still ok ok so so in the us either the british empire in the east india company versus the american empire america princes yes neo east india company whatever he's calling it is there any east company yes yes he wants to do it through his chinese registered company as you do. because he knows which is the next empire this is him transitioning to the next empire i think i don't know if he's even allowed to set foot here but one surprising element is the commercial promises prince of visions that the u.s. will get access to afghanistan's rich deposit. of minerals such as lithium used in batteries uranium magna site and rare earth elements critical metals use and high tech from defense electronics one slide estimates the value of mineral deposits in helmand province alone at one trillion dollars and he does mention actually even though he's doing it through it he's proposing this anyway through his chinese register company is that the chinese may feel a the rare earth elements market so that giving out that's right the u.s. as well i mean there's a lot of rare earths on asteroids one up but e

on not sure how much he understood about the british empire, but i think he properly did honestly admireand did also think that the british would come to their senses and in that's he was ruthlessly reinforced by his foreign minister whose understanding of britain's condition by britain's own experience as the german ambassador to the court of st. james who would be presented to the king gave the king a nazi salutes and allowed how hitler much too startling king george the sixth and who later complained bitterly that the king had not replied to the nazi salute with one of his own, so the advice on the british mind was not to be taken seriously since he was of the upper-class people and back stair conservative politicians that wanted to make deals with germany anyway and were more afraid of stalin and hitler and hitler thereby developed the opinion-- that can't be my phone -- it is. [laughter] that's supposed to be off. he thereby developed a mistaken opinion that the british would not fight and that had tremendous effects on his troops because chamberlain has always been regarded as crav

the british empire for sure has collapsed that is gone you can say that for sure that you got that right here we have an american empire on the verge of collapse and here we have a guy erik prince who's connected to the political powers that be who wants to expand well who plunder the rest of the nation while the u.s. still ok ok so so in the us either the british empire in east india company versus the american them. in eric prince's yes neo east india company whatever he's calling it and just any company yes yes he wants to do it through his chinese registered company as you do here because he knows which is the next empire this is him transitioning to the next empire i think i don't know if he's even allowed to set foot here but one surprising element is the commercial promises prince of visions that the us will get access to afghanistan's rich deposits of minerals such as lithium used in batteries uranium magna site and where earth elements critical metals use some high tech from defense electronics one slide estimates the value of mineral deposits and helmand province alo

more empire, more problems. so after the british victory ana the seven years' war with this vastly expanded empire, particularly in north america, britain faced this challenge. of course everyone is excited about having this larger empire but there are now tens of thousands of new subjects. and so the objects in here and the media piece really pull that story apart. so for native people, for , instance, in 1763, they're the o first group of people to sort of rise up and push back against an increase british control of their lives in a rebellion sometimes known as pontiacs rebellion. and they pushed the crown to guarantee their sovereignty oves their lands in the west. you know, the british conclude that the best way to kind of get their arms around this new empire is to build forts and stations, more than 10,000 british troops in north america. not to oppress the colonists but to keep the populations separated from each other. that's a very expensive operation. in parliament, of course, no one is thinking well, we should just contin

still ok ok so so in the us either the british empire in east india company versus the american empire america princes yes neo east india company whatever he's calling it is there any east company yes yes he wants to do it through his chinese registered company as you do. because he knows which is the next them fire this is him transitioning to the next empire i think i don't know if he's even allowed to set foot here but one surprising element is the commercial promises prince of visions that the u.s. will get access to afghanistan's rich deposits of mineral such as lithium used in batteries uranium magna site and where earth elements critical metals use some high tech from defense electronics one slide estimates the value of mineral deposits and helmand province alone one trillion dollars he doesn't mention actually even though he's doing it through he's proposing this anyway through his chinese register company. is that the chinese may feel a the rare earth elements market so that giving out is right the u.s. as well i mean there's a lot of rare earths on asteroids one up but eric p

barbados in the 17th century was one of the hubs of the british empire's trading system. boston in north america, london in the home country, and bridgetown in barbados. so again, very important in terms of the logistical, navigational, and trading aspects. on importance for belying the size of the island -- an importance far belying the size of the island. a little aside to illustrate the importance of these islands, it seems incredible today, but at the end of the seven years war, france is prepared to give up half of the continent of north america in order to retain the islands of martinique and guadeloupe. the french probably argued that sugar and rum were far more important than beaver pelts. [laughter] so they gave up canada, in order to keep martinique and guadeloupe. this is from the 1770's map of barbados. it shows barbados as a mature sugar colony. already one of the world's most densely populated places, every name you see on that map represents a sugar plantation. the island itself, quite remarkable, there were over 700 functioning sugar plantations in additio

