u.s. military. whereas young took davis under his tutelage and helped him to prepare to take his officer candidate test. whereas in only two years he rose to sergeant major and earned a commission as a second lieutenant in 1901. whereas benjamin olver davis, a black man, rose through the ranks and became the first african-american to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the u.s. military. whereas during world war i, approximately 800, no one is sure of the number, but approximately 800 african-americans were killed in action. whereas dori miller enlisted in the u.s. navy as as me attendant, meaning he was a person who served those others with food and took care of the cleaning of facilities, and he served on the u.s.s. west virginia. when the japanese attacked pearl harbor on december 7 of 1941. whereas miller was assigned to carry the wounded sailors to safer quarters. whereas he returned to the deck d picked up a 50-caliber browning anti-aircraft machine gun that he had never been trained to us

u.s. military is taking on a dangerous militant organization. social landscape within t which that figes place however is extremely complicated, and avoiding getting involved in local ndmed disputesivalries very important. somalia's conflict is not simply a matter of al shabab versus the government. at the same time, there are many clans-- somalia's version of tribes-- fighting each other all across the country. in somalia, even farmers carry guns to protect their property, so american forces need local informants to identify who is al shabab and who is not. the enemy. in august of last year, a joint u.s. special forces and somali forces raid on the town of bariire, killed eight people. outraged family members took these pictures, insisting the victims were just farmers, including young boys. clan leader from the area abdalh ilsan spoke with the newshour about the incident. he says a rival clan trying to push them off their land lied to the american special forces, telling th shabab.ople were al >> ( translated ): some clan men edcalled us and s

u.s. military. and of south korean forces and actually about what is supposed to have been changed multiple times in the past and so that south korea would have control over its own forces in a war time but each time the deadline came the u.s. or conservative thought korean president postponed so this keeps getting pushed farther and farther into the future and unfortunate we're still stuck in the situation i think right now is probably making south korean people quite nervous when you have a very direct with trump and ministration who seems to be rather a blip he is to the harm caused by launching strikes the north korea so i think that makes people in south korea quite nervous but i think the u.s. military is not in the habit of respecting the wishes of the south korean people or even the thought korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fad battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery or look

u.s. the french secretary office congress to approve a major funding boost for the military and singles out russia and china global threats. human rights watch reveals how drugs are being misused while u.s. and. totally dried to you couldn't even talk to. even from moscow what's the international live with me that a whole can say thanks for joining us this i'll. tell. have been holed up for more than five years inside the ecuadorian embassy in london it looks like assad's will need to wait another week to find out whether he is on a rest warrant for skipping bail lot softer here in the u.k. was perspire on until february thirteenth. was there she has the latest details. it was expected today that a judge would move here outside the court behind me to potentially lift the arrest warrant put in place by british officials in connection to the initial allegations made against julian a songe by swedish officials his legal team have been saying since since those were dropped it's time to drop the arrest warrant however the judge here has decided that at this stage this would not happen quite yet

u.s. military budget. more than ten times the size of russia's it's of course the by far the largest in the world much bigger than china's and much bigger than anybody else's and they want more they want to spend more money they want more troops more weapons more planes more everything evil. it's a horrendous thing. i don't know what's going to happen but it's very very disturbing that these guys are talking openly about this kind of military escalation that can end the whole country is being destroyed in the whole planet being destroyed. by human rights watch report has expose how drugs are being misused in american nursing homes victims' relatives say strong anti-psychotic medicines are used to control residents with dementia the rights group has released some of their testimonies why are you so sleepy day. when you see who he was. totally dry and to you can even talk to my mother's name is laura sprinkler she's seventy five years old when.

u.s. military. at the end of the day i don't think it'll be we pushed you to treat your people right. >> one of the things coming out of this is policy and trade-off thinking about accountability and also to remain competitive in the space, based on your policy experience what is that right balance between striking good oversight accountability mechanism in the sweet spot that allows for innovation and adaptation. >> i think of congress they're comfortable with the increased -- and those sorts of things, with the understanding for there to be greater transparency and accountability, to kinda give congress a way how to allocate resources beyond that i think there hasn't been sufficient focus her debate on developing quality gaps in the life of that program modern implementation, do we achieve the objectives we laid out. and on the front developing clear concise issues. i think if the department can use these tools so what's actually achievable i think art can create a brand-new incapable security for

