Monday 14 November 2016
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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Thaddeus McCotter, WJR, The Great Voice of the Great Lakes
Hour One
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block A: Bill Roggio, Long War Journal senior editor & FDD, in re: usually what the Taliban claim they did is accurate; where they go off the rails is in number: “a hundred people died” – no they didn't. Six did. . . . As long as Pakistan supports [holds up with finance, training, logistics, materiel, et al.] the Taliban, there’ll be a continuous deterioration in security.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 4 in attack inside Bagram Air Base The base has been the focus of high-profile Taliban and jihadist attacks in the past. Resolute Support did not say how a Taliban suicide bomber was able to penetrate security at Bagram Air Base.
Taliban claims suicide assault on German consulate The Taliban claimed that it attacked the German consulate to avenge those killed in an airstrike in Kunduz, but another consulate in Mazar-i-Sharif was targeted in a similar assault earlier this year. That attack highlights the interlinking web of jihadist networks.
US Treasury designates Saudi jihadist cleric, three others in Syria The US Treasury Department designated Dr. Abdallah Muhammad al Muhaysini and three other jihadists in Syria today. All four of them have worked for Al Nusrah Front, now known as Jabhat Fath al Sham (JFS), which is al Qaeda's arm in Syria. Muhaysini claims to be an "independent" cleric, but Treasury says he is part of Al Nusrah's "inner leadership circle."
Ohio man allegedly communicated with an Islamic State ‘external attack planner Authorities arrested Aaron Travis Daniels, also known as Harun Muhammad and Abu Yusef, at an airport in Columbus, Ohio yesterday. Daniels allegedly intended to fly to Trinidad and then onto Libya, where he could join the Islamic State. The Department of Justice says Daniels was in contact with an Islamic State "external attack planner" who suggested that he join the jihad in Libya.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block B: John Tamny, RealClearPolitics & Forbes.com; in re: Without minimizing Donald Trump's impressive feat, the idea that his win was a victory of the forgotten over the elites amounts to romantic thinking. While a picture was painted of a nation full of the economically insecure and anxious, the reality is that an economically struggling nation doesn't have the world's most productive lined up trying to serve its needs. This was an election conducted amid mass affluence by any reasonable global standard, and while Trump's win was once again something that won't be forgotten, it also can't be forgotten that he beat someone who nearly lost to an aging socialist from Vermont. Trump vs. Clinton: Voter Frustration Expressed amid Opulence About what you’re about to read, please feel free to click off right this minute. You’re reading one of those individuals who persistently scoffed at Donald Trump’s national presidential ambitions throughout the primaries. And then having been dead wrong about Trump’s ability to win the Republican nomination, this chastened writer quieted somewhat the electoral commentary only to focus on the very unfortunate aspects of some of Trump’s policy proposals. They weren’t pro-growth enough, and they didn’t free up the economy enough. Apparently the electorate disagreed; that, or its focus was on other aspects of what made Trump presidential material. Please read on, if you will.
Trump’s diehard supporters have surely earned the right to gloat; at least for a time. While they at times likely had their own internal doubts about their man’s electability, they stuck by him in the face of lots of knowing ridicule. Their smiles are well-earned.
As for Trump, wow! If he’s to be believed he never doubted the eventual outcome. So while my views about some of his policy proposals haven’t changed, what an impressive feat. Not accomplishment. Accomplishment is the wrong word. A major problem with the U.S. is that too many aspire to the grandeur of the presidency. It’s not supposed to matter, it’s not supposed to be an accomplishment to rise to a job that was constitutionally designed to not be very consequential. So it was an incredibly impressive Trump feat.
He had half the money of Hillary Clinton, and no political experience. Aren’t these dabblers supposed to lose? Maybe not. Realistically Barack Obama didn’t have much political experience when he ran for and won the presidency. The logical reply is that Obama had won political office in his home state and also the Senate, not to mention his “community organizer” activities. Fair enough, but by that measure Trump had abundant political experience himself. Lest we forget, he built a globally prominent brand around his family’s name, and he also headed up a monster network television hit. For people to say he had no political experience is to overstate his novice qualities by a mile. . . .
