00:01:24.480And while Biden delivers some $50 billion of aid to Ukraine, Europe and NATO have only put a fraction of that forward.
00:01:32.400And, oh, yes, President Biden has more than 100,000 of our troops now in Europe.
00:01:39.940And Germany and France and UK say nothing.
00:01:43.480Because they wouldn't want to draw attention to their miserly support of Ukraine and their woeful response to Russia's invasion of their eastern neighbor more than three months ago now.
00:01:55.840And worse, a lot of Republicans have reflexively made it clear they want to side with this embarrassment of a president.
00:02:13.220And there is no broad popular illusion about his significance and the fact that he's not fit to be in the Oval Office.
00:02:21.780More than half the American surveyed recognized his impairment.
00:02:26.140Almost three-fourths say the country is headed in the wrong direction.
00:02:29.180And mark my words, those numbers will only get worse as the election approaches.
00:02:35.580The White House just suddenly delayed what they billed as a major presidential trip to the Middle East, where he was to visit both Saudi Arabia and Israel.
00:02:46.340The sudden postponement and no explanation.
00:02:54.860The White House staff spends most of their time withdrawing, couching, correcting, or trying to interpret his bizarre mutterings and the occasional dramatic whisper.
00:03:07.160Nothing is getting any better for President Biden, his White House, or the Marxist Dems' prospects on November 8th, five short months away.
00:03:17.440Biden's FBI and Justice Department constantly now demonstrate what a bunch of Marxist Dems thugs can do with the levers of government power.
00:03:28.700Ordering one of President Trump's senior advisors to be picked up as he was boarding an aircraft yesterday morning.
00:03:36.460He was taken into custody and booked in the D.C. FBI building.
00:04:08.180While Washington continues to confound decency, reason, and in Europe, confound our national security as well, there are Americans working every day who lead by example, who inspire with their selflessness and their courage.
00:04:23.840And among those noble souls, Chad Robichaux is at the forefront.
00:04:29.680Chad is a former Force Recon Marine, highly decorated, who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan eight times.
00:05:55.980And, uh, you know, God bless you for all of the work that you and your, your folks are doing.
00:06:01.060Uh, it's, uh, it's just been outstanding and, uh, inspiring, uh, in particular with your, your record in combat, the number of tours you've done.
00:06:11.660Uh, I can't even imagine what kind of strength that takes, uh, but I salute you for it.
00:06:22.680I mean, this is going to shock a lot of people when I say this, but right now I understand millions of Ukrainians are trying to get back into Ukraine.
00:06:34.600It is, um, the, when I first, when I first went there, the line to get in was, uh, not surprisingly pretty easy to get in, but getting out took days.
00:06:45.700Uh, and now, um, you know, thankfully because of the relationships I have, we're able to get through pretty easily, but we're bypassing lines.
00:06:52.800That are miles long to get back into Ukraine.
00:06:56.540And, um, and I don't think it's any, it's because of any result of there's not any danger there or it's safe and it's, you know, everything's over.
00:07:04.260It's because these people are inspired and motivated to keep their country, to maintain their freedom and to join the fight.
00:07:12.240And, uh, there's, I've been around combat and, uh, in war zones for, oh gosh, a long time now.
00:07:18.720And, uh, you know, I've been in the military, uh, in or involved in the military for almost 30 years and I have never seen a more resilient people than the Ukrainian people.
00:07:27.380I would say that before that, I would have said, and if, you know, don't, don't, uh, crucify him for saying this, but I would have said the most resilient people I've ever seen in the battlefield before were the Taliban.
00:07:38.440And the reason I would have said that is because their ideology, uh, even though it's so horrific and so evil and so dark, uh, but their spiritual resiliency and what they believed was.
00:07:47.600So, I mean, that's how they were still standing after 20 years of just crushing them when we out, out did them in, in technology and strategy and, in resources, but they were still there, uh, cause they were just so, uh, resilient in their belief.
00:08:00.660Um, and you have to not respect that, but you have to understand that as a, as an opponent, but the, the resiliency and particularly the spiritual resiliency of the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian soldiers is something I never seen in 30 years.
