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Mike Baker

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“Yeah, exactly. Think about what those people went through. And it wasn't like a minute or two. I forget what the length of time was before they got the all clear.”
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“We need one. The Israelis, maybe that's the moment where they come out and say and confirm whether they do or don't, and they're not going to confirm that they don't. Yeah, so I think there's some real problems there. Look, it's bad that anybody has them, obviously. Everybody wants peace, but you have to deal with the world you got, not the one you hope for.”
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“My point is when you talk about it a lot, when you threaten it, you're normalizing it. And I think that could lead us down a very bad path. And then if the Iranian regime were to get nuclear weapons. Are they on the logic train? Or do they view this as something that they use as leverage to exert, to get concessions from Israel, whatever those might be? I don't know. I think there would be an unknown player in that realm, and I think that causes some of this concern also as to why it's felt they shouldn't have it. And also, if they announce that they have a nuclear weapon, then you can count on the Saudis saying to themselves, me too, right? I'm going to get them. So I'm not going to be, look, it's not as if the Saudis and the Iranians are, you know, close friends.”
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“No, I think we were closer in the In the height of the Cold War, I think there it really was. I mean, top of mind. People literally thought we were going to get into a shooting match with the Soviet Union. And I think we were close on occasion. So I wouldn't argue that it's more prevalent, right? And by that, I mean there's more of them than there were at that point as more members of the nuclear club. But that was at a point in time when I think we were much closer. Because also in part, there wasn't the understanding, the level of communication that exists. There's still a lot of even when it seems like two nations are at odds. I think sometimes people don't understand how much communication still exists off the radar between militaries, between Intel organizations. People understand that the risk.”
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“Right, right. Are they completely there is up for grabs, so that program isn't quite as well understood. The Iranian program is a heavy lift in terms of specific intelligence. The breakout window is often discussed, but it's anywhere from, oh, it's a couple of weeks to months. So that tells you because of the gap and the parameters there, that tells you that maybe the intelligence isn't as good as it should be.”
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“No, it's not there, supposedly. Advised us that it's been disarmed some time ago. But, you know, again, who knows? I mean, and again, that's another problem with AI and its ability to supplant humans. You talk about drones and taking humans out of drone strikes. You can't do that either. You need to have that element, I think, in any weapon system. But yeah, Russia talking about and, you know, Medvedev and Dmitry Peskov and some of the other minions for Putin rattling the nuclear saber on occasion, doing their tactical drills. Obviously, North Korea”
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“It was what it was referred to as. The idea was during the Cold War, the idea was the Kremlin started sitting around thinking a little bit too much, and they said, well, what happens if there's a first strike and we're taken out, meaning the Kremlin, meaning the leadership? Well, okay, well, we need some system in place, an automated system that will respond. And so they created this system that would, luckily obviously never used, but it was referred to as the dead hand system. It was a non-human decision-making process that would assess the damage done in the first strike and would then make a decision on its own as to what to do. So that's a problem. But yes, it”
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“Yeah, so good Biden, so could, you know, Barack Obama, so could George Bush or Ronald Reagan or Know let's go back in time. Look, the Russians created what was referred to as the dead hand system, right, which took people completely out of the decision-making process. I mean, if you want to talk about something that's even more frightening is let's remove humans from the decision to launch the nukes.”
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“They hate the US, yeah. So look, Again, going back to that same thing, it'd be lovely if we all lived in a community of nations. But when I look at a map like this, I don't see a community of nations. I see problems, which again maybe makes me just a cynical old bastard.”
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“Well, because they're the largest state sponsor of terrorism. Is one issue and they've shown it, right? I mean, they've been perfectly willing to, look, I mean, the fellow who was killed in 2020, who was the head of the Goods Force, because Sem Solomoni. And it was his targeting that then created the supreme leader's desire in the Iranian regime's desire to target US officials, including the president-elect. He had the blood of thousands of U.S. soldiers on his hands because he was running operations to develop IEDs and get them out in the field, train up Iraqi militias to...”
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“But you don't get there as long as the Iranian regime in the IRGC are saying we want to destroy Israel, so we're going to keep pushing at it. That's not really a recipe for long-term stability. So that's why I say they're kind of key to this whole problem.”
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“I don't think they could have kept their yap shut. They would have told us because for what you're saying, which is okay, now what, right? I don't think they could have kept that secret. Plus also, we rely on our liaison partners, so the Israeli intelligence Jordanian intelligence, Saudi intelligence, we rely on sort of an input from a lot of the players. But is the Saudis a Jordanians and others, would they be upset if the Iranian regime were to change? No. What do they want? They want stability, right? Because that leads to economic prosperity. That's better for their populations, keeps their folks happy. And so, you know, are they going to come right out and say it? No, but there's a lot of reasons. So I think the problem with these ceasefires, again, it's good. You want to end conflict. You don't want people suffering. It would be fantastic if the Palestinians had a much better opportunity for a great life.”
