x ed to 231231. this situation room with wolf blitzer welcome to week nitric six cnn are they dueling canaries in the coal mine? i, michael smerconish in philadelphia. this week came to different events that might forecast the outcome of the 2024 american election. first, the elections in europe that leaned right. and second, the arrest of eight foreign nationals believed seem to be affiliated with isis, who entered via the mexican border. i have amazing expertise on hand to discuss each kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato at richard clarke, former adviser to three us presidents. first to the eu elections last weekend, which saw right-wing populist parties score big wins driven in part by board what or politics and inflation? far-right parties won 134 of the european parliament s 720 seats forming a substantial block against mainstream parties, assembling coalitions that are needed to pass laws. the right gain significantly in the union s three biggest countries, fr
no-fly zone, it would have had a similar effect. it s clear we re acting on the side of the rebels, and that we can, by keeping up the sustained pressure and movement, that gadhafi can be removed. if we tell gadhafi, don t worry, you re not going to be removed by force, i think that that s very encouraging to gadhafi. and so i believe that the rebels, as i predicted are succeeding because we negated the air power and the armor capabilities of gadhafi, and we re rapidly on the road to success. the president s remarks that what he really doesn t emphasize is that the united states leads. there are times when we have to act alone. there are many other times where we have the time and the luxury of assembling coalitions and acting together, and we always want to act in partnership. when president reagan attacked tripoli, he didn t ask anyone, he didn t assemble a coalition.
we have the time and the luxury of assembling coalitions and acting together, and we always want to act in partnership. when president reagan attacked tripoli, he didn t ask anyone, he didn t assemble a coalition. when we went into panama to remove noriega, we didn t assemble a coalition. there are times when the united states has to have a coalition of people who are willing to join us. but america leads and america remains the leader of the world. and that means with the greatest force for good. john mccain and president obama. house speaker john boehner weighing in, saying the speech did not provide americans with much clarity. with us now, senior political analyst david gergen, and also, ann marie slaughter. also with us, professor fouad ajami. and former white house press secretary ari fleischer. fouad, what do you think? i think it s the right thing
we re rapidly on the road to success. the president s remarks that what he really doesn t emphasize is that the united states leads. there are times when we have to act alone. there are many other times where we have the time and the luxury of assembling coalitions and acting together, and we always want to act in partnership. when president reagan attacked tripoli, he didn t ask anyone, he didn t assemble a coalition. when we went into panama to remove noriega, we didn t asell bell a coalition. there are times when the united states has to have a coalition of people who are willing to join us. but america leads and america remains the leader of the world. john mccain and president obama. house speaker john boehner weighing in, saying the speech did not provide americans with much clarity. joining us now, david gergen, and ann marie slaughter.
it s clear we re acting on the side of the rebels, and that we can, by keeping up the sustained pressure and movement, that gadhafi can be removed. if we tell gadhafi, don t worry, you re not going to be removed by force, i think that that s very encouraging to gadhafi. and so i believe that the rebels, as i predicted are succeeding because we negated the air power and the armor capabilities of gadhafi, and we re rapidly on the road to success. the president s remarks that what he really doesn t emphasize is that the united states leads. there are times when we have to act alone. there are many other times where we have the time and the luxury of assembling coalitions and acting together, and we always want to act in partnership. when president reagan attacked tripoli, he didn t ask anyone, he didn t assemble a coalition. when we went into panama to remove noriega, we didn t