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of the narrator on the video also i have written 30 children's books another john and i was expecting to skip. and i love writing for children some of my heroes have been children's book writers. i really do enjoy it. i hope there is a sophistication and a wit. and i also run socrateses in the city a speaker serious a lot of people you may have heard of it. is saw lots of fun. anyone can come forsythe it online.

>> host: we have been talking with eric metaxas his most recent book "seven men" and the secret of their greatness" you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> host: author richard miniter what do rightabout? limit things that interests me and i hope other people go latest book is called "eyes on the target" is about the navy seals but different which is a culture what makes them different did you make of united states navy has spent

billions of dollars to discover how a navy seal is made. what makes 70 percent of people fail they look at demographics and family background but none of that matters. maybe they grew up on food stamps with public housing. some are hispanic summer asian or native-born or foreign-born. some that were in prison in communist poland and so they come from all walks of life or economic background. they cannot find the common denominator except for one thing. they never quit. to go through all levels of trading to make it a real

standout. there are the three things they dominate their body. they control their body. during a whole week that is something that they do also underwater demolition schools almost one week without sleep. the second is to dominate your mind. fight confusion and fear. when there is great mental and physical fatigue your mind is worn out the ability to new persevere. also 30 to dominate your spirit and your will with those three things at the same time to do all three is extraordinary the culture that creates these people is under threat as are politically correct defense department views the change

what is allowed ammonia this unique set. that was interesting to me. >> host: are there women in the navy s.e.a.ls? >> not get all but the defense department is looking at this. for mercy ills -- former navy seals but they have unusual allies ears. very few people can be a seal. there is a lot of debate whether women can physically do its. i thought the u.s. army ranger instructor have a very demanding physical program they pointed out one olympic athlete who could not get through ranger training. there are male olympic

athletes have failed seal trading. so the same standards with women? that is a political question but the navy seals have a practical physical one to do a the heavy load, pushups, physically into our london to 40 hours? carry dash heavy logs? physically do the jobs? where they are dropped from 40,000 feet 8 miles hayek into a cold ocean 10 miles offshore where they swim under water. literally swimming with sharks in the philippines to set up a surveillance began. operating at high altitudes in down mountains of afghanistan. it is a great deal of

physical endurance. >> host: how many are there and how many try out? denied the exact number is classified the roughly 2,000 worldwide and an alumni of a few thousand more. at some point i think every boy or girl thinks about being a navy seal but those to get to try out from the buds is maybe only 10,000 basic underwater demolition school is basic training it used to me you had to join the navy for basic training that you can and get that directly but even after buds there is another demanding training program. it takes about two years of a selection process to get through the program. very few do.

less than 20 percent make it through their highly selected and fit people. annapolis graduates, four marines, olympic athletes all these people failc"é

>> their sacrifice save the lot of lives. >> this photograph was this stage? >> no. it is the shot taken in

afghanistan 2003 and leave. and those are navy seals teeseven the newest book guys are in the target. thank you for your time >> the people have spoken. the case against democracy. what are people wrong about? >> everything at some point. that is the problem. we're all wrong about a bunch of things but when we coerce others for social norms i think democracy

becomes a problem because we coerce people to use a change to undermine their freedoms through conversion. but the more it intrudes on everyday lives the more its matters to localizing and do away with it. >> are you talking specifically about campaigns? >> the growth of the federal government, in trading on the rights of states. i have a philosophical problem as well to talk about the federal list routes to allow people to make of a decision rather than from faraway be able to decide like what you're

health care looks like. >> if not democracy then what? and the world is not a perfect place. but we need some kind of democracy to run things but we don't need to high of democracy decided marriage, health care or what our community work -- looks like. lead to a high of the structure available. >> how do we accomplish that? dash not just pointing the finger at democrats with rubber cup -- republicans with no child left behind has created schaede huge

central democracy rather than local democracy. >> that there never was a democracy yet? >> because we are not a democracy. there is a lot of truth in it. >> where do we go? them a clear headed in the wrong direction in for a while. were washington decides what it means to pressure governors then they could participate? i am not forgave marriage by government getting out of the business completely.

i am a libertarian but that consistently undermined that >> one professor in georgetown said it is time to throw away the constitution. >> it is a terrible idea. it is provocative. i don't know what he wants to replace it with. if you want to change did you can. it has been done many times. but the constitution generally speaking is a fine document to get the most freedom possible spinet you talk about fiers but do you still see the need for national elections for the

congress and the senate? of mecca i do. i am not an anarchist. but it just isn't the of politicians' fault. we're not educated the topics we are voting on. 40 percent of people did not know the difference between medicaid and medicare so they vote on policy windigo for the president. but the voters are problem than the politicians are a problem. to keep centralized government in place prior like the system we have. but there are a lot of things we can do to fix its nickname and example. >> education policy. i have mentioned that before. ever present them lately

with the kids in mississippi have the same needs and vermont is not the case i lived in colorado for many years goldberg may be the most liberal cities in america but colorado springs one of the most conservative of. i believe in school choice as well to teach kids would never the values are. i don't think people who live in those communities should teach witchcraft that they've put choose to do the right thing on their own but if we want to do teach creationism you should be able to. >> does that mean get rid of the department of education? >> i live in one world of the radical and a the real world and the radical. but i think it should.

but that will not happen. be honest. the best we can to -- with do with obamacare probably will not be repealed but that is reality but the thing for word laboratories of democracy are the states and should stay that way. >> what about the direct election of senators? >> that will not change. but if the state legislature elected the senators there would be less concerned about national policy more concerned of the state that the founders intended. we cannot pass a bill to do anything so we will not change the constitution in the near future but the

original way was far superior to spin acute talk about the bandwagon. what is that? >>. >> talk about gay marriage. to talk about polls or direct election then all of a sudden the president says he is for it then the bandwagon effect the president says it is okay so it must be. and people all are guilty of fact i dunno why they would be immune. but people believe a lot of crazy things like ufos and astrology. i do not want them to make decisions for be.

