Seen the abend flow. Flow. Ched the ebb and we are right now on this radio and tv simulcast in a major state of flux in terms of market dynamics. Jonathan in detention in europe continues to build. The lockdowns, if we can call them that, in the last 24 hours, versions of them in france and germany. And then the news out of nice, france, investigating a knife attack. I want to avoid speculation and stick with the facts. We are learning very little about what has happened in the last couple of hours. Tom it is an overlay on the pandemic. We just spoke with nicholas finn. , thee continent of europe boat capsizing on the English Channel a day ago. Immigration is different over there. The social tensions are different than america, arent they . Jonathan it is, but the social tensions in france are very unique at the moment around islamic terrorism and the weekly satirical nasa getting weekly hebdocal cartoon charlie has produced. We have seen this far too many times, and unfortunately we a
Are giving him a name tag. Welcome, michael and everyone else. I am jane harman, president and ceo of the Wilson Center. It is the best job on the planet because i get to talk to geniuses every single day. One of them who is not in my script but i will call around is meg king, she runs our science, technology and Innovation Program and is responsible for the schools we have on fridays to teach capitol hill staff about cyber and Artificial Intelligence and todays genius, that would be ben buchanan, our go to guy when we teach those schools and he has been trying to teach me for a while. I have been the repeater of all time at some of those schools. Im getting it but i have an analog brain and i thank ben for his patients. Been is a global fellow and he will discuss his latest book right now called Meghan Bedsted to Meghan Bedsted to hackers have changed the world. Cyberoperations are intelligibly part of International Relations and the gap between the United States and other countries h
The simplicity that america would be able to increase escalate when it wants them to bring it down so for example if the u. S. Drops bombs in pakistan to syria or in any other dozen countries understanding would be that country would not be allowed to respond because of the unpredictable and there are devastating consequences from your so they can bring tensions up and down as they want for pressure now whats interesting with iran is they more or less denied this is america cause what they did was they launched their missiles directly at American Military bases and america essentially have to suck it up and accept well this is the price we have to pay for for killing. General in the in iran so this is so that they rob americans of this escalation run their business its very interesting because diem if you look at the rainy in response why firing those missiles and just hitting buildings and store where houses and things like that its. But that is the message there is that they can do i
A very powerful country stretching around throwing bombs in some directions killing people in other directions threatening people with sanctions but it isnt coherent and you know. You wouldnt get that impression from Mainstream Media go ahead glenn go ahead and i was just going to say this theme of. Escalation dominance has been the very central strategic objects about do not a state so. The simplicity that america would be able to increase escalate when it wants and the bring it down so for example if the u. S. Drops bombs in pakistan to syria or in another dozen countries understanding would be that country would not be allowed to respond because of the unpredictable and there are devastating consequences from your so they can bring tensions up and down as they want for for pressure now whats interesting with iran is they more or less denied this is america cost what they did last. And launch their missiles directly at American Military bases and america essentially have to suck it u
Inside of iraq against the will of the people in government and parliament there that is what makes this all asymmetrical and i think you can draw different conclusions about as the media likes to do who won and who lost go ahead alex and well. Heres what i think the fundamental difference is that the iranians deployed the. Range of their assets together that that Foreign Policy that diplomats they bring to get their political leaders they be able to bring in their intelligence operatives manage me people also their economic assets such as they are and they set themselves very clear objectives which they dont let themselves be done 38. 00 from and that objective is not clearly defined easy is to try to get the United States and the middle east out of iraq specifically areas where they can threaten iran the. Knowledge states by contrast what we see there is a dysfunctional government which doesnt have any kind of clear long 6 long established plan so you have different people pushing fo