us patriot missile battery. this amount, this announcement was made following present zalinski. the recent visit to the u. s . ukrainian presidents visits was his 1st trip abroad since the start of the war addressed to congress. he expressed gratitude to the us for weapons. george provided on he asked for more. u. s. has been said, it will supply a patriot missile system to give, to criticize the visits on weapons, requesting that the lensky was more interested in securing arms than piece labor rights load and off a done kabbalists. as the u. s. has profits greatly from its supplies on weapons to ukraine, to think that the u. s. is happy to give that money, whether the patriot missiles are used or not. it's also a matter of putting money in the coffers of the defense industry. us criminal institution. i'm forgetting which one, but that they are now sounding the alarm bells that they expect these weapons end up in the hands of criminal elements by the ministration has no interest in handling. and how do we know this? we know this because the democrats voted down in a house committee of a republican proposed

u. s. has profited greatly from its suppliers of military hardware, 14 kramer, to think that the u. s. is happy to give that money, whether the patriot missiles are used or not. it's also a matter of putting money in the coffers of the defense industry. us criminal institution. i'm forgetting which one, but that they are now sounding the alarm bells that they expect these weapons to end up bands of criminal elements by the ministration has no uses interest in handling. and how do we know this? we know this because the democrats slowed down in a house committee, a republican proposal to audit the weapons that have already been sent to you. great. so we know that the u. s. has no interest in being held accountable on any forms. it host tucker carson question, why washington should keep supplying key with tens of billions of dollars in financing and weapons to leave a historic debt to ukraine, to have a historic animosity with a non soviet russia? no, no. how do we win here? what's in it for us, isn't this our country, and where do you get off talking to us like that? we hate ourselves so much to have so little respect for the united states of america. w

u. s. a violating press freedom in iraq because it said that the u. s. was delaying the publication of photographs that showed us troops abusing prisoners. why apparently the military top brass thought that that would make their job. and felicia a lot more difficult. i remember the battle. so well and now here we are almost 2 decades later, i can't believe that one legacy has events left behind for the people living lack. of course, the usage of chemical weapons on the people of fallujah has had that serious negative long term consequences for the people living there. i mean, horrific birth defects began to be reported. incidents in which babies were dying within the 1st 30 minutes of being born. a were reported as well, and we even saw a 12 fold rise in the rate of childhood cancer in felicia, after the battles of 2004 there, there have been a lot of reports have been made since then that linked these types of illnesses to the battlefield findings suggest the enriched uranium exposure. it's either a primary cause or related to the cause of the congenital anomaly. and cancer increases. questions are thus raised

u. s. uses taiwan as a full emits multi level strategy with china. what i think is quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace or the moment. and the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card so hard as to, to irritate china. but on the other hand, the government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek taiwan independence. they won't assist taiwan independence, but what they do, what they say they don't actually match. so of course the chinese government is quite happy about this, and we're already seeing spokes person from china's defense ministry making our position very fun. so let's see. let's see, but i hope during the meeting of us, a secretary of state blinking when he visits china matters like this will be discussed. the 9th batch of new relief twitter files reveals us in time services aggressively push the blue blood to sensor any mt cleaning narratives, claiming that part of the so called russian propaganda ca

us. why did you expect that's why plasma potent is asking e, you officials who have started admitting that the u. s. is the one caching in on europe's energy crisis, that she wouldn't use it today. the e u authorities themselves are already saying that the policy of their main partner, the u. s. is directly leading to the de industrialization of europe. they are even trying to present some bills to the american sousa ain over this matter. at times their statements even contain words of resentment. like, why are you doing this to us? which one would like to ask in this regard? what did you expect? how else do they treat those who allow themselves to be treated? after all, it is their own business. it's important understand, 1st of all, that the european union is always ideologically driven, 1st and foremost, its entire appraisal data, forcing a patchwork of totally disparate cultures and countries into a single political and economic straightjacket is totally ideological. so a reasonable person looking at some of the moves that the e u has made recently will be left scratching their head if they are

