WEBVTT - We Must Show Power.  Mike Lyons Talks to A&G

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<v Speaker 1>From the Abraham Lincoln Radio Studio at the George Washington

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<v Speaker 1>Broadcast Center, Jack Armstrong and Joe Jetty Armstrong and Jetty Show.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it deserves serious consideration. I think we need

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<v Speaker 1>to look at the gamut of options that are out

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<v Speaker 1>there for us. We need to calculate the risk and

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<v Speaker 1>be smart about it. I think you have to at

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<v Speaker 1>that point consider a note fly zone. I think is

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty logical next step. But I'll give you a

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<v Speaker 1>halfway house. That would be going back to the idea

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<v Speaker 1>of getting fighters in the hands of the Ukrainians, and

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<v Speaker 1>I get all the puts and takes of that. You

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<v Speaker 1>want Ukraine to do the note they would basically be

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<v Speaker 1>the ones to do it, not NATO. Is that is

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<v Speaker 1>that the goal on this is so that's Admiral James

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<v Speaker 1>Stravitis who is on WELSO with a former ambassador and

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<v Speaker 1>they both were for a no fly zone and the

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<v Speaker 1>admirals take I saw him on MSNBC today he said,

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<v Speaker 1>might take from looking at the talk shows over the

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<v Speaker 1>weekend and and statements out of the White Houses that

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<v Speaker 1>everything is now on the table. So, as I was

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<v Speaker 1>saying last week, I feel like at least the the mood,

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<v Speaker 1>the weight of the conversation is moving toward a no

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<v Speaker 1>fly zone. Mike Lions did tweet out yesterday it would

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<v Speaker 1>invite even a small nuclear response, possibly on the homeland

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<v Speaker 1>from Russia, which is a big deal. Hello. Well, speaking

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<v Speaker 1>of Mike Clions, military analyst of my clients, West Point graduate,

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<v Speaker 1>served with various American military here. He organizations both on

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<v Speaker 1>the home front and in Europe and in uh Iraq

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<v Speaker 1>through his career. Joins US. Now, Mike Lions, how are you,

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<v Speaker 1>sir guys? It's to make amazing to me if you know.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to go against the fourth star general obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>but the fourth star making that kind of comment is

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<v Speaker 1>almost irresponsible in terms of what all the nuance that

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<v Speaker 1>has to go in. Did he kind of then say, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's because the Ukraines are going to do the new

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<v Speaker 1>flight zone. Do you think they would do that now

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<v Speaker 1>if they could twenty nine nig airplanes and not changing

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<v Speaker 1>the calculus on that. I'm just surprised that we're there

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<v Speaker 1>that's being floated politically still on any level here, that

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<v Speaker 1>is completely off the table unless we want to risk

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<v Speaker 1>having an attack on our homeland, our attack in a

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<v Speaker 1>European city or something, because that's really what it would

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<v Speaker 1>lead to. Well, so I was a little concerned over

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend. UM, modern journalism being what it is in

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<v Speaker 1>the twenty four hour news cycle and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Is this a bad idea that we're nailing so many

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<v Speaker 1>things down? Um? And maybe all this talk of the

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<v Speaker 1>no flight his own is just to have it out there.

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<v Speaker 1>So Putin thinks that it's possibly on the table because

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<v Speaker 1>this constantly taking everything, a bunch of things off the

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<v Speaker 1>table to satisfy Chuck tadd and meet the presser whoever,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not any good, right, And that's there's an argument

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<v Speaker 1>to that, But I don't think he is of that ilk.

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<v Speaker 1>He has his own agenda and doesn't necessarily look at

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<v Speaker 1>what's he sees what's done and not what we're doing

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<v Speaker 1>as opposed to what we're not doing. I understand how

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<v Speaker 1>that you could dissuaded by that, But that's not the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of enemy we're dealing with. That. That's again we're

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<v Speaker 1>projecting our values on our own way and trying to

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<v Speaker 1>psychoanalyze our behavior. You're right, the administration is putting all

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<v Speaker 1>these things that are out there that we're not doing

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<v Speaker 1>but the bottom line is we aren't doing them. We're

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<v Speaker 1>not going to do them, and so so it's fine.

