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troops to afghanistan. the pulitzer prize winners inside account a discourse the issues and conflicts among several of the obama administration's key players. mr. woodward appeared briefly on c-span's "washington journal." the program is 45 minutes. >> host: and on this friday morning the "washington journal" is pleased to welcome bob woodward of the "washington post" here to talk with you about his latest book about presidential leadership at a time of war and it's called "obama's wars." mr. woodward, thanks for being here guessed that thank you. >> host: i watch your chart rose together and as i was telling you, i want to start a conversation with your very last thought on that program. i will play for our audience and pick up the conversation from there. let's listen in. >> right here is we are on thin ice, and that not enough has been done to clarify and set the direction of the war, which will not -- it's not just going to define in part the obama presidency your it's going to define where this country
troops to afghanistan. the pulitzer prize winners inside account a discourse the issues and conflicts among several of the obama administration's key players. mr. woodward appeared briefly on c-span's "washington journal." the program is 45 minutes. >> host: and on this friday morning the "washington journal" is pleased to welcome bob woodward of the "washington post" here to talk with you about his latest book about presidential leadership at a time of war...
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march 12, kabul in afghanistan. we are going to the lander village south of kabul to see the project with what he'll. >> it is 30 minutes from kabul. [inaudible] >> they went into afghanistan with this commitment to seeking out the most remote communities. the communities were far away from the capital city. when he first raised the idea with great at building a school and the lander greg immediately kind of rejected it out of hand simply based on the notion that anything within 30 kilometers of kabul was not by definition remote. >> as we are driving along, there were about eight track containers. inside each of them was 60 to 80 boys with a teacher doing a school lesson. i walked up to this armored personnel carrier painted green, soviet era, quite shelled out a pc, and the white lettering, big letters on the outside said approved project. then i stuck my head inside the apc and there were 12 9th-graders with a teacher, learning english. may the seventh grade english. we turned around, and there upon the hill were
march 12, kabul in afghanistan. we are going to the lander village south of kabul to see the project with what he'll. >> it is 30 minutes from kabul. [inaudible] >> they went into afghanistan with this commitment to seeking out the most remote communities. the communities were far away from the capital city. when he first raised the idea with great at building a school and the lander greg immediately kind of rejected it out of hand simply based on the notion that anything within 30...
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not afghanistan. vice president biden makes a compelling series of arguments that we should focus on pakistan, we have enough force, enough intelligence capability, and control of the air over afghanistan that the taliban cannot and will not come back. >>host: there was a lot of discussion in washington about your comments about hillary clinton and joe biden on the next ticket. you know what intrigues people. with all of the coverage in the book, were you surprised that how much attention and blowback about the consequences of the next presidential race? >> guest: you know, it's reported in the book that one of her advisers, mark pin told her, look, it maybe if 2012, obama is in trouble. he needs to put you, hillary clinton, on the vice presidential ticket. quite -- it's being kicked around. look, it's politics. and it you look at the numbers, hillary clinton has strength with voter groups, workers, seniors, latinos, and women, and obama may need them. the white house is right, they are not talking ab
not afghanistan. vice president biden makes a compelling series of arguments that we should focus on pakistan, we have enough force, enough intelligence capability, and control of the air over afghanistan that the taliban cannot and will not come back. >>host: there was a lot of discussion in washington about your comments about hillary clinton and joe biden on the next ticket. you know what intrigues people. with all of the coverage in the book, were you surprised that how much attention...
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chris has a boston area code with is phone-number lives in providence just back from us get -- afghanistan and we're proud to have him here. how did this project get started with the a cave 47? >> sometimes you come across your subject by accident. and 2001 as we were who were came after the attacks on new york and washington those traveling to the countryside and saw the weapon everywhere. it is intriguing but not a new observation. as the taliban was pulling back and the northern alliance that were aligned with the united states moving through the territory a number of times we came to houses and bunkers where they left their documents and i gather them up of the students of the jihad what are they receiving for their instructions when they went to a training camp? it did not matter what language of our which year the notebooks were dated. they were first class and as i started to observe this, it seems to me a long way from where the weapon originated, a plan the economy on the eastern bloc and how did it break so far away from its roots? with that question in mind, what i found what is
chris has a boston area code with is phone-number lives in providence just back from us get -- afghanistan and we're proud to have him here. how did this project get started with the a cave 47? >> sometimes you come across your subject by accident. and 2001 as we were who were came after the attacks on new york and washington those traveling to the countryside and saw the weapon everywhere. it is intriguing but not a new observation. as the taliban was pulling back and the northern...
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in some ways afghanistan. the bloodshed in afghanistan in the 90s after the soviets pulled out, the chaos in that country in the 1990s, even rights figures, something like 400,000 civilians were killed. this society imploded. that era ended when the u.s. went in in 2001 followed by nato. in the decades since nato has been there the u.s. has been afghanistan the highest estimates of civilian casualties are 30,000. then you find yourself sort of arguing with violence to prevent violence. in the world that does happen. on an intuitive level that doesn't feel good to talk that way. that is my job as a reporter. the politics, morality of all this got really complicated when instead of reporting on african civil war like sierra leone which was stopped instantly by the british paratroopers, stopped and that civil war, but now we are talking american soldiers who are in the country for a decade and i could not reconcile all those different questions and issues in my mind so what i decided to do was simply write about
in some ways afghanistan. the bloodshed in afghanistan in the 90s after the soviets pulled out, the chaos in that country in the 1990s, even rights figures, something like 400,000 civilians were killed. this society imploded. that era ended when the u.s. went in in 2001 followed by nato. in the decades since nato has been there the u.s. has been afghanistan the highest estimates of civilian casualties are 30,000. then you find yourself sort of arguing with violence to prevent violence. in the...
