To discuss this and more im joined by my guest ray mcgovern in raleigh hes a former cia analyst and president ial briefer and in lansing we have steve gerber he is the host of the earth are joining us now cause and effect that means you can jump in he time you want and i was ok let me go to you 1st here are mikes discussed a lot in my i have composed a lot of questions of mind reduction lets start without a list and it speaks only so i can understand in our viewers going to spend why does the United States remain in afghanistan after the president of the United States running on a campaign a campaign trying to get out of afghanistan were almost 4 years later were still there so why are we still there but if you will obama was going to get out of afghanistan as well remember it was a dumb war. Well look the answer short answer is that they cant. Then i think control. No president s have to do so what we call the National Security state or deep state requires and if you look at a map you
Taking it into their own hands well show you all right its time to use i q. An explosive report in the New York Times as receiving responses from the United States all the way to russia with many calling out the publication for quoting alleged intelligence officials but failing to provide any supporting evidence the article quotes Anonymous Sources claiming russia paid bounties in afghanistan to kill americans for more on this developing story lets turn to our views Rachel Blevins shes joining me here in studio as rachel what has the official response been from all the various sides while President Trump was quick to deny this report and he responded on twitter of course where we called on the New York Times to reveal these Anonymous Sources that they claim to be citing he then went on to say quote intel just. Reported to me that they did not find this info credible and therefore did not report it to me or Vice President penns possibly another fabricated russia hoax now a spokesperson
Breaking news . Unmasking, revealing identity without a constitutional warrant. Your reaction to this breaking news. My reaction is we knew that something was not right through this entire process. We knew that this was an act that had made its way all the way to the white house and into the oval office and now we see from the list that, yes, indeed, obamas inner circle, including his chief of staff in the white house, had been making the request for the unmasking. Liz it is hard to see any scenario that obama and biden did not know what was going on with Michael Flynn. Do your point, yeah, the chief of staff is on the list, so is samantha power. Aside from the household names on the list, why is it that lower level staffers were asking for access to Michael Flynns conversation, like an Energy Department executive brief, u. S. Political advisor to nato, lowerlevel treasury officials, to just name a few. It just feels like it is out of control. Unconstitutional. You know, basically eave
Nonstate actors but from old nationstate adversaries who have learned from the change right at the end of the Twentieth Century and to understand the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack, the assassination of general soleimani fit into that theory . It did because of who he was, his in official title. Thank you for having me on this show. The shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in the regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle where you face off in a theater of combat and everything is aboveboard, the battle of the bulge, this isnt the first gulf war. This is an individual who used proxy forces in Six Continents including the us and the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage irregular warfare using means the weaker power developed against a far more powerful adversary, the United States is no longer a superpower. We are a hyperpower, nobody can come close to us in a conventional capacity. We have 12 Nuclear Aircraft carri
Teethree in your 28 team book why we fight do you write the most significant threat we face today to emanate from the world of nonstate actors they come from old nationstate adversaries who have learned from the end of the 20th century toy understand the only way to defeat us is by using your regular or indirect means of attack. The assassination of general t14 fit into this quick. It was the shadow commander because he wasnt just a Major General in the regular army and a normal battle it isnt the battleyb of the bulge or the first gulf war but use proxy forces on Six Continents including the us with the italian ambassador to wage irregular warfare the weaker power has developed a far more powerful adversary like United States no longer a superpower we are a hyperpower no one can come close to us in our conventional capacity we have 12 aircraft carriers we have more special forces than most countries have soldiers. So how is a nation as powerful as us to use proxies and terrorism and i