00:08:13.240Well, you've had a lot of experience with both the Taliban, uh, as well as, uh, the Ukrainians and the, uh, and the Russians.
00:08:21.440Uh, so I respect whatever you say and want to say about them.
00:08:25.280Uh, and that's what our audience wants to hear is the truth as people on the ground have seen it.
00:08:30.660Uh, you know, if we were talking, uh, you know, vague, vaporous, uh, abstracts, you know, we could, we could have a heck of a discussion, but we're talking about the, the real world that you've experienced.
00:08:41.780It's like few, few, few Americans have.
00:08:44.220And so we appreciate you sharing with us.
00:08:46.680Uh, and by the way, I think the facts bear you out.
00:08:49.380Uh, the Taliban, uh, has, has managed to, uh, move the greatest military on earth, uh, out of, uh, Afghanistan, uh, with this president abandoning it.
00:09:03.400Uh, and I, there is a story here within that, uh, that a lot of people don't know, but I'm pleased to be able to say to you, uh, to say to, uh,
00:09:11.780everyone listening, uh, that you're going to have an opportunity, uh, to read a very interesting book by our guests today.
00:09:19.740Uh, Chad Rubischow is, uh, has written a book called Saving Aziz and it'll be out in hardcover.
00:09:32.180It's currently under DOD review and, uh, it'll be out in October and it's going to really cover the, the, the personal story of my interpreter, Aziz, who, uh, I did eight deployments with.
00:09:51.360We played with his kids and lived in his home and we went on so many operations, just the two of us.
00:09:56.440And, uh, and I could not bear him and his wife and six kids being left there in this withdrawal after six years of trying to get him out in the special immigrant visa process.
00:10:04.940And it's failed and I made a decision to go back and rescue Aziz.
00:10:08.380And as I put my team together to do that, uh, we recognize the need was bigger than him.
00:10:13.000And we, uh, we launched an effort, uh, through the, the Saber Allies coalition effort to not only get Aziz, but get Americans and interpreters and family members and vulnerable people like women, children, and Christians.
00:10:24.940And we ultimately rescued 17,000 people, uh, which started with an effort to just get Aziz.
00:10:30.820So saving Aziz was, as the cover says, the mission to save one turned into calling to rescue thousands.
00:10:37.020And it's really just that personal story of the journey to go get Aziz and, and all the, we talk about all the political and, uh, policy, uh, I don't want to say blunders or hiccups, uh, just decisions that were made that, uh, resulted in the, in what happened in Afghanistan.
00:10:53.920Chad Robichaud, being careful with language.
00:11:03.200And I'll have to make, I'll have to plead guilty here, uh, in somewhat more colorful language, uh, when talking about the, uh, the disastrous.
00:11:43.040First of all, how many people have we left who are still there, uh, that we, we have a, an obligation, in my opinion, a duty to bring home, uh, bring to the United States.
00:11:58.220You know, uh, Afghanistan right now is, is essentially North Korea.
00:12:03.500It, it, it isn't a blind, uh, like it's a complete blind spot to the world because there's no, now there's no media there.
00:12:11.040Uh, the Taliban can do whatever they want with no accountability because there's no one to report it.
00:12:16.380Uh, so what you're having now, you know, is this new and reformed Taliban as, as was what we were told is, uh, already going back to, uh, making women and little girls, uh, go back to, you know, full garb covering in burkas.
00:12:30.740Uh, there are 20 million women that are stuck there, women and little girls that are essentially sex slaves.
00:12:37.540Uh, and, and the Taliban that was before, I believe is not only the same, but probably worse now because they've been so empowered and they're in such a, again, such a shadow to do whatever they want.
00:12:51.100And, uh, and so I think the situation's worse.
00:12:54.280We get the same emails, uh, that we got during the withdrawal.
00:12:59.340Uh, we getting still every day, uh, people trapped Americans that are still stuck there.
00:13:05.740Uh, when I say Americans, many family members, green card holders, even blue passport holders that are still stuck there.
