It is my pleasure to introduce our good friend, the defense editor of the Daily Telegraph and a worldrenowned expert on the middle east. He is the critically acclaimed author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller. He appears regularly on television and radio in the united states, great britain, and has been a frequent commentator on fox news, cnn, and nbc is well as the bbc. A veteran foreign correspondent, and his latest book is a gripping account of the Winston Churchill First Military campaign as a young cavalry lieutenant fighting a friend who war against. The great, great grandfathers of the tell a ban and tribal insurgents in modern day afghanistan. This is a story of imperial endeavor which contains important lessons and warnings for dead. It is fitting that our event is hosted by margaret thatchers center for freedom. Throughout her political career Lady Thatcher could strengthen inspiration from churchills lead, especially at moments when he faced huge chal
Frankly a mess. It was a place where our mission was failing. And we had a strategy that was unfocused and means that were insufficient and we had a probability of success that was waning. That was the situation as we found it in 2009. We adopted a new strategy. When i say we, not only we the United States but we the alliance and its many partners adopted a new strategy that matched and narrowed the mission. Up to this point the mission was to make afghanistan the next jeffersonian democracy, to make sure women would have the same rights as men, not only there but the same rights as women have in the nordic countries. It was a large and frankly unattainable mission. What we did is we made the focus of the mission real, which is to make sure that afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for terrorists. That is why we were there in the first place and ultimately had to be the reason why we were there in the last place. We also adapted our means to that mission. The means were to buy
When we cannot deter, we have to think about collective defense, but the point is this defense has to be collective. Nato has been defined by values and by common goods, security being a common good, not by the threats or the challenges. What i mean is, whatever the challenge, whatever the challenges, the common good we want to protect is the same. So in that respect, we have to be able to interpret, not even extensively, but to update the concept of our attack. The part made here about no military warfare being possible today without cyber dimension, about space, its a clear case for considering these dimensions as part of nato responsibility. It may well be that some of them require nato to work with other organizations or other forums, but there has to be they have to be present also in nato. The bottom line about where we can deter and where we cannot deter is westfallion plus International Environment is two stages. Even if the most democratic one and the most authoritarian dictat
When you hit it with a boat, it actually slowed you down. It was that dense. Woodruff plus, as the n. F. L. Season kicks off, we look at what pro football is doing to protect its players from concussions. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation f
Actually slowed you down. It was that dense. Woodruff plus, as the n. F. L. Season kicks off, we look at what pro football is doing to protect its players from concussions. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by ive been around long enough to recognize the people who are out there owning it. The ones getting involved, staying engaged. They are not afraid to question the path theyre on. Because the one question they never want to ask is, how did i end up here . I started schwab with those people. People who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by c