u. s. using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own. and he dismisses the patriot system as quite old, insisting russia will find an antidote to it. defense minister sergey showing who visited troops on what the russian military says was the front line, although no location was given. all the while the fighting continues back. moot is the latest focus with reports of thousands of soldiers have been killed in the battle for the eastern city. so, and ski met his polish counterpart on j duda on his way back to ukraine. the poles had been one of keith's staunchest allies separately. zalinski has been invited to brussels for a ukraine, e u summit in february. but with them, his social emotional result that we're coming back from washington, we're coming back with good results. the ones that will really help us determine the victory will be ours. glory to every warrior of ours, glory to every one who protects our country. and we bring ukraine to don bass to pock murtz and the south decisions which our defense courses awaited so little to day

u. s. military occupation there. but for many observers, probably the most scandalous thing that happened was the fact that the u. s. used white phosphorus as a chemical weapon in civilian areas. and then on top of that, they lied about it for years. it was only after actually a documentary came out showing previously on showed unseen footage and interviews that we started. c u. s. troops coming clean about this kind of stuff. you will proceed from the us department point for susan. mm hm. soon to leave remains enemy . since through this trends was used, the rain fresh from use hampton's, on suiting solution of these attempts to manipulate the narrative of what happened didn't even stop at these lies about white phosphorus. either. i mean, the international press institute accused the u. s. a violating press freedom in iraq because it said that the u. s. was delaying the publication of photographs that showed us troops abusing prisoners. why apparently the military top ras thought that that would make their job. and felicia a lot more difficult. i remember the battle so well, and now here we are almost 2 decades later. i

us patriot missiles. the announcement was made following president, his recent visit to the u. s. it was his 1st trip abroad since the thought of the convict in february and his address to congress. he expressed gratitude to the us for weapons already provided and then asked for more. russia has criticized the visit and went to request and said zelinski was more interested in securing arms than piece we spoke with labor rights lawyer and author doesn't cover it. who says the u. s. has profit greatly from its suppliers of military hardware unless you think that the u. s. is happy to give that money, whether the patriot missiles are used or not. it's also a matter of putting money in the coffers of the defense industry. us criminal institution. i'm forgetting which one, but that they are now sounding the alarm bells that they expect these weapons to end up bands of criminal elements by the ministration has no uses interest in handling. and how do we know this? we know this because the democrats slowed down in a house committee, a republican proposed to audit the weapons that have alr

u. s. using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own, and he dismissed the patriot system as quite old, insisting russia would find an antidote to the missiles. the russian military also released images of defense mister sag assure ago, visiting troops on what it said was the front line. although no, no cation was given all the while a fighting continues back. moot is the latest focus with reports, thousands of soldiers have been killed in the battle for the eastern city. zelinski met his parish county andre judah in poland on thursday, on his way back to ukraine. leaders discussed humanitarian issues and strengthening bilateral relations, including ukraine's defense capabilities. as one of ukraine's neighbors, poland has been one of its staunchest allies in the war. but with them as social emotionalism, we're coming back from washington. we're coming back with good results. the ones that will really help us. but the victory will be ours. glory to every warrior of ours. glory to every one who protec

u. s. arm sales to taiwan have continued to grow. despite the issue straining beijing's relations with washington. nelson wong, vice chairman of the shanghai center for international studies, says the u. s. uses taiwan as a tool and it's multi level strategy with china. is quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace or the moment. and the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card so hard as to, to irritate china. but on the other hand, the government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek taiwan independence. they won't assist taiwan independence, but what they do, what they say they don't actually match. so of course the chinese government is quite happy about this. and we've already seeing spokes person from china's defense ministry making our position very fun. so let's see. let's see, but i hope during the meeting of us, a secretary of state to blink. and when he visits china matters like this will be discussed in contrast to the sharp rhetoric towards washington. the relationship between beijing and moscow has been praised by china's top diplomat cities, i

u. s. position and one of the policies. of course, if the u. s. i apologized for the use of the bomb. it would weaken the u. s. stance and its use of least deterrent nuclear weapons because it would suggest that it would put united states in a position that is not used to plain which is it must be a hedge of mine and its decisions are not to be questioned. and despite, shall we say the most fear in the world, this is one line, they will not cross. and i mean, we seen it in successive operations. the do you have to not apologize for afghanistan for leaving it, abandoning to the taliban without any help and the blocking its funds. so it's not going to projects for a pivotal event which all other presidents have refused to apologize for that. so i don't think we can expect widen to offer such an apology in hiroshima, in 2023 reg over the plaza. lesandra the yes. never apologizes for anything. it does. i, which is sad. ready? even we had the canadians apologizing to the native americans just well, thank you so much for joining us here in our c. sadly, we've been out of time. it was a pleasure to lose you. so tha

