government used bin laden and supported his endeavors against the soviet union in afghanistan they called him a warrior they helped him build the organization that would lead or be known as al qaeda all to crush the soviet union we taught bin ladin and associates how to run it disintegration of war campaign against a superpower and yet we still wonder how al qaeda and its many competitors have managed to stay afloat perhaps it's things like five hundred million dollars the u.s. spent in bosnia between one thousand nine hundred two and one thousand and five training and equipping rebels or the sixty four million dollars training georgian rebels from two thousand and one to two thousand and four or maybe need be it was more than half a billion dollars the u.s. spent training and arming rebels in syria who have ties to numerous al qaeda affiliates you know we all want justice sixteen years ago we did and as we brush the ass for ash from our faces and looked around at the machine gun toting soldiers who had appeared out of nowhere we realized that the justice we had been promised was little m

and the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. southern korea, which we now call south korea was a very different situation. with the assistance of the u.n. they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. north korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent insurgents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. then, in january of 1950, the u.s. secretary of state dean atchinson made a really significant error. in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the united states's interest, he mentioned japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. the north koreans interpreted that as a statement that the u.s. wouldn't go to war to defend south korea and so in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese, the north koreans invaded south korea and as you can see from our map, they storm

we are the country that stared down the state -- the soviet union over decade. deterrence may be amongst all the military options available, strengthening our deterrence may be the best option but it remains to be seen. after that, when it comes to information campaigns, i think can only comege from the people of north korea, themselves. we need to tell them three fundamental stories. the story of the outside world, especially the story of three, prosperous, democratic south korea. the story of the corruption of their own leadership, particularly of the kim family regime and the story of the rome human rights violations, which they do not sincerely understand, living under such a regime. >> very good as always. is you laidering me down the dilemmas, not a whole lot in terms of actual solutions. if i am called into admiral harrises office or general mattis's office and asked what do we do, i am still casting a lot of folks talk about preemptive strikes of one sort or another. i wonder if that horse is out of that'sn, to lake because too late because of the number

and ambassador stevenson proved his case that the soviet union had placed missiles in cuba capable of launching a devastating nuclear attack on the united states. >> at the end of the road there are seven 1,000-mile missile trailers. there are four launcher erector mechanisms for placing these trailers in erect firing position. this missile is a mobile weapon which can be moved rapidly from one place to another. it is identical with the 1,000-mile missiles, which have been displayed in moscow parades. >> then adlai stevenson spoke directly to the soviet ambassador, with the whole world watching, knowing that we were on the brink of nuclear war. >> as to the authenticity of the photographs which mr. soran has spoken about with such scorn, i wonder if the soviet union would ask its cuban colleague to permit a united nations team to go to these sites. if so, i assure you we can direct them to the proper places very quickly. and now i hope that we can get down to business, that we can stop this sparring. we know the facts and so do you, sir. and we are ready to talk about them. our job he

he moved to it was invaded by the soviet union the communist empire dominated by russia. capo caruso was a boy he went to stony and finally won independence in ninety nine he won. most of the point doesn't understand the cost of freedom. thirty eight years old member of the soviet times i remember soviet. and. back. he's not you know it's not granted. as we can see in the world today even though he knows the story on its own could never defeat russia with a population of just one point three million they're out numbered one hundred to one. we're leaving. which he believes they could inflict enough pain to make moscow think twice. if we don't actually fail to invade other countries the more we're exercise the less likely somebody to attack us but think second guess this must be as expensive as possible. you just have to glance at the map to see why a stone is weary. it's not only dwarfed by russia which is nearly four hundred times its size it's seen how easily moscow can take back the former soviet territory in twenty fourteen and captured ukraine's province of crimea wit

union it was a major event with eight hundred works it was possible because the soviet union wanted to establish cultural relations with the west. the west german foreign ministry paved the way. art during perestroika was an expression of change. and challenging and provocative works like these where new to people in moscow. to see the works of a man who put himself in the tradition of the russian constructivists the russian public was willing to line up for half a day outside the exhibition building. in the early one nine hundred ninety s. booker created a group of works called man's inhumanity prompted by growing violence against foreigners in germany. with his art protested against it taking a stand. based on the christian stations of the cross the artist created fourteen sculptures about aggression injury and destruction but also about forging connections. the violence committed against others is central to his artistic. art as an expression of outrage. supported by germany's institute for foreign cultural relations booker travel with this series of works. the exhibition was to

