there, at the encampment, just north of the city, the american army was busy watching the british. the british in new york were under the command of general carlton, and general carlton had recent lay arrived. he was his majesty's commander in chief, instructs to take no offensive action against the americans. indeed, prepare for evacuation. at the same time, while washington was watching now carlton, there arrived the french. the french army under the general spent the winter in virginia, near the yorktown batt battlefie battlefield. come spring it was time to move though the french army was coming north to come here to boston to depart for the west indies. the french were leaving america. there was a grand ceremony at the american encampment, troops passed in review, they reviewed each other's airports and bade farewell. the americans were very much on their own. as was in the mifdst of this general washington received an extraordinary love from colonel nicola, the commander of the regiment of invalids. these were men who through injury and combat or disease or some other infirmi

in the ins of trenton and the american army got drunk. and washington had great difficulty getting his troops back again over the delaware river, more so than he did getting them across the first time. and he also was carrying back with him 900 hegs crystals. and the question was what to do about them. the prisoners expected the worst. and to many people remembered what those hegss had done after fort washington, after other engagements around long island and washington could have gone with the lex tell yoen. he it could have been an eye for an eye. but what he did with members of the continental congress was to declare a policy of humanity. that the hegs captives would be entitled to some of their rights that the american revolution was all about. they would be entitled to the right to life. that was very different from the law of 18th century warfare. they were treated decently to their surprise. and this news spread rapidly around the world. we had a man now in paris as the news reached europe, and it was benjamin franklin and he publi

they reviewed each other's armies but then bade farewell. the americans were very much now on their own. as was in the midst of this that general washington received a letter, an extraordinary letter from colonel lewis nicola. he was it's the commander of the regiment of invalids. these were men who through injury, incumbent and were unable to serve in the line but were perfectly able to do guard duty, garrison duty, support duty. he saw every single day in t cost of war in the face of the men. his men had not been paid either. he wrote to general washington, when this war is over, we who bore the labor of the day will not be forgotten and negligented. the army will not submit to this grave injustice. from several conversations i have had with officers, i believe it is generally intended not to separate after the peace until all grievances are addressed, engagements and promises fulfilled. this war must have shown to all but to military men in particular the weakness of republics. washington was stunned at the letter. ordinarily when the commander in chie

he was known as the handsomest man in the american army. colonel stuart held a high rank. he was inspector general in the northern army. washington was very unhappy. he had spent so much time in philadelphia and didn't seem to be attracted to newburgh, new york. but when he finally arrived and when he arrived he went first to the commander in chief to pay his respects and then went to general gates. general gates later wrote to a friend that colonel stuart has arrived with information from some of our friends in philadelphia. those friends could only have been, of course, morris and morris, hamilton and madison and some others. perhaps making overtures to general gates. that was saturday. the next day, sunday, was a very busy time at ellison house, because the staff was busy writing. in particular, colonel john armstrong. armstrong was writing an address to the army at newburgh. we know armstrong was writing it because the original's in armstrong's handwriting, the original document. the document was copied that night, and on monday morning it was taken to the temple of vir

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this was a different american army than marshall had known and a different kind of war. citizen soldier did the fighting in korea and this time under a u.n. banner and for a limited objective. in washington marshall assumed the critical responsibility for all of the men and material necessary for victory in korea. the peculiar circumstances of the conflict called for the existence of large american forces without total mobilization in the united states. once more, george marshall, the statesman, distinguished himself. relaxation was rare for the busy cabinet member but to the delight of a pretty queen, he did manage to officiate at the shan shenandoah apple blossom festival in 1951. on the 50th anniversary of the graduation they played tribute to general marshall with a day named in h lexinis honoron to a school's most distinguished graduate and recall their years after a salute to the soldier's statesmen, the entire body stood at attention while marshall was service medal and then the man whose life represents the highest ideals of the cadet corps inspected the ranks of

in march two thousand and five an american army major made surprising revelations in this army review he claims that the use of white phosphorus proved highly effective. he adds that he used at will and we against the insurgents the major refers to such deployment as shake and bake missions according to this officer white phosphorus was used in iraq to kill. given this damning evidence the international press seized upon the story. it would have to wait until november sixteenth two thousand and five for the american administration to officially admit to the media that the city was dogged with white phosphorous. back to fallujah seven years after the bombing the population is convinced that white phosphorus is still killing. such is the case with police he lives in the jolan neighborhood one of the hardest hit by the bombing. in two thousand and five pound of the first charity for war victims. is aimed to gather as much information as possible beginning with these files on sick children. this child for example developed a brain tumor just after the bombing back in two thousand and four

