Ethnic groups, yet faced criticism for how it treated its own dissenters and minorities. This is just over an hour. Good morning, everyone. So, this morning were going to be talking about or rather, we will begin our conversation about neutrality. That conversation will last over the course of several lectures, so well wrap up other countries annuity realities. But this morning were going to really focus on what neutrality looked like and meant for the americans, especially in the first half of the war. So, the thing that i want you to understand the most and this is really vital because its a very different understanding of neutrality than we have today neutrality at the beginning of the war did not mean inactivity. It did not mean passivity. And it most certainly did not mean impartiality. So, if it doesnt mean those things, then what on earth does neutrality mean . The definition of neutrality differs with each country. Some, like belgium, will say that they never gave up their neut
Very different understanding of neutrality than we have today. Neutrality, at the beginning of the war, did not mean inactivity. I did not mean passivity. And it most certainly did not mean impartiality. So if it doesnt mean those things, then what on earth does neutrality mean . The definition of neutrality differs with each country. Some, like belgium, will say that they never gave up their neutrality. They were invaded, right . But they always remained, officially, neutral. So they were agrieved against as a neutral country. Others like switzerland, will say, were neutral and to prove it, dylan, im going to hold your wallet, and kia, im going to hold your wallet. And thats how im neutral. In the case of the United States, neutrality will for the most part mean they will do business with whoever, and the very willingness to do business with both germans or rather the central powers and the allies is proof of their neutrality. So a lot of people are surprised to learn that at the begi
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Worldwide event. So were in a world war. And were up against a very sophisticated, capable enemy. The recruiting of foreign fighters, into syria and iraq, we have not found a way yet in my opinion to effectively stop or even slow it down. And it is more than a Law Enforcement, it is more than an fbi mission, but it certainly is an and an fbi mission. But just last week, we learned about a 47yearold air force veteran, who tried to join isis, and before his apprehension, tarod pugh worked for a number of american firms overseas including a u. S. Defense firm in iraq for whom pugh performed of avionics on u. S. Aircraft. We had several stories like that that appeared. Is there a magic bullet to try to get at that kind of problem . That fbi can do . There isnt a magic bullet. It is, to us, it is about a full court press making sure that we are that we have sources where we need them to be, that we have the capability, both the know how and Technical Capability to play in the online space w
Enforcement. But you should do it in a consistent, predictable way, and those that are violating our trade laws, those that are being required of enforcement, that it only helps the businesses that are in fact playing by the rules and that have that level playing field. So we need to do a better job in that. I heard from congressional leaders about the importance of enforcement also. And the Critical Role that we play in protecting our markets. We have made some strides. For example, cbp and immigration and customs enforcement, we have a new director, as many of you know, sara saldana. She was the United States attorney in dallas so she clearly understands enforcement and prosecution issues. So working closely with ice and homeland investigations, were trying to do more training for each of our components, were trying to understand and work through the processes and the operations that we can attack smuggling and the growth in shipments in counterfeit goods. Many of these pose Serious