clauswitz's essential problem for prussia was to get prussians to believe in their state the way the french did, the way that french people did -- french soldiers would march from paris to russia, you had to find a way to create that kind of spirit without at the same time creating the revolutionary spirit that clauswitz and so many prussian conservatives were afraid of. as a result, clauswitz argued, war tends to go towards its absolutes, but at the same time, there is naturally within that system things that limit the nature of war. generals, therefore, can never fight the kind of total war that they want to fight. they can never get to absolute war because they're always limited. not even napoleon. not even the generals that clauswitz observed in the early 19th century. i must confess, i am at the very least sympathetic to the arguments of the scholar at west point names jenny keesling. she argued that total war was what she call a fetish for historians and practitions of war alike. she argues very provocative andly and very intelligently and thoughtfully that the concept of war i

things before decades in the american presumptiussians did by freeing the prussian erfs in order to get the arch person to believe in the ideal.al generals, therefore, can never fight the total war that they want to fight. absolute ever get to war. because they're always limited. not even napoleon. generals in the early 19th century. i must confess. the very least argued tic -- generalmy that total war was what she called an amphetaminish for practitioners alike. she argues very provocatively and ntelligently thoughtfully that the concept of total war is pointless. us with no real concepts at all. unnatural limits put on generals by politicians. war as a concept being i interference ical and incompetence in america's war since the end of the total period in 1945. we can talk about it more later. calling for total war thus using all of the tools in your arsenal. ot taking anything off of the table. and importantly at least in the ay that generalmy sees it, total war means leaving of war s in the hands fighters and not politicians. never been the case. from rection of war comes enviro

conflict is the essential problem -- the essential problem for prussia, as he saw it, was to get prussians to believe in the state as the french did, the way french soldiers would march all the way to russia. you had to find a way to create that kind of spirit without at the same time creating the revolutionary spirit the cost was so many were afraid of. he argues war tends to go towards its absolutes, but at the same time, there is naturally within the system things that limit the nature of war. generals, therefore, can never fight the kind of total war that they want to fight. they can never get to absolute war because they are always limited. not even napoleon. not even the generals and then, he observed. i am at least sympathetic to the of west of a scholar point who argued that total war was what she called a fetish for historians and practitioners of war alike. she argued, as she will, provocatively and intelligently and thoughtfully that the concept is pointless, that it provides us with no real intellectual insights at all. in her argument, her conception, it is for historians and

and it's based on the prussian model which is a model that's geared to quash the intellect and limit potential. >> how so? >> well, for instance, steve jobs gave a very well known speech at stanford, commencement speech, and he was booed off the stage because he basically said if you're graduating from college, you'll amount to nothing because you've been taught to be an employee. and so you will never be an entrepreneur. why is the mantra of our school system is college prep and career readiness. because the interest of the government is to raise worker bees for the economy. the interest of the parent is to raise a happy, healthy individual who can provide for themself. who's self-sustaining. that's not necessarily the goal of the government. >> i'm already paying taxes to the local school, i don't have time, i'm not qualified, my kid -- >> good thing you don't have kids. [laughter] >> my kids need the socialization. some of the arguments against -- >> yeah. in fact, i go through that. i have a whole list of the arguments, because i've heard them. and there are some valid arguments.

part of the reason it's a failed example is because we borrowed it from the prussians. our system is based on succession at the end of a finished product, but we are dealing with human beings, not cars. it is a model that is geared to quash the intellect and limit potential. >> host: how so? >> guest: for instance, these jobs gave a well-known speech at stanford commencement speech and he was booed off the stage because he basically said if you are graduating from college, you'll amount to nothing because you've been taught to be an employee and so you will never be an entrepreneur. why is the mantra of our school system in college prep in career readiness? the interest of the government is to raise worker bees for the economy. interest of the parent is to raise a happy, healthy individual who can provide for themselves, who is self-sustaining. that is not necessarily the goal of the government. >> host: i already paying taxes to the local school. i don't have time. i'm not qualified. my kids need the socialization. some of the arguments. >> guest: i go through that. i

between the us and russia, the us end embassy in moscow says it will temporarily stop zooming visas prussiansue to the russian decision last month to make significant cuts with diplomatic staff. as you might expect russia has condemned the move. sarah ra i nsfo rd. has condemned the move. sarah rainsford. we've already heard from the foreign minister sergey lavrov. he says as far as russia believes this is a move fomenting discontent, even revolution. he has suggested that in russia, trying to get russians to be unhappy with their government for this move, he has suggested that russia might respond. he says the move has onlyjust comes russia will consider it but he did say that whatever russia chooses to do it will not strike back against american citizens. russia trying to hold the moral high ground, saying what america has done is affecting russian people and they are not to blame for the relationships between their two governments. this was to some extent an expected move. the us said it was their right to respond to sanctions or to move by russia. they wanted to respond to that by septemb

