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Allen Jackson NOW | Allen Jackson: March 12, 2025 | Allen Jackson Now | March 12, 2025
- Well good evening, i'm
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- Alan jackson, and welcome back to nashville.
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- Three years and several hundred thousand deaths later, the war
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- Between russia and ukraine could be coming to a close.
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- Could be,
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- I said, because we've been led to believe this once before.
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- During the campaign,
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- President trump said he would end the war in a day.
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- He's working to keep his word.
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- He somehow put together the makings of an arrangement
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- To end the war between two sides,
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- Who usually show no sign of compromise.
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- Well, the problem for ukraine is that eventually
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- They'll run out of troops
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- Versus russia, which has a much larger population
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- And a willingness to keep sending men into that grinder.
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- Well, ukraine's advantage is that they have been fighting
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- With superior american made weapons at this point,
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- While neither side will openly admit it.
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- People in both countries are worn out.
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- So many fathers,
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- Brothers and sons already killed or missing on both sides.
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- So much destruction in both countries.
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- Family's lives have been changed for the worse and forever.
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- And history shows us that wars are a challenge to get into.
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- But they're even harder to end.
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- Well, military men know this, and so do politicians.
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- Well, tonight we have a man who has served as both.
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- Colonel allen west was a lieutenant colonel in the army
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- And a republican congressman in florida as well.
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- He served more than 20 years with deployments in afghanistan
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- And iraq.
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- He came away with a meritorious service medal and a bronze star
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- In government.
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- He served on the house armed services committee.
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- Well, tonight he's our special guest.
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- Welcome back to our show, colonel west.
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- So are such a pleasure being with you, patton jackson.
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- Well, i won't ask you to predict the future,
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- Because the president of ukraine has demonstrated
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- That he has a habit of changing his mind.
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- But following the animated exchange
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- He had in the oval office with president trump,
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- We're now told that zelensky sent
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- A private letter to the president,
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- Which has been called a very positive first step.
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- We don't know if he apologized, but according to trump special
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- Envoy steve whitcomb, if there's an effort
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- Now to set up another meeting between the u.s.
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- And zelensky, which may take place in a third party country.
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- Do you think he's getting closer
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- To negotiating some sort of a settlement?
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- Without a doubt.
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- I think that he realizes the folly of his performance
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- And his belligerence in the oval office last week,
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- And also that was the third opportunity
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- That he had to sign this bill of rights agreement.
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- He had that opportunity
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- To do so with the secretary
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- Of the treasury, scott vassal, and ukraine.
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- He had another opportunity at the
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- Munich security conference
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- In munich, germany, and then, of course, in the white house.
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- But i think that vladimir zelensky has to learn that
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- This is a different president.
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- He's not just going to show up and stop this
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- Like some temperamental child
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- And get another check to go back and continue on in this,
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- This war that has become just a great stale stalemate.
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- And so donald trump wants to help.
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- He wants to resolve it.
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- And what he presented to him with this mineral
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- Rights agreement was a security agreement.
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- When you get
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- The united states of america to make an economic investment,
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- And that comes as a security agreement as well,
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- Because businesses are glad to come, it is great
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- For the united states, of great for the people of ukraine.
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- And it really does put vladimir putin on his heels,
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- Because who wants to come in
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- And the next thing you know, potentially
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- Try to invade
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- A poor state of a country
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- Where you have
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- American interests there,
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- Which will bring about the article five,
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- Support to a place called ukraine
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- Because of an attack against an american senator.
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- But this was a great deal.
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- I think zelensky realizes that he's going to sign it.
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- Well, there may have been some other interference directed
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- Towards zelensky.
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- There have been reports that some democrats
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- And even former biden and obama people told zelensky
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- To push back on trump when they met.
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- The reports said they coached him
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- To deliberately take on president trump and j.d.
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- Vance in front of the cameras.
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- Well, he certainly did that.
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- As it come to that sort of behavior from the other party.
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- Yeah.
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- Absolutely. right.
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- I think that the
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- Obama biden cabal and let's be very honest, that,
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- Vladimir putin made his incursions into ukraine.
