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FBC Lou Dobbs Tonight February 23, 2015

Complicated history between the middle east the west and none of us i think should be immune from criticism in terms of specific policies, but the notion that the west is at war with islam is an ugly lie. And all of us regardless of our faith, have a responsibility to reject it. But it is not a lie, but rather an absolute truth that we are at war with radical islamists who grow in strength and power in the middle east, and the president and his administration instead are rejecting that truth at least publicly. Where did mr. Obama ever get the idea becoming an empathizer in chief rather than a victorious commander in chief . He may well have been inspired by none other than hillary clinton, who nearly three months ago said this. This is what we call smart power, using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security, leaving no one on the sidelines, showing respect even for ones enemies trying to understand and insofar as psychologically possible empathize with their perspective and point of view, helping to define the problems, determine the solutions. The Obama Administration for its part moving way beyond her counsel and engaging now directly with our enemies, whether elements of the syrian socalled moderate rebels or the taliban or iran itself. Nuclear talks with iran set to resume tomorrow. The United States and turkey have signed a deal to train and to arm the socalled moderate Syrian Rebels whose moderation is not assured, and afghanistans taliban reportedly ready to engage in peace talks with the afghan government. Officials in washington deny direct u. S. Involvement but the white house does say that they are supportive of the process. We take up the new white house apology for terrorism as well as its negotiations with radical islamist terrorists. We will be talking with the leading voices on our war with terror. Fox news terrorism analyst walid farris, president of the American Islamic forum for democracy. We begin with centcom in an unusual move today, in announcement laid out the plans for a spring offensive to retake mosul which is now held by 2,000 Islamic State terrorists. An iraqi and Kurdish Military force of 20,000 to 25000 troops is being readied. According to centcom, to recapture iraqs second largest city. The u. S. Military is training 3200 of those iraqi troops. Joining us now to take up all of this and more, former director of National Intelligence five time ambassador, john negroponte. Good to have you with us. Thank you. We have heard secretary clinton talk about smart power. We are hearing the president talking about empathizing and understanding better the enemies, a war that he has led, by the way, for six years. Why the sudden change in tone direction and this extraordinary philosophy that hes now operating under apparently . Well i mean i think the administration itself is in a better position to answer that. It seems to me to have something to do with talking about longer term issues the root causes and how in all these societies, ultimately, the swamp of terrorism has to be drained. But in the meanwhile, there are some very grave Security Issues out there in countries like syria, iraq libya, as we now know, and those have to be dealt with with Firm Security measures and what i find interesting is that while there is this talk about soft power and the longer Term Solutions, the administration is in fact gearing up to take isil on in iraq, which i think is the right policy, whether you agree with them telegraphing their punches or not, but it seems to me they have had some success up until now in stemming the isil onslaught and preparing to take back some of this lost territory. So i think theres some good news buried in here at the same time. Im always suspicious, ambassador certainly not of your comments or good faith, but always of any administration, republican or democrat, during a time of war and this is still that, telling us about good news. The fact is that we are looking at a force that this president does not want to acknowledge as being at war with the west, that is now in control of an estimated 50,000 square kilometers in the middle east in syria and iraq, dominion over as many as ten Million People and to dismiss it as if it is some sort of Community Organization challenge seems to me to be at the best i could construct naive. I would be the last person in the world to dismiss it but i do recall a number of months ago when isil was tearing through mosul and headed down further south, that some people were asking themselves whether they would move on to baghdad. Of course, that hasnt happened. As ive said again, i think things have been turned back somewhat and i think they will succeed in recapturing mosul and restoring a semblance of order in iraq. Then i think the Big Questions going to be what are they going to do about syria because thats the next big question. Those are the questions that i think have Many Americans trembling with concern if i may be so dramatic and that is because this administration has been extraordinarily lousy at reading either intelligence or it has not had adequate intelligence, and anticipating and influencing favorably the outcome of world events. We turn whether it be to syria next iraq is now under the strong hand of iran, as you well know. We are looking at libya which is in utter chaos and depending on the day, within the grasp of the Islamic State itself. There doesnt seem to be a strategy, certainly not a public one, and doesnt seem there