Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a task force called the Political Instability Task force and i served on that task force
Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a task force called the Political Instability Task force and i served on that task force
Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a task force called the Political Instability Task force and i served on that task force
Quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is closer to civil war. Then many of us would like to think or believe and what i thought it would make sense to do is we get launched is to give you a chance to simply lay out what your argument is in broad terms and and then we can we can dig into bits and pieces of it as we as we go along. Yeah, so my argument comes from studying civil wars for the last 30 years. Ive looked at all regions all countries that have experienced civil wars since the end of world war ii and there have been over 200 of them and one of the things that weve learned is that they tend to they tend to break out in similar ways and and the same factors emerge in the in the lead up to these wars no matter where they happen. And then in 2017 i was invited to serve on the us Governments Task force. They have a task force called the Political Instability Task force and i served on that task force
Uniform to the Veterans Administration is as seamless as possible and i think we owe them that. One last question general. Your predecessor, general dempsey, stated repeatedly, and i am quoting we have the capability to use a military option if the iranians choose to stray off the diplomatic path end quote. My question to you is are you satisfied our nation has done enough to prepare militarily for the option and the president has said all options should be on the table if necessary to use a military option there as much as we all may wish that the negotiations should succeed. Senator, my understanding today is that we have both the plans in place and the capability in place to deal with a wide range of things in iran. Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman and general. Congratulations on your nomination and thank you for your 38 years of distinguished service and your leadership. Our nation is fortunate to have a military leader such as you serving at a time in great peril. I wa