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<v Speaker 1>And in some ways he knows that that he random

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<v Speaker 1>and Putin does control this whole thing because he's the

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<v Speaker 1>one who invaded. When I hear Mitt Romney say things

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<v Speaker 1>like we've gotta, you know, turn the tide on him

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<v Speaker 1>and we've gotta get back in control. No no, no, no,

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<v Speaker 1>there's no us controlling. This is his war. This is

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<v Speaker 1>this regional conflict that exists there. You want to insert

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<v Speaker 1>yourself in it, you want to go to the war

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<v Speaker 1>with the nuclear power, then then let's have that conversation

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<v Speaker 1>and see what that leads us to. So again, this

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<v Speaker 1>is not about trying to gain some kind of upper

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<v Speaker 1>hand with him. We're not in this conflict. We really aren't.

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<v Speaker 1>Other than supporting Ukraine, like we are pouring ammunition and

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<v Speaker 1>pouring supplies and that's really all we can do. And

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<v Speaker 1>you your tweet was, so you think Putin would actually

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<v Speaker 1>strike the United States with a nuclear weapon, And I

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<v Speaker 1>think it's possible. I think that we have to consider it.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, and it's not it's not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>something that's going to come from the ural mountains, it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to travel across space. You know, we're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>time to think about it. Where he's gonna take a submarine,

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<v Speaker 1>he's gonna get it close to he's going to get

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<v Speaker 1>close to our shores. He's gonna launch a weapon. He's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna launch something that could hit our our homeland. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see. I don't see if if we decide to

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<v Speaker 1>put in an off fly zone and take a Patriot

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<v Speaker 1>missile and fire it from Poland, fire from a NATO

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<v Speaker 1>country and it chases down a MiG SOVIETNIG plane over

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<v Speaker 1>Russia and and kill the Russian pilot over Russia, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see how he's not responding. I don't see. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't see what is what he's got to respond. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't totally crap. This is a conversation. Well, indeed it is.

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<v Speaker 1>And and you know, Mike, these are extremely difficult questions

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<v Speaker 1>and only hindsight is in these matters. But if if

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<v Speaker 1>we are to preclude, to eliminate any action that might

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<v Speaker 1>provoke putin to do of things you've said, let's bring

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<v Speaker 1>us a conversation, all right, what if there is an

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<v Speaker 1>accidental strike in Poland? What if he uh you know, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there are, there are a number of what ifs. At

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<v Speaker 1>some point, I think we need to be willing to

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<v Speaker 1>do things that might provoke a horrific, cataclysmic reaction or

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<v Speaker 1>we're paralyzed. I'm not sure where that is or what

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<v Speaker 1>that is. I think he has to do that first. So,

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<v Speaker 1>for example, what happened over the weekend, the Interdictions strike

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<v Speaker 1>deep in western Ukraine. That was a huge risk for

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<v Speaker 1>them because they had to do that with pilots. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't have cruise missiles that have enough accuracy, believe it

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<v Speaker 1>or not, that can hit a target that could be

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen miles within a Polish border, within the NATO border.

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<v Speaker 1>So he put min at risk in order to do

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<v Speaker 1>that mission. Why he knew it was important, I'm suppose

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<v Speaker 1>he didn't do it before, but he knew that he

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't make a mistake on it either. He knew he

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't just fire a bunch of cruise missiles at it

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<v Speaker 1>and have him possibly miss and strike Poland, because then

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<v Speaker 1>then possibly then we could respond and do something. Because

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<v Speaker 1>because if we entered this battle conventionally, if we decided

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<v Speaker 1>to come in and we have eight and lined up

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<v Speaker 1>someplace and bet that convoy, for example, that forty mile

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<v Speaker 1>convoy in done in four hours. I mean it's molten

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<v Speaker 1>rubbish in four hours. That the balance of power gets

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<v Speaker 1>tipped so quickly back on the side of Ukraine that

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<v Speaker 1>the level of embarrassment that Vladimir Putin suffers is amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>So again he's cognizant of the fact that he doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>want to bring us in the red line. Everyone talks

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<v Speaker 1>about the red line, the red lines, the border. That's

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom line. There's no chemicals, there's no nuclear The

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<v Speaker 1>red line is the Ukraine board. As long as if

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<v Speaker 1>that's not violated, there's not much we can do, I think,