you talk about the soviet union and russia.bj you point out a couple of times democracy broke out in russialse after the revolution and lost power perhaps. why did democracy in both casesr disappear after gorbachev lost our? >> one thing i do in this booki. is submit one of the explanations you sometimes get t about russia. like the rushes don't have the dna for democracy. i believe there any people in the face of the earth who aren't capable of democracy and david you know that we have huge cultural arguments. the germans were supposed to be marshals for democracy predations were -- but of coursw you got south korea and you've got japan. the africans they were to travel but of course you got botswana and you have kenya who is going pretentious thing. i cannot democracy. of course now there is brazil and chile and columbia and by the way african-americans were too childlike. of course we have had a black president and a black attorney general and attorneys general and the black secretary of state.e. i reject the dash and with the russians to get it all the time. they like strongman t

union to facilitate a civilized divorce rather than any lasting union of the former soviet republics i wonder if. could be the danger at least for the iraqi government in this idea confederation i agree entirely with you that that is the predominant use of confidence in recent times and that indeed could be a way of achieving a civilized divorce between iraq and kurdistan but on the other hand if people fulfill their obligations in a convent aeration it is shared interests keep them together confederations can survive the confederation of switzerland the confederation of canada are very old what keeps calling federations together is a shared military or defensive alliance and it's quite possible that with good will kurdistan and iraq can agree that they need to keep a common military alliance against the resurgence of isis and to avoid. i thought of their countries being deeply penetrated by their surrounding neighbors i heard you say that iraq is this sole surviving success story from the us led intervention and success was primarily due to the kurds rejecting ad both american and b

union to facilitate a civilized divorce rather than any lasting union four of the former soviet republics i wonder if. could be the danger at least for the iraqi government in this idea confederation i agree entirely with you that that is the predominant use . in recent times and that indeed could be a way of achieving the civilized divorce between iraq and kurdistan but on the other hand if people fulfill their obligations in a confederate shared interests keep them together confederations can survive the confederation of switzerland the confederation of canada are very old what keeps calling federations together is a shared military or defensive alliance and it's quite possible that with good will kurdistan and the right kind agree that they need to keep a common military alliance against the resurgence of isis and to avoid either of their countries being deeply penetrated by their surrounding neighbors i heard you say that iraq's kurdistan is this sole surviving success story from the us led intervention and success was primarily due to the kurds rejecting ad both american and british

the soviet union was almost as large as the russian empire which spanned three continents in the nineteenth century. today's russia has lost many of the territories the towers conquered and the soviets regained but some are still part of russia. this is an old swedish finnish town of baber a soviet union invaded in one thousand thirty nine and finally and next this part of them in nineteen forty four. russia remains the largest country on earth even they only the ten most populous. it's still extremely diverse with about one hundred languages spoken by some hundred fifty catholicity. the former soviet republics are now independent states. yet russia still holds sway economically and culturally in some parts of the former empire bordering on the russian federation. this is the famous moscow i saw out celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the russian federation when the soviet union collapsed and russia's new life again. the mood is cheerful no sense of crisis in the air and these are average people representative of the great majority of the multi ethnic russian life. god given gift. c

you talk about the soviet union and russia. and your obviously subject a great deal of that.t d democracy broke out in russia and weekly with gorbachev. why did it disappear from russia. explana one thing i seek to do in thisou book is to dismiss one of the explanations that you sometimes get about russia. they don't have the right dna for democracy. i just don't believe that there are any people on the place of the earth who aren'tle capable of democracy. we have it used cultural arguments so that germans who were supposed to be marshaled. of course you have celtic korea and japan. they were tribal. c of course you can is going to a very interesting point of time. of course now. they have colombia. columbia. and by the way african-americans and childlike like to care about their things called the book. we've have a black president.eca we have attorney general. we black as secretary of state. i just relet reject the cultural argument. we get all the time. but really what the story is's s the story of the failure of institutions