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“That's smart in that destroying a significant portion of their missile production capabilities impacts their ability to both attack directly Israel but also then to provide those missiles to their proxies. The air defense, you could argue, is setting the table if they decide that that breakout window for the Iranian regime to get a nuke is tightening to a point where it's not really acceptable. And if you've basically destroyed the air defense systems and they're somewhat naked in that regard, then you're talking about dropping and trying to disrupt their weapons capability. Now, most of that is significantly underground.”
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“Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah. And that will completely change the calculus in terms of how do we deal with them and the negotiation. And again, this is going to make me sound like a warmonger. But that last retaliatory strike by Israel into Iran, they focused on missile production facilities and air defense systems. Now,”
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“The Iranian regime is going to look at this and go, can we really afford to get into a shooting match with the US and Israel? And the answer is no. They can't win that. So I think they're not inclined to do this. So we're going to get these ceasefires, and then we're just kicking the can down the road.”
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“And I guess what I mean by the band-aid on a second chest wound is that's all well and good. We'll stop the conflicts, right? I think those will stop relatively soon. I don't think Iran is interested in getting into a bigger shooting match with Israel because I think they understand there's no way they do that without the US entering. The U.S. has already got carriers forward deployed out here, a big show of force, right? We moved B-52 fortresses out there, nuclear capable. Not that we drop nukes, but it's a show of force that I think Iran understands. And the Mullahs, the IRGC in particular, which has its fingers in every part of the Iranian economy and has made itself wealthy, much like the Hamas leadership made themselves wealthy by stealing billions. That leadership in Iran, it's very similar to Putin in a sense, and very similar over here to Xi Jinping. The one thing they want more than anything else is to retain control.”
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“And there's more of a structure in Lebanon. I think it's always been problematic, but I think the Lebanese government Could deal with the problem if there is an official ceasefire Hezbollah. So I think it all comes down to”
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“Unfortunately, again, being a cynic, I think it ends the way a lot of these have ended, which means we're just putting a band-aid on a sucking chest wound, and they'll come up with a ceasefire. I think Hamas, they'll figure out a way to bring in the Palestinian Authority to govern Hamas, or sorry, Gaza. I think Think sort of the linchpin there is if they can get a ceasefire with Gaza, with Hamas. That will make it infinitely easier for the Houtis to say, okay, we'll back off. We're not going to keep screwing up the Red Sea firing missiles at international trade and US and Allied naval ships. And I think that it also allows for Hezbollah. Look, I think the Israelis look at Hezbollah leadership now. I think we've pretty much taken everybody out.”
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“Long term you know meaning another two or three years I don't think I don't think Putin can sustain that with the Russian population so”
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“And also, just the length of support. Look, we've been close allies of Israel for generations, right? Ever since it started, you can't say the same thing about Ukraine. So I guess I'm hopeful that moving into the next administration, and I know people say, oh my God, you know, it sounds like you're a warmonger. Well, no, again, I go back to with Ukraine. If you want peace, if that's what you want, if you don't want the conflict, then my argument is they've got to be able to sit down at a negotiating table. If Putin feels like he's winning, right? If he feels like the U.S. is backing off, he's not going to negotiate. He's just going to move forward. He doesn't give a shit about his soldiers. He just keeps throwing them into the front lines, right? So if you want peace here, then you need to continue support sufficiently to get them to the table. And I do think we're close because, again, I don't, you know, Russia, yes, they're making headway here.”
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“I would be more concerned about Ukrainian support than I would be losing the level of Israeli support. Because I think it's a little bit of a different dynamic, right? Israel has always kind of had this interesting place within U.S. psyche, I guess. And it's also, look, there's a massive Jewish American community, right? I mean, there's no doubt about that. So there's a level of support there that Ukraine doesn't have.”
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“The people running that operation dumb down their communications, right? They deliberately stopped using communications that they felt could be compromised or had been compromised. And we've seen that over the years. Al-Qaeda is a good example. Once Al-Qaeda understood the extent to which we could intercept their communications, they went back to the old days, right? Handwritten notes, right? This is my cousin. I want you to take it to that person over there who's his cousin. Only give him that note, right? And don't talk to anybody. Very hard to intercept, right? And so you, no, it's very hard to conduct your operations. It takes a lot more time. But that's the extent to which they went to try to get this thing done. And unfortunately, they were very successful.”
