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Yeah. Absolutely. Its far from it. And we all collectively laid out some details to support that. Do you see any way to defeat isil in syria without a substantial arab army involved . I dont know how you get there. I mean obviously, if we deployed tens of thousands of troops ourselves we could defeat isis in syria. I dont think anybody here would recommend such an event. I think the people who have vested interest there should be involved and i think they would get involved. I mean, you know that they said as much, but we have to do something to change the momentum of the assad regime. Dr. Kag...

Know the human terrain in these areas very very very well. They are ruthless, and they are committed and determined. And theyre exhibiting the will to fight. And theyre fighting for pewer, theyre fighting for ideological reasons. But for many sunni arabs who are sfrus frustrated. Theyre fighting for they land families, and future and theyre not. Theyre fighting anyway because theyre fighting for their own lives and their own future and theyre fearful. There are many sunni military aged males to date that have not taken sides in this fight. Its just a matter of time if this polarization continu...

Its striking, for example, we have often come with the 11 commanders in afghanistan in 11 years. Thats casual arrogance. Why would you think that was any way to run a railroad . If you had an American Corporation that had 11 ceos in 11 years, what would happen to it . It would fall apart. Warren buffett said that youd been playing he said if youd been playing poker for have our and you dont who the patsy at the table is, you are the patsy. When you get a commander in every year and rotate every year, every time he goes home he basically make our commander the patsy at the table. He doesnt know...

Followed by patrick tyler, author of fortress israel the inside story of the military elite who run the country and why they cant make peace. Watch this and more all weekend long on booktv. For a complete schedule can, visit booktv. Org. Strangle me [inaudible] give it to him hard hes not safe on that bus. Ive been on that bus. They are just as good as gold. As all of us, i think, in this country were starting to see people coming out and talking about their experience of this phenomenon that so many of us had experienced in one way or another and had had no words for other than adolescence, o...

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