastian
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    Gorka and Marco Rubio they're not going
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    to do they see this as Ray pointed out
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    this is this is doing Israel's bidding
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    and and remember Israel is actually it
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    wants to quote destroy Hezbollah it
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    doesn't want to do a thing about HTS you
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    know the hayah Alam that group even
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    though that group is listed as one of
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    the top 10 terrorist groups attacking
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    International targets over the last 10
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    years that's who we're supporting and we
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    said well we're not supporting him
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    directly oh no no we give it to Turkey
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    we give it to Ukraine and then you we
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    use them as a cutout that way we go oh
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    gee we don't know anything about this no
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    we're absolutely up to our eyeballs in
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    this and now we've seen that it is
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    expanding with the the reemergence of
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    the white helmets you know these the
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    these these guys are a British
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    intelligence or outfit they're a front
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    group and they're out there to spread uh
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    misinformation to create uh false Flags
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    you know they tried it uh gez 11 years
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    ago to to pretend that the Syrian Army
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    had launched a chemical weapons attack
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    when in fact it was alosra it was the
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    Western back terrorists that were
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    launching it in order to try to create
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    an incident that would justify further
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    Western intervention but the this has a
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    broader play Beyond just Syria Israel
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    and Turkey this is also designed in part
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    because the West genuinely believes that
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    Russia by providing Military Support to
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    Syria is going to will weaken its effort
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    in Ukraine uh I I think they're mistaken
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    in that but that is that's part of this
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    plan as
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    well um Ry I want to jump to um to South
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    Korea is there any geopolitical
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    significance to the the uh Declaration
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    of Martial law which only lasted for six
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    hours or is it just a factor in a
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    consequence of the domestic South Korean
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    politics it was bizarre truly
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    bizarre I think that Yun is is not long
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    for staying in office and after all he's
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    one of our you know he's our zalinski
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    out there in South Korea uh he's a peg
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    to this big Alliance who are trying to
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    construct against China if he falls uh
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    there is enough ferment in South Korea
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    there's enough burgeoning knowledge as
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    to how they've been used and reluctance
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    to keep in this little close alliance
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    with Japan to allow for some substantial
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    change in South Korea that's the danger
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    as the people in the White House see it
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    but South Korea has changed for the
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    better in the past I have some hope that
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    this will lead to a change in government
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    and a change in attitude toward getting
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    along with other people like the North
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    Koreans Larry why do we have 28,000
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    troops there hey got to keep that the
