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of american news does something i guarantee youve never seen him do before. >> when we come back, i want to ask you if youve ever been properly in love. but dont answer now. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." theres been a tumultuous year in the middle east with governments falling in tunisia, egypt and libya. unrest is rocking the region. in the middle of it all israel. joining me now is shimon peres, the president of israel and the author of "ben-gurion, the political life." its be...

life. >> i would have to say taking this job when tom brokaw stepped down. >> and watches the brand old man of american news does something i guarantee youve never seen him do before. >> when we come back, i want to ask you if youve ever been properly in love. but dont answer now. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." theres been a tumultuous year in the middle east with governments falling in tunisia, egypt and libya. unrest is rocking the region. in the middle of it all israel. joinin...

Died following an attack on southern afghanistan. not sure if that was an american or not, but it is usually americans who are dying. yes, they are aware of these grim milestones, 66 killed in july. they are watching it on television and getting cable even in the smallest outposts. even if they are not seeing it on tv, almost every day that flag is flying at half-staff at the fire base or the outpost. what they call blackout comes into effect. all communications are shut down on the bases to pre...

Before. we went out and we saw nothing. so it goes to show you that you never can fully prepare for that type of experience. but it is like nothing -- nothing else, i suppose. you are thinking about nothing but staying alive. you have bullets whizzing by your ears. can you not believe that youre still alive after something like that that you saw in that piece lasts. you only saw a few seconds. that went on for ten minutes. and the taliban who were ambushing them were only ten feet away from the ...

Afghan soldiers are brave soldiers. they dont have some of the enablers. we havent developed leadership as quickly as we wished. but what is different, i think, is the confidence in the afghan soldiers is a peak i have never seen before. many examples where we were leaving -- one example we were leaving a fire base and took fire. across the street we took fire. we fired some yellow smoke. i dont know where, here comes this afghan national army company and they are in armored humvees, pulled up o...

Them. the afghan getting out of this country every year since we have been here. they are brave soldiers. they dont have the enablers. we havent developed leaders as quickly as we wished. whats different is the confidence in the afghan soldiers as i never saw it before. many examples of where we were leaving. one example, we were leaving fire base and took fire. we fired yellow smoke to say where the enemy was. here comes the national army in humvees, pulled up out of nowhere, saw the yellow smo...

General mcchrystals fall is about mcchrystal and how much is about the counterinsurgency strategy he personified. i think were fortunate to have this raw combat film coming out this week to show us what that strategy means on the ground for the americans not just debating this, kicking it around on tv, but who are living it. check out this one other clip weve got here. >> hey. fire! >> the korengal outpost is at the 6-3 grid line. and the s-2 grid line, the insurgency has drawn this imaginary li...

About mcchrystal and how much is about the counterinsurgency strategy he personified? i think were fortunate to have this raw, combat film coming out this week to show us what that strategy means on the grounds for the americans not just debating this but who are living it. check out this one other clip weve got here. >> hey. >> the outpost is at the 6-3 grid line, and then the 6-2 grid line, the insurgency has drawn this imaginary line in the sand there. every time the guys come out of the fire...

Joint forces hunting down taliban fighters to seize the terrorist strong hold to gain security and gain the trust of afghani citizens there. >> reporter: at a fire base they prepare for command. this regiment has fought in two world wars, iraq and afghanistan. today it has a new ally on the battle field, the afghan army wishes his soldiers luck and says thanks to the marines who will be fighting alongside his men. you made the best live for yourself and built the best country your people depend ...

Commanders are getting their troops ready for battle. >> beautiful. >> reporter: at a fire base in helmand province, they prepare for combat. this regiment has fought in two world wars and iraq and afghanistan. today it has a new ally on the battle field. brigadier general of the afghan army wishes his soldiers luck and says thanks to the marines who will be fighting alongside his men. youve made the best live for yourselves, youve built the best country, your people depend on you. our the pride...