those who controlled the skies fell to omnipotent. world war two solve the birth of the hideous idea that victory could be achieved more quickly by bombing civilians but precisely for that reason we must ask why did civilians become bombing targets. it all began with a marvelous dream at the dawn of the twentieth century infuse he asked the crowds gathered to admire humankind s first aviation exploits these birds were good omens
well, first of all, what the president saw what we all saw when we came into office was that the previous administration had a lot of decision that is should have been made by the battlefield commanders, they were being made by the west-wing of the white house. that s not the right place. the west-wing of the white house doesn t know what the conditions are like or the threats they are facing. president trump has taken a number of steps to delegate that authority back where it belongs, back where it was in the reagan administration frankly, to the battlefield. what you re seeing now is exactly what s happened. sometimes mistakes are being made and we regret any loss of life and specially any of our allies, but on the other hand, it is the battlefield commander s decision to make and we do not have a president who is going to be sitting there picking out bombing targets. he left that to the military and so far with a few tragic exceptions, so far the military has been terrific. look
well, first of all, what the president saw what we all saw when we came into office was that the previous administration had a lot of decision that is should have been made by the battlefield commanders, they were being made by the west-wing of the white house. that s not the right place. the west-wing of the white house doesn t know what the conditions are like or the threats they are facing. president trump has taken a number of steps to delegate that authority back where it belongs, back where it was in the reagan administration frankly, to the battlefield. what you re seeing now is exactly what s happened. sometimes mistakes are being made and we regret any loss of life and specially any of our allies, but on the other hand, it is the battlefield commander s decision to make and we do not have a president who is going to be sitting there picking out bombing targets. he left that to the military and so far with a few tragic exceptions, so far the military has been terrific. look
well, first of all, what the president saw what we all saw when we came into office was that the previous administration had a lot of decision that is should have been made by the battlefield commanders, they were being made by the west-wing of the white house. that s not the right place. the west-wing of the white house doesn t know what the conditions are like or the threats they are facing. president trump has taken a number of steps to delegate that authority back where it belongs, back where it was in the reagan administration frankly, to the battlefield. what you re seeing now is exactly what s happened. sometimes mistakes are being made and we regret any loss of life and specially any of our allies, but on the other hand, it is the battlefield commander s decision to make and we do not have a president who is going to be sitting there picking out bombing targets. he left that to the military and so far with a few tragic exceptions, so far the military has been terrific. look
that how do you see things? and i know what the french resident wants to do, and i think it s a good idea if he can get it done. if we can get the russians and french on the same sheet and going after isis, as you know the russians are not just bombing isis, they re bombing targets that are allies with the united states. we have to focus on isis as a target if we can get the coalition that does that. the problem is, how do you handle the bashar assad government? what is their role in this? the russians want him to remain in power. they re all supporters of bashar assad. the coalition, the u.s.-led coalition wants assad to go. that has to be resolved before we come up to any way to fight isis. colonel francona, always great to get your perspective. good to be with you, isha. and coming up, how there