joining us is general david petraeus. thank you for joining us today.start with what we are hearing from the president, we are getting close to hostages being able to get from hamas. what israel may be giving up and the us might have to get those hostages back. >> the biggest issue is this will provide some days during which hamas can reorganize, requip, reposition and so forth. probably worth the price of getting 50 or so hostages a day through this period. at the end of that period is real will resume the offensive against hamas. hamas has to be feeling on the ropes to a degree. what you need is a pause and that is what they are trying to achieve, to get back 3 for one although i will leave it to the israelis to assess how valuable these individuals will be who are released to hamas and returned for the hostages that are returned to israel and the us and other countries. edward: there could be some intelligence you get, you can see where their troops are going or where hamas is stirring from or going to. you could learn from that also. >> it could be

, is with general david petraeus, is out now .'ll ask you about the new book in just a moment, but what are the crimes laid at churchill's door and what is your response to them? well the first one that some muslim scholars come up with is the idea that he used poison gas against iraqi tribes in the immediate post first world war. >> and this is completely untrue . if this scholar would like to go to cambridge churchill college, cambridge, he can actually see the document, which i've seen , which makes it quite i've seen, which makes it quite clear that churchill was talking about lachrymatory gas , i.e. about lachrymatory gas, i.e. tear gas, not poison gas. like like like mustard gas or phosphine gas , so on. so it's phosphine gas, so on. so it's just a misreading of the of the facts. another other attack made by german scholars is that the combined bomber offensive against germany was a war crime. that, too is completely wrong. what it did was to stop the increase in inaya armaments production from 1943 onwards and allowed us to

i'll talk to the man responsible for turning the tide in iraq, general david petraeus, will join me next. my sport propels . contra costa college saw potential in me that i didn't know i had. focus. determination. drive. contra costa college helped me blaze the trail. now i'm a comet, and there's no stopping me. come on, this is your shot. take it. join the team at contra costa college. start today at contracosta.edu >>> this billboard in times square is the stark reality for families of hostages being held by hamas. today is emily's 9th birthday. she celebrated last year with a circus-themed party. she was initially believed to have been killed on october 7th in the attack by hamas, but is now believed to be among the 237 hostages. her father says she prays she will be home by christmas. two days after israeli military forces instphil straited the hospital in gaza, the idf is now showing what it says is proof that hamas was operating underneath the hospital complex. this video shot and distributed by the idf shows a tunnel shaft near the hospital. in the run have consistently denied the

. >>> joining us is retired army general david petraeus. he is the co-author of conflict the evolution of warfare from 1945 to ukraine. very happy you are here to start. i want to talk about bigger picture in a moment. you what heard there, as someone to has overseen, planned, been a part of special operations, mixes, if you will, this is being described as something that you would send operators in, they keep saying precision, no gunfire exchanged inside the hospital itself. based on what you heard, do you have a sense of what this operation actually entailed? >> yeah, they have to secure a hospital. remember when we first talked about had operation. if you are going to destroy hamas, you have to clear every building, every floor, every room, every cellar, every tunnel, every structure, including hospitals. when we cleared felucia for the final time in the surge in iraq, the first facility we secured was the hospital. we wanted to keep it functioning and ensure there was not a source of disinformation as it had been in the past. every sing

edward: i talked to general david petraeus about this, listen to what he told me about having a pause here. listen to this. >> the biggest issue here is that this will undoubtedly provide some days during which hamas can reorganize, rearm, requip, reposition and so forth. hamas has to be feeling on the ropes to a degree and when you are on the ropes you need a pause, a breather and that is what they are trying to achieve. >> he added a pause has to happen to get the hostages out but are you concerned about the length of this pause? >> exactly. hostages could come out in a matter of hours if hamas wanted to let them and what we should have done here is allow israel to press their advantage and the deal for hamas would be we will stop killing you when you let all the hostages out. i hope the government of qatar and egypt, both of which contributed to this negotiation are making it clear to hamas that any bad behavior on their part during the pause means this is the last pause and israel needs to finish this job, the united states should support them one hundred% in this. remembering how

