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republicans are willing to lead ukraine, a democratic country and a u. s. ally fall in order to keep joe biden, or a democrat, from winning this next election. which is music to the dictators and authoritarians of the world. authoritarian leaders like vladimir putin do not have to worry about reelection campaign. putin is in one right now, but his main opponent is in jail. he will remain in power for as long as he wants. which means he, and searching ping, and kim jong-un can all just waited out until joe biden is out of office and the world democracies are no longer united. or until the united states is once again led by a president who talks about leaving nato, who admires authoritarian leaders, who does not care about protecting democracy's
used to be that there was some baseline issues with national security. where political opponents like john mccain and barack obama, who might even have disagreements about foreign policy, they would agree on the building blocks of what america national security was. you know, nato, article five, it is the collective defensive nato. the need to stand up for certain values around the world and that was a continuum since world war ii and through the cold war. you started to see a trend where republicans would politicize every aspect of national security if barack obama was one thing one day they would be against it. if he switched his position somehow than they would switch their position. that's obviously gotten worse since then. and donald trump's election, when he came in and he tore up a bunch of agreements that obama had reached, he basically upended the hesitation to articulate the defense of nato.
government. they can see and now, when trump openly muses about the idea of being a dictator on day one, should he be reelected. perhaps the biggest example of donald trump's threat to democracy is something that is essentially falling off the radar. an active threat to democracy by trump and many of his republican allies, that is so dire, and so urgent, that it could wipe a democratic nation off the face of the earth before we get to election day. it has been nearly two years since russian dictator, vladimir putin invaded the democratic nation of ukraine, and in that time, against all odds, the biden administration has managed to keep russia, thought to have been one of the finest armies in the world, at bay. joe biden held together a fractured nato alliance fractured in large part by donald trump himself. and they rally military and
worldview differently. >> yeah, that's right. let me try to be very specific about this. because this began to get worse in the obama years, where it used to be that there was some baseline issues with national security. where political opponents like john mccain and barack obama, who might even have disagreements about foreign policy, they would agree on the building blocks of what america national security was. you know, nato, article five, it is the collective defensive nato. the need to stand up for certain values around the world and that was a continuum since world war ii and through the cold war. you started to see a trend where republicans would politicize every aspect of national security if barack obama was one thing one day they would be against it. if he switched his position
that could lead to threats and other countries including nato countries in eastern europe, but it is also about putin wanting to send a message about which way the world is going. is the world going in the direction of people like vladimir putin? a world without law, a world without rules, a world in which -- or is it the world that will stand up for some principal other than -- that is what ukraine is really about. so this is about our domestic policy more than anything else. so if we are one of the dominoes that falls, and donald trump returns to power, not only is ukraine finished, they will be cut off by the u.s. assistance, not only will europe be threatened by u.s. expansionism, but they will be plenty of other democracies in parts of europe that might be poised to seize the momentum and get elected themselves, and we could be looking at a very different and more dangerous world today in a few years. >> colonel vindman, i remember in the early days of the war, there were speculations from a lot of intelligence agencies
somehow than they would switch their position. that's obviously gotten worse since then. and donald trump's election, when he came in and he tore up a bunch of agreements that obama had reached, he basically upended the hesitation to articulate the defense of nato. america is not reliable. the dysfunction and toxicity in its democracy has rendered it and unreliable super ally. and the thing joe biden can't fix himself is that it continues to this day. even allies who welcome joe biden and welcome leadership in the united states in rallying to ukraine, they are sitting back and wondering, is donald trump going to come back? vladimir putin is sitting there thinking i just have to wait this guy out, maybe a house interfere in the 2024 election to get donald trump elected. my strategy is a waiting game. i, as a dictator, have more power than the american democracy because they are swinging back and forth like a
really urge that administration to see the dangers of ukraine flagging a losing territory and inspiring other regimes to advance. >> the articulation that colonel vindman had, it just looks like we are not serious. this is obviously, when you work at the national security council, this is a very important issue. the idea is when donald trump weakened nato, it is not that he actually did anything, is that he sort of said, we are not that serious about this. you need to do this, we may not be around, it is the implication that we are not going to be solid partners to you. you and i have talked to world leaders who were very concerned about this, they do think that if they have to make a determination that the united states is not serious and they start strategizing about their worldview differently. >> yeah, that's right. let me try to be very specific about this. because this began to get worse in the obama years, where it
dire, and so urgent, that it could wipe a democratic nation off the face of the earth before we get to election day. it has been nearly two years since russian dictator, vladimir putin invaded the democratic nation of ukraine, and in that time, against all odds, the biden administration has managed to keep russia, thought to have been one of the finest armies in the world, at bay. joe biden held together a fractured nato alliance fractured in large part by donald trump himself. and they rally military and financial support for the besieged nation of ukraine and it was by all appearances a victory for the concept and the strength and durability of democracy. of democratic nations standing up to authoritarianism. and, now that victory may be slipping away. over the last few weeks, ukraine has faced some of the heaviest attacks from russia since the war began. russia is once again firing
this is both about the expansionist agenda of russia, that could lead to threats and other countries including nato countries in eastern europe, but it is also about putin wanting to send a message about which way the world is going. is the world going in the direction of people like vladimir putin? a world without law, a world without rules, a world in which -- or is it the world that will stand up for some principal other than -- that is what ukraine is really about. so this is about our domestic policy more than anything else. so if we are one of the dominoes that falls, and donald trump returns to power, not only is ukraine finished, they will be cut off by the u. s. assistance, not only will europe be threatened by u. s. expansionism, but they will be plenty of other democracies in parts of europe that might be poised to seize the momentum and get elected themselves, and we could be looking at a very different and more dangerous world today in a few years. >> colonel vindman, i remember in the early days of the war, there were speculations from a lot of intelligence agencies around the world, including our own, that russia could take ukraine very quickly.
intelligence sharing, logistical support, these are not expensive, big ticket items. these are small policy changes that the administration could take on its own, and it just has refused to do that and we really urge that administration to see the dangers of ukraine flagging a losing territory and inspiring other regimes to advance. >> the articulation that colonel vindman had, it just looks like we are not serious. this is obviously, when you work at the national security council, this is a very important issue. the idea is when donald trump weakened nato, it is not that he actually did anything, is that he sort of said, we are not that serious about this. you need to do this, we may not be around, it is the implication that we are not going to be solid partners to you. you and i have talked to world leaders who were very concerned about this, they do think that if they have to make a determination that the united states is not serious and they start strategizing about their