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and can in afghanistan -- in afghanistan on all too many days we'd.com under fire for -- come under fire from kalashnikovs. a big part of my job is covering the war in afghanistan, so i'm not spending much time with the generals. i find that i'm out with the p troops and often out in some of the worst parts of the country. so if you wander around these parts of the country with the troops doing what they're doing, you tend to get ambushed now and then. and the kalashnikov in afghanistan is not an ideal weapon. it's ideal, perhaps, in terms of its durability. it lasts a long time. it's easy to use if you're not very well trained, but it's not very accurate. so a lot of times the experience of being am burked is to have the -- ambushed is to have the rounds going by and no one in your group is struck. does that mean it's not effective? in i mean, one measure is whether or not you get struck. it certainly influences your behavior if there's large portions of a country that are armed up with automatic kalashnikovs and people have local grievances. these parts of the country in many respects
and can in afghanistan -- in afghanistan on all too many days we'd.com under fire for -- come under fire from kalashnikovs. a big part of my job is covering the war in afghanistan, so i'm not spending much time with the generals. i find that i'm out with the p troops and often out in some of the worst parts of the country. so if you wander around these parts of the country with the troops doing what they're doing, you tend to get ambushed now and then. and the kalashnikov in afghanistan is not...
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i think that in afghanistan, there's a correlation with that. and the drugs are grown easily in afghanistan of as they are columbia. there's a lot of similarities in whether similar things can be applied. i think we should take a look at what's actually happened over the four decades of the drug war and what real success has really come of it. because even though you can -- the government organizations can present numbers and say we are having so much success, you know, this year, the coca growing in columbia is down. if you look at the whole context of the picture, the coca growing is up in peru. it's just sort of passing the buck to another country. looking at it in a very small, small view to say this is a success. if we look at it, why is this thing going on for so many decades, so many billions of dollars, so many lives lost in the process. i think that's something to really keep in mind when we are looking at afghanistan. >> i have to say, i agree with karin. the fact that william wood should say we should apply the tenure of failure, it i
i think that in afghanistan, there's a correlation with that. and the drugs are grown easily in afghanistan of as they are columbia. there's a lot of similarities in whether similar things can be applied. i think we should take a look at what's actually happened over the four decades of the drug war and what real success has really come of it. because even though you can -- the government organizations can present numbers and say we are having so much success, you know, this year, the coca...
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as were many of our soldiers now in afghanistan and iraq. a decade from now, if the war in afghanistan and it looks increasingly like pakistan is still being fought, most of you will be entering your fourth decade on this planet. and you may even have a 10-year-old of your own. a decade from then, if as some top washington officials insist, the global war on terror is multigeneration, that child just might be fighting in pakistan or yemen or somalia or some other military area of responsibility somewhere on the planet. a decade from then dot, dot, dot. of course, whatever skills we may lack when it comes to predicting the future, all things must end. including the american war state and our strange state of war. it will happen. it won't take forever, not the way things are going, but it will happen in an easier and less harmful fashion if you're involved in whatever fashion you choose. in making it so. had i a birthday cake with candles on it and blown them out, that i think would have been my wish. thank you. [applause] >> we're going to op
as were many of our soldiers now in afghanistan and iraq. a decade from now, if the war in afghanistan and it looks increasingly like pakistan is still being fought, most of you will be entering your fourth decade on this planet. and you may even have a 10-year-old of your own. a decade from then, if as some top washington officials insist, the global war on terror is multigeneration, that child just might be fighting in pakistan or yemen or somalia or some other military area of responsibility...
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>> it comes from afghanistan. the was a phrase someone said to me before i went to afghanistan, every man in this village is a liar. it derived from an old greek paradox, where the person who says i think it is actually all of the cree tins are lawyers the the person who says a is a creetin so it is and logical possibility that if he is telling the truth he's lying. i use it because it seems the elusive nature of the truth in war and the difficulty of reporting in a war zone. village in some ways, it's a global village as well. there wasn't really any way who came away with their hands clean from the war. everyone was lobbying to some extent. >> where detector on the cover come from? >> you have to ask my publisher. i actually don't know anything about it. they showed it to me and my father was beautiful to the believe it is afghanistan judging by the building but i don't know. >> if someone reads every man in this village is a liar will we learn about the daily lives of people in afghanistan and iraq? >> is as we
>> it comes from afghanistan. the was a phrase someone said to me before i went to afghanistan, every man in this village is a liar. it derived from an old greek paradox, where the person who says i think it is actually all of the cree tins are lawyers the the person who says a is a creetin so it is and logical possibility that if he is telling the truth he's lying. i use it because it seems the elusive nature of the truth in war and the difficulty of reporting in a war zone. village in...
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you think you'd be rich when afghanistan. and yet here's a general the plan to end and obama is like two cares. now, i would suggest one preset obama may be indifferent to winning if he doesn't want to win. what if obama feels, in the anticolonial framework, that iraq and afghanistan are words of colonial population. so this is not about fighting terrorism. these are about committing terrorism, the rogue elephant, gravity can. his goal is not to win, but to figure out a way to get out. just a few days ago, a few of "the new york times" community the news article, karzai, prime minister of afghanistan entered into negotiations with the taliban and. the taliban. and i thought when i first read that, these afghans, you just can't trust them. leave them for allowing me against get to go shoot the enemy. these are radical muslims trying to make a comeback in afghanistan. fighting a war against them for years. as horrible karzai is not betraying america by negotiating with the taliban. password will produce to the maritimes, look a
you think you'd be rich when afghanistan. and yet here's a general the plan to end and obama is like two cares. now, i would suggest one preset obama may be indifferent to winning if he doesn't want to win. what if obama feels, in the anticolonial framework, that iraq and afghanistan are words of colonial population. so this is not about fighting terrorism. these are about committing terrorism, the rogue elephant, gravity can. his goal is not to win, but to figure out a way to get out. just a...
