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. None have committe
Resolve. This weekend, the terrible news just kept coming and coming. First, after weeks after bragging about americans over rising antiterror capabilities, the biden administration was forced to admit that last month s drone strike in kabul actually killed a humanitarian worker. Ten civilians, seven children, and zero terrorists. And after biden promoted covid19 booster shots for all americans over 16, his own fda refused to approve the shot and granting authorization to only highrisk individuals and people over 65. Next up, biden bragged that america was once again respected in the world and on the world stage. France recalled their ambassador to the u. S. After getting shafted on a nuclear submarine deal. This is the first time in history that france ever recalled its ambassador to the u. S. And that is not all. The administration is also dealing with accusations of treason leveled at the joint chiefs of staff s. General milley needs to put on administrative leave pending full inves
Chaotic troop pullout of afghanistan. France yanked its ambassador to the united states after biden kept the french in the dark on a submarine deal. Thousands of haitian migrants surging over our southern border with the worst optics and realities imaginable. Big worries about inflation, the debt ceiling, delta variant and more from markets on shaky ground and democratic infighting threat espn to tank the president s big spending and infrastructure agenda. Here was president biden a short time ago. President biden: whenever possible, in partnership with our allies, u. S. Military power must be our tool of last resort. Not our first. It should not be used as an answer to every problem we see around the world. The security council adopted a resolution outlining how we ll support the people of afghanistan moving forward, laying out the expectations to which we ll hold the taliban when it comes to respecting universal human rights. Harris: republican senator lindsey graham says president b
Tragic confirmation that many feared that a body discovered in wyoming is that of a young woman who disappeared on a crosscountry trip with her boyfriend. Authorities say gabby petino s death is considered a homicide. Search for missing boyfriend is once again taking place in a florida wilderness reserve. Jonathan serrie has the latest from north port florida. Good evening, jonathan. Good evening to you, bret. Preliminary autopsy results confirm that gabby petino s death was no accident. Investigators are ainvestigating the full report to come in before they can determine the exact cause of death. Now, the fbi is still referring to brian laundrie as a person of interest. However, the search for him has become more urgent than ever. Today florida authorities resumed the search for brian laundrie in a swampy nature park infested with alligators and snakes. Terrain is very difficult. Essentially 75% of it is under water. The investigation gaining intensity since sunday s discovery of a bo
Tonight that i learned from you what actually happened at the capitol. On saturday i had no idea, consumed none of it. What that rally, what that thing that was supposed to be a rally turned out to be. Acres of free parking for everyone who showed up. Amazing. Yeah, when you think that every officer in the u. S. Capitol police and every officer in the metropolitan police department of washington, d. C. , were on duty because of that, plus all of the fences and it was like one dude and his dog and a woman doing yoga. Better to be over prepared, than under prepared, but my god, it was quite a dud. Let s hope that it s a positive indicator about where this whole election fraud thing really stands, that that s how much public support it could muster on a saturday. Yeah, yeah, i feel like all the other signs were bad, but that sign was good. Yeah, we will see. Thank you, rachel. Thank you, lawrence. Bob woodward s trilogy on the trump white house is now complete. First came fear, then came