policy at home which we ll get through throughout the night. ambassador, thank you for being here and joining us now with more reaction the host of war stories. colonel oliver north. you have a couple purple hearts from vietnam and i know you lost a lot of friends in vietnam and now people buried at arlington. i know it s a raw issue with you because i heard you give speeches and seen you tear up and your heart breaks for these families. the biggest thing i heard tonight was obliteration, winning, taking the handcuffs off. letting the generals and the guys on the ground decide and no longer was it going to be about nation building and no longer will we have these ridiculous rules of engagement. first time we have a definition of victory obliteration and preventing the taliban from taking over and stopping terrorists. straightforward and good stuff and the right thing to say in
and we ll look at other tactics on the ground. maybe a hybrid between what was presented last weekend at camp david and when the president talked about and talking about u.s. troops on the ground and the expectation for allies to step up to the plate. it was positive. sean: when the president talked about going against his own instinct based on what he learned and things you only learn as president. some people saying he changing his position. i don t see that at all. it s a reality of what we re facing. every military friend of mine was writing me ecstatic saying we re not going to telegraph, we re taking the handcuffs off. you mean we can fight a war and
he talks about our borders and a policy at home. ambassador, good to see you. joining us now with more reaction to the president the host of war stories, oliver north. you have a couple purple hearts from vietnam and i know you lost a lot of friends from vietnam and know people buried at arlington. i know it s a raw issue for you because i ve watch you give speeches and tear up and your as tough a guy i ll meet in my life your heart bleed for these families. i heard obliteration, winning, taking the handcuffs off and letting the generals and guys and gals on the ground decide and no longer will we have ridiculous rules of engagement. for the first time we have the definition of victory, obliterating the enemy and preventing the taliban from taking over and stopping the terrorists from attacking
policy at home which we ll get through throughout the night. ambassador, thank you for being here and joining us now with more reaction the host of war stories. colonel oliver north. you have a couple purple hearts from vietnam and i know you lost a lot of friends in vietnam and now people buried at arlington. i know it s a raw issue with you because i heard you give speeches and seen you tear up and your heart breaks for these families. the biggest thing i heard tonight was obliteration, winning, taking the handcuffs off. letting the generals and the guys on the ground decide and no longer was it going to be about nation building and no longer will we have these ridiculous rules of engagement. first time we have a definition of victory obliteration and preventing the taliban from taking over and stopping terrorists. straightforward and good stuff and the right thing to say in
them a chance to prove what they want. and their strategy. but he is also a man who will reflect on that over the coming weeks and months. and he is able to change it if he decides this is not working. brian: we know he took the handcuffs off in syria and a blowing up the caliphate. took the handcuffs off in mosul and about to take their country back. let s talk about now that vacation is about over. the president is back on the white house. he actually was never on vacation that was poorly communicated. they are rebuilding the west wing. he has worked 20 hours a day. having said that do you think it s important, david bossie, just from you personally knowing the president and the hill for him to put out the hand to jeff flake, to lindsey graham, and mitch mcconnell that he has been clashing with through the media? some of those people, you know, in politics there is the front of the hand and the back of the hand.