Mike Benz

And so that's why I want to spend the time in the beginning just talking about that tension because – In the oil and gas case, like Trump has a plan around that drill baby drill, right? Like, you know, we might not need to fund transgender dance festivals in order to, you know, like you go to the CIA world book, you know, everyone go on CIA.gov and just look at every country.

And so that's why I want to spend the time in the beginning just talking about that tension because – In the oil and gas case, like Trump has a plan around that drill baby drill, right? Like, you know, we might not need to fund transgender dance festivals in order to, you know, like you go to the CIA world book, you know, everyone go on CIA.gov and just look at every country.

And the CIA has a world book of all of the strategic resources in every country. And so, you know, Burma is top strategic resource petroleum. OK, let's just. We don't need to necessarily have the sticky issue about whether or not we need to extract those foreign resources from Burma if the sitting government there doesn't, if we are drill baby drilling at home. Right.

And the CIA has a world book of all of the strategic resources in every country. And so, you know, Burma is top strategic resource petroleum. OK, let's just. We don't need to necessarily have the sticky issue about whether or not we need to extract those foreign resources from Burma if the sitting government there doesn't, if we are drill baby drilling at home. Right.

And the CIA has a world book of all of the strategic resources in every country. And so, you know, Burma is top strategic resource petroleum. OK, let's just. We don't need to necessarily have the sticky issue about whether or not we need to extract those foreign resources from Burma if the sitting government there doesn't, if we are drill baby drilling at home. Right.

There's creative offsets that can be done to replace dirty tricks. You know, for example... Like, you know, with ISIS and the dynamics in Syria and Afghanistan and Pakistan, if there are ways to reconceptualize the way we do trade in the region or do creative, you know, joint partnerships or try to make inroads into other, you know, parts of the population that were not tested as robustly. Yeah.

There's creative offsets that can be done to replace dirty tricks. You know, for example... Like, you know, with ISIS and the dynamics in Syria and Afghanistan and Pakistan, if there are ways to reconceptualize the way we do trade in the region or do creative, you know, joint partnerships or try to make inroads into other, you know, parts of the population that were not tested as robustly. Yeah.

There's creative offsets that can be done to replace dirty tricks. You know, for example... Like, you know, with ISIS and the dynamics in Syria and Afghanistan and Pakistan, if there are ways to reconceptualize the way we do trade in the region or do creative, you know, joint partnerships or try to make inroads into other, you know, parts of the population that were not tested as robustly. Yeah.

But you're going to need to think a lot more creatively about that when you don't have access to the dirty deeds done dirt cheap. And so that's just I feel like that. I just want to impress that point because I think a lot of MAGA Republicans are going to think that it's. it's easier than it is to reorganize that.

But you're going to need to think a lot more creatively about that when you don't have access to the dirty deeds done dirt cheap. And so that's just I feel like that. I just want to impress that point because I think a lot of MAGA Republicans are going to think that it's. it's easier than it is to reorganize that.

But you're going to need to think a lot more creatively about that when you don't have access to the dirty deeds done dirt cheap. And so that's just I feel like that. I just want to impress that point because I think a lot of MAGA Republicans are going to think that it's. it's easier than it is to reorganize that.

And there's just a lot of surgery that needs to be done if you're going to cut that function out, which I totally support doing in nine out of 10 cases. But there's a...

And there's just a lot of surgery that needs to be done if you're going to cut that function out, which I totally support doing in nine out of 10 cases. But there's a...

And there's just a lot of surgery that needs to be done if you're going to cut that function out, which I totally support doing in nine out of 10 cases. But there's a...

There's going to be a remnant and we need a doctrine that's cohesive and sellable to the American people because the problem was is we'd built such an elaborate labyrinth of lies that you couldn't even honestly talk about it with people. This is the whole oversight thing that I mentioned. This happened with the Zunzaneo scandal with USAID from 2009 to 2014-ish. There was...

There's going to be a remnant and we need a doctrine that's cohesive and sellable to the American people because the problem was is we'd built such an elaborate labyrinth of lies that you couldn't even honestly talk about it with people. This is the whole oversight thing that I mentioned. This happened with the Zunzaneo scandal with USAID from 2009 to 2014-ish. There was...

There's going to be a remnant and we need a doctrine that's cohesive and sellable to the American people because the problem was is we'd built such an elaborate labyrinth of lies that you couldn't even honestly talk about it with people. This is the whole oversight thing that I mentioned. This happened with the Zunzaneo scandal with USAID from 2009 to 2014-ish. There was...

You know, USAID and NED were at the forefront of the Arab Spring and toppling democratically elected governments in Tunisia and Egypt and all over, you know, in these street color revolutions that were powered by digital diplomacy. You know, we've discussed this before, you know, where USAID was funding people, you know, to do youth engagement for how to use Facebook hashtags. Right.

You know, USAID and NED were at the forefront of the Arab Spring and toppling democratically elected governments in Tunisia and Egypt and all over, you know, in these street color revolutions that were powered by digital diplomacy. You know, we've discussed this before, you know, where USAID was funding people, you know, to do youth engagement for how to use Facebook hashtags. Right.

You know, USAID and NED were at the forefront of the Arab Spring and toppling democratically elected governments in Tunisia and Egypt and all over, you know, in these street color revolutions that were powered by digital diplomacy. You know, we've discussed this before, you know, where USAID was funding people, you know, to do youth engagement for how to use Facebook hashtags. Right.