Good evening. Its a pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. Colonel gregory a. Daddis is an Academy Professor in the department of history at the United States military academy at west point where he currently serves as the head of the American History division. A west point graduate, hes veteran of both Operations Desert Storm and iraqi freedom. He holds a ph. D. From the university of North Carolina at chapel hill and is author of no sure victory, measuring u. S. Army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam War Oxford University press, 2011. His newest book westmorelands war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, Oxford University press, 2014, was recently selected for inclusion on the chief of staff of the armys professional reading list. Colonel daddis is also an important important to this organization as liaison between the society for military history, region two, and the new York Military affairs symposium. Welcome, colonel daddis. [ applause ] thank you, robert, for t
Questions that this one has answered. Berlin battle, operational and tactical level of war. This one is operational tactical and strategic level of war. Battle, built to deal with the known. This is to deal with the unknown. Unknowable and constantly changing. Probably trying to solve the battle with a fight out number to win. And this one wins in a complex world. Now, not only do each of those words have a very specific meaning, if you look at the battle, the implied task is to win, you had to fight. If you look at when in the complex world, the focus here is winning. The focus is on winning. In fact you may not have to fight to win. But, a qualifying mark, but as soon as i say that, people say, i love that idea. Winning without fighting. But the only way you could possibly win without fighting, is it must be absolutely clear to everybody involved that if you do fight, you will absolutely win. So it has to be clear to everybody that if there is a fight, there is no doubt who is going
Predator drones, kind of a flip of the switch. There is an 11 process with lawyers at every level standing right at the commander shoulder with a series of criteria of whether we can take that shot or whether we can go on that raid, to the point that i argued in the book to our detriment. Our hands are too tight. The pendulum has swung too far and it really, you know as i said our in actions often have greater consequences than our actions. Does that answer sure. I had all the time in afghanistan and i spent part of sort of the grill insurgency along with your community and a few others for a few decades now that has tried to fight the going battle inside the policy of rome in the beltway here, and then combatant commands. What would you offer as advice . When we woke up in this alternative universe this one where weve got representatives from the joint staff, dod advertising that the Afghan National Security Forces and police are going to be able to take care of this problem but at th
Crunch time for the fiscal cliff. The key players to meet at the white house with just four days left until the deadline. They called him Stormin Norman. America remembering general Norman Schwarzkopf. And have gun, will teach. Hundreds of educators get a handson lesson in firearms. Controversial proposal. Good morning. Welcome to early start. 5 00 a. M. In the east. It is the last friday of 2012. Ive just had that pointed out to us. One final desperate attempt to dodge the fiscal cliff, just four days left before we go over the edge triggers tax hikes, spending cuts that could send the nation back into recession. The president calling for members of the congress the back. A gang of six attending. Vice president biden, harry reid, House Minority leader nancy pelosi, Mitch Mcconnell and john boehner representing the republicans. Brianna keilar is live from washington. Is anybody optimistic that a deal could be done today around a table . I will tell you the optimism is sort of sinking.
Future of warfare. There has never been a Silver Bullet solution to war. You had the submarine. You had the southern. You about the bomber, the radar. You had the machine gun, the tank. We have to recognize our future adversaries are going to have some capabilities we have now and be able to disrupt what they perceive as our strengths. What are our answers to that . I think its a balance joint force who can play rock, paper, scissors with anybody. Rose Anders Fogh Rasmussen and h. R. Mcmaster when we continue. Theres a saying around here you stand behind what you say. Around here, we dont make excuses, we make commitments. And when you cant live up to them, you own up and make it right. Some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where its needed most. But i know youll still find it, when you know where to look. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie r