what is going on in poland? injuly, the badawi. what is going on in poland?ropean badawi. what is going on in poland? injuly, the european union began legal action against the polish government over proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. it has threatened to withdraw funding and suspend voting rights in eu. my guess today is witold waszczykowski. it is poland turning away from liberal democracy? and what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world. —— my guest tiday. —— today. foreign minister witold waszczykowski, and warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. your party won the elections but is now facing criticisms. what has gone wrong?” criticisms. what has gone wrong?|j don't criticisms. what has gone wrong?” don't think anything is wrong in poland. we are running the country for the last 21 months. we have very strong democratic mandates from our people in poland. and we are trying to modernise the country, develop the country, and of course to stay in the european union and in nato and implement all the decisions

poland is finding these people in poland. you made that point, thank you.ssing have drawn a lot of criticism from the eu of poland. poland is the biggest recipient of eu funding. in 2015, you received 13.4 billion euros in funding. you can't afford to fall out with the eu, can you? this funding, these structured funds and subsidies which are part of the agreement between member states, they are derived from the treaties. these funds have nothing to do with the behaviour of the country. this is compensation for the opening of the economic system, for the opening of the economy, the market, the investment, for the deals with other economies, stronger economies of the western eu. it's nothing to do with... it is not a reward for us for being liberal or anti—liberal. i reject this accusation that we are supposed to give up receiving these funds because we are not behaving correctly, according to some wishes. who do you think is making... can i ask you, who is making that accusation? i mean, i'll give you an example. the german vice chancellor says, those countr

what is going on in poland?njuly, the european union began legal action against the polish government, over controversial proposed reforms, that critics say will politicise the legal system. it's threatening to withdraw funding and suspend poland's voting rights in eu. my guest today is the polish foreign minister witold waszczykowski. it is poland, that was a country held up as a model of post—soviet transition, turning away from liberal democracy? and what does this mean for its people and its place in europe and the world? foreign minister witold waszczykowski, in warsaw, welcome to hardtalk. 20 months ago, your law and justice party won the elections, now it is facing a lot of criticisms. what has gone wrong? i don't think anything is wrong in poland. we are running the country for the last 21 months. we've got a very strong democratic mandate from our people in poland. and we are trying still to modernise the country, develop the country, and, of course, to stay in the european union and in nato and impleme

germany and poland put you know politicians in poland. in a very deep sea of resentment. but of course they all cells from the big players in the european union specifically the germans in the french of course they resent they feel as if they talked about the germans and the french and so on and of course of the new stream part law in the kind of britain has to try and block it because britain's brigs it means that nobody in the european union takes what britain sake seriously it's all so then they are natural allies of the poles in the in this matter but they're not going to they're not going to be able to do anything for them i suppose a lot of countries on that side of the european union feel a little bit disenfranchised disenfranchised on the power scale in bloc if the e.u. commission president could come good on his warning that the you could vote to banish poland can poland take that would it find itself completely isolated. i think that's there's an element of bluff in the us as well. the poles are part of the european union a major part of the not going to leave t

so john paul ii goes to poland. nine days to poland, huge crowds . hundreds of thousands, millions of people. imagine a million people standing in line to receive communion, right? that's have a some of these masses were. the head of the solidarity movement said this -- he comes to poland, and the 20 who followed me in the solidarity movement were suddenly 10 million. it was a greater multiplication than the loaves and the fishes. indeed, it was. go from 20 to 10 million. for his opening homily at victory square on june 2, imagine the symbolism of fat -- of that, right? victory square. victory square is the spot he chooses. john paul ii said that christ cannot be kept out of the history of man in any part of the globe, at any longitude latitude. the excursion of christ from the history of man is an act against man. without christ, it is impossible to understand the history of poland. what ronald reagan would call the martyred nation of poland. and then he said this. there can be no just europe without the independence of poland marked on its map. tha

relations with this european partners poland has long been critical of the e.u. migration strategy this week the polish interior minister blasted brussels policies saying that accepting so many migrants into europe is effectively put in a new surround the continent's neck and meantime poland has requested the european commission with drawn legal proceedings against warsaw over its refusal to adopt mandatory migrant quotas but poland is not the only e.u. country to fail to meet its obligation in taking in migrants is joined by the czech republic republic and hungary warsaw was expected to take in seven thousand refugees but so far as you can see it's taken. poland's foreign minister has defended his country's position after the french president said the warsaw is isolating itself. i think that poland statements are another era in the strategy of the country and the manifestation of how this country wants to position itself on the margin of europe's history present and future the state chose today to isolate itself in the functioning progress a few years poland is