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block C: Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast & Forbes.com, in re: Trump and China. China is building a wall and, more important, a military base along a sensitive border. (vide http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2016/11/13/chinas-building-a-wall-any-lessons-for-trump/#76c6fa2748b5 & http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/11/politics/donald-trump-china-president-xi-jinping/) After CN reported that Xi never called Trump, someone in the Beijing administration decided that wasn’t their best idea . so Xi called. The cll was initially congratulatory, then turned to threat: ”Our relations must be cooperative.” Really??? China has to cooperate with the US economically, but the US needn’t cooperate much with China. Many East Asian countries provide portions of objects which then get assembled in China. “If Trump decided to start a trade war” (oops; China has already started) “then China will take it out on Airbus and other firms” -- so Boeing will move in.
In 2006, China began putting in fencing ‘twixt its frontier and North Korea’s, and put a n army base smack in the middle. North Korea has now based heavy armor in the north. The $400 mil bridge? It now ends in the middle of a field in DPRK – which stopped the building to prevent China from running tanks over it into North Korea. Eun is scared of China.
Trump’s first deal is to kill off the TPP, which is a big help to China. But if he starts a US economic boom, interest rates will rise, more capital flight our of China; not too good for the regime there. China wants to defang Trump; will soon create trouble. DPRK will test a long-range missile and a nuclear weapon looking to sell to other countries. China has reflated its property boon, and signs of at least a similar capital outflow from China as last year, which was $1 trillion
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Xi added he hoped to "settle all disputes with the US in accordance with the principle of nonconfrontation." Xinhua, the nation's official news agency, said Xi sent a congratulatory message, not specifying how the message was delivered. Chinese officials said there was no phone call. CCTV News Content on Saturday retracted its earlier report that Xi congratulated Trump in a phone call.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 1, Block D: Harry Siegel, & Daily Beast & @NYDailyNews: in re: From Obama to Trump in eight years flat. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/harry-siegel-peak-donald-trump-looms-article-1.2869764
Hour Two
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 2, Block A: David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO, in re: Michigan, Macombe Co; who voted for Trump and who refused to vote for Clinton? ‘Twas the home of the Reagan Democrats; Bill Clinton would have been their ideal president. But with stagnating wages came anger and angst for having been left out, and no hope for their children. These voters were fed up with the existing system and Trump was seen as someone who at least would shake it up.
Trump had a consistent msg, he sold it better than she sold hers. Clinton had a number of flaws . . . She never went back to Michigan till it was in trouble. We erroneously assumed she’d hold on to the white vote that had delivered for Obama. This allowed Trump to move in.
Respect for America as a nation and a desire to see American power projected internationally. Michigan was forgot; Trump saw it, visited, and connected with Michiganders.
New presidents don't get hundred-day honeymoons any more. GOP controls both chambers; no excuses. Intricacies of tax and health-care reform. Executive orders. I think Trump has a year or even 18 mos to start delivering
Break gridlock; let people think that the [apparatus] is working for not against them. Enormous pressure to reduce corp taxes, bring backcapital trapped overseas, simplify taxes.
• Michael Moore on Why Trump Won
• Obama Gives Up on Pacific Trade Deal
• From McDonalds to Veganism to Defeat
• Trump Open to Keeping Parts of Obamacare
• Graham Suggests Cruz for the Supreme Court
Clinton Campaign Blames Comey Letters for Loss
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 2, Block B: David M Drucker, Washington Examiner Senior Congressional correspondent; John Fund, NRO, in re: The Democrats are in DC in despair. Need leadership; Sanders? Warren? Dean? Not the entire world looks at the world and politics the same way a progressive Dem does. Fiscally moderate, culturally conservative – they need leaders to rebuild a party technically speaking and communicate past Manhattan.
Soros & his intellectual colleagues live in bubbles – Manhattan and DC voted 92% for Clinton. The Dem Party no longer is representative of the country – one-third hair from Mass, NY, Cal. How do you bridge the divide? Last time a party was declared dead forever was eight years go and it was the GOP. When you find the right leader, it attracts all sort of adherents and infuses image widely. Stop catering to [narrow] groups. Envtlists, public-sector unions, gays, race-agitators such a the Rev Sharpton: have little to say to those who voted to Obama then later voted for Trump. Can only wait for Trump to implode.
