and finland will ask for admission. should we say welcome? we certainly should. it s the case vladimir putin can see nato is real, it s serious. it doesn t present an offensive threat to him. his claim that it presents risk to the russian people is silliness. sweden presents no risk to the russian people. i think they can see being in the mushy middle as ukraine was where it wasn t clear if the guarantees that were made in the budapest memorandum, if they would be real or not. my last thought is, it s great to see nato waking up. i pray these european countries get real religion and it s not
situation very seriously, then we ll make the decision. brian: finland and sweden joining nato. that was the point of the ukrainian war. putin doesn t want them to join nato because it would dwindle moscow s influence with their neighbors. why is he so aggravated it s expanding. here is a quick lift lesson. the scene at the end of world war ii devastating. at least 35 million killed, many at the hands of hitler. refugee cams, rationing, millions of homeless. shortly after, joseph stalin started taking over eastern europe. he feared the west would come
i signed off on the sale of f-1s and anti-air craft equipment. we should make the clear that our allies in the region and south korea, australia, that they are doing it as well. this has to be a collective effort. xi s intentions are far bigger than just taiwan. we need to make sure all the liberal democracies are prepared to defend their own sovereignty as well. brian: you have your family at easter and you gave some quality time. we appreciate. straight ahead, let s talk about doors and cents. inflation is a 40-year high. larry kudlow helped ronald reagan to do just that. he s here with a solutionenendso
americans in taliban captivity. brian: did you ever dream america would leave so many americans and allies behind? not in my dreams. there are approximately 100,000 allies we left behind. now everybody s attention is on ukraine. brian: the new york times has a study saying is the taliban really new? they are hunting down they say 500 former government workers, members of the government at some level local and national and killed them. is that 500 number gel with what you know? that s such a small number. i have been witness to it. we had 1,300 prisoners in the
prices. but since when was america not able to walk and chew gum at the same time. since when was america only able to do one thing. some people say you think you can defend ukraine s border, what about america s border? how about doing both. how about having a domestic policy and foreign policy. brian: we make a mistake, we have investigations if we ever hit a hospital. we went into vietnam to stop the spread an oppressive government. our intent is not to dominate. it s to give people the ability to have a decent life. even in afghanistan. the execution wasn t perfect, chaict up to poor planning we learned from. under colin powell he said