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in afghanistan there's a correlation with that, and the drugs are grown easily in afghanistan like columbia, and whether similar things can be applied, i think we should take a look at what's actually happened over the four decades of the drug war and what real success has really come of it because even though the government organization can present numbers and say, oh, we're having so much success, this year the coke is growing in columbia is down, but if you look at the whole context of the picture, it's actually the coke growing is up in peru. it's passing the buck to another country, and you know, looking at a in a very small view to say this is a success, but if we look at it why is this thing going on for so many decades and so many billions of dollars and so many lives lost in the process, and i think that's something to really keep in mind when looking at afghanistan. >> i have to say i agree with karin and the fact to apply this ten years of failure to fail somewhere else is ridiculous. there's no sign of success there that helped stop the flowing drugs into the u.s.. >> it seems t
in afghanistan there's a correlation with that, and the drugs are grown easily in afghanistan like columbia, and whether similar things can be applied, i think we should take a look at what's actually happened over the four decades of the drug war and what real success has really come of it because even though the government organization can present numbers and say, oh, we're having so much success, this year the coke is growing in columbia is down, but if you look at the whole context of the...
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iraq and afghanistan there is always those bursts of extreme violence that rattle you. i think in the balance, though, somalia and chad have been my, the most difficult places to cover. personally and professionally. >> host: how did you get started in this line of work? >> guest: in 2004 and 2005 i was, i was a full-time political reporter in columbia, south carolina, for the local free times newspaper. and if war is boring, then peace is way worse. and it was driving me nuts sitting in on county council meetings and things like ordinances. so i had an opportunity to embed with the national guard in early 2005, took it, realized not only could i enjoy it, but i could do it. so i quit my job and began freelancing from conflict zones full time. >> host: 202 is the area code, 585-3885 in the east and central time zones, 585-3886 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. where was the last place you've been? >> guest: i just got back from congo, and the artist on "war is boring," matt, he and i are going to collaborate on an entire graphic novel -- >> host:
iraq and afghanistan there is always those bursts of extreme violence that rattle you. i think in the balance, though, somalia and chad have been my, the most difficult places to cover. personally and professionally. >> host: how did you get started in this line of work? >> guest: in 2004 and 2005 i was, i was a full-time political reporter in columbia, south carolina, for the local free times newspaper. and if war is boring, then peace is way worse. and it was driving me nuts...
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navy ships and bases around the world, including desert camps in iraq and afghanistan. these are extraordinary groups. i'm really proud to -- i haven't been able to give them awards this week on behalf of the national book foundation. [applause] okay, just a couple more people to think here. we'll get through this. so thank you to my fellow board members, especially market in japan and lynn nesbitt, who are also dinner cochairs along with high about shelley ranger. they have completely transform this event in the last few years. a great thanks to them. they deserve laws. [applause] also, thank you to tina brown, "the daily beast" in st. john for sponsoring this event after party. somehow tina has found time to do this, including editing "newsweek" and everything else. thank you, tina. commack thank you to executive director into the outstanding shots at the national book foundation for all their hard work, making this evening possible. [applause] part of what makes this industry so much fun is the diversity of our publishers. and you can see that tonight this year's fin
navy ships and bases around the world, including desert camps in iraq and afghanistan. these are extraordinary groups. i'm really proud to -- i haven't been able to give them awards this week on behalf of the national book foundation. [applause] okay, just a couple more people to think here. we'll get through this. so thank you to my fellow board members, especially market in japan and lynn nesbitt, who are also dinner cochairs along with high about shelley ranger. they have completely...
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you be reading decision point, particularly the chapters on afghanistan and iraq? >> well i haven't read -- i read very very extensively the memoirs by everyone, memoirs, investigative journalist reports leaks from the bush administration and i made a decision to keep working on the book until the end of the bush demonstration. that is where the research stops. i will look at his autobiography, certainly, but i hope i can move on to to a subject may be that is cultures of peace or cultures of something else in the future rather than go back to this right now. >> professor john dower has already won the national book award for -- and he won the pulitzer prize as well. has been nominated for the 2010 nonfiction category for "cultures of war," pearl harbor, from hiroshima 9/11 and iraq. >> good evening. on behalf of the board of directors of the national book foundation, it is my privilege to welcome you to the 61st national book awards. now around this time of the year, the question i am most often asked is of course which of the finalists will win. that is what ever
you be reading decision point, particularly the chapters on afghanistan and iraq? >> well i haven't read -- i read very very extensively the memoirs by everyone, memoirs, investigative journalist reports leaks from the bush administration and i made a decision to keep working on the book until the end of the bush demonstration. that is where the research stops. i will look at his autobiography, certainly, but i hope i can move on to to a subject may be that is cultures of peace or...
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i met women in afghanistan who could not leave their houses alone, who had their fingernails pulled off if they wore fingernail polish. their lives are changing. i wanted to give voice to the remarkable people and share these experiences with others, and i wanted to remember the many wonderful people i met here at home, the volunteers from the red cross and the men who drove all night to the storm ravaged gulf coast after katrina to cook meals for those in need and stayed for months helping the people there rebuild, or the coast guard volunteers who rescued some 30,000 people stranded after the hurricane struck. i wanted to tell the days the spent with the young men in our cities and towns, many of whom were exgang members trying to turn their lives around. i was never prouder as when part of my own helping america's youth initiative, i was able to welcome a group of exgang members from l.a. to the white house, the same house where we hosted the queen of england and the pope on his birthday. the more i thought about it, the more i realized that i had some great stories to tell even abou
i met women in afghanistan who could not leave their houses alone, who had their fingernails pulled off if they wore fingernail polish. their lives are changing. i wanted to give voice to the remarkable people and share these experiences with others, and i wanted to remember the many wonderful people i met here at home, the volunteers from the red cross and the men who drove all night to the storm ravaged gulf coast after katrina to cook meals for those in need and stayed for months helping the...
