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Share of patriotism and shared sense of purpose can help us overcome our prejudices, et cetera, leaving out of course the fact it took a lot of work to help the military become racially integrated and things like that. and hes don some things to make it more divisive by saying transgender people cant serve, et cetera. but nonetheless, his stated purpose was about bringing us together, look to the military as an example. i would be willing to bet money on the fact that that is not the message we ...

That sound bite there. saying he does not like to telegraph plans to the enemy. general jack keane a fox news military allen west. i heard you yesterday last evening and out today. what will be different about this mission in the 16 year war? >> thats a great question. first of all, its the presidents commitment to the mission to succeed in a way that his two predecessors did not. george bush, the priority was a rock and not afghanistan. it was under resourced for six years. president obama when...

Conflict in 2001, those two ideas have gone hand in hand. a functioning government in afghanistan would help stop terrorists. whether this new course of action is wise or unwise is something we can debate, and we will. but more important here is realizing last night that president trump kicked the can down the road, as his predecessors have done, by the way. afghanistan is a quagmire, although he railed against it as a private citizen, he admitted last night that after much research, the answer ...

He is substance over form. some recent national leaders have been form over substance. they tell people what they want it hear. they sugar coat everything. they have shul augar-coated everything. i think the american people have gotten thin-skinned and i think they need to listin to ten to t substance of what he said. >> the substance the first time he didnt use those words. second time he did. keeping in mind president trump when he was running for office, constantly criticizing pred s s predec...

Crafting the kind of strategy that would bring a reluctant commander in chief like donald trump along and then he might be able tos a sellable a strategy that his predecessors couldnt? >> well, general scales has stumbled on the great irony about afghanistan and we were joking about how, do you remember last time we were up in the middle of the night listening to the president give a speech about a troop increase and that was in 2009. secretary mattis very well aware of that. and hes -- i think ...

To risk our treasure, our men and women at war, that certainly is a sentiment that a lot of americans feel. i think its a sentiment that his two predecessors felt, but presidents bush and obama understood that only a reluctant commander in chief took the country to war. i understand the policy reviews were almost derailed by almost a petulant refusal to see no good options. >> thats right. in some ways trump has been channeling the views of the american people. the country itself is wary of war ...

Politicians. the public views them as cowardly and pandering to polls and focus groups. thats how many too many republican officials have behaved in the face of trumps reactions. many, with some honorable exceptions, have gone mute on the biggest subject of the day. i know they worry about the base, primaririeprimariries, rio nors. shouldnt they ask themselves about their public and why they went into public service. when they see someone trampling on the values of america, shouldnt they speck u...

Trump you suggested in the intro. >> you know, sabrina, the question that now arises, as we see at least the reporting of the united states moving forward with an articulation of a strategy, the colonel saying well see what kind of detail we actually do get, is the coordination internationally. a place, at least we have seen within the first part of this presidency, that this white house does not do well and is not necessarily seen in positive ways. the coordination required here is -- cannot be...

Cory booker, senator, also plans to introduce legislation to have confederate memorials removed from the halls of congress. the last attempt to have them removed by the black caucus in the wake of the charleston church massacre ended without any success. meanwhile, theres a battle brewing in alabama. the states attorney general is now suing the city of birmingham for covering a downtown confederate monument with plywood. it was covered temporarily after the violence in charlottesville, but accor...

Job, a single hispanic person have a better life. we have to be honest about the evil of racism and also honest about the evil of the far left that is trying to tear down history and intimidate free speech in the country. thats not defending neo-nazis, not defending white supremacists, stating a fact about antifa. >> i never said he was defending neo-nazis. we are not discussing jobs, we are not discussing an agenda. we are discussing the unique role of a president of speaking for the moral co...