it has drifted into the way we have war in a way we have insulated from the politics and from civilian life. it doesment affect us at home. it s slick and painless for us who are not fighting the wars, and in some waicases, we do not know we re at war. take for for example a nice friday night news dump from a couple weeks ago, friday june 15th,ç the president sends a letter to congress explaining where our troops are in the world and under what legal authority they re there. so this latest one said we re out of iraq entirely. we re still fighting in afghanistan, actively engaging fighters in afghanistan. we re still engaging guantanamo, still have the troops in central africa going after joseph koni, military monitors in kosovo, and
15th, the president sends a ç letter to congress explaining where our troops are in the world and under what legal authority they are there. so this latest one said we re out of iraq entirely. we re still fighting in afghanistan, actively engaging al qaeda and taliban fighters in afghanistan. we re still engaging guantanamo, awkward for so many reasons, still have the troops in central africa going after joseph koni, military monitors in kosovo, and in egypt left over from 1981. although it s different than in 1981. you know what it does not mention anywhere, is this place, where we re definitely at war but we don t call it that. for nine years the u.s. has been killing people using remote piloted aircraft in the nuclear arms, fairly unstable nation of pakistan. president bush started the policy, but president obama has
this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight, they have talked themselves into it, one of the officials says that they are fighting an insurgency and they believe right now they will win and sadly, anderson, the opposition remains fractured and unable to really mount an effective counter offensive according to these officials. does this surprise you? i m not really sure about the quality of the american intelligence around syria. who s the inner circle? is it his brother? yes, his inner circle will be with him throughout, they will flee with him, they will fight with him and most likely they will die with him. he hears what the american officials are saying, he hears general dempsey saying their defense system in syria is robust. and president clinton rebuking the syrian people. you know, this has been a good run. and in homes now, basically they won. they were able to decimate and move in with their forces. do you feel t
85 lives today alone. in addition those same sources outlined the help assaad is getting from iran. in other words help in targeting its own people. also with us tonight, former cia officer and time.com intelligence columnist robert baer. barbara, even though we have word today of more defections from the syrian army, you re seeing that assaad has a firm grip on syria. the assessment is all in agreement. assad remains in control, in charge, commanding his forces. there is no break, they believe in the inner circle around him. this is not his critical inner circle. they have closed ranks, they have determined to fight, they have talked themselves into it, one of the officials says that they are fighting an insurgency and they believe right now they will win and sadly, anderson, the opposition remains fractured and unable to really mount an effective counter offensive according to these officials. does this surprise you? i m not really sure about the quality of the amer
that s when everybody started freaking out. a passenger who shot this video. check out this video showing a tornado strike in kentucky. look at that roof. it s blowing right off. it was part of the killer storms that hit the nation last weekend leaving a huge path of destruction. former u.n. secretary kofi annan is trying to prevent a full-blown civil war. he s meeting in damascus to halt government shell iing and attac that killed thousands of people. he s expected to press the president to step down. the meeting comes as 12 people were killed in syria today. thousands of antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in moscow. it s the first since vladimir putin s victory sunday. they are trying to keep up their momentum despite his victory and the arrest of hundreds of protesters. washington is pushing the reset button. president obama phoned putin to congratulate him. they discussed how the u.s. and russia can cooperate on trade. they touched on syria and missi