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afghanistan figures in, of course, also. but i focus mostly on iraq. and there the failure of intelligence on our part, on the u.s. part, was extraordinary. why? so i was trying to think of this over time, and one thing this does is it takes you to think comparatively about the u.s. in ways that are sometimes a bit taboo and a little bit make people uncomfortable. it's not saying it's all the same, but also it lifts it out of the bush administration per se when you ten back in history and look at -- step back in history and look at the bigger picture. you're going back to world war ii, you're going pack to other thicks -- back to other things. at one point in the book i end up many this the philippines at the turn of the century, you know, when the u.s. conquered philippines in 1898, early 1900s, and all the rhetoric was there. i have a line in the week that you -- book that you want to find a ghost behind the ghost writers for george bush, you go back to the philippines. the rhetoric, the language is all there. so to think about war as a culture is ve
afghanistan figures in, of course, also. but i focus mostly on iraq. and there the failure of intelligence on our part, on the u.s. part, was extraordinary. why? so i was trying to think of this over time, and one thing this does is it takes you to think comparatively about the u.s. in ways that are sometimes a bit taboo and a little bit make people uncomfortable. it's not saying it's all the same, but also it lifts it out of the bush administration per se when you ten back in history and look...
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maybe you ag to thank the russians for invading afghanistan. after carter did the about phase and started really rebuilding the military at whatever the expense. of course, when he devoted the bomb line and got so much criticism for it, he was eventually deciding to be a stealth bomber. you can't go on national television during the cold war and say we are building the stealth bomber and giving the information away to the enemy. a lot of secretary of defense, harold brown. i don't know what your military experience was. a lot of military people i have interviewed, they liked harold brown. was to true to your experience? you know, they really liked him. and a lot of that modern technological equipment we used, much of the development started in carter's last year in office. the recent book by mondale if you read it, it was interesting. he thought carter was hawkish, as he puts it. thank you for sharing your story. do we have a someone -- have a microphone? you got it. okay. >> thank you for an interesting presentation. i think it's pretty well k
maybe you ag to thank the russians for invading afghanistan. after carter did the about phase and started really rebuilding the military at whatever the expense. of course, when he devoted the bomb line and got so much criticism for it, he was eventually deciding to be a stealth bomber. you can't go on national television during the cold war and say we are building the stealth bomber and giving the information away to the enemy. a lot of secretary of defense, harold brown. i don't know what...
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he encouraged the insurgents in afghanistan to keep them occupied in afghanistan once they invaded afghanistan. we've seen some of those papers now. but as i said earlier, it took 444 days. carter was the kind of person -- he really had an engineer's mind in some ways he worked for the long-term solution to problems. he did this with other problems as well. and sometimes the long-term solutions worked. but in the world of politics and the next election, you know, the voters sometimes don't want to wait for the long term. but i agree with you and i'm looking forward to knowing more about that myself. and there's even some evidence -- i shouldn't say it. it will not be in my book 'cause i can't prove it about the famous october surprise which i've done a lot of research on as a matter of fact, some most recently in the reagan library. and there's a lot of smoke but i can't find the gun, whether they deliberately the reagan campaign -- did i know that the reagan campaign was going to use the hostages against carter in the 1980 election. but i don't know the details. the details are probably in th
he encouraged the insurgents in afghanistan to keep them occupied in afghanistan once they invaded afghanistan. we've seen some of those papers now. but as i said earlier, it took 444 days. carter was the kind of person -- he really had an engineer's mind in some ways he worked for the long-term solution to problems. he did this with other problems as well. and sometimes the long-term solutions worked. but in the world of politics and the next election, you know, the voters sometimes don't want...
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as an example life for women in afghanistan under the taliban seemed to me rather obvious the violent misogyny and religious bamboozle the end of the taliban was not the perfect recipe for human flourishing and a fellow speaker at the conference said to me how could you ever say the compulsory veiling of women, forcing women to live in burke as is wrong from the point of view of science? it is wrong because the moment you had met questions of right and wrong have to do with human well-being, it becomes immediately obvious that forcing half the population to live in small bags and killing them when they try to get out is not a perfect way of maximizing it. she said that is just your opinion. i said let's make it simpler. let's say we found a culture that was removing the eyeballs of every third child. would you then agree we have found a culture that was not perfectly maximizing human well-being? she said it would depend on why they were doing it. after i picked my job back up off the floor i said let's say they are doing it for religious reasons. they have a script that says every sur
as an example life for women in afghanistan under the taliban seemed to me rather obvious the violent misogyny and religious bamboozle the end of the taliban was not the perfect recipe for human flourishing and a fellow speaker at the conference said to me how could you ever say the compulsory veiling of women, forcing women to live in burke as is wrong from the point of view of science? it is wrong because the moment you had met questions of right and wrong have to do with human well-being, it...
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host: speaking of george bush, have you or will you be reading "decision points" or the chapters on afghanistan or i iraq? >> guy read very fair extensively his memoirs by everybody investigative journalist dan reports leaked from the bush administration and i made a decision to keep working on the book until the end of the bush administration. i will look at his autobiography certainly. but i hope i can move onto a subject may be cultures of peace or something else rather than go back to this right now. >> host: you have lowered the won the national book award and the pulitzer prize as well and has been nominated 2010 national book award nonfiction category cultures of four pearl harbor at hiroshima and 9/11 and iraq. >> why when they hear the president and others talk about the fact we must make government efficient for the people, did our founding fathers actually design the government to be inefficient? and ask yourself that question. this is a model for efficiency. but it was done deliberately. why? because in order to have basic liberties, you have to
host: speaking of george bush, have you or will you be reading "decision points" or the chapters on afghanistan or i iraq? >> guy read very fair extensively his memoirs by everybody investigative journalist dan reports leaked from the bush administration and i made a decision to keep working on the book until the end of the bush administration. i will look at his autobiography certainly. but i hope i can move onto a subject may be cultures of peace or something else rather than...
