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Allen Jackson: Earthquake in Myanmar | Allen Jackson Now

April 25, 2025 | 20:16

In this episode, Alan Jackson interviews David Eubank, the founder of the Free Burma Rangers, about the devastating earthquake in Myanmar and the ongoing civil war in the country. David discusses the lack of government assistance and the challenges faced in providing relief to the affected areas. He also talks about the situation in Syria, where he is currently helping the Kurdish and Christian communities amidst the ongoing conflict. The episode highlights the need for international support and prayers for these war-torn regions. Finally, Alan reflects on the passing of Pope Francis and the upcoming selection of a new pope.

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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: Earthquake in Myanmar | Allen Jackson Now | April 25, 2025

Good evening.
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I'm alan jackson, and welcome to nashville.
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With all the issues making news in this country,
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The media has all but ignored an event
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That puts our daily concerns in a completely different light.
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I'm talking about the massive, deadly earthquake
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That occurred in myanmar last month.
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Several regions were hit.
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More than 5000 people were injured.
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Hundreds are still missing.
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3700 people were killed.
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And a large part of the world doesn't
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Even know where it is on the map.
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Myanmar was formerly known as burma.
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It's about the size of texas.
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It borders india, bangladesh, china, laos and thailand.
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Homes, schools, hospitals and roads
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Were all destroyed and so were many religious sites.
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65,000 structures in all.
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They're all now gone.
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One region lost its air traffic control tower
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And another government buildings were destroyed.
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Well, the earthquake happened on friday, march 28th.
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It was a 7.7.
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And the shaking? it's not over.
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400 aftershocks have been registered since then.
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And that's all on top of an ongoing civil war.
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So relief efforts have been a monumental challenge.
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But none of that has stopped
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Our friend david eubank from helping.
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David is the founder of the free burma rangers.
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And where there's a need, david is there to help
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Irregardless of the danger.
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David, thank you for joining us.
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Tell us where you are today.
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I'm right
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Now in a small farm in northeast syria,
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And this is another place in turmoil.
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But i was just with a farmer today here.
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And i'll tell you more about that later.
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But we are actually in syria.
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Our main work is in burma or myanmar.
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But for the last ten years, when isis started,
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We started coming over to share the gospel of jesus
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And stand with the people against isis.
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So we have a long relationship with syria as well.
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Well, it's a month since the initial quake,
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But i'm assuming that the rescues
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Of any potential live citizens have pretty much finished.
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But what's being done for those
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Who've lost their homes or family members?
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Well, by the government, very little.
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Again, as you said, burma's that it's the longest
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Running war in the world over 70 years.
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And the earthquake
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Was a terrible natural disaster to where thousands were killed
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And hundreds of thousand buildings destroyed.
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Wells, all kinds of property destroyed.
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But that's in the context of a war.
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So even when the earthquake happened,
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The first thing the military dictatorship
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Did is block anybody coming in to help.
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They don't care about their people.
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They try to control them.
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They were worried that the pro-democracy groups
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Were coming to help and gain more traction.
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So they blocked the assistance.
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I was actually in burma during that earthquake.
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We were in the jungle and the trees were shaking
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Is the biggest earthquake i've been part of.
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The trees were shaking. the ground was moving.
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But none of us got hurt.
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And none of the displaced people were with, like,
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3.5 million displaced. they didn't get hurt either.
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Why not? they weren't in the towns.
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Why weren't they in the towns?
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Because the burma army was already blowing up the towns
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And the buildings had already collapsed.
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And so that was kind of a
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Sideways blessing of being chased
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Out of your homes by former army.
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So right away,
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Right after three hours after the earthquake, burma
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Army sent airstrikes
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In all the surrounding areas to punish the resistance.
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This is absolutely crazy.
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So we had two things to deal with.
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One is trying to get assistance through the underground
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To the earthquake affected people.
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At the same time
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Taking care of the people around us in the jungle.
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They're still getting airstrikes against them.
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So there's been some good international groups.
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Samaritan's purse is one of them.
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They were able to do some good work
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At the field hospital
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In the earthquake affected area a little bit later.
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But they do wonderful work in jesus name.
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One of the samaritan's purse people, kenny isaacs, told me.
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People said we heard people are prayed for in jesus name.
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We need that prayer.
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And so they came.
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That's a wonderful christian outreach
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That's going on even amidst the dictators.
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At the same time, many affected areas we cannot reach.
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And certainly for us with the pro-democracy groups,
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No way they will hurt you.
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In fact, just yesterday, one of my medics was killed.
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In fact, i've lost one medic every month
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This year and including one who's a woman.
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Airstrikes and a casualty collection point.
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So the war is much worse.
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The earthquake didn't slow anything down.
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It just made life more miserable.
