cohort that will not shrink thanks to immigration. we still take in 1 million legal immigrants a year on average. china and russia are both facing demographic declines that are almost impossible to reversion and will put a long-term damper on their growth. could it be that it is precisely because of this back drop of strength that washington s politicians an the republican party in particular can indulge in this crazy political theater? for most countries, the price of playing games with ones credit worthiness would be shocked and severe and that is would act as a disciplining mechanism. but in washington, this country s basic strength has become a license for irresponsiblity. go to cnn.com/fareed for a link to my washington post column this week. and let s get started.
far too many dead and injured. so what we are seeing now with title 42 going away, i believe, is a reversion, yes, to a stronger immigration policy, but also reveals the urgent need in this country for bipartisan comp comprehensive immigration reform, which addresses the need for enhanced security at the border and should address the need for far more legal immigration to the united states of america, which is, in fact, our most potent resource as a nation. let s go ahead and play what your former colleague, texas democratic congressman henry cuellar said earlier today. our border communities don t like what we re seeing here at the border. we as democrats can have law and order and still respect the immigrants values. we got to have some sort of law and order at the border.
you have this sudan armed forces than the national army essentially of the country pitted against the rapid support forces, which is kind of militia force that has emerged in the last few years been legitimized under the presidency of omar al bashir, essentially as a counterweight to the sudan armed forces, and what we re seeing now is the breakdown of a set of political talks that were going on. for the last few weeks between these two forces about how to integrate these forces into one new national army and how to reform that new national army to be responsive to civilian leaders, which is the ultimate goal of the transition process in sudan. um what we ve seen, though, in the last 48 hours is a complete breakdown of those political talks and now a standoff and even a reversion of fighting between these two essentially conventional armed forces. is there any incentive for these armed forces to give
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