the prussian for the folks that are already here. they are able and they have pending family based sponsorships. it's a new system. and .2 is beyond the immediate family members that are covered in the bill your other relatives came in. they just had to come in through the points based system. we should be focused on this. in order to really grow this. why not tackle it from there. but say that we have introduced a 2000 page comprehensive limitation bill. would we be having this about green card policy. i suspect we would not be. i think it's time that we forced the conversation onto this score issue. i know the president feels that it's advantageous to have a conversation about this core aspect of immigration reform because it does receive so little discussion. >> you mentioned lawmakers have a choice to make. we are making an issue starting with the campaign. but as far as a real push for change and begins in earnest aggressively starting today. i just work on the policy side but i do think that voters across the country are going

. >> leland: we talked yesterday with lieutenant general from the national guard" of that famous prussianeneral who said no plan ever survived initial contact with the enemy. was it possible to plan for this? when you deployed were you making it out as you went along? >> we always try to plan as best as possible, but that old phrase is complete lead true. what we do do is we're completely flexible and completely fluid and we respond to the situation as it develops. >> leland: what are your responding to now question or career watching our camera crews go down would look second major intersection. there's a gas station, the stop lights are still operating, so our guys have stopped here at this stoplight in their boat. tell us, what's happening right now on the ground for your guys? >> the really interesting and positive thing about this experience is the community has stepped up and really responded spontaneously to help the community out. you have people who have no training whatsoever in a boat alongside a local emergency management and it's really exciting to see that kind of passion an

the first really modern staff is not the prussian general staff which virtually fell apart in 1866. the first truly modern staff is put together by andrew atkinson humphreys. he's basically going out and checking everyone towing the party line. but that magnificent crossing the u.s. army will not be able to repeat until we cross rine in 1945. he's promoted and things move on towards ream station. and miles is healthy, putting everything together. and the day before ream station, barlow releases himself from the hospital. he's sick as a dog still. shows back up, starts changing what nelson has done. he doesn't really understand hancock's mission. by the next morning, he collapses again and this time he's out until virtually the end of the war. to me, as i read it as a fan of medical history, he actually had a severe parasite. and he's actually the only officer given leave to go to europe for medical treatment. and he is cured in europe, gets back just in time for the closing days of the war, get to high bridge and be present. but barlow is a case study in a tal wanted officer who doe

by the way, the first really modern staff is not the prussian general staff. mead's staff cross the james. astonishing things are happening in that modern world. barlow is back at the base hospital and nelson miles is promoted to take command of the division. miles knows what he's doing, he's healthy, he's putting everything together. the day before ream station, barlow releases himself from the hospital. he's sick as a dog still. he shows back up and starts changing what nelson miles has done. he doesn't really understand hancock's mission. by the next morning he collapses again. this time he's out until virtually the end of the war. he's so sick -- to me as i read it as a lay fan of medical history, he actually had a severe -- he's the only officer given leave to go to europe. he is cured in europe, gets back just in time to get to high bridge and be present. barlow is a case study in a talented officer who doesn't know when to quit. again, we have all those mottos and cliches like never say die. if you never say die, maybe your men die in your place. it's n

and oh, by the way, i wish i had more time to talk about it and the first modern staff is not the prussian general staff which virtually fell apart in 1866 once they crossed the border and they can't feed their troops and the first truly modern staff was put together by andrew atkinson humphries and they were checking that everyone was towing the party line, but they're the people that crossed the james and the magnificent crossing which the u.s. army will not be able to repeat until we crossed the rhine in 1945. barlow is back at the base hospital and nelson miles is taking advantage of the division and things move on toward the station, and miles knows what he's doing. he's healthy and putting everything together, and the day before the station, barlow releases himself from the hospital. he's sick as a dog still and he shows back up and starts changing when nelson miles is done and he doesn't understand the mission and by the next morning he collapses again and this time he's out until virtually the end of the war. he's so sick, to me, as i read it as a lay fan of medical history, he has

roosevelt comes in with an idea prussian -- that by wealth. industrybsorb private and create jobs and palm money. he will have deficit spending. he will get america back to work. -- america'srt unemployment rate is still 19%. this country is very unsure of itself, but it has made a decision because of the charismatic approaches of franklin and roosevelt. than sincerity, the wonderful rose -- that will stick with roosevelt. he is a man of the left. churchill is a 19th century relic. has foughtan lou various times in the sudan for empires. in india for empire in south empire, he has been to cuba, hee hee is written about empire. he is a direct descendent of the duke of marlborough. he was a military officer, he is first lord of the addressee twice. there is no person on either leader, not stalin or mussolini. there is no person more will first, more experience, more knowledgeable than winston churchill. americans think he is a right wing reactionary apologist for the british empire. george bushas if was a lot more far right than he is and tony b