Of defeating jihad, why we fight. And most racially, the war for americas soul. The aand most recently. In your 2018 book, why we fight, you write the most significant threats we face today to not emanate from the world of nonstate actors. They come from old nationstate adversaries who have seemingly learned from the change wrought at the end of the 20th century and to understand the only way to defeat us is by using irregular or indirect means of attack. Could the assassination of general solar fit into that theory . It could because of who he was his official title. Thanks to having me on the show. He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that th
He was the shadow commander. He wasnt a Major General in a regular Army Commanding divisions in a normal battle for you face off in combat and everything is aboveboard and you know where everybody is. This isnt the battle of the bulge or the first gulf war. He used proxy forces including in the u. S. And the recent attempt against the saudi ambassador to wage warfare by using means that the weaker power has developed against the far more powerful adversary like the United States. America is no longer a superpower as a french analyst claimed it. We are a hyperpower. Nobody can come close to us in our conventional capacity. We have 12 Nuclear Aircraft carriers. We have more special forces than some countries have soldiers. So use in direct means, proxies, terrorism and irregular warfare. Was the commander of that warfare. You also write and why we fight that we are not interventionists, but we are not isolationists. When it comes to this president , yes. As President Trumps former strate
Tacoma, washington officer is dead after being shot multiple times. And a standoff is still taking place with the suspect early this morning. Angelica joins us from the newsroom with the latest. The officer was responding to a Domestic Violence call last night when he was shot. The scene remains an active situation. And the neighborhood remains on lockdown. Police believe the shooter is still barricaded in a home. Several people including children were able to get out of the house following the shoo last night a procession of Law Enforcement officers escorted the officers body from the hospital to the medical examiners office. The officer has not been identified. We do know he was 45years old and was a 17year veteran of the Tacoma Police force. Wisconsins statewide president ial recount begins at 9 this morning. The ballots are boxed up. And have been under tight security all night. Deandra corinthios is live from the Election Commission for a recount of more than 440 thousand ballots.
Showed up this meeting to let county officials know their feelings. The county told them the 2. 2 million project, funded by the penny tax, was approved by voters, so that money cant be spent on anything else. But transportation director rob perry wants to hear feedback good or bad. I dont want to just hear, i hate it. i want to hear, i dont like it and heres why, or i do like it here, or i can live with it there. of course, not everyone is opposed. We do see the longterm value of this is worth pursuing anyway, because we may not get another opportunity in the future. When it comes to crime, Elliott Powell belives a beautiful, wellmaintained and monitored trail will actually drive off criminals and undesireables already in the woods along gills creek. Moshier disagrees. Im in these woods everyday, and im not sure the people saying that are in these woods. The project is in councilman greg pearces district, and he was there tonight. Pearce told the crowd to beware misinformation about t
Lets go, mets. Reporter its been a long wait for fans, 15 years since their team last won the nl pen pennant. Last night they pulled it off, sweeping the chicago cubs in decisive fashion showing fans these mets are championship material. I know its happening because its 30 years later and its absolutely happening. Reporter for robbie hecker, there is no doubt his team has what it takes to win it all, sporting his Lenny Dykstra jersey, a key player on the mets team that won it all in 1986. Pitching way too good to be beaten this year, weve already proven it getting through the dodgers and the better cubs lineup. I hate to say it so ill say it quietly, we are going to win the world series. Meanwhile the owner of modells not as superstitious. He says to stay ahead of the curve they started printing mets gear days ago so they could open Stores Immediately after the last out last night to roll out the amazing gear. Printing merchandise because we knew it would be a logistic issue so we had