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u.s. military and u.s. military personnel and afghanistan's now on the domestic side the united states military code has a very strict and stringent of very long lists of laws that military personnel men and women have to be subject to and they have to follow but in terms of international crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court then no then the u.s. cannot be held under their jurisdiction because the united states is not a signatory to the rome statute which created the international criminal court so in that case it would be less likely that they'd be brought to justice by member states or those that are aligned or fall under the jurisdiction of the i.c.c. . sports officials are remaining silent about the fate of a medal winning cola for russia who's at the center of a doping scandal that has rocked the winter olympics and south korea alexander crucial needs allegedly returned to drugs solve for the tested positive for him the results of his second test are expected to be

u.s. military celebrates its service. the u.s. litary, as you know better than anybody, brooke, does not have a long tradition, a cultural affinity for celebrating a big display of tanks and missiles rolling down pennsylvania avenue. in this country it is about celebrating the service of the troops, not doing something necessarily that a president wants. there has to be a good reason for all of this. thanking the troops, respecting the troops. why do one of these very major, very rare parades where you are going to see tanks on the streets of washington? >> yeah. barbara, thank you. general hertling, you remind us where you were in '91, if you were overseas, fighting the good fight, and how you see the idea of this big military parade. >> i have to laugh, brooke. i was still in iraq. a lot of the forces had already returned to the united states. i was stationed in germany. we were some of the last folks to get out of iraq. it was funny because we read about it in "stars & stripes," this big victory parade when we were in the middle

korean military look at how the u.s. imposed the fat battery on south korea without. prior approval or even his initial knowledge it came as a surprise to him that the u.s. was imposing a battery or a look at how the u.s. refuses to pay the unit costs cleaning up the environment destruct destruction on the military base and since close. i don't think the south korean people are happy about being vulnerable to whatever the u.s. military commands you know what i mean let me go back to brian i mean these tad this thought into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know the u.s. says it's which they are to protect their interests but actually it's not the who witnessed it is targeting the actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean that stands for the terminal high altitude area defend. mean it provides an anti missile defense so-called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war between nor

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u.s. military nuclear testing. as the sea levels rise one one east investigates the threats this fall opposers at this time on al-jazeera. will corsica turn into france's catalonia president has begun a two day visit to the mediterranean island where there is growing demand for greater autonomy from france as separatist movements rise across europe how will it affect this region this is inside story. though.

u.s. military is modernizing its nuclear weapons arsenal in response it's has to concerns russia or is expanding its capability the new pentagon strategy and the obama era push to reduce america's stockpile defense secretary james mattis says the u.s. needs to see the world as it is not as it wishes it to be defense correspondent patika hain reports from washington. u.s. president donald trump never criticizes russian president vladimir putin but the pentagon is doing just that moscow retains a large stockpile of non-strategic nuclear weapons and continues to modernize those as well as its strategic systems this report says aggression from russia concerns about china and north korea and potentially iran are the reasons the u.s. needs to modernize its nuclear weapons and it's changing the wording on when it could use them saying the u.s. could use nuclear weapons in extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the u.s. what's new is they added this line extreme circumstances could include significant non nuclear strategic attacks the military was asked to clarify what that means it woul

u.s. military threat to them is real we could come into a situation. invented situation where there's a security crisis in south korea and iran can be exactly but if something like that is invoked then the entire south korean military is under the command of an american four star general this is you know south korea is a country of limited sovereignty when it comes to its defense and security was like shipping just like japan here and it's and i think we've already mentioned here you know the united states is acting as a spoiler in syria they act as a spoiler in their alliances in the pacific much of the narrative is that you know north korea is trying to drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea that's the narrative that you hear on the mainstream media in the u.s. you assert it to you and to the you north korean flavor to it would to civilizations that have been together for the libyan for millennia and i sort of see why does he want to negotiate that and the worst part about that the bad optics about is that trump is making this statement durin

u.s. military and u.s. military personnel and afghanistan now on the domestic side the united states military code has a very strict and stringent of very long lists of laws that military personnel men and women have to be subject to and they have to follow but in terms of international crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court then no then the u.s. cannot be held under their jurisdiction because the united states is not a signatory to the rome statute which created the international criminal court so in that case it would be less likely that they'd be brought to justice by member states or those that are aligned or fall under the jurisdiction of the i.c.c. . a medal winning from russia are still waiting to learn his fate after becoming embroiled in a doping scandal at the winter olympics in south korea alexander crucial needs he allegedly returned a drug sample the tested positive for bell dhoni and the results of his second test are expected to be announced later in the we