basically the use of white phosphorus is banned and he populated zones the american army claims to have used it only to illuminate combat zones. yet influenza thousands of inhabitants were still in the city during the bombing. up to you know as the rangers to meet me at the martyrs cemetery a former football stadium three thousand five hundred bodies are buried here resistance fighters and civilians all right. this is where all the units played football today he comes to meditate at the graves of former teammates now become martyrs. get an idea what they like about some of the footballers who are used to play in this stadium very clear to me that even the coach we called it cut the old cowboy even he was killed by the americans and although i think thirteen players from the flu team are buried in their own football ground. this man is the caretaker of the cemetery one day in november two thousand and four while bearing the victims of the fighting he made a strange discovery. i just felt the americans broke a sadness at first i thought it was humanitarian aid. but when i opened them just

and the americans were much worse and washington's army began to waste away in the summer of 1776. and then the next failure was a fi failure of intelligence. the british were very skilled at that. they built a network of american loyalists and they knew of much more about what was going on in new york than washington did, and he was taken by surprise again and again and his army was defeated with only a few small victories to claim. and the worst of it, it continued until november of 1776. and the worst of it happened when a large part of washington's army was surrounded at fort washington, which was at the northern tip of manhattan. washington was across the hudson river in new jersey watching as that army was defeated and forced to surrender and then worse than that, after the men surrendered particularly those riflemen who had been shooting the officers of the british forces, a good many of those riflemen were beaten up and some of them were put to the sword as washington watched helplessly from the other side of the hudson. washington irving, w

the american army liberated us three times. world war one and world war two hundred and reagan out arm the soviets and you losers the americans and english sold us out in thirty eight shut up sold us out sold us out since careful i have witnesses france and england sold us out not the us instead of kneeling before america and worshipping it america of the us. what were you doing when the soviets put in their rockets. after us oh. i. that. there was a lot of discussions going on these are easy agreements to put in place but i thought i was here for the hour going to schools not to feel optimistic to hold off not going to staff that we were going to start as a prime minister seminar in a couple words what you probably want to know is the three words i'm not going to tell you some are saying it because that's because there's a battle to have to win over you as far as there's a very often that if it's because of political. cost. messner. the whole political business that this is really sort of the start and and of course there are

the american army liberated us three times. world war one and world war two hundred and reagan out arm the soviets and you losers then americans and english sold us out and thirty eight shut up sold us out sold us out if you're careful i had witnesses france and england sold us out not the us instead of kneeling before america and worshipping it over to close the us. what were you doing when the soviets put in their rockets. all. that. there was a lot of discussions going on these are easy agreements to put in place but i thought it was always in your prerogative to schools always feel optimistic to hold out i felt amistad that we will get this right isn't it the prime minister server down a couple words what you probably want to know is are three words i'm not going to tell you some are saying it because that's because they should have to have to come over here five hours a day or three often they certainly have it's complex for political want of. course. let's not let's nominate all political business they're good people it's

the american army liberated us three times. world war one and world war two hundred and reagan out arm the soviets losers the americans and english sold us out in thirty eight shut up sold us out sold us out careful eye witnesses france and england sold us out to the us instead of kneeling before america and worshipping it was the us. what were you doing when the soviets put in their rockets. first oh. i. that. there was a lot of discussions going on these aren't easy agreements to put in place at all times i was in there for the album disk was not available to listen to what up on they felt they missed that we were going to start as a prime minister server down a couple words what you probably want to know is a three words i'm not going to tell you our supposing it was not that it was the second half of the half of us by our. three optimistic magnificus for political office. cause. let's not let's not no political business there this is just a start and and because there are many politicians in the world that have very few pol

the american army liberated us three times. world war one and world war two and reagan out arm the soviets and you losers the americans and english sold us out in thirty eight shut up sold us out sold us out since you're careful i have witnesses france and england sold us out of the us instead of kneeling before america and worshipping it. what were you doing when the soviets put in their rockets. first. there's a lot of discussions going on these are easy agreements to put in place at the top selling of the out of the schools well you feel optimistic i felt going to stack that we were going to start as if the prime minister's ever down to a couple words what you probably want to know is are three words i'm not going to tell you something and that is that's because they should have actually us by our other three alphabetically and it's give us more political on the. cost risk or. no political incentive there because it was all just a start and and of course there are many politicians in the world there are very few politicians

