John Kiriakou

It's changed over the years.

Some of it had to do with business.

Other accusations had to do with him trying to essentially sell positions in the government.

But I read the accusations when they first came out.

They weren't strong.

They're defensible.

So I don't know why he doesn't just grab the bull by the horns and go for it.

I don't actually.

I think the threat is greater from China.

The Chinese are incredibly patient.

There was a joke in The Onion the other day.

It was a bunch of Chinese guys just sitting around a table.

And it said the Chinese government sits and waits for the United States to self-destruct or continue its self-destruction or something like that.

It's because they know that they can outweigh us.

You know, we have convinced ourselves over the decades that we have to be all around the world protecting the weak and those without a voice and being the peacemaker.

You know, we have we have.

190 bases in 144 countries.

We have to do all that.

And the Chinese say, yeah, yeah, you have to.

Go ahead.