My childrens godfather is a former special forces group and he had a line he got from a commander somewhere in his career that said there are some peoplpeople just need killing. Some you will not be able to reason with or negotiate with and there is just evil in the world and that is kind of the approach he takes. He doesnt necessarily like it when he knows it needs to be done he went out and he does it. He runs through the bucs as a combination of multiple people that ive known in the world of government, diplomacy, part of government. Hhes actually named after somebody right here in dc who processes fisa warrants for the prophetic justice. So there is one over at doj, real life, and i hope it is a great name for a character. He is a collection of these people and then what i tell folks is that hes my alter ego. He gets to go and do the things my wife wont let me do. She let me go to afghanistan but she drew the line of chasing female operatives. So there is a line i cant cross. Host
Serving. Watch booktv this weekend on cspan2. So welcome. The scheduling of this book and panel is certainly timely given the rising crisis with iran. Look into that subject eventually, but the point of the book, entitled seven pillars, and the discussion is to look more broadly and more deeply at the drivers of instability in the middle east. From yemen to syria to iraq, and now with iran, the region more than ever seems in a permanent state of turmoil. Its become a land of endless wars. Tragically, despite decades of intense and often wellmeaning american attention and the expenditure billions of dollars, u. S. Policy has more often than not been a failure. Maybe the caveat more often than not is, its been absolute failure, if one accepts the basic aim was to foster stability and better life for the people of the region. Of course the ones ultimately responsible for a countries success or failure of the people who live there, but the catastrophe in todays middle east raises questions
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Ilbook entitled seven pillars, and the discussion, is to look more broadly and were deeply at the drivers of instability in the middle east. From yemen toem syria to iraq, d now with iran, the region more than ever seen in a permanent state of turmoil, its become a land of endless wars. Tragically, despite decades of intense and often wellmeaning american attention and the expenditure of billions of dollars, u. S. Policy has more often than not been a failure. Maybe they can get more often thanha not is too kind. Ut its been an absolute failure if one accepts the basic aim was to foster disability and a better life for the people in the region. Of course the ones ultimately responsible for for a country success or failure of people who live there. But the catastrophe of todays middle east raises questions about whether the United States should continue to be engaged in the region, and if so, how. In this regard the editors of seven pillars, Michael Rubin and Brian Katulis andha a cocon
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