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“They lulled the Israeli government to sleep and the military to sleep. They made them believe that they really weren't interested in violence anymore. And what that did and that what they really wanted was, okay, we just want to try to build up our economy and try to make a better life. Well, that was horseshit on Hamas's part. That's what the Palestinians would like. But that was horseshit on Hamas's part. What they were doing was lulling them to sleep in that, then they kind of took their eye off the ball. The Israeli government in particular started looking more inward. You know, you had a lot of internal political battles going on. And they were doing that because they viewed that they didn't have the same existential threat on their doorstep that they had been dealing with. They sort of took the bait. And it was an intelligence failure. There's no doubt about it, in part because the...”
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“Yeah, it was a long-term project that was very well orchestrated by Hamas with Iran. The RGC was fully aware of what was going on. The RGC provided some of the training to some of the Hamas fighters that eventually ended up inside southern Israel. So probably the best way to put it would be”
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“which bizarrely enough in South Korea, North Korea they still do, South Korea drops leaflets using balloons over North Korean territory to convince people that Kim Jong-un is bad and that life could be better. But yeah, the worst part is with Iran is you just look, these people are under the thumb of the mullahs in the IRGC and they are brutal, right? It's like Hamas. Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron fist and they've been brutal against anyone that they disagree with. LGBTQ, activists, women, name them. And yet you never see protests outside the country about a Hamas how they beat a gay activist. It doesn't happen. Campus protests are all about Israel. Israel is surrounded by a ring of proxies built by Iran that wants to destroy them. So yes, they're going to think differently than we do.”
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“They have access to some degree. Most of it's locked down, I guess, but they have access to some degree. So you try to push information out. Look, Voice of America is probably the best example over the years. VOA was for years its whole purpose was how do we get information about what happens in the world into Russia, into the Soviet Union. And nowadays, you could argue you've got more possibilities because of technology. That's outside my scope when we start talking about how do you, you know, aside from dropping leaflets, which...”
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“You know what? What I'm going to say, I think a lot of people who would look at my background and go, well, of course that son of a bitch is going to say that this is what I would say is that what happens Is me put it this way in years past yeah that's what would have happened we would have tried to say okay how do we get that that uprising how do we get that but now it's more how do we get information into those people and then if there is a protest that develops how do we support it what do you do to support that That, I would argue, has not worked. The Green Movement and a few other unsuccessful attempts by people to kind of get out on the streets and protest have been brutally put down. And the U.S. and the UN and others, for the most part, they're going to protest and write a nasty memo, but none of it helps, right?”
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“That. You don't hear people, you know, you don't hear activists in the States going on college campuses and protesting the treatment of women in Iran. No, it's always, you know, God, my God, look what Israel's doing.”
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“maintain their belief system that Israel needs to be wiped off the face of the earth. As long as they believe that, they will continue to be the primary cause of instability in the Middle East. So we talk about getting ceasefires in Gaza, talk about ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Not that there's much left of the Hezbollah leadership, but that's just putting lipstick on a pig, right? Because you're not solving the problem. I don't know that you changed the belief structure of the Iranian regime and the IRGC. So in that case, what do you hope for? What do you hope for internally that there will be at some point the population will just say, we've had enough, right? I mean, how many cases do we need where women go out on the streets to protest, right? The new morality laws, and they disappear, right? It's brutal. You don't hear anything.”
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“What they've done in terms of establishing and building over the years this network of proxies, the Houthis, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran has stated numerous times. They've been very clear about it. Their desire, their objective is to wipe Israel from the face of the earth. So they've set up their proxies with the same objective. And the idea being, okay, we'll let the proxies do the dirty work. We're not going to take accountability. We're not going to be in the direct line of fire. Now that's happened a couple of times, right? There's been this direct back and forth between Iran and Israel. So this is a very serious problem that will not be resolved as long as the Iranian regime and the revolutionary guard corps, the IRGC,”
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“Oh, they have definitely. Yeah, there's no doubt that they've been engaged in, they have a hit list, and they've actually been engaged in trying to get plots underway to target not just him, but Mike Pompeo, Mark Melly, former head of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Esper, former Secretary of Defense, Brian Hook, and others. But I guess from setting that aside, setting aside the bizarreness of this state with a hit list of U.S. officials, and that's just saying that out loud.”
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“Look, the Iranian regime has been engaged in assassination plots to try to kill now the president elect, as well as several other U.S. officials whom they believe were responsible for the targeting back in 2020 of Kasem Solomani, who ran the Kuds force and was a very close ally of the Supreme Leader, Khameni in Iran.”
