We do not know very much of the future, except that from generation to generation the same things happen again and again.

Men learn little from others' experience, but in the life of one man never the same time returns.

Sever the cord, shed the scale.

Only the fool, fixed in his folly, may think he can turn the wheel on which he turns. It's Monday, October 28th, 2024, and welcome back to Goodfellows,

a Hoover Institution broadcast examining social, economic, political, and geopolitical concerns.

I'm Bill Whalen. I'm a Hoover's Disguished Policy Fellow. Be your moderator today, and I am happy to report that I'm joined by our full complement of Goodfellows.

That would include the historian Neil Ferguson, the economist John Cochran, former presidential national security advisor, geostrategist, historian, Lieutenant General

H.R. McMaster, Neil John and H.R. are Hoover Institution senior fellows. Gentlemen, I'm going to do

two topics today. In our B block, we're going to look at the elections. This is the last show before

America goes to the polls next week. So we're going to talk about issues that we wish had been discussed but didn't come up but before that we're going to take a look at the world and we have a very special guest today i know one of our viewers is

going to be pleased to see him because not too long ago we received the following email it came

from a gentleman named mark in northbrook illinois who wrote the following quote please invite

walter russell mead it would be a fascinating discussion. Well, Mark, your message has been

acknowledged. Mission accomplished. Joining us today, Bard College Professor Hudson Institute

Distinguished Fellow of the Wall Street Journal's Global View columnist, the one and only Walter

Russell Mead. Walter, welcome to Goodfellas, and I guess you have a fan base out there.

Well, Grant, it sounds like Mark is one really smart cookie.

It's long overdue, Walter. Great to have you here.

Good to be here, HR.

So, Walter, we're going to look at Israel and Ukraine.

Let's start with Israel over the weekend.

The Israelis responded to the Iranian missile attack with an attack of its own.

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