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To be this stupid mission when it wasnt even barely a week into mr. trumps administration? why? for two years prior, there were no boots on the ground in yemen. everything was missiles and drones? because there was not a target worth one american life. now all of a sudden we had to make this grand display? what do you think of his comments? >> i can understand his grief, but he doesnt quite have the facts straight. we have had forces, special operations forces in yemen and monitoring that situat...

And they lost ryan. >> they lost ryan is the line getting the scrutiny. your take? >> chris, good morning. i think, first of all, my dear friend mark hertling nailed it. what ms. owens represents is all of those sacrificed in all of our conflicts, overall these wars, and this continual state of conflict were a part of. this is not going away. there will be additional loss. to your point about the missions success, im not going to second-guess the department of defense, the intelligence community...

From the head of special operations command general raymond thomas. he said our government continues to be in unbelievable tur mout. i hope they sort it out soon because were a nation of war. we rarely hear that from senior officers. general thomas oversees navy s.e.a.l.s and the army green beret. >> lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are agreeing theres a need to investigate the trump administration ties to russia. but who should conduct that investigation? what exactly needs investigated? th...

Act in ways they have not acted in the last 20 years and that explanation is either that the russians have something on trump or their financial ties that are requiring trump to behave in this way or perhaps that the russians helped him in the election and this is sort of a quid pro quo. right now, there doesnt seem to be any sort of normal course of international relations explanation for this and that is why the senate committee has got to be given the power to go after the ultimate reason for...

Youre talking about the frequency of it and the high level of the conversations. that is true li remarkable. if i can take another step back and talk about, again, why this all matters when were 27 days, 28 days into the administration. general tony thomas who runs special operations command, he was speaking, and he said something that i think raised a lot of eyebrows about the overall situation 28 days into this administration. he says our government continues to be in unbelievable turmoil. i h...

Commander of special operations command. for him to speak publicly for that, and quite possibly risk his job in doing so, it seems to be extraordinary. >> this is a few weeks. weve got eight years left of this, and i dont -- >> eight? youre planning ahead. >> again, assumptions. >> right. and frankly, i mean, were already careening from potential foreign policy crisis to potential foreign policy crisis. its high past time for congress to open up early discussions of introducing articles of impea...

He was my assistant in 2007 and 8. this is not something he would say. hes a four star general now but hes leading special operations command all over the world. every time you see a hit on the terrorist thats tony thomass organization. for him to say something like this is pretty offensive. >> you lived it. war is old men talking and young men dying and theres no question its an urgency on the part of fighting men and women for things to get clear and complete as soon as possible. follow up on ...

Truthfully. in addition commanders in the field. you mentioned tony thomas in the earlier show. hes trying to hold special operations command together and just wants direction for things hes doing. two general officers in europe are continuing to train ukrainian forces. all of this is happening while its turmoil in washington. >> lets talk about this general marx. what the red flag was here, both the volume of the communications and proximity to mr. trump. what does that mean? how much contact w...

But it is one of the most powerful positions in the white house. just look back on henry kissinger. zbig brzezinski or brent scrowcroft to understand why. in this case, flynn i feel somewhat sorry for him because he was completely out of his element. hes not leaving because of some objection to what the administration is doing, which is what will be why jim mattis leaves. hes leaving because he simply couldnt do the job. and some other things that youve talked about already on your show that we ...

Administration. when you see that you dont know whos in charge, this flynn situation, the whole environment is one of dysfunction in the trump administration. >> and here is now former defense secretary of state leon panetta saying, quote, ive never been so nervous in my lifetime about what may or may not happen in washington. and this from general tony thomas, head of military special operations command. quote, our government continues to be in unbelievable turmoil. i hope they sort it out soon...