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Shalom and welcome to Jerusalem studio

Rhetoric from Washington and Moscow has intensified over the western response to us as alleged use of chemical

weapons with the most hostile warnings of possible direct confrontation between the two superpowers and

Dangers a regional conflict from possibly turning global to further discuss the tension between the United States and Russia over Syria

I'm John Chandler studio by dr.

Alan Lehman was the vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies and a lecturer at Shalem College welcome

Michael so to welcome our tv7 analyst mr. Emil Olin and

Professor at Frank um who's a senior researcher at the Institute for national security studies and dr.

Neil bones who's a research fellow at the machete on Centre at Tel Aviv University welcome

Mr.. Owen, give us a broader understanding of the current situation

the United States at least in its national security and foreign policy

Structure

Not the political echelon views Russia as what it calls a near peer

adversary and

While the United States is supposed to be the only remaining superpowers

superpower

Russia because of what the Americans viewers its aggressive policy is now threatening its dominance

so this is

across a very broad front which includes cyber

meddling in elections the Ukraine

the Russian resistance to

missile defense in Europe but most

urgently over the last few weeks

It came to a head in Syria because the Russians have denied

That Bashar Assad their Protege has used chemical weapons against his own people because the Russians

have

taken Assad under their wing and

Resist the American intervention there and because the Russians are dense to stay while

President Trump has already announced that his intention is to bring the boys home dr. Lerman leading up to the attack

of the United States France and Britain

Russia has voiced various rhetoric with regard to the the possible

confrontation between the two

superpowers with the height of the event

pointing to any missile that would be fired would be shot down and even the the

Silos that the missiles are fired from would be targeted in a response something that didn't materialize

But this rhetoric was made to what degree is this?

Just rhetoric, or is there something beyond that well?

Russia

basically is by now a

Second-tier power let's let's be in in everything

But one aspect which is its military capabilities and its ongoing

Investment in advanced technology military technology it is behind in every other respect

Let's not forget. This is for us. You know which sit in Israel. We'll look at the bear. It's it's a big animal

it's a caged bear who is a nation ten times its population to itself and

Then Alliance 20 times their GDP to their West

So this is really the the I think the epitome of being passive aggressive

The basic situation a point of departure is defensive

fragile and

vindictive having basically lost

with the collapse of the Soviet Union

huge realms of

Russian control that have been built since the 16th century it came to the point in which they were almost looking at the

possibility of death of NATO spreading to the depe

And into the Caucasus in 2008 so it was touch-and-go

and and they reacted very aggressively with what they have so their ability to survive in a

Complicated world largely rests on their ability to stay ahead in the military sense in military technology

This is why they were very sensitive

To the post the prospect over the Americans

basically being free to do within Syrian territory as they wish when they

however at the end of the day no Russian in his right mind would actually risk firing at

an American

naval

Asset of trying to shoot down an American plane during such operations because this would bring

Long before it brings you to a minute to live

nuclear confrontation it would bring

Immense American capabilities upon their heads so this was

bravado and little more than that at the end of the phase all come I

Think that needless to say that the Russians don't like either gonna like an attack

Not is already attack

But having said that I want to suggest that it is a limited blow from the Russian viewpoint also from our viewpoint

It is limited one thing to the use of the Assad regime in

chemical chemical

Warfare capabilities, that's it. It is not affecting the stability of the Assad regime

It is not affecting the position of the Russians in in the Syrian territory

It is not affecting the relationship between Russia and Iran

Or in a solution, so they can use it big question is what will come next

And we don't know

We have to take into account that this is not the end of the story it can continue

Dr. Bombs history sometimes tends to repeat itself if you took the beginning of the Crimean War in 1853

You have a crisis over the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Who are the ones playing that game? Which the Turks and it's the Russians, and then we're the ones who are coming afterwards

It's the British and the France the same players who now have been involved in the recent

Syria story if you're looking 30 years ago when we had the

The collapse of the Soviet Union we are beginning to speak about the unipolar world

There are books like dots of Huntington and that of Fukuyama speaking about the New World Order

And it actually lasted for quite some time partially because Russia

That inherited some of the Soviet Union has really weaker and even it had remained weak

But a few things have changed one of them in the American side is that particularly in the last?

decade under President Obama part of the

Mindset was that UNEP our world or not. You know we are redrawing

We are leading from behind or leaning

Somewhere else and there are many arenas that we don't really need to take the lead and on the other hand you have people

In the region and people in Russia like Putin or say you know we actually do and it's about time that we will reassert our

Identity and we are searched for we are so these

Two holes are beginning to create something different

Which began to emerge a little bit like?

another wave of another round of a Cold War and when it comes to allies when it comes to a

crisis points when it comes to

Alliances and old alliances like in the case of Syria all of a sudden

he says well look the Americans have abandoned and haven't had a track record of abandoning allies the Russians are saying you know what we're

Going to do it a little bit differently

This is perhaps the very broad sense of this dynamic, and then you need to start delving into the details