>> what does the constitution say about democracy? >> it is not an issue. "the federalist papers" talk about and i think they have rosy view actually. but it is not mentioned in the constitution so there is no thought democracies specifically would be this powerful i don't think they imagined. >> is your view shared? in make you would be surprised. when i told my parents was a booker was writing that we don't think of democracy as the process. leaning freedom and does not necessarily manifest. what was the question? >> what does the constitution say about

democracy? [laughter] with the political spectrum. >> you would be surprised how many people will secretly tell you who should be running. or they want people in the federal reserve to participate to have everyone with the fed but they don't understand why things are happening. then what we allow them to run. >> we have been talking with the most recent book the people have spoken and they are wrong. david is also the author of the nanny state. >> anytime.

>> what do you do for a living? finigan investment managers. >> where you writing books about security? in mecca in 2008 when it started to crash are wanted to understand why people were losing money as we started to dig into it with financial terrorism. i shared it with the pentagon and fbi that i was a government contractor doing research coming out in 2009 there was evidence of foreign financial terrorism with the stock market crash.

>> that was your first both 2012. >> what is the thesis? >> basically doing all sorts of crazy things particularly radical islam, notice of all their ability and they started to use george soros diode techniques through lehman brothers, aig, citibank, gol dman sachs and the market it sounds like a conspiracy theory. the treasury secretary even came and said in his memoirs that if we don't all holdings now actually the

russians did through the economic situation with the follow-up game plan. with the cybereconomic effect. not only through 20082009 but the chinese doctor in with the book called restricted warfare to senior kernels in 1999 said the best way to beat america at is the stock market crashed through the infrastructure or currency. saw not only looked at 2,008 but for word to what will happen in. i found the next diver wore we will face not shooting but cybereconomic in nature they don't want to take on the military we have now.

that they will crash the american economy. it is not conjecture that is what vladimir putin said recently when he invaded the ukraine and said we will give sanctions he said you don't want to do that because i can crash your stock market and hack your financial system and dumps the dollar. what i wrote about in a game plan it said that is what they intend to do than what would you do to protect yourself? to put everything in gold or silver? what to do with the money? >> as a money manager today are you when the stock market? >> i am. in the currency collapse it performs very well. i carry zimbabwe currency with me. that is from in 1998 they

printed $100 bills in exchange for the $20 u.s.. this was 2008 those were $100 trillion bills not worth 1 penny but despite that fact the stock market did well into as the best performing stock market in 2008. of the currency collapse happens you don't want to avoid stocks. is deflationary happens you want bonds. so what kind of economic effect would reface and how should you respond? if you look at the offense to say they will pass then have the pass defense. or have the ryan defense. we cover all types of investments. >> right now what kind of

defense to we have up? >> unfortunately nothing at the international level. general keith alexander has said recently in fact, on "60 minutes" said basically our the cannery -- ginneries know how to create the financial system we cannot stop it at this point. iran has attacked the navy website we cannot totally prevent this so it is a complex topic in a new form of warfare why putin was so confident to say if you do this we can attack your system. there's very little at the federal level. i have been working with several groups and the government to figure out solutions but in general the game plan calls the

individual if you were living in honolulu somebody said of the japanese are bombing this is what you should do. >> of the russian and irradiance had a game plan it tells you how to respond civic one piece of the vice? >> go electronic we will give you $50 but don't do it or a printout actual statements. in 2001 when the trade towers were hit i had a line of credit and one of those companies and i access that to pay payroll because all money dried up. i had to go with my paper statement to convince jpmorgan chase at the time to let me have access to that line of credit if all

records were down. i could not have done that. keep copies of your statements, bank accounts because of the system is down how do you pay your mortgage or your bills? that is one solid piece of a rise. another is keep more than two days of food or water in your pantry of the electric grid were hacked it could take a week or 10 days or longer. keep food on supply on hand we're the only nation in the world that is just in time society but we don't have access to food or water beyond one day or two. i am not talking abroad being crazy or moving into the basement things seem less crazy to me all the

time but i am talking brought a week or 10 days of food supply on hand because of something went down you need to eat and have 1 gallon per person per day. this could happen with hurricane sandy or katrina or flood or fryer one dash fire or a natural solar flare to wipe out the electric grid for a short time at least. practical a revised number two is keep of little bit of food or water on hand. >> you say this is a coming attack. when is it coming? >> i don't know but i can tell you with almost 100 percent certainty its will. we have ted million attempts per day will sides will tell you we will have a

cyberpearl harbor at some point. al qaeda has recruited some of the best hackers the supreme leader of firebrand -- iran showed all the hacker's they are training and their intention is to attack the united states and the west. to hack the associated press sent out of false tweet the trading program picked up on it and immediately it fell. it was total the fate -- fake. what would happen? we would be down 10%. the point is we will face a terror attack. it is inevitable and we need to prevent it. >> his first book was secret weapon how economic terrorism set off u.s. stock

market and his most recent book game plan. this is booktv on c-span2.