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historian, the founder and president of the institute for the study of war and you advised general david petraeus in kabul for 17 months during the afghanistan war. currently, there are two major wars underway, the israel-hamas war and russia's ukraine war. describe the mission of the institute for the study of war against the backdrop of these conflicts. - the institute for the study of war exists to help civilian leaders, policymakers, military leaders, and journalists and the american public understand what is happening in conflict zones around the world. isw conducts what we call open source intelligence analysis. one of the ways that we follow the war in ukraine is through watching or listening to how it is that the russians talk about combat operations in ukraine. they don't tell the truth. but some of what they comment on and publish on actually has latent information in it. and we can use a whole suite of new kinds of tools that allow us to verify that information. - well, listen, i know the majority of your work at the moment is on focuses on ukraine. and you also have a deep expertise i

the evolution of warfare from 1945 to ukraine by retire genel david petraeus and author andrew roberts, the wall street journal's reviewer, jonathan jordan called the book, quote, remarkable, readable. mr. roberts engaging prose softens the edges of mr. petraeus's straight shooting analysis conflict is the best one. lume study of conventional warfare in the nuclear age. it sets a new benchmark in understanding modern war. another review. janet hook of the los angeles times takes a look at atlantic politics writer mckay coppins. new book about the life and political career of mitt romney. mr. coppins gained eraordinary access to romney's private journals, texts and emails and was granted hours interviews with romney over two years. janet hook writes many reade will come for the juicy scoops and score settling, but the book also tries to do something more important. coppins raises probing questions about how much republicans like romney were complicit in the rise of donald trump. now, that book comes just weeks after senator romney announced that he won't seek reelection in 2024. now, th

it can change the positional nature of the war in ukraine, according to retired us general david petraeuse other day in washington, he presented his book about the evolution of war, as well as how military affairs were affected by the hostilities in ukraine, he talked with general petraeus andriy boris. he devoted 40 years to the us army, led coalition forces in afghanistan and iraq, and at the end of his career was the director of the us central intelligence agency. a retired four-star general. today he advises investment companies, teaches at universities and writes books. the latest, published last month: conflict - the evolution of war from 1945 to ukraine, co-published with british historian andrew roberts. the war in ukraine is a kind of combination of a novel called na the western front is unchanged and fantastic. the one that runs along the blade, the long trenches like in the first world war, the deep minefields, the anti-tank ditches like in the second world war, there are elements from the cold war, when i was a major and a brigade officer in germany, in we had m1 arams tanks,

so allow me to introduce the authors, general david petraeus is a retired u.s. army general, having served in the army for 37 years. he graduated distinction from the u.s. military academy, earned a ph.d. from princeton. he ended his career with five consecutive of commands as general officer, including command of the surge in iraq and the u.s. central command. and he then served the director of the cia, and he is currently a partner of kkr and chairs its global institute. and lord roberts of belgravia, also known as andrew roberts for year for the name on the book, is a biographer, a historian whose books include bestsellers about winston napoleon and george the third. certainly people that you know, you can think of. i don't him doing something you know something as small as like martin van buren or something like that any time soon. he's he's a fellow no fence smarter than his in his and his ancestors. he's a fellow of the royal society of literature and the royal historical society. and but most importantly, he is a member, a proud member, if i can say, of t

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, in particular for our pilots, yes, and the former head of the central intelligence agency, david petraeus that your forecasts, although, well, the theme, the theme of the accordion player, you know, it has already been going on for more than six months, but what we have now, you know, let's try to outline , which petraeus did not say for sure, and, but about what for sure may know which cruise missiles can be used for our f16, because, on the one hand, in the western media there was talk of the option that we are talking about cruise missiles and gm-158 in the usa, which were specially developed for the f16 and may even have better names in german of the military industry, that they calculated the option of integrating the taurus under the f16, well, just like that, they would not do such a complex and illogical thing as the integration of the taurus missile under an aircraft for which this taurus was not created, that is, who knows, especially since they listed both the f16 and the su-24, the su-24 was declared there for only six months. of which there are four, they laid down for the tr

