he, indeed, just said that. here for our lead-off discussion on a wednesday night, ashley parker, pulitzer prize winning reporter for the washington post. jonathan lamier, associated press and melanie zanonis, congressional reporter for politico. good evening. welcome to you all. ashley, i wanted to begin by showing you what our friends at the new york times have come up for the a-line headline of the morning. it s simple, direct and gets your attention. turkey attacks u.s. ally in syria. as we soak that in for a second, do you know who would give this president a talking point that the kurds weren t side by side with us on omaha beach? well, i believe he read it in a column, as he said. but, no, no one is happy that he delivered that today. just like no one is happy, even
as someone who fought and damn near died for his country, when you hear the president say they weren t with us on omaha beach, you and i were joking about it in my office earlier tonight. how does that really strike you? two things. the first is, it results in the kind of decision making that we see that goes against our own interest. but it almost demonstrates an almost painful ignorance of how things have actually worked and how things have worked and i think that will contribute in a major way to the kind of understanding i just talked about. nobody is going to be anywhere is going to be convinced we have any idea what we re doing and that s very, very dangerous. tom, a two-part question for you and you will get the last word. how can this ever be set right? is it reparable? is there any winner in this situation at all? not for the kurds who are going to fight and die now, it
frank currey, how many of them knew him by his other identity? we ask that because frank was also officially known as francis s. currey, recipient of the medal of honor, battle of the bulge, he was an orphan raised on a farm in upstate new york, joined the army at the height of the war at 17, arrives in france on omaha beach weeks after d-day as a replacement soldier. four nights before christmas, 19 1944, in the cold, with frost bite having been issued no winter gear, young private first class currey was a rifle man, guarding a bridge crossing when the germans chose to advance. frank took it upon himself to turn them away. he repeatedly stood up and opened himself up to hostile, incoming enemy fire, killing several german troops himself. but the germans, they also had tanks.
of 94, probably only knew frank as they encountered him in life. it could have been that while he was a counselor at the v.a. office in albany, new york, spent 30 years until his retirement. after that he had a landscaping company. most recently he worked on convention bookings down in myrtle beach. and of all the people who knew frank curry, how many of them knew him by his other identity? we ask that because frank was also officially known as francis x. curry, recipient of the medal of honor, battle of the bulge, belgium, second world war. francis x. curry was an orphan raised on a farm in upstate new york. he joined the army at 17 at the height of the war. he arrives in france on omaha beach weeks after d-day as a replacement soldier. four nights before christmas 1944, in the cold, with frostbite having been issued, no
frank currey, how many of them knew him by his other identity? we ask that because frank was also officially known as francis s. currey, recipient of the medal of honor, battle of the bulge, he was an orphan raised on a farm in upstate new york, joined the army at the height of the war at 17, arrives in france on omaha beach weeks after d-day as a replacement soldier. four nights before christmas, 1944, in the cold, with frostbite having been issued no winter gear, young private first class currey was a rifleman, guarding a bridge crossing when the germans chose to advance. frank took it upon himself to turn them away. he repeatedly stood up and opened himself up to hostile, incoming enemy fire, killing several german troops himself. but the germans, they also had tanks.