the clarity and the intelligence, but the communication packages and the ability to reach back with the things our special forces bring with them from the battlefield. yeah, you know, it s interesting that you point that out. i will say everybody who has said that to me is like a 22-year-old kid who has no military experience, no experience with the u.s. military, and in truth doesn t really know what they re talking about. they re talking from a position of pride and national pride. but when you talk to iraqi personnel, military personnel who have worked one-on-one with green berets, it s a completely different tune, just as you said. lieutenant general mark hertling, i appreciate you being on. thank you so much. thank you, anderson. up next, nuri al maliki, the man now being blamed for the sunni backlash that is fueling the current crisis. does iraq s prime minister need to step down? is there a way for that to happen without the u.s. trying to force to it happen? we ll talk ab
you point that out. everybody that said that to me is like a 22-year-old kid that has no military experience, no experience with the u.s. military and doesn t know what they are talking about. they are talking about pride and national pride but when you talk to iraqi personnel, military personnel who worked one on one, it s a completely different tune as you said. lieutenant general, appreciate you being on. thank you so much. thank you. up next in this hour, the u.s. supported maliki, no doubt about that. the man being blamed for the sunni backlash or does iraq s prime minister need to step down? is there a way for that to happen without the u.s. forcing that to happen? we ll talk about that and i ll talk to richard clark, the top counterterrorism officials his warnings about al qaeda were ignored before 9/11 and we re seeing exactly why. we ll talk to him ahead. you ve reached the age where you ve learned a thing or two.