i heard david petraeus say today that he suggests that there is a working group at senior levels of theeks. we really need to stop talking about a day after. we're not talking about a day after, some sort of need transition between concept and no concept. we're talking about weeks, months, and i would argue even longer in terms of trying to envision how gaza will settle. who is going to deal with the 2.3 million humans, half of whom are displaced with almost no prospects of infrastructure and returning to their homes? who is going to take care of the immediate humanitarian needs? i don't think the israelis have that in mind. they are hoping, i suspect, that the u.n. will come in with some other agency to provide services and demand a key role in security. >> who will pay the price for all of that? aaron david miller, who will pay for it? thank you so much. it's good to have you on the program. why king charles had to deliver a speech today at odds with his own beliefs. own beliefs. hi, i'm todd. i'm a veteran of 23 years. i served three overseas tours. i love to give back to the communi

>>> for more on all of this, let's go to retired army colonel meter monsieur who served with david petraeusuring the iraq war. he is a professor of history at ohio state university. and rob d'amico, a retired fbi agent with hostage negotiations experience, including with qatar and the taliban. qatar, at the center of this, as they negotiate -- mediate between israel and hamas. colonel monsieur, i want to start with you. and how israel is prosecuting its war. israel and the military have made a big push to roprove hama is using hospitals for cover. we saw the israelis strike the indonesian hospital. 12 people were killed, among them patients. i spoke to an adviser to benjamin netanyahu who told me that israel is complying with international law, the way they go about to dismantle hamas in gaza. they say it's proportional to the attack we saw on october 7th. what are your thoughts? >> israel is winning the war on the ground and losing the battle for information around the world. israel probably is, you know, come flying with the law of war but it can't prove it. it needs to have reporters emb

. >> coming up, david petraeus, former c.i.a. director and retired commander of the u.s.orces in afghanistan examining the evolution of warfare amid the russia-ukraine and israel -hamas wars. this virtual event was hosted by the atlantic council. so first and foremost, read the book. and general petraeus served as director of the cia following 37 years in the united states army. his last military assignments were as commander of the security force in afghanistan and 10th commander of the u.s. central command and commanding general multinational force in iraq where he oversaw all coalition forces in iraq and the surge it is going to be interesting to hear him as well on gaza. although this happened after the book was complete. i am incredibly proud to say general petraeus is a board member of the atlantic council. he is the recipient of our highest honor for military leaders, the distinguished military leadership award. general petraeus, some of us believe we are facing the greatest threat to global warder since the 1930's and we know what happened at the end of the 1930's

it's my particular pleasure to welcome you all because our guest of honor his genital david petraeus who will talk about his new book the evolution of warfare from 1945 to ukraine. it is an incredibly well-written analysis of what we need to learn from past warfare and also what we have to anticipate about the future. he wrote it with the andrew roberts and if ever there were a dynamic duo military practice it is to these two authors. so first and foremost, by the book, read the book. general petraeus served as the director following 37 years in the united states army. his last military assignments were as commander of international security force in afghanistan and as the commander of the u.s. central command and commanding multinational force iraq where he oversaw the coalition forces in iraq and also the surge. i think it is going to be interesting to hear him as well on gaza although this happened after the book was complete. i'm also incredibly proud to say general petraeus as a board member of the atlanta council and the recipient of the highest honor for military leaders the a

david petraeus defeated a series of terrorist groups emphasized that separating the general population from the terror group is key. in addition, he adds, you have to offer the population something, some hope for a better future. in his and andrew roberts' new book "conflict", they contribute to to the political factors as the military ones. israel is not following pet rayas's strategy. there is an estimated 30,000 to about 40,000 fighters in gaza with a population of more than 2 million, half of which is children. as best we could tell, gazans have had mixed views toward hamas. it won one election in 2006, mounted a coup in 2007 and has ruled since then with an iron islamic fist. but now as gazan suffers a cruel siege, experiencing hourly bombardment, watching thousands of civilian deaths, they could well rally around hamas. it is the opposite of what a well designed counter-terrorism strategy aims for. i realize it is easy to critique from afar. and israel is feeling deeply vulnerable. a vulnerability pead worse by the appalling rise of anti-semitism in so many parts of the world inc

