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S2: Here are some of the news headlines we're watching.
S3: Time. The conference was over. The president won a pledge.
S4: Americans worshiping government over God.
S5: Extremely rare safety move by a.
S4: 17 years the Palestinians and Israelis negotiated.
S5: Hi, friends.
S1: Welcome to In the Market with Janet Parshall. A very
S1: happy Monday to you. To all the dads out there.
S1: Hope you had a fabulous Father's Day weekend. We've got
S1: a lot of news to cover this hour. Our dear
S1: friend Bill Gertz is going to join us. And boy
S1: does he write about national security and defense. And I
S1: don't know, we woke up this morning. I'm kind of
S1: thinking those two topics might be pretty important. I hope
S1: even in the midst of whatever you did this past weekend,
S1: you were watching and praying for the nation of Israel. Boy,
S1: the distinctions between those two nations could not be more profound. First,
S1: a couple of quick observations before I turn you to
S1: some news stories again. Israel with pinpoint specificity. Surgical precision
S1: is destroying equipment and the bases where nuclear capabilities are
S1: being made. That's different from hitting mass population centers, which
S1: is what the Iranians are doing when they fire back.
S1: And the volleys have gone back and forth all week
S1: and long. Ayatollah Khamenei is supposedly mentally distressed at this point.
S1: There were rumors at one point this weekend that he,
S1: in fact, had stepped into eternity. I'm not going to
S1: say that yet, because not unlike the death of Saddam Hussein,
S1: you're going to need multiple verification sources on that one.
S1: But I can tell you that as of this minute,
S1: it looks like that Israel has air superiority. That is
S1: hugely important in this kind of a conflict. I'm going
S1: to turn now to CBN news. An excellent report filed
S1: by Chris Mitchell.
S6: Overnight missiles landed in Tel Aviv killing at least five people.
S6: The IDF says Iran has launched hundreds of ballistic missiles.
S6: Most have been intercepted, but some managed to hit Israeli cities,
S6: including Bat-yam, over the weekend. Behind me is just one
S6: of the locations where Iranian missiles have hit it shared
S6: one apartment building in half, destroyed a building beside it,
S6: and the damage goes for blocks around. The missile contained
S6: nearly £1,000 of explosives. Nine were killed in the attack,
S6: three of them children and nearly 200 injured.
S7: But our spirit is strong and it will win. We
S7: know that our enemies tried to target civilians, but this
S7: is why, starting tomorrow, we're going to rebuild this area.
S7: We have 75 building that was took a hit.
S8: I tell you, these are very large, uh, missiles that
S8: are landing here to cause such damage like this. Iran
S8: has openly called for the annihilation of Israel, of the
S8: United States. Of all Western ideology. Israel had to do
S8: a preemptive strike in order to defend our civilians. Now,
S8: what we're targeting is A strategic military targets what they're targeting,
S8: like you see behind me in the various sites across
S8: Israel is civilian infrastructure, residential communities.
S6: Speaking from the site at Bat-yam, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
S6: Netanyahu warned of what might happen if Iran is not stopped.
S9: Imagine what would happen if Iran had nuclear weapons that
S9: would fall on all Israeli cities. Imagine what would happen
S9: if Iran had 20,000 missiles, not one, but 20,000 of them.
S9: That is an existential threat.
S6: U.S. President Donald Trump supporting Israel's operations but still hoping
S6: Israel and Iran can reach a deal.
S10: Well, I hope there's going to be a deal. I
S10: think it's time for a deal and we'll see what happens.
S10: But sometimes they have to fight it out. But we're
S10: going to see what happens.
S6: The IDF says it's making history. In just four days,
S6: in what some are comparing to the miraculous Six-Day War
S6: in 1967. Israel has targeted the vast array of Iran's
S6: nuclear infrastructure, including enrichment facilities in Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan.
S6: The IDF says most of Iran's military commanders have been eliminated,
S6: and Mossad agents on the ground have taken out Iranian
S6: air defenses, ballistic missiles and nuclear scientists. Meanwhile, social media
S6: videos from inside Iran show Iranian citizens cheering the strikes,
S6: hoping it will bring down the dictatorship that's ruled for
S6: 46 years.
S11: I call upon the Iranian people. This is your moment.
S11: This is your moment to stand up, to remove the
S11: mullahs if you can, and the world will stand behind you.
S6: Opposition sources claim some Iranian leaders have already fled the
S6: country and Israel. The spirit remains resolute. Chris Mitchell CBN news, Jerusalem.
S1: And quickly, I want to turn to a magnificent day
S1: that took place here in Washington, D.C. over the weekend,
S1: a celebration of the birth of the U.S. Army 250 years.
S1: Here's another report from CBN news.
S12: In a rare display of military might.