u.s. military presence despite the pesky little fact that it's completely illegal for us to be there without an invite. and we can't forget the various countries in africa where we've got drones and special forces rampaging across the land think. yemen yemen is out there but i don't know does yemen count i mean saudi arabia is actually the one kind of fighting there but if the saudis are using all of our weapons and logistics isn't that basically the same thing and now sadly we've got a new country added to the game board or rather an old one that's new again the philippines yes some forty three years after the end of the vietnam war u.s. forces are heading back to southeast asia how retro under the proud patriotic sounding banner of operation pacific eagle the lead inspector general report to congress tells us that quote according to the d.o.d. officials operation pacific eagle philippines is a comprehensive campaign to assist the armed forces of the philippines in their fight against violent extremist organizations including those affiliated with isis and other terrorist groups that do not

u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson raised the prospect of a military uprising. well the u.s. is experiencing its worst flu outbreak in a decade fifty three children have died this winter flu related hospital admissions at an all time high health officials are urging people to get the flu vaccine despite questions over its effectiveness kristen salumi reports. hospital emergency rooms across the country are inundated with sneezing coughing sniffling patients in atlanta georgia grady memorial hospital opened a temporary mobile emergency room and closed in plastic tents to handle a twenty five percent increase in visits in the month of january the flu this year has been dangerous our volume in the emergency department has reached such a critical number and not only us but our inpatient colleagues we really need to bring in an additional resource the very old in the very young are the group that tend to be in the most danger from catching the flu is a cesspool of flu a cesspool of funky flu at the e.r. right now in florida one tired nurse posted this now viral video after working

u.s. military presence despite the pesky little fact that it's completely illegal for us to be there without an invite. and we can't forget the various countries in africa where we've got you know drones and special forces rampaging across the land i think. yemen yemen is out there but i don't know does yemen count i mean saudi arabia is actually the one kind of fighting there but if the saudis are using all of our weapons and logistics isn't that basically the same thing and now sadly we've got a new country added to the game board or rather an old one that's new again the philippines yes. some forty three years after the end of the vietnam war u.s. forces are heading back to southeast asia a retro under the proud patriotic sounding banner of operation pacific eagle the lead inspector general report to congress tells us that quote according to the d.o.t. officials operation pacific eagle philippines is a comprehensive campaign to assist the armed forces of the philippines in their fight against violent extremist organizations including those of really gated with isis and other terrorist gro

u.s. military. says it will modernize its nuclear arsenal because it's worried about russia's expansion of its weapons capability and new strategy on the battle by the pentagon and see a bomb or a push to reduce the stockpile. of dozens of pakistanis are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya they were among all the ninety people on the boat which capsized the city of only three people amount of survived trying to cross the mediterranean it's. been protests in kenya after the government arrested a second law involved in tuesday's mock you know gratian of the opposition leader. protesters clashed with police in the capital nairobi where lawyers begin to go to was taken from his home in a dawn raid guna stood next to a dingo when he proclaimed himself the people's president to protest last year's election three private t.v. stations that had planned to broadcast the event remain despite a court ruling allowing them to resume operations catherine saw as more from nairobi. it's four days and ther

u.s. military is going to show off its might, his tanks and missiles and gun it's not really u.s. ion and what you are celebrating, are you celebrating troops or are you celebrating 16 years of u.s. military being directed to carry out wars largely in islamic countries? it's a very delicate point that actually is the reality. there is a great tradition in this country of honoring the troops, honoring veterans as wars conclude. we saw that after world war ii when the veterans of vietnam were not honored when they came home, it became a blight that lasted for years. they had no welcome home. in 1991, in fact, president george h.w. bush held a celebration in washington, d.c. with the commander norm an schwartz kof, there was a parade, and it was a great patriotic celebration but troops were still fighting overseas, that's what you're facing right now. if there is a parade and tanks and missiles rolling down pennsylvania avenue as president trump is suggesting, it is something that could cost millions at a time when the pentagon says they are strapped for every penny they need to fight