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would if he feels a iraq and afghanistan are wars of colonial occupation they are occupied the same way british occupied can you? it is not about fighting terrorism but the rogue elephant grabbing what it can then his goal is not to win but figure out a way to get out. he would see the lead article a few days it ago karzai entering into negotiations with the taliban. i first thought these afghans, you cannot trust them leave them alone they will negotiate their trying to make a comeback. horrible karzai is featuring america fast forward with the front-page headline the obama administration supports and has been helping to orchestrate the meetings between karzai a and the taliban. it is encouraging the karzai government to meet with the enemy plug in the theory that obama wants to get out does not care too much is not my business just want to get the amount so the view is that if you plug in and makes sense if you take out you cannot explain it. why would somebody do that? considers a lot to be bomber from earlier. i understand why any american president would do that but within the anti
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the soviet invasion of afghanistan. it generated similar -- about the ability of the united states to influence events abroad. carter could be a very skilled politician. in georgia he had been able to break the entrenched corrupt democratic machine to win his way into the state legislature and gov.ship. a recount in my book is 1962 run for the state senate when he took on the quintessential southern machine politician who was very good and even had his people in voting booths warning that their housing would get burned down if they voted for carter. carter could contest the election and win. during the 1976 democratic primary, carter was the first candidate to really grasped how the nomination process change in the post george mcgovern europe. he mastered the iowa caucus and the politics of the television media to bring down more established figures like lawrence udall, henry scoop jackson, he understood how to use his own biography and his own image to powerful effect such as when he changed out of his formal suit befo
the soviet invasion of afghanistan. it generated similar -- about the ability of the united states to influence events abroad. carter could be a very skilled politician. in georgia he had been able to break the entrenched corrupt democratic machine to win his way into the state legislature and gov.ship. a recount in my book is 1962 run for the state senate when he took on the quintessential southern machine politician who was very good and even had his people in voting booths warning that their...
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they have been getting the material about activities in afghanistan and iraq and the war on terrorism. it's quite remarkable. and i think i would be remiss if i did not thank them. and they did in the forward to my book but, you know, tom johnson and bob hennig and a host of other nsa historians literally made my job so much easier. it basically allowed me, i spent 25 years piecing together little bits of pieces of the nsa's history. and when nsa declassified for my book, literally it was like everything opened up. everything, all the little pieces i've been thinking leading for over two decades suddenly became clear. it was only when nsa began declassifdeclassifying this material, beginning in the late 1990s, i was able to write this book in a cogent and organized fashion. before that my book was basically, the entire order of battle of nsa. i knew where every officer had been, office names. in other words, it would have bored all of you to tears if i had -- no publish would have published it. but any rate, the book itself also, thanks to dr. johnson and the other nsa historians, i t
they have been getting the material about activities in afghanistan and iraq and the war on terrorism. it's quite remarkable. and i think i would be remiss if i did not thank them. and they did in the forward to my book but, you know, tom johnson and bob hennig and a host of other nsa historians literally made my job so much easier. it basically allowed me, i spent 25 years piecing together little bits of pieces of the nsa's history. and when nsa declassified for my book, literally it was like...
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close to president bush and president clinton, you know, standing with america after september 11th, in afghanistan, in iraq and so on. and, you know, sometimes it's presented almost as if let me speak from the point of view of the british prime minister, as if this is about, you know, you've got to keep in with america, and o on. and, of course, america, it is important for all countries to have a relationship with the world's superpower. but actually for me it was always, too, about a bond of values and beliefs, a shared way of life, and actually, you know, you can be sort of a bit prissy or dismissive of that, but it matters, and it means something. and, therefore, for me the alliance between britain and the u.s. was a matter of strategic national interest. you know, sometimes people in america are very kind, they say, thank you for what you did for america, and i say, well, actually i did it for britain. and it's important, that, because the relationship still matters. now, what is often said over my way today is, yes, of course the american relationship's important, but power is shifting east.
close to president bush and president clinton, you know, standing with america after september 11th, in afghanistan, in iraq and so on. and, you know, sometimes it's presented almost as if let me speak from the point of view of the british prime minister, as if this is about, you know, you've got to keep in with america, and o on. and, of course, america, it is important for all countries to have a relationship with the world's superpower. but actually for me it was always, too, about a bond of...
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for office in 2006, the first year that women there were granted the right to vote and i met women in afghanistan who under the taliban could not leave their houses alone, who could not get an education. who would have their fingernails pulled off as they so much war a code of fingernail polish. now there lives a changing. in my book i wanted to give voice to all of these remarkable people and to share these experiences with others. i wanted to remember the many wonderful people i met at home. volunteers from the red cross and the baptist men who drove all night to storm ravaged gulf coast after katrina to cook meals for those in need and who stayed for months helping the people there rebuild. the brave coastguard volunteers who rescued some 30,000 people stranded after the hurricane struck. i wanted to tell of the days i spent with the young men in our cities and towns, many of whom were ex gang members who were trying to turn their lives around. why was never more proud than was part of helping america's youth high was able to welcome kits group of ex gained members from l a to whitehouse. the
for office in 2006, the first year that women there were granted the right to vote and i met women in afghanistan who under the taliban could not leave their houses alone, who could not get an education. who would have their fingernails pulled off as they so much war a code of fingernail polish. now there lives a changing. in my book i wanted to give voice to all of these remarkable people and to share these experiences with others. i wanted to remember the many wonderful people i met at home....
