Author sean mcfate is next on booktv. The associate professor of the National Defense university and former military mercenary talks about the use of mercenaries in wars around the world today. He says we are headed towards a future that will resemble the middle ages hiring mercenaries to fight in wars is the norm. [applause] thank you. Thank you to Atlantic Council for hosting us and thank you for making at out on a less than auspicious weather day. This book is about the return of private military force International Relations today. I wrote this not simply as an International Relations scholar but also as a practitioner that i work for a Company Called dyncorp national for several years in africa and while i was working there i saw many press reports, many think tank reports, a lot of leftwing and rightwing kneejerk reaction to simply did not get what i thought the industry was right. The genesis of writing this book was not in any way a whistleblower book. It was really to paxton s
Thing. The nfl players are at it again taking a knee when they should be standing proudly for the National Anthem. Numerous players wanted to show outrage something most of them are unable to define. They make a fortune doing what they love. That was friday. They know exactly why theyre taking a knee. Colin kaepernick hasnt worked since hes been Black Baballed the nfl. It would do the country a Great Service one if he would stop tweeting about that and two truly find out what the players are protesting and again, the last part of that tweet, be happy, be cool. A Football Game that fans are paying so much money to watch and enjoy is no place to protest. You can read the rest of that yourself, but i want to make one thing clear. I dont know if many people realize or understand. When Colin Kaepernick started protesting at the nfl games, he originally sat on the bench out. Sat out the National Anthem until another then nfl player
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Moments in his own life story, including the attempted stabbing of a friend that he recounts in his book gifted hands. In his memory of being offered a scholarship to west point. There is a desperation on behalf of some to try to find a way to tarnish me because they have been looking through everything. They have been talking to everybody ive known and seen. Theres got to be a scandal. Got to be some nurse hes having an affair with . They are getting desperate. Next week, itll be my Kindergarten Teacher who said i peed in my p pants, but its okay because i totally expect it. To those who say you may have exaggerated and youre using that to build your resume as far as what would you say to those people . I would say where is the exaggeration . Dr. Carson, one said this is the beginning of the end. How do you think this will affect your opponent . What do you expect them to say . Intimated we would get more details, potentially, as early as this weekend about your childhood friends that
On July 14, soldiers of the Honor Guard Company of the Headquarters Battalion of the Latvian Armed Forces (NBS) will march in the famous Bastille Day military parade in Paris, France.