Well, it's pretty serious, Anderson. As you pointed out, just the threat of the North Koreans over the years, but especially in recent times when they're firing off more and more missiles and getting greater and greater range of those…
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I think he acted impulsively and you're supposed to have a plan. If you had plan A to impose martial law, what's plan B? There's no plan B, and that's why it's -- President Biden was not called on it.
Democracy in that sense, worked with the people, spoke out and said, no. You'll work with a system democracy, it can be messy but dictatorships are a menace.
He has indicated he'd like to be a dictator on day one. He's indicated publicly in the past he would like to have my generals. He's indicated throughout that his administration he puts a premium on loyalty, not to the Constitution, but to…
It's not easy and it's not quick. I think it's going to take quite a bit of time in order to do that. But the Israelis are going to have to go in at some point in time and dig out Hamas and take their leaders and remove them, and destroy…
Right now they've got to provide for the defense as best they can for the Israeli citizens who are now at risk and those who have been kidnapped and may be subject to torture and abuse.
the center cannot hold if a nation is divided. That's as old as Abraham Lincoln. A nation cannot stand if it's divided.
He has given away secrets in the past, he will do so in the future. And this case, here, he is being given the benefit of the doubt. How much more evidence do we need of his misbehavior?
We're watching the slow, or I'd say even rapid dissolution of democracy under his hands. He is doing it day after day.
I think we have a lot to fear with a possible re-election or election of Donald Trump. Donald Trump is the founding father's worst nightmare. A man who has no moral character, has no general understanding of the rule of law or respect for…
I think he will do what he says. He has no respect for the rule of law. He does not believe the law applies to him in anything he might do.
The most important thing for us to remember is we will lose the support of our NATO allies and we'll lose any credibility in the Asia Pacific, the Indo-Pacific region.
I think every veteran who sees that or reads that, or to keep that in mind this coming next year and say, never vote for a president of the United States who has such contempt and such disrespect for the courage and the valor of the people…
What this senator is doing is he is imposing his will to prevent the leaders from progressing, meaning he's weakening our readiness.
The rest of the world is watching us very closely. When we say that China is watching what's happening in Ukraine to decide whether they're going to move against Taiwan at any point, everybody is watching us.
The notion that we are so cavalier -- our elected leaders, the president of the United States is so cavalier about those documents, puts our men and women in grave danger.
Every time one of these take place, the other countries have to say is the information we're giving to the United States going to be protected?
The Russians feel that the Black Sea is kind of their backyard pool, and no one including the United States should be playing in their pool.
The Russians can't be trusted to tell the truth and they can't be trusted in terms of international law, so can't be trusted, can't be believed.
I think we are sending a message to whoever sent this up, whether it was China or Russia, or some other country, if you invade in our airspace, we're going to take it out.
Senator Tester is absolutely correct. He is approaching it the right way. Let's get some real answers here.
The Chinese have capability, the Russians have capability, which certainly intrudes upon our privacy. That's gone for all practical purposes, in terms of trying to hide things from them.
I think we have to take that into account, and then do what we can, to defend the Ukrainian people.





