Early 2012, and then the c. I. A. Became convinced that we could actually vet the Free Syrian Army and i will say that the institute for the study of war had some impact on provide them information that assisted them with that conclusion, and general petraeus would admit at the time. He presented a briefing to secretary clinton and panetta and dempsey, general dempsey and they agreed with him that this force could in fact be armed equipped and trained robustly. But the administration did not do that. And tragically, as a result of that, the Free Syrian Army now is a mere shadow of its former self. It is frankly theres frankly not much of it left. Senator mccain and could i add, in desperation, isnt it true theyve joined forces with al nusra, an affiliated orlingnyization . Is that true . General keane organizations that were part of their organization have broken from them. They were islamic organizations, not radicalized and they have joined with alnusra, who has gain masters degree t
Know the human terrain in these areas very very very well. They are ruthless, and they are committed and determined. And theyre exhibiting the will to fight. And theyre fighting for pewer, theyre fighting for ideological reasons. But for many sunni arabs who are sfrus frustrated. Theyre fighting for they land families, and future and theyre not. Theyre fighting anyway because theyre fighting for their own lives and their own future and theyre fearful. There are many sunni military aged males to date that have not taken sides in this fight. Its just a matter of time if this polarization continues and we let this drag on that isis will gain more and more recruits from the iraqi population base. The iraqi fight with isis is not dominating by foreign fighters. This is a home grown fight and we have to keep that in mind. Isis, as fred mentioned maintains operational freedom in most of the sunni arab provinces and they remain stronger because importantly relatively their opposition is very w
Politics, 2014 politics. President obamas nomination of Sylvia Burwell as the next head of health and Human Services on this open phones for our first 45 minutes. Here are the numbers. 202 5853881 or republicans. 202 5853880 four democrats. 202 5853882 for independents. Theres our Facebook Page right there. You can email us. Heres the interior section of the wall street journal this morning. Taking a look at rand paul as a potential 2016 candidate. Hes speaking at that event in New Hampshire today. One of the things highlighted from the wall street journal saying mr. Pauls approach to policy he initially advocated a handsoff approach to russian aggression against ukraine. It stands at odds with most republican lawmakers. His nonintervention posture mix into extreme for many gop rainmakers. His name doesnt even come up in my circles says mel semlerbler. We are a leader in the world and we should not abandon that philosophy. That is in the wall street journal. If you go to the pages of t
Thing economic reform is important and i love my country and i am proud of my country and i want january japan as a country contributing to the resolution of challenges and issues in the world and what im trying to do i talked about this earlier and with what i said may bomb described as right wing or military. Rose the foreign secretary of Great Britain and the Prime Minister of japan when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We have to take this proposal seriously and we have to test it. If the Syrian Regime verifiably gave up itsmi stockpiles, this would obviously be a major step forward. Rose William Hague is the British Foreign secretary and a close ally of david cameron. Today he represented the United Kingdom between iran and the five plus one nations. It was also attended by john kerry. It represented the highest level face to face meeting between iran and the United States or n more than three decades
And i am proud of my country and i want january japan as a country contributing to the resolution of challenges and issues in the world and what im trying to do i talked about this earlier and with what i said may bomb described as right wing or military. Rose the foreign secretary of Great Britain and the Prime Minister of japan when we continue. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We have to take this proposal seriously and we have to test it. If the Syrian Regime verifiably gave up its chemical weapons stockpiles, this would obviously be a major step forward. Rose William Hague is the British Foreign secretary and a close ally of david cameron. Today he represented the United Kingdom between iran and the five plus one nations. It was also attended by john kerry. It represented the highest level face to face meeting between iran and the United States or n more than three decades. Also on the agenda of the minister this