empire . te lawrence and others blew up many areas during the arab revolt that were then focused on. the british in prewar days were interested in a railway. they saw german intrigue behind it. they were aware that germans attempted to establish strong influence in the ottoman empire. te lawrence was with an archaeologist in cardica mesh, southern syria. it's on the turkish border -- 100 meters down from where they was beingtigating excavated, but also notes were being taken on what the germans and ottomans were up to, in building this railway. the ottomans had a choice. they threw their lot in with the germans. there's a way of getting back at their old russian enemy. i think they hoped they might be able to regain some of the lambs they had lost to the czars -- some of the lands they had lost to the czars over the last couple of centuries. were on the losing side of the war. >> thank you. please join me in thanking our guest. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption conte

the british empire for sure has collapsed that is gone you can say that for sure that you got that right here we haven't.

he liked to compare the british empire to rome. it gave prize especially as the comparison was almost always made to the advantages of the former. history was a main stay of his writing, thought and speeches. and to give you a flavor of this, i'd like to throw a few buckets into the ocean that is churchill studies and examine what we find about this ever present phenomenon in his life and thought. he didn't just use history like other politicians in order to stiffen this and summon up the blood. instead he employed it in the body of his argument. he believed his generation had a duty to continue britain's work, which he saw hin had classically wiggish way of every progress and sphere. much of the tenacity that spurred britain so well, stemmed from this belief that britain had a historical duty to fulfill and that they would be betraying their forefathers with they stepped back from it. and when they -- churchill asked the cabinet, why should we meltdown our moral capitol to please a lot of pasfsts? i have would begin precious littl

empire. one of the spur lines of that damascusent south into . the british in prewar days were interested in this railway. they are aware that the germans tried to establish strong influence in the ottoman air pet -- ottoman empire. 100 meters down was this bridge that the germans and the ottomans were building. they were excavating the city, but also taking notes on what the germans and ottomans were up to in building this railway. the ottomans had a choice. they threw their lot in with the germans. it was a way as getting back at their old russian enemy. tohink the ottomans hoped regain some of the land they lost to the czar in the preceding centuries. .t was a fateful decision it meant that the ottomans were on the losing side of the war. in thankingin me our guest. >> monday, christmas day, on the c-span networks. queen elizabeth delivers for annual christmas message. then cornell west and alan israel anddiscuss middle east peace. were kind of human values are to promote. there is one country in the world that is the focus of 90% of you and resolutions.

our second gallery we titles the price of victory, more empire, more problems. so after the british victory in the seven years war, with this vastly expanded empire, britain faces this challenge, because everyone's excited about having this larger empire, there are now tens of thousands of new subjects. and so the objects in here, and the media piece. they're the first group of people to sort of rise up and push back against an increased british control of their lives. and a rebellion sometimes known as upon tee ago's rebell wrong, they pushed the crown to guaranty their sovereignty in the west. the best way to get their arms around this new empire is to build for thes and station more than 10,000 british regular troops in north america. not necessarily to oppress chinnist chinnists. that's a very expensive prospect. no one is thinking, we should continue to tax british taxpayers to pay for this, american clonists have enjoyed this victory, we should ask them to contribute, the idea comes up and it passes through parliament of what becomes known as the stamp act, and this is actuall

of course today we know that the british empire in uppia was evil and wrong because we are constantly taught that in our schools and universities and by the bbc. poor, poor winston churchill in his ignorance could not have known that britain was viciously exploiting india and giving absolutely nothing back to her. well except i suppose for internal peace for the first time in indian history as well as railways and the massive irrigation projects, obviously, and political unity of the subcontinent. they had never had that before. mass education i suppose has to be mentioned. newspapers, unprecedented amounts of international trade. standardized units of exchange. bridges. obviously, universities, and roads, and aqueducts and docks and things like that. but other than that, absolutely nothing else did we give india. the ab lugs of suty, i suppose you have got to mention, that practice of burning widows on their funeral pooirs. and tuggy, the murderers of travelers. i suppose we gave them the only incorrupt legal system in the history of the subcontinent and industrial development, and u