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- During the obama-biden presidency, at the biden-harris
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- Presidency, we did not see that during the four year
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- There's a trump.
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- And i don't think we'll see him,
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- Continuing to try to do something like that now.
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- So the progressive
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- Socialist left was donald trump to fail in every way, shape or
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- Form or fashion that to include as a foreign policy adventure?
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- And who would not want to see peace happen?
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- I guess they didn't.
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- If you hate donald trump so much,
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- You would rather see more ukrainian men and russian men
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- And other civilians lose their lives unnecessarily.
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- So vladimir zelensky needs to know that
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- Next time you come to washington dc, don't stop off and meet
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- With, obama acolytes or biden acolytes.
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- Go right to the president of the united states
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- And wherever that happens to be, donald j. trump.
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- Well, it's not a simple issue.
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- A lot of americans
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- Want to know if this deal tilts in favor of putin.
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- What's your opinion?
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- I don't think it tilts in favor.
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- I think that right now, if you understand,
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- The two things are so important
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- In leveraging conflict across the country.
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- Number one, it's energy resources.
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- And it's also mineral rights resources.
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- One of the reasons why china is all over the world
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- Are going after,
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- You know, key minerals and things of that nature.
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- And we end up going to a position of going to china
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- To buy some of these raw materials and minerals.
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- We need to be able to have access ourselves.
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- That was a big thing about the united states departing.
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- And now you see china trying to make its way into afghanistan.
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- The other thing is that now
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- With president trump in the white house,
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- We can get back to exporting our energy resources,
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- Especially our vast liquefied natural gas resources.
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- And that cuts off the pipeline that vladimir putin
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- Is shipping out to europe.
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- And so, again, that affects him economically,
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- Just to say it was restore those sanctions against iran
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- So that they cannot
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- Share their energy resources with china or even with russia.
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- So those are the two things you don't have to always go
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- And look for the very solution.
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- But when we start to leverage
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- Our economic power, our energy power, and also,
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- You know, making sure that we can secure
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- These mineral rights
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- Instead of our geopolitical foes,
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- I think that's not how you get the upper hand.
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- That's how you get leverage.
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- One thing president trump made clear for years now,
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- Our european allies
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- Need to pay their fair share to make this work.
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- Right now, all of europe is only paid
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- About the same amount as the u.s. alone.
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- Listen to the president's words across several years.
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- Nato members must finally contribute
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- Their fair share and meet
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- Their financial obligations.
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- But 23 of the 28 member
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- Nations are still not paying what they should be paying.
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- The united states should pay its fair share.
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- Not everybody else's fair share. fair enough.
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- I believe the united states was paying 90% of nato.
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- Europe has sadly spent more money buying russian
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- Oil and gas than they have spent on defending ukraine.
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- Well, colonel west, that sure doesn't
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- Seem fair at all, given their proximity to russia.
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- Do you agree with the president?
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- No, i absolutely i agree with them.
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- And they just think it was that,
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- Upon the rejection from president trump, vladimir
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- Zelensky went to the united kingdom, went to london,
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- To get some additional money.
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- But, europe is not in the position
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- To have the economic lex or the military legs
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- To be able to support zelensky and ukraine.
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- And i think that
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- The people of ukraine know that the government in ukraine
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- Know that.
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- And i think that mr.
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- Zelensky has come to that realization as well.
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- And the other thing that is so interesting to me is
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- Why would the democrats support someone that,
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- He has suspended elections, he has instituted martial law.
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- I thought that they were the champions of democracy.
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- So again, we want to seek peace.
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- We want to see some restoration of normality and,
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- In the ukraine, but also we want to make sure
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- That that security blanket is there. europe cannot do it.
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- The united states of america can.
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- And we need to see other people step up to the plate as well.
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- Vladimir putin is a dictator.
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- We've seen the same old thing happen with them in moldova
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- Or georgia and now in ukraine.
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- The only thing he understands is strength
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- And might and resolve, and that's what he has.
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- And that's what you will see with donald trump.
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- Well, let's take a short break.
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- You can write me an email about this
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- Discussion we're having with colonel west,
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- And we'll work them into our next few shows.