S13: USA. USA.
S12: Thousands of soldiers march in formation, escorted by tanks, Humvees
S12: and helicopters roaring overhead. A bold display in the nation's capital.
S14: It makes me feel proud.
S12: It was all part of a historic celebration, as the U.S.
S12: Army marks 250 years of service.
S15: I think it's I don't know why they don't do
S15: it every year.
S16: Celebrating the courage and the bravery that each of our
S16: service members, you know, show when they fight for us.
S16: It's important to celebrate that.
S12: The parade, spearheaded by President Trump, who long pushed for
S12: a large scale military display in the Capitol. While not
S12: organized in his honor, it coincided with his 79th birthday.
S10: Our souls are filled with gratitude for every generation of
S10: warriors who have worn the uniform all the way back
S10: to the very beginning.
S12: The last time a national military parade was held in
S12: the nation's capital was in June of 1991, marking victory
S12: in the Gulf War. It was a moment of broad
S12: national unity. Today, the tone is far more divided. While
S12: supporters praised the event as inspiring.
S17: And it's really cool to be out here and just
S17: come together as a country.
S12: Not everyone was celebrating.
S18: I'm really disappointed. It looks like an armed city.
S12: Democrats criticize it as an expensive political stunt.
S19: $45 million for a parade, for God's sake.
S12: The event also sparked more than 2000 demonstrations across the country.
S12: The No King's movement protesting what they see as authoritarian
S12: Actions by the Trump administration, including the parade itself. The
S12: marches mostly peaceful, but some crowds clashed with police in
S12: Los Angeles and Atlanta. In Northern Virginia, a man drove
S12: a truck into protesters, injuring one. But along the parade route,
S12: a stark contrast of patriotism and gratitude to the army.
S12: For two and a half centuries of service and sacrifice.
S12: In Washington, Tara Mergener CBN news.
S1: It was a spectacular event. There were no protests in Washington.
S1: There was only pride. And at one point, the only
S1: reference to the president was when some of the troops
S1: spontaneously broke into singing Happy Birthday. It was fascinating to
S1: watch all of the different regiments march in their uniforms,
S1: representing that particular era of American history. It starts now,
S1: a year long celebration, as next year will be America's
S1: official 250th birthday. We'll keep you posted on the events.
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S20: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected 43 sorties of Chinese aircraft,
S20: six Chinese naval vessels operating near its territorial waters. On Wednesday,
S20: 25 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan's northern,
S20: central and southwestern air defense identification zone. Taiwan said they
S20: have monitored the situation and responded accordingly. Earlier on Tuesday,
S20: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported 14 sorties of Chinese aircraft,
S20: six Chinese naval vessels and one official ship operating near
S20: its territorial waters. Taiwan's coast guard also held drills with
S20: the military on Sunday to better practice joint operations in
S20: the face of the growing threat. President Lai said that
S20: Taiwan has been facing constant gray intrusion from China.
S21: Taiwan has been facing constant gray intrusion from China, but
S21: our Coast Guard colleagues have always been on the front
S21: line to enforce the law and protect the lives and
S21: safety of the people of Taiwan. The government will continue
S21: to consolidate the strength of all departments and strengthen the
S21: resilience of the entire society to defend national security and
S21: safeguard Taiwan's democracy and freedom.
S1: Now, that's an Indian news outlet reporting on the ongoing
S1: mounting tensions between Taiwan and the CCP. And you can
S1: sense an urgency there that we don't get stateside. And
S1: I wanted you to hear that among that issue and
S1: a whole lot more, are the things we're going to
S1: talk about with Bill Gertz. Always a joy to spend
S1: time with him. National security correspondent for The Washington Times.
S1: Been with them for decades. I don't think they ever
S1: want to let him go. He's that good. He's the
S1: author of multiple books, most of them best selling. I
S1: always choose one as a reference. I've not taken them
S1: in order, by the way. But I think if you
S1: want a starting point to understand that when the Communist
S1: Chinese tell you they want to take over the world,
S1: you take them at their word. And in this very
S1: important and likewise unsettling book, you're going to be able
S1: to read exactly how this smokeless war, a phrase that
S1: they use, is taking place. Bill writes about it with
S1: eloquence in his book deceiving the Sky Inside Communist China's
S1: Drive for Global Supremacy. He has taught at all the
S1: important intellectual and intelligence centers, and he's multi-awarded not only
S1: his books, but just on the work that he does
S1: as a journalist. We're always thrilled to have him. Bill,
S1: thank you so much. I do indeed want to get
S1: to Taiwan, but I would be horribly remiss as we're
S1: watching the mounting tensions between Israel and Iran. I know
S1: you didn't take your eyes off your screen all weekend.