But one of the messages that came from Russia is we have allies we're going to stick with them and now the American

Under new leadership SAR saying wait a minute. We're not sure that we're

Continuing to lead from behind, and now you have a confrontation mr. Owen when we're talking about what dr.

bonds just mentioned about the vacuum that

occurred during the Trudeau Bhama administration and the course of

various actions that actually

permitted

the the Russian forces to enter and

To make new dealings with different countries and of course the the nuclear agreement with Iran did also permitted

Moscow to make dealings on different levels with Islamic Republic the Syria arena has become

somewhat of a platform of public relations to Middle Eastern countries for Moscow with

Regard to its vocal and adamant

Pursuit of showing that it stands by its allies and is capable of doing so to what degree

Does this actually affect the United States is positioned towards Moscow is it somewhat?

Applying causality where we see various actions by Moscow

predicting various effects by the Trump administration

I'd like to speak in defense of the Obama administration

One thing always leads to another and there is always

reaction to what your predecessor did and Obama came after Bush who went into the Middle East following 9/11

After Clinton tried to go out

Following bush senior going into Iraq and so on and so forth after Reagan having fled

Beirut

following the October 1983

bombing of the Marine Barracks and one can go back on and on

Now one of the differences between Putin and Trump is the Putin like many Russians is mindful of history

while

Trump is completely ignorant and couldn't care less

Putin wants to revert to the heyday of the Russian Empire under various guises and

He totally rejects the policy of Mikhail Gorbachev

Which brought about in Putin's opinion the demise of the Soviet empire?

So Putin is proactive and as Aaron said

vindictive aggressive

expansive

Trump on the other hand brings to mind the

famous line by Sarah Palin who said that from her window in Alaska she can see Russia

Across the Bering Strait which is a bit?

Too minimal work. Ya know. It's it's five to ten miles

She can't really see that that far, but it is true that the only place where Russia almost porters the United States is

Next to Alaska and for president Trump wants America first bring America home

He wants to remain between the world

On the Mexican border which is yet to build and the Canadian border which is fine?

It's his kind of people and the two oceans he doesn't want to be involved in Syria he

To get out the sooner the better and has said mission accomplished. I am the president

I will decide what is the mission and when it is over and I'm now saying that we won as

Senator Aiken of Vermont said let's say we want and get nevertheless when we hear French president American dr.

Elman saying that they managed to convince President Trump to remain

In Syria to at least leave a certain presence in Syria that would tear both, Russians as well as other

regional powers from taking

Actions that would be counterproductive to the stability of the region to what degree is that actually going?

on forward well

It depends on how you read would trump sit because I agree that he has his basic instinct is bring the boys home

But if you you look at the actually three or four sentences strung together

What you will say is we need others to pitch in the purpose is the same purpose?

But we need others to come in so in other words. He's being as usual very transactional

He wants more Saudi money more allied more Arab and more international

Inputs so that

burden of sustaining the SDF and the that

Quarter of Syria that is held against Iran's wishes and the burden of doing so should be

Spread more evenly not just on American shoulders. This goes back to the fighting in which for the first time America

I think one of the few cases I remember in which Americans actually killed Russians

That hug I think there were a few cases in which Russians killed Americans

Over flights you too. Etc, but

Even in Cuba the Americans never actually killed Russia, but is a mercenaries not

An Ares that work for somebody personally very close to put it

so they could not possibly be there without his blessing and

So the events of that at the Battle of the bridges in the Arizona in February are very telling

I think he wants to bring the boys home

Only says when and if I can do so once the French and the Saudis

And the UAE and others who want to block the Iranian presence in eastern Syria have pitched in to be of help

Nevertheless we here also compel during his hearing

Boasting about the American capabilities and the ability to kill about 200 Russians on Syrian soil some

appointment that some say has

Provided President Trump with no alternative, but to remain in the region. It's not just Pompeo

john, bolton is I think focused like a laser beam beam on the

Iranian issue

His appointment is a very strong indication the laser beams from North Korea to South Korea - but North Korea

Is going to be many is?

Already at the negotiating table under very heavy leverage

On Iran you need to create that leverage you cannot create that leverage while running away from confrontation with Iran

On the post may 12 situation, that's about to emerge so everything should be read

running into and

Indicating where we are coming on the tours. I called it recently a problem

You should look at what happened in Syria under sevens as a promo for me of a so calm

I've said before that this is not the end of the story one of the reasons. They said that is that

two of the major players now in Syria

Russia and Iran have no intention to pull out the forces foreign from Syria Russia are limited in its presence in Syria

Pulled out some of the forces, but at the same time it concluded agreement with Syrians to use two

military bases in Syria an alien base and naval base for

4849 news which means are going to stay there very long a period of time

The worst case has to do is with with Iran Iran is not going to withdraw from Syria

The reason is of course Israel is below its attempt to increase its influence

both in Syria and among the neighbors of Syria in Iraq in Lebanon and

The meaning is that Iran will continue to be calls for frictions and and

I would say

All Swiss Israel for long period of time to what degree does that?

