>> WEAPONS THIS YEAR?
>> WE ARE GOING TO GET THE
WEAPONS FROM TIME TO TIME AND IF
YOU LOOK.
>> WHEN?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST FOUR
YEARS, WE HAVE RECEIVED WEAPONS
DELIVERED, NIGHTTIMES NIGHT NINE
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS DELIVERED.
WE WILL GET THOSE WEAPONS THAT
WE’LL NEED IN USING THOSE
WEAPONS FOR OUR SEVER DEFENSE.
>> Brian: ALL RIGHT.
TAIWAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER DEAD
SERIOUS.
IS HE CONFIDENT THE U.S. WILL
COME TO THE RESCUE.
THERE IS A RISK OF
UNCONTROLLABLE WAR.
THE COMMUNIST NATION USING THE
LARGEST SHOW OF FORCE YET IN ITS
THIRD DAY OF DRILLS.
SENATOR TOM COTTON SENDS ON THE
ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AND
PROBABLY THE MOST INSIGHTFUL
PERSON WHEN IT COMES TO CHINA
SPECIFICALLY.
HOW SERIOUS SHOULD WE TAKE THESE
DRILLS AS ACTUAL THREATS?
>> BRIAN, WE SHOULD ALWAYS TAKE
CHINA’S DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN
SERIOUSLY.
IT DOESN’T JUST DEGRADE TAIWAN’S
MILITARY READINESS BECAUSE THEY
ARE DIVERTING FROM OPERATIONS
AND TRAINING AND MAINTENANCE TO
DEFEND THEIR ISLAND ALSO A AS A
WAY OF CAMOUFLAGING OR PROBING
TAIWAN’S DEFENSES AND LULLING
THE WORLD INTO THINKING OH, IT’S
JUST ANOTHER DRILL SO THAT ONE
DAY THEY GO FOR THE JUG JUGULAR
IN TAIWAN SLOW TO THE BELL.
COMMUNIST CHINA’S INITIAL
RESPONSE IS TO SPEAKER
McCARTHY’S MEETING WITH
PRESIDENT TSAI LAST WEEK WAS
FAILURE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR
HISTORICAL PRACTICE THEN HAD YOU
MACRON FLY TO CHINA AND TAKE A
BUNCH OF FRENCH BUSINESSMEN WITH
HIM TRYING TO HUSTLE UP BUSINESS
WITH CHINA AND PRESIDENT MACRON
BASICALLY SAID IF THERE WERE A
WAR IN TAIWAN WE ARE NOT SURE WE
WOULD NEED TO BE ART PATH THAT
WE WOULD LEAVE TAIWAN AND UNITED
STATES ON ITS OWN.
CHINA BEGINS TO STEP UP THE
INTENSITY OF THE OPERATIONS.
I THINK IT’S A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE
OF HOW DICTATORS LIKE XI JINPING
OR VLADIMIR PUTIN RESPOND TO
WEAKNESS AND APEOPLE AND
SIGNALING FROM WESTERN LEADERS.
THAT’S ONE REASON WHY IT’S SO
PORN THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN
CENTRAL STRENGTH AND RESOLVE IN
DEFENDING TAIWAN IF CHINA EVER
DOES FOR GO FOR THE JUGULAR.
>> Brian: WE DID SEND A
DESTROYER BY ONE OF THEIR
CHINESE MADE ISLANDS.
NAVY ACTING SOMEWHAT BOLDLY.
WOULD YOU LIKE IT SEE DRILLS
WITH SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
COORDINATING WITH US SINCE THEY
HAVE NO PROBLEM DISPLAYING HOW
THEY WOULD WAR GAME IT OUT
AGAINST TAIWAN?
>> BRIAN, I THINK MILITARY
DRILLS WITH OUR PARTNERS AGAINST
SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN THE
THREATS WE FACE AGAINST CHINA
ARE ALSO APPROPRIATE.
WE ALSO NEED TO DO MORE NOT ONLY
TO HELP ARM THE TAIWANESE
DEFENSE FORCE WAS BUT ALSO
PREPARE THEM FOR POTENTIAL
INVASION.
WE HAVE SMALL CON CONTINUE GENTS
OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN
TRAINING WITH THE TAIWANESE
MILITARY FOR SOME TIME
SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED THAT
TRAINING.
WE HAVE SEEN FOR INSTANCE HOW
MUCH THE BETTER THE UKRAINIAN
ARMY CAME FROM 2008 TO 2022
BECAUSE WE HAD SMALL CONTINGENCE
OF AMERICAN TROOPS TRAININGS
MILITARY TO BECOME MORE WILL
LETHAL.
WE SHOULD BE DOING THE SAME
THING WITH THE TAIWAN DEFENSE
FORCES.
>> Brian: WHOLE WORLD KNOWS HOW
WE TRAINED THEM IT TURNS OUT
SINCE JANUARY, INTELLIGENCE
LEAKING FROM THE PENTAGON.
THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN SPYING,
BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE
COMMUNICATIONS OF RUSSIA, FIND
OUT HOW BAD THEY ARE ACTUALLY
FIGHTING.
BE ABLE TO POSSIBLY LEAK THE
PLAN UKRAINE HAS FOR A SURGE IN
THE SPRING.
