In response to pelosi s possible visit to taiwan, beijing has formulated a series of counter measures including military actions. your thoughts on that tweet. if there was ever a doubt that we need to make sure that the united states of america has the biggest military in the world. they have surpassed us in the number of ships in our navy. we need to invest in our navy and our capabilities. it is a very dangerous place. it is a dangerous place in that china is expanding. the south china sea, the danger islands and others, those places if you talk to anybody in vietnam or the philippines, china has a role of expansion and they are desperately wanting to do that and they have been picking on the little people that don t have the kind of military might that the united states of america has. but we need to have a biggest, baddest military on the face of
This is what the washington post saw fit to print from three retired military generals. as we approach the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol, we are increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election. and the potential for lethal chaos inside or military, which would put all americans at severe risk. are they serious? are they really worried about insubordination? if they were, they would be calling out for the firing of general mark milley. it is because of political hacks like him that americans confidence in the military is plummeted. joining me now is victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution, and kurt schlichter group. senior columnist at townhall.com. thank you so much for joining us tonight. victor, when to start with you,
jason: what is your reaction to that? look, i m a retired colonel, so i m not impressed by generals just because they pan a couple of stars on their shoulders. i think the american people are coming up with that. professor henson said, as usual he is right in everything he says, he points out that reagan institute study says only 45% of americans approve the military now. i cited that for my next book just the other day. in 2018, it was 70%. these guys have presided over a free fall of the american people s confidence in the military which was once the only institution that we still had any respect for. i was listening to these guys, and all i hear is, i don t trust my soldiers. they are not going to listen to me. they won t take the vaccine. holy cow. it never occurred to me that my troops will follow me, but i
And i think more controversially, when they get out of the military at the four-star level, just take a hiatus. four or five years before you go right into a military contracting corporation or board management. and monetize your knowledge of the system of the pentagon. that would be wise to do. jason: seem to have more discussions about which bathrooms certain genders should use as opposed to let s prepare for this fight would china or russia or whoever it might be at the moment. one of the authors, kurt, of this op-ed, was on cnn earlier tonight. i want you to listen to this end and get your comments. we ve all kinds of commanders and soldiers out there that are refusing to take their shots. that shows the weaknesses we have within our military to be consumed by political thoughts and ideations instead of thinking about her country. we love our country, we need to prepare now for the next two.
Conservatives and traditionalist to buy, and to not try to get voter i.d. to have a fair and free election. so they are planning a coup they re doing this because they were losing a port and are terrified of a midterm disaster in the next year. a lot of truth to that. kurt. we are not going to be talking about this coup nonsense in 2024. ray going to be talking about prudence successful invasion of ukraine and china s seizure of taiwan. and i pray we are not talking about thousands and thousands of american casualties. but this level of incompetence makes that almost a foregone conclusion. look, i am worried. and i think dr. hansen is worried too. and we all need to get our military back into shape into a war fighting frame of mind. jason: yeah, we have to be in a fighting and winning wars. we have to have the biggest, baddest military that can fight on to foods and when. thank you for your expertise and