S1: I'm sure you were checking a multiplicity of other sources
S1: as well. Again, what I just pointed out to our
S1: friends before you joined it is the stark distinction. There's
S1: no moral equality here. Israel with military precision is knocking
S1: out capabilities. Apparently, as of this moment, Israel is alleged
S1: to have air superiority. They're going after the nuclear plants.
S1: They're going after jets again with precision. They're not going
S1: after people. Iran comes back. They shoot at densely populated areas,
S1: which of course have no military advantage. It's just a
S1: matter of creating a Um, a crash in morale and
S1: eliminating as many of the, quote, Zionist regime as you
S1: possibly can. So the president makes the statement that he's
S1: not going to be involved in offense, not going into Iran.
S1: But however, we are offering help in terms of defense,
S1: two carriers, as of at least this weekend in the Mediterranean,
S1: one in the Arabian Sea, and apparently they're obviously working
S1: off of our intelligence. And now that the cat's out
S1: of the bag, we know that there were conversations with Netanyahu,
S1: despite the president's sort of laissez faire remarks on his
S1: way to the Kennedy Center, that there had been some
S1: cooperation between Israel and the United States. And, if I might,
S1: might add, my own editorial opinion, as there well should be.
S1: So this is going on and on and on. What
S1: I kept asking myself all weekend is as hard as
S1: Iran has been, has been hit over the past several days.
S1: Where are they continuing to get all of these missiles?
S22: Well hi Janet, always great to be on the show. Um,
S22: the Iranian ballistic missile arsenal, uh, includes 3000 missiles. Not
S22: all of them can reach Israel. There are varying ranges,
S22: but about. They've got about a thousand missiles capable of
S22: ranging Israel. And they've fired, oh, I guess about at
S22: least 180. Probably more. And, uh, Israel for the most part,
S22: has been able to knock them out. They have a
S22: very good missile defense system. So they've got a lot
S22: of missiles. And, uh, uh, luckily they're they're ballistic. In
S22: other words, their trajectory is very predictable. And that makes
S22: their their Iron Dome system, the Thad battery that the
S22: US sent, they're capable of knocking them out. Um, yeah.
S22: It's a, uh, it's an escalating conflict. I think, um,
S22: you know, the Israeli prime Minister Netanyahu came out, uh,
S22: when they launched the strikes and said very clearly that
S22: Israel had some new intelligence or new information indicating that
S22: the Iranian nuclear weapons program was further along than US
S22: assessments or even the International Atomic Energy Agency. And I
S22: think that was really the basis they have a they
S22: have a window of opportunity and they could they someone
S22: posted online a graph showing that within a very short
S22: period of time, Iran will pass a certain threshold where
S22: they'll really quickly be able to develop a nuclear warhead.
S22: And they have, as I say, they've got 3000 missiles,
S22: which they can use to fire them. So that's kind
S22: of what triggered it. Now, our own CIA or Director
S22: of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, came out with a statement
S22: reflecting her anti-war views, stating that the intelligence community had
S22: no information that Iran was building nuclear weapons. So there
S22: does seem to be a discrepancy between what the Israelis
S22: know about Iran's nuclear program and what the U.S. knows.
S22: And the U.S. intelligence record is very poor on weapons
S22: of mass destruction. Um, take a look at Iraq.
S1: Yeah, yeah, exactly. And in this case, I put my
S1: money on Israel. Thank you very much. Because for them,
S1: it's an existential threat. You know, you talk about 3000 missiles.
S1: And for people who've been watching the skies light up
S1: for the last several nights, and I pretend they're capped
S1: with nuclear warheads. I mean, just imagine the conversation Bill
S1: and I would be having right now. There are no ands,
S1: ifs or buts. As Netanyahu has said, enough. Now it's
S1: time for action. This cannot continue. Now, Trump has indicated
S1: that he might want to give one more chance for
S1: Iran to sit at the table. Will they do it?
S1: Probably not. They're getting more and more belligerent. We've got
S1: more to talk about with this situation. In fact, in
S1: a world in unrest. And it certainly is that way
S1: right now. We've got a lot to talk about with
S1: Bill Gertz. Read his books, check out his columns g
S1: f I l e.com. That way you'll never miss a
S1: thing that he writes. We've got a whole lot to
S1: talk about with Bill, and we're just getting started, so
S1: we'll continue right after this. We're visiting with Bill Gertz,
S1: national security correspondent for The Washington Times and best selling author.
S1: If I may, let me just linger a little bit
S1: longer because of the ongoing tension. It's been said over
S1: the weekend, Bill, and I think I tend to agree
S1: that this is not going to be a days. This
S1: could be a week long confrontation, particularly when you tell
S1: us that Iran alone has 3000 missiles, and I don't
S1: see them deciding to stop anytime soon. What we know, allegedly,
S1: at least through the IDF, is that most of the
S1: Iranian military leaders have been disposed of. There were reports
S1: over the weekend that Ayatollah Khomeini had died. That has
S1: not been independently verified and given as the world watch
S1: was Saddam Hussein. I think we're going to want multiple verifications.
