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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Arctic Danger | Allen Jackson Now | February 5, 2026

Good evening and welcome to nashville.
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I'm alan jackson.
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Whoever thought that greenland would get so much attention.
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But i don't remember my geography
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Teacher ever saying much about it.
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It's a massive piece of land,
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More than three times the size of texas.
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If the people who lived there divided it all up,
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Each of them would get 9000 acres.
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It's not all ice either.
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Land is underneath the ice, despite what it looks like
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In the pictures.
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And what about those brightly colored homes?
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Well, the colors serve a purpose.
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The yellow ones are for doctors, the blue ones for fishermen.
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Green is for the communication staff.
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And the red ones, they're for teachers and churches.
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So i guess i'd get a red one if we take ownership.
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But what
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Is it about greenland that suddenly so important?
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Well, actually, it's not so sudden at all.
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But in his role of commander in chief,
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President trump has decided
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To do something about the threats around
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Greenland that other presidents have just ignored.
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China tried to take a part of it for its military
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In russia, too.
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They use nuclear
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Powered submarines deep underneath the ice,
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Threatening the nato supply lines.
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China also tried to buy
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An old naval base of ours there, but denmark blocked them.
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And then they tried to get approval for three airports.
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Clearly, they weren't intended for chinese tourism.
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Well, as for russia, putin isn't looking for lobsters,
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But having lost a million soldiers in ukraine.
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He may be trying to figure out
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What part of europe he wants to move on next.
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As secretary of state, rubio has already pointed out,
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Even nato finally understands that what trump is doing
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For the u.s., it's also good for them.
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In the case of greenland.
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I'll say we're in a good place right now.
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We had excellent meetings with the general secretary
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Of secretary general of nato,
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And i think we have in place
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A process
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That's going to bring us to a good outcome for everybody.
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The president's interest on greenland has been clear.
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It's a national security interest.
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It's a long standing interest of predate this administration.
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It's one that our allies acknowledge is real.
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I think we're going to get something positive done,
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Positive to save the western world
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From more death, destruction and the loss of their freedoms.
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I think so.
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I think it's important that we maintain in our imagination
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That on a global scale, good and evil exists.
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Nations represent expressions of good and evil.
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Now, beneath that nation state level,
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I understand it's a mixed bag, but the reality is
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When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice.
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When the wicked rule, the people groan in venezuela.
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The communist authoritarian regime destroyed free markets.
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They imprisoned people, including pastors
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Who dared to speak out
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And cooperated with the enemies of the united states.
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Iran has long declared its intent.
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Their leaders openly chant, death to israel,
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Death to america.
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That's not political rhetoric.
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That's a declaration of war.
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And when someone tells you they want to destroy you,
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Believe them.
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Iran is a state sponsor of terrorist.
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They have poured
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Billions of dollars annually into hamas in gaza.
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Hezbollah in lebanon.
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The houthis in yemen.
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These are terrorist organizations.
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Instruments of destruction.
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Trained and armed to attack israel
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And to massacre innocent people.
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I think it's remarkable to see the united states
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Use its strength
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To address these expressions of evil in our world.
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They were able to do this
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With an elite precision and without great loss of life.
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History books will write of how u.s.
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Special operations
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Forces were able to bypass chinese radar systems
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That were bought by the old regime,
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And capture the venezuelan dictator
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And hold him to account.
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I'd call that a success.
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America is using their strength and advantage
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To avoid getting engaged in endless wars.
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You know, leading up to this monumental
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Event was the fear projected by the media
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And by politicians, honestly, on both sides.
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This isn't new.
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These fears were expressed both in trump's first term
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And now that the president would involve us in
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Global conflicts that have no end.
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However, he's done the opposite.
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His replacement after his first term
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Did exactly what they accused trump of going to do.
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He got us into a war involving ukraine and russia
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That we haven't been able to get out of yet.
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Instead
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Of constantly criticizing from the sidelines,
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We should be encouraged that some of these
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Global sponsors of evil are being confronted.
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It'd be naive to think that what happens globally
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Doesn't affect us internally, in our communities
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And our neighborhoods, the places where we live.
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Now, during the previous administration,
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International drug cartels committed tremendous resources
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To smuggle drugs into our country.
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And they had a great deal of success doing so.
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More than 100,000 fentanyl overdoses every year.
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Families were shattered in communities across our nation.
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Children were being trafficked across our borders,
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Sold into sexual slavery in unprecedented numbers.
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These criminal organizations treated these children.
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They were nothing more than currency.