00:13:11.940And I would, and I would say there's tens of thousands of our allies, uh, our commandos that we trained through special forces training, our interpreters that served with us for years that, uh, that we contractually or obligated to fulfill in those contracts, to give them, uh, citizenship.
00:13:29.340In the United States, uh, those people are still stuck there as well as their families and they're being hunted down and murdered or persecuted over that.
00:13:38.240And there's no, uh, I'm going to just ask the only way I know how there's no clandestine or secret operation, special forces, uh, effort, uh, to, to bring, to, to go in to Afghanistan.
00:13:52.880And to help those people in the part of the United States.
00:13:57.760And I wish I was, I wish I was saying that in a way that I was covering up for something, uh, for the sake of our national security.
00:14:03.420But, but the truth is there's, there's not, and, uh, not only, not only is there not, but there's, uh, almost seems to be in a very intentional effort to just sweep Afghanistan under the rug to move on and, uh, to not be able to have access to these people.
00:14:16.980Um, there's organizations, NGOs like, uh, Mighty Oaks Foundation and Saver Allies that, that had successfully rescued people during the evacuation that could have continued and could still be doing this now.
00:14:31.440Uh, but we cannot continue doing these rescues.
00:14:35.540We can't do them because we can't move people.
00:14:37.900You can't move someone out of a country without a humanitarian center to bring them to, or a visa.
00:14:42.560I mean, that's called human trafficking.
00:14:44.360So we can't, you can't just take someone out of a country because as soon as they come out of the country, they're going to another geographical location, which requires a visa or some kind of humanitarian refugees center.
00:14:54.680And so, uh, our state department has pretty much closed those doors for any access like that.
00:14:59.920And so even if we had the strategic capability to rescue someone or to evacuate someone, we legally cannot do that because we don't have a place to bring them to.
00:15:09.920And so those, all those efforts have been shut down on the NGO side and to the best of my knowledge.
00:15:38.020Uh, you're one of those Americans has been doing a lot more than hoping and wishing you've been doing and doing, uh, the Lord's work for so many.
00:15:45.800Uh, the, the, the Ukrainians right now are about to receive another $50 billion in USA.
00:15:54.020Uh, this administration, uh, is going to provide that aid under some, uh, uh, in some capacity for some purpose.
00:16:04.000We don't even know what the purpose will be in, in many cases, uh, give us your sense of what is most needed in Ukraine right now.
00:16:11.900And, uh, and whether or not the aid that we have been, uh, imagined and have now passed into law, uh, is going to be worth it.
00:16:24.300Well, first of all, I'll say this because I spend most of my time on media bashing, uh, the administration's policies, uh, because, you know, I don't agree with a lot of policies and I believe they've been harmful to, especially in Afghanistan.
00:16:36.040So I, I am thankful that administration is willing to make the decision and do that.
00:17:06.800A lot of the, a lot of the governments of the world have been working by supporting the NGO community for those listening to non-government organizations and nonprofits of the world have a lot of private money has come in.
00:17:18.860Some government money has come into those NGOs and really have done a good job of helping with the humanitarian aid, uh, food, blankets, medical supplies.
00:17:28.160Those things are still needed, but those things have already been happening because the NGO community really stepped up with Ukrainians really need is,
00:17:35.940is lethal aid, uh, and, uh, so that's where I hope that money goes to technology equipment.
00:17:41.640I mean, I'm, you know, just last week I'm with the Ukrainian special forces and these are their special operations guys.
00:17:47.900And they're lacking things like tourniquets, uh, and night vision goggles and ammunition and certain weapons and things like this.
00:17:54.220So, so they're still lacking those, those basic sort of materials, supplies, equipment, uh, that you would expect any, uh, special forces, uh, operation to have.
00:18:09.120And I mean, it's kind of the currency for us to go in and help them as we, we're bringing in a lot of that stuff and saying, Hey, we're, you know, we're here to, uh, to help now, you know, I believe the, you know, this package that, you know, the United States is pushing forward.
00:18:22.440Uh, I hope that, and again, I hope that it does include lethal aid.
