From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We begin this evening with the president in europe trying to do with two crises. Russia and ukraine. And the threat of isis in iraq. A video emerged yesterday of a journalist being beheaded. The killings have increased pressure on president obama to take more decisive action. The president addressed the situation earlier today in estonia. Whatever these murderers think they achieved by killing journalists, they have failed. They fail because americans are repulsed by the barbarism. We will not be intimidated. There horrific actions only unite us as a country and stiffen a result to take the fight to these terrorists. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long, and that justice will be served. Joining me is ryan crocker at texas a m. He is also the former United States ambassador to iraq, syria, and in afghanistan. His latest column is ready, aim, fire, not fire,
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. We begin this evening with the president in europe trying to do with to cry disease. Russia and ukraine. And the threat of isis in iraq. Yesterday of a journalist being beheaded. The killings have increased pressure on president obama to take more decisive action. The president addressed the situation earlier today in estonia. Whatever these murderers think they achieved by killing journalists, they have failed. Americans areuse repulsed by the barbarism. We will not be intimidated. There horrific actions only unite us as a country and stiffen a result to take the fight to these terrorists. Those who make the mistake of harming americans will learn that we will not forget, and that our reach is long, and that justice will be served. Crocker atme is ryan texas a m. He is also the former united to iraq,bassador syria, and in afghanistan. His latest column is ready, aim, fire, not fire, aim. I am pleased to have him on the program.
The american homeland. It was chilling for all of us beheading of jim foley and steven sotloff. I was reminded of another beheading of danny pearl. That was done by mohamed, the principal operational architect of 9 11. Its the same etiology, just a lot more capability. Ryan and i were reminiscing about being in beirut together 32 years ago during the lebanonese civil war. And one of the things i learned from that experience was watching the marines come into lebanon. One of the conclusions i drew from that experience is when you have no Political Center then everyone is aside. And the minute you intervene in beirut 30 years ago when there was no Political Center, the marines became another side. In fact the lebanonese used to call them the american militia. What ryans suggesting or what i was suggest in my column today is without an iraqi in Effect National Unity Coalition of sunnis, kurds and shiites, that we can be fighting for that to defend iraqi National Unity and pluralistic futu
The american homeland. It was chilling for all of us beheading of jim foley and steven sotloff. I was reminded of another beheading of danny pearl. That was done by mohamed, the principal operational architect of 9 11. Its the same etiology, just a lot more capability. Ryan and i were reminiscing about being in beirut together 32 years ago during the lebanonese civil war. And one of the things i learned from that experience was watching the marines come into lebanon. One of the conclusions i drew from that experience is when you have no Political Center then everyone is aside. And the minute you intervene in beirut 30 years ago when there was no Political Center, the marines became another side. In fact the lebanonese used to call them the american militia. What ryans suggesting or what i was suggest in my column today is without an iraqi in Effect National Unity Coalition of sunnis, kurds and shiites, that we can be fighting for that to defend iraqi National Unity and pluralistic futu
The american homeland. It was chilling for all of us beheading of jim foley and steven sotloff. I was reminded of another beheading of danny pearl. That was done by mohamed, the principal operational architect of 9 11. Its the same etiology, just a lot more capability. Ryan and i were reminiscing about being in beirut together 32 years ago during the lebanonese civil war. And one of the things i learned from that experience was watching the marines come into lebanon. One of the conclusions i drew from that experience is when you have no Political Center then everyone is aside. And the minute you intervene in beirut 30 years ago when there was no Political Center, the marines became another side. In fact the lebanonese used to call them the american militia. What ryans suggesting or what i was suggest in my column today is without an iraqi in Effect National Unity Coalition of sunnis, kurds and shiites, that we can be fighting for that to defend iraqi National Unity and pluralistic futu