u.s. military or any military you take a sacred oath that you're going to serve and fight for your country have necessary die to protect a way of life one that you believe in the loyalty of these companies and these businessmen's change depending on market forces this industry is not just what you see is what you get. when you see a company. you don't know exactly who's working for them they hire and they sometimes create what we call subs sub contractors. there's been commanders in afghanistan who just simply said we don't know who the subs of the subs of the subs are so you have all these like layers of a contract. united states army and the military in general is so reliant on the private sector i would call the dependency but we don't know who's the on the ground presence of these companies overseas we just don't know. just outside the wall and see well you know i couldn't make it up because there was no job i didn't. and my friend called me he told me to stay and. very civic and see they were recruiting guys so-called so it's also iraq that you just how to use weapons and who we are w

u.s. military says it will modernize its nuclear arsenal because he's worried about russia's expansion of its weapons capability the new strategy unveiled by the pentagon ends the obama era push to reduce america's stockpile dozens of pakistanis are feared to have drowned off the coast of libya they are among more than one thousand people on a boat which capsized off the city of only three people are known to have survived trying to cross the mediterranean to italy. at least two people have been killed in one thousand injured in a barge of rocket attacks on towns on the turkish border with syria. government says the rockets were fired from a kurdish enclave on the syrian side there's been more than two weeks of intense fighting in the area since turkey launched an offensive to clear it of syrian kurdish forces known as the y.p. g. turkey says the white b.g. is a terrorist group. thousands of people in pakistan have held mass sit ins demanding the arrest and execution of a police officer after a male model was shot dead as a second their rallies after the killing of twenty seven year old n

u.s. military presence despite the pesky little fact that it's completely illegal for us to be there without an invite. and we can't forget the various countries in africa where we've got drones and special forces rampaging across the land think we're of yemen yemen is out there but i don't know does yemen count i mean saudi arabia is actually the one kind of fighting there but if the saudis are using all of our weapons and logistics isn't that basically the same thing i don't know and now sadly we've got a new country added to the game board or rather an old one that's new again the philippines yes some forty three years after the end of the vietnam war u.s. forces are heading back to southeast asia how retro under the proud patriotic sounding banner of operation pacific eagle the lead inspector general report to congress tells us that quote according to the d.o.d. officials operation pacific eagle philippines is a comprehensive campaign to assist the armed forces of the philippines in their fight against violent extremist organizations including those affiliated with isis and other terrori

u.s. military in the afghan government. the u.s. military is also committed to the counter-narcotics effort. >> thank you both for your service. thank you, mr. chairman. >> we're no longer -- we had a major spring operation, if you will, eradicating poppy fields. and then that stopped. and to get specifically to his question, that is no longer a robust program, is that correct? >> right. >> and just out of curiosity, it's not a robust program because? >> i believe that the u.s. military has focused on the narcotics production in areas that are controlled by the taliban. both to limit the production in the country, but also to cut off the source of revenue to the taliban. so destruction of taliban financing, so to speak. >> that's correct. there's an effort -- there's a more comprehensive effort at illeg illegal, illicit financing. but in terms of drug production and trade and money they may make off that, there's certainly an effort to disrupt, particularly storage facilities, distribution points, et cetera. it's something the afghan

military. does the u.s. have any influence? brian: it could if it wanted to, but it doesn't appear to want to. there is no serious debate in america today abouumsyria. the tradministration has a rhetorical approach in speeches and saying it is putting actors on notice, but besides that strike in april of lasyear, ere doesn't seem to be any impetus for effort at all for the u.s. to engage in a serious wa laura: if eastern ghouta falls he syrian government, wh will the state of the war be? brian: the state of the war has multiple fronts. we talk about syrians having two sides in the civil war. there are so many other actors, rtand it has acted like a that has sucked in powers like turkey and iran. the war will go on, unfortunately. and unless there is a sense of justice and stability in some places, it could go on for many more years. ank youbrian katulis, for joining us. brian: thank you. laura: china's president xi jinping is inching closer to becoming the country's mostrf po leaders since chairman mao. arthe ruling communist w

u.s. military budget. more than ten times the size of russia's it's of course the by far the largest in the world much bigger than china's and much bigger than anybody else's and they want more they want to spend more money they want more troops more weapons more planes more everything evil. it's a horrendous thing. i don't know what's going to happen but it's very very disturbing that these guys are talking openly about this kind of military escalation that can end in whole countries being destroyed in the whole planet being destroyed. it will end yemen is over a thousand days old and the humanitarian crisis in the country is only getting worse according to the u.n. almost forty seven thousand yemenis have been displaced since december all reports of children being killed or injured in saudi led ass trikes keep coming in and warning you may find some of the following images disturbing. oh yes then you can understand they don't believe in. god yet they're trying to do you know a lot of the side of the. sub

