Stay updated with breaking news from Lines of fire. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
lawsuit. he has reportedly settled a civil lawsuit it accused him of swinlding an elderly widows neighbor out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash and property. he and the woman lived in the same fort lauderdale building. the confidential settlement was reached with the widow's family. she died last year at age of 84. rick: back to egypt. they are calling its last chance egypt. they are promising today will be the biggest week of protests yet. the demonstrators wants an end to military rule and today the white house throwing its support behind egypt's protest movement. lieutenant colonel ralph peters is a her to of the book "lines of fire." shouldn't we have seen this coming? >> certainly. and many of us did. what we saw last winter was the
onto the money as well as the power. the muslim brotherhood isn't al qaeda. it's a complex group. others are more moderate. the muslim brotherhood is splintering, and then there are the he cue lars. but the bottom line is this. democracy isn't just for rich white people. george w. bush said wanted democracy in the middle east. we won't like every result. but you have got to remember, it's their country. there is not a lot we can do. we are not going to encourage the egyptian military to slaughter their own people. we need to look -- when you are faced with a situation like this you don't wine and moan and complain, you figure out how to take a advantage of it and position yourself as well as you can. and i think the administration of which i have been very critical is doing the right thing by backing the freedom demonstrators. rick: the bikes called "lines of fire." ralph peters, thank you very
can. and. >> bill: we've got to do something. >> very interesting. thank you, colonel peters has a brand new book out called "lines of fire". next, more craziness in occupy wall street movement. and then, congressman barney frank sympathizes with occupiers but is taking money from wall street fat cats. barney? say it ain't so.úy
track record and in "lines of fire" on the one hand, it's the greatest hits collection, best stuff i've written over the decades but it's a book about the future. this is a work that will tell you where we're going in our future wars. >> that's a question i have for you. are we done with armor? are we done with lines? are we done with battle against battle? is everything going to be covert from here on in? >> no, it's not. and i'm in the odd position, brian, in the 1990's, i was arguing we need more special operations, we need more human intelligence. it's not going to be all big armor, big tanks and now we have trouble in the u.s., we go to extremes. now i find myself arguing, hey, wait a minute, guys, we might still have to fight with artillery and armor, iran could be china, could be anywhere in the world. the united states military has to cover the waterfront. we've got to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. so we have to be able to respond to all contingencies and at the
end of the day, though, the one ultimate weapon we do have is the american soldier. >> and that's where your book is so valuable. you went and saw these things first hand. came to your own conclusions and you're not relying on sources and look forward to that book. makes me feel good that general petraeus and head of the c.i.a. seems look a perfect match. congratulations on lines of fire. appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thanks. >> surgeons want your organs and want them now. they want the rights to harvest them while still on the operating table. is that smart or just plain scary? some are using them. gavin degraw is not just a pretty face with a pretty voice. he's a small business owner, too, and ready to hire. the singer here live next. get your resume ready.
forms, many shapes and you need to fight them and apologize on behalf of this country for the discrimination you've faced. >> for fox news instant analysis on this, let's talk to fox news strategic analyst and author of "lines of fire" colonel ralph beaders. does this help the cause? >> well, you know, this guy is just a silly old fool. but we absolutely should apologize to american muslims. we should apologize for giving them opportunities and human rights and freedom. they wouldn't have anywhere in the muslim world. we should apologize for preventing them from beating their daughters to death for flirting. we should apologize for giving their children a better education than they get anywhere in the world. we should apologize for getting rid of saddam hussein who killed a million and a half muslims with his wars and oppression. we should apologize for fighting al-qaida which has killed dozens of muslims for every westerner it's killed. we should apologize for giving the palestinian authority a half a billion dollars last year.
yeah, we're just a sorry bunch of folks. >> and they're burning our flag. that's fantastic. i get the sarcasm. we hear you. and the book, in the book that you just have put out called "lines of fire" in 1994, you wrote this -- the enemies we're likely to face for the rest of this decade and beyond will not be soldiers with the discipline modernity of the term that conveys in euromerica but warriors, primitives of shifting allegiance, habituated to violence with no state in civil order. you predicted this war on terror. that's exactly what we're in the middle of. >> brian, it wasn't hard. back in the 1990's, you know, i and a few other guys, we went out there often alone. we didn't stay at the ritz carlton. we talked to the guys in the streets, the thugs at the barricades and the road blocks and if you went out and saw the world first hand and came back and we poured it honestly without political bias and without worrying about your next job or promotion, you could get it right so i'm very proud of my
on terror has been an historic win for our nation. lieutenant colonel ross peters is author of "lines of fire." thank you so much for being here. krauthammer says the weakening of al-qaeda and what tours a strong horse into a weak horse this unrelenting war on terror. he talks about afghanistan and he talks about iraq too saying it wound up being decisive? >> charles drought ham ser really wrong. he may be greatest political column enlist our country but he is right on this. nobody can give anybody else credit for getting anything right. the fact is after the tragedy of 9/11 we've had a really good decade and al-qaeda has had a disastrously bad one. ten years on.
fighting terror? are we staying resilient enough to honor our followen troops and the victims of 9/11? joining us now is fox news strategic analyst and the author of forth coming book "lines of fire." lt. colonel ralph peters. good morning, sir. >> good to see you. >> dave: we spoke with jack keane al qaeda has gone from a terrorist organization to completely defensive. have we won the war on terror? >> well, we have won strategic victory after strategic victory. but, you have got to just keep things in perspective. 10 years agricultural divide was able to pull off a complex operation like 9/11 tremendous harm. support much of the muslim world. we have battered it so badly since 9/11 that it's lost its support in the muslim world through its own brutality. all of its major leaders are dead. zawahiri really isn't effective, the only top survivor. al qaeda central is finished. it relies on regional
Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20111021:03:09:00 vimarsana.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from vimarsana.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.