the british aristocracy have been removed and hitler was willing to offer india of the british empire with that occupation of europe but it would have happened eventually. but we eventually would come and but there is no soft underbelly of europe going up that 600 miles by i never worked, never worked for us that it would cause problems tour three years ahead of americans or 43 or 44. but you are bombing so don't buy this the we have to distrait a whole army. and spiritually nobody could articulate their roosevelt would have a much better politician so he was invaluable. solar to ask the effect to draw the lines of the cold war?. >> no doubt that roosevelt was naive to try regulate in that way against churchill who also said to him to have 500 divisions we only have 100 in europe. and not fight so well and slow down with their bellicose power we did have means other than a the nuclear bomb but it is hard to adjudicate that the that we have the wherewithal that we say those pro russian things that we will follow the troops. >> so to bracket the unspeakable evil. so with those mistaken

the most excellent order of the british empire, or mbe, for his service to music and charity. >> it makes a royal at this point. he has to sing at the royal wedding. >> i knew you would say that. >> coming up -- >> i've never been a bird person. they freak me out a little bit. >> her feathered fear for "i, tonya". >>> on the set with corey feldman as his troubled life with corey haim gets the tv movie treatment. >> we were both suffering inside. >> and why can't kristin wig say hallelujah. >> hallelujah. >> hallelujah. >> haley barry. >> but first tonight is an all new life in pieces. 10-year-old star who has already worked with some of hollywood's a-listers. including leo on ""wolf of wall street"." >> i wasn't sure who he was so my mom had me watch a little bit of "titanic". now that i'm older i understand that was a really big deal. that was when gangnam style was popular and he would dance it with me. >> how was he as a dancer? >> he was great. >> she gets sent on a secret mission to spy on her sister and her new boyfriend. >> what do you think boys and girls do again? >> hug. >> look

in 1819 with the british east india company, establishing at first as a trading post for the british empireckly becoming a economic hub and regional capital for the british empire's new colony on the malay peninsula. after world war ii, singapore clamored for independence, first becoming part of the malaysian federation, then a fully independent state in 1965. helmed by its first prime minister, lee kwan yeu, tiny singapore famously went from a third world outpost to a first world nation in a single generation. >> cab driver: in singapore, rules and regulations in singapore is very strict. we have to follow them. like, i am taxi, i can't break any laws. >> anthony: so if a camera catches you? >> cab driver: yeah, everything is in camera. so it is important everyone, we have to follow the rules and regulations, that's the reason singapore is very good. same time, singaporeans are very hard working. as human beings, what we need? food to eat, clothes to wear, a place to sleep, you can get in singapore. so in other words, we have to continue work, you see. if you're working, you'll get somethi

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jerusalem and the jewish people was never broken it will never be broken or the ottoman turks or the british empire even the adversaries are once again for the jewish people will prevail like we always have. mr. president over the past few days statements from the jewish people and israel and throughout history even as late as 50 years ago it was denied access and the rest of the world so let me be very clear. of the oppressed minorities to have no right to lecture israel. poisoned by anti- semitism lack of permanence and acceptance for me repeat what we have said time and again to be more free and more open to people more than any other time in history that all people of all religions throughout the entire country. to vote with the resolution to remind all of you of the presence in jerusalem this year is another revolution attempting to fight back once more they can vote again and again to denounce our presence in jerusalem you will never succeed to change the bible you cannot rewrite. not long ago the jewish leader called the un that he noted that just one small candle of truth we will continue t

queen victoria ruled the british empire for sixty three years longer than any monarch before her the book was sold for around thirty thousand euros to an anonymous collector. britain's prince harry is now engaged to us actress megan markel his older brother william is quite happy about his plans to settle down but. i have received word for it obviously started you know what food stories about this but i'm pretty sure it's like the. good news for william and harry proposed to megan while they prepared to roast a chicken. the engagement was officially announced earlier this week. the wedding will take place in may twenty eighth teen in st george's chapel at windsor castle. time a chance to release their fourteenth studio album on friday a very personal. one of the songs on like tomatoes from sing up on and to the people closest to him the first single from the album is and you're the best thing about to me. the album is a companion piece to some of the benefits released three years ago you two founded in one thousand nine hundred seventy six reached it to stick high point in the ninety