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And china and russia providing aircraft, attack helicopters,
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Major support for the dictator.
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So we're in a big challenge.
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But nothing's bigger than god.
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I was just talking to the syrians here.
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We had a lot of problems.
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But god is bigger. amen.
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We've read that india, malaysia, and even the chinese
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Have sent aid.
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Tell us, who else is involved.
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You mentioned samaritan's purse,
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But what's most needed right now?
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Well,
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The earthquake victims still need help. and.
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And my feeling is, if you're going to help them
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Go through samaritan's purse, they're on the ground.
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They do very effective work, in jesus name.
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They're not manipulated by the dictators.
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They have very limited scope of what they're doing.
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But bigger than that, that that's helped
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For thousands of people, but help for millions of people.
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That's totally different.
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That goes on in spite of the earthquake.
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That's i think, the biggest need.
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And there's many groups, three of them
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Rangers were that were one of them.
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But there's many other groups
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Working on the ground in burma to help the people under attack.
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Over 3.5 million displaced.
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And in the last three years alone,
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If you went back five years, is 20 million displaced.
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So massive displacement in burma as the war continues.
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And that's where i think the biggest help is needed.
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According to the u.n.,
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There's still a lot of areas that don't have clean water
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Or electricity or any type of health care.
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Is that consistent with what you're seeing?
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Exactly.
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Yeah.
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The government is not going to abide any of that.
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They are taking from their evil
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Dictatorship, taking from the people.
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And it's not just the cities that were destroyed.
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When you get out in the countryside
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Because of the earthquake,
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Wells were broken, thousands of wells.
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Suddenly people don't have access to water.
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And that is a huge problem.
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And there's nobody there's no groups
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Going in to fix those wells because they're in government
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Fighting areas very hard to get into.
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We can get there.
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Some of the pro-democracy groups can get there,
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But there's not a lot of outside assistance coming for that.
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So we've seen that with our own eyes,
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Widespread destruction, including in the fighting areas,
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Very hard to get there.
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Well, one
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More question about myanmar and the internal fighting.
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There have been many attempts
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At a ceasefire,
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But it never seems to work, which leaves
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Citizens on one side trying hard just to survive.
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And the people on the other side,
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They ignore the devastation.
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And as you said, just try to gain power.
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So what do you see as the endgame to this?
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Is there a resolution or is just this endless war?
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I think right now the dictators are fighting to the death.
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There is no negotiation. zero.
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The only thing that's going to change is one of two ways.
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What say three ways?
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One, there's a there is a revival.
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There is a change of heart among the dictators or some
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Of the military to follow jesus and change everything.
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And that is the best solution.
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The second one is the dictators get so much help
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From russia and china.
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They basically crush everybody, including us.
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And it goes back to the dark ages in burma.
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The third option is the dictators.
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Hearts never change.
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And the pro-democracy groups push them out.
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Now, right now,
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The pro-democracy groups are actually winning
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In spite of having no airplanes, despite
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Having very few weapons.
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It's the people that are tired of this.
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And so the pro-democracy
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Groups control two thirds of the country.
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Now the dictators control the main cities.
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They control the main ports.
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They have support of russia and china.
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But they're actually slowly losing.
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But it's expensive.
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Alan, just i was
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I mean, i was just crying earlier today
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Because the guy,
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The latest guy to die in that name is lawrence.
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Devout christian, named after brother lawrence.
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And one of my medics.
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I was just with him on a mission. he's dead.
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Yesterday, on my way here to syria.
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And so
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I believe the pro-democracy groups are going to win.
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But it's very expensive. and, like.
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So i'm praying for a change of heart with the dictators.
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Well, david, please stay with us for another segment.
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We want to talk about your work in syria.
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When we come back.
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When we come back.
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We're back now
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With the founder of the free burma rangers, david eubank.
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David, let's move to syria, where
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The last of the assad family has been overthrown.
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54 years of rule.
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And bashar
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Finally fled the country after a big rebel offensive.
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There are very few safe areas, and more than most
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Christians are being targeted.
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How does it look on the ground there?
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It looks bad.
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It i i'm here at a farmer's house.
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We call it the donkey house because during the time of isis,
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We were helping.
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We were helping people fleeing.
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And there was a baby donkey next to a dead mother donkey.
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And my kids.
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Suzanne was here with me on this mission, adopted this donkey
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In the middle of the desert.
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And finally, when we got done all the missions,
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We had to put the donkey somewhere.
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Because going back to burma, it's in this farmer's house.
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And i asked him,
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What do you think about what's happening now in syria?
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And he said, isis is coming back.
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He made the sign like this.
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Which means the long beards.
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And he said, i can't even put them in my mind's eye.
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Candy put put my mind.