impact the relations between the United States and Russia if at all dr. Bones

Well it certainly brings a new level of tension between the two countries

Particularly when it appears it's very close

Very close proximity they are almost fighting each other or at least fighting each other's mercenaries or at least fighting their

Proxies are supporting the jaxxed opposing proxies, and this is what's have been happening the other piece is that?

if you again if you zoom out, and we're looking at all sorts of other issues from

the

Election story where Russia is involved where President Trump is

inflated with a number of

Personnel they mentioned it has to do with business dealings and with political dealings where Russia has

something to do with

Just to remind our viewers that the Americans and the Russians have actually been supposedly somewhat

coordinated on a whole series of agreements

including agreements regarding the south part of Syria including agreement regarding the

entire

trajectory of how to resolve the Syrian conflict and of course part of it was also reports about the

Americans actually heading to

Russian requests and stopping a number of American programs in a way to leave the Russians that the additional maneuver

maneuvering ability within

Syria so that the Americans can say look we're gonna bring our boys home because the Russians are doing some of the work for us

And all of a sudden it is

Reversing you get yes again, and if you're looking just at the last two weeks

President Trump has been very consistent in its inconsistency regarding

The statements about we're coming in or coming out we're gonna take the soldiers

We're going to be going to respond, but perhaps not now perhaps later. We'd ever said. Where are we going to do it?

We're going to bring our boys home

But we're going to only bring them afterwards when you're gonna have somebody else taking their place so all of that

perhaps there creates a certain

what's here we sometimes call constructive ambiguity if somebody at least 6 to find some order and

But perhaps there is a a method and perhaps part of the order is that this tension?

Is an attempt of maneuvering but on the one hand they realized that they're really conflicted interests here

But on the other hand you don't want to start a real round not of a cold war about of a warm one well

Mr.. Owen, I'd like to touch base on Turkey, which has

slowly slowly

distanced itself from NATO

And its allies within NATO and and warmed up with

Regard to its relations with Moscow, but then again the worst certain

situations following the Astana talks where Iran Russia and Turkey had various agreements some

Agreements that weren't met on the side of the Russians and Iranians

in the perception of the the leadership in Ankara which led again to

Different comments relating to their warming of ties against with the United States supporting the action against President Bashar Assad

supporting

Various actions with regard to the maneuvering of military troops and also

vocally in various

support for the the NATO alliance

Considering the fact that the leader of NATO or the the commander of NATO visited oncologist recently to what degree is

this

somewhat of an illustration of

Regional powers on the one hand trying to show that they want to diversify in the direction of Moscow

But when the time comes to the bottom line

Washington has no alternative

Washington may have no alternative but

Ankara does and this is perhaps the major development outside of what has happened

Within Syria itself what you just described is

a major development in

What has happened in the American Russian relationship because Turkey has been a stalwart member of NATO?

From the beginning it had

The second largest armed force it helped the United States in in Korea

during the war in many other respects of course out of

What it perceived to be its self-interest because it was threatened by Russia what?

near earlier talked about the Crimean War

the

traditional

Alliance was between Turkey and Germany

Against

Russia and Serbia Germany

Also is karate and other other places and only after World War two when the Americans?

Gradually took over from Great Britain the leadership in the Middle East the Americans only entered the Middle East first by the way

Into Turkey the the pretext was the death of the Turkish ambassador to Washington a goon

Whose body was carried to Turkey aboard the u.s. A u.s.

Battleship and this was the beginning of the 6th fleet

obviously

President Trump knows all of this. I'm just repeating it

but

apparently

President, Erdogan

Has now concluded that he is not going to be accepted into the European Union

That he is not going to get from NATO what he wants he has bought the Americans from using in Cilic

airbase in this latest attack

on the Syrian chemical

Installations he is now in the Russian orbit

And this this is due to one simple fact Syria is as symmetrically

Between Russia and the United States Trump couldn't care less about Syria for Putin. It is a very big deal

this is topic that we will have to come back and revisit in the future dr. Lemon when

We're talking about Israel in the midst of all those different developments in this region and its

Relations both with Moscow and Washington obviously the alliance with the United States has no alternative for Israel

But it is playing a key

component within all those different developments to what degree does Israel have

The ability to maneuver and tread carefully in the situation considering well clearly if we ever

forced to choose

There's no question, but it has been a consistent policy of Israel, and I think wisely so

in the last decade to keep channels open to the Russians to map out the

areas of

common interest to

Explain to the Russians again and again and sometimes was very blunt and even violent messages of action on the ground that

Russian the Russian interest in asset survival would be put at risk if Assad goes with the Iranians

Into what we consider to be dangerous adventures what makes this dialogue with Russia

possible what keeps the door open is not only at the strategic and the

cold-blooded

Conversation about interests, but also a certain

sentimental element

Let's remind ourselves that Israel is the only country in the last

15 years to dedicate a monument to the Red Army in the tanya will in the presence of President

