Beneficial effect as to the significant commitment of troops. Mr. Pregent im concerned about our footprint right now. 5,000 americans are in iraq and 100,000 shia militia members are in iraq, led by the same people that targeted americans five years ago. They made these threats. I dont think we can do the leverage part where we start to curb or reign influence, try to get militias to stand down without putting our current footprint at risk of being targeted. Mr. Doran so the 5,000 troops we have there are hostages in a , or potential hostages if iranian policy were to change. Mr. Pregent our footprint is constraining our ability to go after isis. Mr. Doran at the risk of putting you on the spot, how many troops mr. Pregent 30,000 iraqs and syrians. Mr. Doran were talking a commitment of 60,000 troops. Mr. Pregent doesnt have to all u. S. S. , just a natoled, led force, becaus i dont think iraqe once it to be russialed. It instantly a strong natoled force that has the ability to say no,
Beneficial effect as to the significant commitment of troops. Mr. Pregent im concerned about our footprint right now. 5,000 americans are in iraq and 100,000 shia militia members are in iraq, led by the same people that targeted americans five years ago. They made these threats. I dont think we can do the leverage part where we start to curb or reign influence, try to get militias to stand down without putting our current footprint at risk of being targeted. Mr. Doran so the 5,000 troops we have there are hostages in a , or potential hostages if iranian policy were to change. Mr. Pregent our footprint is constraining our ability to go after isis. Mr. Doran at the risk of putting you on the spot, how many troops mr. Pregent 30,000 iraqs and syrians. Mr. Doran were talking a commitment of 60,000 troops. Mr. Pregent doesnt have to all u. S. S. , just a natoled, led force, becaus i dont think iraqe once it to be russialed. It instantly a strong natoled force that has the ability to say no,
About france . We love france. I will start and you will finish. France is really important. Did people hear her . We are talking about france. The pivot of our book we would agree. What we needed to do was get jefferson out of virginia. He was having a rough time there as you know, and give him a chance to be a visionary, to get some perspective on the American Revolution and the state of virginia. Being in france enabled him to do that. To suddenly see that a space that he wanted, had great doubts about his fellow virginians and they are all over his book about the state of virginia. In france those doubts diminished because he saw something much worse. He saw the old regime and he said what we have in america, we have wholesome families, farming their farms, this is the foundation of a healthy, Natural Society and also, this is the crucial argument we make and it is one of annettes great contributions of course it is all her book, to our understanding of jefferson, that is how jeffe
And no political power. There is in france no legislature, theres no way for the people to be able to actually speak and to change things. And so he sees a decadent political system that he locates as decadent because of the family. The family life in france is decadent to him. Women, women out in the street scary. Was scary. He liked them, you know, obviously. [laughter] women out in the street, all these things. Sigmund was not around then, zig money freud was not around then Sigmund Freud was not around then, but women out in the streets looking for pleasure, they should be back in their nurseries, theyre not attending to whats at home. Is so he has this idealized version of family. We talk about the importance of home, of family, hes not at home until he gets to retirement. Hes there 17 years. Family, heath idealizing the women. His wife is dead and hes there by himself. He begins to look at the world, at virginia, in a very, very through a sentimental haze. And he begins to look a
Something you highlighted in your testimony about them acting recently to recognize that lgbt rights are human rights. A first in that forum. You highlighted it and it is very important in moving forward. I guess i want to ask in terms of your po posals and recommendations to others, how important it is for governments and authorities and regimes to say lgbt rights are human rights and how dangerous is the absence of that, the silence to that. Thank you for this important question. From my own experience being a gay man in syria, i know i knew at an early age that the government has laws against us and we are not legal. I was not allowed to say it out loud. I was not allowed to be out in the open. It was punishable up to three years in prison. And worst that it could be persecuted by your own community members. Its very important for us to put the words out there. To say the government will be held accountable and say lgbt rights are human rights. From my understanding, my community in