poland's a big country the major player.and of course if the no in cheating with the european paul those there's going to be problems further down the law and of course the solution themselves from the big players in the european union specifically the journals in the french of course they resent they feel as if they are the germans and the french and so on and they're very skeptical of the policies being pursued by the european union. of the migration for example but of course the opinion has got lots of other problems to resolve. the poles may dislike the european union but they get an awful lot of money from them and if they leave the bloc then the left the money from somewhere else germany's pound the website of radical left wing activists will have the reasons behind that for you after the break. seem wrong. just don't. get to shape out distinct. and it. equals betrayal. when so many find themselves while the party weak she still look for common ground . the feeling of. every the world experience. and you get it on the

poland is demanding billions of euros from germany and reparations for the second world war. in fact it could be said that poland is demanding justice because we are a victim of the second world war the damage was not repaired anyway just the opposite today talking about her pray stance is a claim for justice and for what belongs to poland surveys show a majority of poles support the idea of germany paying war compensation the exact sum is unclear but one government estimate put down much of more than seven hundred billion euros and this isn't the only issue of a shot on the way in poland's relations with its european partners poland has refused to accept my current quotas imposed by the this week the polish interior minister blasted the policy saying that accepting so many migrants into europe is effectively putting a noose around the continent's neck meantime poland has requested the european commission with draw a legal proceedings against warsaw over the issue but poland is not the only e.u. country to fail to meet its obligation in taking in migrants is joined by the cze

poland's a big country and a major player. and of course if the no in cheating with the. european partners there's going to be problems further down the line of course the isolation themselves from the big players in the european union specifically the journals in the french of course they resent they feel as if they talked about the germans and the french and so on they're very skeptical of the policies being pursued boy european union of moderation for example but of course the opinions got lots of other problems to resolve you know. the poles may dislike the european union but they get an awful lot of money from them and if they leave the bloc then the money from somewhere else. germany has been the website of radical left wing activists the reason behind that after the break. hillary would like to erase the past because it's an inconvenient truth that she was a horrible candidate and made a lot of mistakes so in an attempt to erase her she wants to erase america's past so she's galvanizing and supporting the last time i saw some of the american political spectrum. hel

poland's a big country the major player. and of course if the no in cheating with the. european partners there's going to be problems further down the line of course the solution and so from the big players in the european union specifically the journals in the french of course they resent they feel as if they talked about the germans and the french and so on they're very skeptical of the policies being pursued boy the european union. the migration for example but of course the your opinion has got lots of other problems to resolve you know. the poles may dislike the european union but they get an awful lot of money from them and if they leave the bloc then the lot of the foreign money from somewhere else. the german government has banned a radical left wing website for inciting riots during the recent g. twenty summit in hamburg these are all about have the details. last month's g twenty and how violent unexpected and ferocious scale for the times seemed to catch german security services by surprise. was. that. as far as i can tell and i'm from. i've never seen anythin

poland is demanding billions of euros from germany and reparations for the second world war. in fact it could be said that poland is demanding justice we are a victim of the second world war the damage was not repaired in any way just the opposite today talking about her pray sense is a claim for justice and for what belongs to poland surveys show a majority of poles support the idea of germany paying compensation for the war the exact sum is unclear but one government estimate put it at more than seven hundred billion euros and this isn't the only issue overshadowing poland's relations with its european partners poland has refused to accept my can quote is imposed by the e.u. this week the polish interior minister blasted the policy saying that except in so many migrants into europe is effectively putting a noose around the constance neck the czech republic and hungary have joined poland in resisting migrant quotas under the scheme walsall was supposed to accept seven thousand refugees but so far it's taken in that way or poland's foreign minister has defended his country's

