united states secretary of defense, former cia director, robert gates said about the ukrainian situationt the situation is not really that deadlocked. the russians have gained momentum, and this is not a breakthrough impulse, but there is a feeling that they are now going on the offensive. the loss of the wife was important. you see, this creates an opportunity for the russians to push the front line further west, all i read is that... the russians have been attacking all this time in different places along the 965 kilometer border, they are getting more and more ammunition. i believed that for every artillery shell fired by the ukrainians, the russians fired 10, so the ukrainians are now facing a shortage of artillery ammunition, they are facing a shortage of air defense equipment, and so on. so, i think the russians feel that the situation has changed, and that although there is still a lot of fighting ahead, the initiative has passed to them. and the question, of course, is what about this? andnika, i want to ask you about gates’ statement, do you know him personally, yes, i know, i’v

in his memoirs , the former head of the us department of defense robert gates admits that the americanices began to help majahid. this secret operation was a brilliant idea. we lured the russians into an afghan trap. and this is a quote from the former national security advisor to the president of america. in the development of the country, starting in 1950, union funds built 1.00 km of roads, made a huge contribution to industry, in 1960 it was built in kabul an automobile repair plant, two airports, power plants, eight oil depots, gas pipelines were built, universities, technical colleges, and schools were opened. new residential areas and kindergartens were being built all over the country, and there was only one here. the goal is to make the lives of ordinary afghans more comfortable and civilized, when their government asked for help, soviet troops entered afghanistan. our military personnel not only fought the mujahideen, but continued to help civilians, from water, food to assistance in education and healthcare. now let's talk about american footprint on afghan soil. us planes l

in his memoirs, the former head of the us department of defense, robert gates admits that american intelligenceies have begun to help. dangers the ussr poured money into the development of the country, starting in 1950, the union’s funds built thousands of kilometers of roads. they also made a huge contribution to industry. in 1960 , an automobile repair plant was built in kabul. we built two airports, power plants, eight oil depots, and gas pipelines. universities, technical colleges, and schools were opened. new residential areas and kindergartens were built throughout the country. and there was only one goal: to make the lives of ordinary afghans more comfortable and civilized, when their government asked for help, soviet troops entered afghanistan. our military personnel not only fought the mujahideen, but continued to help civilians, from water, food to assistance in education and healthcare. now let's talk about the american footprint on afghan soil. us planes landed in kabul in october. in 2001, the country was completely captured in 2 months; only in 2020 did the americans manage to sig

at the same time, former employees and heads of american departments, for example, such as gates, robertthe cia, claim that the initiative is in our country, in the russian country. during the conflict, the russian army recovered, at this time they put their defense industry on its feet, they produce a lot, receive a lot from iran, they are building defense enterprises. together with the iranians on the territory russia, they receive ammunition from north korea and many describe the current state of war as a stalemate, but i am afraid that at the moment it is not a stalemate, but the russians have taken the initiative again, the russians are the ones who are leading the offensive, the loss of avdeevka is very significant, this creates the opportunity for the russians to push the front line further to the west, and i constantly see that the russians are advancing along the entire front line of a thousand kilometers, they are constantly receiving more and more b do you see me? yes, this is my gift, then we will investigate your murder. she's not afraid ghosts. how could i not have realized

gates so since the offensive doctrine the south korean defense minister meaning the south korean responseto the end and that phrase was included in the joint statement between minister and secretary austin so the problem is if north korea conduct another type of provocation it is ok if they fire missiles to the air to the water but if they target south korea south korea will respond immediately and to the end so the question is then at what point by that help of intervention but again it is gain understanding from the u.s. side and at this point we want to make sure conjunction understand what south korea trying to do here, do not test our resolve and for that matter we did china's engagement [indiscernible] >> i want to point out, norman song and his article full speed ahead and both panels said trump is going to be president. it does not have to be that way. if biden gives the lbj speech and bows out and let's the democratic convention pick another candidate, first speaker said there was strategic ambiguity. i do not think this ambiguity, you are telling us don't believe our eyes that h

and the fact is, obama's defense secretary robert gates asked back in 2011, he said they are perfectlyt russian invasion of ukraine. europe did nothing. and now, still today we have only 9 of 11 of our nato allies living to their commitment. enough is enough. if they are not going to do it now with a war on their doorstep, when will they? some are doing it, sandra, but germany, france, the big economies are not. >> sandra: good to get your thoughts in reaction to all of that, thank you. >> sandra: that does it for us, you can catch me at one program eastern time alongside john roberts on "america reports." thanks for joining us. for now here is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg: i'm greg gutfeld along with judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and she goes sledding on a beer coaster,