HOW DAMAGING THESE PERCEIVED
LEAKS, HOW DAMAGING HAVE THEY
BEEN TO THE PENTAGON AND TO U.S.
SECURITY?
THE FIRST POINT I WANT TO MAKE
HARD TO ASSESS THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION ONCE AGAIN IS IT
IS HIDING THE BALL FROM
CONGRESS.
I’M ON THE ARMED SERVICES AND
INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AS YOU
MENTIONED.
AS OF LAST NIGHT, I’M NOT AWARE
OF THOSE COMMITS BEING APPRIZED
OF THE POTENTIAL SOURCE OF THESE
LEAKS OR FOR THAT MATTER EVEN
THE DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE.
I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THEM AS YOU
PROBABLY HAVE AND OTHERS HAVE ON
THE INTERNET.
BUT YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE
ADMINISTRATION PROVIDE THIS
INFORMATION TO CONGRESS.
IT’S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THEIR
POLITICIZED APPROACH TO
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION OR OTHER
SENSITIVE DOCUMENTS.
WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY SUPPOSEDLY FOUND AT MAR-A-LAGO
SUPPOSEDLY FOUND AT MAR-A-LAGO
OR AT JOE BIDEN’S MINI MANSION M
CONTINUING TO STONEWALL US.
EVEN IF THEY ARE ALTERED OR
DOCTORED THEY TELL A STORY I
HAVE BEEN MAKING FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING BECAUSE I SUPPORT
UKRAINE BUT I DON’T SUPPORT JOE
BIDEN’S UKRAINE POLICY BECAUSE
HE HAS BEEN SLOW ROLLING OUR
SUPPORT TO UKRAINE FOR OVER EAR
YEAR.
WE SHOULDN’T BE SURPRISED THAT
UKRAINE MAY BE RUNNING A LITTLE
LOW ON AMMUNITION.
THEY HAVE BEEN TELLING US FOR A
YEAR THEY NEED NOR.
ME NEED MORE AIR DEFENSE
SYSTEMS.
THEY NEED MISSILES THAT CAN
DESTROY RUSSIAN FIRING POSITIONS
JUST ACROSS THE BORDER IN
RUSSIA.
NOW, I WOULDN’T TAKE ALL THIS AS
GOSPEL EITHER.
OF COURSE OUR INTELLIGENCE
ASSESSMENT A YEAR AGO UKRAINE’S
ARMY TURNED OUT TO COME
SIGNIFICANTLY WRONG WHEN WE SAID
RUSSIA WOULD ROLL OVER UKRAINE.
I THINK THAT UKRAINE HAS A GREAT
SHOT HAVING VERY SUCCESSFUL
SPRING OFFENSIVE.
BUT IT’S VITAL THAT WE PROVIDE
THEM RAPIDLY THE WEAPONS THEY
NEED IN THAT OFFENSIVE.
WEAPONS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PROVIDING THEM AT MUCH FASTER
RATE AND VOLUME OVER THE LAST
YEAR.
>> Brian: NO DEMOCRATIC PUSH TO
WANT TO DO IT RIGHT.
THEY HAVE WANT TO SAY WE SUPPORT
UKRAINE BUT DON’T WANT TO PUSH
THE ADMINISTRATION TO DO THE
RIGHT THINGS.
ON SATURDAY U.S. OFFICIALS AND
FOREIGN ALLIES BEGAN SCRAMBLING
BECAUSE THIS COMMUNICATION SEEMS
VALID.
EVERYTHING FROM VACIAL TO SOUTH
KOREA.
WE STILL DON’T KNOW HOW THEY GOT
IT AND WHO LEAKED IT.
WHO THE NEW EDWARD SNOWDEN IS OR
DO THEY JUST HACK INTO
COMPUTERS.
THIS WAS ON TELEGRAM AND IT
COULD HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH THE
RUSSIAN SYSTEM TO MAKE THEIR
CASUALTIES LOOK LESS AND MAY BE
THE UKRAINIANS LOOK LIKE IT’S
GREATER.
SO, SENATOR, IT’S
UNBELIEVABLE -- UNQUANTITY
FOOTBALL HOW MUCH DAMAGE THIS IS
THIS STORY IS PERCOLATING.
THIS COULD REALLY BE BIG.
FINAL THOUGHT?
>> HARD FOR CONGRESS TO MAKE
THAT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THEY
CONTINUE TO STONEWALL US.
GET TO THE BOTTOM OF WHO HAD
ACCESS TO THESE PURPORTED
DOCUMENTS HOW THEY COULD HAVE
BEEN LEAKED.
WE NEED TO HAVE CONFIDENCE IF WE
PROVIDE THE UKRAINIANS THE
WEAPONS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
URGING US OVER THE LAST YEAR
THAT THEY CAN DEFEND THEIR OWN
TERRITORY.
THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
THE CASE FOR THE LAST YEAR.
WE SHOULD NOT BE GLOOMY AND
DOOMY ABOUT THE ASSESSMENT OF
THESE DOCUMENTS.
>> Brian: TIME IS NOT ON THEIR
SIDE.
LET THEM WIN.