Cracks they have they have exhibited patients as they wait for our alexion staff to count every single vote. I want to thank those who oversaw tuesdays election and continue to lead this impressive operation. I think theyre hardworking staff and hope they can all get some rest soon. I want to thank the employees of many city departments which helped stand up and staff this operation. The office of innovation and technology, the managing directors office, the finance department, please department, chief Administrative Office and others have helped support city commissioners and help preparing for this election for over a year and there are hundreds of others, including many City Employees who helped on election day and by staffing this ballot counting operation for all the world to see. They are all too numerous to name, but please know that you have my thanks and thanks to the people of the city. Most of all, i thank the people of philadelphia. Earlier this week, commissioner delia and
Ways of look at this, if not more. There are going to be those who say the president lost deterrence, the iranians see they can continue to walk all over him and theyll continue to escalate tensions with some sense of comfort that perhaps the president doesnt have the stomach for conflict. There is another way of looking at this, however. And that is that the United States can use this to galvanize support from the europeans and perhaps from other places around the world to show the International Community that iran is still aggressive, that iran is deserving of the sanctions that we have on them right now, and these sanctions, lets go very clear, are still taking a bite out of the iranian economy, the political and economic isolation is working. So we still have a plan thats been in place by the Trump Administration and it looks right now as if were set to double down on that and perhaps even to recruit others to the cause. Paul there are two interpretations you offered us. Which one
More. There are going to be those who say the president lost deterrence, the iranians see they can continue to walk all over him and theyll continue to escalate tensions with some sense of comfort that perhaps the president doesnt have the stomach for conflict. There is another way of looking at this, however. And that is that the United States can use this to galvanize support from the europeans and perhaps from other places around the world to show the International Community that iran is still aggressive, that iran is deserving of the sanctions that we have on them right now, and these sanctions, lets go very clear, are still taking a bite out of the iranian economy, the political and economic isolation is working. So we still have a plan thats been in place by the Trump Administration and it looks right now as if were set to double down on that and perhaps even to recruit others to the cause. Paul there are two interpretations you offered us. Which one do you side with . I think th
More. There are going to be those who say the president lost deterrence, the iranians see they can continue to walk all over him and theyll continue to escalate tensions with some sense of comfort that perhaps the president doesnt have the stomach for conflict. There is another way of looking at this, however. And that is that the United States can use this to galvanize support from the europeans and perhaps from other places around the world to show the International Community that iran is still aggressive, that iran is deserving of the sanctions that we have on them right now, and these sanctions, lets go very clear, are still taking a bite out of the iranian economy, the political and economic isolation is working. So we still have a plan thats been in place by the Trump Administration and it looks right now as if were set to double down on that and perhaps even to recruit others to the cause. Paul there are two interpretations you offered us. Which one do you side with . I think th
Sea, so much closer to home than russia could possibly have wanted. You referred to a russian fighter intercepting what was a russian drone. They submitted that in strict accordance with international law. That comes a matter of hours after Ukrainian Drones have targeted two key vessels. Just this morning, a russian oil cargo ship which was struck by a Ukrainian Drone in the black sea quite some distance off the coast and near a key naval port. There are suggestions that an oil depot was hit on the eastern side of the crimean peninsula. This is a Building Number of incidents occurring in the black sea, an area which russia must have felt was entirely impregnable just two weeks ago. Sochi is a russian holiday resort, and all of those are at risk of war. A dramatic change here where ukraine is projecting its power. It may be a bid to show some element of Military Success given how slow the counteroffensive appears to be at the moment. It certainly must make the kremlin utterly perplexed