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“Well, this is our biggest concern. China. China is, I think, the top line concern because of their abilities, their resources. And again, sort of the increasing aggressiveness in this region, their desire to reshape the global structure, right? They don't want the West to be in charge. They view this as, you know, how do we realign this so that we get the bricks and a different realignment of world order so that the US and its allies are not at the top of the food chain? So in a sense, that doesn't mean that I think that we're going to be in a shooting match with China anytime soon. I don't actually believe that's going to be the case, but that's where we have to focus a lot of our concerns when you talk about identifying and resolving and prioritizing threats. In the short term, right here Is Iran”
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“And China I've talked to a number of experts that I really value, and their take is, and I think it's not incorrect, is that China is basically on a war footing with the West already. We just don't see it, or we don't feel it, or we don't want to acknowledge it. And I don't mean like they're going to launch missiles, but in their minds, they're at war with the US already, and they're acting in a sense as if that's the case. And we act as if, well, they're just an economic competitor, but it would be nice if we could all get along. So I think we may be misreading the tea leaves.”
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“It is, yes, and this is the Philippines here, Vietnam over here. China has always viewed this as their territory, right? This is their backyard. Well, ever since World War II, the US is essentially patrolled and maintained security in the South China Sea, right? In the interest of international free trade and the freedom of movement, there are increasing numbers of encounters between the Chinese Navy and the Philippines, Vietnamese over this sea because again, they view this as theirs. They're constantly in here pushing, they're building artificial islands for ports. There's a major flashpoint here, right? for potential conflict.”
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“They don't view the folks in Taiwan as Taiwanese. They view them as Chinese, right? So are you going to have Chinese military shooting Chinese? I don't know. Maybe it's going to be a softer takeover. Maybe there's going to be more influence. There's a massive disinformation campaigns that go on on Taiwan courtesy of the Chinese regime. There's all sorts of efforts there to undermine Taiwanese leadership. This is again the point being is this is a crisis that look this is already this is a mess and has been and it's underway and it's in Ukraine situation. But over here this is looming as a major issue and if you think about that there are other activities this is what's referred to as a South China Sea”
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“Yeah, they only slip up at one point was Biden, where I don't think he really meant to say what he said, which was sort of ambiguous towards the defense of Taiwan. But then he corrected it. Do I honestly think that we would send troops over? No. No, I don't. Do I think that we would do what we're doing with Ukraine? Sure. Yeah. Would we provide resources? But this is a much different situation. And so I think While I get the concept, I just don't know that there's be follow through because that is a very tough cell to explain why we're sending troops over to face down the Chinese military, which is about a stone's throw away from Taiwan. And look, this is going to be an interesting situation, right? Because the folks over here, the folks in China,”
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“That's a better question too. Okay, part of that is Part of that is, I don't want to say emotional, but it's the idea of, look, there are democratic institutions. It's an ally. How could we possibly stand by and watch a communist regime step on it and destroy it? Part of it is practical. It's like, you know, it's an important chip manufacturing center. So, you know, there's a couple elements to it. Honestly, look, if all the chip manufacturing on Taiwan was redored over to California somewhere, would we care quite as much? Well, we would still care on that sort of emotional values-based side. We could probably overlook it in the long run. Now, are we going to send boots on the ground over to defend Taiwan if there's a military action? You know, going back to your betting person, I would bet no, no matter who's in office”
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“To China. It's a good point. When you look at the map, you go, eh, you really need to bother. You know what? Part of it is the history, right? Ever since the Cheng Kai-shek and the separatists and escaping to Taiwan and raising it as a separate nation, it's just. It's hard to explain, but it's a very emotive subject.”