the nazis invaded poland on september 1, 1939. soon after, estelle and her family were forced to move into the warsaw ghetto. this photo was taken when estelle came to the united states. in 1943, the family went into hiding. the warsaw ghetto uprising began on april 19, 1943, and continued until the final liquidation of the ghetto on may 16, 1943. jewish fighters faced overwhelmingly superior forces of the germans that were able to hold them off for a month. estelle and her family were hiding in a bunker during the uprising and were among those discovered and forced out of hiding. you see here an historical photograph of german soldiers leading jews captured dudring the uprising -- during the uprising to the deportation in may, 1943. after they were estelle discovered,and her family were deported to a concentration camp. estelle, her mother and sister endured labor in two more camps before being liberated by the russians. estelle, her mother, and sister emigrated to the united states in 1947 on the -- we close with estelle's immig

in fact it could be said that poland is demanding justice because we are a victim of the second world war the damage was not repaired anyway just the opposite today talking about her prey sions is a claim for justice and for what belongs to poland the majority of poles support the idea of germany paying war damages sixty three percent want compensation from berlin while others disagree all unsure about it however this isn't the only issue proving to be a stumbling block for poland and its european partners opponent has long been critical of the e.u.'s migration strategy this week the polish interior minister blasted brussels policies saying that accepting so many migrants into europe is effectively putting a noose around the continent's neck meantime poland has requested the european commission with draw legal proceedings against warsaw of its refusal to adopt among the tory margaret quotas poland is not the only country to fail to meet its obligation in taking in migrants is joined by the czech republic and hungary was always expected to take in seven thousand refugees but so far as

welcome back while poland is demanding millions of euros in reparations for its most it is jibbering the second world war as the country continues to struggle against its european neighbors over multiple sticking points in fact it could be said that poland is demanding justice we are a victim of the second world war the damage was not repaired just any way just the opposite they are talking about or pray sense is a claim for justice and for what belongs to poland. the majority of poles support the idea of germany paying war damages sixty three percent want compensation from berlin wall others disagree or are unsure about it however this isn't the only issue proving to be a stumbling block for poland and if he were pm paul. poland has long been critical of the migration strategy this week the polish interior minister blasted brussels policies saying that accepting so many migrants into europe is effectively putting a noose around the continent's neck and meantime poland has requested the european commission withdraw a legal proceedings against warsaw over its refusal to adopt mandator

poland says it is none of your business. also, where's the 50 million?cer star cristiano ronaldo who support to answer questions in a tax case against them. all the details from our sports desk. that and much more coming up next. ♪ ♪ gerhart: welcome back. our top stories, u.s. president donald trump's communication secretary anthony scaramucci has left the job after just 10 days. scaramucci was fired at the urging of trump's new chief of staff john kelly. venezuela's president maduro has declared sunday's vote for in to rewrite the constitution a success, but the opposition has denounced it as a power grab. the u.s. announced it will impose new sanctions against the country. germany's transport minister has denied allegations his department played down reports about emissions cheating after pressure from the car industry. it's the latest twist in the so-called these will gate scandal which exposed carmakers as using software to make vehicles seem more environmentally friendly. u.s. sanctions against pressure are causing concern in europe. daniel: the u.

poland in the e.u. probably we don't need each other at least that's according to the european council chief donald tusk the remarks from the former polish prime minister came during a press conference in warsaw. a lot of that but. i feel this is a prelude to announcing that poland doesn't need the e.u. the e.u. doesn't need poland i believe that would be one of the most dangerous moments in our history i'm afraid we're closer rather than farther away from that moment. was so in brussels have been embroiled in a number of disputes for some time now last month the polish parliament approved controversial reforms to the judiciary handing the government control of the country's course that despite strong called to action is coming from the european union which was also banned logging in an ancient polish forest but also went ahead and partially cut it down anyway migrants has been causing tensions to simply because poland won't open its doors to a single one of them. ok let's begin to guess now i can speak

poland's a big country the major player. and of course if they're not in tune with the. european partners there's going to be problems further down the line of course they all are isolation themselves from the big players in the european union specifically the germans in the french and of course they resent they feel as if they talked down to by the germans and the french and so on they're very skeptical of the policies being pursued by the european union. of migration for example but of course the your opinion has got lots of other problems to resolve you know. the poles may dislike the european union but they get an awful lot of money from them and if they leave the bloc then the latter for the money from somewhere else. in other news this hour french police say they are finding it difficult to fill their duties during the country's lengthy state of emergency because of poor working conditions while offices union even held a photo competition to draw attention to the problem from rats and cockroaches leaky pipes and the average equipment the photos show the shocking st