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    military industrial complex needs them
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    if we don't have them there how do we
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    justify an $850 billion budget we got to
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    that budget is helping sustain over 750
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    military bases around the world so uh we
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    and and you got to with every base it
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    comes a command command position got
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    lots of officers that have to get those
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    command positions in so that they can
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    get promoted you know this is part of
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    the gross Corruption of our of our
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    so-called National Security strategy
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    this this isn't about defending against
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    communism or authoritarianism or
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    whatever this is about grift this is
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    about patting the pockets of Washington
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    lawmakers who get donations from l
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    lucked Martin General Dynamics and then
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    uh those companies in turn they hire
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    retired generals out they come in put
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    them on the payroll put them on the
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    board uh give them a syic cure and then
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    the money keeps rolling back and forth
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    and every year gets bigger and
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    bigger there is absolutely no reason to
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    have those troops in in South
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    Korea do you think they might be there
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    because uh of some
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    planned um milit aggression against
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    China Larry no no I mean they've all
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    they wouldn't they wouldn't even be a
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    speed bump in the road if they go
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    involved with China you know 26,000
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    that's nothing uh you know the look at
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    by by comparison uh Russia's killing
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    that many ukrainians in one month okay
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    so this is uh you know this is all they
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    are a potential Cannon fter now this is
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    we we pretend that they are there to
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    keep the peace to be be a trip wire for
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    the future but no it's it's just it's
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    corruption pure and simple uh we it it's
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    a money-making machine for the
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    Washington politicians and the defense
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    industry and those soldiers are just
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    cogs in the wheel or as uh you know
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    Roger Waters his song Just Another Brick
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    in the Wall Another Brick in the Wall um
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    we're going to switch to Ukraine but
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    first I want to play a clip from the
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    person that Larry Wilkerson says is the
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    worst Secretary of State since Thomas
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    Jefferson which of course means the
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    worst Secretary of State in history cut
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    he says there's 50 billion dollars he
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    still wants to send to Ukraine you'll
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    hear him say this Chris cut number 10
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    we're focused in very practical concrete
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    ways really on on on three things making
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    sure that it has the money the resources
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    it needs to sustain its economy and to
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    sustain its defense we've now um managed
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    on the basis of the uh Frozen Sovereign
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    assets the Russian assets that are
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    Frozen to uh get a $50 billion to
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    Ukraine that will be going out the door
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    in the next in the coming weeks both
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    from the United States and Europe and
