Cool. And now, a recent crisis has sent this couple reeling. Robbie i get a phone call from my doctor. The doctors like, come in immediately. Lemonis like that day . Robbie that day. Lemonis putting even more stress on the business. Julie that looks terrible. I never knew how much debt we were in. Lemonis . And their marriage. Robbie i get frustrated with you. Julie what do i do . Robbie the micromanagement. Do you not think i know what im doing . Lemonis if i cant get them to rethink their partnership and their business practices. Julie, i dont know that youre a good buyer. The future will be very bumpy. You dont trust him . My name is marcus lemonis, and i risk my own money to save struggling businesses. Were not going to wake up every morning wondering if we have a job. Were going to wake up every morning wondering how many jobs we have to do. Its not always pretty. Everything is going to change everything. But i do it to save jobs, and i do it to make money. This. Lets go to work.
And hope that the allies come along with us. And are willing to fight on behalf of this cause understanding what our own limitations are. A lady in the back there. And this will have to be pretty close to the last question. Having been Senior Adviser and tactical instructor to the u. S. Marine corps on counterinsurgency in both iraq and afghanistan, one of the things that struck me most is we say the right thing as one of the gentleman on the podium said. We very rarely are seen to be doing the right thing. Very often that is manifest in the socalled experts we have sent to particularly around but to some extent in afghanistan and iraq where there are lots of experts with no expertise, confined to mega bases and many cities and dont really know what we are dealing with. We need to be within a community, those that have grudges, grievances, and frustrations. Sadly, we have abdicated that role either being unwilling or unable to tackle how communities think and deal and the vacuum and av
[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P. M. They need a Banking Sector they need to be involved in regional trade, but oil is king, and exxon has played a leading role. Seems like a good place to leave these things. David, once again, you have given us a comprehensive sweep of the kurdish issue as well as the politics of the entire region. Again, the book is othe kurdish spring a new map of the middle east. And here with author david phillips. Please join me in thanking him for his insights today. [applause] booktv is on twitter and f
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