Six Hours to Save Democracy

Published 2024-06-26
What if the threat to American democracy came from within our own military? “War Game,” a 2024 Sundance Official Selection documentary, imagined just such a scenario and convened a bipartisan group of policymakers to respond. What did they learn — and how real is the threat?

Janessa Goldbeck
Heidi Heitkamp
Mary Louise Kelly
Linda Singh

Now in its 20th year, the Aspen Ideas Festival is the Aspen Institute’s signature summer public event. From June 23-June 29, 2024 more than 300 leaders and innovators gather in the Rocky Mountains to engage in deep and inquisitive discussion of the issues that shape our lives and challenge our times, spanning politics, business, science, the arts, education, and more. #AspenIdeas

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All Comments (21)
  • @MichaelKomlo
    Incredible panel and film and fore thought! Grateful for these women and men who serve and care about our country!
  • @m.d.grimes1622
    Very interesting and very scary, vote blue no matter who.
  • @kaceykelly7222
    With our massive military budget, we should be more than ready for this. Instead, we find out we have trained those who will try to kill us 😢
  • @YouMessiah
    What a wonderful discussion! So why are there so few views?
  • @variyasalo2581
    As retired military, and former J23, I'm glad to see a Jan 6 war game. Hopefully, it becomes annual.
  • @dominique217
    I'm an internal optimist, but I also own many. A failure to plan is a plan to fail.
  • Let’s hope for all of us. This scenario is so frightening and so sad.
  • @ellentroyer6361
    I am a major fan of the Aspen Ideas Festival and make a point of watching as many talks as I can.This is one of the 2024 very important ones, in my opinion, I just shared it on Facebook, as well as others on the Clinate Crisis, and the economy. I am also emailing this link to my family and close friends. Thank you to everyone involved with this film and warning. Ellen Troyer
  • @WW3_Historian
    In reading Liz Chenney's book, I was shocked at how close Jan 6th came to working, or at least being much worse. Looking forward to seeing this film.
  • @kcbowman4042
    excellent presentation. and thanks to NPR and vote vets!
  • So you have identified the nature of the Heritage Foundation. So, who are they? How many are they? who are their allies in ths conspiracy? Same questions: who are they and where are they? Organizational Design and biographical analysis.
  • @CherriesJubilee
    I am also an eternal optimist and will defend myself if necessary. We must ask our governor sand the commanders of the bases in our state what they are preparing for. The "disruptors" can make many, many mistakes and still do a lot of damage. The defenders only have to make one significant mistake, which could spell disaster for people. Even if they can't tell us anything for security reasons, they will know that the public is aware and they will have to answer to history if they make the wrong call.
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  • @PhilipWong55
    The world's richest country with the most expensive military is enjoying these benefits of their democracy: Economic inequality, inflation, stagnant real wages for the last fifty years, costly healthcare, an expensive education system, student loan debt totaling $1.7 trillion with an average balance of $38,000, poor public transportation systems, racial inequality, mass incarceration, the militarization of police, deteriorating infrastructure, housing affordability, homelessness, the opioid epidemic, and gun violence. The 'Arsenal of Democracy' produces 40 percent of the world's weapons. It is a very profitable business model in which other countries buy these weapons to fight each other. The key is maximizing profits without shedding US blood by inducing conflicts between and within countries outside the USA. One client is eager to spend AUD 368 billion to buy a few high-quality used nuclear-powered submarines. This business model's critical components are NATO, QUAD, ANZUS, Five Eyes, AUKUS, and MCC (Mutual Cross-Service Agreement). Since WWII, the United States has started 201 wars, overthrew 36 foreign leaders, killed or attempted to kill 50, dropped bombs in 30 countries, and interfered in 86 foreign elections. To make the world safe for democracy, the US has caused the deaths of tens of millions of people in its conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria. The CIA was involved in covert operations that resulted in mass killings of communists in over 22 countries, 500,000 to 2,000,000 Indonesian civilians disappeared in 1965-1966. Anywhere in the world, if there is a border dispute, it is usually the result of a line drawn by an Englishman; if it is an internal dispute, it is usually the US fueling it. Difference in implementation of divide and conquer strategy.
  • Definitely scared, not that I have not been somewhat anxious. Thank you for your service and this video.