Glenn Greenwald

I mean, what if the Venezuelans don't submit to all of his orders?

He's already said, we'll be happy to put brutes on the ground.

And that now you have an escalated situation.

Look at how Vietnam began.

We're going to send some advisors.

We don't want war in Vietnam.

And within a few years, we had tons of military, tons of soldiers.

And within a few years after that, there were 60,000 American dead soldiers.

Not because anyone ever set out and said, I want to have a decadal war in Vietnam, but because the policies we pursued led inexorably to that.

Good to see you.

I did not come festive.

I feel a little bit like the Grinch after that big buildup you gave yourself about how Christmassy you are, but I'm going to try and get in the holiday spirit, even if it's not with my clothing and background.

Let's have so much fun.

Exactly, exactly.

You know, I've been doing journalism for 20 years now.

I've been paying as a result, very close attention to politics and it's a passion of mine.

It's something I really love.

The very first thing that ever made me have like even a glimmer of wanting to turn away is the way in which Democrats have decided that because it worked for Trump, they're now supposed to be

kind of like loose with their language and show how cool they are and how they don't speak like DC politicians.

They have all these consultants advising them on what to do.