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<v Speaker 1>at least offensively in order to stop him. And then

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<v Speaker 1>of course, if we are, for instance, we take out

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<v Speaker 1>that convoy and he gets that on the news in Russia,

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<v Speaker 1>then all of a sudden, the public opinion swings towards

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<v Speaker 1>him as he gets to say he's at war with

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<v Speaker 1>the the evil United States. Right, So the hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>forty million people right now who are confused about what's

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<v Speaker 1>going on are no longer confused because now NATO has

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<v Speaker 1>attacked Russia, attacked the Motherland. They start the music up,

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<v Speaker 1>they start all those old videos up about the Great War.

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<v Speaker 1>Here we go. At the end of the day, Russia

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<v Speaker 1>has capacity. They do have things that they can do.

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<v Speaker 1>They have those nuclear weapons, they have they have a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of different capacity. Now their military has failed miserably,

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<v Speaker 1>no question about it. The fact that they know Ukraine

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<v Speaker 1>is not even close to being a peer competitor with them.

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<v Speaker 1>But the fact that they've had to standoff for now,

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<v Speaker 1>which is every day that goes by Ukraine actually gets stronger,

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<v Speaker 1>standoff gets more. I'm not gonna start to be worried

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<v Speaker 1>about stinger missiles that are inside there. Let's hope they'll

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<v Speaker 1>find their way back to shores. Hopefully I have some

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<v Speaker 1>accountability about those, because those weapons can find their way

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<v Speaker 1>outside of Ukraine into the hands of other people. So

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<v Speaker 1>there's a down side also of putting a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>this material into the Ukraine military and making sure that

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<v Speaker 1>they use it. Military analysts Mike Lions on the line, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>I know your student not only of military strategy, but

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<v Speaker 1>society too. It is going to be difficult to contain

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<v Speaker 1>the passions of the Western world when the videos start

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<v Speaker 1>to emerge from say Mariopola or or or Kiev. When

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<v Speaker 1>it finally falls of literally starved children, and and it

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<v Speaker 1>scenes of horror and carnage and or maybe or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>Zelinsky on his knees somewhere. So again, and we need

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<v Speaker 1>to get him out of there. He's got to survive this.

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<v Speaker 1>I still think that the Israeli Prime Minister, when he

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<v Speaker 1>went there a few weeks ago, I think he whispered

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<v Speaker 1>in his ear said, look, it's not going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a good look if you assassinate a Jewish head of state.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not gonna look filing upon that um. And we

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<v Speaker 1>need to get the Chinese in the game. I know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think we're meeting with them this afternoon in Rome,

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<v Speaker 1>but basically sell them, you better get your tach dog

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<v Speaker 1>on a leash here, and you better figure this out

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<v Speaker 1>because we're gonna start sanctioning you. We've got to get tougher.

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<v Speaker 1>We have to show power in places like that. About

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<v Speaker 1>with the Chinese and other influences of Russia, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>Russia asking to Chinese for military and logistical supplies? Is

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<v Speaker 1>that a serious request? And the Chinese are actually gonna

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<v Speaker 1>consider it, So again, that's they're not even a superpower anymore.

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<v Speaker 1>If that, If that is the case, so that's where

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<v Speaker 1>this is going to if we're gonna be in on this,

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<v Speaker 1>so does the Chinese, and the Chinese need to get

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<v Speaker 1>the Russians on the leash pretty quick. I was watching

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<v Speaker 1>David Martin on CBS News yesterday. He said, Russia in

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<v Speaker 1>the next couple of weeks is going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>resupply either people, are equipment or something. I mean, because

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<v Speaker 1>they didn't expect this to last that long. Does that

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<v Speaker 1>sound accurate to you, Yeah, there's no second echelon here. Normally,

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<v Speaker 1>Russian doctrine deploys in multiple waves, um and they have

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<v Speaker 1>different groups that come on and kind of passed through,

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<v Speaker 1>and but this wasn't the plan here. This was a

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<v Speaker 1>special operations group. So for example, they're eventually they're running

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<v Speaker 1>out of animal they running out of artillery in these cities,

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<v Speaker 1>and now those were those the animalyts on those convoys,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a lot of things that are in there.

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<v Speaker 1>They're a're running out, so they can't even feed their soldiers.