and the soviet union. >> you think about your families, the people up the street. what does washington know about these people? they don't care. >> these crazy people want to destroy this entire world, and all of us in it. >> their new missiles on their side of europe. our new missiles on our side. two opponents who know little more of each other than what they see on their tv screens. >> let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, they are the focus of evil in the modern world. [ applause ] >> and action. >> this is an abc news special report. an address by the president of the united states. here is correspondent ted koppel. >> the president is going to speak on the balance of power between the united states and soviet union. now here from the oval office is president reagan. >> my fellow americans, thank you for sharing your time with me tonight. the advanced policy of the united states is based on a simple premise, the united states does not start fights. we will never be an aggressor. we maintain our strength in order to deter and defend

union, with the help of europe, but he was very successful in disintegrating the soviet union. now perhaps it is the turn of the european union. one year, less than one yeaafter that, well, one year, less than one year after that, well, i'm afraid, he is quicker in disintegrating the united states of america. believe me, we spend plenty of time what is happening in the us. we have already alluded to the impact of brexit and we cannot end this interview without going into a little more detail. you are, if i may say so, very well—connected in european capitals, you talk to a lot of the current leaderships in europe. theresa may appears to believe that she can offer a certain amount of money, and it now seems it is around 20 billion euros, to tell europe, look, that will mean that your eu budget, through the 2020, will be fine, we will give you this money as we leave, in 2019, and as a result will you please give us preferential access to the single market, customs union and make sure we have a smooth transition. is that going to work? no. it's not going to work. we will see wha

are still part of russian business and no swedish finnish town of baber soviet union invaded in one thousand thirty nine and finally and next respond to them in nineteen forty four. russia remains the largest country on earth even they only the ten most populous. it's still extremely diverse with about one hundred languages spoken by some hundred fifty catholicity. the former soviet republics are now independent states. yet russia still holds sway economically and culturally in some parts of the former empire bordering on the russian federation. this is the famous gorky park muscovites are out celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the russian federation when the soviet union collapsed and russia's new life began. the mood is cheerful no sense of crisis in the air and these are average people representative of the great majority of the multi ethnic russian life. even to this day and they thought that way after. the. fight that they count the kitchen. knives like. that that. we're proud that would make others fear us in a song that might not sound serious but many russians actua

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hopefully no one the the fact is we're no longer in a bipolar world we no longer have the soviet union on one side the united states on the other for many years for decades what kept nuclear war from happening was the mad doctrine mutually assured destruction you were to your point exactly they figured no one's going to be insane enough to start a nuclear war because we will be annihilated moments later but with the politicization of new nuclear weapons and of course terrorists seeking nuclear capability all bets are off we have come close dozens of times in accidental nuclear incidents i think we've just gotten lucky thus far. the time has come where nuclear weapons are no longer keeping us safe that that old paradigm of mad no longer applies and that's what global zero i'm also on the board of the ploughshares fund that's what we're trying to do ratchet back. our nuclear arsenal across the board not unilaterally this is not something that's going to happen on tuesday but it can happen over time these weapons have to become absolutely taboo because of the destruction we are little hum

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union ok so the soviet then but she was evacuated and right even though it's still kind of diplomatic buildings to look at that point to community at that you know the it was raided by the german security services this was the last time i put something like that to the kid that was my question and i don't like this right now this happens when there is an impending state of war given the president of victory just gave us it's embarrassing because the united states is violating the vienna conventions and they're breaking the law diplomatically in diplomatic circles with the united states is doing by going in there and seizing property and searching it and having the f.b.i. crawl through air conditioned ducks and looking around for stuff is going to our viewers here that alex is talking about article twenty two. vienna convention on diplomatic relations so i mean likely that it's embarrassing for the united states to exhibit behavior like this but it also shows i think that trump is out of the equation when it comes to russia although russia collusion fake news all the posturing against

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and the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. southern korea, which we now call south korea was a very different situation. with the assistance of the u.n. they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. north korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent inser jents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. then, in january of 1950, the u.s. secretary of state dean ach inson made a significant error. in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the united states's interest, he mentioned japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. the north koreans interpreted that as a statement that the u.s. wouldn't go to war to defend south korea and so in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese, the north koreans invaded south korea and as you can see from our map, they stormed rig

it reminds me of ronald reagan calling the soviet union an evil empire. years later, it seems to have worked out ok after the berlin wall came down. the soviet union collapsed in 19 anyone. on this approach, we will have to see. you say you do not want to paint an adversary in the corner. they have no way of getting out. forwant to have wiggle room diplomacy. even though donald trump at the united nations does the whole rocket boy is committing suicide about north korean leader, there is also diplomacy going on to try to figure out ways so we do not have a war on the korean peninsula, which would be catastrophic for the people in seoul and japan. john: for the next 15 minutes until 9:00, if you want to call in, we are to just talking about the first eight months of president trump fascias -- president trump's presidency. discussedtrump also his america first vision. here is what he had to say. as president of the united states, i will always put america first. , as the leaders of your countries, will always and should always put your countries first. [app

