Brother Nathanael - Mad Dogs Of War
Aired: 2018-01-31
Duration: 03:41


=== New Dog at the Pentagon (03:40) ===

[00:00:01]  There's a new dog on the block who's wagging the tail of President Trump.
[00:00:06]  It's Mad Dog Mattis who might as well treat his doghouse at Trump's White House seat.
[00:00:13]  And now out of the wild blue yonder, Mattis says the war on terror is over.
[00:00:20]  That's great. But wait, Mad Dog's looking for a bigger fish to fry.
[00:00:25]  There is a major change in U.S. military strategy.
[00:00:28]  Today, more than 16 years after the 9-11 attacks, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said terrorism is no longer the number one priority.
[00:00:36]  David Martin has more on what is.
[00:00:39]  China and Russia have replaced terrorism as the primary focus of the new national defense strategy.
[00:00:46]  Maintaining a military advantage over China and Russia is now Defense Secretary Mattis' top priority.
[00:00:52]  Get it? Killing towel heads in the desert bores the dog to death.
[00:00:58]  But full-scale planetary nuclear war?
[00:01:01]  Now that's a lit-up theater that will glow in the dark.
[00:01:06]  The world, to quote George Shultz, is awash in change, defined by increasing global volatility and uncertainty with great power competition between nations becoming a reality once again.
[00:01:20]  We will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists that we're engaged in today, but great power competition, not terrorism, is now the primary focus of U.S. national security.
[00:01:32]  Looks to me like his defense strategy is a little short on defense, but way long on offense.
[00:01:38]  Of course, the dog has no friends or family.
[00:01:42]  All he thinks about all day is killing people.
[00:01:46]  Defense is a drag, but going after the prey makes that dog's day.
[00:01:51]  Somebody put this dog on a leash.
[00:01:54]  We face growing threats from revisionist powers as different as China and Russia are from each other.
[00:02:01]  Nations that do seek to create a world consistent with their authoritarian models, pursuing veto authority over other nations' economic, diplomatic, and security decisions.
[00:02:13]  Come on. That authoritarian model squats at the Pentagon and breeds dogs of war that tramps all over civilian rule.
[00:02:22]  Mattis has his paymasters to please, the Fed that cuts his checks, and the neocons that goad him on.
[00:02:29]  It's a bark mitzvah where only the goids die young.
[00:02:34]  The paradox of war is that an enemy will attack any perceived weakness.
[00:02:39]  So we in America cannot adopt a single, preclusive form of warfare.
[00:02:45]  Rather, we must be able to fight across the spectrum of conflict.
[00:02:49]  This means that the size and the composition of our force matters.
[00:02:53]  The nation must field sufficient capable forces to deter conflict.
[00:02:59]  And if deterrence fails, we must win.
[00:03:01]  Who's messing with us?
[00:03:03]  Who would ever want to?
[00:03:05]  We've got enough deterrence to give the world peace for 2,000 years.
[00:03:10]  But we've got a dog off his leash.
[00:03:13]  It's a prescription for World War III. How do we win a war with a nuked-up Russia and China?
[00:03:20]  It's Apocalypse Now!
[00:03:27]  Where career killers and coucher neocons get their kicks.
[00:03:38]  Thanks.
[00:03:40]  Let sleeping dogs lie.