By islamic state, so called. In this programme, i want to look at the way the world has changed during my 50 years as a foreign correspondent. And we are in iraq because its played such an important part in my career. Its easy to assume that bad news is the only news, but my experience has been rather different, as well see. With our Cameraman Sitting in front and our security adviser driving, we are getting near mosul now. There, it looks pretty recent, actually, doesnt it . Until a few days ago, this territory was held by islamic state. Craters were made by ieds roadside bombs. Islamic state captured mosul two and a half years ago. Now the iraqi army is on the offensive but the ground is littered with hidden explosives and booby traps left by is. When we get there, gents, please be aware of your footing, in case theres any mines or anything that hasnt exploded yet. There you are. And then you will be able to say, well, i told them just off the main road are some well to do Family Hou
That syria is more of a con undrum, more of a quagmire than even iraq. But there are lots of ways to support the Syrian People if you want to support the Syrian People, right . You can actually bring over more as refugees. You can actually provide more humanitarian aid. You can establish a safe zone it is not at all clear to me that going after the a sad regime directly militarily is the way to go. Rose we conclude with bernard henrilevy, the french filmmaker and author whose most recent film is called the battle of mosul. The famous question in 1943 in america, why do we come back, why do we fight. The kurds ask the same question and they say we fight for freedom. We fight for america. We fielt for france. We might gengs jihadism. And this is a great thing to see. Most they are devouted muslim, pious mus lum, try muslim fighting against radical islam 6789 this is a great experience and great proof that the battle is not between the west and the rest. Rose tom done illon, ian bremmer a
That syria is more of a con undrum, more of a quagmire than even iraq. But there are lots of ways to support the Syrian People if you want to support the Syrian People, right . You can actually bring over more as refugees. You can actually provide more humanitarian aid. You can establish a safe zone it is not at all clear to me that going after the a sad regime directly militarily is the way to go. Rose we conclude with bernard henrilevy, the french filmmaker and author whose most recent film is called the battle of mosul. The famous question in 1943 in america, why do we come back, why do we fight. The kurds ask the same question and they say we fight for freedom. We fight for america. We fielt for france. We might gengs jihadism. And this is a great thing to see. Most they are devouted muslim, pious mus lum, try muslim fighting against radical islam 6789 this is a great experience and great proof that the battle is not between the west and the rest. Rose tom done illon, ian bremmer a
Undrum, more of a quagmire than even iraq. But there are lots of ways to support the Syrian People if you want to support the Syrian People, right . You can actually bring over more as refugees. You can actually provide more humanitarian aid. You can establish a safe zone it is not at all clear to me that going after the a sad regime directly militarily is the way to go. Rose we conclude with bernard henrilevy, the french filmmaker and author whose most recent film is called the battle of mosul. The famous question in 1943 in america, why do we come back, why do we fight. The kurds ask the same question and they say we fight for freedom. We fight for america. We fielt for france. We might gengs jihadism. And this is a great thing to see. Most they are devouted muslim, pious mus lum, try muslim fighting against radical islam 6789 this is a great experience and great proof that the battle is not between the west and the rest. Rose tom done illon, ian bremmer and bernard henrilevy when we
During the Obama Administration. And he has met with the president of china a number of times. Welcome. As National Security adviser, made china in particular a particular area of interest for yourself. What do you think the chinese are expecting and what do they hope to accomplish . Tom it is the most important , diplomatic meeting that President Trump has had so far in his presidency. On the chinese side, their approach would be to have a successful meeting. And indeed moving forward towards the fall when the chinese leadership change takes place. In october and november of this year, you will have changes that will affect the next five years of president xi jinpings tenure. They were want to operate effectively on the international stage. He will try to get this on the path so that he does not have any kind of conflict or crisis toward the end of the year. Charlie he is looking ahead to october . Towards that very Important Congress that will take place in october or november . Tom