Dan Carlin
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It shows. Look, I said years ago and I took a lot of flack for this 2014. I think it was where we were talking about the situation that was already going on in that area. And I had said to people that the U.S. should not be the ones backing this situation. But it wasn't because it wasn't the right thing to do or anything else. It was because we weren't going to be there down the road.
It shows. Look, I said years ago and I took a lot of flack for this 2014. I think it was where we were talking about the situation that was already going on in that area. And I had said to people that the U.S. should not be the ones backing this situation. But it wasn't because it wasn't the right thing to do or anything else. It was because we weren't going to be there down the road.
It shows. Look, I said years ago and I took a lot of flack for this 2014. I think it was where we were talking about the situation that was already going on in that area. And I had said to people that the U.S. should not be the ones backing this situation. But it wasn't because it wasn't the right thing to do or anything else. It was because we weren't going to be there down the road.
It is too far away. It is going to cost too much over the time. And people, we have a tendency in this country, if you know the history, right? We are not in it for the long haul. That's not a slam. Americans do things they want to. I would say American archaeology is what happens when they're going to they're going to flood a whole valley with a dam that they're building.
It is too far away. It is going to cost too much over the time. And people, we have a tendency in this country, if you know the history, right? We are not in it for the long haul. That's not a slam. Americans do things they want to. I would say American archaeology is what happens when they're going to they're going to flood a whole valley with a dam that they're building.
It is too far away. It is going to cost too much over the time. And people, we have a tendency in this country, if you know the history, right? We are not in it for the long haul. That's not a slam. Americans do things they want to. I would say American archaeology is what happens when they're going to they're going to flood a whole valley with a dam that they're building.
And you have six weeks to get everything out of there. And instead of working with little teeny, you know, makeup dusters, you go in with bulldozers. And if you break crap, it's OK because it's just going to get flooded anyway. Well, American aid on the foreign front is very similar. We get in there. You know, if it's three, four years, a world war, we're going to take care of it.
And you have six weeks to get everything out of there. And instead of working with little teeny, you know, makeup dusters, you go in with bulldozers. And if you break crap, it's OK because it's just going to get flooded anyway. Well, American aid on the foreign front is very similar. We get in there. You know, if it's three, four years, a world war, we're going to take care of it.
And you have six weeks to get everything out of there. And instead of working with little teeny, you know, makeup dusters, you go in with bulldozers. And if you break crap, it's OK because it's just going to get flooded anyway. Well, American aid on the foreign front is very similar. We get in there. You know, if it's three, four years, a world war, we're going to take care of it.
But if it's a long commitment. Right. That's got to go through multiple administrations from various points of view. And it's it just we're not the people I told. I said in that show that the people that should form a regional alliance, which used to be big things before we got into these global ones. Right. With all the countries that feel threatened by Russia, just put them all together.
But if it's a long commitment. Right. That's got to go through multiple administrations from various points of view. And it's it just we're not the people I told. I said in that show that the people that should form a regional alliance, which used to be big things before we got into these global ones. Right. With all the countries that feel threatened by Russia, just put them all together.
But if it's a long commitment. Right. That's got to go through multiple administrations from various points of view. And it's it just we're not the people I told. I said in that show that the people that should form a regional alliance, which used to be big things before we got into these global ones. Right. With all the countries that feel threatened by Russia, just put them all together.
You all have skin in the game. The last thing Russia is going to want to do is be at war with Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, all these places at once if they attack any of them. And I got savaged. I even said maybe we should consider handing that new alliance of multiple countries a nuclear weapon or two. I got a letter from a Romanian guy who said, we don't want your nuclear weapons.
You all have skin in the game. The last thing Russia is going to want to do is be at war with Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, all these places at once if they attack any of them. And I got savaged. I even said maybe we should consider handing that new alliance of multiple countries a nuclear weapon or two. I got a letter from a Romanian guy who said, we don't want your nuclear weapons.
You all have skin in the game. The last thing Russia is going to want to do is be at war with Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, all these places at once if they attack any of them. And I got savaged. I even said maybe we should consider handing that new alliance of multiple countries a nuclear weapon or two. I got a letter from a Romanian guy who said, we don't want your nuclear weapons.
We don't want, you know, this will be fine. And now you want to turn around and go, well, I mean, it is what it is. It was never going to be forever. But it's terrible that people make these life or death choices based on these ideas that nothing is going to change when everything changes all the time.
We don't want, you know, this will be fine. And now you want to turn around and go, well, I mean, it is what it is. It was never going to be forever. But it's terrible that people make these life or death choices based on these ideas that nothing is going to change when everything changes all the time.
We don't want, you know, this will be fine. And now you want to turn around and go, well, I mean, it is what it is. It was never going to be forever. But it's terrible that people make these life or death choices based on these ideas that nothing is going to change when everything changes all the time.
The problem that I have, as you know, the reason I'm in trouble here in terms of I can't figure out how I even react to this is that my concerns are always constitutional executive power. I mean, these are the things we've we've rambled about forever. Hyper partisanship. I've lost on every single one of these. Right.
The problem that I have, as you know, the reason I'm in trouble here in terms of I can't figure out how I even react to this is that my concerns are always constitutional executive power. I mean, these are the things we've we've rambled about forever. Hyper partisanship. I've lost on every single one of these. Right.