The Israeli Military says it hit more than 400 targets in the gaza strip overnight, killing three Deputy Commanders of hamas. It comes as the us israel to delay a Ground Offensive to give washington time to help free additional hostages. Thousands of israeli tanks and Ground Forces are most at the border with the countrys minister telling troops to keep preparing for an offensive, quote because it will come. While the Biden Administration asking israel to hold off on a Ground Offensive, they not calling for a cease fire, any cease would give hamas the ability to rest, to refit and to get ready to continue launching Terrorist Attacks against israel. You can understand perfectly clearly why thats an intolerable situation for israel, as it would be an intolerable situation for any that has suffered such a brutal Terrorist Attack and continues to see the Terrorist Threat right on its borders. These fire are hostages are the top priority right now. But last night was one of the hostages for
Finish line at the Boston Marathon on that fateful day not too long ago. Adjunct professor at the army war college. It is my pleasure to introduce jonathan elias. Jonathan as a professor of the war college, i get senior command. You are all youngsters. I can say that because i am older than you. Will see you now when you get your captains in your kernels going and then i will see you in my class and i will get to be you are proper. Major inistory college, fascinated by history, grew up in a military family. In my business, it is kind of weird. The News Business is the only profession protected by the constitution and yet it is the only profession where you dont need a license or have to prove how intelligent you are at all. You just gone front of the camera or pick up a pen and start writing and that is the name of the game. Now,e in a wartime stance we have been for many years. They get bent out of shape when they say this happens and we lost five men. World war ii was the early where
Gorbachev was a very different soviet leader than president putin as a russian leader, one dedicated to reforms, democratizing the soviet union, removing forces of soviet foreign policy. I believe the praise for gorbachev was fully deserved. I think today any praise for putin is probably not deserved. Host in researching this book, what did you learn about yourself . Guest that is a good question. I learned i had a pretty good memory, although i did have to rely on wikipedia and google to make sure i got my anecdotes in the right order. You remember things but you dont maneuver quite what year it was. Dont remember quite what year it was. Lanes a trip down memory and it was satisfying to dredge up these anecdotes and stories and conclusions. Certainly, looking back, felt it was five decades well spent. Host a quick call from james from denton, texas. You get the last word with james dobbins. Good morning. Caller good morning. Mr. Dobbins, i think you are correct america was looking for
American diplomats do and how American Foreign policy is and to have some insight at a personal level to what has occurred through presidencies and 13 secretaries of state. The most i ask who was effective and least effective secretary of state . Guest some of it is just opportunity. Jim baker was the most consequential secretary of state because he took office at a time of historic change and molded and channeled that change in very benign directions. Other secretaries of state have operated under much more difficult circumstances, in the depths of the cold war where there was difficulty to get things done. There were some secretaries of state who found themselves outmaneuvered politically. Host let me share a couple of excerpts with our audience. James dobbins will be with us for the next 30 minutes. Obama was the most intellectual and probably the smartest but also the most controlling. Guest obviously, that is a caricature and slight exaggeration. But if you think about the way wen
People will still be in this building and in schaumburg in the library for performing eyes in the business library, but much more Research Material will be sent out into the world. At some point, we will also reach what i call the holy grail, which is everything being Available Online to anyone and out of the blue and linked. But much of the world i dont think this would be 10 years from now because we have a lot of legal and technical issues and it will take a partnership with wikipedia and google and digital Public Libraries of america and everybody engaged in this and the publishers send authors. But imagine a world in which you could start looking up something youre interested in. Reading about tables and then youre interested in the word in words that come from and what was the history of slavery there is a person and simply chart your own course of creativity throughout the worlds knowledge. That would be amazing. With the touch of the screen, even easier. Even better, even more