Americans want an end to the one-party system in Washington; there is nothing in common culturally between blue-collar Dems and the Progressives. Zero.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 2, Block C: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: John Bolton did a spectacularly good job at the UN, is very talented. Other person in the running for State is Giuliani.; eke Newt Gingrich and Sen Corker. I’ve spoken with reps of some Arab countries, who respond positively to Trump’s election, even in Palestine Negative reaction from Iran. Mild response from European leaders.
TGM: Anent Mr Giuliani: I think of him more in natl security.
MH: . . . recall what he did when Abu Ammar tried to attend opera in Manhattan. He’s vice-chair of the transition committee. Mike Pence is also important here. . . The first leader Trump spoke with was Pres el Sisi. He’s doubled the Suez Canal in e year, 3,000k of new highways and bldg. the capital. Tense relations with Saudis for the moment. Gaza: Dahlan seems to be playing a role in bringing together some of the Egyptian leadership with Hamas. Forty Salafists arrested to stop rocket fire against [Israel? ]. Raffah border crossing has been open in the recent days.
TGM: Attacks against Coptic Christians have been increasing, Must try to stop the attacks.
MH: Copts thought that would occur under Sisis, but recent upsurge that must be addressed – 10% of the Egyptian population are Copts. . . . Iran deal: almost impossible to walk away from it in toto; but if we resume restrictions under SWIF and other available measure, wd be significantly. Russians: “Will lend $10 bil to Iran, but you need UN SC permission to buy our Sukhois,” The JCPOA frontloaded benefits to Iran, so hard to reverse that now. US can make demands for better behavior Iran to day acknowledged that it’s sending missile plants to US enemies in Aleppo, Lebanon, Gaza. Exporting this technology is clearly a violation.
Israeli Army Medics Named World's Best in Disaster Relief (JTA) The Israeli army's emergency medical response team has received the World Health Organization's highest ranking. The Medical Corps unit is the first to be recognized as Type 3 under recently developed WHO standards after a year-long vetting process, the Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday.
Israel was ranked "three-plus," according to Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Ofer Merin, who heads the unit, in recognition of its specializations beyond the basic requirements. Israeli disaster relief teams have been among the first and largest to arrive at the scenes of natural disasters, including an earthquake in Turkey in 1999, an earthquake in Haiti in 2010, a typhoon in the Philippines in 2013, and an earthquake in Nepal in 2015.
Israeli President Arrives in India for 8-Day Visit (Press Trust of India) Israeli President Reuven Rivlin arrived in India on Monday with a large delegation of businessmen and academicians on an eight-day visit to further strengthen bilateral ties.
Signs of a Thaw in Egypt-Hamas Tensions - Avi Issacharoff (Times of Israel) After three and a half years of tension, there are signs of a thaw between Egypt and Hamas. In the past month, Egypt has allowed the Rafah border crossing to remain open longer than usual. Now it is considering initiatives to improve the economic situation in both Gaza and in adjacent Sinai.
Cairo is reportedly considering establishing a free trade zone in Rafah, which straddles the Sinai-Gaza border, which would allow Gazan traders to purchase goods directly from the Egyptian side of the city. Mohammad Dahlan, a political nemesis to PA President Mahmoud Abbas, is reportedly linked to the negotiations between Cairo and Hamas. Meanwhile, Hamas recently arrested 30-40 Salafist activists in Gaza to prevent an escalation of rocket fire at Israel by these fringe groups.
Syrian Refugees Regret Move to Gaza- Fares Akram (AP-ABC News) 12 Syrian families that found refuge in Gaza after initially fleeing to Egypt after the Syrian civil war erupted are now trapped in Gaza, ineligible for most social services granted to Palestinians but also unable to travel abroad.
In Egypt, Muslim Attacks on Christians Are Rising- Sudarsan Raghavan (Washington Post) In the village of Asem, Egypt, on a recent day, an argument between boys sparked clashes between neighbors, with Muslims torching shops owned by Christians. Five years ago, many among Egypt's minority Coptic Christians thought the discrimination they had long faced from Muslims would begin to disappear when President Hosni Mubarak was ousted, but that sense of hope has since evaporated as attacks against Christians have intensified. Today, community leaders and human rights activists say the smallest matters are setting off violence. At least 25 sectarian attacks have been reported this year, activists say.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 2, Block D: Malcolm Hoenlein, Conference of Presidents, in re: Pres-elect Trump spoke with _; Medvedev visited Israel, in press conf w Netanyahu said he felt so at home there. Common interests: terrorism, and Israel is a big economic partner; very assertive and forward-looking comments. Bibi immed spoke of Iran’s strengthening Hamas and militias. . . . New Russian air base at Hamadan. . . .With JCPOA, important to [hold Iran’s feet to the fire by holding to missile-dvtpt;, and fiver year delays, and Security Council resolutions.