S1: Another more recent report that came out today said that
S1: the ayatollah is suffering mentally at this point, but who
S1: knows what comes out of that propaganda machine. But what
S1: we do know is that the Iranian people are hoping
S1: that this might be a moment of liberation. There stands
S1: in exile a prince who is willing to come back
S1: at any moment. And the history of this cannot be missed.
S1: It's called the rising lion from Israel's perspective. But the
S1: lion resides right there in the flag of Iran. And
S1: the Iranian people have a long history of supporting Israel.
S1: So this is the ayatollahs and this is the military leadership.
S1: This is not the Iranian people. Hence, I think Israel's
S1: even greater desire to be precision in their going after Iran,
S1: not having collateral damage with individuals as well. What I
S1: found also encouraging, and I'd love your take on this,
S1: is that we got Jordan to say, okay, you can
S1: shoot down drones over our airspace, and then Saudi Arabia,
S1: the Arabian Giant, steps into all of this and says,
S1: you can do the same thing here. From your vantage
S1: point as somebody who just has this in your DNA,
S1: what does that mean about the region at large?
S22: Well, I think that there are major concerns about the
S22: Iranian threat. It's been building up for years. It was
S22: basically facilitated during the Obama administration, where you had the
S22: infiltration of of pro-Iranian people, officials into the Obama administration,
S22: and that continued under the Biden administration. So basically, I
S22: think the region, the Middle East, is really waking up
S22: to the Iranian threat. The Israelis are taking care of business. They, again,
S22: are going after the nuclear sites, and they see that
S22: as an existential threat that they're risking going to war
S22: all out war with us. You know, whether or not
S22: and they've taken out a number of leaders, military leaders
S22: in the nuclear scientists as well. Um, I remember when
S22: Israel did this many, many years ago when they took
S22: out the Osirak reactor in Iraq. And I was fortunate
S22: to meet the, uh, uh, the leader of that operation,
S22: David Ivry, who was the ambassador to the United States.
S22: And I went to his office and, uh, he had
S22: a big map of the Osirak, uh, raid and was
S22: signed by all the principals. And the the bottom line
S22: said that it to it was called operation uh, opera,
S22: and it was signed to the conductor by the members of.
S22: Of understanding threats and dealing with them. Um, you know,
S22: I think the real danger right now is Iranian retaliation
S22: against the United States. Clearly, we're moving aircraft carriers and
S22: warships nearby. We have bombers in the region, and there
S22: are fears that in order to escalate the conflict and
S22: try to drag the United States into another war in
S22: the Middle East, there could be some type of Iranian
S22: attack on direct U.S. interests, whether they're U.S. troops abroad
S22: or U.S. businesses, or terrorists or terrorist attack, or even
S22: a terrorist attack in the United States, which could basically
S22: trigger an expansion of the war.
S1: Okay, so this is a Bobby Fischer chess moment. Let
S1: me sit and linger with you a little bit about this.
S1: You said, and I agree with your assessment 100%, that
S1: Iran is deemed to be a problem in that part
S1: of the world. That's why you're getting countries like Jordan
S1: and Saudi Arabia to say, absolutely, you can go ahead
S1: and use airspace. You take care of it. It's your problem,
S1: but get rid of them. So if they do that,
S1: I do not see any nation necessarily coming alongside the
S1: only one that might possibly do it would somehow they'd
S1: get support from Russia. Russia's, however, rather busy in the
S1: Ukraine right now and behind Russia we know that China
S1: is also doing we know that China supports a lot
S1: of what's going on in Iran, but they can't show
S1: their hand. It seems to me they'd rather be a
S1: lot more circuitous about this. So if they quote, have
S1: to go it alone and they try to provoke the
S1: United States, as you just put out as a hypothetical,
S1: and I think it's a very real one. And they
S1: try to pull the United States in somehow. You said
S1: their missiles are capped at 3000. If they don't get
S1: any other nation that comes up and supports them, then
S1: how are they going to be able to go the
S1: distance on this?
S22: Well, they're not. And back in October, the Israelis, during
S22: one of their raids on Iran, basically took out, I
S22: want to say, something like 80 to 90% of Iran's
S22: integrated air defense network, which is basically Chinese with some
S22: Russian anti-aircraft missiles thrown in, too. And that basically gave
S22: the Israelis free reign over over Iran. So they knew
S22: that they were that was I think was preparation for
S22: this attack in June, which basically, again, is to take
S22: out the nuclear program. Um, you know, whether, uh, the
S22: Iranians can be sustain their attack. I mean, I think
S22: they've got enough missiles. If they have 1000 long range
S22: missiles capable of reaching Israel, which would be intermediate range. Um,
S22: they've still got a lot of firepower there. Um, the
S22: question is leadership and command and control. Do they have that?