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- We'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback.
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- We'll be right back.
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- We'll be right back.
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- We're back now with colonel allen west.
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- He's a military man and more than 20 years,
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- And a former congressman as well.
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- Well, you live in texas now, and there's been a war of sorts
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- On our border there.
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- But from all accounts, the massive influx of illegal
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- Migrants, including criminals, let out of foreign prisoners.
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- It's pretty much stopped flooding into texas.
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- I realize it's going to take years to fix,
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- But are things any better yet on the ground?
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- There are absolutely better, passage actually, than not
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- One of the great monologues from president trump's,
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- Address to the joint session of congress
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- Was what he said that we did not need new legislation.
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- We just needed a new president.
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- We have the laws on the books.
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- We just needed to have a president that was committed
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- To, you know, defending and supporting those laws
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- On ice to do what they were supposed to do
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- And making sure
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- That we secure that border
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- And send the message that you're not going to be able
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- To stay in the united states of america.
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- We have seen border encounters go from 10,000, 11,000, 12,000
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- A day during the biden administration to record lows
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- Even lower than the previous trump
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- Administration, a couple of hundred a day.
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- And politically, we saw 12 to 14 border counties
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- Here in the state of texas.
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- Go for president trump because they want our safety.
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- They want our security.
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- It's so important that we recognize that
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- These cartels are transnational, narco, criminal,
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- Terrorist organizations,
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- And we need to be able to use their efforts
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- To undermine the security of the united states of america
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- And get back operational control of our border.
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- But also, we need to clean up the criminal,
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- Illegal immigrants that we have and those that pose a domestic
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- National security threat in this country.
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- We should have members of a venezuelan,
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- Criminal gang running around armed in the country,
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- Threatening the lives of a lot of americans.
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- Well, tom homan and kristi noem are doing a great job
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- Rounding up whoever they can find.
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- But now the secretary of defense is sending troops
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- To help secure the border as well.
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- They're only going to go so far
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- Without more support from washington.
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- Tom homan outline on the specifics.
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- Listen to what he said.
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- We got it was, illegal crossings down 97%.
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- But we need more money to make that permanent.
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- Get it down to 100%. have that.
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- Have zero. got away.
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- We got a massive deportation operation. we got to run.
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- We need more beds. we need more airplane flights.
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- We need more officers.
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- And we're. look, we got 300,000 missing children.
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- We got to find.
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- So we need money to get all these things,
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- Done for the president.
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- Well, i know you served in congress.
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- Do you think congress will step up and provide what's needed?
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- They have to.
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- This is article four.
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- Such a for the constitution is known as the guarantee clause.
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- The federal government is supposed to guarantee
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- That every state in the union to protect them from invasion.
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- They did not do so
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- For the four years of the biden administration.
- 00:11:45.494 --> 00:11:47.897
- And then the 45 days of the trump administration.
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- We've already seen that total run out.
- 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.601
- But let me talk about this issue
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- Of using military troops on our border.
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- We send our troops
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- All over the world, security, other forms of other countries.
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- It's so important that we understand
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- That we do that right here against this terrorist
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- Organization and terrorists that are, you know, being
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- Transported by these cartels into our country.
- 00:12:09.752 --> 00:12:13.289
- You hear a lot of people talk about del rio,
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- Eagle pass, all along brownsville, what have you.
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- But you don't really hear a lot of folks
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- Talk about the big band sector or the bad horn sector,
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- Which is far west texas and down in that mountainous region.
- 00:12:24.934 --> 00:12:28.771
- That's where you have the people coming across
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- That don't want to be detected. they don't want to be caught.
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- Those are the various actors.
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- And that's why it's so important that we have our military
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- And the military resources
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- That they have out there to complement
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- Our border patrol agents who don't have that level
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- Of sophistication and intelligence gathering.
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- And also the level of aerial surveillance,
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- So that we can make sure that we are tracking
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- These people that are coming in and this kind of.
- 00:12:50.993 --> 00:12:52.862
- Well, another deeply embedded problem that was built up over
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- The biden years
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- Is the fentanyl labs run by the thousands of chinese
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- Who crossed into our country illegally.
