ability to execute good order and discipline inside their ranks. also, you brought it up just briefly in what you said, jim, there s a message here to allies and partners, if we exonerate this kind of behavior, if we re able to whistle past that graveyard, how can they trust when they have american boots on their ground conducting operations in their countries that we have the ability and the forthrightness to hold our troops accountable for what is essentially war crimes. yeah. listen, i remember the deep concern after the abu grab scandal how u.s. forces operate on the battlefield, the soft power is u.s. forces follow the law where others may not. follow the law and stand for values that are greater than just ourselves. absolutely. well said. rear admiral john kirby, thanks very much. you bet. congress is on break for thanksgiving as democrats press forward with their impeachment plans and time frame. i ll speak to one lawmaker about his party s next steps. we re moments aw
able to whistle past his graveyard, then how can they trust if they have american boots on their ground conducting operations in their countries that we have the ability and forthrightness to hold our troops accountable for what is essentially war crimes? harris: major general scales, you say what? i say the president can do what he wants and again, these were these were three efforts by the president to stop and reverse a court-martial or to hurt court marshals and to exonerate major goldstein. is this a big deal in the larger scope of things? i don t think so. i think everyone realizes that the american military, particularly our special forces are not the one you have several cases recently where the president has intervened. we are focusing on eddie gallagher and him to be able to keep the trident as a navy seal. what kirby was saying is that it
pakistan. notably, obviously on the border with afghanistan. but the majority of kills have been by drone strikes. nevertheless, we ve had special operations forces on the ground conducting operations of this type. i think a lot of people would be surprised how few people were actually involved in an operation like this. and furthermore, how much practice, had to be undertaken in order to make this thing work. it s a good thing that these guys remain put for as long as they did. it gave us plenty of opportunity to practice this operation and make sure it was successful. we, we used almost undoubtedly, mh-53j helicopters. very large helicopters, used in special operations with a wide variety of electronic equipment aboard, there were back-ups. indeed, one of the helicopters
2012 into the year of the veteran for this country. well, obviously that s one of the things we do at vote vets is take the veterans voice and put it in political debate so we ensure our issues are taken care of. we ll go after politicians bad to the military. we went after mostly republicans who went against body armor so we re very interested in getting veterans in the debate. coming hope, it s hard. went to get $1,000 out of a bank account to put a down payment on an apartment here and the girl behind the desk says to me, hey, is this the current address? i said no, i ve been gone for the year. i said i was in iraq. were you on vacation? nothing like having a dog, he s your best friend so i m all about the dog thing and the bottom line it s very difficult to come back. look, people today don t realize that the president went to ft. bragg because the second brigade of the 28nd airborne division came home which was one of the last brigades that was actually on the ground conducting