Impeachment. Republicans and democrats clashing over the rules even though the articles have yet to arrive at the senate. Plus attorney general bill barr meeting next week with officials in mexico to talk security amid that countrys worsening epidemic of narco violence. Im Melissa Francis in for elizabeth macdonald. The evening edit starts right now. Melissa we have every angle covered for you tonight. Hillary vaughn with latest from the white house on iran. Gerri willis at New York Stock Exchange with todays big rally. Kick it off with hillary at the white house. Hillary . Melissa, all Senate Democrats and two Senate Republicans left the closeddoor briefing with the trump administrations Foreign Policy team today unsatisfied. Some of them were outraged after one Administration Official asked congress not to take up any war powers resolution debating the limitation of any further action against iran over concerns it would send iran the wrong message. To come in and tell us that we cant
Teethree in your 28 team book why we fight do you write the most significant threat we face today to emanate from the world of nonstate actors they come from old nationstate adversaries who have learned from the end of the 20th century toy understand the only way to defeat us is by using your regular or indirect means of attack. The assassination of general t14 fit into this quick. It was the shadow commander because he wasnt just a Major General in the regular army and a normal battle it isnt the battleyb of the bulge or the first gulf war but use proxy forces on Six Continents including the us with the italian ambassador to wage irregular warfare the weaker power has developed a far more powerful adversary like United States no longer a superpower we are a hyperpower no one can come close to us in our conventional capacity we have 12 aircraft carriers we have more special forces than most countries have soldiers. So how is a nation as powerful as us to use proxies and terrorism and i
Of defeating jihad, why we fight. And most racially, the war for americas soul. The aand most recently. In your 2018 book, why we fight, you write the most significant threats we face today to not emanate from the world of nonstate actors. They come from old nationstate adversaries who have seemingly learned from the change wrought at the end of the 20th century and to understand the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack. Could the assassination of general solar fit into that theory . It could because of who he was his official title. Thanks to having me on the show. He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that th
He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that the weaker power has developed against the far more powerful adversary like the United States. America is no longer a superpower as a french analyst claimed it. We are a hyperpower. Nobody can come close to us in our conventional capacity. We have 12 Nuclear Aircraft carriers. We have more special forces than some countries have soldiers. So use in direct means, proxies, terrorism and irregular warfare. Was the commander of that warfare. You also write and why we fight that we are not interventionists, but we are not isolationists. When it comes to this president , yes. As President Trumps former strate
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