- 00:13:00.836 --> 00:13:03.172
- They apparently work with the mexican drug cartels
- 00:13:03.172 --> 00:13:05.875
- And manufacture the poison pills and look alike drugs.
- 00:13:05.875 --> 00:13:09.478
- More than 70,000 americans die each year
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- When they swallow these synthetic opioids.
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- Do you know if the authorities are having any luck finding
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- And breaking up some of these chinese labs?
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- Well, that's going to take cooperation
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- With the country and others.
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- Mexico, hopefully they will do that,
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- Or else we may get to the point
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- Where we have to do cross-border operations.
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- We may not ask for the permission of mexico.
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- You think about it to pastor jackson
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- During the biden-harris administration,
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- 250,000 americans, as you just articulated,
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- Lost their lives due to fentanyl poisoning.
- 00:13:40.676 --> 00:13:43.379
- It's a chemical attack against the american people.
- 00:13:43.379 --> 00:13:46.315
- Our number one geopolitical foe.
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- China sends it up
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- To transnational criminal terrorists known as the cartels.
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- And they've agreed across the border that 250,000
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- Number four years is greater than the number that we lost.
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- And korea and vietnam wars killed by.
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- That tells you that this is a war act of the american people.
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- And so i think that there is going to come a point.
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- And that's one of the reasons
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- Why president trump is trying to use
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- The economic leverage to a terrorists
- 00:14:11.106 --> 00:14:13.642
- To get mexico and canada to step up and do
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- More to protect our people from this material poisoning.
- 00:14:16.912 --> 00:14:20.082
- And if not, well, yes, i think that there comes a time
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- When our special operators may have to go across border
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- And take down these, fentanyl facilities.
- 00:14:26.488 --> 00:14:29.792
- Well, before we go, it's been quite noticeable
- 00:14:30.693 --> 00:14:32.928
- To see how the chinese are flexing their military muscles
- 00:14:32.928 --> 00:14:36.298
- In and around southeast asia, specifically around taiwan.
- 00:14:36.298 --> 00:14:40.436
- But with president trump back in the driver's seat,
- 00:14:40.436 --> 00:14:43.038
- Do you think they may hold off
- 00:14:43.038 --> 00:14:44.440
- On any aggressive moves while he's in power?
- 00:14:44.440 --> 00:14:47.476
- Yes, i think so.
- 00:14:47.476 --> 00:14:48.477
- I think you'll see a return
- 00:14:48.477 --> 00:14:49.945
- To how it was a his previous administration
- 00:14:49.945 --> 00:14:51.847
- In one of the big, again, diplomatic foreign policy export
- 00:14:51.847 --> 00:14:56.585
- I saw,
- 00:14:56.785 --> 00:14:58.020
- President trump is to go back and secure the panama canal.
- 00:14:58.020 --> 00:15:00.122
- Panama canal should not be in the hands of the chinese.
- 00:15:00.122 --> 00:15:02.257
- The panama canal was built for national security.
- 00:15:02.257 --> 00:15:05.327
- Purpose of us being able to transition our land
- 00:15:05.327 --> 00:15:08.697
- And pacific fleets
- 00:15:08.697 --> 00:15:09.932
- Into those respective, ocean theaters of operation.
- 00:15:09.932 --> 00:15:13.168
- We had to do that after the bombing of pearl harbor.
- 00:15:13.168 --> 00:15:16.739
- So we don't watch out of control of that very important
- 00:15:16.739 --> 00:15:19.708
- Strategic, economic and military, crossing point.
- 00:15:19.708 --> 00:15:23.879
- And i think that that sends a message and that the president
- 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:27.449
- Obama has said that
- 00:15:27.449 --> 00:15:28.650
- He probably will not renew
- 00:15:28.650 --> 00:15:29.852
- The belt and road, policy with china going forward.
- 00:15:29.852 --> 00:15:33.188
- So, again, it was about peace through strength.
- 00:15:33.188 --> 00:15:35.157
- That was ronald reagan's macho and macho.
