let's delve into all of it with former united nations weapons inspector scott ritter who we welcome to the program scott good to see you last aspect a pretty blunt a pretty shocking statement from the admiral could he be right though. well i mean it could be if the united states continues on the you know in the direction that it currently is where it is identified russia and china as sheer adversaries requiring the buildup of conventional military power. to adequately contain the threat they pose both in europe in terms of the russians and in the pacific in terms of the chinese as things currently stand the united states does not have the conventional military force necessary to successfully engage with the guarantee of conventional big 3 either russia or china which means that should there be a conflict. nuclear weapons would probably have to be employed on the part of the united states we see this not his theory but reality with the recent deployment of the w $76.00 dash to move nuclear weapon. 5 kilograms of nuclear destructive capability on a submarine that was deployed into the pa

discuss the ramp up copy to all come onto the program scott ritter scott's a former u.s. marine corps intelligence officer and aurthur and was welcome to have you on the program scott what do you make just doing the 8 fold ramp up of nato personnel in iraq. well it's interesting think the the the devil's in the details this isn't going to be instantaneous it's going to be a gradual build up and i believe that it would be your conditions based so it's not as though nato is going out american 500 to 4000 but let's just assume that they do meet this 4000 mark. understand that iraq is in extraordinarily the stabilized nation there is a you know he a none certain security. posture that these $4000.00 troops are going to be deployed in which means they're going to be confronting our. nato is not very good at taking casualties and they do is not very good a combat missions they call this a security training mission when you're beyond baghdad out in the boonies in remote facilities training iraqi security forces that are in constant contact with with with isis or other extremist

like chocolate but according to german regulators it's not technically chocolate german confectioner ritter sport recently debuted a cow in naba which uses natural cocoa juice but germany's cocoa ordinance yes there is one doesn't recognize cocoa juice as a permissible sweetener riggers for call the ruling absurd adding if sausage can be made from peas an apparent reference there to meet substitutes made a p.p.o. teen then chocolate doesn't need sugar either. all right here's a reminder of the top story we're following amazon founder jeff bezos is stepping down later this year giving up the role of c.e.o. of the online retail giant he started in his garage in 1904 will become executive chairman with any jassi place of as c.e.o. . and that's it for me and the business team here always thanks for watching. simple sentences of that are you do need to keep a date on the people both for the older return home the 4th time for the most recent mid-week number that missed the boat on this is the families at the last dragon this world has called the hard to use my. real. life and i'm game did you kno

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weapons inspector scott ritter believes the admiral's warnings are a dangerous move. if the united states dare uses nuclear weapons against russian forces or on russian soil the russians will have no choice but to risk this is what makes the admiral's statements about preparing for a nuclear war so dangerous because there is no way of containing it if there is a nuclear war between the united states and russia it will be a general nuclear war which means not only will both nations be a male it but the world will also be destroyed as we currently know it the united states identified russia and china as sheer adversaries requiring the build up of conventional military power to adequately contain the threat they pose both in europe in terms of the russians and in the pacific in terms of the chinese as things currently stand the united states does not have the conventional military force necessary to successfully engage with the guarantee of conventional big 3 either russia or china which means that should there be a card like nuclear weapons would probably have to be emp

marine corps intelligence officer scott ritter told us who he thinks stands behind us ramp up in the middle east when you're beyond baghdad out in the boonies in remote facilities training iraqi security forces that are in constant contact with with with isis or other extremist enemies there will be losses in nato is not configured to do this at the bare politically to do this so then the question is who will provide the combat backup and that of course is the united states and once united states employs combat force in support of nato the 2 missions become intertwined and then nato which has made a big point of saying hey we're being invited by the iraqi government which is the opposite of that the situation currently exists regarding u.s. forces this is just a horrible situation that underscores 2 realities one that nato is not a politically mature organization capable of making independent decisions and has been pushed into this direction by the united states into the united states is in a dire situation where it can no longer unilaterally impose its will and it increasingly has t

that's what drives for ritter and many others to act this way is despair it's contempt is the ransacking of public services. these destructive policies. enough of the repression enough ok we weren't trained for this for their actions we had it was human i'm sorry but every human every human who feels in danger is barred to act in self defense that's it i don't condone it but i understand it. or the rally she tended to call for better conditions and pay for health care workers on the frontline of the pandemic and her lawyer to say to the protesters had little choice but to take drastic action. we're not attempting to establish what was done but rather what the reason was for it and the reason the dreadful work over changing members of the government in particular with an environmental macross ministration i'm talking about their actions regarding hospitals health care workers and patients during the pandemic and before that. and. now a u.n. report due to be published next month is expected to be kings the top u.s. private military firm of illegally sending fighters and arms to a libyan wa

weapons inspector scott ritter believes biden has no interest in diplomacy. it's an illegal act i mean that his administration did not cite any current congressional authorization for use of military force instead relying on the inherent powers of article 2 of the constitution. but when you take a look at the the intelligence and break it down he bombed a foreign country syria that had nothing to do with an attack on american forces in iraq there will be no consequence because congress doesn't want to get involved in the difficult you know decisions of you know the surrounding the use of force because it requires them to ask very tough questions about policies that are indefensible what are we doing in iraq what are we doing in syria when joe biden says america's back he's talking about america's back asserting its global authority through the use of military force this is not about diplomacy i mean joe biden didn't attempt any meaningful diplomacy to resolve this issue we went straight to the guns still right here on our team and that's all folks for america