Putin who came specially for the event

Let's let it put me put it otherwise and against the background of our current crisis was Poland we

Still among the few who can appreciate that Ribbentrop was worse than Molotov mm-hmm

The Russians know that we have certain sentimental

commonalities

And not to mention that they look upon Israel as a country which is in their mind roughly 20 percent

Made of sons of the homeland not of anything from Russia many came from the Ukraine

but there are Russian speakers and their Russian and

the Russians considered them to be

to some extent a bridge including a defense minister in 2008 defence minister whose most Davian but speaks excellent Russian and

And communicates with the Russians and these channels of communication absolutely vital this is why Israel for example

Has dodged the bullet on Salisbury we we need our channels to Russia

Open at this time professor come I think Israel is not concerned so much about the Russian behavior in Syria

because

So does see some does

Identify some even advantages in the Russian presence in Syria is that as one problem in sir which is Iran

and

Israel's aim is to limit as much as possible the Iranian activities in Syria and remove the

Iranians outside of Syria which is possible it's not it's not easy to I

Would emphasize when what emphasize one point? I think in this game in the same territory?

Israel does direct advantage over the gun because Israel is one one

Capability who ask abilities and capabilities to give me the alien presence and activities in?

In Syria Iran doesn't have such capabilities is it can attack Iranian forces you didn't

Capabilities and cannot respond in a way. We should see what Iran is going to do now after the Union is ready attack Iranian

Sites, but I don't think it could do too much

And I think all in all taking the two players

Israel and Iran, I think they great advantage to the on the side of his life

So and I think he does not know that very very well and trying to the game

among these

Limitations we have to see how long they can continue it doctor bombs the

Israeli in this Russian interests have a number of things in common

Part some of them has to do with Iran. There is note an ideological divide. This is not

This is far different than the Cold War and where you have an also an ideological camp when it comes to

Syria the Israel I think is overall even fairly comfortable

and that's something that actually became perhaps even more acute with the Israeli Russian relationship following the Obama period when they realize if Americans are

Not here well somebody needs to be here and Israel obviously cannot do it alone

So if Russia wants to take over some and become stronger and and take over some of the oil and gas deals that

potentially is

acceptable

When it comes to Iran Israel also realized this is that the Russian does not want to see you run take over partially because really

They want to be the game here because he would not like to see around the game makers

But were there frictions there are frictions because when it comes with a tactical

Dimension well first of all the Iranians were the ones who did the dirty work the Iranians are the ones who did it there to?

Work on the ground Russians had taken 24 airplanes and had attempted to provide the umbrella

And in some of the support, and they entered fairly late, and if taking a much bigger part of the pot

But the Iranians are the ones who did this and the Russian understand is also the Russians would like to make sure that they keep

their influence with everyone including of the Iranians and

Here is where you have the frictions when the Russians are saying look. We are going to do this for you

Let us do it that Israel is saying with all the respect you're catering to Russian interests. We have our own

We're drawing near to the end of the program, and I have one more question actually to dr. Elman with regard to

the point that you made earlier about

American demands of sharing the burden among other

Regional powers is Israel also one of those countries that the United States sees as should

Take part in sharing the burden, or is it exempt

Indirectly yes insofar as we are as you as fine

And others have said here we keep the Iranians in check

But what they are looking at is for the Saudis in particular?

to look beyond their current engagement in Yemen if they want a

Regional balance against Iran they should do more than they are doing now in terms of money and resource well

This is all the time that we're for today, so I'd like to think that the Lealman mr.. Olin professor come in dr.

Bones for coming here today and like to think of yours as well, and we'll see you next time

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U.S. President Donald Trump has again denounced the Iran nuclear deal, hinting at the possibility

of Washington pulling out of the 2015 agreement.

His comments have sparked concern in some quarters that they may deter North Korea from

working out a nuclear agreement with U.S. with their summit a matter of weeks away.

Ro Aram reports.

At a joint press conference on Tuesday with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, President

Trump branded the Iran deal "insane" and "ridiculous."

He also warned Tehran against restarting its nuclear program.

"The Iran deal was a terrible deal.

We paid $150 billion, we gave $1.8 billion in cash.

That's actual cash - barrels of cash.

It's insane, it's ridiculous, it should have never been made, but we will be talking about

it…..

It won't be so easy for them to restart.

They're not going to be restarting anything, they restart it, they're going to have big

problems - bigger than they've ever had before…"

The 2015 deal was reached during the Obama administration to curb Iran's nuclear program

in exchange for eased sanctions.

President Macron agreed the deal had its downsides and that a new agreement should be made.

But he urged the U.S. not to pull out yet as it still allowed some control over Iran's

nuclear program until the year 2025.

Some watchers have warned that Trump's renewed criticism of the pact may also hinder chances

of working out a nuclear deal with North Korea, especially at a time when Pyongyang is warming

to the idea of denuclearization.

