Podcasts. In our final program looking back for president george w. Bushs decision to increase troop levels in iraq, scholars offered their analysis of the surge. From Southern Methodist university this is almost two hours. So its my pleasure to introduce the chair of this panel who is the executive director of the center at the university of texas at austin. And he has, i think, not unique but certainly worth while perspective, duel perspective of being a person who has both studied Decision Making in the white house and been part of Decision Making in the white house. He was a valuable member of really making the Network Connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. Will, i thank you for. That i turn the mike over to you. Thank you very much, jeff. Im honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i may let i got to my head and try toint
Sti perspective of a person who has studied decisionmaking in the white house. And a valuable member of really making the Network Connections and the interviews that are the underlying factor and underlying base of this project work. Will, i thank you for that, and i turn the mic over to you. [ applause ] all right. Thank you very much, jeff. Im honored to be moderating this panel here with four very dear friends and valued colleagues. There is a concern afoot that as a moderator i might let it go to my head and try to interject myself too much in the discussion. So ill be sitting down there while they make their presentations and come back up here during q and a time. You have the detailed bios of each of the speakers so i wont repeat those. First here is professor richard immerman. His bio says he recently retired from temple university. And that may be technically correct. I know richard well, richard does not know the meaning of the word retirement. Were Close Friends on the state
Different because now i have on monday had to look into this to ask questions to try to determine what has happened the. 7 protests impose on the local farmers report to the bus into the Holland Building over what they call distributive e v. I does not need any push up from listing board. Does not see any certificates are dictations from the rest in board or they got it hits and other sides of the right shelf or any other country fault. Thats my job and exclusive interview with on see those to some of the indies. Moving bodies of his age and reserves his right to to independence and 17, and defines what some pressure was. All the lights, his head dogs, we chose to check out all to the calling for the news in that. So i will be back of the top of the hours on the, the, the, the hello and welcome to cross ok. Were all things are considered on peter level. A pattern has a merge to more, the west panics. Over its failed ukraine project. The more it is willing to escalate the complex, the s
Of defense, which has been really for a long time one while i saw i saw on corrected on that its just that sometimes one of the she does come across headlines. You see west and politicians check, new tally to put pressure on must go to end the conflict. But i do specifically want to ask you about a new daddys position. Hes that the, the ukraine conflict. I mean, we feel that there were reaching almost a dangerous point. Weve got president mot, chrome saying that would not ruling out sending west and troops to ukraine with harrington taps of a job. And officials talking about helping ukraine, low up russian infrastructure. You, jenny says we want this conflict to be resolved. Do you see resolution coming before escalation at this point in time . It isnt the trust of the global piece. The resolution of the conflict is a team of this. This is not at all for any a nation without leaving any especially country to 5, the fire or other. This is the fire to control the fire. So theres a big co
Delegates are pledged to him at which point if he did volunteer. Busy step aside, there would have to be whats called an open convention, which means that delegates then would be free to choose whoever they want it. The democrats have a problem in the sense that they have comma harris, the incumbent, Vice President of the United States, ran for president herself, given the democrats, whether they mean whether its identity politics, are they really in a position to push aside an incumbent, female Vice President and go with the say, gavin newsom of white male governor of california or a direction wimmer that would result in a lot of housing and happiness inside the Democratic Party and would undermine their democrats central argument that they are protecting democracy when in fact, if theyre gonna have jo binding gets dumped or pushed out . Theyre gonna have the most anti democratic process of all by having their nominees selected by a couple 1000 political insiders. And so thats a big p