services committee held a hearing on whether the statutory basis for the war should be expanded michael sheen hand the assistant secretary of defense for special ops was asked point blank how long the war on terrorism is going to last and he responded in the most simple of terms at least at least ten to twenty years ten to twenty years from now and there you have it folks explicitly said that this government has signed up for at least another thirty years of war and sadly that means more violence more bloodshed and yes more blowback if you find this is disturbing as i do join me now to break the set. how much do you know about malcolm x. man whose name alone can still invoke deep rooted emotions about class race unity and segregation even forty eight years after his death well may nineteenth would have been is eighty eighth birthday it's a day that's been declared malcolm x. day by a number of black organizations in this country which is why i want to take the opportunity to look at the legacy of one of the most controversial civil rights figures of the twentieth century before his assassinat