poland's former president tells the country, don't let anyone take away your rights.e was speaking at a day of demonstrations at warsaw by those -- to those who are in fear of the government taking democracy. hiking up germany's credentials as a holiday destination from the beaches to the alps. why germany is expecting a tourism boom this summer. ♪ >> i am sarah kelly, thank you for joining us. and a new threat from donald trump in the escalating war of words with north korea. he was responding after pyongyang vowed to fire missiles towards guam and called trump senile. he had his own words for the regime. listen in. donald trump: north korea does terms of talking about attack, of anybody that we love or we represent or our allies or us, they can be very nervous. i will tell you why, and they should be, because things will happen to them like they never thought possible. the people of our country are safe. our allies are safe, and i will to you this. north korea better yet their act together or they will be -- get their act together a few nations have ever been -- get

stalowa wola, poland?ea about stalowa wola! it's notjust a wife he needs. at work the company's been struggling for orders. he needs the massive building projects on china's new silk road to boost demand for diggers and keep his workers injobs. we haven't seen a mass of orders yet. so no real difference to the bottom line yet? thanks to the one belt 0ne road initiative i think the customers, they really have the need for the machines, but not yet. belt and road is the official name for china's new silk road. it's got an official name because it's a government project. state construction companies, state banks — not private traders or investors. critics say this could be digging the world into a big hole. this is a plan by the state agencies, and it's going to be implemented by state agencies, so my worry is that it's going to end up with a huge amount of bad loans. with dozens of countries involved, it could be very very dangerous. where some see risks, others see opportunities. china has a growing appetit

it is similar to poland year is not an alliance. it is similarto poland in year is not an alliance.1939 with france. britain and france were in no position to come to the aid of poland. the south korean us alliances strong. —— alliance is strong. we have given many opportunities to north korea. a full peace agreement, we have been prepared to recognise them. they have walked away from all of them. they have never given up on the chance of somehow overcoming south korea. they will not be able to do that, but they believe they can. 0ver that, but they believe they can. over the past few weeks, moving slightly more broader than exercises themselves, how has the american government handled the brinkmanship from north korea? look, i will be very clear about that. i don't think our president should be doing that fire and fury tweeting. it is not helpful. it sounds like his teachers have been written by a north korean. putting that aside, the north koreans have continued to develop missiles. now they are aiming at the united states with a promise that soon if not already they will have nuc

i am in poland. poland, ukraine, they started with the same conditions, and now look at poland. no corruption. arguably, they had more resources in poland. they were very lucky with their political class. this political class showed theirfinalface, an ugly face, with the last moves against me. let's look at the bigger picture. do you worry in the course of your career, i am thinking about georgia and the ukraine, you have sown such chaos, going to war with vladimir putin in 2008 in georgia, and your decision now to essentially declare political war on president poroshenko who you accuse of being a friend of crooks, bandits, and oligarchs, are you not concerned that by sowing this chaos in these two rucial countries, first georgia and then ukraine, you are inadvertently doing the work of vladimir putin? what poroshenko did was what vladimir putin wants. putin has such pleasure from it. it is unfortunate. he was the first foreign politician to respond to it. he did so with greatjoy. you don't need any extra proof. look, you said i sowed chaos in georgia. under my leadership, georg

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nobody at this time feels that poland is going to lead to a war. that there might be some way to adjudicate things. the pores and conservatives. shouldn't use that derogatory term, but there are members within britain that think they could still do business with hitler's. he is much more praiseworthy franklin roosevelt or joseph stalin. he admires the british. he invades here, nothing happens. he has already carved off large parts of czechoslovakia here. east russia has been joined to germany. austria does not really exist. it is part of germany. look how enormous that area is. germany had the second-largest economy to begin with, traditionally, in the world after the united states. now people think he will be happy with that. no. in april of 1940, just six months later, he has gone into denmark. as should not say gone into, he he has gone into norway. he does not have to do anything in sweden. my ancestors are happily selling him iron ore at a discount and providing free transportation. in the bargain to make money out of it. finland has settled -

