Ola, imagine you're in Spain, and you've just poured a refreshing Strya Galicia,

Cervesa. You hear the bubbles in the glass calling out.

In the Penly on unbrooding Galia since 1906, 100% authentic. But not all Spanish beers are what

they seem, a bit like me. I'm not Carlos from Acrouna. I'm Charles from Cambridge. Est December 29, 1940. You're listening to the radio, a broadcast known as the fireside chat by the president.

He speaks through a long period of anxiety in the country about a war in Europe. And he adds this detail.

As planes and ships and guns and shells are produced, your government with with its defense experts, can then determine how to use them

to defend this hemisphere. The decision as to how much shall be sent abroad and how much shall remain at home must be made on the basis of our

overall military necessities. The president continues, we must be the great

arsenal of democracy. For us, this is an emergency as serious as

war itself. We must apply ourselves to our task with the same resolution, the same sense of urgency, the same spirit of patriotism

and sacrifice as we would show were we at war.

I welcome Captain Jerry Hendrix, U.S. Navy Retired Aviator,

Sagamore Institute writing most recent the National Review

of that arsenal of democracy metaphor

the president used many decades ago, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the question

of that arsenal today being drained by two wars in Europe and a third war threatened.

Jerry, a very good evening to you.

What is the problem?

We'll begin there.

We speak of the arsenal of democracy.

Does it exist, Jerry?

Where did it go? It exists, Jerry. Where did it go?

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