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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Battle Strategy | Stakelbeck Tonight | July 15, 2025

Well.
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Good evening.
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I'm alan jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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It was well over three years ago.
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February the 22nd, 2022, when the russian invasion
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Of ukraine began.
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It was on that morning that vladimir putin announced
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What he called a special military operation.
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And russian troops began their advance
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From the north,
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The south east, all aimed at the ukraine capital of kiev.
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It was a major escalation of a fight
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That had actually begun
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Eight years earlier, when russia annexed crimea
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In support of the separatist
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Uprising, things that were heating up
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In the donbas region in eastern ukraine.
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Putin is clearly had his eye on ukraine for a long time,
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But european leaders have also had
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Their eyes on putin, and so has president trump.
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Estimates are that the united states has spent more
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Than $120 billion helping ukraine
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With financial aid, humanitarian aid
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And the more expensive military aid.
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Yet the war is far from over, despite a huge loss of life
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On both sides.
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President trump is frustrated that russia's president
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Is talking out of both sides of his mouth,
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Discussing peace on the phone
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And then ordering more attacks when he hangs up.
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Listen to how president trump
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Described dealing with the russian leader.
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Putin really surprised a lot of people.
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He talks nice and then he bombs everybody in the evening.
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Now there's a little bit of a problem there.
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I don't like it.
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So overnight,
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The president set a 50 day deadline for putin.
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Stop the war.
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Or very large tariffs will be put on russian products.
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Tariffs of 100%
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That could cripple what's left of their economy.
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That's on top of a defense deal
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He just made with the european union to spend
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To send advanced patriot missile systems into ukraine.
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It's a considerable expense that the europeans agreed to pay.
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Relieved that president trump isn't
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Going to let putin run roughshod over europe.
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Well, all of that brings us to our guest today,
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A longtime friend of the show, captain chuck nash.
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Welcome back, captain.
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Pleasure to be back with you, pastor.
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President trump certainly has confidence
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About his ability to solve almost any problem, but
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Putin has proved to be a hard not to crack.
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It's not hard for them to set up a phone call,
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But it sounds like putin is trying
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To play the president by lying to him more than once.
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Who has the upper hand now, especially since president
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Trump has put a considerable economic threat on the table.
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I think right now the ball is in president trump's court
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And you're word that you used try to play him
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Is exactly my feeling.
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I think what he was trying to do was eke out time,
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Hoping that the president would back off of support for ukraine
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And make it easier for putin to get a dominant position,
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Rather than just
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The 20% of the country that he currently occupies.
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So he overplayed his hand.
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He made a huge mistake and 100% tariffs on russia.
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If you look at the ruble, it's already in the gutter.
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It would destroy their economy.
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And it's not just what the united states
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Would do to russia.
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It's what the united states would do
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To russia's other trading partners.
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So other than china and iran,
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The rest of the world is going to follow the u.s.
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Lead in this, not russia's.
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Well, i mentioned the patriot missile
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Deal with the european union.
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How important is that patriot system in stopping
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Or at least slowing down the russian attacks?
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It's very important.
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It's a very expensive system, though.
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We don't have that many.
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Germany, had ten of them, i believe,
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And they've given two of them to ukraine.
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We're going to transfer more.
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You've got european powers.
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Some of the nato countries,
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And what they've decided to do in support of ukraine
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Is they are going to buy us military equipment
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And ship it into ukraine.
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One of the things that the president, i believe
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Will authorize is for the f-16s
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To get the, joint, air to surface standoff missile.
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Jasen.
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It's a 200 mile range air to surface missile,
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Which would allow the ukrainian f-16s to strike very deep
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Inside russia.
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Well, you've spoken before.
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The big advantage the russians have on troop strength.
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They even got
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15,000 troops from north korea to fight on the front lines.
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So what else could be done
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On the european or american side to slow them down?
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That is, without sending in ground forces of our own.
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I think just backing the ukrainians, giving them
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The intelligence that they need to make those really critical
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Strikes, to to strike deep into their supply lines.
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And that's where the jazz and would come in
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And other longer range weapons that seems to be in the offing.