S22: I think the Israelis have exquisite intelligence, and their their
S22: ability to target and identify things is pretty exquisite. So
S22: they might have damaged the Iranian military so badly that
S22: they may be unable to sustain a conflict. In fact,
S22: there's a report this morning that they're looking to, uh,
S22: enter into some kind of negotiations or in ending the conflict.
S1: Yes, I saw that as well, where they're saying, let's
S1: come back to the table, then you don't know if
S1: they're playing the game of being a fox. I don't
S1: know if this one has to be watched very carefully.
S1: I'm so glad I asked you. I knew you would
S1: have keen insight, and we were not the tiniest bit disappointed.
S1: But equally, I would be remiss if I didn't start
S1: talking about China, starting with the activities that happened in
S1: the streets of America over the weekend and the presence
S1: in the midst of all of that. Bill Gertz is
S1: with us again, award winning author with The New York
S1: Times back after this. Washington. Our team of partial partners
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S1: in the market with Janet Parshall. We're visiting with Bill Gertz,
S1: national security correspondent for The Washington Times, did not mean
S1: to insult Bill by saying The New York Times, not
S1: a compliment. He's been with the times since the mid 1980s,
S1: by the way. He's authored multiple books. Most of them
S1: end up being best selling. And if you go to
S1: my information page, you're going to see all the places
S1: where he's taught. He's that well respected. And that's why
S1: I think he's had his job for so long, just
S1: absolutely above reproach, reporting factual, great sources. And he's a
S1: bit prophetic, by the way, because when everybody else wanted
S1: to talk about if we just introduced the CCP to
S1: cell phones, they'll give up their wicked, wicked communist ways
S1: and it'll be a sun'll come out tomorrow that when
S1: we're not singing that song and that hasn't done anything
S1: except to make them even more desirous of global hegemony.
S1: And that's exactly what Bill writes about on a regular basis.
S1: And in deceiving the sky, you'll hear about this smokeless war,
S1: how China, with its tendril outreaches, is infiltrating the United States,
S1: the globe. But the United States in particular, because we
S1: are the biggest obstacle without having to fire a bullet.
S1: So that takes me to this past weekend. Boy, it
S1: was interesting to read a lot of people who fled
S1: China and are now here, citizens of the United States.
S1: So they know Marxism. They got a front seat to
S1: what was happening. They saw what happened during the Cultural Revolution.
S1: They saw what happened when hardened totalitarianism took up residency
S1: in their country. And they can see the signs. It's
S1: like crying out, there's a tornado coming and people are
S1: only seeing rainbows in the sky. But a lot of
S1: these people were warning that the dissidents that were taking
S1: over the streets this past weekend, although being in Washington,
S1: I have to tell you, I think most people showed
S1: up for the Army parade, but that's just my take
S1: that China was funding a lot of this. In fact,
S1: there were websites written in Chinese saying, come and be
S1: a part of all of this. You can't think that
S1: some of that wasn't being fomented by the CCP. It
S1: certainly is in alignment with their global goal. Talk to
S1: me about this.
S22: Uh, sure. Uh, in my most recent, uh, Inside the
S22: Ring column, I noted that, uh, state run trolls on X,
S22: formerly Twitter, uh, were basically picking up and, uh, promoting, uh,
S22: the riots in Los Angeles. And there's been some investigative reporting.
S22: The Daily Caller Foundation found that certain groups of Chinese Americans,
S22: these groups that are formed, uh, and are linked to
S22: this entity known as the United Front Work Department, which
S22: is a Chinese Communist Party influence, uh, operation that according
S22: to congressional testimony, they spend like $11 billion a year,
S22: and they're connecting to a lot of the, uh, American,
S22: Chinese American organizations such as Asian Americans for Progressive America,
S22: California political action group that was supporting the so-called No
S22: Kings protests that took place last weekend. And then there's
S22: some other groups, too. United Chinese Americans, which has been
S22: linked to the United Front Work Department. Uh, they get
S22: money from the Chinese government, and they're I think they're
S22: they're not the main organizers. Uh, but there is, uh, some,
S22: some evidence, uh, there's a gentleman named Singham who is a, uh,
S22: Shanghai based, uh, communist who identifies himself as a Maoist.
