michael maloof, former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense. thanks, michael. sure. no. doing battle on behalf of the money in our pockets. it's christy. i next and her new show and rti, the cost of every thanks. they close for that and i'll be your again at the top to hope you can try me then to ah, the, what exactly is money? in its most basic form, it's a measurement of wealth and a commodity accepted by general consent as a means of exchange for goods and services. every society uses some versions of it . but recently the emergence of bitcoin, other crypto currencies have had a huge impact on what money can do. i'm christy, you're watching the cost of everything. ah, the cut the current. these have always been a controversial topic with many skeptics calling it a bubble. and it equivalent to tulip mania, regulators and countries have also tried to stomp out big when colleagues of threat to the financial system, saying that the cost of big going to the financial market is just too high. but big coin or any other crypto her and see, is that re

on detectable by any missile defense system. former pentagon senior security policy analyst, michael maloof, says, acknowledgement of the missiles, potency will be a cause of concern for key of given the ongoing conflict. the u. s. as you pointed out, a has no completed hypersonic missile. it has an, a number of them under, under a research and development, but certainly nothing operational, the russian missiles are, and even the chinese mil, since they're more advanced than what the u. s. as for tactical purposes, their task of weapons probably most useful in, in europe, in a swarm effect that is shooting many missiles at, at once at a target. and there'll be no way to counter that. ukrainian leadership has every reason to be very concerned because they're going to be the subject. they're going to be the targets of, of some of these hypersonic, more so than it has been in the past. i don't see. oh, who is taking on all of ukraine? i don't think he wants him, i don't think that's his goal. and i think that he, he is tried to put a stop or trying to bring a ceasefire of sorts in the recent w

venezuela and even accused to ron of meddling and us election. former pentagon security analysts, michael maloof and tron university. professor ford is adi both say that iran has the right to sale through the panama can now stressing the fact that the us itself regularly deployed its forces near other countries. you know, they think that they can go with other peoples waters like us going into the south china sea or, or the persian gulf or the black sea, with, with our war ships constantly with dries up our, our defense cost tremendously. but no one else can do that to us. once again, we're showing that double standard. and we're perpetuating that even into the 21st century. but these other countries that they have the means in the capability and the projection and the ability to trade like that. so bit, let him do it. iran is not going to attack the united states. i just don't see that they might establish bases in response to the united states having 35 bases around iran. so if, if the united states doesn't want that to happen, they should, we shouldn't be doing the, to the iranians and the sa

full pentagon security policy analysts, michael maloof, always great to see your thanks so much. thank you. thank you. and the thanks for joining us here on our fee international. we return with uno neil at the top of the hour i ah, transition surgery is being pushed in america right now as life or death. saying allowing a gender a for me here to be performed on teenagers will prevent them from committing suicide. but it's more doctors and hospitals advertise. these procedures are also seeing more adults speaking out about the surgeries they receive this team. so this for mental health are just another way for the medical industry to pad their bottom line. and how do other countries around the world approach transgender surgery? i'm kind of huge, we're going to get deep dive on today's episode of the 360 view. the transition surgery, you know, when you type it into google, this pops up. now gender affirmation, surgery, that is gender affirmation. surgery all refers to procedures that help people transition to their self identify gender. now gender affirmation options may include

undetectable by any current missile defense system will out. former pentagon security policy analysts, michael maloof, now join us live here on our team. to national, to take this conversation so they're very welcome to see michael. we do have some disparity here, michael, but not just in weapons capabilities. i mean, as we all know, the u. s. does spend more than the rest of the top 10 countries in the world combine? why is it that america is missing out on this headline? i mean, michael, where does that money go? well, it's in research right at the moment. the u. s. as you pointed out, has no completed hypersonic missile. it has a number of them under, under research and development, but certainly nothing operational, even the other countries, russia, china, don't have anything operational in large numbers. they, they can, they can launch in and in a very limited area. the given those ranges, we're looking mostly at europe and given the additional approach or strategy of, of the swarm approach of missiles at a given target. it leaves europe totally vulnerable from the russian side. and the same can

earlier, i got the thought so former senior security on the list for the us secretary of defense, michael maloof on the navy officials warning normally they're supposed to all be in lock step. and it comes from the secretary of defense, in this case, to the secretary of the navy. and i'm sure other service secretaries feel the same way. that's how you go above your commanders and go directly to members of congress to send up the alarms when they resort to that approach. you know, that the situation is very serious, probably more serious than what they're expressing. i think they're going to be complaining a little more about it there, and they're going to be talking to members of congress very, very discreetly the policy by this administration. you've got to ask yourself, whereas all this coming from and how long can you sustain it? what's intriguing is that the by the administration has not answered that question . how long do we intend to sustain this level of supply until the ukrainians and the russians to decide sit down and finally negotiate a settlement. many crises seen around the world t

that defense is in the 1st 8 months of the conflict from a pencil and security policy analyst michael maloof says ukrainians fighting a losing battle in in the air defences are not economic economical at all. and in fact, they're shooting missiles at these very, relatively inexpensive drones and there's, they just have so many of them and they, they cost so much to shoot. i think from the russian standpoint, keep on doing that to, to prompt the ukrainians to use up all of their, all of their supply. they can only get in so many of them. and it really depends upon what's available. yeah, from, from the nato countries including the us. and i think what, what given, given the relatively inexpensive drone that the russians have are they can stand to lose almost all of them, but, but the ukrainians cannot stand to lose all of these more expensive missiles as long as the, if the ukrainians are going to continue down this path of using these more expensive weapons. they can only be produce so fast and be able to get in there. and that's going to be one of the other tactics. you're gonna see russia,

or your i discussed the move by washington with michael maloof, former senior security policy. i listed in the office of the u. s. secretary of defense. well, it's a type of label that, that the united states places on anybody who disagrees with. and if you're not with us or you're against us and, and therefore you go on, our terrorists lists are, are criminalists sanctions are becoming almost meaningless. so i don't think the wagner group has investments in the united states. it has some limited ability when it comes to other companies or countries other than in europe. well, anywhere that might want to supply or, or pro, or provide or, or even allow members of wagner to bank with them. but it's very limited impact in effect. and it's not going to cripple wagner. my any meets the move by the treasury, come shortly after the grip took control of the key ton of solid door. in dawn, both the white house has acknowledged russian advances in the region, but appears to be done playing them even if they are successful in move solar. it's not going to strategically change the dynamics

well let's get the take my come maloof, michael is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the us secretary of defense on this most welcome to the program. so the us treasury, michael, is to designate the wagner group as a criminal organization. what's behind not labeling in your view? well, it's a type of label that, that the united states places on anybody disagrees with. and if you're not with us, you're against this and, and therefore you go on, our terrorists lists are, are criminal list and the sanctions are becoming almost meaningless. i don't think the wagner group hasn't investments in the united states . it has some limited ability. when it comes to other companies or countries other than in europe, anywhere that might want to supply or, or, or provide or, or even allow members of wagner to, to, to bank with them. but it's, it's a, it's very limited impact in effect. and it's not going to cripple wagner by any means. the moves by the treasury come shortly after the grip took control of the key ton of solid door. in dawn, both the white house has acknowledged ru