u. s. and the next couple of years, okay, ends culture in new york for us. thank you very much. staying with united states in the u says the u. s. has shown a willingness to resolve a trade dispute that is straining relations between the 2 allies. the european union delegation has been taking part in talks in washington where they've argued the president biden's inflation reduction act, discriminates against european firms, you know, has billions of dollars in financial support to american makers. of green tech was speaking to our correspondents in washington, mckayla, krishna, e u. competition commission and margaret of a stay. a said she was hopeful of a resolution. well, when i see the engagements on both sides and knowing that we have done very difficult things together before, for instance, in solving how data can travel between you and the u. s. and i have some comfort, but of course nothing is a given until there is an agreement. now you just became a grandmother overnight. and when your grandson turns 18 will the e u and the united states be close a l

u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card. so hard her as to, to irritate china or butter. on the other hand, their government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek or taiwan independence. they won't assist, tie one independence, but what they do and what they say they don't actually match. so of course, the chinese government is quite unhappy about this, and we've already been seeing a spokesperson from china's defense ministry making of our position very firm or so. let's see, let's see. but i hope that during the meeting of us, sir, secretary of state blinkin, when he visits china, matters like this will be discussed. the importance of us china relations has seen a decrease over the past year in eyes of the chinese people, which is now less than 37 percent according to a global time survey published yesterday. in contrast, relations with russia are viewed as the most crucial for chinese diplomacy. china thought diplomat also took the time to praise the relationship between beijing

u. s. specific fleet in a 30 a career in u. s. naval intelligence. he's been the top intelligence official for the u. s. 7 fleet in the us as kitty hawk aircraft carrier strike group to point to japan. he's fellow at the geneva center for security policy in switzerland from where he joins me. thank you so much captain for coming on the show. i wanted to talk about the u . s postal service in the pacific islands and how that at may may be important when it comes to what's happening, the south china sea. but of course, everyone is there while everyone in the global south, perhaps not in nato nation, media is turning to what's been happening in the west pacific. what do you make all of the people's liberation army navy, as an aircraft carrier, the leon ng going into the west pacific? obviously, a china people who support china was saying this is a response to jake sullivan celebrating japan has taken a bolden historic step to strengthen and defend the free and open endo pacific. after japan appeared to overthrow it. so no 1st use of weapons policy. well, 1st of all, action, appreciate the invitation to speak to you on the s

u. s. recipients. washington gave us garrison 10 times less. any funding to buy a 20 year militarily involvement the day after the landscape, congressional address, the u. s. senate approved an additional $45000000000.00 in a cab. the decision was made despite recent polls suggesting that the average american doesn't consider your brain a top priority. but the bite it administration shows no signs of relenting its support of ukraine's war with russia. journalist and author dale lazara says that any ally the u. s. uses to reach its foreign policy goals will suffer harsh consequences. hillary clinton is very happy to have others do. america's dirty work for it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter to her how many ukrainians die. how many ukrainian cities are devastated as long as the u. s. gets what it wants, and that is essentially a heavily militarized, the nato wise, the ukraine, and a russia that is surrounded and militarily weakened and eventually leading to regime change in moscow. that's what america wants and, and it thinks that by, by finding

u. s. use of taiwan as a tool and it's multi level strategy with china. where i think it's quite apparent that the taiwan strait is not at peace of the moment and turn the main reason we all know that it's because the u. s. is making use of this tie one issue and trying to to, to play this card so hard as to, to irritate china. but on the other hand, the government has repeatedly said that they respect the one china policy that they do not seek taiwan independence. they won't assist taiwan independence, but what they do, what they say they don't actually match. so of course the chinese government is quite happy about this, and we've already seen spokesperson from china's defense ministry making of our position. very fun. so let's see. let's see, but i hope during the meeting of us, a secretary of state blink, when he visits china matters like this, will be discussed in the eyes of the chinese people. the importance of us. china relations has decreased over the past year and is now less than 37 percent according to a global time survey published yesterday.

