RUSSIAN FORCES IN THE FAR EAST
AND THE SEA OF JAPAN.
TENSIONS MOUNT AND TAIWAN FIRING
WARNING SHOTS AT A DRONE ON
TUESDAY.
TAPAI WILL DOUBLE DOWN IF CHINA
ENTERS THEIR TERRITORY.
>> Ashley: GORDON CHANG JOINS US
NOW.
IS THIS PROVOCATION, SHOULD WE
GET READY FOR WORLD WAR III
HERE?
>> WE SHOULD GET READY FOR
HEIGHTENED STATE OF TENSION AND
SHOULD MOVE TO DEF-CONTWO.
TWO THINGS HAPPENED, TAIWAN SHOT
DOWN A CHINESE DRONE OVER ONE
ISLET, FOUR KILOMETERS FROM THE
CHINESE MAINLAND.
THE CHINESE REFUSE TO MOVE THEIR
DRONE AFTER FIRING OF WARNING
SHOTS.
CHINA IS TRYING TO PROVOKE A
CRISIS THAT COULD SPIRAL OUT OF
CONTROL AND WHAT WE HAVE IS THE
SITUATION WHICH COULD END UP IN
A GENERAL CONFLICT IN EAST ASIA.
YOU HAVE CONFLICT IN EAST ASIA
AND UKRAINE.
>> Todd: WHERE IS JOE BIDEN?
HOW SHOULD HE BE RESPONDING?
>> JOE BIDEN SHOULD BE IN FRONT
OF THE TELEVISION CAMERA TALKING
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT
GETTING READY FOR WAR.
CHINESE ARE NOT ONLY INVOLVED IN
THE BIGGEST MILITARY BUILD-UP
SINCE THE SECOND WAR, THEY ARE
MOBILIZING THE CHINESE PEOPLE
FOR CONFLICT AND WE SEE THIS ANY
NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
THIS IS TOTAL SOCIETY EFFORT ON
PART OF THE CHINESE RULER.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON
IN THE CHINESE -- RIGHT NOW.
IF SO ISSUE THE UNITED STATES
NEEDS TO BE FIRM IN THIS AND
CLEAR SAYING WE WILL DEFEND
TAIWAN TO PREVENT THE CHINESE
ATTACKING. ANYTHING COULD
HAPPEN.
>> Ashley: IS THE U.S. MILITARY
PREPARED FOR SOMETHING LIKE
THIS?
CAN THEY HANDLE THIS?
>> THEY ARE NOT PREPARED FOR A
NUMBER OF REASONS.
NAMIBIAY HAS BEEN BROKEN FOR A
DECADE.
THE AIR FORCE IS NOT IN GREAT
SHAPE EITHER AND POLITICAL
LEADERSHIP OF THE PENTAGON IS
NOT MENTALLY PREPARED TO FIGHT A
GENERAL WAR.
THEY ARE MORE INTERESTED IN
THINGS LIKE WOKE CULTURE AND THE
REST OF IT, BUT THEY BELIEVE IF
A CONFLICT WITH CHINA COMES, IT
WILL COME NO EARLIER THAN FIVE
YEARS FROM NOW AND THEY ARE
RETIRING SHIPS ANDEN PLAS.
THEY NEED TO BE READY FOR A
CONFLICT WITHIN THE NEXT FEW
HOURS, NOT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
>> Todd: IF THE BATTLE COMES
DOWN TO PROUN NOS, WE WILL WIN,
THAT IS SARKASM.
IF JOE BIDEN DEMONSTRATED
STRENGTH THROUGHOUT HIS TERM,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT PLACES LIKE
AFGHANISTAN, WOULD CHINA BE
DOING WHAT THEY ARE DOING RIGHT
NOW?
>> I DON’T THINK SO, WHEN
AFGHANISTAN WAS FALLING WHEN
CHINA INVADED, NOT IF, WHEN CHINA INVADED TAIWAN, THE U.S.
WOULD NOT RUSH TO THE ISLAND’S
DEFENSE.
WE SAW THE FAILURE EVER THE
WESTS, UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN
UNION AND GREAT BRITAIN TO DETER
WEAKER RUSSIAN THAN UKRAINE, I
THINK THE CHINESE HAVE TAKEN
THAT ON BOARD AND BELIEVE THE
UNITED STATES WILL NOT DEFEND
ANYONE AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
I’M NOT SAYING THEY ARE RIGHT,
THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE THINKING.
DETERRENCE IS BROKEN DOWN AND
THERE ARE THOSE WHEN A COUNTRY
LIKE THE UNITED STATES TRIES TO
REESTABLISH DETERRENCE, THAT IS
WHEN THINGS GO TERRIBLY WRONG.
>> Ashley: LONG-AWAITED REPORT
CITING PATTERNS OF ABUSE FOR THE
UYGHUR MINORITY, DRAWN FROM
FORMER DETAINEES AT EIGHT
SEPARATE DETENTION CENTERS.
WERE YOU SHOCKED BY THIS REPORT?
>> I WAS SHOCKED THAT IT WAS SO
WEAK, WE SHOULDN’T BE, IT IS THE
UN.
BOTH SECRETARY MIKE POMPEO AND
SECRETARY BLINKEN BOTH
DESIGNATED CHINA AS COMMITTING
GENOCIDE AND THAT IS CLEAR FROM
INFORMATION WE HAVE, WHY THE
USHG N COULDN’T DIG THAT OUT AND
SAY THOSE WORDS IS JUST WRONG
AND THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT
USE IS THE UN WHEN IT CAN’T TELL
US WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
>> Todd: WHAT USE IS THIS
REPORT?
PAPER IS NICE, WE LIKE NICE
REPORTS.
WILL CHINA FACE CONSEQUENCES IN
LIGHT OF THIS REPORT?
>> I DON’T THINK SO BEIJING PUTS
BEST DIPLOMATS ON HUMAN RIGHTS
AND WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND
IMPORTANCE OF VALUE.
THIS IS NOT JUST JOE BIDEN WHO
DOESN’T UNDERSTAND, IT IS
PREDECESSORS AS -- AMERICA’S
MOST IMPORTANT WEAPON AND WHAT
CHINA IS FEARED ABOUT, OUR FORM
OF GOVERNMENT AND WE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
THAT IS DIVIDING LIKE IN THE
WORLD TODAY.
THERE ARE TOTALITARIAN STATES ON
ONE SIDE AND THE UNITED STATES
AND FRIENDS ON THE OTHER. DAY AFTER DAY, WE’RE GETS CLOSER
DAY AFTER DAY, WE’RE GETS CLOSER
TO GLOBAL CONFLICT.