Abuse but the army says theyre making it up. Thank you for joining us we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to pull vaccines but in some parts of the world the picture is getting worse with cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic have been more than 64000000 confirmed cases and nearly 1500000 deaths iran is now the hardest hit country in the middle east and has passed 1000000 confirmed cases over 1000 has killed almost 50000 people there are the Health Minister says the actual number of deaths is probably much higher iran introduced tougher restrictions to counter a 3rd wave of infections which included closing nonessential businesses russia has reported more than 28000 new infections. On thursday the highest spike yet the 2nd largest city St Petersburg has announced restrictions around the new Year Holidays indonesia meanwhile is seeing a record daily rise in cases reporting more than 8300 on thursday and several
Made him to surrender. Ethiopias defense minister tells us the military offensive on t. V. Will be completed within a week. Plus germany soccers team suffers its worst defeat in almost 90 years. Its 6, no loss to spain in the Nations League has some questioning the future of coach you walking with us. And good to have you with us. The United States says its sharply reducing its troop numbers in afghanistan and iraq. By mid january, the deployment will be cut to 2 and a half 1000 soldiers in each country. President made a Campaign Promise to end what he called for ever wars, but the move has triggered opposition both from a leading republicans and nato allies. The sun could be setting on the us presence in afghanistan. American soldiers have been fighting here since 2001, helping stabilize the country after overthrowing taliban rule, but suffering over 2000 deaths over time. Troop numbers have linked. Now outgoing president , donald trump will further reduce the number of soldiers here
Patrick. Youre right to point out peter about the continuity. Theres a, if you look back in history, theres a tremendous continuity of u. S. Foreign policy from the ministration to administration. Its a slow moving elephant. It doesnt change much between administration, but it did change for the last 4 years. This is probably true. The trump administration, probably the biggest break in terms of continuity of u. S. Foreign policy in my lifetime. And the way that i could remember and many others. So there is, there was a break in continuity. And i think that break was born out of the political will, of the American People electing a populist president. And so the, it triggered an auto immune reaction from the establishment in america that actually has the media is well. So with bought with, if biden assumes power, lets assume hes going to take the reins in january. Then the democrats are going to have the media on their side for everything to be no. Holding them to account, it will just
Probably the biggest break in terms of continuity of u. S. Foreign policy in my lifetime. And the way that i could remember and many others. So there is, there was a break in continuity, and i think that break was born out of the political will, of the American People electing a populist president. And so the, it triggered an auto immune reaction from the establishment in america that the media is well. So with bought with, if biden assumes power, lets assume hes going to take the reins in january. Then the democrats are going to have the media on their side for everything. There will be no holding them to account. It will just be kind of a cheering section, much like it was for 8 years under obama and you, you can see where that led the u. S. And led the world, which was one of the darkest periods, in my opinion. In geo political history, this president started a numerous amount of new wars from yemen. Dismembered yemen, dismembered, do you krane . Dismembered libya, nearly dismembere
Crossed up rose in effect, that means you can jump in anytime you want. And i was appreciated. Ok, lets go to patrick 1st. Their employment in watching the potential by a cab and being presented to the public through the liberal media. We heard of phrases like they are like the avengers is like theyre super heroes or Something Like that. And then there was a talking head on p. B. S. Saying, these are intensely professional people and theyre apolitical. I mean, almost fell out of my chair. When that was said here, i look at this team and its a rogues gallery of people that want endless war promote them. Were very much involved in designing a wars that are still being fought and theyre being but when the liberal media is cheering them as if there is some kind of an enlightenment after darkness. Ok, obviously the donald trump is the darkness in their mind. But theres a lot of continuity here and i think this is whats really terrifying. And we have election cycle after election cycle where