Turkey: more and ore arrests. Largely based in the Konya Air Force base – 110,000 people have ben dispersed from jobs ad 37,000 arrested. The pilots re important – losing 355 experienced pilots s a bow to the AF.
Israeli pres visits India for eight days: . . . inter al, adding tens of thousands of seats to India-Israel flights.
Eleventh century mosque in Nuba (cd be earlier): Arab inscription by the Commander of the Faithful speaks of Jewish [control] of Dome of he Rock; 16 mi SE of Jerusalem, to Bet al Maqdis rock. More on =Thursday
Congress Preparing to Work with Trump to Squeeze Iran - Josh Rogin Republicans in Congress are preparing to work with the incoming Trump administration on a number of foreign policy and national security issues. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told me, "There are several issues that I can work with the new president on, the Iran deal being number one. Trump has been right about the Iran deal, it needs to be renegotiated. I'm going to create leverage for him."
Graham said he and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) will reintroduce the Iran Ballistic Missile Sanctions Act, which would expand the non-nuclear-related sanctions on Iran to include entire sectors of the Iranian economy that aid in Iran's ballistic missile program. Even if the Trump administration keeps the Iran deal in place, the Obama administration's effort to encourage Iran toward better behavior through positive engagement is now over and the U.S. is going back to a policy of pressure, said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. (Washington Post)
Iran Exporting Missile Technology to Israel's Enemies - Adil Alsalmi Two days after Iran's chief of staff revealed a production line of Iranian missiles in Aleppo, Hussein Sheikh al-Islam - advisor to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif - said, "manufacturing and producing Iranian missiles is not limited to Syria. It includes areas surrounding Israel." He added that Iran has trained and disseminated the technology of missile production in that region, in reference to southern Lebanon and Gaza. Recently, an agency belonging to the Revolutionary Guard confirmed that Houthis in Yemen used Iranian-made missiles. In June, the secretary general of Hizbullah confirmed that his troops obtained weapons, including missiles, and money directly from Iran. (Asharq Al-Awsat-UK)
Europe Struggles to Harden Security in Wake of Attacks - Matthew Dalton Shortly after the terror attacks in Paris a year ago, European leaders pledged to close a legal loophole that militants could exploit to pass through border crossings without security checks. A year later, negotiators in Brussels are still quarreling over how to change the law, which forbids border guards from conducting systematic security checks on European citizens.
Faced with repeated attacks by Islamic State and its sympathizers, the EU is struggling to find decisive fixes for its myriad security vulnerabilities. Efforts have been hamstrung by the bloc's complex decision-making procedures, privacy concerns and a cumbersome counterterrorism apparatus that relies on coordination between the region's 28 governments. U.S. officials have been especially worried because most Europeans can travel to the U.S. without a visa. (Wall Street Journal)
Trump: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Must Be Negotiated, Not Imposed - Boaz Bismuth "I love and respect Israel and its citizens," President-elect Donald Trump told Israel Hayom on Thursday. "Israel and America share so many of the same values, such as freedom of speech, freedom of worship, and the importance of creating opportunities for all citizens to pursue their dreams. I look forward to strengthening the unbreakable bond between our great nations. I know very well that Israel is the one true democracy and defender of human rights in the Middle East and a beacon of hope to countless people."
"I believe that my administration can play a significant role in helping the parties to achieve a just, lasting peace - which must be negotiated between the parties themselves, and not imposed on them by others. Israel and the Jewish people deserve no less." (Israel Hayom)
Israeli Ministers Seek to Limit Use of Amplified Loudspeakers at Mosques - Andrew Friedman The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill Sunday to ban mosque muezzins from announcing prayer times via amplified loudspeakers. MK Motti Yogev said the early-morning calls to prayer from mosques disturb the sleep of hundreds of thousands of Jews and Arabs alike.