us dollars to pay for that. but the high relation and take a highly to so they cannot print anymore under the european allies also suffered a lot. and then the u. s. one to cease to be the best for russia, and then to use his money to pay for ukraine. so he's not free, it looks very smart about the damage, the u. s. reputation looked what are the gulf countries, saudi, and other countries look for the u. s. a roof law to protect their private property . no ought to be unsafe for them. so they cannot to invest so much of the sovereign funds in the us. there are more folk song and chinese mccaden other diverse when you measurement. so the americans actually suffered of the long term ability, a paying for the short term entries. mr. mr. you a, well, i just want to jump in if i may forgive me for doing so, but it's a huge amount of money that keeps pouring into ukraine from various professional partners in the west, or the latest financial aid package from america. just nearly $2000000000.00, the us secretary of state saying it will be a relief for the american taxpayer. do you think there is any war fatigue in america among the tax payers when they'

crimea. meanwhile, a retiring us republican congressman has claimed that native could defeat russia in just 3 days. previously, he initiated legislation to enable the u. s. c. use military force to defend ukraine in the event of an escalation former us marine corps, intelligent officers got with us as the u. s. official knows nothing about real warfare. he knows nothing about modern warfare. he knows nothing about russia's capabilities. he has, he knows nothing about american capabilities, is an air national guard pilot, who flies a small airplane with a limited intelligence collection capability that has utility only and low intensity conflict. so therefore, he's in no position to make a judgement. and it is the, the idea that nato could defeat russia. the nation in 3 days is, is, is simply an absurdity. you will not find any professional military person who would back that up. i think the vast majority of people would say that you're right now, nato has sustainability problems, nato, as mobilization, problems, nato, as training problems. nato has equipment problems on the idea that nato could even assemble a military force capable of surviving one day

and i think if you look at in the us results for instance, i mean u. s. leading us back to profit this year. and i think knowing that the u. s. is one market and when we compare that one massive market, when we can have that, you will receive borders pop up again. we realize again that in fact, in europe or not on domestic market, after all, and i think one thing certain people want to travel again we're explorers markup, all of us with a camera. we want to travel and experience things and those numbers don't lie. there's resounding demand for, for air travel and it's recovery bounce back within margins. but what about the things that are also challenges for the aviation sector? them? i mean, we still got strict restrictions in china, even though it does seem like there's a going to ease and the ukraine, or obviously a continues to be very uncertain. i mean, there is things that the airline industry is going to have to reckon with the next year. i think china, china is indeed opening up. that's good news, but i think also we have to be mindful it's been,

us state department, his name is ned price. he is also a former agent and scare quotes. so the reality is that many people around the world know that the u. s. embassy is used to organize schools and it's used for intelligence and spying operations, and in latin america, there is a joke that you often hear people say, they say, why is that as they're never been a qu in washington? and the answer is because there's no u. s embassy in washington. and the previous military as they were forcing opposed to be using extreme violence to try and crush the protests. washington caused this democracy. what do you make of washington's interests in this situation? well, peru has consistently been one of the most loyal countries in latin america. most of the governments in the region are run by less wing political parties. and some of them are revolutionaries and anti imperialist, to give speeches against us imperialism in the case of peru, it has never had a left mean government and the right wing oligarchy, that controls peruvian politics is very loyal to the united states. in fact, many of the right wing oligarchy in peru have dual passports with othe

u. s. his actions on taiwan. are there any parallels to the ukraine conflict and is the u. s. using this to put pressure on china? what i think i'm regarding to the taiwan question that china has repeatedly, you know, demonstrated these positions that, you know, tie one question isn't the red line that you cannot be which cannot be crossed. if the u. s. wants to, you know, continue to develop and grow the bilateral ties. so as taiwan palostio, china, this is a no crystal clear. so in order to have of the bilateral relations to back on the healthy and stable track, i think you have to understand that, you know, to read, read respect, one china policies, not only the words is not only the promise falls, but more important. the more importantly is how a u. s. actions, you know, to fulfill a se, commitments, you mentioned what the u. s. could do. but is there anything that can be done at an international level to ease this increasing tension between the u. s. and beijing, over taiwan, or as i mentioned, you know, taiwan belongs to china. this is crystal clear. any country, any, you know

