With the danger of being wiped out, and we have the capacity to do something about it, we will take action. That is our responsibility as americans. Thats a hallmark of american leadership. Thats who we are. Welcome to the journal editorial report. Im in this week for paul gigot. That was president obama thursday night announcing he has authorized air strikes in iraq against the terror group isis as well as humanitarian aid to help save some 40,000 iraqi civilians trapped on a mountain without food or water and facing almost certain death. The announcement comes as the islamic extremists make dramatic gain in Northern Iraq threatening the kurdish capital of erbil. Will the actions the United States is prepared to take be enough to divert a humanitarian and strategic disaster . Lets ask. Wall street journal columnist dan henninger, Brett Stevens and matt kaminski. Dan, to you first, too little too late from the president . Well, you know, stuart, recall back in april the president gave
From Anbar Province in the 1991 gulf war, and now it gets to the long range rocket threat to israel from southern lebanon in 2006 or from gaz a saw let me intervene. You just listed examples to allies in the midst of war. If its 1972, the American Public is facing 25,000 Nuclear Weapons targeting it. So thats where i think the, in terms of it may be existential to those local actors, but in terms of the American Publics viewpoint of it, is it viewed that, to me, is the disconnect. We dont view it as existential. With yeah. I think thats correct. And so, of course, its incumbent upon the three of you to explain that. So, bill and then were going to open it up. [laughter] you know, very quickly, first, you know, to my good friend, michael hanlon, who may be regretting having tendered this invitation this is why we want you. Go for it. The point, you know, the point i was making does not pertain principally to the wars that we are now in, it pertains to the willingness of the American Peo
After the bomb went off, you could look up at buildings above where sugar habit is an Marathon Sports and the windows were blown out up to three stories. At this site, michelle was there. This was where Krystle Campbell was there as well. She was one of the fatal victims in this attack. This is actually a shot of emts working on the body of Krystle Campbell. This picture here was taken by a woman who we interviewed for the book who was at the Mandarin Oriental. The Mandarin Oriental has a big, very swank event of the day with a lot of politicians, celebrities, business men and women. And when the bombs went off, the windows at the Mandarin Oriental literally shook. They waved in the wind like the. The woman who took this picture, megan johnson, a writer from People Magazine and some other outlets, she was a former colleague of mine at the herald, and she is the one who took this picture right after that. This is a double tragedy if there is ever such one. For the family of Krystle Camp
Politics like the ukraine. Now, europe may not do as well as we hope as a result of the recent crisis, but it still possesses large Power Resources to influence the ukraine situation, and that is what we should look for in the future. Thanks. Im always tempted to say we should stop there and go for champagne now. I suppose we should plow on. Charlie. Thank you. Like andy, im delighted to be here and to share the panel with the distinguished colleagues, and also because this is a conference that is being held in memory of clara. I didnt know her extremely well. I had memory interesting conversations with her about her passion, which is European Defense and european integration. She is one of the most decent people i knew in washington. I speak for people here and in london wouho worked with her th she is sorely missed. I dont take fundamental issue with andy in that i share his view that europe punches above its weight in a civilian respect. The best testament to that over the last six
Engineering, elite of the world who want to come here. They announce theyre going to quit taking applications. They started last week. The window was open from april 1 till yesterday. 85,000 were more than apply for. When you have a system that denies these young people to best the best and the brightest in the world to come here, go to school, and then we wont let them stay. So they go home and start a factory that employs 800 people. If we had let them, they wouldve gone to memphis and started a factory that employs 800 people that they would put [applause] have peoplell think about texas border. We are in one of the high tech centers of the world in this town where we sit. They need, as the mayor said, they need this talent here. It is talent we are denying to ourselves. I would urge all of you to just do a little bit of research about how many jobs are created by the average person that gets in h1b visa to come to the United States. In a matter of years, it is multiples. There are