the british had been at war ever since hitler invaded poland in september 1939. defending poland was supposedly the reason britain and france declared war in the first place. but neither of them have done anything to help save and the british people were asking was there any other reason for continuing the so-called four and if there was the government never said what it was. it refused to declare and seemed to prefer a token conflict one that was waged as cheaply as possible. the british army was ill-equipped and very badly organized. able-bodied men were still working with chauffeurs and doorman at the private clubs and luxury hotels. the production was proceeding at a snails pace. according to one of the rebels might write about, it was a war without arms but how hard. if they had no interest or attention in fighting a real war. they have imposed an economic blockade on germany and seemed to think that would be enough to bring hitler to his knees. he on the other hand, hitler used those eight months to prepare for an all-out war. his forces had ripped through

in poland, ukraine, they start the same conditions, and now look at poland.nces, poland has oligarchs and no corruption. —— there are two central. arguably, they had more resources in poland. they were very lucky with their political class. they showed their final face, political class. they showed their finalface, an political class. they showed their final face, an ugly face, political class. they showed their finalface, an ugly face, with political class. they showed their final face, an ugly face, with all of what they have done. the bigger picture. do you worry in the course of your career, i am thinking about george and the ukraine, with such chaos, going to war with vladimir putin in 2008 in georgia, and your decision now to essentially declare political war on president poroshenko who you accuse of being a friend of crooks and bandits and oligarchs, are you not concerned by selling this chaos in two countries, georgia and ukraine, you are doing the work of vladimir putin inadvertently? —— sowing. the work of vladimir putin inadvertently? -- sowing. wh

a unesco world heritage site, the forest blankets the border between poland and belarus.country's nationalist government has brought heavy duty harvesters to bialowieza. they claim it is to tackle a bark beetle infestation. but environmentalists backed by the eu say it is a smokescreen for commercial logging. the european court ofjustice ordered poland to stop. personally i didn't expect them to withdraw. i thought maybe they would try to hide their activity for maybe one week, but it didn't happen, so a few days after the decisions they were already working, exactly the same way. activists have been trying to block the harvesters for months. they thought the court order would stop the logging. but it makes allowances for public safety. the man with the power is the environment minister. it was his decision to triple the amount of logging back in 2016. despite being in the forest at the same time as the bbc, he refused all requests for an interview, and instead sent a statement reaffirming the need to continue logging for public safety. backin continue logging for public

the suit filed in federal court claims poland spring is just common grounds water.and spring parent company necessarily water says the product meets all relevant federal and state regulations for spring water. >> home depo is teaming one tezsla, prepare improvement retailer says will install solar panels on the top of 50 stores with the help of ge and tezsla. home depo says the move will cut each store's use of electricity by about a thirds. president trump dropping plans for advisory counsel on infrastructure. the move came a midback lash from business leaders over his comments on charlottesville. on wednesday the trump administration said it was ending two other advisory counsels after several announcements by ceo's that they were resigning. jim, rahel? >> dropping bleigh there, yes, that spring water story is interesting, though. >> see, i don't believe any of that stuff. water is water. you tell me, it is all market ing. >> tap water, fee gee, all the same. >> yes. >> have a great weekends. >> thank you. >> well, the countdown, rahel, it is on. a rare solar ecli

it's out of poland saying the country's opposition to his plans to change the rules. principal vincent lacus. isolating will say from europe so joining us. we saw with afghanistan like almonds still negotiate mosque in the capital kabul worship this went friday france. one man even threw himself upon at the entranc. according to officials some thirty six people were killed when a new. including women and children of the islamic state group. which has launched several attacks against the shea minorities hundreds in afghanistan. has claimed responsibility. worshippers in kabul attending friday afternoon prayers were panicked and distraught. after a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance to a shiite mosque. many were injured and dozens including the cleric were killed. gunmen took over separate prayer areas for women and men fully many people hostage. muslim just send us and i was trying to escape over a wall when i saw my daughter. who was wounded trying to climb the wall as well? there was another girl who was shot in her head. i saw the body myself if i can ma

great britain won the team gold medal at the european eventing championships in poland.ze. riding bulana in the showjumping, wilson could afford two penalties to secure the team gold but managed a perfect round. that confirmed britain's triumph, and her own bronze individual medal. germany claimed team silver, with sweden finishing third. i cannot put into words just how impressed i am by how the riders rode, stuck to the system, you can probably hear i am a bit emotional about it but that's no bad thing. ijust cannot be more proud. i just said to them stick to the system, only one thing matters, a clear right inside the time and if they ride to the system they can only do the best and they all rode exactly as we trained and they trained and they are capable of. england's men have opened their eurohockey campaign with a 6—0 win over poland — two goals each from mark gleghorne and sam ward alongside strikes from chris griffiths and david condon made for a comfortable victory in amsterdam. they next play germany tomorrow afternoon, probably the pick of the games in pool b.