S22: And he's been bankrolling a lot of, uh, activities of, uh,
S22: these leftist groups, including his wife is the founder of
S22: a group called CodePink, which in one time used to
S22: criticize China for its human rights abuses, but has since
S22: changed and completely become a tool of the Chinese Communist
S22: Party and promoted. They go into congressional hearings and, uh, basically, uh,
S22: disrupt these hearings and protests and start shouting things and
S22: get thrown out. Uh, representative uh, Anna Paulina Paulina Luna
S22: has said that this is they're basically Chinese government funding
S22: and they should be banned from the capital and has asked, uh,
S22: government House government Committee to begin an investigation into Singham
S22: and his wife to see if there are links to, uh,
S22: fomenting domestic unrest in the United States by the Chinese government.
S22: It's certainly in line with their, uh, their policies. They
S22: want to take as much energy and resources into weakening
S22: the United States. Uh, they want to take over the world.
S22: They're on track to do that. And it's only the
S22: United States that's going to stop them. And so they
S22: look at the Chinese Communist Party views the United States
S22: as the world leader of capitalism and their ideology, Marxism-Leninism
S22: with Chinese characteristics makes Uh, capitalism, the, uh, enemy of
S22: their state and their policies.
S1: First of all, I'm so glad that you brought up Neville.
S1: I think it's important for people to understand who the
S1: players are. He's George Soros, sells his tech company, makes
S1: billions of dollars. Lives, as I understand, in China, in Singapore.
S1: And so I wanted people to understand this connection to
S1: his wife with Code Pink. These are absolute revolutionaries. If
S1: you're on X at all, very often you will see
S1: a member of Code Pink come up and verbally accost
S1: a member of Congress trying to shout them down. And sometimes,
S1: in fact, most of the time they're outwitted and outmatched.
S1: But it's always interesting back and forth. But he obviously
S1: doesn't like America. I think he can say that to
S1: with impunity, and that he absolutely opposes the ideas of
S1: democracy as enshrined in our documents, as opposed to marxist-leninism
S1: with characteristic China, with Chinese characteristics in the CCP. So
S1: to say that they were trying to infiltrate at some level,
S1: I think is extremely important. But as you write and have,
S1: they've infiltrated in a myriad myriad of other areas. And
S1: a couple of things I want to ask you about
S1: over the weekend. It's interesting, and I don't know what
S1: triggered it for this to be another dialogue in the marketplace.
S1: But over the weekend, there were some rather robust conversations
S1: about China buying farmland. This I don't get at all. Bill,
S1: it's national security. Why are we having a foreign entity,
S1: a rogue nation, who has made a declaration that we
S1: are an encumbrance to their global control? Why are we
S1: giving them permission to buy farmland, particularly when they're often
S1: near military bases? It defies common sense and logic and logic,
S1: and it is most assuredly a security issue.
S22: It's a reflection of the unsure and confused policies of
S22: the United States for 40 years. We look the other
S22: way on the threat from China, and there's still a
S22: lot of people that have this notion that, uh, either
S22: for political reasons, they look at China as the ideological future,
S22: their Marxist or sympathetic to Chinese communism, or they're in
S22: the business community, which again was told for decades, let's
S22: just trade with China. It's a 1.4 billion people market,
S22: and let's just trade with them and everything will be fine.
S22: We've never we haven't excised that problem yet. That that, uh,
S22: the the debate is still underway. The business community and
S22: the leftists still want to engage and be friends with
S22: China and conservatives and normal thinking people recognize, look, this
S22: is a regime that is is out to destroy our
S22: country and we've got to take steps to prevent it.
S22: So that's kind of where you see a lot of
S22: these things buying farmland. And, you know, I just had
S22: a piece in The Washington Times today will be in
S22: our print edition tomorrow, but it's about China and Russia,
S22: both Of building container missiles, that is, cruise missiles that
S22: can strike at long distances disguised as shipping containers, which
S22: could be used for many of their port facilities very
S22: close to the United States, and also was highlighted by
S22: the Ukrainian Ukrainian drone strike, which used a container truck
S22: that they were able to infiltrate near military bases. So
S22: for the Chinese to be allowed to buy farmland near
S22: military bases, this creates a huge threat. They could just
S22: send container missiles to those places and knock out our
S22: missile bases, or our air bases and missile bases in
S22: a crisis or conflict.
S1: Exactly. And I find this a fascinating conversation and a
S1: prescient one. It seems to me that some are going
S1: to hearken back and say, well, it's states rights versus federalism, right?
S1: So if the state of Wyoming says we want to
S1: sell farmland to China, that's our business. But if there's
S1: a national security risk because of rockets are launched out
S1: of Wyoming, I don't think they're only going to hit Wyoming, right?