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“So I think he's serious again, take certain leaders at their word, some bluster a lot, some make very big pronouncements Donald Trump would be one of them who tends to just speak off the cuff and throw things out. I think the danger sometimes is the Democrats, for example, take him at his word, right? For everything he says, right? They take everything he says literally. But there are other leaders, Putin, Xi Jinping, I think you need to pay real close attention to exactly what they're saying. So I think when he talks about absorbing Taiwan and making it part of the motherland again, he's not kidding around.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Now there's some feeling that the movement on Taiwan will be during the course of Xi Jingping's tenure, right? So what are you looking at? Well, that depends on his grip on power, which seems very solid. It seems like it depends on his health, which again I'd be speculating. So I don't see him riding off into the sunset willingly without finishing that project that in his mind is so important. He's consolidated power in China like nobody since.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, part of that was based around a timeline for however you want to refer to it, the reunification, the absorption of Taiwan, the taking over of Taiwan. Nobody really knows what that will look like because there's a concern, you know, is it going to be a completely military operation? Is it going to be more of a soft takeover, sort of like, you know, there's a good example right here, Hong Kong. You remember there used to be democracy in Hong Kong. And now there's not. And that happened over a period of time, but they basically just squashed all remnants of democracy, particularly during the pandemic. So what's it going to look like when they do take over Taiwan? That's the big question. But the timeline has shrunk.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I would suspect, yeah, I mean, basically you don't put troops there with all those resources without intending to use them. And I think the longer those North Korean troops sit there, the more trouble they will have in terms of command and control. So they're going to want to get them into the cannon as quickly as possible.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think that's how it's going to end up. I think Kursk, that region in Russia goes back to the Russians. I think the problem is going to be, I think in the short order, I think they're going to want to move quickly before we get into the teeth of winter. I think that's going to be a mess. So that's going to be a major, when they start that offensive, and we're talking again potentially 50,000 troops thrown at a relatively thin line. I think that territory goes back to Russia.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think in this coming year, I think in part, I know I've talked a lot about what the Ukrainians are suffering from, but there are reasons why Putin is going to need to figure this out as well. I think part of it is his economy is suffering. And so I think it finishes with a negotiated settlement. At some point during 2025, and I think that means the lines are going to look I keep using the word unsatisfactory, but that's the way it's going to feel to a lot of people. The lines are going to look a lot like they did before the invasion. Maybe some additional territory being held by the Russians. And then I do think that there will be some agreement to have a buffer zone that will be essentially under the auspices of UN peacekeeping troops somehow. No-fly zone, whatever you want to call it as well.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, look, I mean, and the thing is. The world is shrinking, right? The world and has been and continues to shrink. Nothing happens in a bubble. So what's happening right here is being watched by Xi Jinping in China in terms of Taiwan. I mean, he's sitting there saying, okay, here's Taiwan. There's a strait of Taiwan. There's no distance whatsoever. He's just conducted. Xi Jinping, and the Chinese regime has just conducted the largest military exercise around Taiwan ever, basically blocking it off, blocking the ports and patrolling the airs. So the idea being he just wanted to show that he could do that, right? And so he's watching what's happening over here in terms of the U.S. response and NATO response. And say, okay, at what point does it make sense for me to do this? Because at the end of the day, Xi Jinping is tied to his desired legacy, which is the reunification. And in his mind, this belongs right here.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Round up more people, right? I'm going to need another 150,000 soldiers because he runs what's essentially called a meat grinder operation. He just throws people in the front, right? As cannon fodder. I mean, the Russian casualty rate has been ridiculous, right? Compared to the Ukrainians, but they've been willing to sacrifice all those people. I think the idea being, look, Kim Jong-un, he's making money off of this deal, sending troops up there. He's getting the troops that survive anyway will get combat experience, and he doesn't have a military with any combat experience right now. And he's also getting weapons technology transfer from Russia. So he's getting part of a deal here. What's Putin getting? I think Putin's just getting bodies he can throw out there ahead of the next wave, which will be Russian troops, right? So I think those 10,000 North Koreans soldiers are fucked.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think, look, part of the reason why the North Korean troops have ended up in Russia, which is, again, is an astounding thing, is because Putin desperately doesn't want to do another conscription. He knows that's vastly unpopular with his folks.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And if you're pragmatic, you have to assume this is going to be a settlement that means that Russia's going to keep maybe not all of this. Maybe they'll keep this much, and this will be maybe a demilitarized zone, right? Patrolled by UN peacekeepers or whatever, to act as a buffer. But then you have other issues. Is Putin going to say, nope, part of the steel has got to be that Ukraine never joins NATO? I'm sure that's going to be a part of his deal. And then how NATO deals with that, I have no idea because they've already made. Sort of a guarantee, okay? You're going to be in at some point. Anyway, that's.”
2024-11-28 · The Diary of a CEO · Mike Baker (Ex-CIA Spy): China Is Preparing & We're Not Paying Attention! Here's What Happens If They Takeover! 5 Spy Tricks You Can Use To Get What You Want! · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And there's so much complexity here. It's hard to explain. And without saying, okay, we're going to take the next five or six days to talk about it. But it's an incredible moment in time. And so, yes, it matters a great deal about is this consequential. It's consequential if worst case scenario the next administration says that's it. We're cutting off all assistance and all aid. Well, the rest of NATO will definitely stay in the game because they view it differently because they're right here. But US support is critical. And it's critical to get... And if what you want is to end war, to stop the killing.”
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