ukraine. they are looking at the of the lens of taiwan part of one sense what russia has done is on helpful per china invades taiwan at once it seem as though it is reunify with a renegade province. doesn t want of invading a peaceful democracy that is essentially a separate country. sort of cast an unpleasant foreshadow. in that sense i have this wind down as quickly as possible. eric: president nixon visited moscow and opened up change the world 50 years ago. were in now in a situation where edit china and russia against us in the western world. it is not a full blown security condominium in eurasia yet with russian china together and that unified military command or firm access for they done joint military exercises. they have mechanisms like the shanghai cooperation. they do meetings but it is not
but he denied any and all culpability. and i would tell you four words i did not hear tonight. i didn t hear crime. he did not acknowledge the crime rate that is soaring across the country, and the murder rate that is soaring across the country because of democrats pushed to abolish the police. he didn t say the word china even once. it was stunning the china is the greatest geopolitical threat facing the united states and somehow it didn t make it into the speech. he didn t say afghanistan. didn t even acknowledge the disgraceful surrender and retreat that he learned and he didn t say israel. those striking and really a disappointing speech. sean: why do you think you didn t mention afghanistan and china for example? i agree with your assessment completely and frankly we are watching the territorial ambitions of putin unfold worldwide. i would expect that china probably in pretty short order is going to reunify, their
iranians get a nuclear weapon? what are the odds that after the olympics, china will reunify meaning take over taiwan? in your view. it s a great question. i think in some sense all three of them are well happening. the russians have already connected in ukraine. they took crimea under the previous democratic administration. they are making a lot of noise today firing rockets as well. in iran, we have already essentially lifted sanctions not by actually lifting them but failing to enforce them and we have allowed iran to get very close to having not only a nuclear weapon but a muscle program so they can deliver it. make no mistake, xi jinping can see this weakness too. he saw the debacle in afghanistan. he s going to move closer and closer and try to put a stranglehold on taiwan. that does not bode well for freedom and democracy on that island. sean: you are saying that things on all three fronts are not looking good. am i hearing you right? american weakness always creates ris
edge. i worry this may happen to taiwan, he says. these two work at a small vegetable stand. if war breaks out, it s bad for both sides, she says. it will be a tragedy. russian president vladimir p putin s unprovoked attack on ukraine raising questions about the future of taiwan, a self-governing democracy claimed but never controlled by beijing s communist rulers. taiwan s leaders say ukraine could be a blueprint for beijing to, quote, reunify by force if necessary. and the danger will be that the chinese leaders think that the western reaction to the russian aggression is weak. reporter: taiwan s military is on high alert. the island s reserve forces are doubling down on combat training just in case china decides to make good on its threats.
intention to reunify with taiwan. which tools, tactics it s it is difficult to know. it is not predetermined he will be successful at that. but china is denying that russia requested aid when asked about reports in the u.s. officials, the spokesperson for the embassy in washington said, i never heard of that. carley and todd, thank you. speak to the latest missile attack near the u.s. consulate in iraq, one civilian was left injured after the attack early sunday morning. iran revolutionary guards claiming responsibility for they targeted secret is released by center adding the attack was retaliation for israeli strike in syria that killed two irani members of the group. the impact of the overnight attack from inside nearby kurdish newsroom and the iraq he government condemning the strike in violation of international