Ferguson, former george w. Bush Administration Justice from an official john you and awardwinning author shall be steel it up first, here is a portion of a 2013 interview with George Scholz, secretary of state during the reagan administration. He talked about his book, issues on my mind. And issues on my mind you right when it comes to terrorism we in this country must think hard about the moral stakes involved if we truly believe in our Democratic Values and our way of life, we must be willing to defend them. Passive measures are unlikely to suffice and means a more active defense and deterrence must be considered and given the necessary political support. Well, you say if you have a Law Enforcement approach, you say, okay, let a terrorist act happen and then we find out who did it and then we try them in a u. S. Court and if we make them guilty with their endless appeals they go to jail. Well, what does that accomplish . A certain deterrent but in the meantime the terrorist act has t
Happened yet . In writing about what we can write about. Im not writing as they unfold or this step or that government not at that level at all. But i am standing back to say why a pandemic and why now . I could do that very quickly i have been writing about this we have been saying this will happen these are the viruses we need to worry about and what we need to do. Its already so obvious those predictions were right on and didnt do what we needed to do so this was the moment to repeat all that stuff at a time when people cant really understand and it really makes sense to them so the message comes home to the right people. And that point of the past warning of a pandemic came through strongly. And political leaders overlooked opportunities presented previously for preparedness. One quotation was a lightning that rich countries do not prevent those that cause in the first place. That thinks about colonial time. A lot of the way it is postcolonial the way it is managed. But it is a dee
Hey there welcome to the stream home edition im josh rushing sitting in for for me ok look if youre watching this live on you tube i need your help do you see that box over there over there its a live chat there you go we have a producer in there right now wanted to get your questions and your comments to me so i can get into our guests during the show so help me out join in the show be a part of it right there and what a show it is were talking about the federal response to the protest in portland which just went over there 60 a straight day this weekend im going to set this up using a voice from our community this is grace morgan whos been down at the protest and heres what she said. Our city has recently been occupied by a u. S. Marshal forces ordered by donald trump. To quell violence. Were routinely shot at every single night with tear gas testers have been kidnapped the streets and marked by the u. S. Marshal and the f. B. I. At this point theres no end in sight and were all real
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You will hear from former secretary of state George Shultz and condoleezza rice, economist thomas foale, kissinger biographer and historian Neil Ferguson, former george w. Bush Administration Justice Department Official john yoo mac and shelby steele. At first, heres a portio here f the interview with George Shultz secretary of state during the reagan administration. He talked about his book is use on my mind. Host you right when it comes to terrorism, we in this country must think hard about the moral stakes involved. If we truly believe in our Democratic Values and way of life, we must be willing to defend them. Passive measures are unlikely to suffice. Means effective defensive deterrence must be considered and given the necessary political support. Guest you say if you have a lawenforcement approach you say okay let a terrorist attack happen. But then we find out who did it, and the drivein in the u. S. Court and if we make them guilty for the endless appeals because the jail. Whil