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Homeland security
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Said these smugglers were getting $900 per child,
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And the previous administration largely ignored it,
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Simply saying the border is secure.
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Well, the border is effectively closed
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Under this current administration.
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Politicians from both sides of the aisle have to admit this.
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The data is irrefutable.
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I would submit it's time for a legitimate celebration.
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And the u.s.
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Must continue to project strength around the globe.
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The u.s.
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Having a presence in greenland, it stabilizes europe.
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It stabilizes nato.
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It's not like we're trying to find a new place
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For a trump tower or a golf course.
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The u.s.
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Is really working to stabilize our lives,
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Which is an important message to both china and russia.
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Primary global adversaries these days,
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The message to the world is america is not surrendering.
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We're not stepping back, and we're not letting the evil
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Of authoritarianism continue to expand around the globe.
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America's expressions of strength
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In ways that are non-threatening
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Are the best way to keep bad actors at bay.
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And these bad actors know that it's not smart
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To pick a fight with america,
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Because it's not going to go well.
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Expressions of american strength and american exceptionalism.
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They have to continue, or we leave our young people
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And the generations that follow us increasingly vulnerable.
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The more vulnerable we are, the more battles
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We will be engaged in.
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Let's continue to pray for america and for our leadership.
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Let's pray that god would bless america,
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That our judeo-christian principles
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Will continue to flourish in our nation.
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And as president ronald reagan described it, that america
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Would be the shining city on a hill.
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I know it's a lot to sort out,
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And the millions of people around
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The globe is hanging in the balance.
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But in a moment, we'll discuss
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All of this with retired navy commander kirk lippold.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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Well, peace has arrived in many parts of the world
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Thanks to president trump's efforts.
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But there are other dangers
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That exist and won't go away without american leadership.
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Kirk lippold is one of those leaders,
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The former navy commander
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With a keen sense of the enemies that we're up against.
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Welcome back. commander.
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Thank you. wonderful. be back on.
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Well, let's start with a hot topic in greenland,
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Where the communist threat is not specifically directed
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At greenland,
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But at our european partners, nato and even the united states.
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Greenland just happens
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To be at the crossroads between good and evil.
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Other presidents have seen the same
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Warning signs that president trump has seen,
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But only trump has tried to do anything about it.
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Please start by telling our viewers
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What the dangers are, and why it's important
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For us to act on them now before it's too late.
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Well, first, when you look at what the dangers are,
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You do have russia, who is engaged
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In the largest land war in the european continent
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Since world war two in violation of international law.
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But vicious humanitarian violations.
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But when it comes to greenland, what i think president trump
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Is trying to make the europeans realize is, number one,
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You guys need to start paying attention to your backyard.
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Being in the navy, i remember the days in the big,
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Bad soviet union where you had what's called the g.i., uk gap.
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That area in the ocean, atlantic ocean, where you have
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Between greenland, iceland and the united kingdom,
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Where all the submarines coming out from russia
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Have to pass through there, whether it's their ballistic
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Missile submarines or others.
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The ability of the united states to monitor that area.
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But now that we're seeing some melting in the ice caps,
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And you're beginning
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To see china project power up through the north pole, coming
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Through the ice
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And projecting power now down into the north atlantic.
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That is
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Going to be a major concern, especially with china and russia
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Working together in an alliance as they try to destabilize
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The west.
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You know, even with all the loss of life
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That putin's military has suffered in ukraine,
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He still seems willing to let
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Hundreds of thousands of more people die
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Just to chop off a piece of ukraine.
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Do you think he has his eye on poland, too?
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Or maybe other european countries?
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Absolutely, yes.
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When you look at what he is engaged in, it is land
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Warfare on a scale that is just breathtaking.
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Almost a million russians have died
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Or been wounded in this conflict to date.
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And at the end of the day, it's kind of a stalin approach.
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He does not care who dies.
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He does not care if they're civilians, men, women, children.
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He does not care civilians.
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It does not matter to him.
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And the fact is, the europeans, some countries of whom
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Continue to buy oil from him and get gas from him,
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Need to understand the threat that he represents.
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It doesn't take united states leadership for the europeans
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To understand that they need to arm up
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Ukraine to a point where they could push russia
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Back to the original borders, retake crimea,
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And then we can begin
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Negotiations on whether russia can come back
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Into the international community.
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They are the clear and present danger and threat
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And will remain so,
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Because putin has no moral or ethical compass
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And will continue to wage war until he stopped.
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Well, russia
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May be running low on men of age to pick up a gun and fight.