american passification. trying to break the south vietnamese army. they suffer a lot of casualties doing this. it isn't going to have the effect it has. they think they'll break the american and the south vietnamese will and it's not happening. by the end of 1967 the north in a lot of ways, a lot of the leadership is becoming disillusioned. they have to replace all of their losses by sending troops from the north. they're seeing alienation in the south among the southern supporters of the war because they look at the north vietnamese forces coming down. they say, this is the north taking over. plus the leadership in the south begins to fray. they're taking a lot of casualties and are not seeing a lot of success. in may of 1967 general tan, he looks at the situation. he thinks the u.s. is weak. he thinks they're unable to protect the south vietnamese army. he thinks they can't protect the passification efforts and so what you will get out of this is a decision once again by the north to go to phase 3. he wants to launch these coordinated attacks all across south vietnam. when he comes up with th

off balance, trying to end pacification -- american pacification programs, trying to break the army. but they suffer a lot of casualties doing this. and it isn't having the effect that they think it's going to have. they think they're going to break the american and the south vietnamese will by doing this, but it's not happening. and by the end of 1967, the north in a lot of ways, a lot of the leadership's becoming disillusioned. they don't seem to be winning the war. they're having to replace all their losses by sending troops from the north. they're beginning to see alienation in the south among the southern supporters of the war because they look at all these north vietnamese forces coming down and they say this is just the north taking over. plus, the leadership in the south begins to fray. again, they're not seeing success. they're taking a lot of casualties. in may of 1967, general tanh, he looks at the situation. army. he thinks they can't protect the pacification efforts. what you'll get out of this is a decision once again by the north to go to phase iii. and he wants to laun

>> guest: hanged by the american army, in front of the army at tappan because he was a spy. he was caught behind lines in disguise. c-span: and after philadelphia, where did benedict arnold go? >> guest: he finally resigned as commandant, and then he did begin to get better. he was able finally to ride a horse, and by this time he was negotiating with the british, and by this time the british were very interested in west point. c-span: where is west point? >> guest: it's probably 50 miles north of new york city, on the hudson river. the hudson river goes almost straight north of new york city, and then it goes through these series of corkscrew turns around the mountains, called the highlands. it's very, very difficult sailing and, of course, those vessels in those days didn't sail as well as ours do now, anyway. so in order to get upriver british ships had to go through the highlands, and the americans had put a chain across in the middle of the highlands earlier in the war which the british had been able to break. so they chose west point for the next place to put a chain b

after an american army sergeant allegedly shot 16 men, women, and children, the urinating on corpses, burning of korans. for the record, this has not been the my lai massacre, but i wonder what the next step is, evan. >> countries don't like to be occupied. we wouldn't treat the matter how benign, no matter how fine the purpose, countries don't like to be occupied. that is the basic ground truth. having said that, a hasty retreat is not in anybody's interest. i am not sure i.t. is going to work out well in the end >>. suddenly, all indications are that the afghan security forces cannot hold it and the taliban are back in charge. >> what do we do, stay the course? >> it is it clear that the president's policy is in collapse. the president of afghanistan announces he wants american troops out of the countryside and to hunker down in the barracks. the taliban declared they on your interested in negotiations. -- no longer interested in negotiations. obama has handed them afghanistan on a platter. and the soldiers are disarmed before entering, as a way to not embarrass the afghans, who had

the wife of the american army sergeant who was accused of killing afghan civilians thinks her husbands wrongly accused. keri bales spoke out about the killings today for the first time publicly. bales does not even believe her husband robert was involved in the massacre at all that killed 17 people including nine children. >> it seems to me like i have -- i just don't think he was involved. >> in an exclusive interview with today's matt lauer keri bales said husband robert bales is incapable of killing 17 afghan civilians and therefore doesn't believe it. >> i don't know enough information. this is not him. it's not him. >> reporter: she said she is mainly convinced of his innocence because most of the victims were afghan children. >> he is accused of killing nine children. >> right. >> innocent children. >> i have no idea what happened but he would not -- he loves children and he would not do that. it's heart breaking. >> reporter: she spoke to him by phone but not about the incident and when pressed by lauer that the military's evidence might be strong, she stood firm. >> i don't th