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we find ourselves in this situation. >> you mean the collapse of the soviet union? >> the destruction of the soviet union by the united states of america, president ronald reagan, and his team. a once-in-a-lifetime in alitical, once country's history where your rival collapses like that and you squander that. we squandered it. we squandered it occurs of the geniuses. nobody crushes it. i don't want to hear it. like nothingver me else. you know why? they are idiots. they have gotten us in a situation. a question of good men like donald trump -- charlie; who are you talking about? name names because you are painting with a broad brush. steve: the entire national security apparatus. rice -- colin powell, steve: all of it. the obama crowd, almost the same. administrations. that is what trump ran against. he ran against the bush/clinton apparatus. that is what he defeated. the bush apparatus in the primary, the clinton apparatus in the general election. that is what the american people rejected. every day -- every day, he is there. workingy he is there, through exactly t

president reagan dealt with the soviet union and nuclear disarmament. president trump dealing with north korea and its nuclear weapons now. what are the similarities and differences? >> the differences are so striking. ronald reagan came to power during the cold war at a time when the soviet union was huge and had a mighty, mighty nuclear force, as did the united states. but it was a government where relations weren't great, but at least you could talk to them. president trump, who has had far less government experience than president reagan did, is now dealing with a leader in north korea who is so unpredictable and hasn't responded to any of the sanctions and the other diplomatic things. so it is a different time and they're two very different presidents. >> and doug brinkley, you know, president reagan, though he had been an actor a long time before, came into office with very set views about how you felt about the soviet union. i'm not so sure that president trump came in with quite a similar background when it comes to north korea. >> not at all. i

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the soviet union down. it did not work in cuba, and in russia's case, gorbachev came through and was a reformer. you don't have a reformer in north korea. china would advocate trade with north korea, to open up the borders and the negotiation, and what is the alternative? it hasn't worked. the west at one point was feeding the north korean population. we were shipping oil to them and it made no difference whatsoever. i would say that china should look to its own interests here because this man kim jong—un is so deranged. there's no assurance that he won't use his weapons against china or his other neighbours. we will have to leave that for another week, i apologise. we will debate that another time. thank you very much to all of you. please do join us again, thank you for watching. hello. the showers are going to fade away as we go on through this evening. it leaves us with is a largely dry night with clear spells and it will be chilly enough for central and eastern areas for a few fog patches and potenti

russia inherited a huge chemical weapons stockpile from the soviet union experts claim this arsenal couldn't everyone on a number of times over the days in historical events the last agent from russia's chemical weapons arsenal will be destroyed or this video shows the last unit of russia's chemical i'm going ition being wife died an obligation moscow signed up to back in one thousand nine hundred three the document was signed by almost two hundred countries but president putin has complained it seems only russia is meeting its deadline saying the us failed all its on three occasions due to financial reasons. historically russia was one of the largest holders of chemical weapons and the us remains one unfortunately the us is not observing the deadline for disposing of its chemical weapons they have pushed the date back three times citing a lack of funding this frankly sounds strange russia launched its disposal program in nineteen ninety six a year before the us ratified their obligations to remove its chemical weapons however washington agreed to the straw to be agents by april twenty twelv

union ok so the soviet embassy was evacuated and right even though it still care diplomatic buildings still had the plots of community at that you know the it was raided by the german security services this was the last time something like that to the kid that was my question and i don't like this right now this happens when there is an impending spate of war given the president's addict or just gave us it's embarrassing because the united states is violating the vienna conventions and they're breaking the laws diplomatically in diplomatic circles with the united states is doing by going in there and seizing property and searching it and having the f.b.i. crawl through air conditioned ducks and looking around for stuff is going to our viewers here that alex is talking about article twenty two from the bin vienna convention on diplomatic relations so i mean likely that it's embarrassing for the united states to exhibit behavior like this but it also shows i think that trump is out of the equation when it comes to russia although russia collusion fake news all the posturing against russ

