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Concerned that china would lash it if it felt at risk from an unpredictable president. he made two phone calls to his counterpart in china, one before the election and one on january 8th. help us understand what general milley was thinking and the real threat that china poses. >> the worst thing that happened to general milleys life is to be the chairman of the jcs during this period of a lawless president. let me put it in context. the chairman of jcs, the confidence four star chiefs are not co...

Yet this administration turned the country over to them. president biden choose to withdrawal from afghanistan without conditions and without prudent plans and without most important telegraphing to the taliban that they would enforce the conditions that the taliban had agreed to. it didnt happen. it was a strategic unforced error and he did this against the advice of the commanders the ground. one of the most embarrassing things i thought was the strike that was made and obviously we cant talk ...

Decisions when it comes to the drawdown. those were decisions made by his military commanders and sought their befs advice and it was what was carried out and the timing of the decision to leave bagram. >> you said when the president announced the withdrawal, nato immediately unanimously embraced it. joseph burrel, the foreign affairs chief of the european union, his statement on the surrender is that it is a catastrophe for the afghan people, for western values and credibility and for the devel...

Circumstances for them. the taliban failed to meet any of these commitments and yet -- yet this administration turned the country over to them. president biden chose to withdraw from afghanistan without conditions and without prudent planning and obviously without most important telegraphing to the taliban they would enforce the conditions the taliban had agreed to. it didnt happen. it was a strategic unforced error against the advice of the commanders on the ground. one of the most embarrassing...

So i think general milley did the right thing so we should not count on generals in the future to save us from these things and congress needs to pass legislation to limit the presidents ability to use nuclear weapons to avoid this nightmare scenario. >> general hertling, let me ask you about the nuclear reporting. he said chairman milley was worried trump could go rogue he called a secret meeting two days later with military leaders not to take orders from anyone unless he was involved and warn...

What was going on? and milley, who was dismayed by what happened on january 6th, says democracy is sloppy, things are under control, everything is okay. took an hour and a half to have this conversation, but even after it, milley didnt feel totally great about things. its in the aftermath of that he sits down with commanders at the pentagon and goes over with them procedures of how a nuclear weapon can be used and he makes sure and goes over with them that the president of the united states has ...

To a more diverse democracy, there is a -- even one that wants to base things on science, theres a third of the country that fundamentally does not want to change. it has been happening for 240 years. >> absolutely. we need to make sure that third of the country doesnt do what 15% of south africa did and rule because they deleted democracy and were able to rule as a minority. thats what we have to keep an eye out for, defend our democracy from that third. thank you all very much. new revelatio...

Stay in the home and life youve built for years to come. call... to receive one-thousand dollars off your kohler walk-in bath. and take advantage of our special offer of no payments for eighteen months. chairman the general called his chinese counterpart to assure the u.s. was not planning a launch on china. he convened a meeting with top commanders to review the procedures for a nuclear weapons

Ahead of time, this from the "new york times." the book reveals american intelligence showed that the chinese believed president trump would launch a military strike to create an international crisis that he could claim to solve as a last ditch effort to beat joe biden. milley convened a meeting with top commanders to remind them that the procedures for launching a nuclear called for his decision not just trump alone. a conversation between milley and nancy pelosi, pelosi said trump was, quote, ...

Yet, this administration turned the country over to them. president biden chose to withdraw from afghanistan without conditions and without prudent planning and obviously without most important telegraphing to the taliban that they would enforce the conditions that the taliban had agreed to. it didnt happen. it was a strategic, unforced error and he did this against the advice of the commanders on the ground. one of the most embarrassing things i thought was the strike that was made and obviousl...