They say that, if Kim Jong-un sees that President Trump cannot be trusted to honor the Iran

deal, then he could assume Trump can't be trusted with a possible nuclear agreement

with North Korea.

That would put any chance for meaningful talks on denuclearization in jeopardy before they

even begin.

Ro Aram, Arirang News.

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Devin Nunes Just Revealed The One Secret The Deep State Didn't Want You To Know

The Deep State conspiracy against Donald Trump focused on using the Russia investigation

to drive him from office.

But it was all a sham.

Devin Nunes dropped a bombshell when he revealed the one secret the Deep State didn't want

you to know.

Nunes has been on a mission to get to the bottom of the Obama administration and the

FBI colluding to sabotage Donald Trump.

Their pretext was the allegations of the Trump campaign conspiring with Russia during the

election.

But no evidence exists that proves that theory.

And in his review of documents surrounding the start of the investigation, Nunes found

that no intelligence was used to kickoff the probe.

Fox Business reports:

"HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN DEVIN NUNES SAID SUNDAY HIS REVIEW OF FBI AND JUSTICE

DEPARTMENT "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION" DOCUMENTS SHOWS NO INTELLIGENCE WAS USED TO

BEGIN THE INVESTIGATION INTO POSSIBLE COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA DURING

THE 2016 ELECTION.

"WE NOW KNOW THAT THERE WAS NO OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT WAS USED TO START THIS INVESTIGATION.

WE KNOW THAT SIDNEY BLUMENTHAL AND OTHERS WERE PUSHING INFORMATION INTO THE STATE DEPARTMENT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PIECE ALL THAT TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE

STATE DEPARTMENT," NUNES TOLD MARIA BARTIROMO ON "SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES."

NUNES, R-CALIF., CITED THE FIVE EYES AGREEMENT AS A WAY OF KNOWING NO INTEL WAS USED.

THE U.S., ALONG WITH CANADA, THE U.K., AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, MAKE UP THE "FIVE EYES,"

OR COUNTRIES THAT SHARE INTELLIGENCE IN A MORE-TRUSTED FASHION THAN OTHER ARRANGEMENTS,

LIKE NATO, PARTICULARLY DUE TO YEARS OF TRUST AND A COMMON LANGUAGE.

"WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO SPY ON EACH OTHER'S CITIZENS, AND IT'S WORKED WELL," HE SAID.

"AND IT CONTINUES TO WORK WELL.

AND WE KNOW IT'S WORKING WELL BECAUSE THERE WAS NO INTELLIGENCE THAT PASSED THROUGH THE

FIVE EYES CHANNELS TO OUR GOVERNMENT.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD TO SEE THAT ORIGINAL COMMUNICATION."

The FBI claims the counterintelligence investigation began when Alexander Downer, who is Australia's

diplomat in the United Kingdom – and who is also connected to the Clinton Foundation

– informed the FBI of a "drunken conversation" he had months earlier with the then-Trump

campaign foreign policy volunteer George Papadopoulos who claimed the Russians had told him they

had "thousands" of Clinton emails.

The Daily Caller reports Papadopoulos believed they were referring to the famous 30,000 deleted

emails and not the hacked emails from the DNC or Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

He also had privately denied colluding with Russia or having any role in the leaked emails.

The Daily Caller reports:

"PART OF HIS PLEA DEAL WITH MUELLER, PAPADOPOULOS ACKNOWLEDGED JOSEPH MIFSUD, A PROFESSOR AND

FORMER MALTESE DIPLOMAT, TOLD HIM DURING A CONVERSATION IN LONDON ON APRIL 26, 2016,

HE HAD LEARNED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT HAD POSSESSION OF "THOUSANDS" OF CLINTON-RELATED

EMAILS.

BUT SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH PAPADOPOULOS' THINKING SAY HE HAS TOLD ASSOCIATES HE DID

NOT SEE, HANDLE OR DISSEMINATE CLINTON EMAILS.

PAPADOPOULOS HAS ALSO SAID HE BELIEVES THAT THE EMAILS IN QUESTION WERE THE 30,000-PLUS

EMAILS THAT CLINTON DELETED IN DEC. 2014 BEFORE TURNING HER STATE DEPARTMENT EMAILS OVER TO

THE AGENCY.

CLINTON'S DELETED RECORDS WERE A HOT TOPIC OF DEBATE DURING THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN,

WELL BEFORE WIKILEAKS BEGAN RELEASING EMAILS THAT WERE STOLEN FROM THE DNC AND CLINTON

CAMPAIGN."

This investigation was a sham.

The FBI used rumor and innuendo – not facts or intelligence – to begin the witch hunt

into the President.

Four investigations – three in Congress and one by Robert Mueller – have not produced

one shred of evidence to back up this wild collusion conspiracy theory pushed by the

Democrats and the media.

If this investigation began on the basis of real intelligence, this would not be the case.

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This is where the traffickers

forced the Guatemalan teens to

work off their debts.