leon panetta says the death penalty is being considered for the american army sergeant currently in custody. the white house says they are horrified by the incident. is valid to avenge the killings. kim dacey joins us with more details on that. >> congressman dutch ruppersberger times on the house intelligence committee and says the shooting of those 16 people could translate into the death of more american troops. officials say an army staff sergeant acted alone, gunning down nine children, three woman, and four man. >> this will set us back because taliban.the cal >> dutch ruppersberger is not surprised that the taliban is using this to seek vengeance on americans. he believes the terrace will target members of the military serving in afghanistan just as we saw last month. military officials said the recent shooting spree was carried out by a husband and father who led served three tours of duty in iraq before deploying to afghanistan. he was flagged for mental ellis but continued to serve after he passed a personality test. >> and a lot of people did not want to go and get help. they are

. >>> a crash caught on tape of an american army helicopter. how does the crew survive? bouncing off the landing pad, spin under the circumstancesing out of control. >>> why did brian roth get thrown out of fashion week? >> i have reporters around. >> the secrets behind some of the biggest brands you are wearing tonight. >>> and the mysterious housewife behind the billion-blockbuster idea. she tells the inspiration of the "hunger games." >>> good evening. we begin with a major change at your super market after the "world news" investigation into the filler known as pink slime. we nund filler was added to 70% of the ground beef sold in the country. consumers reacted and you took your questions straight to the meat departments of the stores where you shop. tonight, big super market chains are signals they heard you, loud and clear. the nation's second largest chain, safeway, the third largest, super value, and the food lion chain announced the will stop selling beef with pink slime. jim avila has the story now. >> reporter: two weeks ago, i went into this safeway -- one of

. >>> to the developing story now on the american army soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians. tonight we now know the name of staff sergeant robert bales. this is an army of public relations photo released in august. it happens to show bales at training exercise. bales has not yet been charged in the shooting that killed the civilians over the weekend. today he was flown to ft. leavenworth, a military run maximum security prison. his commanding general is answering questions about whether soldiers are properly screened for mental health issues between deployments. >> the volume that deploys and redeploys always presents its challenges when they're in a short period of time, but again we take care of them it. just takes us longer to take care of them properly as they come back and the mental health work that has to get done, sometimes we can't get it done as fast as we'd like, but we're getting better with that and we think we've got a good process to solve those issues. >> bales had done three tours of iraq. this was his first in afghanistan. >>> meanwhile documents reveal os

an american army sergeant is accused of shooting to death mostly women and children asleep in their afghan village. >>> also this morning we're all talking about the automotive industry. u.s. carmakers have a reason to be proud about safety and quality testing. that is good to hear for the u.s. of a. >> that's right. but first, reflecting on disaster. the catastrophic chain of events that forever changed japan. >> it's been one year since the devastating 9.0 magnitude quake struck, triggering a tsunami and the worst nuclear crisis since chernobyl. abc's akiko fujita reports from sendai, japan. >> reporter: they've spent the last year trying to move forward. on this day they paused to look back. the country observing a moment of silence. the moment a powerful quake struck. at a memorial service in tokyo emperor ak hooeto vowed to never forget. waves that engulfed japan's northeast coast killed nearly 20,000 people last march. today those coastal communities are empty fields. the mountains of debris swept aside. this is the spot where that iconic video was shot on march 11th. you'll recall t

new details in the case of the american army sergeant accused of mass murder. in solitary confinement his lawyers arrived as we get a new look at him as a young boy. >>> bully pulpipulpit. the president with new words. >>> brand-new and troubling portrait of childhood in america. >>> mad for detail. tonight the mad man taking it back to the '60s and our behind-the-scenes tour. what's really in peggy's desk and what's on the hanger. >> this is the iconic blue betty coat. >>> good evening and we begin here on a sunday night with yet another weather warning for millions of americans. dangerous and potentially deadly weather is on the move right now. tornado watches are up in two states. that number expected to grow. and now the system is moving from west to east gathering new strength. you can see right there in the(& circle where the weather is most severe right now and tonight tornado watches just going up in texas and oklahoma. you can see the counties in red. we're getting a first picture out of arizona. heavy snow around flagstaff. a main highway, interstate

