And now, America's number one show on pop culture and politics. This is the Michael Medved

Show. And another great day in this greatest nation on God's Green Earth,

as much of the world's attention is turned toward the struggle in Gaza,

which Israel is very determined to win.

The Biden administration apparently has other ideas.

What are their ideas? And how would they like

this war to work out really, finally, definitively? We will talk about that and much more,

including some dangers to the United States involving China directly and the Philippines, one of America's allies in East Asia.

We'll be talking about that with somebody who knows the broad map of the world and where dangers lurk for the United States of America.

He is our 27th Secretary of Defense, our 23rd Secretary of the Army.

Dr. Mark T. Esper is also the author of the best-selling memoir,

A Sacred Oath, Memoirs of a Secretary of Defense during extraordinary times.

Secretary Esper, thank you for joining us again.

We always get a terrific response when you're on the show.

Concerning what Lloyd Austin, your successor, tells the world,

there is a pause now.

They use the term pause in delivering the weapons that

that Israel depends on and that the United States had committed. Is this a mistake?

Well, first of all, Michael, good to be back with you and your audience.

I always enjoyed being on the show. Look, with regard to the delivery of the arms, it's not something

I would have done, or at least not done right now, because I think it sends the wrong messages,

and not just to the Israelis, but maybe at

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