Well, thank you very much. Thanks for coming out. I think its a wonderful opportunity. The gentleman sitting next to me is kind of a big deal. Pays e who is attention to American Foreign policy and military affairs, you know that ever since the attacks on this country on 9 11, the United States has had to evolve militarily, in our intelligence community, and many ways to meet the challenge of this new enemy. And more than anyone that i can think of, general mcchrystal has been responsible for shaping that evolution and developing the what i call the targeting engine, which is what have i think adopted as our primary method of defending the country. So thank you for being here, general mcchrystal. Great to see you. Thanks, mark. Thanks for a too kind introduction. I always thought of you as a nonfiction writer but i know youre going into fiction now. Now, i know that, you know, our you were the commander of our special operations in iraq and afghanistan. There has been as i mentioned a
He said the time has finished, so i will have to finish. Can you hear me . Were good to go . Okay. Im going to ask a few questions and engage in a bit of discussion here, and then turn it over for questions. Sir, one thing thats allowed isis the Islamic State to make gains in iraq have been the divisions in iraqi politics and iraqi society. Theres been a lot that iraq is developing a more inclusive government, but your government doesnt have a minister of defense, it doesnt have a minister of interior, theres a plan to engage the sunni tribes but the plan has not yet been implemented. Can iraq form a truly inclusive government now given all the failures of the past . Why can it work this time when it hasnt worked before . Tep interpr translator before there werele many sensitivities between various iraqi groups. In iraq, we are still dealing as groupswere many sensitivities between various iraqi groups. In iraq, we are still dealing as groups who unfortunately citizenship has not been
Ifill and we close with a different take on the story of jesus. This time, from a novelist, poet and scholar of literature jay parini. I do think the story of jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill this Christmas Day brought new calls for a better world, but also, new violence. Some spent the day just trying to stay warm, while others reveled in the cold. It was all part of christmas 2013. More than 70,000 people crowded st. Peters square on christ
Ifill and we close with a different take on the story of jesus. This time, from a novelist, poet and scholar of literature jay parini. I do think the story of jesus, this great mythical story, can have transforming value in our lives. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill this Christmas Day brought new calls for a better world, but also, new violence. Some spent the day just trying to stay warm, while others reveled in the cold. It was all part of christmas 2013. More than 70,000 people crowded st. Peters square on christ
year 2022 and the fact that many in the gop are effectively paving the way for trump to make another run for the white house in 2024. both of those dynamics damaging the country s credibility on the world stage. from trudy ruben in the philadelphia inquirer, the coup attempt on january 6th along with its continuing reverberations has shaken our allies faith in america s future. they watch in astonishment as the former president continues to promote his big lie about election fraud in 2020 and as most gop leaders support his falsehoods. they wonder whether trump will try again to steal the election in 2024. and whether more of his supporters will use violence. no nato ally could have conceived of such a scenario before trump incited the coup attempt at the capitol on january 6th. and so the possibility of another insurrection looms over this congress and this administration. as massachusetts democrat jim mcgovern puts it, quote, a year later, a fundamental question