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Once you give them that capability, it
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It shows that not only are we willing to stand by ukraine,
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Which is the forcing function
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To bring vladimir putin to the table,
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But it also will show him that he is facing
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A military disaster, very much like the beginning
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And the opening salvos of this whole thing.
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If he starts losing his supplies and can't supply those troops,
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Then they get rolled up
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And that would be an absolute disaster for him,
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Not just militarily, but also hi
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Well, there's a report in the wall street journal
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That the pentagon's top policy official,
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A man by the name of eldridge
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Colby, has warned that by continuing to help ukraine,
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It could further stretch
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Our already depleted pentagon stockpiles.
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They might be needed elsewhere.
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He added that attacks on iran
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And the saudis have also depleted our supplies.
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Do you have any idea
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How long it could take to get back up to full strength?
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It will take years.
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And the reason why it will take so long is no matter how much
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Money you throw at it.
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There are supply chain issues
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And it's just a matter of getting all of these parts.
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If you think about a cruise missile or a patriot missile,
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It probably has 10,000 parts.
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All you need to do is just be missing one of those parts.
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And you don't have a patriot missile anymore.
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You have a bunch of parts awaiting a part.
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So the supply chain is is critical in this,
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Which is why the president has also been making strides
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To bring manufacturing back to the united states
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So that we are not dependent
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For pharmaceutics and defense needs.
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Well, captain ash, please stay with us for another segment.
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There's a lot more to discuss,
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And during the break,
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You can send us your thoughts on these foreign policy issues
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So we can work them into a future program.
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There's an easy to use link at aj now.com.
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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
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With the decorated former navy captain chuck nash.
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Chuck, i'd like to pick up on the pentagon report on our u.s.
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Military stockpiles.
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That report also warned
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That we may need to slow down on assisting ukraine
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Because of the rapid military buildup
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That's taking place in china,
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Given that china is continuing to invest in its military.
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There are some real questions about whether their targets go
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Well beyond
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Taiwan, to the philippines or elsewhere in southeast asia.
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Is there any way to know where else they might try to move in?
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Well, i think
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They're going to continue their efforts
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To expand into the south china sea.
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It's become very, very obvious that what they intend to do
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Is build, like the japanese did on the eve of world war two.
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They're trying to build out
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Rings in the inner island chain in the outer island chain.
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So they are already establishing airfields
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In islands thousands of miles from, china.
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And they will probably, get in with the, joint usage
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With the host nations, these little islands, and build
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Larger and larger airstrips to take, cargo aircraft and then
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Be able to ferry fighter aircraft out to those islands.
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The other thing is,
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By building such a robust,
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Not only in range, but in depth, defense
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With, conventional forces, it really presents
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The united states
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With that dilemma that that sun tzu art of war,
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Dilemma, which is, can
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You convince your enemy not to fight in the first place?
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That is the smart war.
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And that's the sun tzu.
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Chinese way of thinking.
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And so they are investing in everything now to put up
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Such an amazing deterrent, because for us,
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It would be an away game for them.
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It's a home game.
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Well, the trump administration is pushing back
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On china's investments in u.s.
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Land,
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Especially the many parcels
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That have been purchased around us military bases.
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That's on top of those big spy balloons they floated in.
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Do you think that the administration
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Should take back or buy back
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What the chinese have already bought,
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And keep them out for good?
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We could make that investment faster.
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But, i think that what the world has seen,
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The creativity that ukrainians used with those, trucks,
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That they drove deep into russia,
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And then they put them on the doorstep
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Of critical military installations
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And then just remotely had those drones come out.
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So if they owned the land,
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It would make it more convenient for them.
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But given the tens of thousands of chinese people who have come
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Into the united states illegally and are here illegally,
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One has to wonder how many of them are fifth column?
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We don't know. so,
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We could make the investment.
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But i think really, what is required
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Is something that i'm afraid we lack.
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And that's a good counterintelligence capability.
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Well, you have spoken how russia has the advantage
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With this large population.
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So i'd like to ask about china which has four times
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The population of the united states.
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Could the same be said about china's military advantage
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Over our country, at least in terms of just troop strength?
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That's a great question.
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And the reason why i say it's a great question is if you look
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At the demographics in china, time is not on their side
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Because of their one child policy back in the 70s.
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They have an aging population.