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But hasn't putin also gotten help from china
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And north korea, both men and equipment?
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Indeed, especially with china and equipment.
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North korea, clearly they have sent their soldiers there.
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But as quickly
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As those thousands of young men were wiped out and slaughtered,
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North korea even took a pause and said, hey,
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This this may not be working exactly like you proposed.
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It was going to,
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And they've been reluctant to send even more people there.
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He's now dipping into the caucuses
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To try and get people there from the chechen wars,
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And be able to have them come fight.
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So he's beginning to scrap.
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He is still trying to preserve the russian people
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From having a direct impact on them.
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But as you observe, brethren, as he begins to lower the age
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And expand what's needed to fight that war,
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To try and take those regions out in eastern ukraine,
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Then the russian people are going to learn
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That what he is doing is, in fact, bad for their country.
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Well, you mentioned pushing
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Russia back to those borders where they began this war.
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Do you think that in order to end the war,
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Ukraine should give up some of the territory
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That's been held by russia?
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Or will putin just try to get more land once
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That's settled, if it's ever settled?
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I would hope that the europeans can come together
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And with united states leadership,
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Be able to get to a negotiated settlement as soon as possible.
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I think it's very unfortunate
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That ukraine may have to give up some of its territory.
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Hopefully they can get it back sometime in the future.
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But the blunt reality is, if we're going to stop this war,
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They may have to cede some territory to russia.
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But right now, russia is still engaged
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In their maximalist aims,
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Where they want more territory than what they even hold.
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They want that entire industrial belt that's on that eastern
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Part of ukraine,
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And they want to expand beyond what they hold today
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As a negotiating tactic, which really means
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Putin is not interested in peace.
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He's interested in taking more of ukraine,
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And then he will begin to expand and try to destabilize
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Those countries, including nato, as you observed with
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With the poland, down with hungary.
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He is going to work toward
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Other countries to make sure that he can expand
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His destabilization of the continent to gain more power.
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Well, the
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Panama canal has been another such trouble spot in the u.s.
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China relationship.
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So pro chinese companies have been running
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Both ends of the canal even though we built it.
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But just this month,
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Panama has finally ruled that that will no longer be the case.
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The chinese are furious, but president trump
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Wanted to make sure that if there's a conflict,
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Our enemies
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Wouldn't have control over this important transit route.
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With your naval background,
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That must be quite a huge improvement.
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Oh, it's an outstanding improvement.
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I think president trump has the strategic vision
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That a lot of people don't give him credit for.
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He understands what it means for us to be able to project power
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Not only around the world, but
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Especially in our hemisphere, there in the panama canal.
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When you look at the china
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Having made major investments in ports around the world,
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They do that for a couple of reasons.
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One is so that they can understand
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Who is coming and leaving
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Those ports and try and influence
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The operations of the government itself.
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And two is they want to be able
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To control it in a time of military conflict
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When it comes to the panama canal,
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Making sure that china
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Has now been removed from their ability
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To control that
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Vital international waterway is definitely in the u.s.
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Interest and in the interests
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In the world when it comes to the transit
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Of the sea lanes of communication and shipping
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To keep the economies of the world running smoothly.
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We need to take a short break now.
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Can you stay for another segment?
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I'd be delighted.
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Thank you sir.
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For those of you at home, consider
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Using this time to write me an email
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With your thoughts on this conversation.
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You can log on to aj now.com.
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You'll see an easy link for that.
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I'll be right back.
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I'll be right back.
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We're back now with commander kirk lippold,
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The commanding officer of the uss cole
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That was targeted by al-qaida when it was refueling in yemen.
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He was credited with
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Preventing the ship from sinking and saving a lot of lives.
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Let's move from al-qaida to iran today.
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The united states has moved
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The uss abraham lincoln carrier strike group into place.
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Captain chuck nash told us recently
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That this strike group that included two guided missile
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Destroyers is capable of inflicting serious
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And very targeted strikes well into with iran.
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And as the secretary of war has explained,
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The message to the world is don't mess
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With the united states any longer.
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Listen to what he said.
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We're having to rebuild how our enemies perceive us.
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And when president trump said, we're not getting a nuclear
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Iran, you won't have a nuclear bomb.
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He meant it.
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They have all the options to make a deal.
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They should not pursue nuclear capabilities.
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We will be prepared to deliver whatever
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This president expects of the war department.
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Do you think the ayatollah and the yes men around him
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Know they need to take this seriously?
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At this point, i think they do.
