we ll have a live report, our next hour. gregg: we are closely watching the developing situation on the korean peninsula, north korea warning it will be pushed to the brink of war if the u.s. and south korea carry out planned military drills, army reserve lieutenant colonel tony schaeffer for the center for advanced defense studies and author of the book, operation dark heart is our guest, a graduate and this is important of the ci s north korean operations course and has run several military operations in the region, welcome, you know what you are talking about when it comes to north korea and south korea is on the highest alert for war and we are sending out a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and the south building up troop strength, where do you think it is going. i think it has gone, north koreans are masters of
jon: president obama making a major announcement about the war in afghanistan over the weekend saying he is confident that a u.s. troop withdrawal will begin in july with a full handover of security operations to afghan forces set for 2014. how realistic is that? joining us now, lieutenant colonel tony schafer with the center for advanced defense studies, author of the book operation dark heart and a veteran of the afghan conflict. we have been there for nearly ten years, we went in there to build a stable afghanistan that could no longer become a base of operations for attacks against our country. right. jon: have we achieved any of that? i think one of the notable things here, jon, is is we keep hitting turning points. i was just reviewing my notes about the same thing, a turning point looms for the u.s. in afghanistan for monday, august
the united nations says flooding has left 20% their country underwater. and florida s republican senate candidate mark mario rubio. he had to cancel a debate with a democrat. he extended his condolences saying political differences take a back seat for family. gregg: evidence uncovered that iran is financing the taliban in afghanistan for the sole purpose of killing u.s. soldiers. joining me is lieutenant soldier, a director of communication for the center for advanced defense studies. good to see you. we ve known all along that iran was supplying insurgents in iraq who were then killing american soldiers. is it any surprise therefore that they are doing the same thing in afghanistan purposely
church has to face sin, call sin what it is, as sin and also the priest who is are guilty of abuse have to be punished for their crimes. rick. rick: greg burke, live for us from rome, greg, thank you very much. jenna: going back to indianpolis right now, where the vice president is addressing this crowd at the convention of the veterans of foreign wars, talking about a way forward in iraq. you can see all the comments live at foxnews.com. he s also expected to talk about our way forward in afghanistan as well. a couple of key points he touched on is the progress of the iraqi security forces, saying that iraq is ready to take charge. we re going to bring in now army reserve lieutenant colonel tony schafer, director of external communications for the center for advanced defense studies. so colonel schafer s. iraq ready to take charge? i think in many instances, in many ways, they absolutely are, but let s be upfront about the fact it s really about internal security, what they can do i
the cia documents. and we ll also talk to shirley sherrod at the top of the hour. larry: joining us now, general wesley clark, united states army retired former nato supreme allied commander and senior fellow at ucla s center for international relations. and lieutenant colonel anthony sheaffer, external communications for the center for advanced defense studies and a u.s. army reserve officer. he s a military intelligence and operations expert and he served two combat tours in afghanistan. all right, general clark. what do you make of all of this? well, a lot of documents, a lot of low-level stuff. some of it is accurate, some of it is inaccurate. all of it is dated. if you analyze it, maybe you ll learn something about u.s. operational methods and communications techniques. maybe intelligence services can learn something from it. it s the kind of thing that s