>> (speaking Spanish):

>> ALTAN: This man says he

worked with the teens at

Trillium.

>> (speaking Spanish):

>> ALTAN: In October 2014,

after four months at Trillium,

one of the teens managed to call

his uncle in Florida.

The uncle agreed to talk to us,

but was afraid to show his face

on camera.

>> (speaking Spanish):

>> One day I received a phone

call.

There was a gentleman that had a

nephew that had been smuggled

into the country from Guatemala,

and was being kept to work

against his will in Ohio.

And within 24 hours, I had a

conference call from the head of

the FBI, HSI, and the U.S.

attorney's office in that

region.

>> ALTAN: Two months later,

federal and local law

enforcement moved in.

>> A human trafficking bust at

an egg farm in...

>> ALTAN: In the early

morning hours, they raided the

trailer park where the teens had

been living.

>> Federal prosecutors call it

modern-day slavery.

>> Their paychecks kept by their

traffickers.

>> ALTAN: They detained

approximately 45 people.

>> The human trafficking

operation was run by a third-

party contractor hired by

Trillium Farms.

>> ALTAN: At least ten, they

determined, were victims of

trafficking, including eight

minors.

>> The U.S. attorney's

office says its investigation is

ongoing.

>> I mean, how could that

possibly happen?

The more we learned about it,

the more it became apparent that

there was a connection back to

our immigration policies and how

the Department of Health and

Human Services deals with kids

who come here unaccompanied.

What makes the Marion case even

more alarming is that a U.S.

government agency was actually

responsible for delivering some

of the victims into the hands of

the abusers.

How could the federal government

take these kids in and try to

protect them, and then as they

send them out to families, you

know, pending a court date, give

them right back to the people

who had brought them up here?

Here's one of those homes-- this

is a trailer.

>> ALTAN: Senator Rob Portman

was chairman of the committee

that investigated the failures

at the Department of Health and

Human Services-- the agency that

released the boys to the

traffickers in Ohio.

>> The more we learned, the more

troubling it was from a federal

perspective, because no one

seemed to want to take

responsibility for it.

>> What everybody's doing is

doing this-- out the door, we're

done.

>> We've got these kids.

They're here.

They're living on our soil.

And for us to just, you know,

assume someone else is going to

take care of them and throw them

to the wolves, which is what HHS

was doing, is flat-out wrong.

I don't care what you think

about immigration policy-- it's

wrong.

>> ALTAN: The HHS division

responsible for placing the

teens declined to be

interviewed.

They told the committee they had

strengthened their procedures to

protect children.

But the committee had

found over a dozen

other cases of trafficking

related to the surge, and said

it was impossible to know just

how many more victims there are.

>> It was not just the Ohio egg

farm case-- there were other

cases in which multiple children

were placed with sponsors in

homes where they were subject to

human trafficking, sexual abuse,

and other severe forms of abuse

and exploitation.

More than 180,000 unaccompanied

minors have been placed in

communities across the country.

But because there's so little

follow-up with them once they're

out of the government's care, we

have no idea what's happened to

them.

For more infomation >> The Hidden Reality of Labor Trafficking in the U.S. | "Trafficked in America" | FRONTLINE - Duration: 5:02.

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How The US Gets China Wrong | World War 3 IV - Duration: 8:15.

Hey there!

In recent months we have heard a ton about China, From Trump's trade war to Xi Jinping's

permanent presidency.

But I don't think we really talk about China seriously.

Today I am going to talk about three things that almost all supposedly serious coverage

of China gets wrong, and that you should look out for.

This channel's coverage of China can seem confusing.

In some videos I am very dismissive of the threat to US interests that China poses today.

But in other videos I talk about how China will probably be the world's most powerful

country by the end of this century.

It may look like there is a contradiction here, but there isn't.

It's a question of timing.

US commentary on the topic seems to be split.

Some folks are in a constant state of panic.

Every time China surpasses the US on some metric, people come out to declare that US

power is finished.

That's not how any of this works.

The US has been building a world system for almost 75 years now.

No matter how much Trump abuses it, this system isn't just going to evaporate.

The US economy surpassed Great Britain's around 1900, but Britain maintained and even

grew its influence for decades after that point.

It took two apocalyptic wars to finally end British world leadership in the 1940s and

1950s.

This is why people who want to preserve US power should be super anti war by the way....

The other side of US commentary goes way too far in the other direction.

We hear things about how China is getting old before it's getting rich, and how their

economic model is running out of steam, or they are running out of women or whatever.

This approach relies really heavily on the example of Japan.

Back in the 1980s it looked like Japan was taking over the world, but they've been

falling behind for almost 30 years now.

There are some similarities between the Japanese and Chinese models, but there's a basic

question of scale that gets ignored here.

China has over 10 times more people.

Their economy is almost three times the size of Japan's already, and even if the figures

are fudged, the Chinese economy is still growing at 5-7% a year.

I have talked about how there's almost certainly a large China crisis coming, but they're

going to come out the other end, probably post-Communist, in better shape not worse.

