Afghanistan. The discussion hosted by the Stemson Center in washington, d. C. Included analysts like stuart bolin, Inspector General for iraq reconstruction and his recent report arguing that a the u. S. Does not have a well executed plan to implement and oversee the reconstruction efforts. Defense department and u. N. Officials also participated in the discussion. This is an hour and a half. Good morning everyone. I am Ellen Laipson and im delighted to welcome you to the Stimson Center for this muggy of this conversation about war and peace new tools for messy transition. We are gathering at the time that we can see the end of both the iraq and afghanistan engagement, and this event in a way is pivoted around the offer by the special Inspector General for the iraqi reconstruction to present some of the findings for the final report so the special Inspector General office created in 2004 is now completing its work so it is a moment of reflection and looking back at what are some of the
Discusses this in massachusetts for 45 minutes. [applause] thank you. Its an honor to be introduced by a fellow nantucketer both of our kids were educated by them and it is great to see you here in brookline and its wonderful to be in the Coolidge Center theater with this great bookstore and cosponsored with the massachusetts historical society, which has been an institution that has been absolutely essential to my life as a historian. I sometimes sort of feel like ive taken up residence in the archives there, and every book ive done there has been a Central Information that has come from there but among the more so than bunker hill. One of the characters i delve into, the papers are there at what we call the mhs and it is an organization that is essential to anyone that is looking into not just the history of boston, but this country. And the genesis for a bunker hill really goes back to the summer of 1984. My wife and i had just moved to boston fulltime. We were living on prince stre
About intelligence. This is one subject that is vastly underrepresented in historical literature, the impact of intelligence on the revolution. Most of us when we went through school and learned about the revolution, even at college level, dont delve into the importance of intelligence operations on the american revolution. And thats quite problematic because if you look at the strategic imbalance of the revolution, the advantages that the british had over the americans, by ignoring the intelligence aspect, you dont get the story about how the United States wins the war. The british had almost every advantage. They had a modern, professional army that had been Battle Tested whereas the colonists did not, they had a small Continental Army reinforced by the militia that could not be counted on when the battle began. The british had the greatest navy in the world. The americans didnt have a navy to speak of. We had pirates, essentially, that we gave the ability to steal and pillage for th
And supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. A battle that has claimed the lives of more than 600 people over the past few days and injured more than 4000. President obama scolded the Egyptian Military today, saying that traditional cooperation with egypt cannot continue as civilians continue to be slaughtered before claiming to be neutral in the conflict. We do not take sides with any particular party. Or political figure. I know it is tempting inside of egypt. To blame the United States or the west or some other outside actions for what has gone wrong. We have been blamed by supporters of Mohammed Morsi and we have been blamed by the other side as if we are supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Lou of course no one could better clear that up than the president himself. The mixed signals from the white house revealed the confusion within the administration. President obama calling for a return to a democratically elected government and his support for the Muslim Brotherhood it preserves
And supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi. A battle that has claimed the lives of more than 600 people over the past few days and injured more than 4000. President obama scolded the Egyptian Military today, saying that traditional cooperation with egypt cannot continue as civilians continue to be slaughtered before claiming to be neutral in the conflict. We do not take sides with any particular party. Or political figure. I know it is tempting inside of egyp to blame the United States or the west or some other outside actions for what has gone wrong. We have en blamed by supporters of Mohammed Morsi and we have been blamed by the other side as if we are supporters of Mohammed Morsi. Lou of course no one could better clear that up than the president himself. The mixed signals from the white house revealed the confusion within the administration. President obama calling for a return to a democratically elected government and his support for the Muslim Brotherhood it preserves a 1