sheeran getting the royal treatment, grammy winner now a member of the most excellent order of the british empireince charles presented sheeran with his medal in a ceremony at buckingham palace. honor best tried on the 26 year old for his contributions to music and charity. >> and i have to tell but a newton ya harding bio, nancy odel with a preview of i tanya >> i'm nancy odel, this week margo robby completely transforms into tanya harding and icon, yes, shows a side of the notorious singer skater never before seen. >> i was amazed that no one had really brought up her upbring and circumstances. >> tailing the emotion into stunning performance, in i tan crashes says the film's mission to dehumanize one of the icons in sports history. >> when i was a kid, did you ever love me? >> i didn't stay home making apple brown bettis. >> from the perspective of tan y her mother played played by allison. >> everyone brought their a game, and just wanted to tell the story. >> talk a little bit about the physical transformation. yes, obviously tanya, older years, trying to portray a significant weight gain. t

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the british empire we're arguing that the world is round we have a global policy and all nations have been.

points of view on subjects including israel's relations with the palestinians, the role of the british empirets. we don't need people to be cosseted. we don't need to suppress debate and stifle debate. debate is how bad ideas and prejudices get exposed, and it's about how knowledge advances, so it's an absolutely vital part of the learning process that we have full debate, that we have freedom of speech within the law operating in our university system. two people have died following a collision between a police car and another vehicle in sheffield last night. the 46—year—old officer, who died, was responding to an emergency call when his marked car was involved in the crash. a 61—year—old woman — who was a passenger in the other vehicle — also died. police are appealing for witnesses. a russian cargo ship, listing near portsmouth harbour, is being assisted by the coastguard. the vessel is at anchor in the solent while a pilot vessel assesses its stability and cargo. the coastguard said it had power and was currently stable. the 13 crew on board are reported to be safe and well. there are war

most excellent order member of the british empire. something like that.s ago yesterday. me getting it, i went for a curry with my dad afterwards, my dad would have gotten emotional and stuff afterwards. you know what we were doing on the set? listening to you and beyonce sing. >> he put out perfect as a single. how many different versions of "perfect" were you sitting on. >> thereto one more next friday. i have an italian operatic version. >> we won't tell anyone. we won't tell anyone that's happening. >> it's a little present for christmas. >> i'm renewing my vowels next week. >> we'll hold the pizza. ed, take it away. ♪ i found a love for me darling, just dive right in ♪ ♪ follow my lead i found a girl ♪ ♪ beautiful and sweet i never knew you were then? waiting for me ♪ because we were just kids when we fell in love ♪ ♪ not knowing what it was ♪ i will not give you up this time ♪ ♪ darling, just hold my hand by my girl ♪ ♪ i'll be your man i see the future in your eyes ♪ ♪ baby, i'm dancing in the dark with you between my arms ♪ ♪ barefoot on the grass

the british, we always say, was the weak link because the british empire was in decline. united states would rise. britain, remember, was the only country to fight the first day of the war and the last day. no other belligerent or ally did that. the only country that went to war saving poland not just because it was a surprise attack or a surprise attack in another country, the only country that dared fight hitler by itself. and when we look at british production, they were far more mobilized than occupied europe under the third reich. the worst day of britain was the bombing probably of coverren try or -- coventry. during that entire period they outproduced bf-109 fighter production, spitfire production. so at the end of the war, they almost outproduced all of the third reich in almost every category except tanks and airframes. japan got you have easy in the sense that no nation's army killed more people and suffer fewer losses given their carnage in asia. and yet they were the only country that was not invaded. the atomic bombs precluded it. that wasn't really the story

churchill liked to compare that british empire of rome. it gave context and induced pride in the audiences as the comparison is made of the advantages of the former. history is main stay of his writing, thought and speeches. i like to throw a few buckets over the side of the boat into the ocean that is churchill's studies and examine what we find about this ever present phenomenon in his life and thought. he didn't use history like other politicians in order to summon up the blood. instead, he employed it in his -- in the body of his argument for he truly believed that his generation had a duty to continue britain's work which he saw in the classically riggish way of being at the forefront of human progress in every sphere. much of his pognasity stemmed from this belief that britain had a duty to fulfill. and that they would be betraying the forefather it's they stepped back from it. and the chinese demanded the port to be returned them in the early 1920s, clutch hill said why should bhelt down or moral capital collected by our forefathers