general david petraeus said falluja would look like a cakewalk. this would be a dangerous urban combat. they have to battle through this unpopularity because it is important for the national security. stuart: will we maintain our support, will we cave in the face of international pressure to cease-fire or stop the invasion? >> i don't suspect we will but israel has to be looking at the roles of republicans, independents, democrats, college campuses, the hamas supporters in congress and saying we count on support of america regardless of who is president for 70 years and that probably, that support i don't think is something israel can count on 20 years from now or 10 years from now. they have to look at the situation and say we need to figure this out on our own because soon we might be on our own. stuart: i will change the subject and look at some polling, new quinnipiac poll that shows trump and biden practically tied in a 2024 rematch. that's the case in the last few months, recent events have not changed public opinion but another result from

retired general david petraeus who masterminded the surge in iraq who defeated the insurgents and terrorist groups estimated that separating the general population from the terror group is key. in addition, he adds, you have to offer the population something, some hope for a better future. in his and andrew roberts' new book "conflict" they attribute the surge as to purely military ones. israel is not following petraeus' strategy. they are an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 hamas fighters in gaza. in a place where the population of more than 2 million, about half of which is children, as best we can tell, gazans have had mixed views towards lahamas. it mounted a coup in 200 1k37 has ruled since then with an iron, islamic first, but as gazans suffered a cruel siege that has blocked water and fuel to all 2 million residents and experiencing hourly bombardment, utsch whatting thousands of civilian deaths, they could well r rally around hamas and it's what a counter terrorism aims for. israel is feeling deeply vulnerable and a vulnerability made worse by the appalling rise of antisemitism including

i talked with general david petraeus yesterday.d minds under president obama of the iraqis to win the iraqi war. what do you think happens with the israeli defense forces, do they need to win the hearts and minds of palestinians and rebuild what has been destroyed in northern gaza? >> hamas cannot be allowed to retain control. in 2,005 the israelis left. gaza was not a drop you patient but hamas couldn't build infrastructure, they couldn't turn the lights on because they are insurgents and fighters, they cannot govern. i would hope to get palestinian civilians within gaza see hamas for what they are, the root of all this destruction. hamas caused this, not israel. i would like to see israel do what they can to win the hearts and minds. it will be difficult but should be attempted. edward: appreciate your time on this. hopefully you get something good for black friday. may be a dealer two. appreciate it. time to check in with jackie deangelis and "the big money show" to see what they have coming up at the top of the are. basics t ne

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. >> earlier today on fox business, i spokes with david petraeus.d me about getting the proxies to back off. listen to this. >> i don't think that we want to go directly against iran. i don't think iran wants to go directly against us. they're happy to work through proxies. we may have to increase the responses that we've had, the retaliation, for the provocations that they have issued. >> edward: he served under president obama. so why is this administration under willing to take stronger measures against those proxies or go directly after iran? >> you know, given credit for president biden with his moral clarity with his response to attack against it's raleigh. i credited the pentagon with the forces in the eastern mediterranean and the middle east. but the common thread with this white house, they're too afraid to take the appropriate steps. whether it's supplying the ukrainians the equipment that they need to defeat the russians or to respond frequently enough to stop the attacks being perpetrated by iran's proxies. we're just not there yet. we

