they lost the cold war, russia is still on the wrong side of history. sure it is. i loved what you and mika said this morning about the fact that we are in a clash of civilizations in 2022 in the un. our democracy is in mortal danger, as you both have discussed. and around the world, it s as if this is 1948, which you wrote about in your book, joe. or as if this is 1940, when people are wondering whether americans should side with get involved in the world and help the forces of freedom against hitler and the imperial japanese. mika, just loved seeing that image of your father. not only was he prophetic, as you know, in 2015, he was prophetic in the early 1990s. i think you will confirm, i knew him a little bit, and i know both from talks with him and also from what he said in public, there was a book written
direct russian threat and every hour bombing. it s been 24 days now since the invasion from russia. is there a way that you can describe how you and other members of this territorial defense armed forces of ukrainian s military, how are you all holding up? definitely what is happening in ukraine, it s a clash of civilizations right now. we are on the right side. they re trying to ruin democracy, principle, and human dignity. together with western support, we will win. and taking this opportunity, i would like to thank every american who is paying bigger prices for gas and a lot of other problems. but spend money to help ukraine, to provide us with ammunition, financial support, and more which is more important
about radical islam. it is real. it is evil. but it has lost the idealogical argument. the real clash of civilizations was never between the west and islam. it was within the world of islam between the existing regimes and their islamic opposition movements and more broadly between moderates and radical religious groups. recall that in osama bin laden s original thought log in 1996, his reason to go for the far enemy, the united states is because of governments inside saudi arabia which were the near enemy and the true focus of bin laden s strategy. the goal was to sweep out dictators which would bring islamic rulers to power which would rule like the caliphate of
nation engaged in what many observers call cultural genocide against its muslims. lesson: the islamic militant movement has always been more about power than about religion. 20 years after 9/11, we are still not clear on how to think about radical islam. it is real. it is evil. but it has lost the idealogical argument. the real clash of civilizations was never between the west and islam, it was within the world of islam between the existing regimes and their islamic opposition movements and more broadly between moderates and radical religious groups. recall that in osama bin laden s original thought in 1996, his reason to go for the far enemy, the united states, is because of governments inside saudi arabia which were the near enemy and