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Because what's happening now in syria is you have the
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Basically al-qaida, al-nusra and partly isis background
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Controlled damascus in the western part of syria,
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You know, the free syrian army, syrian
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National army, supported by turkey, these other jihadis,
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Many of them isis, attacking the kurds.
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You got the current surrounded. pretty much.
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You have turkey pushing the north, isis resurgent,
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And these other groups coming in.
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What's keeping this place relatively surviving right now
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Here in northeast syria,
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Which also has christians in these areas,
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Is actually the american army, not many of them,
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But just enough where there's been a massive invasion.
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And so the american forces are not solving the problem here,
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But their presence creates a space
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Where the people can solve the problem,
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Where the kurds can solve the problem
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With the christians and others.
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If the americans leave,
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Which is half of them already left over,
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There was 2000 here, about a thousand have gone.
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If the rest leave, i think this will be a whirlwind of evil.
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And so one. you know, i ask this farmer.
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I'm with him right now, says mohammed.
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I said, what do you want to say to americans?
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Please stay with us.
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If you don't stay with us, it'll be impossible.
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We'll be slaughtered.
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He said, look what
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Happened to the alawites on the on the border.
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Thousands of people killed, even kids shot and killed
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Because the new government's come in
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And they look, we they have a suit on,
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But they act just like isis.
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In fact, i was talking to a young lady.
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She said, you get on a bus now, damascus.
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They've already partitioned it between men and women.
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The mosque, a partition says just like isis,
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Everything is forbidden.
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We won't accept it.
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But what are we going to do?
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This is an.
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I'm in northeast syria right now, which is a kurdish enclave.
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Well, i don't have much access to washington, but i have access
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To a group of people who will pray.
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You can tell your friends we are praying.
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If the reporting is anywhere
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Close to correct, there's 600,000
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People who've died there.
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14 million have been displaced.
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Some drove to lebanon, turkey, others refugee camps in jordan.
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But apparently there's a lot of people
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Simply wandering the streets looking for food and water.
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It's four months since assad left for moscow.
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Are things getting any more stable on the ground?
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I don't think so, sir.
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I think there's the veneer.
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There's the veneer of stability.
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And many western countries
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Are trying to reach out to the new government.
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And, you know, we hope that that there can be
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Some accommodation.
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But as everyone here says, they just put a suit over
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Their beliefs.
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The beliefs are the same as isis.
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Now isis is fighting against this new government,
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Even though a lot of them were isis themselves.
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Because isis doesn't
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Want this new government to talk to the west,
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And they want the real straight islam.
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But everyone here believes
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That this government, which made its own constitution
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But guarantees its own power, with no elections
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For at least the first five years,
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Is already a dictatorship.
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And one person said, you know, assad had the prisons
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In parts of the country.
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Now the whole country are you do anything.
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You're gone.
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And so there's there is in the sense of hot shooting war.
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There's less right now that's true. that's drop.
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Everybody's trying to see all the things line up.
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Will the west stand with the kurds
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And the christians in the northeast or not?
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With the west trying to protect christians
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And the western side?
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We don't know and nobody knows.
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I don't think i've ever been here.
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Things felt so unstable as right now,
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But my hope is that america and other countries will stand
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With the kurds, stand with the christians.
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It doesn't take a lot.
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A couple thousand troops who are glad to be here.
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I was a soldier.
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I wanted to do things like this
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To free the oppressed and stand with people.
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We willingly took a risk. that's why we joined the military.
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And so my my prayer is that,
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You know, we don't depend on america.
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We depend on god, but god uses people.
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And my my prayers. america stands with their friends.
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But my understanding is that
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Even in the worst years of the fighting,
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The old city in damascus was left nearly untouched.
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The worst damage was ours, away in aleppo and homes.
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But we did read about one hopeful sign.
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The united nations educational, scientific and cultural
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Organization has gotten involved in trying to help preserve
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What's left of the country's historic cultural sites.
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Are they having any success in providing some protection
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And security for places or people?
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I have not.
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I actually,
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I don't know,
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Because i'm not on the western side
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When it comes down to real dangers and threats.
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I've not seen the unable to stop anybody
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And i hope they're able to do something good in the west.
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But they certainly didn't
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Stop the alawites in getting slaughtered.
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And that's why it's an ongoing event.
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So i pray that it's going to take more than the un.
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It's going to take real power.
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People like you can execute real power.
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Right now that's the us government.
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That's countries like nato.
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And again, we don't have to fight a lot here.
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You just stand here.
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The kurds will do their their part.
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And the western side of syria.
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That is a really tough one, alan,
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Because these are al people.
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They haven't really changed. you watch the president.
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He won't even shake a lady's hand.
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So, you know, i hope he changes.
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But we haven't seen that yet.
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Okay.
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Well, david eubank, thank you for your time.
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You are a brave warrior.
