occurred recently, of course, a big bombing, hundreds of civilians were killed when a u.s. bomb hit mosul, iraq, one of the things john dickerson wanted to know are we going to see more of this. is the u.s. military going to kill more civilians? here with that exchange. watch. 100 civilians were killed after a u.s. bomb hit a building in mosul in iraq. is this the result of this tempo? is this the thing americans need to get used to as a natural by product of this strategy? the american people and the american military will never get used to civilian casualties. and we will fight against that every way we can possibly bring our intelligence and our tactics to bear. people who had tried to leave that city were not allowed to by isis. we are the good guys. we re not the perfect guys, but we are the good guys. abby: i loved that last line. because you know, you think about this country. you do the best job that you can. you are not always perfect
you never know, do you? you never know. that s all you re going to say. you know i don t talk about the military. i m not like obama where they talk about in four months we ll hit mosul and in the meantime they get ready. mosul was supposed to last for a week and now they ve been fighting it for many months. so many more people died. i don t want to talk about it. is his unpredictability actually a virtue, general? well, unpredictability is a virtue at the tactical level, so you don t want to telegraph if you re going to have t-lams going after a syrian airfield, but you do want strategic consistency, michael. your friends and your enemies need to have a fairly good idea of what your intent is and where your red lines are. i think it s a bit overstated in what he said in that particular broadcast. i want to show you an additional clip of secretary
you reference president trump. president trump was hammered in certain quarters this week for inconsistencies. i want to know from general hayden, if consistency, when it comes to foreign affairs and national security, is overrated as a virtue? i want to show you a short clip that he appeared with maria bartiromo on fox business and then i ll ask that question. play it. what are we doing right now in terms of north korea? you never know, do you? you never know. that s all you re going to say. you know i don t talk about the military. i m like obama where they talk about in four months we ll hit mosul and in the meantime they get ready. mosul was supposed to last for a week and now they ve been fighting it for many months. so many more people died. i don t want to talk about it. is his unpredictability actually a virtue, general? well, unpredictability is a virtue at the tactical level, so you don t want to telegraph if you re going to have someone
you redirected navy ships to go to the korean peninsula what are we doing right now in terms of north korea?o you never know, do you? i don t talk about the military, i m not like obama with a talk about it in four months, we re going to hit mosul in the meantime they get ready and you never say it you re still fighting most of commit was supposed to last for a week ands now they ve been fighting it for many months. i don t want to talk about it. we are sending an armada, very powerful. we have submarines very powerful. far more powerful than the eircraft carrier that i can tell you. we have the best military people on earth. i will say this. he is doing the wrong thing. do you think he is mentally fit? i don t know, i don t know him. he s doing the wrong thing. sean: what s fascinatingoi about this is he s not backing down, i get the overall
fied sanctuary to joe are grow in afghanistan. what this map is depicting is what isis has been able to achieve. in black it is what they actually control physically on the ground in dark red is what they are attempting to control and then in lighter red is their support zone. this is a hell of a lot of territory. because of the success they have achieved they have grown into a terrorist army. we are not talking about the terrorist organization this is a terrorist army. that is what is different. it fights conventionally now. it moves into towns and dominates them with combat power overwhelming those who are in the towns and cities. how do you explain the astonishing advance of isis in iraq in the last few weeks. let s take mosul.