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Former CIA Operative Mike Baker on the need to focus on national security and atrocities happening around the world.
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-- scuttled an artist excellent sales gonna rule the world -- much.
And all fiscal cliff stuff some.
Promotional stolen -- him already jumped and ran.
So you're -- Well -- -- and that and that's that's part of the promises it seems that the some dozen media feels like we can only focus on one thing at a time and -- you know there's outrage over Syria -- and an aggressive but he gets you know focused on the next Chinese thank.
And that was the fiscal cliff but.
Syria it's it's good point death tolls ticked up to 60000.
Now and still -- that number of dead Syrians is not enough to -- that the US to take any action was -- home.
Aside aside he and his father did you have the most blood on the hands out there in the middle east of -- pretty much anybody.
But apparently.
Because you know we're worried about the Russians the Russians are still you know big supporters of the Asad regime for their own interest and you know -- -- some.
You know is well it runs counted -- And you know -- war's over but.
Russia and China in in particular.
If it's not in our interests it's in there's.
And so oftentimes.
You know you'd you'd you'll see a direct correlation -- why would Russia via a big supporter proponent of a sudden announced it's because he goes against our -- -- All the just in animals -- basically yeah that depth -- at media -- goodness it is a very very Smart very perceptive very very sort of aggressive.
Politician a very old school KGB.
Hasn't changed much since the old Soviet days -- And you know we think that nobody gets along and in and that's -- the way it works in the world and in America seems to be not to get upon us soapbox but I think -- and amp.
But America seems to be that one nation.
That is always apologetic.
Particularly recently for wind act and our own interests and we're losing a lot around the world right now because of that attitude was a -- Well we're losing leverage were losing -- in in terms of economic espionage losing you know intellectual property.
You know our systems are under attack every day.
China look at China EU court she could have an economic miracle fuel -- -- steal everything and you know that's kind of been there their MO for a for decades.
-- out your impersonal I've ever heard -- sense about what we're duo -- and China.
It was remarkably Donald Trump yes it's a remarkably yeah.
Guts they would administer we we we just have to be megas because my boys -- organized salacious but we have a realistic about.
You know how other eight nations that end and not be surprised when they do things that -- you know it in their interest as opposed -- But other things that are going -- out there that we have -- focusing on -- there's something coming up on on January 22.
That I think is getting absolutely very -- no attention almost.
Day on on the 22 of January.
Unless the president says no it's not going to happen or -- going to at least reevaluate the deal.
We're going to hand over.
And a gaggle of F sixteen fighter jets and about 200 Abrams battle tanks to.
The Muslim Brotherhood led Egyptian government.
And because it's part of the deal that we made -- -- but Mubarak -- you know body and have two years ago.
And there's no reason why we have to honor that deal.
But we're just going to the march -- wrong body part we're gonna honor well I died I haven't heard anybody say it would not and it's getting no attention of the president's went back to why.
And my assumption is that for whatever reason administration's not gonna want to upset the Muslim Brotherhood.
Because they think somehow that they're gonna get in line with our interests -- on the -- Anyway.
But that's something that that I think deserves some focus because they hand over.
Military hardware at this point out along with -- eventually during the course this year another billion and a half an -- When we're not looking strategically retirement about it -- we -- make it not exactly.
We'll talk on my banker who's up some Ford -- -- -- -- offered to operative.
And -- CIA and now what are you doing their real stuff and I do yeah we we have comical diligence.
For all your intelligence and security needs.
And the new don't want you don't know that -- -- more -- what what what I -- wanted to do.
To call it -- It not just something nefarious.
You could do puzzles adjusts and what level they -- our heart and all I wanted to do let's assume.
Product but -- well.
John -- mentioned some things to -- But put it it's you know -- we we we basically are are in the business of providing transparency intelligence and -- security risk mitigation to a variety of of clients large companies governments and others overseas.
We do a lot of work around the world and and and it's it's it I've been very fortunate to -- data that you don't -- go around the world -- law front.