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david axe works in iraq and afghanistan. we then return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean -- atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we'll interview authors about the book "sea gull one," an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, "dirty, sexy politics," and after that nonfiction for children entitled "heros for my son." then bill press, doug shaun all taking part in that discussion and appeared on booktv in the past. after that is eliza here to take your calls on christianity and islam. after that, another opportunity for you to call in. charles will be here about "robert morris." the final event from the conference center is from jon than franzen, "freedom." that book made the news this summer while president obama bought it on summer vacation. if you are in the area, it's sunny and 80 degrees
david axe works in iraq and afghanistan. we then return for a talk by simon winchester who published a book about the thraptic ocean -- atlantic ocean. he was on our program in 2004 and in 1998 to discuss the professor and the madman about the oxford english dictionary. after that, we'll interview authors about the book "sea gull one," an organization founded and efforts to save people fleeing cuba on rafts. after that meggan mccain will speak about her book, "dirty, sexy...
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do know enough now that certain cultures are not maximizing and i cited as an example that women in afghanistan and the taliban. it can to me rather obvious the violet misogyny and religious bamboozlement was not the perfect recipe for human employer shame. and afterward a fellow speaker of the conference came out to me and said well, how could you ever say that the compulsory veiling of women, forcing women to live in burqas is wrong from the point of view of science? i said well it's similar time because the moment should make the questions are right and wrong have something to do with human well-being, then it becomes immediately obvious forcing half the population to the then cloth bags and beaten them or killing him would make it out is not a perfect way of maximizing that. and she said let's just your opinion. i said well, let's make it simple. let's say we found a culture that was removing the eyeballs of every third child. would you then agree that we have found a culture that was not perfectly maximizing human well-being? and she said well, it would depend on why they were doing it. [l
do know enough now that certain cultures are not maximizing and i cited as an example that women in afghanistan and the taliban. it can to me rather obvious the violet misogyny and religious bamboozlement was not the perfect recipe for human employer shame. and afterward a fellow speaker of the conference came out to me and said well, how could you ever say that the compulsory veiling of women, forcing women to live in burqas is wrong from the point of view of science? i said well it's similar...
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officers who said that they're fighting holy war in afghanistan. you can see video of the top chaplain in afghanistan shouting to his troops, we are the new israel, we are the new israel, comparing the u.s. military to special forces for god. i spoke to a man that drove a bradley fighting vehicle, that's a fast-moving tank. it was with a special forces unit calling itself the faith element. they had the translator paint jesus killed mohamed in big red letters. and every family or person that took a shot at them and people who were not insurgents, you can imagine, did. it's a tank, it wasn't going to get hurt. he turned the big guns and blew up their house, destroyed almost a whole block. i asked him, how did you do it? he misunderstood the question. he thought, how could i do it too maybe? the i don't know. he said, i was spiritually armored, i couldn't get hurt because the pastor had given me a special screening of mel gibson's "passion of the christ." he's been promoted. i should say they are kind of distinct movements, a kind of hard-edged funda
officers who said that they're fighting holy war in afghanistan. you can see video of the top chaplain in afghanistan shouting to his troops, we are the new israel, we are the new israel, comparing the u.s. military to special forces for god. i spoke to a man that drove a bradley fighting vehicle, that's a fast-moving tank. it was with a special forces unit calling itself the faith element. they had the translator paint jesus killed mohamed in big red letters. and every family or person that...
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you can see video of the top chaplain in afghanistan chatting to his troops, we are the new israel, we are than israel comparing the u.s. solitary put terry to special forces. i spoke to a man who drove a bradley fighting vehicle is a fast-moving tank with a special forces unit calling himself a faith element. they had the translator paint jesus killed mohammad in big arabic letters on the side and they drew with her somalia. every family, every person that took a shot at them and people who were not insurgents you can imagine did the tank wasn't going to get hurt. he turned the big guns and blew up their house and destroyed almost a whole book. i asked him, how did you do it? he misunderstood the question. he thought, would i do it too? he said i was spiritually armored. i could be hurt because my chaplain gave me a screening of mel gibson's passion of christ. he has been promoted. in fact you asked about the connection between c street and i said they are a movement, kind of hard-edged fundamentalism. c street represents a much softer sell and even the story i tell in uganda, the ame
you can see video of the top chaplain in afghanistan chatting to his troops, we are the new israel, we are than israel comparing the u.s. solitary put terry to special forces. i spoke to a man who drove a bradley fighting vehicle is a fast-moving tank with a special forces unit calling himself a faith element. they had the translator paint jesus killed mohammad in big arabic letters on the side and they drew with her somalia. every family, every person that took a shot at them and people who...
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responsibility, i think, you -- you have to learn more, not about the vietnamese, but about other people, afghanistan, saddam hussein, you know, friend or enemy, should help, you know, but through understanding so that you can act as a true leader. >> let me read some more. "people like tsu, who ended up being president, and you were the vice president in what, 1967? >> yes. >> -- "and hisó[ cronies" -- i take it from the book you didn't like him. >> yes, yes. because i -- well, first, you know, he pass away last year. >> in paris. >> no, here. >> oh, he did come back to this country. >> yeah. >> didn't he live in paris, know, for a while? >> in london. >> in london. >> first. >> and he did come here to die or did he -- >> no, you know, right after the fall of vietnam, few days before the fall, kill with the help of american went to taiwan. and then the american government send mrs. anna shinon to taiwan to tell keel that he's not welcome in america. and they help him, you know, to go to england. so he live in england for, i think, for three or four years or five years. and then he move here, bosto
responsibility, i think, you -- you have to learn more, not about the vietnamese, but about other people, afghanistan, saddam hussein, you know, friend or enemy, should help, you know, but through understanding so that you can act as a true leader. >> let me read some more. "people like tsu, who ended up being president, and you were the vice president in what, 1967? >> yes. >> -- "and hisó[ cronies" -- i take it from the book you didn't like him. >>...
