decides to raid they hear gunshots. it s thought he is killed right there by the terrorist and dies of his injuries. it s unbelievable we lost such a quality person like. this it is. really the juxtaposition of the two cultures of western cull turks a place where we value life and liberty and freedom and islamic extremism and terrorism where the only thing that they value is death and subjugation. on the battlefield western countries use our bodies to shield women and children. islamic jihaddists and terrorists use women and children as human shields. it s a difference between good and evil. lieutenant colonel is somebody emblematic of that a warrior to his very core. he made his country proud but not only that he made countless generations and legacy of warriors proud that came before him as well. if you ask yourself a very fundamental question is why do people volunteer to serve this country, their country, whether in a police uniform
dominate people who are not radical, the moderates, and start working with them until they convince them. then the radical clear clerics will bless any actions against the enemies, including the united states. john: i did some looking into the chechen mind-set and those in chechnya and supporters of chechnya come into two camps. the chechen nationalists and then there are the islamic jihaddists. would you assume these two brothers fall into the islamic jihad category? there is no doubt about that. from what i saw on-line there couldn t be other options. chechen nationalists are not necessarily enemies of the united states. actually during the 1990 s, the united states was supportive of many of these ethnic communities, and even in yugoslavia, as we saw with bosnia and many other parts of the soviet union, we, this country, was supportive of these minorities, most of which
death. we see the shift taking place and the afghans are taking the lead and taking on more of the responsibility. we are trying to give them an ethos of self-less service to their nation and to their people. oliver: i m oliver north and this is a special episode of war stories. coming to you from afghanistan. for over 2,000 years, this rugged country has been the crossroads of empires and civilizations from alexander the great to the imperial expansion of old europe to the soviet invasion of 1979, foreign armies have marched across this forbidding and unforgiving land. by 9/11/01 afghanistan was ruled by islamic jihaddists. this was haven from which
people. oliver: i m oliver north and this is a special episode of war stories. coming to you from afghanistan. for over 2,000 years, this rugged country has been the crossroads of empires and civilizations from alexander the great to the imperial expansion of old europe to the soviet invasion of 1979, foreign armies have marched across this forbidding and unforgiving land. by 9/11/01 afghanistan was ruled by islamic jihaddists. this was haven from which al-qaeda strucking america. join us for this special look into the heroic battle for a new afghanistan.
up on that. this happens in the course of the arab spring when people in the streets peacefully protesting are accomplishing more than bin laden and his thugs ever did with bombs. in that sense does the bin laden takedown represent a kind of turning point for the whole issue of islamic jihaddists. i think bin laden was on the past end of the turning point. he wasn t the future, he stles the past. i think if there is any silver lining in getting him ten years later it is that the arab spring happened and it was a complete repudiation of osama bin laden and bin ladennism, i think it is fiting that it happened before he went. i think that is also part of the white house s message that bin ladennism is in the past and the arab spring proves that. chris: paul? shaips up the war in a fundamental way, too. mpakistan. gives us an opening to say look, we can make the cross