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But with terrorists. And hes going to call on moderate arabs to fight and form coalitions. But what we havent heard yet is what will u. S. Forces play in all of this. Joining me right now general bob scales. General scales, good to see you. The author of the soon to be released book scales on war. The future of americas military at risk. Good to have you here today. What is it that donald trump needs to do . Well, he needs to do three things. The first thing i think you mentioned in the lead in is hes got to identify the enemy. Not only identify the enemy, but tear away all the miss perceptions about isis and lay its ideology and its agenda raw. Hes got to talk about the damage theyre doing to the world. He has to talk about this being a generational war and what the u. S. Role needs to be in fighting it. The second thing he needs to do, i think most importantly hes got to tie his immigration policy to National Security. He hasnt done that yet. And if he can perhaps soften the edges of
Interruptions they will be remembered. We have about an hour long presentation and we are past the time given to the speaker and the other to your questions. We have one microphone on the side of it when you have a question you can go up to and use the microphone so we can all hear and it can be on the recording. Afterwards if you wouldnt mind holding up your chairs at the pillar, that would be helpful and then we will have a signing immediately following the presentation. Now it is my pleasure to welcome you. We have politics and prose love having events because where we can open up the discussion about things that perhaps are not often talked about that are taboo topics in the religion and politics. This evening we are going to talk about both of those things. The book is titled why liberals when the call to war even when they lose elections and the battles that define america from jefferson to marriage and in it he went about the reasons for this kind which generally is acknowledged
Running. He has to get create t. V. Not just with the menu but the physical operation of running a restaurant. I visited with a Family Living in a small apartmentthree generations living in a small argument in havana. Theyre all aware of the fact that the president is coming here. And they hope and they are hopeful that all these years of animosity were pointless. They can finally be put behind them and theyre hopeful for the young people. There were two small boys in the apartment, they were hopeful that they can reap the fruit from the benefits of what is happening here today. Lets pause and listen to the star spangled banner being played. [ music ] [ music ] okay, so as the review of troops begins here i want to bring in robert valencia, who has been commenting all morning about the significance of this moment. Robert, a lot has been said that president obama in some way is legitimatizing a dictator here. With this visit. When you look at these pictures what are your thoughts . Well
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