Enduring war. Presupposition based on comments from civilian policymakers and senior military that we were in an era of enduring war and had to undertake a study of the relationship between war and society. Moreover, it seemed few could argue war hadnt made an indelible impact on our National Character on who we are as americans. So the program we built started from the mission that we would examine the social, moral, and cultural aspects of how societies go to war, how they experience war, and perhaps most importantly how they deal with wars consequences. We also believe our program had global applications. In understanding the implications of war, by examining conflicts that have transpired as human phenomenon. We wanted to take a serious approach to the problems posed by war. Was for Chapman University to become a National Resource for practitioners, a Program Designed with the ultimate aim of understanding the role and the costs of war around the globe. That vision is on full view
Very briefly putting the role of mc just to say hello and welcome you before i hand the baton to tom bowman of National Public radio who will be our moderator. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter, also really thrilled he would join us. He spent ape lot time in a field field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that now is approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and beforehand the baton to them i will just entered is my copanelists Laurel Miller who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan in the stick up romcom numerous other jobs in that capacity and that organization as well, has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently where she recently completed a coauthor 200 page study study on age proposed afghanistan Peace Agreement written as as a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could perhaps consider because even though w
Earlier. This is R T International im sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the weeks top stories this week russia was barred from all major supporting sporting events for the next 4 years the World Antidoping Agency says the country is being punished for tampering with a key database of athletes test results. This is about against russia the protect the rights of russian seats. The reentry for major events. To demonstrate that they are not implicated in any way by the non compliance what is important thing todays decision. That we are really sanctioning those who are responsible for this many politicians and leave those open for those who had nothing to do with we dipping scandal in russia clean. Plates being able to experts have provided convincing on says unfortunately they havent heard us responder has time to appeal initially when we handed over the database we said lets investigate the database together so that we can make a full decision we wanted to have a kind of me
Lack of neutrality in covering this impeachment ordeal, he would have to be crazy to step foot in their courtroom. If only to look at the mainstream medias response to the president traveling to afghanistan to visit the troops. News week tweeted that hes golfing and tweeting. Thats what he was doing. There you have it. He went to see our troops. He went to thank them for all their hard work. The fact that they are risking their lives every day to protect all of us so we can have the freedoms we have. Its interpretation versus reality. This is all we have gotten for nearly three straight years from both the media and the left. They say he has done a horrible job as president. But the reality is our stock market is at a record high. Unemployment is at a record low. You wonder why the president refused to feed the beast. Why testify when anything and everything you say will be for certain used against you. There is no benefit of the doubt when it comes to him. All the more reason for the
The athletes and our criminal liability. And the french government pushes forward with its new pension reform which has already led to days of mass demonstrations civil unrest and strike action. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our th here in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. A suicide bomber has detonated his car outside one of americas main military outposts in afghanistan the Bagram Airfield the attack comes not long after trump surprise thanksgiving visit to the same base local media report a powerful blast hit a medical facility located in the immediate vicinity of the air bases main gate according to local media the attack has claimed at least. In life with as many as 62 others injured and the reports suggested the suicide bomber had targeted a new u. S. Military convoy though american officials deny that the american president flew to afghanistan and visited the airbase in late november for things giving a speaking to the military personnel there f