- 00:15:35.157 --> 00:15:37.860
- Donald trump definitely embodies that.
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- Well, colonel west, congressman west,
- 00:15:40.729 --> 00:15:42.798
- It's a pleasure to have you join us again.
- 00:15:42.798 --> 00:15:45.267
- Your straightforward wisdom is always a treat to hear.
- 00:15:45.267 --> 00:15:48.203
- Hope you come back again soon.
- 00:15:48.203 --> 00:15:50.139
- Yes, sir.
- 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.273
- Thank you so much, pastor jackson. god be with you.
- 00:15:51.273 --> 00:15:53.375
- When i come back, some thoughts of my own on
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- How we move forward.
- 00:15:55.511 --> 00:15:56.879
- There is hope.
- 00:15:56.879 --> 00:16:03.999
- There is hope.
- 00:16:03.999 --> 00:16:06.157
- You know,
- 00:16:06.457 --> 00:16:07.691
- We've just published a new book called angels, demons and you.
- 00:16:07.691 --> 00:16:10.494
- So i guess my mind has been a bit on that topic.
- 00:16:10.494 --> 00:16:13.831
- There's a verse in hebrews that says
- 00:16:13.831 --> 00:16:15.766
- That we should be aware that sometimes
- 00:16:15.766 --> 00:16:17.368
- We have entertained angels and we haven't been aware of it.
- 00:16:17.368 --> 00:16:21.138
- Well, i have a habit at the end of every service,
- 00:16:21.138 --> 00:16:22.907
- I stand at the altar and i interact with the people.
- 00:16:22.907 --> 00:16:25.943
- I pray for some.
- 00:16:25.943 --> 00:16:26.944
- I'll listen to others,
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- Until everybody's done or everybody has something to say.
- 00:16:28.846 --> 00:16:31.482
- Has had an opportunity to visit.
- 00:16:31.482 --> 00:16:33.651
- Well, this past weekend, i had an experience
- 00:16:33.651 --> 00:16:35.319
- In the midst of that line of people.
- 00:16:35.319 --> 00:16:36.554
- A man came up, he introduced himself.
- 00:16:36.554 --> 00:16:38.022
- He just told me his first name, said it was benjamin.
- 00:16:38.022 --> 00:16:40.658
- He had a bit of an accent and he simply said, pastor,
- 00:16:40.658 --> 00:16:44.428
- We need to pray that the war will end in ukraine.
- 00:16:44.428 --> 00:16:47.598
- Said, i'm a pastor there.
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- Will you pray with me?
- 00:16:48.699 --> 00:16:50.401
- And we stopped and had a prayer.
- 00:16:50.401 --> 00:16:52.203
- That was all he said.
- 00:16:52.203 --> 00:16:53.337
- And then he slipped away and there were people in line,
- 00:16:53.337 --> 00:16:55.072
- And i kind of lost it in the moment.
- 00:16:55.072 --> 00:16:56.907
- But after the fact i was reflecting on
- 00:16:56.907 --> 00:16:58.676
- It was a very unusual conversation, highly unusual
- 00:16:58.676 --> 00:17:01.445
- That someone would come to me from another country,
- 00:17:01.445 --> 00:17:03.247
- Not tell me how they got here, what their connection was,
- 00:17:03.247 --> 00:17:05.783
- How we might help them in some way.
- 00:17:05.783 --> 00:17:07.885
- None of those things were a part of that conversation.
- 00:17:07.885 --> 00:17:09.920
- He simply said,
- 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:11.088
- We need to pray that the war in ukraine will end.
- 00:17:11.088 --> 00:17:15.226
- But he didn't hand me a business card that said, i'm an angel.
- 00:17:15.226 --> 00:17:17.795
- But there were enough character
- 00:17:17.795 --> 00:17:18.729
- Mystics around that there were unique enough.
- 00:17:18.729 --> 00:17:20.798
- It got my attention.
- 00:17:20.798 --> 00:17:21.866
- I've been praying every day since then
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- That that war in ukraine will end,
- 00:17:24.068 --> 00:17:26.103
- And i want to hand that assignment to you.