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are still part of russian business and no swedish finnish town of baber the soviet union invaded in one thousand thirty nine and finally and next this part of them in nineteen forty four. russia remains the largest country on earth even they only the ten they spoke of. it's still extremely diverse with about one hundred languages spoken by some hundred and fifty ethnicities. the former soviet republics are now independent states. yet russia still holds sway economically and culturally in some parts of the former empire bordering on the russian federation. this is the famous gorky park muscovites are out celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the russian federation when the soviet union collapsed and russia's new life again. the mood is cheerful no sense of crisis in the air and these are average people representative of the great majority of the multi ethnic russian life. if you. think. that we have. the. top five yet that they count getting. out like. that that. we're proud that would make others fear us in a song that might not sound serious but many russians actually do mean it

union but even during the cold war when the sino soviet dispute was at its high point d p r k managed to retain its own independence that's when they also articulated and amplified their own policy of to shea in other words self reliance they have no forand soldiers on their soil telling them what to do of course there are thirty thousand plus u.s. soldiers in south korea and north korea is a nuclear power now it doesn't need to be a crisis i mean india is a nuclear power pakistan's a nuclear power israel's a nuclear power all five members of the security council who are engaging in sanctions against d p r k some with different positions of course the us being the most bellicose they're all nuclear powers at one time the united states said of the soviet union had nuclear weapons the sky would fall and they must have preemptive nuclear war that was a doctrine same with quote red china in the one nine hundred fifty s. and yet over time the united states acclimated to the reality and thus began a process of normalized relations even even with its targeted enemies the countries that didn'

hopefully no one the the fact is we're no longer in a bipolar world we no longer have the soviet union on one side the united states on the other for many years for decades what kept nuclear war from happening was the mad doctrine mutually assured destruction you were to your point exactly they figured no one's going to be insane enough to start a nuclear war because we will be annihilated moments later. but with the politicization of new nuclear weapons and of course terrorists seeking nuclear capability all bets are off we have come close dozens of times in accidental nuclear incidents i think we've just gotten lucky thus far. the time has come where nuclear weapons are no longer keeping us safe that that old paradigm of mad no longer applies and that's what global zero i'm also on the board of the ploughshares fund that's what we're trying to do ratchet back. our nuclear arsenal across the board not unilaterally this is not something that's going to happen on tuesday but it can happen over time these weapons have to become absolutely taboo because the destruction we are little human

union ok so the soviet embassy was evacuated and right even though it still can't deploy much of their buildings to look at the amount of community it takes to it's you know the it was raided by the german security services this was the last time something like that to the kid that was my question and i don't like this right now this happens when there is an impending state of war given the president addict who just gave us it's embarrassing because the united states is violating the vienna conventions and they're breaking the laws diplomatically in diplomatic circles with the united states is doing by going in there and seizing property and searching it and having the f.b.i. crawl through air conditioned ducks and looking around for stuff is going to our viewers here that alex is talking about article twenty two. vienna convention on diplomatic relations so i mean likely that it's embarrassing for the united states to exhibit behavior like this but it also shows i think that trump is out of the equation when it comes to russia although russia collusion fake news all the posturing agai

challenge the united states as had done the former soviet union. trump is now on board for that it's now a bipartisan consensus here it's more open amongst republicans but democrats are on board they sort of hide it a little bit with talk of regime change in the name of democratic advance but that's more cover than substance you see the democratic support many democrats voted for the iraq war democrats and obama and hillary clinton were responsible for regime change in libya you saw most recently when american warships fired missiles into syria immediately the democrats came on board and cheered this this goes quite there's a history in american political history it's called the doctrine of american exceptionalism and that's really where you find this doctrine itself all right let me let me let me go to let me use to close here ok let me let me go to let me go to michael in genetic change i mean let me go to michael in washington to get his take on what go my question and what you just said there michael what happened in during the campaign we hear

charley you mean the collapse of : the soviet union? steve: the destruction of the soviet union by the united states of america, president ronald reagan, and his team. a once-in-a-lifetime geopolitical, once in a country's history where your rival collapses like that and you squander that. we squandered it. we squandered it because of these geniuses. nobody questions it? i don't want to hear it. it gets all over me like nothing else. you know why? they are idiots. they have gotten us in a situation. they question of good men like donald trump? charlie: who are you talking about? you have to name names because you are painting with a broad brush. steve: the entire national security apparatus. charlie: colin powell, rice -- steve: all of it. the obama crowd, almost the same. clinton crowd, almost the same. it is three administrations. that is what trump ran against. he ran against the bush/clinton apparatus. that is what he defeated. the bush apparatus in the primary, the clinton apparatus in the general election. that is what the america

