and i think the that he left it up to both biden and carter to talk specifically about the majority of the accomplishments of the military had in the national security sphere during the last eight years. he paid attention, the president did, to a couple of things of some interest. the things, i guess, which meant the most to him. humanitarian work in west africa, getting osama bin laden. that was the very first thing he mentioned. of course, was the singular military achievement that he had during his presidency. he didn t talk necessarily about the drawdown. he said at the beginning of his presidency that we would be out of iraq and, by and large, out offing off as well. as you know, we re not. he made it a point himself of saying, though we ve drawn down from 115,000 or so to 15,000, we still have 15,000 in iraq, so we
never far away, in 1953 after a wave of guerrilla attacks from jordan he led the infamous unit 101 on a raid into a border could blowing up 45 houses killing 69 arab villagers. sharon said he thought the houses were empty. by june 1967 he was back at war. now a general leading his tank battalion to a crushing victory over the egyptians in the sinai during the six-day war. what he considered his greatest military achievement came in 1973 when the young war, orders and surrounded egypt s third army. it was a turning point in the war. sharon, the war hero, turned politician. one of the founders of his conservative party, he was the father of the settlement. jewish communities built on occupied palestinian land, condemned internationally and seen as an obstacle to peace by many within israel.
done the no-fly zone in february or early march and trained the rebels in march and i wrote a piece calling for that. we could have moved nato more aggressively and the story, here, really is not that we got qaddafi but how long did to take, and why. trace: former away to nato, sir, good of you. thank you. under president obama s watch the united states has killed or helped kill some of the most dangerous men but will the state of the economy overhad dough the commander in chief s military achievement? the political impact of muammar qaddafi s death is next. that s good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could ve had a v8.
policy and military achievement, how do i build on this to try to keep the momentum going as we look toward an election next year? what s the headlines of your advice? well, the headline is going to be hope you continue to to be as smart and lucky as you have been. a lot of it was wisdom and smart and good leadership. a lot of it was just plain luck. like the birth certificate came out last week. then we have h the white house week and a half ago. we had the white house correspondents dinner. then we got obama and then good jobs number last week. a lot of things have fallen into place and you can t always count on those things and what he has done that s really wise is, number one, play it authentic. if you saw the interview he wasn t boastful. he wasn t going to spike the football. he really said i was nervous. i was worried. this was a tough decision. he really let people open the kimono a little and different from what we have seen in the past.