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Campaign with different agendas, possibly, but we are in it. in the same area together. >> you also address in your article, most of the army is untrained. >> the eastern european countries since the fall of the soviet union have not been as capable because their weapon systems have deteriorated over the past 15 years or so. they need to look into possible military spending, and they have in the past couple of years. but its nowhere near to where our spending is. >> its hard to do when youve got...

Secondly, precision weapons arent always precise. when you think of this being equivalent to a videogame, it is not. sometimes these weapon systems miss their targets and that could have been the cause for this. there is always also the reason of hey, did we know exactly where they were? i kind of chuckled when we heard nic robertson say they notified the u.s. and kabul government 30 minutes prior to the attack they were there. the bombings still continue. you just dont turn these things on and ...

And its proxy hezbollah is rushing into the void or isis, the sunni, the radical sunnies rushing from the other side. the one party that is standing there 10 miles from isis, a few hundred yards from irans murderous proxies is israel. we are protecting ourselves. in so doing, we are also protecting the neighborhood, israel has no better ally than the united states. and the united states has no better ally than israel. and he think the order of the day now, after the deal, is to make sure that is...

Us, im bill oreilly in the factor follow up segment tent, as you may know bowe bergdahl captured by the taliban in afghanistan was traded for five top taliban terrorists. the obama administration describes sergeant bergdahls service as noble. but now he is charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. today in san antonio, texas, his military hearing began. joining us from sioux falls south dakota. a member of bergdahls platoon when he went missing. first of all, tell me about bergdah...

Majority of eye and yan--eye iranians will be happy. >> fred, it will be interesting to see what snapback provisions in the deal. how quickly can the sanctions go back into place to put pressure back on the regime to make sure they are not developing nuclear energy for weapon systems. >> reporter: absolutely. that was also one of the key things the iranians were saying. they did not want any snapback provision. that is something that will be absolutely key to see. they said if we sign on to this...

Target identification, hostile intent or hostile action and then you need to ensure that all friendlies are clear of your weapon systems and then you are the final approval for that weapon release authority. and so we were very effective at accomplishing our mission that way. we felt as though our chain of command trusted us back then to make those decisions. thats what our job is to do. >> is it different -- i mean is it significantly different that when you are flying combat missions those 8 y...

Institute. while were speaking to you were looking at the live images coming from moscow and its quite a show of force and pride for russians. talk to us about the significance of this moment. >> thats the first time when the russian leadership shows the world the russian army. so thats the first time when the new prototypes for the newest weapon systems are on display which is very good. which is very interesting to see these tank which is potentially will finally close the gap, generational ga...

Seeing in north korea with the kind of bluster, these arent just defensive weapon systems. these are meant to scare other nations. south korea, japan, united states. i mean, now theyre looking on working at an international continental ballistic missile. they have missiles that will launch satellites into orbit. they have a submarine launch capability. whats next? this is challenging and disconcerting. >> for now, you believe its a tool of intimidation? >> well, youve seen over the years, over t...

Experts say would have required a background check. >> if he had a lower level secret security clearance, they would have not picked up on the fact he was on the fbis radar because he wasnt convicted of a crime. if he had top secret they would have picked it up under a background investigation conducted by the fbi. >> reporter: they would not tell cnn what level of security he had. experts say the case highlights potential holes in how contractors are screened. >> a lot more action should have b...

Could the north koreans potentially launch some sort of cyberattack lets say against south koreas power plants or along the lines of the cyberattack that reportedly the u.s. and israel jointly did to slow down irans nuclear program? >> its a key question because they want to do something like that. the cyberexperts we speak to say they are really not there yet. they say the north koreans are not as proficient at cyberwarfare as the americans, chinese or russians but are working to get better and...