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    that will carry Ukraine for some time uh
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    into next year second Munitions and
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    everything that goes with that whether
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    it's air defenses whether it's missiles
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    whether it's armored vehicles um we're
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    working in a very determined way again
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    to make sure for many months ahead that
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    Ukraine will have what it needs the
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    United States is is pushing out the door
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    everything that we can but beyond that
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    we have this process long established
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    secretary Austin established at Ramstein
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    to make sure that we're fully
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    coordinated with allies and partners uh
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    and that's exactly what we're doing and
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    we spent time again talking about what
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    the uh uh what the needs are and how
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    each of us can play a part in filling
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    them and then finally mobilization um
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    this is critical because with even with
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    the the money even with the the
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    Munitions there have to be people on the
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    on the uh on the front lines to deal
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    with the Russian aggression uh Ukraine
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    has hard decisions to make about further
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    mobilization but these are necessary
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    decisions we have a commitment though
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    for every person every uh soldier that
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    Ukraine mobilizes we're committed to
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    making sure that they have the training
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    and the equip they need to effectively
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    defend the country I mean not only is uh
  • 00:16:05
    much of this absolutely untrue Ry it's
  • 00:16:08
    as if he's been asleep the past two
  • 00:16:10
    years and is utterly ignorant of the
  • 00:16:14
    slaughter that the Ukrainian uh young
  • 00:16:16
    men have uh endured and the thin ice
  • 00:16:20
    that the military is on now I'll let you
  • 00:16:23
    take it from there right well judge he
  • 00:16:26
    did mention the 18 and 19 20 and 21 year
  • 00:16:30
    olds who have escaped the Carnage so far
  • 00:16:34
    now um Tony Lincoln and Jake Sullivan
  • 00:16:39
    are adamant that they be recruited that
  • 00:16:42
    they be wrapped up and sent into the
  • 00:16:45
    battle or into the fight as Lloyd Austin
  • 00:16:48
    has taught them to say my God how
  • 00:16:52
    cynical the battle is lost all these
  • 00:16:55
    guys want to do is go out go out of
  • 00:16:57
    office saying we gave ziny everything he
  • 00:17:01
    asked for the only problem was he was UN
  • 00:17:05
    he was reluctant to to draft the 1819 we
  • 00:17:09
    draft the 189 the 19 volunteered when
  • 00:17:13
    Vietnam well these guys don't know
  • 00:17:15
    anything they never volunteer for
  • 00:17:17
    Vietnam they never put on a uniform so
  • 00:17:20
    it's terribly cynical that they're
  • 00:17:22
    accusing the ukrainians of not being
  • 00:17:24
    able to use our weaponry and blinkin has
  • 00:17:27
    done that explicit
  • 00:17:30
    uh uh because they don't have enough
  • 00:17:32
    troops well 18 it's just really you say
  • 00:17:37
    you know the Carnage well most people
  • 00:17:39
    think 500 to
  • 00:17:41
    600,000 troops in Ukraine have been
  • 00:17:45
    killed right that's a lot I mean for
  • 00:17:48
    God's sake when peace was at hand after
  • 00:17:50
    the first six weeks and we put the
  • 00:17:53
    kabash on it together with Boris Johnson
  • 00:17:56
    I mean how do you live with a conscience
  • 00:17:58
    if you have a conscience about those
  • 00:18:00
    things Larry before you weigh in on what
  • 00:18:03
    we just heard from secretary blinkin I
  • 00:18:06
    want you to hear what president sininsky
  • 00:18:08
    said uh late last week on November 29th
  • 00:18:12
    Chris cut number one if we want to stop
  • 00:18:14
    the hot stage of the
  • 00:18:16
    war we should take under NATO umbrella
  • 00:18:20
    the territory of Ukraine that we have
  • 00:18:22
    under our control that's what we need to
  • 00:18:24
    do fast and then Ukraine can get back
  • 00:18:26
    the other part of its territory
  • 00:18:29
    diplomatically so he's drinking from the
  • 00:18:31
    same water fountain as blinkin if he
  • 00:18:33
    honestly thinks after all of this after
  • 00:18:35
    all the Death and All the slaughter and
  • 00:18:38
    all the loss of territory and and the
  • 00:18:40
    steady and exorable March of the Russian
  • 00:18:44
    military that the rest of Ukraine can
  • 00:18:47
    quote be taken under the NATO umbrella
  • 00:18:50
    this is madness
  • 00:18:52
    Larry judge they ain't drinking from the
  • 00:18:54
    water fountain man they're doing vodka
  • 00:18:56
    Shooters dude you know they're lit up
  • 00:19:00
    they're intoxicated and not in a good