u. s. using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own, and he dismissed the patriot system as quite old. assisting, russia would find an antidote to the missiles. russian military also released images of defense smith to say, show good visiting troops. and what it said was, the front line or their new location was given all the while the fighting continues . root is the latest focus with report. thousands of soldiers have been killed in the battle for the east and city. lensky met his parish counterpart, andre duda in poland on thursday, on his way back to ukraine. the leaders discussed humanitarian issues and strengthening bilateral relations, including ukraine's defense capabilities. as one of ukraine's neighbors potent has been one of the staunchest allies in the war or damage or short term, even the source. and we're coming back from washington. we're coming back with good results. the ones that will really help the victory will be of glory to every warrior of ours. glory to everyone who protects

u. s. to stop using africa as a power games arena. but not all african countries were invited to the summits. guineas to donnelly, tre. molly, and begin a fast. so didn't receive an invitation either because they've been suspended from the african union, or because the u. s. does not have dim diplomatic ties with them. according to u. s. official. we spoke to a number of people from those countries who shared their opinions about the u. s. intentions in the region. what a lot of it france and the usa, a rejected in africa. it's due to their politics. this initiative is a way to preserve their image in africa. our wishes to have a trusted partner, who is honest to bring good ideas in the right equipment to help us to fight this phenomenon on our territory. a, it's an opportunity for joe biden to bring the us back to their former position in africa because united states of america are trying to take advantage of it for a long time. we've been under the leadership of europeans. it's them who colonized us and they are the origin of all th

for at least 5 years to push us policies in the middle east. behind the scenes, however, the social networking giant provided direct approval and internal protection to the u. s. military's network of social media accounts and online persona is white listing a batch of accounts at the request of the government. the pentagon has used this network, which includes u. s. government generated news portals in means in an effort to shape opinion in yemen, syria, iraq, great and beyond. twitter has been revealed by this report to have been involved in pentagon psychological operations, primarily in central asia and in the middle east. now the report revealed that us central command reached out to twitter for help in amplifying certain accounts that they had set up to spread pro us messaging. now we understand that many of the us military accounts were detected by winter, but yet they were not removed as late as 2020, maybe even earlier on many accounts. they were detected as being bank accounts as not actually representing individuals that being part of the operation, but literally not suspend them until 2022. furthermore, these accounts were specifically emphasizing

u. s. which used atomic weapons, has not apologized. the u. s. has always loudly promoted democracy, human rights and freedom in response to actions by other countries. if that's really what they believe, then they should tell japan and the world, frankly, what they have done. washington, i dropped the nuclear bombs on the 2 cities as world war 2 was found. coming to an end in 1945, just by japan, having already capitulated in the war, never estimated 100000 people were killed instantly. 2016, the us president obama became the 1st sitting american leader to visit hiroshima, however, didn't apologize for the atomic bomb. we spoke with a political analyst, alexander, bruno. he offers his view on why he things, if us policy not to admit mistakes, no american president has ever apologized for the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki with nuclear weapons. and an analysis of the narrative suggests that it is a policy not to apologize. and there are some, shall we say practical for lack of a better term. dealing reasons for this at least. why we can imagin

u. s. has been supporting nazis and even nazi's hardcore nazis in ukraine for about 80 years. these are the friends of the us. these are the folks that the u. s. is using its war 1st against the soviet union and now against russia. so really, it's not surprising at all. this is part and parcel of us for policy for decades. what i guess is knew about it is that now you've been out of celebrities like sean penn embracing these people, i guess that's what's really do. people have been programmed now to view the ads, all battalion as heroes of ukraine and the fight against russia. it's an incredible thing that really we witnessed only since february, right. i mean, so the media campaign has been amazingly effective at convincing the population of the us, ironically, particularly the liberal population, right. the rank and file the democratic party, that the, as all battalion or the good guy a chairman of britons ruling conservative party, has been accused of insulting the country of health workers by claiming a strike called for later this month would help vladimir putin and teams the hallways comments have been

u. s. uses to reach its foreign policy goals will suffer hard consequences. hillary clinton is very happy to have others do americans dirty work board? doesn't matter, doesn't matter to her how many ukrainians die, how many ukrainian cities are devastated, as long as the us gets what it wants. and that is essentially a heavily militarize, the nato wise, the ukraine, and a russia that is surrounded and militarily weakened and eventually leading to regime change in moscow. that's what america wants and, and it thinks that by, by finding a proxy war in the ukraine, that's what it will get. other allies will pay a price as well. and in germany is seeing it, industry gutted. europe is, is relying economically and politically. so they will pay an enormous price to, but the only thing that the washington cares about is america's own fortunes. that's a rob on this ours, top stories from around the world for 247. i read that over to r j dot com. and don't forget to follow up on odyssey rumble. and yeah, thanks for joining in with . ah, ah ah ah, ah, need to come to russian state will never be. i'v

