I'M DAVID ASMAN.
LOU DOBBS HAS THE NIGHT OFF.
CHINA WILL SOON TAKE OVER
KENYA'S BIGGEST PORT IN MUMBASA.
CHINA WILL TAKE BACK THE PORT
AFTER KEN YAP FAILED TO REPAY
LOANS.
FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION MISSIONS
IN THE ARCTIC A YEAR AFTER CHINA
ANNOUNCED ITS INTENTIONS IN THE
ONE BELT, ONE ROAD
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT.
MAKING THE RIDICULOUS CLAIM THAT
IT IS A NEAR-ARCTIC STATE.
JOINING ME IS DR. WALID PHARES.
I USED TO GOVERNOR LATIN
AMERICA.
I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN IN LITTLE
COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA.
WHERE CHINA CAME TO INTO
NICARAGUA, MADE DEALS WITH ALL
THESE CORRUPT OFFICIAL, PAID OUT
THE CASH IN BRIBES.
THEN TOOK ALL KINDS OF PRECIOUS
RESOURCES, BROUGHT IT HOME AND
LEFT WITHOUT ANY CANAL BEING
BUILT.
THEY ARE KIND OF LIKE LOCUSTS,
MOVING INTO COUNTRIES, TAKING
WHAT THEY NEED AND MOVING ON.
>> THE BIG PICTURE IS IMPORTANT
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN
KENYA AND THE OTHER COUNTRIES
YOU MENTIONED.
WHILE THE UNITED STATES IS SUPER
BUSY WITH FOUR ACTIVE WARS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST, WITH IRAN,
NORTH KOREA AND RUSSIA AND OUR
SOUTHERN BORDERERS.
CHINA IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHERN
BELT OF THE GLOBE.
THAT WOULD BE ALL OF LATIN
AMERICA, STRIKE, KENYA, AND
SOUTH ASIA.
IN ADDITION WITH RUSSIA THEY ARE
INTERESTED IN THE ARCTIC.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY HAVE A LOT OF
CASH, A LOT OF MONEY.
SPEND ON COUNTRIES THAT NEED
THAT MONEY TO PAY OFF THEIR
DEBTS.
SECOND ALSO TECHNOLOGY.
THEY CAN OFFER A CHEAP
TECHNOLOGY TO THOSE COUNTRIES.
AND IT'S A SUPER POWER THAT HIGH
SCHOOL LEGAL POWER.
CHINA IS USE ALL OF THIS TO BE
ABLE TO MOVE IN THOSE AREAS.
DAVID: THE TECHNOLOGY THEY ARE
OFFERING IS STUFF MADE BY HUAWEI
AND ZTE.
WE KNOW THOSE TECHNOLOGIES HAVE
STUFF BUILT INTO THEM.
THE BACK DOOR CHANNELS THAT
ALLOW THEM TO SPY ON WHAT'S
GOING ON IN THOSE COUNTRIES.
THAT'S THE REASON OUR INTEL
AGENCIES CONVINCED THE
GOVERNMENT NOT TO USE ANY OF
THESE PROJECTS.
THEY ARE ALSO GAINING INTEL THEY
CAN USE FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES.
>> THEY ARE USE OUR NEGOTIATIONS
WITH THEM OVER THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY.
THEY ARE USE ANYTHING
INTELLIGENCE IN ECONOMIC AND
TECHNOLOGICAL INTELLIGENCE THEY
CAN GATHER.
DAVID: WHEREVER THERE IS A
CORRUPT OFFICIAL THERE IS MONEY
TO BRIBE THAT OFFICIAL TO GET
WHAT THEY WANT.
WHAT DO WE DO IN RESPONSE TO
THIS.
>> WE HAVE TOP RECALIBRATE,
REORGANIZE OUR POLICY, TWO LARGE
CHUNKS.
LATIN AMERICA.
WE'LL HAVE A NEW PRESIDENT IN
BRAZIL WHO WILL CHANGE THE
COURSE.
AND THAT WILL IMPACT ARGENTINA
AND VENEZUELA.
THAT'S ONE THING WE CAN DO.
IN AFRICA WE NEED AN AFRICA
POLICY.
WE USED TO HAVE A MORE FOCUS ON
COUNTRIES LIKE KENYA AND OTHERS
THAT HAVE SOME NEEDS WE CAN
MEET.
DAVID: LET ME LEAD TO THE MIDDLE
EAST WHERE YOUR EXPERTISE IS
FOUNDED.
HOW DO WEE PULL OUT OF THESE
COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WE
GOT EMBROILED IN, FOR SOME GOOD
REASONS TO BEGIN WITH.
IN SYRIA WE WENT IN TO
STRAIGHTEN OUT A MESS LEFT FROM
THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
HOW DO WE HELP ALLIES FIGHT
THEIR FIGHT.
>> THE ONLY ANSWER I CAN THINK
OF ON A STRATEGIC LEVEL IS THIS.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
WHO ARE GOING TO REPLACE US ARE
WITH US.
AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
IF WE WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ IN
2011, WHO WAS BEHIND US IN IRAQ,
THE IRANIANS.
IN SYRIA, IF THE PRESIDENT WANTS
TO WITHDRAW FROM EASTERN SYRIA
WE NEED TO HAVE OTHER FOREIGN
FORCES INVOLVED, AND I DON'T
THINK IT'S HAPPENING SOON OR
EMPOWER THIS ALLIANCE OF KURDS,
SUNNIS AND CHRISTIANS TO BE
TRAINED AND BE ABLE TO DEFEND
THEMSELVES.
DAVID: WE ARE GETTING WORD TODAY
IN A STRANGE TWIST OF FATE, THE
KURDS WHO WORKED SO VALIANTLY IN
CLEARING OUT SOME OF THESE ISIS
NESTS, THEY ARE WELCOMING THE
SYRIAN ARMY IN BECAUSE THEY SEE
THEM AS A BUFFER AGAINST THE
TURKS COMING IN WHO WOULD JUST
WIPE THEM OUT.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THAT?
>> YES.
THE KURDS REALLY WANTED TO BE
WITH US.
HAVE WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE
UNITED STATES AND OUR ALLIES.
NOW WE ARE LEAVING.
WHAT IS THE CHOICE?
EITHER THE MILITIAS FROM THE
NORTH, AND THEY WANT TO DISLODGE
THEM FROM THEIR AREA, OR TALK
WITH SYRIA AND THE ASSAD REGIME.
THEY HAVE IN OTHER CHOICE.
DAVID: IF IT'S A CHOICE BETWEEN
THEM AND THE TURKS THEY WILL
TAKE THE FOLKS WHO ARE CLOSER
BY.
AFGHANISTAN.
WHAT DO WE DO THERE?
>> THERE IS A QUESTION ABOUT
WITHDRAWAL.
THE SAME PRINCIPLE APPLIES.
THE GOVERNMENT IS OKAY.
IT NEEDS SOME ORGANIZATION.
EXAGGERATION OF TRUST INCLUDING
SHOULD BE OUR TARGET WITH