The "With Enemies Like These Who Needs Friends?" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2018

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

President Trump picks Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. What are his national security views? Trump blasts NATO allies ahead of a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And migrant families are being reunited with their children, but the process has been painful.

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0:00.0	This is a passenger announcement. You can now book your train on Uber and get 10% back in credits to spend on Uber eats.
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0:20.0	I really wish this tape was rolling for the past five minutes so people could have just heard us being ridiculous in the studio.
0:27.6	I'm actually glad it wasn't rolling.
0:29.6	Most of the jokes were at my expense.
0:31.6	We used up all our good be roll.
0:34.0	Sorry guys.
0:35.0	Yeah, you know, I mean, it is evidence of how the world has turned from sublime
0:39.9	to utterly ridiculous that the first thing we do when we get in here is just explode with dark
0:45.9	humor.
0:46.9	Yeah, and make fun of Ben.
0:48.3	Well, there's always scope for that. that. Hello and welcome to Rational Security, the with enemies like these who needs friends edition.
1:01.8	I'm Shane Harris of the Washington Post.
1:03.8	That was not a comment on you, Ben.
1:05.8	Yeah, thanks.
1:07.9	We're talking about NATO.
1:09.1	NATO Ben.
1:10.6	NATO, NATO.
1:12.1	Ben, you would make a great Secretary General of NATO.
1:15.0	Ouch!
1:17.0	Seriously, that you have to be the most stone-faced, colorless diplomat in the world.
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