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Their,
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Rates for manufacturing are going up to the point
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Where indonesia
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And vietnam are taking over a lot of their manufacturing.
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And the same thing is going to happen for military age males.
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The population is aging and aging every moment.
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So they're going to that's a forcing function for them.
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In other words it's a use it or lose it.
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They see the clock running out
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Through the sand coming out of the hourglass,
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Whatever metaphor you want to use.
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So there are a lot of things that are coming together
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All at the same time, and they're going to converge.
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And so the point is, at that point of convergence,
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Do they say it's not worth it?
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We're not going to
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Make the final straw and wind up with a kinetic event.
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Or do they say, no, time's up.
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We're going in and we're taking taiwan,
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And we're just going to hope that all of our preparations
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Have dissuaded the united states from intervening.
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Well, there are reports that china is building
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Robot soldiers.
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Is that another significant threat in their arsenal?
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It is.
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And because of their
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Demographics and the earlier point about them
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Losing, manpower in their manufacturing,
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They are massive leap ahead in drone technology
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And robotics because of that very thing.
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They're trying to keep their costs down
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So that they can maintain their manufacturing dominance.
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And the military is, as you point out, a classic,
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For using robotics.
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Well, one positive sign that's been reported
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This year with president trump as commander in chief.
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Recruitment numbers are up across the board.
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What do you hear that the young men and women
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Are thinking as they begin to sign up again,
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Especially after so many years of staying home?
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The silliness is gone faster.
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The silliness has gone.
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Pete hegseth has come in, the president has come in
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And they said no more of this stuff.
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That's it.
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And as you point out, not only did
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They make their recruiting goals,
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The quality cut is way up.
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And when you think about it,
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The fiscal year is not over until the 30th of september.
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They made their recruiting goals
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Last month for the entire year.
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So it's a new day.
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And, i think with the new sheriff in town,
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A lot of deputies are signing up.
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Thank god.
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It's refreshing to once again see our young men and women
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Willing to stand up on behalf of our country.
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It's a good sign for all of us, i think.
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Captain ash, i thank you again for sharing your expertise
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With us today.
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It's always a rich learning experience,
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Listening to your knowledge from the inside.
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Enjoy your summer by the lake.
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You're too kind, pastor.
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Thank you.
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It was a pleasure being with you.
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Well, in a moment, some hopeful thoughts of my own.
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And later, your delightful emails.
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Some good ideas, questions, and some interesting observations.
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We'll be right back.
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We'll be right back.
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You know, i believe it would be helpful to think
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About the battle between ukraine and russia a bit differently.
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There are millions of people who have endured tremendous
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Suffering and death.
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There are ballistic missiles the size of telephone poles
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That have struck apartment buildings in ukraine
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Where only women and children live,
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Elderly communities, pizza parlors, ice cream shops,
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Entire cities have been leveled to piles of rubble.
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Well, according to the united nations,
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June marked
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The highest number of civilian casualties of the war.
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There's not a solution that's going to make everybody happy.
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But the bloodshed and the warfare, it's got to stop.
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I believe we have as a country, an obligation
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To help bring an end to this conflict.
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So i'm grateful
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That president trump has put a deadline
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On putin to make a peace deal with ukraine,
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Or face some rather serious economic consequences.
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You know, here in the states, we think about war differently.
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It's almost like it's just a video game.
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We get the news clips on ukraine while we have our coffee,
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Or we see the photos of the destruction
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That happened that day over our evening meal.
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It doesn't even feel real to us.
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We've recently published a book.
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It's called angels demons.
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And you know, there's
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A verse in hebrews that i used in the book.
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It says that we should be aware that sometimes
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We have entertained angels without knowing it.
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Well, i had an event recently.
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At the end of each worship service.
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I stand at the altar and pray with people
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Who have needs, or request or listen to
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To what's happening in their lives.
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Recently, i had a man come up, introduced
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Himself to me, just told me his name was benjamin.
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He had a bit of an accent.
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And he said, pastor,
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We need to pray that the war will end in ukraine
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And that he did everything else to say no commentary.
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He didn't explain to me why he was at church.
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He clearly wasn't a regular part of the congregation.
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That's not a normal interaction in real time.
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I didn't really process.
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We stopped
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And we said a very simple prayer,
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And he slipped away in the crowd.