China is not going to flame out.

Their resources are vast.

The belt and road project they are currently running includes infrastructure projects in

60 countries at a projected cost of 4 to 10 trillion dollars.

FADE TO ROUGH MAP OF BELT AND ROAD.

China is literally re-building the world, and their businessmen are on the ground in

all of those countries profiting from all that economic growth.

China has a crisis coming but it is not going to just fade away.

The US race with China hasn't even really begun yet.

It's going to be a marathon, even though US leaders are currently treating it like a fiscal

sprint.

This one really gets to me.

China is located in Asia.

There are a handful of other countries in Asia that have been very successful over the

past half century.

Some of them have taken paths to growth that are similar to China in some small ways.

There is nothing wrong with pointing out those similarities and trying to draw lessons from

them.

But every Western outlet, from the Economist to the US Government goes way too far in this

direction.

They are addicted to making predictions or broad statements about how democracy is lagging

in China based on the experience of countries like Taiwan or South Korea or Singapore.

This is just fricking nuts.

Do we expect Russia's political economy to develop along lines similar to Greece or

Slovakia or Lichtenstein because they share a continent?

Of course Not!

We recognize that the sizes, geographical attributes, and histories of these countries

will lead to dramatically different growth paths.

China is not some generic "Asian Country".

China is unique.

It's got a billion and a half people, a history as a unit that goes back longer than anybody

else's, a ruling ideology that can only be described as schizophrenic, and includes

the lifestyles of urban New York City and rural sub-saharan Africa in the same country.

Acting surprised that it didn't go democratic the same way South Korea did is moronic.

But you can find this kind of thinking in almost every article written on the subject.

The building consensus this year seems to be that the US screwed up by letting China

into the WTO.

The idea is that we were promised more progress towards democracy and free markets than we

got, and China has either failed or cheated us somehow.

There is a growing sense in the West that China's communist party is going to rule

China forever.

There's a problem with this.

China's Communist party doesn't believe that.

They'd never admit it of course, but the changes to China's system that Xi Jinping

is pushing through have a very clear through line of panic.

They know their rule is more threatened today than it ever has been.

And it's the Chinese people that threaten it.

That's the issue that this whole Xi Jinping is the new Chairman Mao narrative tries to

hide.

As recently as the 1960s China was a terrifying authoritarian nightmare state.

During the Cultural Revolution gangs of Red guards rampaged through the country, attempting

to erase China's history, and brutalizing China's intellectual and administrative

class.

The world's largest and oldest country was at the mercy of the whims of one senile old

man, Chairman Mao.

China today is completely transformed.

It is home to the world's largest middle class.

They want, and largely get the same things that people want in developed countries everywhere.

ENVIRONMENT URBAN LIFESTYLE PATH TO WEALTH If you imagine that China's ruling party

isn't responsive to these desires you simply haven't been paying attention.

In fact, I suspect that China's lack of democracy has a lot to do with its Middle

Class's fear of the hundreds of millions of Chinese who have been shut out of its vibrant

consumer economy.

The authoritarian aspects of China's system protect the middle class from the poor.

China may never have a system that fits Western ideas of democracy, but it's already in

the process of releasing an extraordinary range of human potential.

And that's why WTO accession for China wasn't a mistake.

China's growth has contributed to world prosperity in an infinite number of ways, from the curbing

of US inflation to dozens of Afrcan highways and ports.

China isn't democratic yet, whatever that means, but it's an infinitely better place

than it was just a few decades ago, providing great benefits to its people and the world.

We need to start taking this opportunity seriously in the United States.

If we do that, China will remain an opportunity rather than a threat.

Interestingly, decisions we make in Syria, this year, can help set that path.

And that's what I'll talk about next time.

Thanks for watching, please subscribe, and if you learned something today, I would be

grateful if you considered chipping into my crowd funding thing.

You can learn more about that at the Patreon link here.

For more infomation >> How The US Gets China Wrong | World War 3 IV - Duration: 8:15.

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Volvo Cars And Amazon Launch In-Car Delivery In The US - Duration: 1:35.

In recent times, Volvo Cars has made great strides

in digital consumer services,

with the simple goal of making life easier for its customers.

Now the company is expanding its digital offering

by partnering with Amazon to offer in-car delivery in the United States.

In-car delivery in partnership with Amazon Key

is rolled out nationwide in dozens of cities around the country.

We've been running in-car delivery in Europe since 2015.

We believe that receiving a package should be as easy as ordering one.

This offer will be available to all Volvo On Call subscribers

and Amazon Prime members.

Receiving your Amazon delivery in your Volvo is simple.

Just shop on Amazon and select in-car delivery at checkout

to complete your order.

On the day your packages will arrive,

an authorised delivery driver locates your Volvo

and places the package inside.

You will receive a notification once the process is complete.

Simplification of experience

and putting control directly in the hands of consumers

are two things that are very central to Volvo's digital vision.