  • 00:19:02
    way uh you know they need to pay
  • 00:19:05
    attention that uh you know last night
  • 00:19:09
    Thursday uh we we saw finally Tucker
  • 00:19:12
    Carlson's interview with lavro and that
  • 00:19:14
    was preceded by Serge ribkoff the number
  • 00:19:18
    two member the deputy in the Russian
  • 00:19:21
    foreign
  • 00:19:22
    Ministry zalinski blinkin and the West
  • 00:19:25
    better damn well pay attention to what
  • 00:19:28
    they're saying when you listen to what
  • 00:19:31
    ripoff you know when he told this CN I I
  • 00:19:34
    give CNN credit they finally actually
  • 00:19:36
    did some journalism Larry hang on
  • 00:19:39
    because I have the clip for
  • 00:19:41
    you cut number 14 Resnik is not a
  • 00:19:44
    strategic ballistic missile it's an
  • 00:19:47
    intermediate range missile which was
  • 00:19:51
    tested in combat uh and uh the results
  • 00:19:55
    are known for people in Kev for people
  • 00:19:58
    in Washington in Brussels and of course
  • 00:20:01
    in Moscow uh we used this as uh not just
  • 00:20:07
    uh a messenger over a sense but we use
  • 00:20:10
    this uh to test what we really have in
  • 00:20:14
    terms of our growing and additional
  • 00:20:17
    capabilities In This Very crucial area
  • 00:20:20
    let me tell you that if not for the
  • 00:20:22
    Trump one Administration that simply
  • 00:20:25
    destroyed uh INF treaty which served
  • 00:20:28
    well interests of both us and Russia for
  • 00:20:31
    several decades then there would be no
  • 00:20:33
    arnik in our hands we will still be
  • 00:20:35
    restrained from our capability to
  • 00:20:38
    develop such weapons but okay it's gone
  • 00:20:42
    and now what we have what we have we do
  • 00:20:45
    not complain about missed opportunities
  • 00:20:48
    we look forward we are very sure that we
  • 00:20:50
    will reach all our goals and objectives
  • 00:20:54
    uh through our action uh on the ground
  • 00:20:59
    and uh all the objectives of the special
  • 00:21:02
    military operation will be
  • 00:21:04
    achieved according to uh Gil
  • 00:21:08
    docto uh Sergey
  • 00:21:11
    ROV is the smartest strongest and most
  • 00:21:16
    tenacious of um lavrov's deputies go
  • 00:21:19
    ahead Larry well uh almost a year ago
  • 00:21:23
    today I was standing next to Pepe
  • 00:21:25
    Escobar and pepe and I were talking with
  • 00:21:28
    uh Mr
  • 00:21:29
    ribkoff and then we had a you sat down
  • 00:21:32
    and there were 14 of us around the table
  • 00:21:35
    Alistar cook was there as well Pepe
  • 00:21:38
    myself meeting with uh Serge ribkoff uh
  • 00:21:42
    and a couple of others Demetri Sims
  • 00:21:45
    chaired the event it was really an
  • 00:21:47
    informal discussion what ripoff made
  • 00:21:48
    clear back then and he reiterated in
  • 00:21:51
    this interview of CNN he says we've
  • 00:21:54
    never been in a more dangerous time in
  • 00:21:56
    the entire history of the relations
  • 00:21:58
    between between Russia and the United
  • 00:22:00
    States including the Cuban Missile
  • 00:22:02
    Crisis in
  • 00:22:04
    1962 because as as he told us at least
  • 00:22:07
    Back Then There Were Communications
  • 00:22:10
    between the president between Kennedy
  • 00:22:13
    and between Kush they were talking at
  • 00:22:16
    least Kennedy's brother Robert F Kennedy
  • 00:22:19
    was was communicating with the Russian
  • 00:22:21
    Ambassador and and and the head of the
  • 00:22:23
    KGB here in the United States and and
  • 00:22:26
    ribov made clear where there there's no
  • 00:22:29
    talking going on there's no
  • 00:22:32
    communication this is extremely
  • 00:22:35
    dangerous and he made clear and it was
  • 00:22:37
    reiterated by his boss later uh lavaro
  • 00:22:40
    in his conversation with Tucker that uh
  • 00:22:44
    Russia's not plain we have made our
  • 00:22:46
    views very very clear we will defend
  • 00:22:49
    ourselves it's no different than if
  • 00:22:52
    Russia was providing weapons to Mexico
  • 00:22:55
    and that Mexico was shelling
  • 00:22:58
    San Antonio Austin Albuquerque Phoenix
  • 00:23:03
    and San Diego if that was taking place
  • 00:23:06
    we would view that as an act of war and
  • 00:23:08
    we would be compelled to respond
  • 00:23:10
    militarily that is why this is so damn
  • 00:23:13
    dangerous and blinkin and zalinski and
  • 00:23:17
    and Trump aren't paying
  • 00:23:20
    attention um Ray I think Larry's 100%
  • 00:23:24
    correct and to make matters worse
  • 00:23:27
    General
  • 00:23:29
    Kellogg who has been uh indicated by
  • 00:23:32
    President elect Trump will be his
  • 00:23:34
    Emissary for Ukraine uh and
  • 00:23:38
    Russia supports the continuing arming of
  • 00:23:43
    the Ukrainian
  • 00:23:45
    military how the hell can that be and
  • 00:23:48
    how can Trump end this war in 24 hours
  • 00:23:51
    if the people he's going to Appo have
  • 00:23:53
    the same mindset
  • 00:23:55
    Rubio Waltz gor uh General Kellogg as
  • 00:24:01
    the people they're replacing
  • 00:24:03
    Ray well judge I think it's a little
  • 00:24:06
    premature to dismiss
  • 00:24:08
    Kellogg uh he's got some plans that
  • 00:24:12
    could form the basis of a given take
  • 00:24:15
    with the Russians I think that he will
  • 00:24:17
    show some flexibility as I think Putin
  • 00:24:21
    will once they finally start talking to
  • 00:24:25
    each other okay there's been no talking
  • 00:24:28
    for two and a half years all right so I
  • 00:24:30
    wouldn't rule him out now I'd like to
  • 00:24:32
    comment on on what Larry said about the
  • 00:24:36
    uh
  • 00:24:36
    OV you know he he stressed you'll recall
  • 00:24:40
    that this is not this is not a strategic
  • 00:24:42
    weapon no no what's it all about well
  • 00:24:46
    strategic weapons are ifof factor
  • 00:24:49
    nuclear weapons and puin made a
  • 00:24:52
    statement in aana I think was the 28th
  • 00:24:55
    of November which has gotten them into
  • 00:24:57
    some trouble I believe okay what he said
  • 00:25:00
