Affairs Committee Member looks at what the relations mean for u. S. Taiwan relations. Hello. Welcome everyone. Im walter logan. Im director of the Asian Studies center here at the heritage foundation. I really appreciate all of you coming out, thank you. I want to thank rustle shou for partnering with us on this program today. Im so glad we could work this out. You know, there was a little election over the weekend. I dont know if everyone noticed, but judging by the turnout, perhaps you did. You know, at the outset here i just want to say a couple of things about the elections in taiwan on saturday, just a couple, and turn it over to our guests and our Panel Speakers to offer real advice on it, real insight. First of all, i think that the election says more about taiwan than it says about anything else. I not only highlight that because i think we all are immediately moving to what this means for china. For all practical purposes, all practical purposes, taiwan is really not a part of
Everyone noticed but judging by the turnout perhaps you did. At the outset here i want to say a couple words about the election of taiwan on saturday and just a couple and turn it over to our guests and Panel Speakers to offer advice and insight. First of all, i think that the election says more about taiwan than it says about anything else. I only highlight that because i think we are immediately moving to what this means for china. For all practical purposes, all practical purposes, taiwan is not a part of china. Why do we move immediately to talk about what this means for china . What it means most is that taiwan values the same things that the rest of the free world values, its conducted its southern president ial election and major ecommerce meant. Its getting to be such a normal thing that its barely even merits congratulations anymore because we have an election every four years, every two years with midterm elections and the world does not congratulate us on having made this ac
I appreciate all of you coming out. Thank you. I particularly want to think russell and Global Taiwan Institute for partnering with us on this program today. Im glad we could work this out. There was a little election over the weekend and i dont know if everyone noticed but judging by the turnout perhaps you did. At the outset here i want to say a couple words about the election of taiwan on saturday and just a couple and turn it over to our guests and Panel Speakers to offer advice and insight. First of all, i think that the election says more about taiwan than it says about anything else. I only highlight that because i think we are immediately moving to what this means for china. For all practical purposes, all practical purposes, taiwan is not a part of china. Why do we move immediately to talk about what this means for china . What it means most is that taiwan values the same things that the rest of the free world values, its conducted its southern president ial election and major
Imbedded as advisers because thats the only reason the iraqi army was 900,000 men in uniform on paper. 900,000. A couple of thousands guys took mosul, its absurd why, because we had no imbeds. The tribes could run home to mama because we werent there to shame them. The culture of region revolves around shame and honor. Youll run home to your tribe. So, we have to be a part of the solution, we have to sell the concept of a functioning iraq and we have to really jet sonned once and for all, its an arab saying, but the idea of enemy is the enemy is my friend is complete, complete hogwash when it comes to iran. The idea, that, you know, iran because theyre killing sunni extremists are our friends . You have to be smoking something and its not tobacco to believe that. Okay, we have a question over here. Yes, im nate madden with the 221st wonderfulson initiative. I wondering if the panel can speak more to this ideology dr. Gorka you spoke about how the narrative of Information Warfare that t
Budgets. We had employees willing to give up compensation to meet this need of veterans in the community. Maybe some bonuses too. Miss walorski. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary good to see you. Thanks for being here today. The problem that i dont understand with this, this is what i dont get, is that it seems like it keeps coming back to this issue of perception. You know you come today and you have your stats and your tables and your graphs and thoed kind of things and we over here, we want Solutions Just as badly as everybody else because were fighting for veterans in our district and fighting in a bipartisan matter and doing everything we can do legally through a legislative process but what weve been up to since you been here last is multiple hearings that go on every other day and look at the whistleblower retaliation, and systematic failures in denver and waste and fraud and abuse and ive been involved and every time your i. T. Chief has been here and we talked about this