well, china's been beaten us maybe in the u. s. and tonnage for the last decade. and they also are out producing us in the number of long range and i ship cruise missiles and other high end capabilities like that. so what i'd like to see is united states kind of create what they had in 1940 a to ocean navy act that helped us be able to win world war 2. we need something that dramatic in the united states that shows and demonstrates to j and the communist party, that they're not going to be able to do what they've done to the people of hong kong or the people of gen john or the people have to bet and their own people. okay, but i mean, obviously the chinese deny absolutely any kind of problems, engine jang, of the kind that they accuse a gander in nato nations. and i, i suppose i finally, i've got to ask you that there is a rumored possible trip by antony blinking. i don't know whether he can get away from ukraine, the issues and the war in europe. what would you tell anthony, blinking to do next year? if he visits china as summer saying he may do all the recent eve

u. s. uses a variety of methods to figure out that number, including satellite footage, as well as social media images of the battlefield. when the e u stated that 100000 ukranian soldiers had died, key of reacted with anger, saying such figures were classified and that the government would release statistics when the time was right. you later backtracked from that claim. meanwhile, the low numbers, russia has released seem meant to reassure the public that the war is not a catastrophe. the civilian death toll another big question, the united nations most recent statistics, 7000 civilians dead. but the frontline is too dangerous for observers to make a real count. many russian occupied areas like the city of mario pole where mass graves have been photographed by satellites, may hold tens of thousands more, and russia is not letting international monitors into those areas. russia in general makes no comment on the number of civilian casualties in ukraine. oh, for more on this, i'd like to re and dr. jaden glenitia as senior researcher at the monterey initiative in russian studies at the un

u. s. uses to reach its foreign policy goals will serve a hosp consequences. hillary clinton is very happy to have others do. america's dirty work for it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter to her how many ukrainians die, how many ukrainian cities are devastated. as long as the u. s. gets what it wants, and that is essentially a heavily militarized, the nato wise ukraine and a russia that is surrounded and militarily weakened and eventually leading to regime change in moscow. that's what america wants and, and it thinks that by, by finding a proxy war in the ukraine, that's what it will yet other allies will pay a price as well. and in germany is seeing it, industry gutted. europe is, is relying economically and politically. so they will pay an enormous price to, but the only thing that the washington cares about is america's own fortunes. germany's state secretary in charge of competition has called on the you commission salanza probe in fits with his policies under the use new digital markets. and the tech giant could pose a threat to free speech. author contributes a retro marston pixel.

u. s. ambassador to peru, and as they say in the us, there's really no such thing as a former cia agent. the reality is that many people around the world know that the u. s. embassy is used to organize coups and it's used for intelligence and spying operations. and in latin america, there is a joke that you often hear people say they say, why is there as they're never been a qu in washington? and that the answer is because there's no u. s embassy in washington. well, that's all for now. debby schultz, checkouts all websites, all t dot com folder, the latest breaking news on updates. i will see you right back here at the top of the ok. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah, ah ah, i'm african or tansy and welcome to going underground in the week of an unprecedented alliance between the communist party of china and the kingdom of saudi arabia and the gulf cooperation council. the one, the senior u. s. officials urgently met with chinese counterparts this week for so called in depth talks over tie one after the state visit of chinese president. she didn't ping to saudi arabia's capital. re a

us. so the u. s. secretary of state response to criticism of last year's withdrawal from afghanistan and saying it has helped to free up resources for conflict that started over 6 months later when it comes to russia's war against ukraine. if we were still in afghanistan, ah, it would have, i think, made much more complicated the support that we've been able to give. and that others have been able to give you kind to resist and push back against the russian aggression. well, it certainly sounds like him, he's suggesting it could have been more than pure coincidence that the united states decided to ditch afghanistan right before it decided to shift its attention to ukraine. i mean, just the sheer haste with which the u. s. left afghanistan and the chaos that was allowed to spread or reason enough for a lot of people to wonder why was that the case? i mean, we saw civilians clinging to an aeroplane falling to their deaths, suicide bombers. and the taliban got their hands on a lot of us equipment. so n