that even great leaders have flaws there is none who is righteous, not one is a good book teaches, then we went through a phase we wanted someone we could relate to and likable in someone we wouldn t mind sharing a drink or a meal with, being father likable is not the same as being competent. we don t pick a neurosurgeon based on how fun he or she is at a cocktail party. we don t pick an accountant they sent his or her sense of humor, we picked the person with the most talent with experience, character and ability and the person with the most competent at doing the job. in our politics leans toward someone who captures our frustration disappointment anger and fear and someone who can list the grievances, someone who provides an a reflection of where we are but not necessarily where we should be heading, do we really need someone to tell us where we are, when will we be better served with somebody telling us how to get where we want to go as we reflect on the challenges facing
that even great leaders have flaws there is none who is righteous, not one is a good book teaches, then we went through a phase we wanted someone we could relate to and likable in someone we wouldn t mind sharing a drink or a meal with, being father likable is not the same as being competent. we don t pick a neurosurgeon based on how fun he or she is at a cocktail party. we don t pick an accountant they sent his or her sense of humor, we picked the person with the most talent with experience, character and ability and the person with the most competent at doing the job. in our politics leans toward someone who captures our frustration disappointment anger and fear and someone who can list the grievances, someone who provides an a reflection of where we are but not necessarily where we should be heading, do we really need someone to tell us where we are, when will we be better served with somebody telling us how to get where we want to go as we reflect on the challenges facing
increased trade with russia by 300% since the start of the russian invasion into ukraine, president xi jinping and president putin are flaunting the relationship and telling the rest of the world that on us look what s happening when we confront the united states we come out on top we are the ascending powers in the united states is the declining power that the chinese noted for a while and unfortunately president biden is doing everything that he can apparently to prove that president xi jinping is right in that respect i think that is the growing perception that many countries including some of our allies around the world are increasingly having. on that very point i want you to take a listen to your former colleague mike mccaul and osseo
question on the other side. there is no deterrence i think what s happening in ukraine will provided deterrence with what happens to taiwan but they re not prepared there is no deterrence for war i think the concern i signed off on foreign military sales of taiwan three years ago that i get to go into the country. director he is drawing a leak i watch the entire interview from the withdrawal from afghanistan and ambivalence about ukraine and ambivalence about taiwan and our decrease presence on the world stage he traces it back to afghanistan, do you believe that and where would you trace it back to? i do agree with that you and i talked about this in the summer of august 2021 on this very program where we set as a result of what happened in afghanistan china and russia and iran would likely test the biden administration because they saw
produced in china and india we are heavily dependent for the raw materials, we can t get it from china and we can t manufacturing the united states, they ve cut us off we can t do anything about that at the point you then you had to look at acute disruptions, what we see during the winter months you could not get baby motrin or children s motion or antibiotics were short used because of an overuse yet more infections because people were shattered during the pandemic and all of a sudden people were running out and grabbing all these other things not to mention what we are seeing right now i do not want to confuse that we are seen shortages of chemotherapy agents and surgeries another hospital needs what i can tell you that is not the same what we ve been reporting on with those in peck which is a diabetic medication and adderall, don t get me wrong people are abusing amiss using ozone picket adderall there been