Members, shall we say were not fond of israelis. Consequently was constrained and the need to keep the war going on long enough the israelis would want to to retaliate for being had by Saddam Hussein. At the same time, the desire among many within the middle east for an arab solution must turn if he went further towards baghdad and took over back dad by forests, that this would create greater amity among arab members to be that in some ways as the reestablishment of western colonialism. But theres a very important distinction, a revelation she was in the archives and theres always the questions when the decision comes out about whether or not American Forces should continue on to baghdad in 1991. This was not a discussion within the white house for a very important reason. The ultimate goal beyond the liberation of kuwait was removal of Saddam Hussein from power. There was a 100 certainty on highlevel officials that this would happen anyway. Saddam hussein had embarrassed. His own army
Go ahead, quick. I was going say its easier to be ignorant and reliant than it is to be responsible and informed. How do you change that . Well, one of the things we are going to have to do, and i dont have a lot of time to get into it, but we have to use technology. Theres some wonderful ways we can use that. Virtual classrooms, it can help us enormously. Im working on that project with something in baltimore right now. Of your scholarship fund. Carsons scholars. Org. Everyone get involved. [applause] thank you very much. That is all the time we have left. As always, thank you for being with us. Let not your heart be troubled. The news continues. With will see you back welcome to red eye. I am greg gutfeld. Lets go to tvs andy levy. What is coming up on tonights show . Thanks, greg. Toy guns, evil or super evil. The New York Times wants to know. The fate of the union, is it strong . Or more importantly the union of the snake, is it on the climb . This is cnn. Greg . Thanks, andy. You
Prevent. And irwran that will stop at nothing to in secret develop a nuclear weapon. Many military analysts say a strike on iran, even a very good one delays that option. Leave one additional thought. Wharf whatever you thought of libyan intervention. It set off a whole bunch events it africa. That was predictable. Let me give you view of iran to operation in libya. This is what happens when you give up your wmd program. So my last question for you on this evening, after this remarkable career of 39 years in the military, listening in on all these bad actors and conversations for all your years in intelligence, the National Security agency, being at the cia and seeing everything from the trains blown up in madrid to the towers come down when you were at nsa in new york, are you an optimist or a pessimist when it comes to human nature . I am, in another venue, described reading the president s daily preefs and all the stuff that is not ready for prime time every morning, six or seven da
Mr. Kaplan spoke at the Louisville Free Public Library in kentucky. I admire those who do but thats not what i do. What im interested in is policies and ideas. Where do these ideas come from . I mean, they dont just drop from the sky. Usually they are not things that just automatically appeal to everybody as a matter of logic. Where do the ideas come from . Who are the people who advanced the idea . Theres a lot of competing ideas. How did this particular set of ideas get translated into policy with the resistance . How is the resistance overcome . It usually isnt just one person, its a community. How did this Community Form . What was the basis of it . Thats what history is all about. Its a story. Thats what these stories are about, its about the interplay between personalities and politics, and policy. An accident, going to disappear so thats what im interested in. And why do i, im interested in how this applies, war, i mean, in all the arenas of human conduct, this is the most high
Todays testimony before congress. And well begin with chief White House Correspondent ed henry and the late word, ed, on funding for the war effort. Good evening, brett, the house just voted to give the president the power and 500 million to train and arm the syrian rebels. But the struggle on another front. Theres three top defense leaders that say u. S. Ground troops should at least be on the table. His credibility on the line over whether hell stick to his promise of not sending u. S. Combat troops to iraq or steera, president obama visited u. S. Central command to try to close the door opened by his top military advisor general dempsey. The top military that has been deployed to iraq will not have a combat mission. As his own former defense flatly told cbs news the u. S. Cannot win without sending in combat troops. There will be boots on the ground if there is to be any hope of success and the strategy, and i think by continuing to repeat that, the president in effect traps 4i8s. T