we'll be speaking to the youngest recipient of the british empire medal at 8:20, and to the author michael been knighted — that's just after 9:00. wintry weather will continue to dominate the weekend for many parts of the uk with the met office issuing a yellow warning for ice in northern regions. the worst of the snow fell yesterday across northern england and scotland, where roads were closed. flights at glasgow airport were also temporarily suspended. the rac has warned that driving conditions will continue to prove difficult. matt taylor is in the weather centre to tell us what we can expect. tha nkfully thankfully for those on the move today we are not going to see some of the snowy scenes before across parts of the country yesterday at the rest a little bit of snow around over the hills today and the big issue for those on the move in northern england and scotland is ice, the icy conditions following the snow and a drop in temperatures overnight and while the ice will be mainly morning issue, through the morning we gradually will see some rain, sleet and snow returned parts of scotla

you can take that however you like. [ laughter ] he liked to -- churchill liked to compare the british empire to that of rome. it gave context and induced pride in his audiences especially as the comparison was almost always made to the advantages of the former. history was a mainstay of his writing, thought and speeches, and to give you a flavor this i would like to throw a few buckets over the side of the boat into the ocean that is churchill studies and examine what we find about this ever-present phenomenon in his life and thought. churchill didn't just use history in his perorations like other politicians in order to stiffen the sinews and summon up the blood. instead he embodied it in his arguments because he truly believed they had a duty to continue britain's work which he saw in the classically wiggish way of being at the forefront of human progress in every sphere. much of his pugnacity which served britain so well in 1940 stemmed directly from this belief that britain had a historical duty duty to fulfill and that they would be betraying their forefathers if they stepped back from

but last night it was the royal force, the british empire, striking back. >> reporter: meghan marklell be joining them this year a major break in tradition since they won't be married until may. lucy kafanov, nbc news, london. >>> we're staying on top of a fast-moving forecast. doug is back with who w the snow tonight and how much longer we'll deal with this bitter blast of cold. >>> and service members are spending holiday seasons overseas. how you can be part of it. >>> and lawmakers have a deal to change what you pay in >>> now at 4:30, blast. it was brutally cold and now tonight even colder and we've got some snow. >> some snow and it could be pretty in some areas. this is not going to be a big impactful kind of snow but it's going to be hard hitting for some areas. all day long we've been in the 20s, even windchills in the teens. the wind gusts have calmed a little bit but the windchill is still there. 27 degrees right now in d.c. and snow is coming through and a very potent system. in the last couple of hours, you can see in our area no advisories for zone, and behind it we sta

. >> never be where they were in the late 1800s, early 1900s where the sun never set on the british empirein 1870 they were 34 million square kilometers. it was an amazing economic power and as that fell apart, so has the military might. >> charles, look, when you think of the royal navy, the royal navy of my youth, you think about the swashbuckling of nelson, hawk, you think about battles like the nile, you didn't think about 20 warships tied up to the dock in portssmith. it's a pretty bad indictment right now. >> we had a couple of world wars since that faded away. reck ba ka, all i'm saying is this concerns me. this concerns me in an era where just today, moments ago, dave pratt, as he's negotiating with democrats, they wanted to cut the defense budget. is this the right time to be cutting the defense budget? >> trump made very clear he wants to get rid of the damaging sequester that has cut into our readiness. and i want to see britain back. they're on the a team of our allies. they are still going to replace their nuclear detear rent. they're going to continue with that. but you're ri

the british empire we're arguing that the world is round we have a global policy and. all nations have global rights no ocean has ever been dominated the way the u.s. dominates the pacific navy air force. they claim in the pearl harbor headquarters of the pacific command they claim to be responsible for fifty two percent of the earth surface and when you look at their logo it shows an eagle over the aleutian islands with one tail on coming down somewhere near seattle on the other coming down right over beijing so beijing looks at a network of bases a real archipelago of empire that's been built up since the korean war you have had and still have an arc of of bases that start in australia go through your house if we have no bases in australia you have you have. and you have a new facility in western australia no to speak precisely we have no military bases in australia what we do is operate with and in australian bases but we're not in the basing business nowadays there's a growing collection of what are referred to as lily pad bases these are bases that have typically

