Of defeating jihad, why we fight. And most racially, the war for americas soul. The aand most recently. In your 2018 book, why we fight, you write the most significant threats we face today to not emanate from the world of nonstate actors. They come from old nationstate adversaries who have seemingly learned from the change wrought at the end of the 20th century and to understand the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack. Could the assassination of general solar fit into that theory . It could because of who he was his official title. Thanks to having me on the show. He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that th
He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that the weaker power has developed against the far more powerful adversary like the United States. America is no longer a superpower as a french analyst claimed it. We are a hyperpower. Nobody can come close to us in our conventional capacity. We have 12 Nuclear Aircraft carriers. We have more special forces than some countries have soldiers. So use in direct means, proxies, terrorism and irregular warfare. Was the commander of that warfare. You also write and why we fight that we are not interventionists, but we are not isolationists. When it comes to this president , yes. As President Trumps former strate
they come from old nationstate adversaries who had seemingly learned from the change brought at the end of 20 century and who understand that the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack. did the assassination of general soleimani fit into that theory? guest: it did absolutely because of who he was, his unofficial title. thank you, fred me on this incredible show, was the shadow commanded why? because he wasn t a major general in the regular army that was commanding divisions in a normal battle where you face off in the theater combat, everything is above board and you know what everybody is. this isn t a battle of the bulge. this isn t the first gulf war. this is an individual who used forces and six cutlass occluding and u.s. comeud in that recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage irregular warfare using means that the weaker power has developed against a far more powerful apps are like united states. america still longer a superp
Inside quicken loans arena where tonight could there be even more controversy . Weve just gotten this, rnc officials confirming to fox news they are looking but still have no idea whats going to happen tonight from the never trump camp. What are senator ted cruzs intentions or his loyalists going to do . The traditional roll call of states set to unfold this evening with speeches focusing on jobs and the economy. The theme today, making america work today. Lou dobbs has a front row seat to history there in cleeland. We will ask him about the buzz around the melania speechgate yes, its a gate already and the muchawaited speech by House Speaker paul ryan tonight. By the way, wait until you hear what ryan told a wall street luncheon about donald trump. Plus, the former mayor of cleveland, Dennis Kucinich on how the trump coronation must recover from somewhat of a rocky start. On wall street a pitched battle right now between the bulls and the bears as Earnings Results dominate the session
[inaudible] [inaudible] welcome. Thank you for coming out today. Im james taylor. Good afternoon and thank you for coming to the Commonwealth Club of california. The place where you are in the know. You can find us online at Commonwealth Club. Org or on facebook and twitter and on the youtube channel. Im james taylor, professor politics and director of africanamerican studies at. I also teach at uc berkeley. Your moderator for todays program. Today we have the pleasure of hosting david brock, the founder of media matters, politically Progressive Research and Information Center and a lot of other things according to. He is also the author many books but he is here today to talk about the latest coming killing the messenger, the right wing. Killing the messenger has talked about how far he sees the new rightwing elite will go in their efforts to control the media battle over the 2016 election. He has the unique political perspective because over a decade ago he underwent a political tran