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There was a line of people.
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But as i reflected on that conversation
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Later in that evening, in the days to come,
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He met all the criteria
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That that verse in hebrews reminded me of.
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He didn't hand me a business card that said, i'm an angel.
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But he brought me an assignment,
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And i've been praying from that day
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Until this, that, that war in ukraine would end.
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And so i would like to invite you to join me,
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Whether it was a heavenly messenger
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Or just a prompt from somebody
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That randomly visited our congregation.
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Either way, i believe you got a divine assignment
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To pray for peace in that part of the world, if we will.
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I believe god will listen.
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Well, we'll be right back with your emails.
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Well, we'll be right back with your emails.
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If you have thoughts or comments on the conversation
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We just had with captain chuck nash, you can go to aj now.com.
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There's an easy link.
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You can send us an email with your thoughts.
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We'd love to hear from you.
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There's a full archive of our programs there.
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If you have a favorite, maybe you share it with a friend.
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The more the merrier.
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Your emails are always a highlight for me.
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Libby c from virginia beach inquired.
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Instead of the
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Presentation of a bill, the irs has recently announced
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A change of its interpretation of the johnson amendment,
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Which is the section of the tax code
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That prohibits tax exempt organizations,
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Including churches,
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From endorsing or opposing political candidates.
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What's your take on this?
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Will christians become more influential?
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Well, libby, i think it's a monumental shift.
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The johnson amendment was put in place by
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President lyndon johnson
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Back in the 60s, during the height of the vietnam war.
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He didn't want churches
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Commenting against his war policy,
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So he slipped
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A bill into something making its way through congress
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And took away the freedom of speech,
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Or at least a big portion of it in the churches
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From then until now.
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If we've had a comment on current events
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Or cultural events,
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Somebody undoubtedly would say, you're being political.
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If we comment on marriage between being a man and a woman,
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Somebody say you're being political.
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That's not political, folks.
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That's a biblical issue,
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Just like morality or the sanctity of human life.
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Well, the recent ruling by the irs that churches
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Can actually endorse a candidate removes all that nonsense
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And restores a good bit of free speech to the churches.
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It's really good news as to whether or not
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The churches will become more influential.
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That's going to have a great deal to do with or not.
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Whether or not we lead with our faith
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Not just pastors, but people in churches.
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We've been silent on cultural issues for far too long.
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It took a president of the united states,
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Not a pastor or a bishop or a cleric,
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To say that marriage was between a man and a woman.
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And now the irs says the churches
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Have the freedom of speech.
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I think god said we had freedom of speech a long time ago.
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We've just been hiding from consequences.
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I'm grateful for the ruling,
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The courage left to come from our own hearts.
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Our six on youtube comment.
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And after receiving the holy spirit in my late 20s,
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God led me to daily bible reading, memorizing scriptures,
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Reading christian biographies, world mission reports.
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I read most decorated rooms, books,
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All christian should read christian
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Biographies and testimonies, their faith builders.
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I agree that i especially agree about the daily
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Reading of your bible.
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It will change your faith completely.
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You can go to our website, our our app
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And you can read the program with us everyday.
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I'll even read it to you but it will change your life.
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Do you? mj wrote.
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Thank you for being authentic and taking
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Jesus outside the walls of the church into the marketplace.
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Well, i understand that
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All of our assignment being a christian inside
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The church is really not the objective.
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It's being christ followers
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And leading with our faith in our homes, with our friends,
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Where we go to work, in our schools.
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That's where our faith is really most needed.
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And finally, if you are committed,
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I've watched you on tv for a long time,
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But i just watched your podcast for the first time.
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It sent my spirit soaring.
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I loved all the inspired words of wisdom.
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Well, if you're not familiar with it,
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You can find our weekly podcast at culture and christianity
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Podcast.
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You just go to youtube.com, alan jackson ministries.
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It's there for you.
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We post a new episode every friday.
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It's a whole new way to learn and think
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And invite god into what you're doing in your life.
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God's moving in the earth.
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I want to be a part, and i know you do too.
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I'm alan jackson.
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You have a wonderful evening.
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Allen Jackson: Battle Strategy | Stakelbeck Tonight

July 15, 2025 | 21:52

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