event is so momentous that historians may one day view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empirebeatles are breaking up. >> it was like a death for a lot of people. rock and roll as we understood in the 1960s was no longer with us. >> there will never be another beatles, never. ♪ ♪ >> i wonder what i'm doing here with no drummers or nothing like that. you might now i lost my old band, or i left it. ♪ imagine there's no heaven it's easy if you try ♪ >> for so long you waited for the next beatles album to see where music was going. and we just hoped the music they came up with individually would be that good. >> i don't no longer have, oh the beatles need an album. you and paul better go write 20 songs tomorrow kind of thing. i just write when i feel like it. ♪ imagine all the people >> yoko, you have been called the dragon lady who took the beatles apart. >> please give her credit for all the nice music that george made and ringo made and paul made and i've made since we broke up. she did it. >> the fact is that yoko ono did not break up the beatles. time broke up the beatles, mon

us today -- the americans are the rising power that are somehow being held back by this evil british empire. , all of theseide prewar perceptions of the europeans have one side and the other. the other side is anglo-saxonism. this is an idea that comes out from the 1890's onward. it is a detente between the americans and the brits. corresponding with the spanish-american war -- the british start to realize that germany is getting uppity and they might need the united states to be neutral. is a deeplyaxon ism ethnocentric view of the world and it is predominant among middle-class and upper-class white anglo-saxon male protestants in the northeast. foesave some deep abiding like woodrow wilson and teddy roosevelt and jpmorgan, but they can agree on admiration for the british political and economic system. foes what is interesting is that a large number of doughboys have this perception, while a large number of officers have that perception. , it is go to the germans also a weird mix. you cannot separate the american conception of the germans without dealing with the american conceptions of th

that was the policy to prevent the russians from coming down to take the crown jewel of the of british empire but this divides afghanistan from pakistan nobody has ever accepted including the taliban government. this is where the war is being fought to. "the fountainhead" of all the movements. so how does the haqqani network relate to the taliban? when i was made as a journalist and more as the explorer and with the sophistication at all going to afghanistan and the mujahideen by then was divided into seven political parties. where we got it numerous arguments with the cia i will kahn dna a second but they deal with that in charlie wilson's war that that, what was i talking about. >> guest: i was asking you about the of haqqani network. >> guest: yes. 1981 when i went to afghanistan and we went to one in particular and one is the best friend in afghanistan the favorite part of the book one reason i'm told was kidnapped sent me to live with a bunch of mujahideen in the mountains with 20 of them in his brother and they were not part of the original group have fled across the country they were c

and even hugh laurie, the star of "house" will be upgraded to commander of the british empire. >> one day for you, thank you. >>> coming up, a look ahead to a crucial 2018 for both parties as the midterm elections approach. what's up for grabs and who has the advantage. with 5 times more ethnic regions... ancestrydna can pinpoint where your ancestors are from... and the paths they took to a new home. could their journey inspire yours? order your kit at ancestrydna.com >>> thanks for staying with us. in 2018, just days away, multiple new polls suggesting that democrats will start the year with a slight advantage over republicans. or is it slight? democrats are averaging a 13-point lead in polls asking which party voters are most likely to vote for next year, according to a tally by 538. joining me now, kristin hagland, joel rubin. couple of mid westerners here. let's start with you, my friend, if we can, kirstin. what's your thought of these numbers? are they real? because some folks are saying, look at the polls in 2016, they weren't very solid. >> they're real right now, that's what

about them, about black people in the caribbean who are now, as a result of being a part of the british empire, drawn into the war, and canadians. i will come back to that. these men articulating, and women articulating, political concerns are known by a term that web dubois coined. the man on your right. they are called soldiers without swords. after the war, it captures the sense of urgency for a lot of asking americans. yesterday, dr. king talked about how african american organizations like the naacp are in their stage of infancy at this time. it is important for us to remember that so, too, are african-american newspapers. for these men and women who are professionally trained, college educated, usually elite college educated, the newspaper will become an important way of not only legitimizing and explaining the war, but also legitimizing and explaining their professional voices, as these intellectual activists, these soldiers without swords. the man on your left is mr. trotter, who makes everyone seem soft. harvard educated, unrepentant, he becomes a thorn in wilson's side because he hol