    is and I'll read it here military and
  • 00:25:04
    Technical
  • 00:25:05
    experts note that when it's used in a
  • 00:25:09
    concentrated massive strike that is
  • 00:25:12
    using several arnik missiles
  • 00:25:16
    simultaneously resulting impact is
  • 00:25:18
    comparable in power to that of a nuclear
  • 00:25:22
    weapon period end quote wow okay now I
  • 00:25:26
    won't go into semantics and I'm not a
  • 00:25:28
    scientist and I'm not an engineer I mean
  • 00:25:31
    this is a this is a
  • 00:25:34
    Layman president but he's comparing it
  • 00:25:37
    to the power of a nuclear weapon not the
  • 00:25:39
    fall out or anything what does that mean
  • 00:25:42
    well it means that the US can go back
  • 00:25:45
    and say to Russia look you said that if
  • 00:25:48
    we mounted anything that was nuclear
  • 00:25:51
    capable like on an F16 or anything like
  • 00:25:54
    that you would shoot it down right away
  • 00:25:56
    so be aware we know this is the
  • 00:25:59
    equivalent of a nuclear weapon even
  • 00:26:01
    though you say it's not strategic even
  • 00:26:03
    you say you do say that is nuclear
  • 00:26:06
    capable so I think puin is this is very
  • 00:26:09
    interesting because the the full text of
  • 00:26:11
    his speech was Tak it off the web Tak it
  • 00:26:15
    off the president of of the Russian
  • 00:26:17
    federation's website okay so this bus is
  • 00:26:20
    about Putin crowing about if you use
  • 00:26:22
    several these artics together that quote
  • 00:26:28
    the resulting impact is comparable in
  • 00:26:31
    power to a nuclear weapon well okay it
  • 00:26:34
    is I mean it doesn't have doesn't have
  • 00:26:36
    the burst and the Heat and all that kind
  • 00:26:38
    of stuff but that's semantics he's
  • 00:26:41
    saying look it can can be just as
  • 00:26:44
    powerful as a nuclear weapon and I think
  • 00:26:47
    they're reluctant to give the West a
  • 00:26:49
    chance to say okay you got something as
  • 00:26:51
    powerful as a nuclear weapon uh next
  • 00:26:54
    time you do something we're going to use
  • 00:26:56
    only thing we got comparable which is
  • 00:26:59
    nuclear weapons I think this is very
  • 00:27:01
    dicey in the semantics now but Putin
  • 00:27:04
    said it he's downplaying it now and you
  • 00:27:06
    get people like yapu always saying it's
  • 00:27:08
    a strategic it's it's not a strategic
  • 00:27:11
    weapon it can't do the kinds of things
  • 00:27:14
    that strategic namely nuclear weapons
  • 00:27:17
    do Larry I'll give you the last word
  • 00:27:21
    Biden's people obviously don't
  • 00:27:24
    understand the Russians and don't
  • 00:27:26
    believe what President Putin said say is
  • 00:27:29
    there any reason to expect different
  • 00:27:31
    thinking under Donald Trump no no
  • 00:27:34
    there's no sign that anybody on Trump's
  • 00:27:36
    side either understands the Russians or
  • 00:27:38
    even want to make an attempt to
  • 00:27:40
    understand the Russians you know judge
  • 00:27:42
    what what's shocking you know you Ry and
  • 00:27:45
    I were all sort of children of the Cold
  • 00:27:47
    War we grew up in an era where we were
  • 00:27:50
    taught you know starting an elementary
  • 00:27:52
    school that we we faced a threat from
  • 00:27:55
    International communism and we had to
  • 00:27:57
    stop International communism at any cost
  • 00:28:00
    and that's why we got involved with the
  • 00:28:02
    stupid war in Vietnam in part as well as
  • 00:28:05
    trying to protect France's Colonial uh
  • 00:28:09
    you know his Colony possessions but with
  • 00:28:12
    with the with the implosion of the
  • 00:28:13
    Soviet Union all of a sudden that
  • 00:28:15
    International communist threat went away
  • 00:28:17
    and yet despite that going away despite
  • 00:28:21
    the fact that Vladimir Putin presides
  • 00:28:25
    over a country that emphasizes its
  • 00:28:28
    Christian faith as the primary thing
  • 00:28:32
    that drives that country as it
  • 00:28:35
    emphasizes the importance of family
  • 00:28:37
    values healthy healthy relationships of
  • 00:28:42
    of um husband and wife with children
  • 00:28:46
    they are very traditional very 1950 is
  • 00:28:48
    of them yet the West persists in
  • 00:28:51
    portrain Russia is this enormous threat
  • 00:28:55
    that we must counter at any cost and at
  • 00:28:57
    any uh
  • 00:28:59
    expense it's Madness it's utter Madness
  • 00:29:03
    and there's no rationale for it we keep
  • 00:29:05
    trying to construct one and what's
  • 00:29:08
    really going on is the the reason we
  • 00:29:12
    hate Putin so much at least our leaders
  • 00:29:15
    and the business folks is Putin stopped
  • 00:29:18
    them from raping Russia of its natural
  • 00:29:21
    resources stop the west from seizing the
  • 00:29:24
    oil seizing the gas seizing the gold
  • 00:29:27
    seizing the
  • 00:29:28
    uranium and it's that that greed that
  • 00:29:31
    lust that drives Us in the west there
  • 00:29:34
    nothing that Putin's doing and be just
  • 00:29:37
    instead of recognizing that and shame on
  • 00:29:39
    Trump shame on everyone that he's
  • 00:29:41
    appointed because none of them are
  • 00:29:43
    willing to acknowledge that instead they
  • 00:29:45
    persist with this nonsense that somehow
  • 00:29:48
    Russia represents a threat to us Russia
  • 00:29:50
    does not represent a threat to the
  • 00:29:52
    United States in any form or
  • 00:29:56
    fashion gentleman a great segment I know
  • 00:29:59
    we've all had a long and tiring week and
  • 00:30:01
    uh we just went around the globe but
  • 00:30:04
    thank you very much for your double duty
  • 00:30:06
    as always have a great weekend look
  • 00:30:09
    forward to seeing you both on Monday
  • 00:30:10
    morning all the best thanks judge same
  • 00:30:13
    to
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    you thank you for watching it's been an
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    exhausting week we'll have all of your
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