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>>> THE UNITED STATES AND INDIA
TO SHARE MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
THE TWO NATIONS SIGNING A NEW
AGREEMENT TODAY.
U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THIS NEW
PARTNERSHIP IS KEY BECAUSE OF
THE AGGRESSION OF COMMUNIST
CHINA.
INDIA HAS BEEN LOCKED IN A
DEADLY BORDER DISPUTE WITH CHINA
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS IT
DESTROY ANY MISSILES THAT IRAN
TRIES TO SEND TO VENEZUELA.
VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICHOLAS
HAMA DOOR ROW IS FORMING A
NEW -- NICOLAS MADURO E IS
FORMING A NEW MILITARY COUNCIL
WITH HELP FROM COMPANIES LIKE
IRAN, RUSSIA, CHINA AND CUBA.
JOINING US NOW TO ASSESS THE
BUILDING THREATS AROUND THE
GLOBE, KT McFARLAND, SHE’S
FORMER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER TO PRESIDENT TRUMP.
KT, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
AND LET’S START, FIRST, WITH
INDIA AND THIS NEW DEAL.
IT IS NOT A FULL-BLOWN DEFENSE
PACT, BUT IT IS AN IMPORTANT
STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT IT WILL
DO TO DETER CHEW E NEWS
AGGRESSION -- CHINESE
AGGRESSION, IF AT ALL.
>> LOOK, THIS IS A HUGE
DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE FOR DECADES
INDIA HAS ALWAYS TRIED TO PLAY
THE MIDDLEMAN, NOT WANTING TO
FEND THE UNITED STATES, NOT
WANTING TO OFFEND CHINA, NOT
WANTING TO GO IN ONE DIRECTION
OR THE OTHER.
BUT THIS IS A PRETTY CLEAR MOVE
ON THE PART OF INDIA.
THE FACT THAT THE U.S. SECRETARY
OF STATE, THE U.S. SECRETARY OF
DEFENSE SIGNING AN AGREEMENT
WITH THE INDIAN LEADER, THEY’RE
CLEARLY SAYING, OKAY, AMERICA?
WE’RE NOW IN YOUR CAMP, WE’RE
NOW WORKING TOGETHER WITH YOU.
I WAS IN WASHINGTON LAST WEEK,
LOU, AND I MET, SPENT SOME TIME
WITH SECRETARY POMPEO, AND HE
SAID WHAT THEY’RE SEEING
THROUGHOUT ASIA IS A NUMBER OF
ASIAN COUNTRIES COMING TO THEM
AND SAYING, LOOK, THE CHINESE
ARE PUSHING US AROUND, WE’VE
FINALLY HAD ENOUGH.
WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE A MORE
ROBUST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
UNITED STATES, AND WE ALL WANT
TO STAND UP TO CHINA TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE SEEING.
INDIA’S A MAJOR STEP IN THAT
DIRECTION.
LOU: IS IT, IN YOUR JUDGMENT, AN
APPROPRIATE TIME TO BUILD
SOMETHING AS ROBUST AS THE NAY
TOE ALLIANCE -- NATO ALLIANCE
BUT IN THE INDO PACIFIC REGION?
>> YOU MEAN A MILITARY ALLIANCE?
WELL, I THINK WE’RE NOT QUITE
THERE YET, BUT WE’RE CLOSE TO
THERE.
I THINK THAT’S THE DIRECTION
THAT WE’RE HEADING IN.
LOOK, A LOT DEPENDS ON THE
CHINESE.
DO THEY WANT TO PLAY FAIR, DO
THEY WANT TO PLAY BY THE RULES
OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORLD
ORDER?
SO FAR IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON’T.
IF THEY DO, FINE.
BUT IF THEY DON’T, IF THEY
CONTINUE TO MILITARIZE THE SOUTH
CHINA SEA, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
OTHER COUNTRIES, I MEAN, THEY’VE
GOT TROOPS ON THE INDIAN BORDER,
AND THEY’RE TRYING TO GO TO WAR
WITH INDIA.
THEN I THINK YOU ARE TALKING
ABOUT SOME KIND OF RELATIONSHIP,
MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WHERE
OTHER COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE.