he was a detense policy director for secretary of defense donald rumsfeld and robert gates. and having served in the who white house as an adviser to the vice president. but he is also a small business owner who has created 400 jobs and has repeatedly been listed as one of the fastest growing companies in america. when it comes to getting the complete picture and the maritime challenge today, few come as prepared and as experienced. congressman, waltz, the podium is yours. [applause] rep. waltz: thank you very much. yeah, i appreciate it. well, it's my -- as my uncles and grandfathers and others said when i decided to defect from a navy family and go army, they said everybody makes -- everybody makes mistakes. and i've got to tell you, this is a -- i don't want to say crisis issue, but it's getting there. and it could be a crisis in our time. and i just can't thank heritage once again for -- for taking the time to dive into i think to many might seem like a niche issue. but if you take a step back and if you really kind of pull the thread and one of the silver linings from c

so after the frustration from the response, -- [inaudible] according tole memo from secrety robert gates so since they developed this offensive doctrine, it is the modal south korean defense ministry -- meaning south korea were respond immediately powerfully and to the end. it was understood by the u.s. side because that phrase was included in the joint statement between the minister and then secretary austin. but the problem is if north korea conducted another level, another type of provocation, it's okay if they fire missile to the heir to the water, but if a target south korean territory of life, south korea were respond immediately, , possibly into the end. theto question is then, at what will stop? by the help of these intervention about help of chinese intervention, but again it's offensive doctrine gain understanding from the u.s. side so that's the territory we don't yet know at this point we would want to make sure that kim jong-un understand what south korea is trying to do here. don't try to test our south korea's resolve, and for that matter we need china's engagement in this

gates. and have excerpted white house as advisor to the vice president. but he's also small business owner who has created over 400 jobs and has repeatedly been listed as one of the fastest growing private companies in america. so when it comes to getting the complete picture on what is required and what's at stake in a time challenge before us today, fucose repaired and as express. congressman waltz, the podium is yours. [applause] >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. well, as my, as my uncles and grandfathers and others said when i decided to defect from a needy family and go army, they said everybody makes, everybody makes mistakes, but i got to tell you, this is a, i don't want to say crisis issue, it's getting there. and it could be a crisis in our time. i just can't thank heritage once again for taking the time to dive into which i think too many may seem like a somewhat niche issue. but if you take a step back and if you really kind of pull the thread and won the silver linings fr

and you go back to republicans who will often point out that what robert gates said about joe biden.e had been essentially wrong on every single foreign policy question the past 40 years. they are not going to approve of this. >> bret: you know what's interesting is the dynamic between, you know, republican saying it needs to be more forceful and send bigger message. needs to be the u.s. projecting in the world. at the same time that this supplemental bill that has funding for ukraine, funding for israel, funding for taiwan as well as the border situation is getting thwarted for the most part by conservatives, including former president trump. >> yeah. teased perfectly one of the guests i have on "fox news sunday." senator lindsey graham who has for months he sat right there during "fox news sunday" said months ago we should be taking out iran's infrastructure. that's what we should be doing. a lot of people thought it was very incendiary then. 150 plus attacks later, he has got some others coming along with him on that thought. he will be with us to talk about that as he has really

and i think i've heard from secretary gates, robert gates that no one in the chinese military has experience on any kind of major war. no general has any war experience and so there's a lot of reasons why maybe an invasion would not be their first course of action which leads me to maybe a more probable course of action. i just returned from the-- from japan recently and the number of incursions in taiwanese and japanese air space by aircraft from china is in the hundreds every year. the naval ships that, the presence of the chinese navy on the eastern coast of taiwan is constant. so, if invasion, all-out invasion cost is too high and too difficult, what's to-- what can we do as a country to prevent or stop or deter china from taking an easier route, perhaps, of a blockade and simply just strangling taiwan from outside any travel or anything coming into the country? >> there is no question that the most important thing we can do with regards to taiwan is to strengthen their deterrents and to not only provide the arms, but provide the training necessary for them to be able to defend themselve

gates, said joe biden's been wrong about every major foreign policy initiative for 40 years so look immigration. if you didn't say -- look at the -- biden ink, with the influence peddling seen with him and his brother and son and -- none of those things bother you? it's just his age, your own problem? >> no. i didn't say -- you asked why i got in the race. i got in the race because americans were demanding an alternative. my differences with the president. no question. i think president biden is a good man, is what i said leader of the past, in washington 50 years, his foreign policy missteps are clear. southern border an unmitigated embarrassing disaster, been so for decades. >> why ratings are where they are. that's the -- when you lost me had me at hello and then lost me saying that, he's great but he's just too old. >> no, no. a lot more to it, guys when i'm president i want to initiate something called american dream accounts, federal government gives $5,000 investment accounts to every baby born in america children will have every baby b. children will have an app on their pho

