my name is drake long i'm a student at miami university of ohio. you -- i want to ask a question about military history. to the average person, it might seem to have their strong points in terms of subject matter. for military history civil war, diplomatic world war i. what is a conflict, diplomatic moment or a war that you think not enough is written on and definitely needs to be paid attention to especially with regard to conflicts right now. thank you. >> i would say that the -- just going -- in recent history i would say the iraq war. and joel ray burn is here, he is just drafted a seminal operation al history of the iraq war. i think what that will be is a tremendous jumping off point for historians to really dig into aspects of that operation al history in greater depth. i think in large measure we've been distracted by iraq by not the wrong question but a question that we've asked and probably answered, which is should we have done it. right i think the right question to ask is who thought it would be easy and why, right. so -- then how did t

drake long from miami university of ohio. also with hamilton society. i'd like to ask you, you mentioned transregionalism. with operation euphrates shield, turkey has entered the civil war. what do we know about the military's goals, the turkish military's goals and their capabilities since this is so unprecedented? and how we are incorporating their actions n into our overall strategy? >> thanks for bringing that up. let me just start by saying that turkey is a nato ally to us. they are an extraordinarily important partner in the coalition. we simply could not do the things we're doing, particularly in syria, without the support we get from turkey on a day-to-day basis with base, access, overflight, with the support that they provide to us. like others in the region, turkey has interest and concerns. and it's important for us to recognize this. certainly very concerned about the islamic state but it is, i think fairly well established and very concerned about organizations like the pkk and what that might portend for long-term security and stability fo

my name is drake long i'm a student at miami university of ohio. you -- i want to ask a question about military history. to the average person, it might seem to have their strong points in terms of subject matter. for military history civil war, diplomatic world war i. what is a conflict, diplomatic moment or a war that you think not enough is written on and definitely needs to be paid attention to especially with regard to conflicts right now. thank you. >> i would say that the -- just going -- in recent history i would say the iraq war. and joel ray burn is here, he is just drafted a seminal operation al history of the iraq war. i think what that will be is a tremendous jumping off point for historians to really dig into aspects of that operation al history in greater depth. i think in large measure we've been distracted by iraq by not the wrong question but a question that we've asked and probably answered, which is should we have done it. right i think the right question to ask is who thought it would be easy and why, right. so -- then how did t

my name is drake long, i'm a student at miami university of ohio. i'm here with the alexander hamilton society. i want to ask you about military history. so to the average person, they might have to have their strong points. from military history, maybe the civil war and in your opinion when it comes to military history what's a conflict, diplomatic moment or a war that you think not enough is written on and definitely needs to be paid more attention to especially with regard to conflicts right now. thank you. >> well, i think i would say that the -- just going to recent history i would say the iraq war, you know? and joel rayburn is here. raise your hand. distinguished gentleman there. colonel joel rayburn. he has just drafted a history of the iraq war and i think what that's going to be is a tremendous jumping off point for historians to dig into aspects of that operational history in greater depth. i think in large measure we have been distracted about iraq by not the wrong question. but, you know, a question that we have asked and probably answe

of our racial divide." she got her phd at ohio state university. other books she has written, bourgeoise prize, and radicals. you can watch other events with our guest, the miami book fair that she just attended, at our website. type in the name carol anderson and that should come up for you. you write about president obama, of course. part of what you write is obama's centrist solutions and shouldack of radicalism have made him a hero to the republicans. just the opposite happened, you write. he ended with 80 -- 85% disapproval among the geo p. -- gop. >> we hear of obama being a socialist, for instance, as the reason he is so vilified. thept when you look at demonized affordable care act, obamacare. heritageeated by the foundation and then adopted by mitt romney in massachusetts. it has private industries, private insurance companies providing the insurance. tois a centrist solution deal with the fact that we have millions, as one of the leading industrialized nations, we have millions who did not have health insurance. and could not get health insurance because of being fishing -- pre-existing conditions. for example. did not win him any favors. the fact th