But it still remains closed. Ed, a british teenager whos been missing since last weekends terror attacks by hamas has been confirmed dead today. 13 year old yahel and her mother, lianne, were both killed when gunmen attacked their kibbutz last weekend. Her sister, noya and their father, eli, are both still missing here. The Prime Minister has called for the Immediate Release of hostages taken by hamas. Its thought taken by hamas. Its thought another nine britons are among 200 people still being held and away from israel. The return of islamist terrorism poses a threat to all european nations , threat to all european nations, according to the french president , emmanuel macron, who is speaking today. President , emmanuel macron, who is speaking today. His comments come a day after two swedish football fans were shot dead in a terrorist attack in brussels before belgiums euro 2024 qualifier against sweden last night. Belgium police say the suspect who identified himself onune suspect who
President for foreign policies here at the kato institute. Thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching at cspan and online at kato. Org. Following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. The ensuing 16 years, u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Aassessments are mixed at best. In june secretary of state james mattis stated we are not winning in afghanistan right now. Estimates what have we spent prang from 840 billion to over 2 trillion plus over 2300 u. S. Troops killed and another 20,000 wounde
Lets consider the root, the cult of radical islam. While killing terrorists is satisfying and quenches the thirst for justice, it doesnt make a dent in the real problem. Young yo susceptible men. If you kill them with drone strikes it just makes more of them. You have to wage war on the ideology which we have not effectively done with all our wars and drones and trillions of dollars that have failed to move the needle. When some random sicko sneaks in through a random lottery. We should let good hard working smart people in who want to study and thrive and participate. Instead of spying on americans who speak to foreigners. We should focus on the murderers who wants to kill us and take away our freedom. Sealing ourselves in silos might make us feel protected. But its no way to live. We do have to accept that government cannot keep us safe from everything. And certainly not by spying on us. Im glad hes still alive and in pain. If one of the survivors was my relative i would find a way t
Cult of radical islam. While killing terrorists is satisfying and quenches the thirst for justice, it doesnt make a dent in the real problem. Young yo susceptible men. If you kill them with drone strikes it just makes more of them. You have to wage war on the ideology which we have not effectively done with all our wars and drones and trillions of dollars that have failed to move the needle. When some random sicko sneaks in through a random lottery. We should let good hard working smart people in who want to study and thrive and participate. Instead of spying on americans who speak to foreigners. We should focus on the murderers who wants to kill us and take away our freedom. Sealing ourselves in silos might make us feel protected. But its no way to live. We do have to accept that government cannot keep us safe from everything. And certainly not by spying on us. Im glad hes still alive and in pain. If one of the survivors was my relative i would find a way to put draino in his i. V. We
Good morning. Im christopher prebrle, the Vice President for defense and Foreign Policy studies here at the cato institute. Thank you for being here today and thank you also to our outstanding conference staff here at cato who do such a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching on cspan and online at cato. Org. Following the september 11th terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States initiated combat operations against al qaeda targets inside of afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorists there. In the ensuing 16 years u. S. Goals have changed marginally, but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government, and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Assessments of our progress to date are mixed at best. In june secretary of Defense James Mattis stated, we are not win