S1: They're going to go anywhere they want to go in
S1: these United States of America. So I don't know. I'm
S1: looking for the lawyers to step forward to say that
S1: this is a federalist issue. It is not just a
S1: states rights issue. When you look, for example, at North Dakota,
S1: they own land near an air force base in North Dakota,
S1: and they've been purchasing more ever since then. They're up
S1: to almost 400,000 acres. And that's an old figure. So
S1: I'm sure the number is higher than that now. So
S1: what I don't it doesn't tie into trade. I know
S1: that money doesn't talk. It shouts. But why in the
S1: world would you not just have the perspective that government's
S1: number one job is to protect its people? So we're
S1: not going to bring in a country who's declared it
S1: wants to get us out of the way so they
S1: can globally dominate. Why would you sell them land and
S1: make their job easier?
S22: Yeah, it's, uh, it's hard to understand that too, but
S22: I think it's a reflection of, again, the political divisions where. Yes. Uh,
S22: there's a lot of, uh, people in political leadership positions,
S22: whether it's in states or in Congress who just do
S22: not see that China as a threat whatsoever. In fact,
S22: they they they like China, they favor China, and they
S22: want the United States to be a communist state, which, again,
S22: would be a disaster. It would be the worst thing
S22: that could ever happen to our country, as if the
S22: socialists take over and the socialists in the United States,
S22: whether they claim to be democratic socialists or not, are
S22: basically ideologically aligned with communist regimes like China. And China
S22: may be working with the Democrats behind the scenes. I
S22: don't know that, but it certainly would fit with their
S22: united front work department efforts to try to promote socialists,
S22: that they could then come to dominate if they ever
S22: came to power in the U.S..
S1: So Friday, Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota speaks at the
S1: center for American Progress, a very left leaning organization, and
S1: makes the stunning statement that China is the only country
S1: that has the moral authority. His words, not mine. To
S1: settle the conflict between Iran and Israel. When we come back, Bill,
S1: I want to get your take on that. The moral authority.
S1: I'm sorry. And again, I first Samuel says, I can't
S1: see what's going on in Governor Waltz's heart. Man looks
S1: on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.
S1: So I can't see inside his heart, but I can
S1: measure what comes out of his mouth, because the Bible
S1: also says, out of the overflow of the heart, the
S1: mouth speaks. So when you make a statement like that,
S1: the first question that comes to mind is, are you
S1: an operative? Are you on the payroll? What in the
S1: world would make you think that a country that has
S1: killed multiple millions of its own people is practicing genocide
S1: today and believes in aggressive expansionism, somehow has the moral
S1: authority to equate what's going on? I'm going to get
S1: Bill's take on this when we return.
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S1: and it's all worth your time. So speaking of the
S1: smokeless war, you wrote about this just a few days ago.
S1: I'd love for you to give a further explanation to
S1: our listeners as well. Now we've got a third Chinese
S1: national that's charged with smuggling biological materials capable of causing
S1: diseases in humans has been charged in the state of Michigan.
S1: What is the story here?
S22: Well, this is certainly a very alarming situation. Basically, three researchers,
S22: two of whom have been arrested, two women Chinese nationals,
S22: one guy who was the boyfriend of one of the
S22: University of Michigan laboratory researchers was allowed to leave the country,
S22: probably in a mistake between customs and and the FBI.
S22: They dropped the ball and this guy got away, but
S22: they were caught smuggling biological materials that are essentially dual use.
S22: By that, I mean they have civilian applications for research,
S22: maybe anti pathogen work, or more likely they are engaged
S22: in biological warfare. Now, the Chinese government claims that they
S22: have tightened controls on the export of biological materials. It
S22: will be interesting to see if these two Chinese nationals
S22: are in any way punished. Reports indicate that both of
S22: the women have links to the Chinese Communist Party, and
S22: that they were basically one was smuggling in a, uh,
S22: grain disease that could cause massive what they call Agroterrorism
S22: could actually wipe out crops. And you could just imagine again,
S22: in a in a conflict with China over Taiwan. They
S22: could unleash these biological, uh, toxins that could infect our
S22: crops and destroy large numbers of US crops. The second
S22: researcher was caught with samples of a medium and containing, uh, roundworms,
S22: which is a, uh, basically a parasite that can infect
S22: and kill humans as well as infect soil as well.
S22: And damaged soil. So, uh, we don't have a lot
S22: of detail on what the other side is going to say.
S22: I have a feeling that Chinese will come out and say, oh,
S22: they were just conducting innocent research. But for the Chinese,
S22: there is no such thing as innocent research. They have
S22: what is known as the civil military fusion program. Everything
S22: in China, whether it's their factories that make refrigerators and
S22: they also make missiles. If there are pharmaceuticals and biological Research.
S22: It also goes toward their military biological weapons program. So
S22: that's really the case here. And but again, they've just
S22: made the arrest and they haven't released a lot of details.