is no obvious evidence of a strategy thats being executed against iran and its designs in the region. Well i would point out that in the wake of the great successes that isil initially had and some of those gruesome beheadings the administration did respond they have sent a couple of 3,000 people out to iraq which i had not expected. I had never thought they were going to do. I thought that when the last troops left at the end of 2011, that was it. I was very pessimistic about the prospects of getting some of our people back in there. I think thats to the good. So i think its a mixed picture. Obviously could be better and i hope it does improve in the months ahead. One area that does not seem theres no, again apparent improvement in the offing and that is ukraine, where Vladimir Putin holds it seems every card and is playing them extraordinarily well against a rapt and enfeebled nato and United States. I agree with you. And i think that the ukrainian situation is very grim. I think the administration should have reacted much sooner. This situation has been going on for months now and this whole issue of whether or not to provide some weapons to a friendly government asking for help and still there has been no decision and of course as a result, the russians have consolidated territory there, succeeded in creating carving out an enclave that is going to now become like a frozen conflict such as they have established elsewhere in their socalled near abroad and its going to give them some kind of pretext for continuing to meddle in a country like the ukraine in the future. I think its a very unfortunate situation. Its not too late for the west to shore up its reaction but i think a lot of valuable time has been lost. Ambassador its always good to see you. We appreciate your insight. Thank you. President obama bringing a familiar face back to the white house. State Department Press secretary jen psaki will be moving back to the white house ahead of the president S Communications team. Critics say the president may be valuing allegiance over aptitude. Psaki has come under criticism for the way in which she defends the administration. Last week she would not acknowledge that jews were targeted in the paris terrorist attacks. Last april, she was derided for trying to counter russian aggression in ukraine with tweets like this marked as hash tag diplomacy. Psaki replaces Jennifer Palmieri who is part of the white house exodus of it seems top advisors. Senior advisors have left the white house recently. Up next no weapons required. President obama, he will conquer radical islamist terrorism by winning hearts and minds. Middle east scholars join us to take a look at this strategy, if it can be called that. Stay with us. Its more than a network. Its how you stay connected. With centurylink as your trusted Technology Partner you get an industry leading Broadband Network and cloud and hosting services. Centurylink. Your link to whats next. The president has over the past several days moved from his declaration to destroy the Islamic State to what seems to be an extraordinary strategy of empathizing and understanding better radical islamist terrorists. So if we are serious about countering violent extremism we have to get serious about confronting these economic grievances. Here at this summit the United States will make new commitments to help young people including in muslim communities, to forge new collaborations and entrepreneurships in science and technology. To help us understand better what the president is all about here, what his remarks really mean joining us is fox news middle east and terrorism analyst dr. Walid farris. Did the president come across as an apologist for radical islamists, for radical islamist terrorism . I dont think he was apologizing for the radicals but he was certainly apologizing for the house of islam. What hes doing is marginalizing the reformers. Its interesting, he opened his speech by talking about the fascisms that we destroyed in world war ii the communism we overcame in the worldcold war. Then he talked about the tactic of violent extremism. Im sorry but the president either takes the American Public for fools and that somehow we will take on a tactic without taking on the ideology and if he really wants to engage reformers, then we have to acknowledge that our allies are those who want to reform against theocracy across the muslim world that creates movements like isis. The president of egypt stood up and called for the reform of islam. He is running a government he is still confronted by extraordinary economic an Economic Disaster in the country that he now leads. Why is there not a clear statement to all of islam that he is the future and that what he is doing is important to the region . Well remember when before he was elected with an overwhelming majority, 22. 