00:18:26.840Um, that's essentially what the, what the Ukrainians need to keep pushing the, pushing the Russians back and ultimately be the bulker between, uh, the NATO and EU and, uh, in Russia, because we all know if they push all through, all the way through Ukraine, then they're going to want that border further.
00:18:42.980And they want more, more buffer from NATO.
00:18:45.240And, uh, that puts a, that puts the EU and NATO in jeopardy, uh, to be sharing a, sharing a border with Russian occupied Ukraine.
00:18:52.600And so this is, uh, lethal aid is so essential, uh, in, uh, in supporting the Ukrainian troops.
00:19:00.080Yeah, I, I am absolutely in support of giving, uh, Ukraine, uh, any military equipment they need, uh, almost any, uh, lethal aid.
00:19:11.160Uh, I am highly dubious of the way, the way in which the United States has gone about this, uh, because I don't see when Europe takes over.
00:19:21.100I don't see the amount of money being spent by the European neighbors of Ukraine to provide for their security, to assure their survival through lethal aid.
00:19:32.040And we suddenly, the United States is acting like we're the United States of 19, I'll say 1965 in Southeast Asia.
00:19:41.080Uh, we're suddenly the only force available to stop the, uh, uh, an invasion to stop, uh, a, a madman and Vladimir Putin.
00:19:51.100And why is that I have the feeling that without the United States, Europe would sit on its hands?
00:19:59.360And I think this is where a strong leader is lacking.
00:20:02.320I mean, um, you know, it, it doesn't take a lot of strength for someone to write a check and send it to Ukraine.
00:20:09.100What, what, what, what real leadership and real strength would look like would be, uh, someone getting on an airplane, going in front of the European Union, reminding them of what's at stake and rallying them up to, uh, to put a very hard line in the sand and saying, uh, Mr. Putin, this is not okay.
00:20:27.500Uh, it's not okay for a world superpower to fire, uh, ballistic missiles into neighborhoods where women and children are.
00:20:34.680This is not okay, uh, to invade another country, uh, in 2022, this is, and put that hard line in the sand.
00:20:41.080Uh, and it takes, again, it's easy to write a check, uh, from that one, from the American taxpayers, but what real leadership would be, would be going there and rallying the European Union and getting everyone in a unified effort to stand against Putin in this effort.
00:20:56.780That's what, that's what real leadership would look like.
00:20:58.800And that's ultimately what I believe, uh, you know, needs to happen and could turn this around.
00:21:04.560I have to tell you, there aren't many days that go by that.
00:21:08.340I don't think about how president Trump would have handled Vladimir Putin would have handled the situation that we find ourselves in, or would have handled the threats emanating now from Beijing over Taiwan.
00:21:22.880And I think, my gosh, this, this president that we have right now has revealed himself to the world, uh, his weakness, uh, his, his dilatory, uh, leadership.
00:21:38.240If I can even, if it's that strong and to think, uh, that we have so many, so many resources, uh, and so many strong allies in Europe that we are simply, I mean, it, to me, it would be an insult.
00:21:52.700If I were a European to watch the United States behave as it is like big brother, one more time, uh, saving the four euros from their destiny.
00:22:01.800And, uh, it, it, it, it, it grates, I will tell you, it grates because those, those folks over there, uh, the 82nd, 101st airborne sitting in the Eastern flank, uh, preparing for what I don't know, but nothing good.
00:22:18.360Uh, I, it makes me very, it makes me very concerned.
00:22:23.280Yeah, I mean, that's, I agree with you.
00:22:25.980We've got a bunch, you know, a bunch of us, uh, us service members sitting there on, on, on the border, but you don't have their, the rest of Europe, Europe there alongside them.
00:22:34.860And, uh, and, uh, you know, I think this is a, this is one of those situations you need a coalition effort of, uh, you know, I hate to go back to Afghanistan, but I will like that coalition effort we saw in Afghanistan, uh, sitting at Bagram Air Force Base that we, uh, that we took away from the world, uh, that needs to be on that Polish border.
00:22:57.780I just, as I look at this, we've, it's as if we've learned nothing, nothing, Chad, absolutely nothing from our history, from all of those who lost their lives to all of, uh, the, the treasure that was spent, uh, in Afghanistan, in Iraq.