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<v Speaker 1>Every day you see these stories of the Russian tanks

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<v Speaker 1>being blown up and the farmers taking them and they're

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<v Speaker 1>abandoning their troops. It is it is mind boggling to me.

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<v Speaker 1>That they haven't thought any of this through. So again,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Ukrainians live to survive one day at a time.

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<v Speaker 1>Right now, if if they can can continue to take

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<v Speaker 1>the pounding and they fight this to a stance, the

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<v Speaker 1>they end up winning. That's exactly where I was going

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<v Speaker 1>to go, Say, the major city's fall and Zelinski either

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<v Speaker 1>heads out of town or is killed or what have you.

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<v Speaker 1>What is the Russian occupation of Ukraine look like in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of numbers of forces, the cost, etcetera. Yeah, not

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<v Speaker 1>very long. You thought Afghanistan was bad, and you thought

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<v Speaker 1>some of those other things were bad. And again, given

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that they won't be able to secure the border,

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<v Speaker 1>that the guerrilla math would mean let's say twenty million

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<v Speaker 1>men remaining in Ukraine, because you know, the women are

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<v Speaker 1>out in children around, a lot of people are out,

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<v Speaker 1>let's say so, so the guerrilla math is anywhere from

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<v Speaker 1>one to two million soldiers that the Russians would need

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<v Speaker 1>inside inside of Ukraine only in order to try to

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<v Speaker 1>pacify that they don't have. They don't have those kind

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<v Speaker 1>of resources. So so again there will be entire groups

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<v Speaker 1>formed in the western part of Ukraine that will come

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<v Speaker 1>in and launch massive attacks on Russian soldiers and there

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<v Speaker 1>won't be a Russian officer safe in any city in Ukraine.

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<v Speaker 1>They won't have a cup of tea thinking there'll be

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<v Speaker 1>poison that don't be able to turn a light switch

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<v Speaker 1>on the they're gonna get blow up. They won't be

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<v Speaker 1>able to turn the ignition on a car they're going

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<v Speaker 1>it's not going to get blown up. That's the kind

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<v Speaker 1>of level of inserviency that's going to take place because

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<v Speaker 1>the whole world is going to help with them, help

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<v Speaker 1>with them too as well. Yeah, I was gonna mention that.

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<v Speaker 1>So I saw a report last night and how there

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<v Speaker 1>are soldiers coming in from all over the world. Americans, Canadians, Australians,

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<v Speaker 1>Brits that have fought in wars. They're there, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>seasoned soldiers that are going to Ukraine to fight. Are

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<v Speaker 1>we gonna be able to continue to get weapons into

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<v Speaker 1>their hands throughout this Yeah, So again they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>try to interdict those supply convoys. I think they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to enter the border with them in hand, but they're

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<v Speaker 1>eventually gonna need to be resupplied as well. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily a fan of that because we see that the

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<v Speaker 1>Russians are bringing in Syrians and whether or not that's

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<v Speaker 1>also a story we remains to be seen. The fact

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<v Speaker 1>that Syrian fighters are gonna come and help this again,

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<v Speaker 1>good luck bringing those guys into that country and not

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<v Speaker 1>being identified as Syrian fighters, and how the people will

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<v Speaker 1>react to that as well. Um So, this is just

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<v Speaker 1>becoming a mess, and it's be the Russians just unable

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<v Speaker 1>on any level to control it, and it's gotten, it

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<v Speaker 1>gets more out of hand for them every day, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's and it's completely outside of their kind of space

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<v Speaker 1>that they thought they were going to be in this now.

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<v Speaker 1>They thought, but this point this would be over and

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<v Speaker 1>done controlled and they'd be honest to the next thing. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>And they're now completely in a situation where I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see the offer for them right now. Great analysis,

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Lions. We can't properly express our appreciation. Great stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you, gi me yep. Absolutely, I absolutely love how

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<v Speaker 1>Mike does not give a single crap about being in

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<v Speaker 1>the mainstream or going with anybody's flow or anything. He

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<v Speaker 1>just calls it as the season. We got to discuss

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<v Speaker 1>some of that. Holy cow, I never thought we'd have

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<v Speaker 1>a conversation like that text is FO five k f

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<v Speaker 1>TC