NOT JUST WITH THE U.S.
UNDERWRITING EVERYTHING, BUT
OTHERS PARTICIPATING AS WELL.
COMMON DEFENSE.
LOU: YEAH.
IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR THAT CHINA
HAS MADE ITS AMBITIONS AWE BUN
DANTLEY -- ABUNDANTLY CLEAR AND
THAT THERE’S NO AMBIGUITY
WHATSOEVER.
IT MEANS TO EXERT ITS WILL AND
DOMINION WHEREVER IT CHOOSES.
AND UNLESS THE UNITED STATES AND
OTHER COUNTRIES PREPARE FOR IT,
THAT IS PRECISELY WHAT WILL
UNFOLD.
LET’S TURN TO TAIWAN IN THAT
REGARD.
THERE IS A LOT OF CHATTER, IF
YOU WILL, ABOUT CHINESE
INTERESTS IN TAIWAN AT A LEVEL
WE HAVEN’T SEEN FOR SOME TIME.
THERE IS ALSO EVERY POSSIBILITY
AT ANY MOMENT, IT SEEMS, THAT
CHINA COULD DECIDE TO TAKE ON
TAIWAN.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE AT
THAT STAGE?
>> NO.
NO, I THINK WHAT HAPPENED AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION, IN FACT, BEFORE
HE TOOK THE OATH OF OFFICE, HE
TOOK A CONGRATULATORY PHONE CALL
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF TAIWAN,
AND THE CHINESE WENT NUTS.
YOU CAN’T TALK THE TAIWAN,
THEY’RE PART OF OUR COUNTRY, YOU
SHOULDN’T BE DOING ANYTHING WITH
THEM.
AND YET THE CHINESE, THEY KNOW
THAT IF THEY PUSH IT TO A
WARTIME FOOTING, I MEAN, THAT’S
GOING TO DESTROY ALL THEIR
AMBITIONS WORLDWIDE.
THEY PLAN TO REPLACE US AS THE
WORLD LEADER, THE GLOBAL POWER
AND RESET THE RULES OF ORDER.
YOU CAN’T DO THAT BY UNEVADING
ANOTHER COUNTRY.
INVADING ANOTHER COUNTRY.
LOU: AND I WANT TO TURN TO
VENEZUELA.
IT’S UNCLEAR WHERE THOSE
MISSILES FROM IRAN MIGHT BE,
MIGHT BE IN THE -- WHETHER
THEY’RE MOVING IN THE DIRECTION
OF VENEZUELA.
DO YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE, AND
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD MEAN
IF WE WERE TO SEE THOSE IRANIAN
MISSILES ACTUALLY MAKE IT TO
VENEZUELA?
>> WELL, THERE’S LONG BEEN A
COOPERATION BETWEEN IRANIAN AND
VENEZUELAN MILITARY, SCIENTISTS
AS WELL AS ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
THIS IS THE FATE AAL FLAW OF THE
IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL.
IT WAS ABOUT DRAWING IRAN’S
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT, BUT
IT COMPLETELY IGNORED ONE WITH
OF THE MOST CRUCIAL PARTS OF IT
WHICH WAS MISSILE DEVELOPMENT.
A NUCLEAR WEAPON ISN’T --
LOU: YES, BUT THAT AGREEMENT --
>> BUT THAT’S WHAT -- WE WALKED
OUT OF IT, AND WE SHOULD.
LOU: BUT THAT AGREEMENT IS AT
ANENED.
YES.
>> YES.
LOU: BUT THOSE MISSILED SEEM TO
BE ON THEIR WAY TO VENEZUELA.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY ACTUALLY
MAKE IT TO VENEZUELA?
>> I DON’T THINK THEY’LL MAKE IT
TO VENEZUELA.
YOU KNOW, THE I CUBAN MISSILE
CRISIS WAS ALL ABOUT THE
RUSSIANS TRYING TO PUT MISSILES
IN CUE A BAA AND A PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES STOPPED THAT
FROM HAPPENING.
THIS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, I WOULD THINK, STOPS
THAT FROM HAPPENING AS WELL.
IRANIAN MISSILES TO VENEZUELA, I