00:23:12.200And now here we are with Joe Biden, who had, and I'm going to say this straight up in the midst of this conversation, uh, who had to lie in the third presidential debate of 2020 to become president.
00:23:26.380And was permitted to do so by a corrupt justice department, attorney general, um, and FBI.
00:23:34.340This is, this is sickening to think that this man is here by subterfuge and by cheating.
00:23:41.800He stole an election and we have to put up with him as a, as, as a weak and pitiful, disgusting leader at a time when we need real, real leadership, as you said, strength, uh, and certainty of values.
00:24:00.600And we say, we, I think it's not just Americans.
00:24:02.880The world has to, uh, you know, I, I'm in Poland, I'm in Poland, uh, you know, in, in Krakow and talking to people and, uh, and the people there are actually scared, especially the older people that remember war too.
00:24:15.940And, you know, can remind you that, uh, Auschwitz is right there, 20 minutes outside of Krakow and in there, in there reminded from their history of what the consequences are.
00:24:26.900You can't help but look at the consequence that you look at war two and what happened there in Poland and compare it to what's, you know, on the brink of happening right there.
00:24:34.940And, and they, and they've, I've been asked before, if it makes it past Ukraine, will the United States help Poland?
00:24:41.980And the fact that it's even a question by these older people, would the United States help is, uh, it just shows the confidence the world has in, in the United States and in our leadership.
00:24:52.760And, and, uh, you know, we've, we've demonstrated in the last year that we're not, we're not a nation right now.
00:24:59.260And it, it pains me to say, but we're not a nation right now to be relied upon.
00:25:03.240And I think most Americans would agree with you, Chad.
00:25:05.700And, and, and I think of all of the snarky sneers and, uh, remarks from the left as president Trump called for NATO, uh, to reimagine the Alliance and to meet its responsibilities, to be spending 2% of their budgets and to be caught up on their budgets.
00:25:24.700And, and, and, and straight, uh, and straightforward terms said to you, you know, to them that we're not going to be their bank anymore.
00:25:33.900And we're not going to, and we're not going to be your mercenary force anymore.
00:25:58.340Germany is basically sitting on its hands and, uh, occasionally, uh, breathing through their teeth at the prospect of in any way offending Vladimir Putin instead of, uh, organizing themselves to defend a, a fellow European, uh, nation.
00:26:16.580In Ukraine, uh, if I, if I'm not mistaken, you know, it was president Biden that on the first day of office or his first day of office, he closed, closed the, uh, closed our pipeline.
00:26:28.840And then the second day of office, he, he, uh, took away sanctions from the Nordstrom to, uh, all the existing sanctions from Nordstrom to, uh,
00:26:38.700The keystone was day one, Nordstrom to the second day.
00:26:43.460Uh, everything that he's done to roll back the Trump policies.
00:26:47.620And I defy anyone from the left, from the democratic party, the, the Biden administration, you're going to have to do more than lie.
00:26:54.260You're going to have to bring evidence, but come here and tell me where I'm wrong.
00:26:58.460When I say that you, your administration, this president has destroyed, uh, all of the accomplishments of the Trump administration, geopolitically, and to the, to the regret, to the regret, I think of the United States.
00:27:15.300I can't think of a single act that they've taken that is in the interest of the United States period.
00:27:22.660Uh, no, I mean, we're, we're buying, we're buying, you know, in a, in the last year we bought, I think in January or December, we bought 250 million barrels, uh, of oil from Russia, a hundred million barrels from, uh, in January from Iran.
00:27:35.860And, uh, and, uh, and then even, even three weeks into this, uh, into the Russian invasion, we're still buying, you know, I think 18 million barrels of moth, uh, from the United States, uh, and Russia.
00:27:47.000So, and by the way, he's now added, uh, Venezuela will be providing oil as well, instead of opening up U S reserves, drilling pipelines.
00:27:59.220Uh, the man is, uh, on a, on a, on a criminal, uh, he's on a criminal mission against the country that we all love and have promised to defend.