in july 2019, when robert mueller, in fact, squeezed out words on the stand, revealed that they foundolutely nothing. after 2 and a half years of investigation, this transition happened where they took over this entire censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted private companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions,

freedom of speech, it was a problem homeland security, just the exposure of the effectiveness of rush gate 2019, when robert... this transition happened when they took on this entire censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, as well as thousands of government-funded ngos and operating government orders from private companies, all of them have essentially switched from the agenda of external interference and russian disinformation. legitimacy from the idea that this government with democracy can be said to derive its consent from the people being governed, that is the country is not ruled by an autocrat, because the government is a reflection of our will, expressed by our approval through voting. all these measures are after the '16 election , after brexit and after a couple of other social media-influenced elections that have passed. according to the state department scenario, like the elections in the philippines in 2016, their goal was to completely overturn all our ideas about the foundat

in july 2019, when robert mueller, in fact, squeezed out words on the stand, revealed that they foundely nothing. after 2 and a half years of investigation, this transition happened where they took over this entire censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted private companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions, thre

gates said that, uh, the united states paid nearly 75% of nato.depufies sheriff will hand out the deputies badges. you and i call it a coalition. you go off and do the job and we go home again. um, now , now the americans are um, now, now the americans are saying, if you don't put money into your defence, whether your europe or the asia pacific, um , europe or the asia pacific, um, the us cavalry ain't coming to help you. it's simple as help you. it's as simple as that. and we've got to wake up to because a lot of to that because a lot of americans don't pay for americans don't want to pay for the defence of europe, whether it's trump indeed it's under trump or indeed under a democratic president . a democratic president. >> okay. so we're going to have to leave it there. rear admiral chris parry, former nato commander. thank you very much for joining on the show. as for joining us on the show. as as ever now, got a quick few emails to rattle through here. been touch in been getting in touch in your droves we trust droves today. can we trust labour

freedom of speech, it was a problem homeland security, just the exposure of the effectiveness of rush gaterobert... this transition happened when they took on this entire censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, as well as thousands of government-funded ngos and operating government orders from private companies, all of them have essentially switched from the agenda of external interference and russian disinformation. legitimacy from the idea that this government with democracy can be said to derive its consent from the people being governed, that is the country is not ruled by an autocrat, because the government is a reflection of our will, expressed by our approval through voting. all these measures are after the '16 election , after brexit and after a couple of other social media-influenced elections that have passed. according to the state department scenario, like the elections in the philippines in 2016, their goal was to completely overturn all our ideas about the foundations of a de

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moor on the report and the president's response. >> reporter: special counsel ro robert hur released a report saying that president biden willfully detained and disclosed classified information, but he also found there wasn't enough evidence to bring criminal charges against the president. the 15 month long investigation found biden knew about classified documents in his home as far back as 2017 when he was a private citizen and no longer vice president. and robert hur found he shared some of that information with a ghost writer for his memoir that was published that year and said it included marked classified documents about military and foreign policy in afghanistan and notebooks containing mr. biden's handwritten entries about issues of national security and foreign policy, implicating sensitive intelligence sources and methods. president biden responded to the report noting that he cooperated with the investigation. >> special counsel acknowledged thatcoulcooperated completely, went forward with a five hour interview over two days even though israel had just been attacked. i was

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he says this out of if gate, we conclude no criminal charges are warranted in this matter. we would reach the same conclusion even if department of justice policy did not foreclose criminal charges against a sitting president. however, we have some photographs in the report of president biden's garage in wilmington, delaware at his home where he stored documents from afghanistan in a box in a tattered box. tattered and torn, open in his garage with classified information. special counsel hur said that was not inappropriate place to hold this classified information. you can see it there out in the open for people to get ahold of that. the biden white house, the white house counsel, an attorney for the president, says we disagreed with a number of inappropriate comments in the special counsel's report. nonetheless, the most important decision the special counsel made no charges are firmly based on evidence. heiosed inappropriate comments. special counsel hur said that at trial mr. biden would present himself to the jury as he did in an interview, a sympathetic well-meaning ma

. >> initially, the president of mexico, sisi did not want to open up the gate to allow humanitarian material to get in. >> with us to talk about this, gabe gutierrez, nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian, and michael zeldin, former federal prosecutor and special counsel to robert mueller, now an adjunct professor at american university's washington college of law. so, gabe, you were in the room last night for the president's news conference. what was it like and why did he decide to speak out last night? >> well, jose, the president was very forceful there as you said and it seemed he really wanted to take these reporters' questions, took several of them before walking off and came back, to answer a question about the hostage negotiations and the israel-hamas war. so he wanted to push back here. and according to several white house aides, they felt it was imperative for the president to push back on some of the more damning allegations in the report. and some of biden's advisers view this as some purely political allegations from the special counsel, robert h