Well, thank you very much. Thanks for coming out. I think its a wonderful opportunity. The gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. Pays e who is attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9 11, the United States has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, and many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. And more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing the what i call the targeting engine, which is what have i think adopted as our primary method of defending the country. So thank you for being here, general mcchrystal. Great to see you. Thanks, mark. Thanks for a too kind introduction. I always thought of you as a nonfiction writer but i know youre going into fiction now. Now, i know that, you know, our you were the commander of our special operations in iraq and afghanistan. There has been as i mentioned a
I think this is a wonderful opportunity for the gentleman sitting next to me, it is kind of a big deal. For anyone who pays attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs. Ever since the attacks on this country in 911, the United States has had to evolve to meet the challenge of this new enemy and more than anyone that i can think of, general mccrystal has beenab ab responsible for shapi that and adopting our primary method of defending the country, thank you for being here mr. Mccrystal. Thank you for a too kind introduction, i always thought of you as a nonfiction writer, but youre going into fiction now. You were the commander in our special operations in iraq and afghanistan, there has been a rapid evolution, im familiar from writing black hawk down from the way things were in the 90s. Can you give us an idea of the overall strategy thats involved, well get to specifics maybe, but also the tactics that youve developed. Not me, a group of people did, thanks. At the end of
Militarily and in the Intelligence Community to meet the challenge of this new enemy and more than anyone i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping the evolution and developing what i call the targeting engine which is what we adopted as the primary method of defending the country. Thank you for being here, great to see you. Thanks for two kind introduction. I thought of you as a nonfiction writer but you have gone into fiction now. You were the commander of special operations in iraq and afghanistan and there have been a rapid evolution. I am familiar from writing blackhawk down the way things were nearly 90s. Can you give us an idea of the overall strategy that has evolved and we will get to specifics but also the tactics you have developed . A group of people did. Thanks. Taking it back a little bit at the end of the vietnam war as america has done at the end of other wars special operations units that are created essentially get gutted or disbanded entirel
See what they have, talk to the people. These are your maybe the neighbors. These are your neighbors. For more information on booktvs recent visit to santa fe, new mexico, go to cspan. Org localcontent. And now, general Stanley Mcchrystal discusses his memoir, my share of the task. In the book the former commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan recounts the major turning points in his 34year military career which ended in 2010. This is about an hour. [applause] well, thank you very much. Thanks for coming out. I think this is a wonderful opportunity. The gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. [laughter] for anyone who is, pays attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9 11 the United States has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, in many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. And more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that
Prevent. And irwran that will stop at nothing to in secret develop a nuclear weapon. Many military analysts say a strike on iran, even a very good one delays that option. Leave one additional thought. Wharf whatever you thought of libyan intervention. It set off a whole bunch events it africa. That was predictable. Let me give you view of iran to operation in libya. This is what happens when you give up your wmd program. So my last question for you on this evening, after this remarkable career of 39 years in the military, listening in on all these bad actors and conversations for all your years in intelligence, the National Security agency, being at the cia and seeing everything from the trains blown up in madrid to the towers come down when you were at nsa in new york, are you an optimist or a pessimist when it comes to human nature . I am, in another venue, described reading the president s daily preefs and all the stuff that is not ready for prime time every morning, six or seven da