S22: There's no indictment. So once the indictment is issued, we'll
S22: probably get a little more detail on these two Chinese
S22: nationals that are in custody in Michigan and under federal
S22: charges of smuggling deadly biological materials.
S1: Stunning. Absolutely stunning. Let me break this down a little bit.
S1: You know, I love the language of the 21st century.
S1: We're having to learn on the run. Agroterrorism. So one
S1: of these, this toxic fungus apparently would attack wheat, barley,
S1: maize and rice. Now, I want folks to think about
S1: that for a minute, because that's not an over there conversation.
S1: If this happened and this is when you say a
S1: smokeless war, if you were to damage the crops here
S1: in the United States, what would it do to the
S1: supply chain? What would it do to food? What would
S1: it do to the markets that trade in these commodities?
S1: So there'd be an economic impact, there'd be a pragmatic impact.
S1: There'd be an impact on our dinner table. and then
S1: this other one that the ringworm. What I find sad
S1: about this is that apparently it's called a vomit toxin,
S1: because what it can do is it can make the
S1: livestock sick, diarrhea, lose weight, and it also does it
S1: to people as well. So in other words, with these toxins,
S1: you could wipe out our plants, our grains, and you
S1: could wipe out our livestock, which would feed, which would
S1: hit the meat supply bill all of that without firing
S1: a shot. And now if these people are going to
S1: be prosecuted, are they going to be prosecuted at the
S1: federal level and not just in Michigan?
S22: Yes. They are facing federal charges. And based on the
S22: statements by the US attorney in Detroit and the FBI director, they're, uh,
S22: they're pretty concerned that this is some type of weapons
S22: related or potentially weapons related activity by the Chinese. Um,
S22: it could be that, again, the Chinese are trying to
S22: leverage our ability, our advanced laboratory capabilities in order to
S22: advance their own progress. Perhaps the Chinese laboratories aren't as
S22: advanced as the one at the University of Michigan. Again,
S22: a lot of questions here on what's going on, but
S22: it certainly is alarming that they were caught with these samples. Uh,
S22: it was not a sophisticated effort. If it was truly a, uh, sophisticated, uh,
S22: pla People's Liberation Army effort, I don't think these people
S22: would have been caught as easily as they were, but
S22: certainly an alert, uh, Customs and Border Protection agents were
S22: able to uncover some of these samples and then basically
S22: rapidly track down that they were they were up to
S22: no good.
S1: Yeah. Such an excellent point. Let me linger there for
S1: a minute so we can just realize that there are
S1: quiet people doing good work all the time. They don't
S1: make headlines in the alphabet soup networks, but they're heroes nonetheless.
S1: So if you were doing this because you wanted to, uh,
S1: these were bona fide, accepted scientific experiments, they'd come in packaged,
S1: very forthright, upright. There'd be all kinds of paperwork that
S1: follows it. These people were smuggling. Smuggling. So if they're
S1: smuggling into the country, that raises your first red flag
S1: the second. And I want people to not miss what
S1: you just said, because you've taught me well that there
S1: is never anything but an intersection between anything that happens
S1: in China and the military. So again, is this another
S1: way to look at their warfare, which is very interesting.
S1: I got about 60s left. You wrote a piece at
S1: the beginning of the month, just a sentence or two,
S1: entitled Brain Control Warfare China's Bleeding Edge strategy for winning
S1: without firing a shot. Brain control warfare?
S22: Yes. Cognitive warfare. Uh, I use brain control because that's
S22: what we don't know. Again, this is there's not a
S22: lot of details from the US government on that. A
S22: lot of Chinese military writings have talked about this. They
S22: look at it cognitive warfare as a new realm of warfare.
S22: Warfare is moving from the kinetic battlefield to mines. That
S22: is influencing populations, Regulations interfering with the decision making capabilities
S22: of military commanders, those types of things. It's a reflection
S22: of China's unrestricted warfare. The use of all forms in
S22: order for that would allow a weaker power to destroy
S22: and defeat a stronger power.
S1: Well, I left a hanging participle five seconds. Your thoughts
S1: on Tim Waltz saying that China has the moral authority
S1: to broker the deal with Israel and Iran.
S22: Yeah, this is what they call elite capture of the
S22: Chinese have used this to influence senior U.S. officials and leaders.
S22: And clearly, to me, Tim Waltz looks like an agent
S22: of the Chinese. A fellow traveler or an influence agent
S22: who's so supportive of China, he would make the ridiculous
S22: statement that there are moral leader.
S1: How? Well, as the line goes out of The Manchurian Candidate,
S1: he's not just been brainwashed, he's been dry cleaned. Thanks, Bill,
S1: so much. We'll see you next time on in the
S1: market with Janet Parshall.