what we're learning about the american army sergeant accused of mass murder. from his high school days to his four tours of duty to his family life inside his suburban home. >>> weather warning, newest severe weather threat tonight and this new image after that miracle in the high school. the view inside moments after the students evacuated. >>> sounding the alarm, the doctors new warning about the antibiotics that we don't have. could the big screen fathers be more than just a script? dr. besser is standing by tonight. >>> and our trip to the coolest place in the world quite literally. ever see a flow flake being born or a polar bear putting her cub in time-out? >>> good evening, we begin with the emerging portrait of that american soldier now behind bars and in solitary confinement. sergeant bales, the soldier accused of putting on night vision goggles and killing 16 afghan mothers and children. we're seeing his high school photo, and we're learning more about his four tours of duty along with his wife back home and his wife and two children. abc's neal karl

it's an x-ray room at an american army base. and the russians s squirted so sort of poisonous gas through the window. of course, there was a nurse there every second patton was there. how they did it, i don't know. i think it's that same thing you see with jfk. somebody of such great importance that a simple car accident just can't do this, you know? he did linger -- i shouldn't even say linger because his voice was energetic and everything for those nine, ten days in between. and if he had seen somebody shoot him, patton, pretty smart guy, i think he would have noticed it. but he spent his time, beatrice flew in from boston. she would read books to him and letters, a lot of letters poured in. they kind of verbally kind of worked on some of his diary entries and stuff like that because he knew he wanted them to get published. he asked her to leave the room. and that's when he expired. he didn't want her in the room when he died. oddly enough, when he was in the united states visiting, he cornered hiswo say good-bye to you now be

the american army sergeant accused of opening fire on sleeping afghan villagers, killing at least 16 and this violent and deadly act could have major consequences for already troubled relations with afghanistan. it's monday march 12th. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm paula faris. a new partner in crime, t.j. winick. we like to give rob nelson at least maybe one day off every six months. so today is it. >> well, i'm here. >> glad to have you. >> here to pinch hit. thank you very much. i am t.j. winick in for rob nelson. and the taliban may retaliate after this deadly shooting. so close to the koran-burning incident that infuriated so many afghans. we're getting more details now about the army sergeant under investigation and his background. >>> also this morning, a very controversial form of punishment. a miami father forced his seventh-grade son to stand on a street corner wearing this embarrassing sign. he did so poorly in school that his dad decided to take action. i know everybody has different parenting methods. i personally like to bribe my child. my children, i should say, plur

we had an army major at fort hood killed 13 americans, and he had in his wallet a card that said soldier of allah, was in regular contact with a clear in yemen who was urging the killing of americans, the army to its institutional shame refuse in its report to deal with the religious motivations which were clearly at the heart of what he was doing. to start with that mission that we have to develop intellectual honesty about what threatens us. the president's proposal to cut the defense budget is suicidal. it is absolutely suicidal. that we say in passing, when leon panetta at testified in the senate that he believed that a nato agreement or a united nations agreement superseded the congress, he should resign as secretary of defense. he has forgotten -- he is not the united nations secretary of defense. he is the united states' secretary of defense. we have yielded none of our constitution of party from the congress to the united nations or to nato to authorize use of force without the congress approving its. he is fundamentally wrong and all of us should be alarmed at the idea that the

. >>> new development in shootings that killed 17 afghans and left an american army sergeant with a fine the united states paid $50,000 in compensation for each afghan killed each wounded afghan received $11,000. robert bales may have shot several victims, returned to base and then left again to shoot more later. he was charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder. >>> pope benedict the 13th continues his visit to mexico. benedict gave a speech to about 4,000 young people today will be the highlight of the trip. >>> the pope is giving an open air mass at christ the king monument one of the most important symbols of mexican coo toll simple. >>> a former governor may have ordered investor money to cover the debt. the e-mail came from the assistant treasurer at mf global, headed by the new jersey governor he ordered $200,000 be shifted from one of the firms accounts overseas to cover an over draft days before the firm collapsed, this would contradict what he told a congressional panel in december. >> i never authorized anyone to use customer funds to make a loan or a transfer norcould i ha

officials have identified the shooter as an american army staff sergeant. no word yesterday on a motive for the shooting. coming up at 5:15 we'll have a live report from our washington, d.c. newsroom with reaction from president obama and republican presidential candidates. >>> the search is on this morning for a marin believed to be missing in san mateo county. the search is centered near the sharp park golf course in pacifica. lorraine blanco joins us live. the marine has not been seen for ten days. >> reporter: yeah that is true. they have been searching for ten days and this moose lodge here in pacifica has been the command point for rescue crews all weekend. dozens of people have been looking for him since thursday. take a look at joseph mchenry. he told family he was going rock climbing and said he would stay overnight in the area on march 2nd but they haven't heard at all from him since. search dogged have scoured the area all weekend. >> we are searching the ocean bluffs along the pacifica coast here as well as the inland areas from the bluffs. and

