Host in the daily beast, the headline the real reason the u. S. Did not rescue Bowe Bergdahl did not arrest Bowe Bergdahl. U. S. Special operatives would have had to give up one dozen possible hideouts in order to have a chance of rescuing him, according to u. S. Officials who often who also say that the Obama Administration did not want to risk the political fallout from another unilateral u. S. Raid, like a navy seal raid that killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011. Guest that sounds quite logical. None of us want to see soldiers put into harms way unless we have a clear target and operation. You know, the bin laden raid still remains controversial legally. We did go into another nation without their approval and carry out a military operation. We did kill people within pakistan. While we feel that was justified, many around the world view that as a clear violation of International Law. Imagine if mexico did that, they came in and took out a guy in san diego and went across the border. We wo
The substance and process, what captain jackson and his team are attempting to do excuse me, captain johnson is to make sure that folks have a chance to give their voice as well as keep the peace at the same time. [inaudible] i think everybody saw a clear d operationale an activities yesterday. [inaudible] i think there are a lot of steps along the way that will cause angst and pressure. That is natural and appropriate, frankly. A young man killed, an officer involved. A great deal of energy, appropriate, accurate, real energy. I think we will look at those guideposts engage them accordingly, but we are hoping to make sure that during this process, this difficult, challenging process, that there is focused energy and peace to the businesses and people in the community. Will the protesters be allowed to protest anywhere they want . Or for their safety and everyone safety i do not know. I was the captain run his security will let the captain run his security. [inaudible] we are focused o
Civil war historians biennial meeting is about one hour and a half. In the past two years, three feature films whose focus is american slavery and emancipation have been released to positive and often glowing reviews. All of them were profitable. Django unchained made 160 Million Dollars at the box office. Lincoln made 182 million. 12 years a slave, made 56 million, but only cost 20 million to make. This sort of miniupsurge has provoked a lot of debate and discussion about depictions of slavery and freedom in film and other forms of media. In television, documentaries, and youtube shorts, different series. We are continuing the conversation today. All of our panelists are fierce scholars of the American South and of race and gender. They have also written about, reviewed, taught courses on, and consulted for films about slavery. Catherine clinton has been teaching at Queens University belfast since 2006, but will be coming back to the United States this fall to be a professor of u. S.