. -- said in poland. he said that in poland at the press conference. reporter: one more, you said on monday that he would have something to say about the russian action on u.s. diplomats. anything to say today? sarah: noah don't. when i do i will let you know. trump,r: when donald prior to signing the bill, did he speak with the president of russia? sarah: no. reporter: the general said, i think at some point where clearly going to take dramatic action shortly against north korea. can you respond to that, do you think it is an accurate characterization? can you tell us where the administration is right now when it comes to taking military action against north korea? said many times before, we will not broadcast actions into your we are keeping all options on the table. inorter: the president said an economist interview in may, he was asked whether he supports cutting the number of immigrants who can come here legally and he said no. still today, the reports showing they would cut the green cards issued by half, so when did the president have a chance t

said poland did labor dumping.ad germany, italy and spain and in the next few days, he is meeting with the dutch, the belgians, the luxembourg and the greek leaders. what macron is trying to achieve role on the diplomatic stage in europe at a time when you have german in three weeks and italian elections looming next year and he is also trying to reboot his popularity back home. he has lost 20 points over the summer, his populate a -- popularity is now 40%, less than what the former president had at needs a period, and he fresh start because he needs to pass this labor reform. we are to have the first details the first strike on september 12 and macron wants to pass this labor reform by the end of september before the next eu summit in october. matt: caroline, thanks very much. caroline conan in paris talking about the big summit. poland's foreign minister saying the country's judicial overhauls are consistent with eu standards. he adds the blocks criticism of the democratic track record amounts to harassment from

i think now occupied poland where the war seems to be lost. was meant to finish high school that year, 1940, her family lost its property to the germans and was force today move warsaw and rent. her father was arrested. one of her uncles were killed in battle and two of her brothers were in camps. a young woman stood out and she thought about others. in late 1940's the germans began to establish ghettos, in october the jews were required to move to a certain district of the city. throughout people quietly allowed their jewish friends slip away from their lives. without telling her family and great risk to herself, theresa choose to enter a dozen times bringing food and medicine to jews she knew and jews she did not. by the end of the year, she had persuaded brother's friend to escape the ghetto. in 1942 theresa help the girl's parents to escape. the germans carried out what they call the great action deporting some 265,040 jews and killing 80,000 jews in the ghettos themselves. theresa later became historian at the holocaust writing about the

buses leaving london for poland this afternoon, and some of the passengers won't come back. the crowds, telecoms technician daniel, who is heading back to romania at christmas. he says the atmosphere in britain has changed. i think they are a little bit racist with us, with the european people. yeah, for that reason. that's why you are planning to leave? yeah, and also because sterling is going down, you know? we want to go there, because we can find good jobs for the same money. at this chicken hatchery in west oxfordshire, they've become reliant on workers from the so—called e8 countries, nations thatjoined the eu in 2004, like poland. it's allowed their business to expand, year—on—year. but suddenly, almost as many people from e8 countries are leaving britain as arriving. for workers at this farm, brexit was a sort of watershed. over the last 12 months or so, it's just got worse and worse. people have thought about it more and more and it's now becoming a reality. this isn't something that might happen in the future, in 2019. for people like ourselves, recruiting staff, t

poland is my old unit. i saw them on the super bowl. and so that's very much in conjunction with this, is as we rotating units over support division. polling one of our great nato allies. were trying to provide options both for nato as well as a deterrent to competitors in that area. when i was coming in the army as a lieutenant and captain, we had forces primary station in europe and so they were fixed in europe and there were fixed locations and i had a fixed location that await you. even if it's in poland right now, a division, they are from fort carson colorado. i will be there tomorrow. we rotate the units and we move them around so that then up in the baltics, data poland, romania, other places like that. what it's doing is is providing lots of different options, depending upon whatever we think the main threat would be. what that requires for the army is we have to have a much more agile army. when i was going up your station here and you would fight in one location. you were kind of a set piece. our army is smaller now than when