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member of the president and senior staff go to hundreds of meetings with family who lost a loved one in afghanistan or iraq. i write about that in my book. it was the toughest part of the job. toughest part from the president of united states by his order with a resolution of congress and a resolution of the united states. on his order. people went into arms way and died. that's got to be the most terrible burden any commander and chief has to shoulder. i believe we did the right things. did we make mistakes? yeah. in july, -- on july 15th, 2003, ted kennedy gave a speech in which he said bush lied about the presence of wmd in iraq. later that day, tom daschle says bush lied about wmd. then john kerry and john edwards the next day repeated the charge. one in committee hearing, and one of them in the speech, kerry. at the end of the day, it was repeated by the intelligence committee. every one had said bush had lied about the presence. however, every one of the five people looked at the same body of intelligence, and every one the five, kennedy, daschle, kerry, edwards, and harmon had themselves sai
member of the president and senior staff go to hundreds of meetings with family who lost a loved one in afghanistan or iraq. i write about that in my book. it was the toughest part of the job. toughest part from the president of united states by his order with a resolution of congress and a resolution of the united states. on his order. people went into arms way and died. that's got to be the most terrible burden any commander and chief has to shoulder. i believe we did the right things. did we...
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instances and indeed, one could extent this discussion to vietnam and recent iraq war and perhaps to afghanistan too. and so i think the book that i would like to argue with is a timely one. because statesman are always, leaders are always making miscalculations and misjudgments. and i think it's well for an informed citizenry to think about the limitations that these men and women have as a way to hopefully put some check on them. so let me stop here and i'm happy to answer any questions if you have any or enter into any discussion that you might like to put before me. please. >> you consider the formation of the united nations and it's activity subsequent to the end of world war ii to be successful or not? >> i think it was essential to form the united nations. i think it was a wonderfully constructive idea. i think the expectations as to what it could do were over drawn. because, you know, there are such exaggerated hopes that we see often and it would be, i think, healthier for people to be more realistic about, for example, at the end of world war i, or during the world war i, there was the
instances and indeed, one could extent this discussion to vietnam and recent iraq war and perhaps to afghanistan too. and so i think the book that i would like to argue with is a timely one. because statesman are always, leaders are always making miscalculations and misjudgments. and i think it's well for an informed citizenry to think about the limitations that these men and women have as a way to hopefully put some check on them. so let me stop here and i'm happy to answer any questions if...
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after the soviet invasion of afghanistan carter's polls shoot up instantly when he takes a very aggressive response to the soviet union. i think it could have helped. .. >> it's really frustrating to his presidency. >> once again, julian has given us a great talk and a great book. read about jimmy carter. thanks pauline maier discusses her book at the national archives iningtn washington d.c.. d the program is just over one hour. [applause] >> very pleased to be here.ery l thank you very much for having me. it is appropriate at nh prc connection. i've also have an opportunity for a quick tour of the new quick display of our precious nationar document. precious natural documents. some of you may know that at the beginning of american scripture i described the previous display. and i have to say this is so much more appropriate, that these documents of the american people are now brought to a level where they are accessible to the american people. and i cheer you on. i am delighted to be here to speak about ratification the book. i've gone around quite a bit in the previous year's talking ab
after the soviet invasion of afghanistan carter's polls shoot up instantly when he takes a very aggressive response to the soviet union. i think it could have helped. .. >> it's really frustrating to his presidency. >> once again, julian has given us a great talk and a great book. read about jimmy carter. thanks pauline maier discusses her book at the national archives iningtn washington d.c.. d the program is just over one hour. [applause] >> very pleased to be here.ery l...
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after the soviet union invades afghanistan in december 1979 and carter takes a tough posture calling for a build up of military pressure in the persian gulf and vowing to combat soviet aggression, kennedy delivers a speech in georgetown where he chastised carter and he warns that exaggeration and hyperbole are the enemies of foreign policy. as carter was forced to confront the movement during the final year of president, and faced the oil embargo and iranian hostage crisis, carter lack support and organizational energy that liberal democrats would have provided. kennedy challenged carter in the democratic primaries in 1980. in march, 1980, kennedy won the new york primary. which energized his campaign. the primary took place a few weeks after the u.n. security council had voted on a resolution stated that israel should dismantle settle and occupy territories which included jerusalem. when they voted in favor, many jewish organizations were furious. carter apologized, but then secretary of state defended the decision. many jewish voters in new york expressed their anger by voting for
after the soviet union invades afghanistan in december 1979 and carter takes a tough posture calling for a build up of military pressure in the persian gulf and vowing to combat soviet aggression, kennedy delivers a speech in georgetown where he chastised carter and he warns that exaggeration and hyperbole are the enemies of foreign policy. as carter was forced to confront the movement during the final year of president, and faced the oil embargo and iranian hostage crisis, carter lack support...
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all face is news iso a terrifically expensive is a t enterprise to take an educated soul, seven to afghanistan and give us important information aboutm the war is not a cheap process. in other news media finds a struggle to monetize to get that in kind is not a problem for the waashington post." yes it is making money. it's a problem for because our society without that kind of unfettered reporting will suffer and will have less and less reviews as to what's going on.ea so the problems are similar, but the diversity in the 19 century was so much larger than it is today. serve. >> excuse me, you mentioned in passing randolph hearst. it seemed to me, to the extent to which pulitzer is remembered historically, he tends to be inherently cursed. w could you perhaps been a coupleh minutes doing a little comparee compi contrast? >> the question is about the gig and a. william randolph hearst -- andin not be littering her, but he was ultimately the best imitator. he said he pulitzers methods.ite he came to new york. newspap he bought a newspaper that was interestingly started by pulitzer's younger bro
all face is news iso a terrifically expensive is a t enterprise to take an educated soul, seven to afghanistan and give us important information aboutm the war is not a cheap process. in other news media finds a struggle to monetize to get that in kind is not a problem for the waashington post." yes it is making money. it's a problem for because our society without that kind of unfettered reporting will suffer and will have less and less reviews as to what's going on.ea so the problems are...