"We are not opposed to religious observance, and certainly not to the call of the muezzin that 'God is great'," said Yogev. "(Religious Jews have been) reciting a similar phrase for thousands of years....But with all the technological advances of today, there is no justification for waking people up at 4 o'clock in the morning who don't want (to attend prayer services). There are cell phone applications, alarm clocks, and other technologies to use. There is no need to wake up the whole neighborhood." (Ynet News)
Netanyahu: Israel Seeks to Follow European Standard on Mosque Loudspeakers Prime Minister Netanyahu told the Israeli Cabinet on Sunday: "Today, the Ministerial Committee on Legislation will consider draft legislation on limiting the magnitude of noise from public address systems in houses of prayer in Israel. Muslims, as well as Jews and Christians, also suffer from this....Israel is a country that respects freedom of religion for all faiths. Israel is also committed to defending those who suffer from the loudness of the excessive noise of the announcements. This is how it is in many European cities and in many places in the Islamic world, where the loudness of the announcements is limited out of consideration for the populace as a whole." (Prime Minister's Office)
Hour Three
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 3, Block A: John Bolton, AEI, in re: Pittsburgh Tribune Review:
Next president's foreign policy priorities (Sunday, November 13, 2016) President-elect Donald Trump has just over two months to get his administration's key personnel and top policy priorities in place before Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2017. Although his road to the White House was hard, it will be as nothing compared to the foreign threats and challenges he now faces.
Eight years of Barack Obama's policies have left the United States in worldwide jeopardy on many fronts. While the president-elect may hope to concentrate on domestic issues, as Obama did, international realities will not permit this luxury. Indeed, if our international perils are not addressed soon and systematically, they will worsen, with even direr consequences later.
Consider the five gravest challenges confronting America in the next four years, starting with the most imminent.
First, and almost certainly the highest national-security priority for voters last Tuesday, are the closely related threats of radical Islamic terrorism and the Middle East's spreading chaos. Obama's unwillingness even to acknowledge radical Islam's ideological basis, let alone his failure to counteract its multiple dangerous manifestations, has left us increasingly vulnerable to terrorist attack. And in the Middle East itself, despite long-overdue territorial gains against ISIS, governments have been disintegrating or gravely weakened, thus providing safe havens where ISIS and other terrorists can again take root.
If Trump does not quickly reverse Obama's strategy, regional chaos will only grow, and the terrorist threat here and in Europe will increase. Destroying ISIS should certainly be a priority, but not Obama's approach, which actually strengthens Iran's hand at the expense of America's traditional allies in the region, Israel and Arab states alike.
Second, nuclear proliferation, primarily by Iran and North Korea, is continuing and even accelerating. Obama's cherished nuclear deal with Tehran has not contained Iran's nuclear program, has not stopped its cooperation with Pyongyang, and has not changed its offensive behavior across the Middle East. Iran obtained the nuclear deal's financial benefits at the outset, agreeing only to make cosmetic, easily reversible modifications to its nuclear infrastructure. Almost certainly, the ayatollahs have been cheating since before the ink was dry on the deal.
As for North Korea, even Obama's own director of national intelligence, James Clapper, acknowledged last month the hollowness of nearly 25 years of negotiation with Pyongyang, saying, “I think the notion of getting the North Koreans to denuclearize is probably a lost cause.”
Failure to contain nuclear, chemical and biological proliferation today has even more dangerous longer-term consequences, namely even greater proliferation. Moreover, the prospect that terrorists could receive weapons of mass destruction risks the perfect storm of more 9/11s but with far more tragic consequences. Moving vigorously to eliminate the rising proliferation tidal wave will either be the hallmark of Trump's presidency — or possibly its epitaph.
Third, Vladimir Putin's Russia is on the prowl in Eastern Europe and the Middle East in ways unprecedented since the Cold War. Unchecked by Obama's weak and feckless policies, Putin has had every reason to believe that persistence will achieve any objective Russia has the capacity to seek. He sees little incentive to restrain his ambitions or engage in genuine cooperation when Washington is bereft of strong, decisive leadership. Rebuilding protective structures of deterrence in Europe; reducing Moscow's Middle East influence to pre-Obama days; and utilizing Russia effectively against Islamic terrorism and in the epic struggle with China may seem contradictory, but all are possible with renewed U.S. strength of purpose and the attendant resources, political and economic as well as military.