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you shouldn't enter of war without thinking about, as as david petraeus famously asked in iraq, tellnds. tell me what's ahead? there are israelis in the israeli defense forces, other parts of the government, who are trying to think about what structure for governing will be in gaza in the future, that will be stable. i think the israelis understand they have real humanitarian crisis that is, you know, making it very difficult and the information war that is going on, quite apart from the war. so, there is thinking and discussion. but i don't see anything like a consensus yet within this government or even really, with the intense focus there in the middle of the ground phase of their combat. i do think support for the united states in particular to encourage and lead the discussion of how the world helps rebuild the lives of the palestinians in gaza, especially the -- bank to, i for many years relief palestinian state, a two state solution, is the way to security for both peoples. i feel that as much now, having seen this latest episode of war on the ground. as i ever did. but i thin

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evolution of warfare 1945 to ukraine, warfare from 1945 to ukraine, was co—authored with general david petraeus has also written some brilliant biographies , most of which i'm biographies, most of which i'm glad to say, have either read or listened to on audiobooks. lord soulsby masterpiece . soulsby is his masterpiece. fantastic book on churchill , a fantastic book on churchill, a revision on george the third, but perhaps most notable early napoleon bonaparte party. now yesterday, ridley scott's new film all about bonaparte, was released into cinemas. so what exactly is it about this short french leader from a couple of hundred years ago that still captures the imagination of millions across the world? well the answer, i hope, will come from lord roberts. andrew, thank you for coming in. look, you are a patriotic englishman and you've written biographies about great heroes of this nation. and then you write one about this awful scoundrel who was our enemy. how could you ? enemy. how could you? >> well, first of all, can i pick you up on the small? he wasn't small. he was exactly the same heigh

evolution of warfare 1945 to ukraine, warfare from 1945 to ukraine, was co—authored with general david petraeusts has also written some brilliant biographies , most of which i'm biographies, most of which i'm glad to say, have either read or listened to on audiobooks. lord soulsby masterpiece . soulsby is his masterpiece. fantastic book on churchill , a fantastic book on churchill, a revision on george the third, but perhaps most notable early napoleon bonaparte party. now yesterday, ridley scott's new film all about bonaparte, was released into cinemas. so what exactly is it about this short french leader from a couple of hundred years ago that still captures the imagination of millions across the world? well the answer, i hope, will come from lord roberts. andrew, thank you for coming in. look, you are a patriotic englishman and you've written biographies about great heroes of this nation. and then you write one about this awful scoundrel who was our enemy. how could you ? enemy. how could you? >> well, first of all, can i pick you up on the small? he wasn't small. he was exactly the same hei

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aggressive pushing for something and you're a new president at a time with the generals were at david petraeus toan become this kind of, because republicans a built amount and bush couldn't be thehe front man for the war, but this was cut this guy was like general mccarthy level political stature. they are pushing for this. the republican party is uniformly pushing for this and most of the democratic party, the chairs of every democratic committee got you have to do this, you have to do this. yes, i think that had to inform it. that was not the political drama, the might of been at mr. might've led to a different decision. but i think that was more just like there was a commence about of momentum to do this and less like if i don't do this i can't get this healthcare bill done. that's my sense.vi now, i think where vietnam really entered into it, because what he didn't, this is not a war he started but it was war he obviously was going to find an aspect of his presidency, and he was like, 80 did say this, if i don't limit this escalation, that's how this could become vietnam. there are scenari

to quote a review from general david petraeus, this brilliant and riveting final volume in an extraordinary trilogy solidifies john mcmanus reputation as one of the greatest historians of times. please help me. we welcome john mcmanus. thank you so much. thank you. i don't know what to say after that. thank you for that introduction. i paid general petraeus a lot of money for that blurb and boy, did that pay off. i'd like to also thank kari, robb and my old friend who's who did all these arrangements to make this a success tonight. and i'd like to thank all of you for making time and trouble to come and see me on such beautiful evening. and i'm sure you could be doing a lot of other. but i want to tell you how much i appreciate that. you know, i want to just take you into the into the world of the us army in 1945 tonight it's a when you take a look at this map you can just see the vastness of the of the theater. it's just almost stagger at this point. 1945, the army had had started to come into full maturity. and it's it's basically spread out along our map here from desolate outposts in al