5 million votes in egypt and before that, another referendum, there was the largest human demonstration ever in egypt with 33 million egyptians. What is important about whats happening in egypt is not just the statements made by its president which are important, but what is behind that. The will of an overwhelming majority of egyptians who have never demonstrated before and by the way, 80 of those who walked are poor and very poor and what is it that they are, you know opposing, the muslim brotherhood. The islamists. The same group, Political Group they are saying are not representative of egypt all of the arab world, and we should partner with them. Theres a misperception whats happening in the middle east. Is it a misperception by this administration that he represents a powerful force within egypt and the participatory empowerment of millions of egyptians now under his, what was thought to be certainly an autocratic authoritarian regime instead is lining up with israel is a positive force calling for the reform of islam, and something with which this president does not want to be associated. Well, this president does not want to take on the difficult job of trying to say not only that we are against violent extremism but that we are for liberty and articulating exactly what is the american principles and who are our allies, because even the president of egypt called for reform against the violence but is still part of this evil empire which is the organization of islamic cooperation and the president is so deep in bed with so many of the old guard islamist mafia of the saudis and qataris and even some of the military dictators the new future you just named our leading allies in the coalition in the war against terror. Youre a purist tonight. Well, its not purism. Its the fact, if you look i have no problem with purism. Thats the short term military problem. The isiss of the world come out of the hussain and mubarak and right now, tunisia had a Secular Party that displaced the islamists in their democratic method so there are green revolutions in iran. Thats the future of a democratic middle east that will finally be a solution for the long Term Solution of terrorism rather than the short term whackamole program of these military approaches to radical islam. He mentioned the whackamole tactics of the administration, of many in the coalition, but the reality is there is no strategy to deal with radical islamist terrorism. There is a lot of lip service. We have the former secretary of state calling for greater empathy and understanding of our enemy, when we have been at war with that enemy now, outright war, for 13 years full years. And more. And this president has been in office for six years leading that war, and suddenly today is talking in abstractions and other words that could be brought to bear on his language. Its specious and irrelevant to what is the threat that con fronts western civilization is it not . Well i think the president and the administration, the advisors, are only reflecting what the academic elite in this country have been pushing for. Even the entire war, since 9 11 to now, even the wars they have conducted, the wars to end wars are not considered as legitimate. They consider that the Real Partners are the islamists and thats how they are going to end those wars not actually engage in more confrontations with the movement that is jihadism. Gentlemen, thank you very much for helping us understand at least the language of the challenges this nation and the west face. Thanks so much. Thank you. Thank you. Up next one of our nations political leaders standing up against the president and for the constitution. My commentary is next. What does it mean to have an unlimited Mileage Warranty on a certified preowned rcedesbenz . What does it mean to drive far as you want. For up to three years. And be covered . It means your odometer. Is there to record. The memories. 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When any person stands up in the midst of what most americans believe to be an Inflection Point in American History and rises to the moment with guts, plainspokenness and adherence to principle they are worthy of note and praise. I have to admit i wouldnt have been the first to have expected Speaker Boehner to be such a person. In part, because of his long attachment to lobbyists and influence peddlers like tom donahue of the u. S. Chamber of commerce and john engler of the Business Roundtable and nearly all of the big business lobbyists. The way they have been strutting around washington after the gop margins in the midterms, you would be forgiven if you thought lobbyists were corporate potentates and associations were the biggest big shots in washington. And they sure did help. With their money and their power and americans overwhelmingly voting for the Republican Party, which had a net gain of nine seats in the senate, 13 in the house. But it seems Speaker Boehner gets it, understanding that the gop dominated those midterm elections because most americans are sick of a lawless administration that is no less authoritarian because our president grins and charms while he issues edicts rather than doing the hard work of negotiating, persuading and reaching consensus as the authors of our constitution intended. Speaker boehner says now its an issue for the Senate Republicans and Senate Democrats to work out. The house has passed and sent on to the senate its bill that would fund the department of Homeland Security and stymied obamas executive amnesty fiat. It is now decision time for Senate Democrats. The democrats are holding that legislation hostage. They have refused to pass anything but a clean bill. Speaker boehner told Fox News Sunday that if dhs funding runs out, Senate Democrats and their leader, president obama are to blame and he is exactly correct. We all owe the speaker a thank you and our compliments. Whatever happens on february 27th, speaker bain erer boehner gets it. This time the republicans are on the right side of history, on the right side of our constitution and on the right side of the issues. Its president obama who has once again run a scam on the american people. Its no less than that. He and Congressional Democrats ran a scam as well with obamacare

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