WEBVTT - Be Concerned.  Very Concerned.  Josh Rogin Talks to A&G

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<v Speaker 1>It's always a pleasure to welcome Josh Rogan to the show.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh is a global opinions calumnist for the Washington Post.

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<v Speaker 1>Came across a piece he wrote recently about China's military

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<v Speaker 1>expansion that I thought was just a home run and

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<v Speaker 1>it's not getting nearly enough conversation. But Josh joins us, Now,

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<v Speaker 1>how are you? Josh? Great? Guys, Listen, if the rapture happened,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd rather be down here with you guys. It's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a lot more fun here. You go an idea. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I wasn't gonna, you know, put two fine a point

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<v Speaker 1>on that, but you appeared to to be here, so yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>experts have had concerns about my soul for quite some time. Yeah, yeah, anyway, Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's yeah, no kidding. It's always great to talk to you.

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<v Speaker 1>I loved your piece in the Post. As I mentioned,

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<v Speaker 1>uh tell us about China's military expansion. How notable is it? Right? Well,

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<v Speaker 1>I had a travel nightmare of my own getting back

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<v Speaker 1>and forth to Singapore last weekend. If you think it's bad,

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<v Speaker 1>if you think that domestic flights are bad, wait till

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<v Speaker 1>you try to catch your forty minute layover in Munich

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<v Speaker 1>and then you find out the entire flight is well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's that was like Saigan, okay, and it was. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a disaster. But eventually I did make it to

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<v Speaker 1>Singapore for this conference called the Shangoli Dialogue. They had

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<v Speaker 1>it every year, except they didn't have it during the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is the first time in a few years.

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<v Speaker 1>All of these diplomats and generals and animals were all

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<v Speaker 1>these countries all over Asia got together. The Chinese People's

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<v Speaker 1>Liberation Army leaders were there. They were meeting with our

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<v Speaker 1>defense secretary. It was a big, big fin deal, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And after spending three days from there, I came back

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<v Speaker 1>pretty scared, Okay, pretty worried, very concerned because the level

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<v Speaker 1>of Chinese government aggression, military expansion, coercion UH in the

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<v Speaker 1>region has gone way up since the last time I

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<v Speaker 1>was in Asian three years, according to everybody in Asia, okay.

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<v Speaker 1>And they'll all tell you the exact same thing. And

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<v Speaker 1>the Chinese military is happy to tell you the same thing,

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<v Speaker 1>which is that they're expanding and they're being more threat

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<v Speaker 1>thing and more coercive, and they're looking at Taiwan and

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<v Speaker 1>they see lunch okay, and they're gonna try it if

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<v Speaker 1>they can. If they get to the level where they

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<v Speaker 1>think they can get away with it, they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>attack Taiwan and subject those poor people, twenty three million

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<v Speaker 1>people who have been living in freedom since nineteen fifty

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<v Speaker 1>nine or whatever, to the worst cruelty you can imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>And so that's why I wrote the column, is like,

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<v Speaker 1>we better wake up to that. And I get that,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the stuff happening in Ukraine and the Middle East.

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<v Speaker 1>The world's a complicated place, but this is a thing

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<v Speaker 1>that's going to happen sooner or later. We better start

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<v Speaker 1>preparing for it now. That's my warning. Yeah. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>when we were talking to you about this surround Hong Kong,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was a similar sort of conversation. It looks

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<v Speaker 1>like it's gonna happen, and then it happened, and it

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<v Speaker 1>has happened, and it's over in. Hong Kong is part

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<v Speaker 1>of China, and we don't want the same thing to

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<v Speaker 1>happen here, right. I mean you could even say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>Hong Kong was actually a Chinese city, so babe, we

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have any right to stop them, but I thought

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<v Speaker 1>we should have stopped them, and we didn't. And those

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<v Speaker 1>eight million people's lives are much worse than you to

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<v Speaker 1>breathe the error freedom, and now they're not all. If

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<v Speaker 1>they go into the town square and say the wrong thing,

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<v Speaker 1>they'll disappear, and the whole family will disappear just like that.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not now be gone from being a free society

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<v Speaker 1>to a fear of society. And I can't remember that

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<v Speaker 1>really happening on that scale in my lifetime. It's pretty shocking.

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<v Speaker 1>And I know a lot of the people who escaped,

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<v Speaker 1>who fled Hong Kong, their lives are ruined. Not to

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<v Speaker 1>mention the people that are in prison, do we really

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<v Speaker 1>want to see that for Taiwan? And the Chinese saying, oh, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that's our country, that's our that's our province. Taiwan belongs

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<v Speaker 1>to us. But I've been there, okay, And there's those

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<v Speaker 1>twenty three million people who don't agree with that. They

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<v Speaker 1>don't think, they don't want to be part of China,

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<v Speaker 1>they don't want to, you know, be governed by the

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese Communist Party. They liked their democracy, and we did

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<v Speaker 1>make a promise to help them defend it. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you looked at Hong Kong. You would have to think

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<v Speaker 1>that that promise is losing its credibility. And what I

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<v Speaker 1>argue in my column is that we're also losing credibility

