Affliction Point News Today

People of ukraine. were in a new phase, were at an affliction point. about every four, five generations it comes along and changes. fundamental change takes place. the world aint going to be the same, not because of ukraine, but not going to be the same ten to 15 years from now in terms of our organizational structures. the question is who is going to prevail? are democracies going to prevail and the values we share or autocracies going to prevail? what youre doing is really consequential. what ...

Leader points out to me, democracies cant succeed in the 21st century because change is happening so quickly that democracy requires consensus and we cant put together consensus as quickly as autocrats can. so whats at stake, not just what were doing here in ukraine to try to help ukrainian people in keeping the massacre from continuing but beyond that, the stake, what are your kids and grandkids going to look like in terms of their freedom? whats happening? last ten years, fewer democracies hav...

For threats. whats ironic is we have more strategic coherence than weve had before. the pakistanis are starting to move into the areas. its going to take time. in afghanistan we have the resources in place to start doing things. but theyre still getting in place. we have 10,000 more troops to come in. were going to see in december for reassessment. in july an affliction point. winston churchill said at the toughest time, keep calm and carry on. thats where we are right now. iraq is an example of...