i absolutely believe that law-abiding citizens want to be safe in their communities around this country. and i think those individuals are willing to pay more taxes if it is going to make them safe. they are looking toward law enforcement to be able to do their jobs in these various communities. and because we have had unfortunately a morale problem in this country s law enforcement, law enforcement officers have left. so we have to replace those law-enforcement officers with officers who want to do the job in the community and establish a rapport with the various citizens. arthel: spend the money to hire good people spend money to train your people as well. alright, as always appreciate your time in conversation former homicide detective ted williams, thank you ted see you next time big. my my pleasure my friend. arthel: thank you the biting
generals are on the front line. although it s difficult to get a perfect perspective and know why they re there, u.s. officials say it s because russia has to send them to the front line to make sure their orders are being followed, to make sure there is command and control on the front lines and see if russia can fix its morale problem. has russia learned the lesson and isn t sending generals to the front line anymore? that s something we re watching closely because of course, russia s military is largely controlled from the kremlin. the fact it has to send generals there, a trouble for russia. orren liebermann from the pentagon, thank you for the perspective. i want to discuss what s going obwith a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, joining us right now. ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. as you know, director haynes says putin essentially wants to slice off eastern and southern ukraine. but he doesn t have the military capability, so does that mean, am
happens if decided to have a palace coup using the wagner group, could he do it? the wagner group are pretty tough. these are ex- special forces guys. but putin also has his own guard around him. so who knows. could be an interesting firefight. i would say this it seems he s pretty loyal to putin. but the rank-and-file of the wagner group is not always that loyal. they are mercenaries they are interested in the money. some of them are sociopaths they actually just want to kill people. a few of them are pretty loyal to not putin but the russian national cause. but the wagner group guys i have talked to her pretty unhappy. the wagner group has a morale problem. they would rather be working
people have speculated what happens if decided to have a palace coup using the wagner group, could he do it? the wagner group are pretty tough. these are ex- special forces guys. but putin also has his own guard around him. so who knows. could be an interesting firefight. i would say this it seems he s pretty loyal to putin. but the rank-and-file of the wagner group is not always that loyal. they are mercenaries they are interested in the money. some of them are sociopaths they actually just want to kill people. a few of them are pretty loyal to not putin but the russian national cause. but the wagner group guys i have talked to her pretty unhappy. the wagner group has a morale problem. they would rather be working
mangled forces coming out of kyiv and that have already been. there is is significant morale problem, and how do you factor in what is will the fight, what is spirit which is something the ukrainians have in abundance. and i think the russian troops in many ways are being pushed into it and fighting for their lives. but there s also a blood lust for the reasons i talked before. logistics of trying to bring them in but the whole battalion tactical group. structure is light on logistics. the russians have got courses from four different military districts across the country, and they re trying to put that all together with a new general. it s hard. it would take months normally to do this. a lot of these troops already have combat fatigue, early signs of ptsd on both sides. but it is really playing hard on the russians. you know an enormous leadership problem. david from the new yorker