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People of ukraine. we're in a new phase, we're at an affliction point. about every four, five generations it comes along and changes. fundamental change takes place. the world ain't 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 you're doing is really consequential. what i said to those in the chow room -- this is not hyperbole, you are the finest fighting force in ...

Leader points out to me, democracies can't succeed in the 21st century because change is happening so quickly that democracy requires consensus and we can't put together consensus as quickly as autocrats can. so what's at stake, not just what we're 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? what's happening? last ten years, fewer democracies have been formed than we've lost in the world. so this is, what you're engaging in is much more th...

For threats. what's ironic is we have more strategic coherence than we've had before. the pakistanis are starting to move into the areas. it's going to take time. in afghanistan we have the resources in place to start doing things. but they're still getting in place. we have 10,000 more troops to come in. we're going to see in december for reassessment. in july an affliction point. winston churchill said at the toughest time, keep calm and carry on. that's where we are right now. iraq is an example of this. we had really tough days in the surge. i was down the hall from general petrae petraeus...