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tell the story about a woman jailed valerie chapman,ht her husband was one of the early casualties in afghanistan. and i go to see them, she and her two children, 5-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old daughter. and i talk about going eye level with the children and telling them how courageous their dad was and how i fought back the tears because i didn't want thes to see a weepy commander in chief, i wanted them to hear the words your father was an heroic person. and after the meeting valerie handed me a pamphlet, and she said something to the effect that, you know, if anybody questions this, you show 'em this x. on the pamphlet she wrote, john did his job, now you doem yours. and so there's a lot of meetings like that where the strength of character of our people come out. i mean, we're a blessed nation to have incredibly brave, courageous people who volunteer in the face of danger and theirt families who support them. [applause] >> mr. president, some of my friends in london didn't thinkdt that you would get along very well the british prime minister tony blair. he's london style, sophisticate,
tell the story about a woman jailed valerie chapman,ht her husband was one of the early casualties in afghanistan. and i go to see them, she and her two children, 5-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old daughter. and i talk about going eye level with the children and telling them how courageous their dad was and how i fought back the tears because i didn't want thes to see a weepy commander in chief, i wanted them to hear the words your father was an heroic person. and after the meeting valerie...
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after the soviet invasion of afghanistan carter's polls shoot up instantly when he takes a very aggressive response to the soviet union. i think it could have helped. .. >> it's really frustrating to his presidency. >> once again, julian has given us a great talk and a great book. read about jimmy carter. thanks very much, julian. >> julian's "jimmy carter" is part of times books american presidents series. more for information visit americanpresidentsseries.com. >> jonathan soffer, associate history professor at polytechnic institute examed ed koch's time as mayor. mr. soffer recalls the three-term mayor political career and the redevelopment plans that the mayor put forward throughout his time. he's joined by ed koch at an event held in new york city. the program is one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. and thank you for joining us at a site of the national park service in new york. one the great treasures of new york city. let me introduce jonathan soffer. he grew up in albany, had the wisdom to move to manhattan. joined the democrats in 1977. certain things maybe
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, really for the american policy, i don't have it because the country that sends troops to iraq and afghanistan, so-called to save the world, and hear something which endangered the world much more i think it is viewed in the middle east and endangers the world much more than anytime with iraq together, because it feeds so many movement and so many hatred in the world. and/or you don't need to send troops. and i don't understand. i don't get it, what america, white united states not more devoted than it is. rus, please.tmwmrqwmswrg >> thank you so much for your talk. but one thing i realize is you don't leave much room for hope. and i wanted to, as it ordinaryg citizen, or as a global citizeng what can we do -- user the onlyg hope for change is now fromqgqgg outside.qgqgqgqgqg and i see that perhaps this roog has a lot of activity.qgqgqgqoqg i see a lot of people doing work that doesn't really seem to be making any difference. what would you want an ordinary citizen, you know, to do, what would your advice be? >> first of all i really that any position to kill other people what to do. i hardly
, really for the american policy, i don't have it because the country that sends troops to iraq and afghanistan, so-called to save the world, and hear something which endangered the world much more i think it is viewed in the middle east and endangers the world much more than anytime with iraq together, because it feeds so many movement and so many hatred in the world. and/or you don't need to send troops. and i don't understand. i don't get it, what america, white united states not more...
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loss of life and destruction in the afghanistan and is defeated. the soviet union collapses, you know, almost immediately thereafter, we don't bother to study how could these people, i mean, ronald reagan calls them freedom fighters, you know, we're supplying them with weapons, but we don't study it, and then we go in to afghanistan, the united states goes into iraq x there's no thinking -- and there's no thinking about any of this. why do these insurgencies come up? why are they successful? and it becomes -- it's just an amazing level of irrationality on our part and an amazing inability to put yourself in the position of the other side and understand why they are acting as they are, why they may regard you not as a liberator, but as an oppressor. the japanese made exactly the same mistake. they go into china, you know, in 1937 they go into china, the emperor calls in the general in 1937, he says to the general, how long is this war going to last. the general says, we'll be finished in six months. four years later they go in and they say, we're go
loss of life and destruction in the afghanistan and is defeated. the soviet union collapses, you know, almost immediately thereafter, we don't bother to study how could these people, i mean, ronald reagan calls them freedom fighters, you know, we're supplying them with weapons, but we don't study it, and then we go in to afghanistan, the united states goes into iraq x there's no thinking -- and there's no thinking about any of this. why do these insurgencies come up? why are they successful?...
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then we get the soviet union and afghanistan. what an example this call loss of power goes in with conventional military power, moves into afghanistan, causes enormous loss of life and destruction in afghanistan and is defeated, and the soviet union collapses almost immediately thereafter we don't bother to study. how could these people -- i mean, ronald reagan calls them freedom fighters. we are supplying with weapons. but we don't study it and then we go into afghanistan. the united states goes into iraq and there is no thinking about any of this. why do these insurgency's come? why are the successful? and it's just an amazing level of rationality on our part, and an amazing inability to put yourself in the position of the other side and understand why they are acting as they are and why they may regard you not as a liberator, but as an aggressor. the japanese made the exactly the same mistake. they go into china in 1937. they go into china. the general in 1937 says to the general how long is this war going to last? the general
then we get the soviet union and afghanistan. what an example this call loss of power goes in with conventional military power, moves into afghanistan, causes enormous loss of life and destruction in afghanistan and is defeated, and the soviet union collapses almost immediately thereafter we don't bother to study. how could these people -- i mean, ronald reagan calls them freedom fighters. we are supplying with weapons. but we don't study it and then we go into afghanistan. the united states...