We've very enthusiastic about realising this vision,

it'll delight customers and grow our business in the process.

For more infomation >> Volvo Cars And Amazon Launch In-Car Delivery In The US - Duration: 1:35.

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FNN: Final preps for State Dinner, David Copperfield on Trial - Duration: 6:09:01.

For more infomation >> FNN: Final preps for State Dinner, David Copperfield on Trial - Duration: 6:09:01.

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US Has Sent 5,000 Trucks Of Arms To Syria: Turkish President Erdogan Say - Duration: 3:21.

For more infomation >> US Has Sent 5,000 Trucks Of Arms To Syria: Turkish President Erdogan Say - Duration: 3:21.

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President Trump To Host French President Macron At First Official State Dinner - Duration: 2:35.

For more infomation >> President Trump To Host French President Macron At First Official State Dinner - Duration: 2:35.

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Melania Trump masters the moment at state dinner - Duration: 4:04.

For more infomation >> Melania Trump masters the moment at state dinner - Duration: 4:04.

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Expect The US 10-year Yield To Go Higher - 25 Apr 18 | Gazunda - Duration: 2:34.

For more infomation >> Expect The US 10-year Yield To Go Higher - 25 Apr 18 | Gazunda - Duration: 2:34.

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Liberals Freak As Rand Paul Helps Trump Move Pompeo To State Department For 1 Epic Reason - Duration: 3:54.

For more infomation >> Liberals Freak As Rand Paul Helps Trump Move Pompeo To State Department For 1 Epic Reason - Duration: 3:54.

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Russia and China Could Stop US from Controlling the Seas - Duration: 4:52.

For more infomation >> Russia and China Could Stop US from Controlling the Seas - Duration: 4:52.

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Migrant caravan approaches US border - Duration: 5:03.

For more infomation >> Migrant caravan approaches US border - Duration: 5:03.

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TRUMP PULLS ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA – Sanctuary State May Lose Federal Funding - Duration: 12:57.

TRUMP PULLS ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA – Sanctuary State May Lose Federal Funding

JUST IN: California just got a nasty dose of karma after it's lawmakers declared it

to be a "sanctuary state," meaning a safe haven for illegal aliens.

KRON4 reported that Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf just warned that an Immigration and Customs

Enforcement (ICE) raid could happen within the next 24 hours.

She claimed that she learned of the raids from credible sources who say that the ICE

is preparing to conduct a sweep in the Bay Area.

Schaaf added that she's not sharing the information not to incite panic, but to protect

people.

"Earlier today, I learned from multiple credible sources that the U.S. Immigration

and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to conduct an operation in the Bay Area, including

Oakland, starting as soon as within the next 24 hours," she said in a statement.

"As Mayor of Oakland, I am sharing this information publicly not to panic our residents

but to protect them.

My priority is for the well-being and safety of all residents — particularly our most

vulnerable — and I know that Oakland is safer when we share information, encourage

community awareness, and care for our neighbors."

This comes after a top ICE official called for sanctuary city leaders to be prosecuted

for hindering the ICE.

"There needs to be some consequence for having a sanctuary policy," Jessica Vaughn,

Director of Policy Studies for the Center for Immigration Studies, told Breitbart.

"Sanctuary policies," she added, "are killing Americans."

Vaughn then called on the federal government to strip at least some federal funding from

state and local governments with "sanctuary" policies.

"The other thing that [the federal government is] trying to do is to deny certain federal

law enforcement grants to sanctuary jurisdictions, whether they're cities, states, counties;

they're trying to make these grants off-limits for sanctuaries, which makes sense," she

said.

"Why should a jurisdiction get taxpayer money for law enforcement when they're stiffing

one of the biggest law enforcement agencies of the federal government.

They shouldn't.

There needs to be some consequence for having a sanctuary policy.

… Hopefully the federal government will be able to deny them some funding."

What do you think about this?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section.

For more infomation >> TRUMP PULLS ICE OUT OF CALIFORNIA – Sanctuary State May Lose Federal Funding - Duration: 12:57.

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Buhari's visit: Bauchi state government declares public holiday - Duration: 1:28.

Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi has declared tomorrow, Thursday April 26, as a public holiday ahead of President Muhammadu Buharis two day visit to the state.

According to a statement sent to us by the special adviser, media and strategy to the governor, Mr Ali Ali, the holiday was declared to enable all and sundry give the president a rousing reception tomorrow.

Governor Abubakar encouraged the Bauchi people to troop out enmasse to give the president a rousing welcome.

While in Bauchi, the president is expected to commission some projects especially roads and flag off the distribution of 500 tractors to farmers in the state.

Earlier in a broadcast to the state, the governor had enjoined the people of the state to come out enmasse to receive the president when he arrives the state tomorrow.

The visit is President Buharis first main activity after he returned from London on Saturday, April 21, where met with British Prime Minister, Theresa May, and participated at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings (CHOGM), held from Wednesday, April 18 to Friday, April 20.