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I think the ayatollah is very well aware
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That the united states, in conjunction
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With other allies in the region, including israel,
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Are more than willing to act as necessary to do three things
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One, ensure that iran does not have a nuclear weapons program
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In any way, shape or form, and no enrichment capability to
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To make sure that their ballistic
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Missile program is capped if not stopped where it is.
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And number three, make sure that the proxies
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That used to exist throughout the middle east
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Are in fact, like a snake cut off the head
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That each of them are taken out and are no longer able
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To reject power.
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Especially hezbollah in lebanon right now.
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In your book about the attack on the uss cole,
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You said that it was a warning shot for nine over 11.
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That, unfortunately was mostly ignored.
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We're in a different place now.
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So without giving away any intelligence,
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Do we have people inside iran
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And perhaps inside their leadership as well,
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To guide the pentagon on what to do next if and when needed?
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I think that
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When you look at how the recent protests went down, while
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Granted, tens of thousands
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Were slaughtered by the iranian regime,
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It is very clear that the united states was conducting
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Some very sophisticated information warfare,
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Operations there to help shape public perception,
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To make sure they knew what was going on.
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I think that in conjunction, clearly,
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The israelis, israelis have assets in that country
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To be able to allow them to target
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Air defense sites, nuclear sites, etc..
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So i have no doubt that we have a very robust presence
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Very quietly there.
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And those people are doing god's work to ensure that it should.
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The united states have to strike.
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We will know where, when and how to do it most effectively
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So that we can ensure that the iranian people
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Have an opportunity, that if they want regime change,
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They can do it.
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Well, since president
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Biden ordered our withdrawal from afghanistan,
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Isis has been regrouping both there and in africa.
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But there's word this week that the us africa command
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Is continuing to attack an al-qaida group in somalia.
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Is that part of this new effort to stay in front of any isis
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Related terrorist?
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So they don't end up attacking us here at home?
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Absolutely, yes.
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When you look at it, the united states has while
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We've somewhat had to focus
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More on china these days and russia,
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Because there is a growing threat,
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Terrorism still exists and it's existed literally for decades
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Without the united states really understanding that threat.
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Until the attack on my ship, uss cole and also 9/11
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Al qaida, while not as powerful as it was, is still a threat.
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Isis is a growing threat, especially up still in northern,
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Syria and in the areas in sub-saharan africa.
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The fact that the united states is conducting
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Targeted operations against isis in somalia
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In this year, and our nigeria and other places,
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Truly means that we're capable of understanding
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How and where they operate and what
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We need to do to disrupt them
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So that they do not gain the capability,
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Like al qaeda had to conduct another 911 type attack here
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In the united states.
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Well, commander lippold,
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Thank you for your time today
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And for your service to our country.
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Thank you very much.
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Greatly appreciated.
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In a moment, i'll respond to as many of your emails
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As i have time for.
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We'll be right back.
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We'll be right back.
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Thank you for taking the time
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To share your thoughts and your emails.
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They're always a highlight.
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Jovi, from michigan, said, thank you so much
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For your excellent presentations of the biblical worldview.
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Not knowing the topic
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For this evening's program, i hazard to bring up greenland.
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We're familiar
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With the latitudinal view of the world map.
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But what about an aerial view
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From the top of the arctic circle and arctic ocean?
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If you were to show such a map, it should
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Include our adversaries locations in the arctic.
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It gives us
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A startlingly different view of reality and remember,
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The learning curve never ends.
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Thank you.
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Well, i suspect that those geniuses who help edit
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This program can show you that map if they don't.
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Rabbi google will.
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But you bring up a very relevant point.
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We live in a rapidly changing world.
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The history we learned in high school is not adequate
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For the challenges we face today.
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I'm very grateful for president trump and his team,
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And their willingness
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To address the challenges that we face in the world today.
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They've been willing
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To shake off the traditional political dialog
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And actually engage freedom on behalf of our children
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And grandchildren. i am thankful for that.
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Judy from michigan said,
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Thank you for being brave enough to tell the truth.
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I have a question
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Why does congress get paid
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Even though the government shuts down?
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I would really like to understand.
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My guess is that most of your viewers
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Don't know that when the government shuts down,
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The congress still gets paid.
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If congress didn't get paid, i'm sure they wouldn't
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Be so quick to shut down the government.
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Thank you very much for your attention to this matter.
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I think if we could just shut down the cafeterias
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And the other beverage services in the capitol,
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They might even be willing to leave and forego their payment.
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We can always hope.
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I'm hal jackson, and you have a wonderful evening.
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February 5, 2026 | 21:11

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