One thing i want to say is there has been an inclusive form of government which is the sunnis in the north and that is one part of the problem that lets park that for a moment. Lets turn to the iraqi army. Trained by the americans fully equipped brought up to their Numerical Strength very strong and gets fled at the first sign of trouble. Are we being naive in believing that you can meld different tribes, different cultures given the 600 year culture of the region region into one force and expect them to take home an opposition for which a large part of their own army is recruiting . First i dont agree with your introduction and description. Do you think the army did while . No im saying they are not as strong as you are suggesting that they were. This was back in june before they drop their guns and ran. Im saying when they did drop the guns they were full strength, wellequipped and trained by the americans and equipped over period of years and yet when the first sign of trouble they
Guest we will see about that. I did say in my book that theres really only one interest in washington that ive had any interest in moving to and i think you probably know which one that might be. Lets go we will talk about 2016 and a bit but lets start with your book, its god, guns, grits and gravy. Explain the title i of all. Guest first of all it is not a recipe for southern cuisine so i want to put everybody to ease that if you are saying jay i dont even know what a great is relax. Heres the point of the book. There are three major cultural bubbles in america, new york washington, we are two of those in the other one is hollywood. From those three cultural bubbles emanate fashion finance Government Politics Music Entertainment Movies Television pretty much all the things that sets the American Culture table but my point in the book is that theres a big disconnect between the people the values, the attitudes, the lifestyles of People Living in those three bubbles and the people who l
Excuse me if im naive about this, but you said they intercepted the p8, and i was wondering if there was any message from the chinese pilot about why they were intercepting it and if if there are any standard procedures that go with an interception, if its noted well, youre not supposed to do a barrel roll over the aircraft. Look, im not aware of any radio communications. Id point you to Pacific Command for details like that. I think the message that they are apparently trying to send was you know, they resisting the flight of this patrol aircraft, which ill remind you as i said at the outset, was in International Air space. The message were sending back to china is thats unacceptable and unhelpful to the military relationship that we would like to have with them. Listen, before i go, i tried to make a quip, and i dont think i came off the way i wanted. I said i have a hard enough time doing this, i meant my own eloquence. I didnt mean that i dont like the job and what im doing. I very
Partsts and the wonderful of chicago and it is the best city on the planet, by the way there are still people dying in the more isolated neighborhoods. It becomes part of the background noise, doesnt it . I would not be so upset about people saying that if they really cared about kids dying in chicago but i suspect theyre just trying to change the subject from the tragedy in ferguson. We need to deal with the tragedy in ferguson, the tragedy in chicago, and the rest of our country and not just play games. Host texas, on our line for independents. Caller good morning. Good morning, mr. Page. Guest good morning. Caller i am 60 years old and i live outside austin, texas. We have had several Police Shootings of black men and we were doing a talk on the Radio Station and i called in and i asked the police chief, how many white people have been killed by black or Hispanic Police officers . In my 63 years of being here in this area, none. Manyhen i ask them, how black people have been killed
This morning, we are opening our phones on that debate. We want to hear from you. Give us a call. Republicans can call the numbers are on the screen. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter or facebook, or email us. And a very good thursday morning to you. This president ial request to congress is the front page story of most papers around the country. We will be taking you through that authorization for use of military force. Here is what Washington Post had to say here is the president and a little bit more from that address from the white house saying what is not is in what is not in the authorization for use of military force. [video clip] the authorization does not call for use of Ground Forces to be deployed to iraq or syria. It is not an underground war like afghanistan or iraq. The 2600 american troops in iraq today largely serve on basis. And yes, they serve face the risk that come in any combat environment. They are focused on training iraqi and kurdish force