host: thank you, jason steinhauer.

steinhauer's hope. i certainly hope for peace. but i would make this comment.he holocaust, there were people in israel trying to secure a land. most of the world has been settled, unfortunately by violence in terms of how territories and countries are laid out. some geography but some violence. i think israel's claim would have been better if it actually had been taken by force. i think they made a mistake as to the 19 67 war to think they could give land for peace and what is going on now is terrible but i must say this. i think it helps people who believe that they are going nowhere and that they are willing to fight as opposed to being disposed of. this is a big deal and people should support israel 100% in this. host: this is something you do get into a bit in your piece, the origins of israel. i wonder what you think of what the caller had to say and how the origins of israel as a nationstate might have factored into where we are today. guest: israel was established through the united nations. if you go to the united nations archives or look online, you ca

steinhauer's hope. i certainly hope for peace. but i would make this comment.he holocaust, there were people in israel trying to secure a land. most of the world has been settled, unfortunately by violence in terms of how territories and countries are laid out. some geography but some violence. i think israel's claim would have been better if it actually had been taken by force. i think they made a mistake as to the 19 67 war to think they could give land for peace and what is going on now is terrible but i must say this. i think it helps people who believe that they are going nowhere and that they are willing to fight as opposed to being disposed of. this is a big deal and people should support israel 100% in this. host: this is something you do get into a bit in your piece, the origins of israel. i wonder what you think of what the caller had to say and how the origins of israel as a nationstate might have factored into where we are today. guest: israel was established through the united nations. if you go to the united nations archives or look online, you ca

stuart: china policy expert lee steinhauer is with us.cfarland was on our program yesterday and talked about the optics of the biden meeting, the chinese will take any slip up as a sign of weakness. what say you on this? >> i think k t is spot on. optics matter tremendously in this meeting. xi xinping will be signing up president biden, wants to see if biden is all there. what is mental acuity, his physical acuity at this moment and xi xinping will be using that in strategic decisions going forward. i also think xi xinping would like nothing more than to portray himself, strong, vigorous, a declining frail president biden which is symbolic of a strong ascendant china in contrast to a week declining america. that the image xi xinping and china beloved to portray to the world stage. stuart: biden and xi will sign a new pledge to ban the use of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons control systems. can we trust him? >> short answer is absolutely not. xi xinping has a long history of not adhering to agreements, you can go back to the ag

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