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democracy. we remember that it s not at all how things work and many other places or ever have. they don t have representatives. in most places and times, if you wanted to take over a country, first you had to control its military. the guys with guns. the army is essential for political control. government dictates have no meaning without the credible threat of force to back them up. guns are two laws is what gold is to paper currency. value and strength in a democratic system. the military serves to protect the entire population no matter who they voted for. that s what democracy is. in an authoritarian system of the armies the enforcement apparatus of a specific political party. that s the difference between the two systems. it s worth remember and that given what we are seeing happen all around the world right now. the german defense ministry recently announced its dismantling its best to train special operations unit. dozens of operators have recently been fired. no ....
how things work and many other places or ever have. they don t have representatives. in most places and times, if you wanted to take over a country, first you had to control its military. the guys with guns. the army is essential for political control. government dictators have no meaning without the credible threat of force to back them up. guns are two laws is what gold is to paper currency. value and strength in a democratic system. the military serves to protect the entire population no matter who they voted for. that s what democracy is. in an authoritarian system of the armies the enforcement apparatus of a specific political party. that s the difference between the two systems. it s worth remember and that given what we are seeing happen all around the world right now. the german defense ministry recently announced its dismantling its best to train special operations unit. dozens of operators have recently been fired. none have committed any kind of crime. the ru ....
plan to evacuate americans from afghanistan by the end of the month is in question. in fact, president biden just moments ago said in an interview that american troops will stay beyond the deadline until all americans are out of afghanistan. that is new. the president insisting all in that interview that he was clear-eyed about the chaos that would ensue following the u.s. departure. you don t think this auto could have been handled, this actually could have been handled better in any way? no mistakes? no. i, i have, i don t think it could have been handled in a way that we we are going to go back in hindsight and look, but the idea that somehow there is a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing, i don t know how that happens. i don t know how that happens. so for you that was always priced into the decision. yes. bret: today, joint chiefs of staff chairman general mark milley disputed reports that u.s. intelligence predicted a swift taliban takeover ....
i don t know what could be more unstable than women and children making a dangerous trip with all manner apparel cartel members to oppressive heat. i don t know what could possibly be more unstable than politicians preaching false hope to desperate people simply to score political points or avoid having to do the single hardest thing for some politicians to do which is admit they are wrong. i m sure are left to wonder why we as a country continue to debate these same issues, decade after decade. you are left to wonder because there is consensus among you. there is consensus among most of the people. not all agreement on every detail will never have that not every single person is in agreement because there will always be those who profit from division and anger and disunity and sometimes we just disagree but therean is a broad consensus and where there is consensus, there should be a solution yet nothing happens because the role of the people have her translate into leg ....
coming to this country and i don t know what could be more unstable than women and children making a dangerous trip from oppressive heat what could possibly be more unstable than politicians preaching false hope to desperate people to score local points were doing what is the single hardest thing for politicians to do? we deck eight after decade. you are left to wonder there is actually consensus among you. there is consensus among most of the people. not full agreement on every detail we will never have that. not every single person is in agreement. there will always be those who profit from division and anger and disunity. and sometimes we just disagree. there is a broad consensus. and where there is consensus there should be a solution. and yet, nothing happens because the will of the people never translate into legislative action. it is almost as if the political advantage some elected officials perceive and having this debate year after year outweighs the desire of ....