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🗓️ 24 October 2022
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Authoritarianism has been interwoven into the fabric of our republic since its inception and the Republican Party is today fighting what will hopefully be a losing battle to hang onto and expand it. Also why are American Generals selling out to the Saudis?
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0:48.2 | Welcome back to our program, an interesting and frankly, troubling article on the |
0:54.4 | front page of the Washington Post, their biggest story, their leading page one story. |
1:00.6 | And it's that more than, well, I'll just quote from, it's by Craig Whitlock and Nate Jones. |
1:05.8 | More than 500, this is the first paragraph. |
1:08.4 | More than 500 retired U.S. military personnel, including scores of generals and admirals, |
1:13.8 | have taken lucrative jobs since 2015 working for foreign governments. |
1:17.6 | Most in countries known for human rights abuses and political repression. |
1:22.5 | In Saudi Arabia, for example, 15 retired U.S. generals and admirals have worked as paid |
1:27.4 | consultants for the defense ministry since 2016. This is the defense ministry that is headed up by |
1:33.9 | or overseen by the dictator of the country, essentially, Prince Mohammed bin Salman. |
1:40.9 | And, you know, the country's de facto ruler is how the Washington Post defines him. |
1:46.3 | And, you know, this is the guy, of course, back in 2018, who ordered the murder of |
1:50.8 | Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi. This is in the Washington Post, by the way. |
1:57.0 | They go on to note that Saudi Arabia's paid advisors have included retired marine general James |
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