Peter Mansbridge

So how does that operation work, given that?

You know, I find this so...

Depressing, really.

I was going to say frustrating, but it's worse than frustrating.

It's depressing because what we're talking about here are professionals who understand their job.

They understand the information they're dealing with and the intelligence they're getting.

And especially, you know, for those in the U.S.

in that category, for these last six weeks to two months, they're

It must be just so hard to watch what's happening because they would have provided the intelligence that was needed to avoid a lot of the problems of the last six weeks.

Okay.

Well, given all of that, here's the question that we're being asked by one of our loyal listeners.

We have this phrase that we've used comfortably for decades.

The U.S.

is the leader of the free world.

So the question is, like, who says so now?

Like, why would we still use that term?

Why is he the boss of us, so to speak?

You know, like, really?

Is he really the leader of the free world anymore?

I know where you're going with this list.