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<v Speaker 1>because the Chinese military expansion is not being met with

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<v Speaker 1>a proper response. So, you know, if there's one thing

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<v Speaker 1>we should have learned from this whole Ukraine mess is

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<v Speaker 1>that the only way to deter are these aggressive totalitarian

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<v Speaker 1>dictatorships from scooping up democracies is to make sure that

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<v Speaker 1>they know they can't get away with it by putting

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<v Speaker 1>an opposing force on the other side. That's not a

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<v Speaker 1>perfect solution. You know, we should also have diplomacy and

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<v Speaker 1>economics and all that stuff. But if they get too powerful,

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<v Speaker 1>if they think they can just swallow up Hong Kong

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<v Speaker 1>and it's they're too uh, they're gonna try it. I

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<v Speaker 1>think they're gonna try it, and I think we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>regret it. By the way, we have a link to

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<v Speaker 1>Josh's colument Armstrong and getty dot Com under hot Links.

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<v Speaker 1>But Josh, what are American military officials saying about the

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<v Speaker 1>Chinese build up and how does it square with reality? Right?

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<v Speaker 1>And again, you know, I get it, like you know,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a you could over overreact, right, and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to spend every sub cent in our treasury on

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<v Speaker 1>military Stuff's not a good idea. But I interviewed the

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<v Speaker 1>top commander of the U s Indo pay come into

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<v Speaker 1>a Pacific Man's guy named Admiral Aquilino. Serious guy, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>four star admiral. He's got to manage all of this stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>And he said he's watching the largest military build up

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<v Speaker 1>in history on the Chinese side, nuclear silos by the hundreds.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are they doing that? Are they gonna nuke us? No,

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<v Speaker 1>they're trying to make sure that they can blackmail us

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<v Speaker 1>if we try to get in the middle of them

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<v Speaker 1>in Taiwan. Then they've got hypersonic missiles. Then they've got

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<v Speaker 1>anti satellite laders. There's then they're building new bases all

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<v Speaker 1>over the region without telling anybody's secret Chinese military basis

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<v Speaker 1>all over Asia. So that sounds like a really good development.

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<v Speaker 1>So all he's saying is like, hey, guys, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>if you really want to stop this, we better start now,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know it's only gonna be a few years.

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<v Speaker 1>It won't say exactly how many, but some people say seven.

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<v Speaker 1>That's probably the deadline when Juan King is gonna make

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<v Speaker 1>a run at this thing. And if we wait till

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<v Speaker 1>then to start to think about it, uh, we're gonna lose. Man.

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<v Speaker 1>This is some serious world history making stuff. These are

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<v Speaker 1>some major decisions that are or aren't being made. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean we're sleepwalking past the graveyard here. It's like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, we're we're always is reacting to these crises

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<v Speaker 1>when it's too late, Like you imagine if we get it,

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<v Speaker 1>like you know, people were worry about arm in Ukraine,

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<v Speaker 1>but imagine we had armed them sooner. Maybe a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of less people would have died right now. It would

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<v Speaker 1>have cost less, by the way, you know, if you

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<v Speaker 1>wait for the crisis to come, it's gonna cost more. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>This is an insurance down payment to give the Taiwan

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<v Speaker 1>ease for just, for one example, enough weapons to defend themselves.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna need some stingers and toes and all this stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're gonna have to make it and sell it

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<v Speaker 1>to them or give it to them or something. And

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<v Speaker 1>all you hear out of sort of the Button administration

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<v Speaker 1>is like, oh yeah, we're gonna pivot to Asia. It's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be beautiful. But then the stuff never really arrives

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<v Speaker 1>because they're too busy putting out fires on the other

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<v Speaker 1>side of the world. So we gotta walk into gum

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<v Speaker 1>on this thing. Okay, we can't just be leaders in

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<v Speaker 1>Europe and not Asia, and we're gonna have to be

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<v Speaker 1>a global superpower with global responsibilities. And it's not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be I'm sorry to say, it's not gonna be cheap.

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<v Speaker 1>I wish it. We're gonna be cheap, but it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be much more expensive if we, like the dictatorships expand,

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<v Speaker 1>because then we're gonna have to deal with them when

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<v Speaker 1>they're much more powerful. Josh Rogan of the Wampo is

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<v Speaker 1>on the line. Josh, what's the state of the free

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<v Speaker 1>navigation of waters? Say in the child South China? See

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<v Speaker 1>with those those brand new military bases, et cetera. How

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<v Speaker 1>belligerent are the Chinese getting. They're getting more and more

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<v Speaker 1>belligerent every day as there they expand. You know, and

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<v Speaker 1>right now, you know you have a U S policy

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<v Speaker 1>where we just okay, we're gonna agree to disagree. We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna sail where we want, and they're gonna get yell

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<v Speaker 1>and scream about it. But at some point they're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>start to escalate this. They're gonna start bumping into our boats.