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program we begin in myanmar where thousands of people have defied threats of violence to take part in a new day of protests against the country's military rulers this comes a day after police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay killing at least 2 people and injuring several others the crowds were forced to flee as security forces chased after them using slingshots rubber bullets and water cannon the protesters were repeating their call for an end to military rule after a coup almost 3 weeks ago and it. they returned despite the risk the reality now crystal clear for these demonstrators after police killed 2 more people with live ammunition on saturday it was the worst violence and mass rallies began weeks ago past uprisings against the military have failed these demonstrators want them gone for good. i remember my parents fought against the military coup during the 1988 revolution and i too have to stand against this dictatorship if we fail to stand against them this time our next generation will live under the milit

while jack was away campaigning, she confided in her friend, walter ritter. >> jackie said, he's so badly take it anymore. i think i have to divorce him. and my husband said, jackie, think about this, you do not want to have on your conscience that you prevented him from becoming president. by divorcing him, she would have ended his political career. but by staying with him, there would be a tradeoff, giving her the latitude if he became president to do what she wanted to do. >> mr. president, the late marilyn monroe. ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> at jack's 45th birthday celebration, jackie is notably absent. ♪ happy birthday mr. president ♪ >> one reporter said that it was making love to the president in front of 40 million people. and this was a really embarrassing moment for jackie. >> everybody, happy birthday! >> to the extent that she that you about her husband's womanizing, she had two choices. she could stay and know that it was going on around her, or she could get away from it. and sometimes i think she chose the latter. and yet what a terrible paradox, because to leave gave pres

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program germany is marking 1700 years of jewish life and culture in the country where the year of anniversary events starting today the nationwide celebration deliberately i was to look beyond the persecution of jews during the holocaust instead the focus is on the diversity of jewish life in germany's past and present. colonial was to 1st see change and many would choose were allowed to serve in a town said they in the year 321 after the decrease from the roman emperor constantine so he's 15 that teaches commemorations of 1700 years of jewish life in germany assented here a ceremony lost to you. year long program of events separating jewish contribution to german culture and society german president. is the patron of the series of events. in these in 1st year are there is a lot to discover and rediscover during these years of come immigration's in philosophy literature painting science medicine economy jewish people have contributed to our history shaped it and enlightened our culture judaism made a decisive contribution to germany's emergence int

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program and miles military join to has caught off internet access across the country made growing protests against this week's crew crowds of people took to the straits of the largest city yangon on saturday to denounce the military takeover riot police blocked the streets using barricades and water cannon many of the protesters wore red in support of arrested later. resistance appears to be growing this demonstration in yangon is the 1st such mass public protest since the military took over the country on monday among the chants military dictator fail fail democracy wind and demands for the release of elected leader aung sun suu kyi authorities were not far away army chief min on lying seized power on monday alleging fraud in a november 8th election one by one son su cheese and l. d. party the electoral commission dismissed the army's accusations. now the country's internet access has been severely reduced independent monitor net block's says me and maher is in the midst of a 2nd nation scale internet blackout with connectivity at almost half of or

like chocolate but according to german regulators it's not technically chocolate german confectioner rittersport recently debuted. which uses natural cocoa juice but germany's cocoa ordinance yes there is one doesn't recognize cocoa juice as a permissible sweetener. called the ruling absurd adding if sauces can be made from peas an apparent reference there to meet substitutes made a peep rotimi chocolate doesn't need sugar either. all right here's a reminder of the top story we're following amazon founder jeff bezos is stepping down later this year giving up the role of c.e.o. of the online retail giant he started in his garage in 1904 will become executive chairman with such replacement as c.e.o. . and that's it for me and the business team here is always thanks for watching. into the conflict zone to suggest. many countries are watching anxiously to see how the new u.s. administration will we set relations with them i guess this week from jerusalem is the community affairs minister he may be how will his government react to joe biden's new policy on the road and his way to tolerance for t

i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program kremlin critic lxi novelli is back in court this time on charges of defaming a world war 2 veteran who appeared in a government video the man has already been sentenced to several years in jail for allegedly violating his probation while he was recovering in germany from an attempted poisoning a ladies have called for his release they have also been considering sanctions on russia with the nearly complete north strain to gas pipeline between russia and germany a possible target earlier russian foreign minister sergey lavrov threatened to sever ties with the bloc. you short us if we see again as we have felt more than once that sanctions imposed in some areas create risks to our economy including in the most sensitive spheres such as supplies of parts of components i'm convinced that with regards to the military we've become completely self-sufficient systems of what we need to achieve the same situation in the economy. yes once again we don't want to be isolated from international life when you hurt you but we must be ready for the new rule

president trump ended this policy more than two years ago, in june 2018, through an executive order ritter rating that it was the administration -- reiterating that it was the administration's policy to keep families together when possible. zero tolerance policies resulted in flaws that should never be repeated, and humanitarian and national crisis has raged on for nearly a decade, starting under former president obama and vice president biden's watch. democrats in congress have refused to close seriously polls fueling this crisis. all the guarantees that most parents who bring their minor children with them will be released into the united states, this encourages illegal immigrants to bring a child with them to the southern border so they are quickly released into the united states. the border crisis reached its peak in may 2019 when over 100 32,000 individuals were apprehended by border patrol 8 -- 132,000 individuals were apprehended by border patrol. the majority of those were family units with children in tow, and that is only one month. fiscal year 2018, the border patrol apprehended