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And we pray for you and your teams, wherever they may be.
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I hope you'll stay in touch and keep
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Us updated on your progress.
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Thank you.
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And i'll add this. i don't have time for it.
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But you know
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One reason the western countries are even talking to that
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This new regime in the west side of syria is because of iran.
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One positive thing is this new regime is anti iran.
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So i think that's the kind of balancing act the us is.
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It also.
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Well at the end of the day we trust god to make a way. yes.
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Thank you for that. and we love you all.
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And please give a big hug to your dad for me.
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I'll do it. thank you. david.
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In a moment,
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Your emails and later, my thoughts
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On the passing of pope francis and the massive turnout
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To say goodbye.
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To say goodbye.
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Thank you for taking the time to share your emails with us.
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I always look forward to your thoughts and perspectives.
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Sandra, im from pennsylvania so i recently shared your idea
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About addressing current events and cultural issues
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From the pulpit with a few members of my church.
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Their concern was that discussing
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Such matters might deter individuals
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Who are not yet born again,
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And have no established relationship with jesus christ
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From attending our church.
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I find myself reflecting on how best to respond
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To this concern.
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On the one hand, i fully understand
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The desire to create a welcoming and inclusive space
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For all,
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Particularly for those seeking truth and exploring faith.
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On the other hand, i believe that
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Avoiding current events and cultural topics
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Might unintentionally limit opportunities for the church
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To demonstrate how the gospel speaks
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To every aspect of life, including the challenges
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And dilemmas people face in today's world.
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I deeply appreciate any wisdom or guidance
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You could share on this matter.
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Well, sandra, it's a question that we discuss
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Frequently here and i can give you
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The perspectives where we have landed.
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I think it's important that we engage culture
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With a biblical perspective, with the truth of scripture.
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I honestly don't find that that's offensive to people
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Who are searching for the truth.
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They want to know what a biblical perspective is
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Or they wouldn't visit a church.
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So we have an obligation to tell them the truth.
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I find the real hesitancy is most
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Of us understand our churches are divided,
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And if we have the courage to take a biblical perspective
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To the pulpit and actually tell the truth, that it brings
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Some dissension, confusion, even division in the church.
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Jesus said, i didn't come to bring peace, but division.
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We got to have the courage to tell the truth,
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Even if everybody doesn't applaud.
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I don't believe that discourages
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People that are searching for truth.
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And finally, pamela from california said, i'm
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So very grateful for your messages
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Through the daily broadcast on tbn
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And the culture and christianity podcast.
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My prayer is that platforms like yours
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Will cultivate growth in people of faith,
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So our culture can return to a biblical worldview,
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Empowering other people to stand for god's truth.
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Keep up the good fight.
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Well, pamela, it's encouraging.
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There are new voices emerging.
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It seems like to me every week willing to talk
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About our culture from a biblical worldview.
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The message is rising.
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And the volume of those messages,
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It seems to me, is coming up as well.
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You keep praying.
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If we stand together
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And we stand under the authority of our lord.
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I fully believe that he will see that this gospel
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Will be preached in the whole world.
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We just want to be faithful in this season
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With the opportunities that we've been given.
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If we do that, there are reasons for hope.
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We'll stay with us when we come back.
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My thoughts on the passing of pope francis.
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For. you know,
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I'm sure you all know about pope francis passing.
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While his health had been declining.
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He rallied for a day and made a surprise
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Trip around saint peter's square for easter.
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He'd ask for a simple wooden coffin placed directly
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On the floor of the basilica, the same level as the mourners.
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As people say goodbye and saint peter's basilica,
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The cardinals are preparing to select another pope.
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This is a significant transition of power.
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And regardless of your attitude toward the catholic church,
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We should all be praying that the next leader will honor god.
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Now's a good time to remember that
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We all have a vital role to play.
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Let's take time to pray that the right leader is chosen,
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Because whoever leads the 1.4 billion catholics around
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The world
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Will have a profound impact upon our global circumstance.
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You know, the lord's prayer says to god the father,
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Your kingdom come,
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Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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But whoever is chosen as the next pope
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Proclaimed the truth of god to this generation,
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So that god's will
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Will be done here on earth in the places where we live.
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Tomorrow service begins at 10 a.m.
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In vatican city.
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It's 4 a.m. eastern time, 3 a.m. central.
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Well, that's our show for tonight.
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If you missed any episodes this past week,
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You can watch them by going to aj now,
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Dot com, or even on youtube.
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Help spread the word.
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Let us know what you like
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And what other subjects you'd like us to cover.
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It's a team effort,
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And those of you who watch, you're all on the team.
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Thank you for watching
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And i hope we'll see you again next week.
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Enjoy your weekend and have a nice evening.
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I'm alan jackson.
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Good night.
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