then they attacked constantinople, the capital of the world. and the greeks were able to drive them back for a military coup -- called greek fire. oil and sawdust mixed together in a spray in the muslim ships. so they stopped the muslims. the word islam means submission and a muslim is one who has submitted to the will of allah. islam believes there is world peace in the whole world submits to the will of allah. so it is a religion of peace. it is just their definition of the work is different than yours and mine. we think pieces different groups getting along. they think it's meant to hold both submits to allah. it's a little play on words. mohammed divided the world into two halves. the house of islam and the house of war. what about moderate muslims? moderate muslims believe the world will submit to allah leader. bb is figurative. it's so far in the distant future, just get on with the infidels. the fundamental muslim thinks they will submit now and they are really excited to make it happen. the dilemma for us in the west is the more we bend

belisarius ended up as a beggar on the streets of constantinople humiliated at his emperor. sherman was called crazy and called a terrorist. he spent most of his post-war career trying to defend what it in a very effective way but he wasn't popular like grant or matthew ridgway. he was not made chairman of the joint chiefs. eisenhower wrote a memoir where he said ridgway did not take seoul south korea that vanvleet did. it was van fleet that took control in van fleet was even in the theater. he lived to be 97 but he got involved with a controversy under reagan. when i i finish the man is good some of the editors and i finished it right after the election, said david petraeus ended up just happy and everything went well. of course he had some problems so there does seem to be a profile that these people are controversial and after their signature achievement it's very hard to sustain that. the society is ambiguous. >> host: the signature achievement is obviously extremely interesting and challenging. hats you could tell us a little bit more about how it is or indeed what trai

then they attacked constantinople which was the capital of the world.nstantan moved the capitol there. greeks were able to drive them back through a military advantage called greek fire, sort of like maple. oil and sawdust. and so this stop the muslims and so the word islam means submission. and the muslim is one that has submitted. and there were able to -- they believe there would be world piece when the world submitted. so it's just the different definition of the world. we think that peace is different groups getting along. they think it's when the whole world submits. and to them world peace means world islam. he divided the world into two halfs, the half that had submitted and i have that is in the process. now the moderate muslims, they believe the world will submit, but later. maybe at the end of the world. and so far in the distant future, just get a lot. the fundamental muslims think the world will submit now. they are excited and want to help make it happen. a dilemma for us in the west is the more we bend over backwards to show ourselves tol

christian history and the consequences that flowed from the actions of the emperor who ruled constantinopleut was a wener original i finish western originally. be thomas ricks is the hour of one of the best -- the author of one of the best single volumes of our invasion of iraq called "fiasco," brilliant book. this book is a historical book about how generals were made, promoted and dehotted from world war ii to -- demomented from world war ii to the present. his thesis is, essentially, george c. marshall who served as the army chief of staff and joint chiefs of staff under fdr during world war ii removed many, many generals from the battlefield if they weren't up to the job. he insisted on performance. but sometimes he'd reassign them to something else and give them a second chance, but with impunity, he removed people until he found the right perp for the right job -- right person for the right job. and what ricks talks about is that culture of accountability and responsibility has very much been diluted in subsequent periods such that by vietnam performance seemed to be very small criter

said he was higher lee popular against the constantinople street. >> is this naturally the case that the senior generals will always be more popular than the elected? >> absolutely. there was a key moment early 2008 with david petraeus the most popular man in the united states and certainly more than mayor sanchez and much more popular than george bush. but they are in these and untenable situation with the success is the unfavorable referendum because yet they have certain personality qualities and visions that make them suspect by their peers like the 19th century western that we see whether high noon, ethan edwards magnificence 73 bring the people in and they are suspect figures. we want them to get rid of the cattlemen but it is better than everyone or that they take the badge so whether real like it or not it did not and very well with themistocles ends with suicide 20 years later and tell sorus ended up the popular tradition ended up as dave we were trying to defend what he did but was not popular. for rescue ridgway was not made chairman of the joint chiefs and eisenhower he s