00:28:14.880I mean, I just, I can't imagine the time you've spent in the military working for all of us, defending the nation, uh, defending American citizens, protecting us, and then come home and have to deal with this.
00:28:29.140Uh, it, what hurts and what's scary is, you know, the relationship I have with the, with the military still.
00:28:36.040And, uh, and, and being around some very senior leadership, um, and seeing the, you know, our great American patriots actually, uh, resigning their commissions and, uh, leaving the military, uh, because they just can't do it anymore.
00:28:50.500Uh, particularly in COVID, I've seen so many, um, you know, I was on the phone with a Marine Corps colonel who spent, uh, most of his, uh, time in the Marine Corps as a, and was in charge of one of the top premier special operations units.
00:29:04.000And, uh, he resigned his commission because of the COVID vaccine.
00:29:08.940And, uh, he just could not, he felt that it was, he was being tasked, not just for himself.
00:29:14.000Like I'm not going to take the vaccine, which he didn't, but he said, I could not give an unlawful order to these troops to have them inject something in the body that I could not know if it was good for them or not.
00:29:23.460And he got out of the, he got out of the military.
00:29:25.840And, uh, so, so many of our great leaders and great patriots are getting out while the people that are staying in or people that'll, the people that are staying in are people that will do whatever they have to do for their careers and put their careers before, uh, the right decisions and, uh, for our country.
00:29:42.720And so the, what the military is being left with is, is the wrong people.
00:29:46.540And, uh, and it's, it's really not only sad, but, but scary.
00:29:52.780And, and, and I, I look at the debate, the debate is over, uh, transgenders of debate is over, uh, who does what, uh, who is responsible for the education system.
00:30:06.400Is it the parents or is it, uh, the LGBTQ community or is it Hollywood?
00:30:13.140Uh, and we, we've watched a government, the Biden government intercede between parents and the, and their children.
00:30:20.420Uh, and, and, and I guess suddenly realized that that's, that's one bond they can't break.
00:30:27.080Uh, it's, it's, it's just an appalling time in our history brought to us through the corruption of our electoral system.
00:30:35.000And one, and one party, let me be clear.
00:30:37.760It's the Democrat party, uh, a Marxist posing as Democrats.
00:30:43.280As we, uh, as we, uh, as we often do, uh, we, we always give our guests the last word here.
00:30:51.300Uh, and let me start with, uh, first a reminder to the audience that the book is saving Aziz.
00:30:59.240It's how the mission to help one became a calling to rescue thousands from the Taliban.
00:31:04.980And, uh, we are delighted, uh, that you're with us and, uh, I will turn it over to you for your concluding thoughts.
00:31:15.120Uh, I think my, my final thoughts are, uh, you know, we talked a lot about a lot of, uh, things that are sad in our country that are maybe make us feel hopeless at the time.
00:31:24.720Uh, at times when we see these things going on in our country, but I just want to remind everybody that there, there is hope.
00:31:30.780Uh, America is still, despite everything going on in the world, in our, our position we're in, it still is the greatest country on the planet.
00:31:39.400Not because of our government, not because of who's in the white house right now, but because of the American people.
00:31:44.860Uh, and, uh, I, I refuse to believe that the majority of Americans aren't patriotic, God loving people who have a heart for others and want to do the right thing by their country and for the world.
00:31:58.680And, uh, and if we stay the course and we don't lose hope, uh, we will prevail as, as a country and as a people and, uh, in this country will be, you know, restored.
00:32:08.460Uh, and I think God still has his hand over this country.
00:32:11.520I don't think it's been taken off yet.
00:32:13.360Uh, and, uh, and I don't think it will be because of the, because it hearts the people.
00:32:55.120Tomorrow here on the Great America Show, John Solomon joins us.
00:32:58.560We'll be taking up the latest reporting of justthenews.com.
00:33:01.820On the investigation into the Capitol Police illegal entry into Congressman Troy Nell's office and their apparent effort to cover up their actions.
00:33:13.280Also, John and I will be talking about election integrity and the latest disturbing reporting from justthenews.com.
00:33:21.540Irregularities in a number of GOP primary elections.