- 00:17:26.103 --> 00:17:28.172
- I'm certainly not an angel, but we can join together
- 00:17:28.172 --> 00:17:30.374
- In praying that the war and destruction will end,
- 00:17:30.374 --> 00:17:32.676
- And i believe that'll be good for all involved
- 00:17:32.676 --> 00:17:34.879
- If we'll do that.
- 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:36.080
- I truly believe there are more reasons for hope than despair.
- 00:17:36.080 --> 00:17:40.117
- Well, that's my message for tonight.
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- Now, after a short break,
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- We're going to start looking at your messages. we got emails.
- 00:17:43.387 --> 00:17:51.001
- We're going to start looking at your messages. we got emails.
- 00:17:51.001 --> 00:17:52.536
- Thank you for taking the time to send your emails.
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- Your thoughts and opinions are important.
- 00:17:56.173 --> 00:17:58.775
- Gladys emailed. i have a question.
- 00:17:58.775 --> 00:18:01.344
- Why is there so much pushback regarding what elon musk
- 00:18:01.344 --> 00:18:04.080
- Is doing with the charge he's been given in doge?
- 00:18:04.080 --> 00:18:07.751
- The man is not charging us, the citizens, a dime,
- 00:18:07.751 --> 00:18:10.720
- And he's putting all of himself into this mission
- 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:13.089
- That's uncovering so much waste, fraud, and abuse.
- 00:18:13.089 --> 00:18:16.359
- Gladys,
- 00:18:16.593 --> 00:18:17.127
- I think that is a
- 00:18:17.127 --> 00:18:18.328
- Very good question, and i don't know the answer entirely.
- 00:18:18.328 --> 00:18:21.731
- I suspect a part of the answer is so many of the people in dc
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- And elsewhere
- 00:18:25.235 --> 00:18:26.303
- Have had their snouts in the trough,
- 00:18:26.303 --> 00:18:28.104
- That they don't want anybody turning off the flow.
- 00:18:28.104 --> 00:18:31.241
- I pray he's successful.
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- Fill us email.
- 00:18:32.943 --> 00:18:34.177
- I'm a retired federal employee and contrary to what is said.
- 00:18:34.177 --> 00:18:37.881
- Some of us worked hard.
- 00:18:37.881 --> 00:18:39.883
- However, the current conclusion
- 00:18:39.883 --> 00:18:41.184
- About federal workers may have some validity.
- 00:18:41.184 --> 00:18:43.620
- I do recall one occasion where the computers
- 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:45.589
- Were being replaced by new ones.
- 00:18:45.589 --> 00:18:47.424
- I inquired about purchasing one of the older ones.
- 00:18:47.424 --> 00:18:49.993
- My request was refused, but i learned after that
- 00:18:49.993 --> 00:18:52.762
- All the older machines were beaten to bits
- 00:18:52.762 --> 00:18:54.731
- With a sledgehammer and throw it into the garbage.
- 00:18:54.731 --> 00:18:57.267
- Keep up the good work at informing the public.
- 00:18:57.267 --> 00:19:00.370
- Well, fellas,
- 00:19:00.370 --> 00:19:01.271
- I have no doubt that there are employees
- 00:19:01.271 --> 00:19:02.906
- In the federal government that work very hard.
- 00:19:02.906 --> 00:19:05.709
- Your computer comment intrigues me.
- 00:19:05.709 --> 00:19:07.644
- There have been many occasions
- 00:19:07.644 --> 00:19:09.279
- When i wanted to take a sledgehammer
- 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.780
- And beat my computer to bits,
- 00:19:10.780 --> 00:19:12.782
- And it had nothing to do
- 00:19:12.782 --> 00:19:14.017
- With saving cost and a lot more to do with my incompetence.
- 00:19:14.017 --> 00:19:17.520
- I think we should also pray and expect
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- That our government employees
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- Work hard and be compensated fairly for what they do.
- 00:19:21.625 --> 00:19:24.661
- We'll come back to that.
- 00:19:24.661 --> 00:19:25.695
- It'll be a better place for all of us.
- 00:19:25.695 --> 00:19:28.331
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