Additional funding is provid by. Corporate funding is provided by. David miliband, welcome to firing line. Good to be with yoaret. You are the president and the ceo of the International Rescue committee, Global Relief organition that was founded by Albert Einstein in 1930. Hard to do better than that, can you . No, i dont think so. Ar yoalso the former foreign secretary of the United Kingdom and a member former member of the labour party in parliament. I first must ask you about developments in the news this week. President trump ordered the killing of Iran Quds Force Major General soleim last week. Had to say about it. Soleimani was plotting imminent and sinister attackson merican diplomats and military personnel. T we caught him in thect and terminated him. In your opinion, was President Trump co to do this . Well, obviously, we havent seen the evidence that President Trump referred to, in terms of the imminent attack on u. S. Forceset or on u. S. A is obviously whatuestion the conse
Set. We should also work with the coalition and the neighbors to impose nofly zones. That will stop assad from slaughtering civilians and the opposition from the air. Charlie french president Francois Hollande has ued the United States and russia to cooperate against isis. President obama expressed doubts about working with moscow. President obama there is an increasing awareness on the part of president putin that isil poses a greater threat to them than anything else in the region. The question at this point is whether they can make the strategic adjustment that allows them to be effective partners with us and the other 65 countries who are already part of the counterisil campaign. And we dont know that yet. Charlie joining me now, general david pet race. He was commander of u. S. Forces in iraqi and afghanistan. He later served as director of the Central Intelligence agency. Today hes chairman of the k. K. R. , global institute. Im pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. Da
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Tours you served with the old guard at Arlington National cemetery. So you go to harvard law school, then you decide to go into the military . Some people may say i redeemed myself by joining the army after going to harvard. I started my final year of law school in september of 2001, probably the second week of school i was in evidence class, this was when dinosaurs roamed the earth and we didnt have smart phones in the classroom. We all gathered together and watched the rest of the day as the towers fell down, and as flight 93 crashed in shanksville. We had a prayer vigil. From that point forward i knew i wanted to serve in our countrys military. I thought about rushing out to join right away. Friends in the military discouraged that. It was probably best to finish law school and practice for a couple years to pay off my loans. But when that finished i joined the army in january 2005. Mark around also received the bronze star, the combat infantry badge pant ranger. And the ranger. You
Syria, controlling territory where 8 Million People live. Theyve also killed two american journalists on camera in propaganda videos. What is the u. S. Strategy for dealing with isis . A special report tonight on msnbc. President obamas live primetime address from the white house on the isis militant group. Thanks for joining us tonight. The president will speak from the white house, and were in washington tonight for the occasion. Im Rachel Maddow from msnbc with Chris Matthews and al sharpton and chris hayes and chief affairs correspondent, Andrea Mitchell were told the president will announce not a war effort but what hell call a comprehensive Counterterrorism Campaign against isis militants. Just to set the stage, heres the tide of Public Opinion on the u. S. Fighting isis right now. Watch this jump. This is three weeks ago. Three weeks ago, 54 of americans said they supported u. S. Air strikes against isis in iraq. Again, thats three weeks ago. 54 . Now that number has jumped to 7