Fourth, China's belligerent assertion of territorial claims in the South and East China Seas, its extensive military buildup, and its disdain for international commitments in trade and other fields all demonstrate not merely the attributes of a rising regional power, but one that neither respects nor fears the consequences of ignoring or even humiliating America. And after eight years of Obama, why not? Continued failure to deal firmly with Chinese adventurism and intransigence will result in more Asian states falling under Beijing's sway, as the Philippines appears to be doing, simply accepting their fate as Middle Kingdom vassals. While no one seeks confrontation with China, submissiveness such as Obama's only encourages more aggressive behavior.
Finally, although mostly ignored during the campaign, global governance will inevitably pose increasing challenges for America. Trump's campaign indirectly addressed part of this issue on immigration, but the fundamental importance of protecting U.S. sovereignty is far broader and more complex. Obama is entirely content with surrendering vital decisions to multinational organizations, courts and treaties, even while we are seeing key projects to diminish the authority of the nation-state begin to come apart: Britain voted to leave the European Union, and African governments are withdrawing from the International Criminal Court.
The ultimate outcome of this struggle is yet unknown, but it will be increasingly at the center of global affairs in the years ahead. So congratulations, President-elect Trump! The easy part is now over.
John Bolton, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, was the U.S. permanent representative to the United Nations and, previously, the undersecretary of State for arms control and international security.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 3, Block B: Mary Kissel, Wall Street Journal Editorial Board & host of Opinion Journal on WSJ Video; in re: . . . legal originalists and intentionalists. Trumps list of potential appointees will look at Constitution’s text and intentions of founders, don’t make law. Clarence Thomas has said he doesn't want to die on the Court; may see Trump as guaranteeing a successor to him who thinks like him. People of faith voted in response to Court appointments. Protests: tie up traffic in New York and will continue for a while. Stoked by left media and Harry Reid and his ilk. His inflammatory comments reflect the sentiments of, e.g., Bernie Sanders’s supporters, which think the Dem process was rigged – which, in fact, it was.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 3, Block C: Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; in re: Sovereignty versus Globalism ; Strategic Ramifications of the Trump Presidency in the US, and the Expression of Something Wider and Deeper The great schism between urban-driven globalism and nationalism reached a significant milestone with the US election of November 8, 2016. The election inched the competition slightly back in favor of nationalism with the elevation of Donald Trump to the US Presidency . . .
“. . . As a result of nationalist-oriented economic policies, moving away from entitlement and globalized sup-ply-chain practices, the election of Mr Trump to the US Presidency, coupled with the confirmation of a Republican-dominated House of Representatives and Senate, seems likely to mark an interruption of the steady downward strategic trajectory which the US has been experiencing for the past decade. Significantly, two of the major US strategic competitors, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia, both already had a head start by virtue of their unambiguous commitment to nationalism. Perhaps, ironically, they had been the first to understand the failure of their earlier “internationalist” and anti-nationalist ideological movements.
But it will take some time for the incoming Trump Administration to arrest the continued accumulation of national debt, to restore US international prestige and respect, and to build a new national security structure capable of dealing with a totally transformed global strategic context: a context in which the US no longer automatically dominates.
Re-starting economic growth will, ironically, be the easiest part of the task, and this will provide the base for strategic re-birth. The reconstruction of global credibility and capability should be expected to take as much as two decades, and even assuming its stature and reputation is restored, the US would be operating in an entirely different contextual framework . . . ’
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 3, Block D: Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs; in re: Sovereignty versus Globalism ; Strategic Ramifications of the Trump Presidency in the US, and the Expression of Something Wider and Deeper (2 of 2)
Hour Four
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 4, Block A: The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter Cozzens Part I of III; segment 1 of 12.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 4, Block B: The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter Cozzens Part I of III; segment 2 of 12.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 4, Block C: The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter Cozzens Part I of III; segment 3 of 12.
Monday 14 November 2016 / Hour 4, Block D: The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West by Peter Cozzens Part I of III; segment 4 of 12.
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