i always what is a soviet union because it is real concentration camp of the soviet union. that's what they turned crimea into from the tourist resort to a military base that is heavily armed right now. so i do understand that it's a long, i think all of us we resent this is a long road to go, and i'll be probably not hoping wearily at the expense, for example, both the states which had unfortunately very long. when they came back to being independent and being, and governing themselves the way they wanted to hear i want to believe that it won't take 50 years as it did in case of baltic states, but we are happy that there is resilience, a resistance still in the territory of occupied illegally and x crimea butter fortunately rush is doing everything -- but, unfortunately, russians doing everything to spread fear, attacks and tortures on those people who are trying to show even slight disagreement with the russian regime of the occupied illegally annexed territory of crimea so it would not be an easy call. we're kind use all the opportunities in the international area as wel

it does remind me -- remember ronald reagan calling the soviet union and evil empire? people were possessed about it then and years later, it seemed to have worked out once the berlin wall came down and the soviet union collapsed in 1991. this north korea approach of donald trump's, we will have to see. usually, you do not want to paint an adversary in the corner where they have no way of getting out. you want wiggle room for diplomacy. even though donald trump at united nations does this whole creating self suicide, there is diplomacy going on to figure out a way not to have the war in the korean peninsula, what should be catastrophic for the people host: there. doug brinkley here for the next 15 minutes, until 9:00. we are discussing the first eight months of the trump presidency. democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. at that appearance at the u.n., president trump discussed is vision, here's what he had to say. [video clip] as president of the united states, i will always put america first, just like you, as the leader

she or he walked into the class and got up and said, since we follow the soviet union, have all of this stuff about the holocaust throughout -- the fall of the soviet union, we have all this stuff about the holocaust. i have been in the archives. we have a revolutionary understanding what happened. i would love to share this stuff with you, my students, but we will have to revise our understanding of certain things, so no, we will just stick to the old ways. i will not tell you anything about new research. it? is dopey, isn't who would want that. the word revisionism gets its odious meeting -- meaning and a lot from holocaust denial. it is not the -- it is not denial, pure and simple, but how many times do we hear people say that is revisionist history? that tells us nothing. it is not good, well done, making use of archives and research in meaningful kinds of ways, so it is crucial i think for historians, as i am doing tonight, to rant, to articulately, passionately and confront this misuse. tricia again. every normal human being is forever recalculating, reorganizing information and r

influence but even after the collapse of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred one the us has continued its electoral misconduct in fact since two thousand the us has attempted to sway elections in ukraine kenya lebanon afghanistan and more and while the united states the sanction in russia over election meddling the united states has never been sanctioned itself for similar behavior so governor why in the world is it ok for the united states to do this interference but not for anybody else. that's what our government is built of our. do is i say not as i do now i remember they told us when this whole russian thing started which i'll tell you i don't believe it. where's the proof they talk about these are the same people that took us to war in iraq and told us there were weapons of mass destruction and ties to al qaeda untrue lie took us to war this is the same intelligence that gave us the gulf of tonkin incident in vietnam now that's been proven a lie now people are expecting me to believe this after i've been lied to by my government on things of war that have really put us

influence but even after the collapse of the soviet union in one thousand nine hundred one the us has continued its electoral misconduct in fact since two thousand the us has attempted to sway elections in ukraine kenya lebanon afghanistan and more and while the united states the sanction in russia over election meddling the united states has never been sanctioned itself for similar behavior so governor why in the world is it ok for the united states to do this interference but not for anybody else. that's what our government is built of our hyde park or city do or not as i do now i remember they told us when this whole russian thing started which i'll tell you i don't believe it. where's the proof they talk about these are the same people that took us to war in iraq and told us there were weapons of mass destruction and ties to al qaeda untrue lie took us to war this is the same intelligence that gave us the gulf of tonkin incident in vietnam now that's been proven a lie now people are expecting me to believe this after i've been lied to by my government on things of war that have re