I love it. Im thrilled to have you at your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older than a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was chief justice marshall. He served from 1831 until his death a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often as we think about the complex history. That this place, this institution has been witness to much of the history, including much of the history well discuss today. So think of that and th
Nonstate actors but from old nationstate adversaries who have learned from the change right at the end of the Twentieth Century and to understand the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack, the assassination of general soleimani fit into that theory . It did because of who he was, his in official title. Thank you for having me on this show. The shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in the regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle where you face off in a theater of combat and everything is aboveboard, the battle of the bulge, this isnt the first gulf war. This is an individual who used proxy forces in Six Continents including the us and the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage irregular warfare using means the weaker power developed against a far more powerful adversary, the United States is no longer a superpower. We are a hyperpower, nobody can come close to us in a conventional capacity. We have 12 Nuclear Aircraft carri
Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very very much thank you very very much. Happy new year to all of you. I hope you have recovered from the celebration and are ready do you get back to work. It is going to be a challenging year. 2020 cayman, and it didnt take long before we all realized that challenges will coming our way. In earthquakes, and puerto rico which was the last thing aland need it after everything they have gone through pretty you very sent people to help. Bullets people of puerto rico to know that we are 100 percent behind them. We always have been and we always will be. [applause]. We will on the first plane that went puerto rico after hurricane maria. We will be going back to puerto rico with new yorkers once again to help them and i am proud of that. [applause]. These are frightening times and what we see going on with iran and the possible ramifications of that escalating conflict. Possible consequences and precautions that we have to take care and estate becau
I hope you have recovered from the celebration and are ready do you get back to work. It is going to be a challenging year. 2020 cayman, and it didnt take long before we all realized that challenges will coming our way. In earthquakes, and puerto rico which was the last thing aland need it after everything they have gone through pretty you very sent people to help. Bullets people of puerto rico to know that we are 100 percent behind them. We always have been and we always will be. [applause]. We will on the first plane that went puerto rico after hurricane maria. We will be going back to puerto rico with new yorkers once again to help them and i am proud of that. [applause]. These are frightening times and what we see going on with iran and the possible ramifications of that escalating conflict. Possible consequences and precautions that we have to take care and estate because we are in new york we have people who would like to make us part of a terrorist example. But in the meantime,
Year. 2020 cayman, and it didnt take long before we all realized that challenges will coming our way. In earthquakes, and puerto rico which was the last thing aland need it after everything they have gone through pretty you very sent people to help. Bullets people of puerto rico to know that we are 100 percent behind them. We always have been and we always will be. [applause]. We will on the first plane that went puerto rico after hurricane maria. We will be going back to puerto rico with new yorkers once again to help them and i am proud of that. [applause]. These are frightening times and what we see going on with iran and the possible ramifications of that escalating conflict. Possible consequences and precautions that we have to take care and estate because we are in new york we have people who would like to make us part of a terrorist example. But in the meantime, we pray for the what women and men who are in uniform and may god keep them all safe wherever they are. [applause]. We