arsenal. what concerns me is kim jong-un executing at least 85 senior officials since december of 2011 and probably killing 300 to 400 junior officials as well. many of the people who have been executed have been generals, which means there is a struggle between the kim family and the korean peoples familiar. that is a whole concept of a free floating electron is a real problem because we don t know what is going on in pyongyang at this particular time but we know it s steadily and that is not a good sign. soccer players and coaches were in north korea and how troubling is that in the midst of these talks? exchanges are going on all the time close to the border where they are having youth go across and, in some cases, farmers going across to the north to farmland, so it always becomes problematic when you
intelligence network we had in an bar, and precisely what we had and what we threw away. i wrote a column that s in the book it s called who lost iraq which i wrote in december of 2011 it ends by saying the future generations will ask, not just they re not going to ask who lost iraq they re going to ask why. charles. every republican is being asked the question what you would have done and now knowing what we know now, in 2003 how would you have voted? isn t it a question for the democrats, knowing what you know now about ramadi and moos you will and fallujah and earlier tikrit would you have pulled out? when is that question going to be asked? i wouldn t ask it as a hypothetical this is not you know this is not obscure knowledge that we couldn t have known. i and many others are arguing in december of 2011 it was very clear if we pulled out, they would be the bad guys in the
isn t it a question for the democrats, knowing what you know now about ramadi and mosul, and fallujah and earlier tikrit would you have pulled out? when is that question going to be asked? i wouldn t even ask it as a hypothetical. this is not you know this is not obscure knowledge that we couldn t have known. i, and many others are arguing in december of 2011 that it was very clear that if we pulled out, the bad guys from the region would come in. you create a vacuum. what happened is iraq is now being disputed between shiite extremists jihadists, meaning iran on the one hand and on the other hand sunni jihadists. just yesterday the defense minister of iran of iran flew into baghdad. because they are now in charge. charles krauthammer, thank you. very sad. damning new report reveals hillary clinton used a second
and we had absence on the ground we didn t have to maintain 100,000 troops 200,000 troops. we just needed a residual force. by leaving, we gave up not just the residual force, we gave up our influence over the government. we were the dominant influence in iraq. and we gave up an unchallenged unparalleled intelligence network that we had in anbar. and precisely what we had, and what we threw away. i wrote a column that s actually in the book it s called who lost iraq. which i wrote in december of 2011. and it ends by saying the future generations will ask not just they re not going to ask who lost iraq they re going to ask why. charles, every republican is being asked the question you know what you would have done and now that knowing what we know now, in 2003 how would you have voted, et cetera.
quote, we urge north korea to refrain from provocative actions that aggravate tensions and instead focus on fulfilling its international obligations and commitments. meanwhile, the north korean leader is setting his sights on personal indulgence. reinstating pleasure squads. a pro north korea newspaper said a tradition enjoyed by his father and grandfather, employing a group of young female kpanian handpicked based on good looks and measurements to be at their disposal right by their side for personal entertainment whether by synchronized swimming or a shower of affection. kim jong-il died in december of 2011. there is a mandatory period of mourning so it is possible that the son refrained from these practices in observance of those compulsory three years of