control. in reality, that s the only way to win this thing. you re optimistic? very optimistic. switching topics for a second, marines are announcing they ll put females more on the front lines of battle, do you agree with that? you know, the issue is front lines. where are the front lines? in today s kind of conflict. there are none. there are none, exactly. so women are currently serving in the front lines. women are in occupational speci specialties and there are some restrictions. what the marine corps are evaluating is what will be the proper conditions to allow them to have tank divisions, etc., we ll take a measured approach for the next year or so and eventually start assigning them to some of these units. it s estimated that 140 women have lost their lives in iraq and afghanistan fighting over the last 11 years. incredible activities by what we call the lionesses and female
looking at multiple defectors from generals and tank divisions. this is heading towards a civil war. what s our best way forward? i think on this one, we just have to stay out of it. there s very little we can do to help him, the fact of the matter is he s been there a long time. he knows his country. if he can t hold this together, we can t hold it together for him. he is important because as you know, al-qaida is present in that country. we don t want it to fall apart. but i think there are military people around him who are willing to hold the country together. we like this guy. or at least we deal with this guy. how do we handle it? well, you know, i agree, you know, he s our guy in terms of fighting the terrorists which is our national interest and i think in all these countries we re discussing this morning, you have to come back time and again to what s in our interest. in bahrain, for example, it s not in our interest to see the government unseeded because we have militar