were trying to diffuse tensions over the mass killings of those afghan civilian, allegedly by an american army soldier who has now been moved out of afghanistan. >> a deadly school bus crash in southern pennsylvania. the bus driver was killed when the packed bus collided with a semitruck on the highway. 28 students were injured. 6 had to be air lifted to a hospital. >> two inmates pardoned got driver's licenses and cars while they were still behind bars. all of this courtesy of the governor, his wife and his staff. ed lavendera with a cnn exclusive coming up. >> up first, with tensions rising in afghanistan meeting in kabul overnight. the u.s. soldier accused in a mass killing of afghan civilians has been moved out of the country to a military base in kuwait. that's angered lawmakers who want the american to be tried on afghan soil. and, this morning, there's word of new protests, as well. there are so many new developments overnight, let's get right to sarah live in kabul. can we first start talking about this conversation that happened between pinetta and karzai and what the outcome was of t

. >>> now to the american army sergeant accused of killing 16 afghans including 9 children the sergeant's lawyer says he expects formal charges to be filed tomorrow now the latest from will thomas live in the newsroom good morning. >> good morning. the attorney for staff sergeant robert bales is talking more about the case he says the government is going to have a very tough time, proving its case once the charges are eventually filed, john henry brown claims the army as no proof his client is behind the killings and points to the fact sergeant bales never confessed to shootings he says he can't even remember what happened that night. his attorney is planning to go to afghanistan to gather his own evidence and down playing reports of marital problems and denies bales was drunk the night before the rampage. >> drinking did not happen at all a couple sips of some body else's bottle, but that is not drinking marital strife which is ridiculous sure there is financial problems i have financial problems 99% of america has financial problems you don't go and kill women and children because you h

. >> so we are not saying send in the american army. we are not saying start a war. >> reporter: rather, continue to fund the 100 u.s. military advisors already there who could make the arrest themselves. in 2012. that's. >> it's called kony2012. >> it was fantastic. >> reporter: they are watching kony 2012 at the launch convention at san francisco a gathering of startup entrepreneurs learning about politics and understanding the change in communication probably better than anyone. >> nowadays, anybody with a little phone and a video camera, this is the way people are communicating now and no one can stop them. no more gate keepers. >> reporter: i wrote down it was growing by 2 million pages every couple of hours. that's wrong because since the story -- i wrote the story, it's up to 23 million. and it could be the fastest growing viral video ever. maybe not the most viewed. those are up to jennifer lopez and justin bieber but 23 million for a political viral video is unbelievable. and it's only getting more popular. >> that right there

and for most people it's really not until the russian and american armies get into the camps in 1945. >> host: one of the most fascinating relationships he had later in life was with stalin's daughter, who defected in an extraordinary way, and i think the americans being she defects to the american embassy and announces who she is. so the state department is calls the cia, the cia calls george kennan. this all happened very quickly. what do we do? and so the first thing that was done, prepared a memoir written in english. actually, she spoke english, wrote english well, and the cia had that, and they got it to george, and he read it very quickly and pronounced it legitimate. and so it was then involved deeply in the operations of getting her from -- i guess they had already gotten her from india to switzerland. george met her for the first time in switzerland, entering the country clandestinely, and he said the police are very good sneaking you in and out of their country. and then george negotiated the contract and his book, which became 20 letters to a friend. she was millionaire be

the american army can shoot its way in and control territory. but can we hand it off to the afghans? not yet. so i just think that when we come back to the two contradictions, the two fatal contradictions that have defined this war for the past ten years, on one hand it's the afghan government, the dysfunctional afghan government. and the second one is pakistan. and we have not addressed those contradictions. and i don't know how we get around that. >> dave: 2007 to 2008 i lived disguised as a pushtun for two years along the afghan/pakistani border and there isn't a single afghan that i talked to whether it's a tribal chief-- on both sides-- or a common afghan who will not say everything emanates from pakistan. >> i agree completely on the issue of pakistan. i was blown up on the pakistan boarder in 2003 and even at that time u.s. soldiers were being fired upon from the pakistani side of the border and their enemy was disappearing. it was very clear even back them and i've asked every successive commanding general in united states in afghanistan