was the absence of passion, this absence of a conviction of the importance of success that disturbed me. that former secretary of defense robert gates hitting president obama on his commitment to america s war effort. captain chuck nash is a retired knave captain and fox military analyst. captain nash, what do you make of secretary gates revelation when it came to military issues rather than don t ask, don t tell president obama lacked passion? i think secretary gates faithfully executed the duties of his office and now he is free of those obligations to stifle his first amendment rights, because he is a member of the organization, he s free to express that. he s providing us a lens so that we can judge and see in context
what the koran is telling them to do, which is to kill the nonbelievers. so it s part of the tenant of the religion. and they re following through on that. so you have not only the grievances from past injustices in their mind, but you have a religious component which makes it even all the more powerful. all the more powerful and complicated. you have the guy who likens himself to the osama bin laden of russia, telling his followers that we have to sabotage or disresult the winter games, the games of satan. and then i want to go paback to what you said saying if they can t penetrate sochi, that they will go to outlying areas about as you know, captain nash, when people go to the olympics, rarely are you able to find hotel rooms right in the center of town. so a lot of times you may be staying 45 minutes out on a subway or train or something. so that would make me nervous if
collapsing last night during a college football championship game in atlanta after martin ran on to the field when texas a and m beat duke. here is the last picture he took. it s of players dunking a texas head coach. doctors say he died at a nearby hospital from an apparent heart attack. meanwhile there is no doubt terror played a role in two deadly explosions which happened in the country set to host the winter olympics just weeks from now. russian president putin vowing to annihilate terrorists after bombers hit a controlly bus and a train station in volgograd. the attacks killed 34 people. and now the u.s. state department urging athletes traveling to russia to be on alert. so how vulnerable are the olympic games? joining me now, captain chuck nash and fox news military analyst. good to see you. nice to be with you. happy new year. so of course putin has to
a novel idea, christian bookstores coming together to create an app for christians. called idisciple allowing them to search for christian books without having to sift through tons of websites. it will stream media. the fee is donated to other christian nonprofit organizations. on black friday, you couldn t have any violence if you had idisciple. it wouldn t work. growing tensions in asia over china s controversial air space rules. sending fire jets to control their new air defense zone over disputed lands in the china sea after japan and south korea announced their military planes had flown through the zone with no interference from china. chuck nash is a retired navy captain. so thankful to have you today and for your service to our nation.
with iran properly, the last thing we want to do is have trouble in east asia. the navy, the military, we re moving more of our force structure to the pacific and to a person look, because we realize that china is coming on as a dominant power in the region and it has our allies, with whom we have treaty responsibilities, treaty for protection, in case they are attacked. it has them rather nervous. i have got 15 seconds for you to wrap it. do you think that we talked we use the word bluster before. what s next? is china just rattling the saber. what do you see as next in this? i think a lot depends on how we deal with it. this is now a face issue for them. i think it was ill-advised to come out with something knowing that the united states and other u.s. allies in the region would never give in to such activity. sharp analysis, captain chuck nash. we appreciate you coming in and we appreciate your service to our nation. thank you, ed.