George Friedman

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3,185 appearances 9 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 13 Aug

George Friedman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The United States, for example, has a major base on Guam.
That base on Guam would likely be in the event of an invasion by the Chinese of Taiwan.
The base from which missiles would be launched in
against that if the United States chose to do that.
Okay?
So these islands like Papua New Guinea, which are not Papua New Guinea is not small island.
are tremendous places.
from which to block the Chinese.
So what is happening is these island chains
That take it over.
Block.
The waterways.
You may not see them on a bad map.
But they're there and if they have capabilities on there, they can block them.
So what we've seen is
There used to be a problem called the first island problem Japan had.
The first islands chain was Japan, the Philippines back down to Australia.
And it was difficult for them to attack into the Pacific.
Firstly because these islands were hostile and manned.
And secondly, even if they got into the Pacific, it would be hard getting back in.
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