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<v Speaker 1>They're already bumping into our planes. They're trying to like

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<v Speaker 1>shoot down Australian spy planes with lasers. They're doing a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of really aggressive stuff. And what they're doing is

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<v Speaker 1>they're testing us. And the more aggressive they get, they

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<v Speaker 1>see if they can go a little bit further, a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit further and see what are responses. And so

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<v Speaker 1>that's why we have to respond, unfortunately, because if we

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<v Speaker 1>don't respond, they just get worse, they get more aggressive.

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<v Speaker 1>So you know, that's a really big problem. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>not getting any better. And this again sort of go

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<v Speaker 1>to the region, talk to all the people in all

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<v Speaker 1>these different countries. Uh, that's what they're saying. They're saying,

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<v Speaker 1>this is gonna get worse before it gets better, and

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<v Speaker 1>we can't ignore it anymore. Yeah. Well, the history of

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<v Speaker 1>the world, as we all know is Hitler takes poland

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't stop there. Putin takes crime, doesn't stop there.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's no reason to think that the end game

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<v Speaker 1>is Taiwan. And even if they you know, we allowed

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<v Speaker 1>that to happen, that that's the end there's nobody believes that,

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<v Speaker 1>do they, Well, some people do. I mean, there are

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<v Speaker 1>there there are people both on the left and the right,

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<v Speaker 1>as you know, who think we should just like pull

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<v Speaker 1>up the drawbridge, uh, you know, build a huge missile

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<v Speaker 1>defense for our country and tell the rest of the

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<v Speaker 1>world to go through itself and that will be fine,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And I hear that a lot. And I

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<v Speaker 1>get that people are tired of military interventionism. It's very expensive,

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<v Speaker 1>it's hard to balance against the things that we need

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<v Speaker 1>to do at home. Those are all real concerns, but

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<v Speaker 1>we should have learned in the twentie century that eventually,

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<v Speaker 1>if you ignore the aggressive, expansionist, totalitarian, militaristic dictatorships, they'll

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<v Speaker 1>come knocking at your door. It's just too it's just

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<v Speaker 1>a matter of time, and either you know, the free

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<v Speaker 1>world is expanding or it's contracting and ever stays static.

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<v Speaker 1>So the more that they advance, the worst position that

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<v Speaker 1>we're in. So, unfortunately, freedom isn't free. And unfortunately the

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<v Speaker 1>work of you know, fighting thugs and dictators and just

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<v Speaker 1>mad men like Puno are willing to kill millions of

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<v Speaker 1>people for no reason. That work is not over, you know.

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<v Speaker 1>So We're gonna have to do it because if we

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<v Speaker 1>don't do it, nobody else will. Yeah. Boy, And if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm in some western Japanese island or the Philippines or

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<v Speaker 1>something like that, I'm not content to think, Yeah, China

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<v Speaker 1>will halt its expansion after Taiwan, not for a second.

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Rogan, Global Opinions columnists with The Washington Post's the

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<v Speaker 1>author of a terrific book, Chaos Under Heaven Trump she

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<v Speaker 1>in the Battle for the twenty one Century. You're working

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<v Speaker 1>on anything right now, Josh book? Why? Uh, we're all

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<v Speaker 1>looking at the president's trip to the Middle East where

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<v Speaker 1>he was going to uh takeing a cows out to

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<v Speaker 1>the Saudi clown Prince Mohammed Ben Solmon. That seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be the next big foreign policy story. Uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's sort of like the administration has been talking

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<v Speaker 1>about human rights, but they don't walk the walk. And

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<v Speaker 1>now we're gonna everyone's gonna see it on national TV

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<v Speaker 1>when the President States goes hat in hand to beg

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<v Speaker 1>for oil from a dictator. And that's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty demoralizing moment in units form policies for it's

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<v Speaker 1>not concerned Josh Rogan, Global opinions columnists with The Washington Post. Josh,

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<v Speaker 1>always a pleasure, always enlightening. Thanks a bunch of the

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<v Speaker 1>time any time. Yeah, smart guy, interesting to talk to,

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<v Speaker 1>and and and none of that hyperbole or an exaggeration

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<v Speaker 1>or this is some high stake stuff. And then you've

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<v Speaker 1>got the complicated you know, I would never pretend that

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<v Speaker 1>these are easy decisions, because there's two ways to look

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<v Speaker 1>at it. There's the um great empires have collapsed because

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<v Speaker 1>they got overextended, Roman Empire, Soviet Union, whatever, get involved

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<v Speaker 1>in various places around the world over extending. Okay, you

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<v Speaker 1>could go with that narrative, or you can go with

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<v Speaker 1>the the one I laid out, the letting a Hitler

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<v Speaker 1>take Poland and putin take crime or whatever, and they

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<v Speaker 1>don't stop, and then you end up facing them when

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<v Speaker 1>they're bigger and more powerful. Which is it? I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's the latter. Well, you have a superpower

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<v Speaker 1>that is openly declared its hostility to the United States

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<v Speaker 1>arming itself as fast as it can. I mean, you

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<v Speaker 1>need not have a pH d in international relations to

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<v Speaker 1>realize we gotta pay attention to that. Yeah, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of people who pointed out they're not hiding their

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<v Speaker 1>ambitions to become the global hyperpower at all, and we're

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<v Speaker 1>either going to try to stop them or not