That's that's the way I like the -- of questions raised.
-- -- -- -- deception yet like.
-- The dollar don't worry it's it's it's it's a terrific business great people American tourism and we've been legacy -- would -- would -- -- lucky.
But it's it's.
It's one of those -- -- -- sort of I simply yes.
I just like to throw out of this particular line question -- But it could just refused to answer ever brown -- got a big mistake it's a politician.
Innocent Angel -- aren't our own my breaker aren't.
All what's going on and -- chemists and tunnels on the mean that the sixty recent to.
Him.
Yeah yeah it's you know this this is something -- that we've talked about four on the show and and now.
-- I've never been a buyer.
Of the idea that somehow we're creating a pseudo stable somewhat via democratic.
Society I don't know everything and I'm hello got -- -- not gonna happen but we continue to march down that path -- -- -- afraid you know for a very long time trying to train the Afghans to take over for themselves.
They don't know what we're trying to sell them.
And now you know we talked about -- with the -- the president set a date of of December of 2014 to be out of that well that's now morphed into a discussion about.
How many troops should we leave behind.
And I'm not sure why we think there's an upside to this the Afghans don't want us there at you know people say well but look we're we're trying to win hearts and minds from the Soviets were there they were brutal.
Doesn't matter -- the Afghans they don't care one way or the other who's there there the occupiers -- they want -- gone.
And of this sad part about this is the Taliban has no place to go so.
The time that we -- there it's like dog years it's it's no time at all for the Taliban they're very patient that is gonna wait it out because they have nothing else to do and one week gulf.
They're gonna take back over because -- government is incapable we've we've.
We've got maybe one brigade out of 23 of the Afghan army brigades capable of standing up on its own at this point after all these years of training.
And god bless the troops and all the work that they've done it's not say it's not nothing negative against that nonsense it's just saying it's it's a no win situation after what -- 2821 and exactly and we haven't had that conversation after all these years to say why is it.
That they -- -- years ago al-Qaeda was was gone by the time we finished at Tora -- operation they've morphed elsewhere and -- that we're doing what we should do which is focus on them elsewhere Mali and and didn't Yemen and Somalia.
And and and focus on on where they set up and go after -- -- I had no problem -- whacked in as many of them as we can get our hands are.
But -- don't do they have but Afghanistan is is is a different it's different products more director of the outdoor someone -- the network that is a Al-Jazeera on yeah I think at Best Buy that that story is.
Is Al Gore try to do attacks -- you get this deal in under the gun so that he can make more money.
And in his self righteous you know -- during a -- and and I I don't know it's her address me crazy they're one of the worst people ever on the planet yeah and worse than wealthy young man or some of these -- more recent just boss dad's always it's all relative -- -- -- you know he's -- no Kim Jong hunger or -- -- Chavez but.
You know has got to be a second -- somewhere that -- he occupies the space Endesa.
But -- I think guiding the Al-Jazeera thing -- you know Al-Jazeera is tried to remake their images is all part of -- They realize that they've got a they've got a pretty big viewership dodges there -- does here in the US now.
And you know they speak to us to -- -- to -- I would have somewhat like mining group -- current TV I I guess they're barn with current TV they're buying axis has a certain.
Buying eyeballs I don't know who watches that jail and they turned on -- -- and offer from our friend Glenn backed.
They didn't supposedly the wallets are there weren't that -- -- And politically they were more aligned with Al Al-Jazeera.
That incorporate.
What I do Shaw -- -- -- -- advocates say that I understand okay -- -- It and where -- it.
Why here's what happens world's my -- -- to fox community alone but don't blow it.
All one reminder of something he doesn't like it tells me and and I don't go to Jim -- -- them.
It was sort of so borrowers find new stuff to -- That's a you know what you sound exactly like my three boys are under the age of five -- -- actors that's they're gonna somebody to -- -- don't -- -- -- result.