u.s. military. falcon heavy is now a second launch vehicle in their family of vehicles that will allow them to launch heavier commercial pay loads both for satellite operators and the u.s. military. and they needed to show they could launch something heavy. typically a rocket company could put in a block of concrete or something else to kind of simulate the weight of a heavy-duty satellite. musk thought it funny to use a car because it's a heavy object. but it was cleary, you know, sort of tongue in cheek moment to reference his other company, which was tesla. but it really did a phenomenal job. people were blown away to see the images of this car with a mannequin dressed in a space suit kind of hurtling towards the outer reaches of the space system. those are the images that gets people excited of thinking about space, which is not something a lot of people really focus on given all the issues here on earth. >> indeed. and i guess that's why it's caused so much excitement and everybody's talking ab

u.s. military strategy is on afghan security force efforts to protect population centers. judging by the attacks in kabul, something is not working. control andaliban increasing swaths of the afghan territory. it competes with isis for territory, leading to more more brutal attacks. the current situation is grim. , the administration consistently says it has a conditions-based strategy to track with the approach by the obama administration, at administration has yet to articulate what those conditions are. what is the in-state the u.s. and -- the end of state the u.s. and nato troops are fighting for? should people simply accept this is a forever war? to me, the answer is a clear and resounding no. there is no military solution to the conflict in afghanistan. laster, i propose legislation that would boost diplomatic engagement on a peace process as well as hard work on pursuing atrocities wartime and abuses and corruption by afghan officials the continued undermine the peace process. i stand ready, as i think the members of the committee, to work with the administration so

u.s. military and u.s. military personnel and afghanistan now on the domestic side the united states military code has a very strict and stringent of very long lists of laws that military personnel men and women have to be subject to and they have to follow but in terms of international crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the international criminal court then no then the u.s. cannot be held under their jurisdiction because the united states is not a signatory to the rome statute which created the international criminal court so in that case it would be less likely that they'd be brought to justice by member states or those that are aligned or fall under the jurisdiction of the i.c.c. . the western media has speculated been speculating on the existence of so-called russian troll farms and one channel went to extremes in the search for clues. you look through the trash there what did you find. a little sorry. record. some says computer. electronic stuff. the latest hollywood superhero blockbuster black

u.s. government who would like to increase the nuclear military capability of the united states now some of that is just posturing on their part and i wouldn't say that this is necessarily a majority view the actual military is not for the most part that interested in nuclear weapons but there is a faction which is at the moment very powerful that you thinks nuclear weapons are an important symbolic tool for increasing pressure. of the russia and china secretary mathes was using the chart to auggie for increased investments in america's defense budget however it seems that it already outstrips its rivals it is pleased to welcome secretary of defense on a bold james madison no strategy could survive as you pointed out without the funding necessary. and insufficient funding in funding for the military sustained investment budget investment in the budget for military budgets funded and supported most nato allies are also increasing their defense. and he said the u.s. city of boston a facing a barrel of criticism for that choice of person to on a during black history month. and around six thirt

military look at how the u.s. imposed the fab battery on south korea without. prior approval or even has and this . the knowledge came with a surprise for us with them paul we think if the battery were look at how the us refute the a the in. cleaning up environmental destruct before trucks from the military because it's close. i don't think through south korean people are happy being vulnerable or whatever but your throw perry commands you know what i mean that would be go back to running these things into missile defense i mean it just makes south korea target you know that they do us says it's there to protect their interests but actually it's not the us that is targeted the actually this missile system is targeted against china and again korea is right smack in the middle of all this go ahead brian indeed i mean it's sad stance for the terminal high altitude area defenses meaning it provides an anti missile defense so called for for missiles that are at high altitude if there was a war between north and south k

u.s. military budget more than ten times the size of russia. it's of course the by far the largest in the world much bigger than china's and much bigger than anybody else's and they want more they want to spend more money they want more troops more weapons more planes more everything evil. it's a horrendous thing. i don't know what's going to happen but it's very very disturbing that these guys are talking openly about this kind of military escalation that can end in the whole country is being destroyed in the whole planet being destroyed. the war in yemen is over a thousand days old and the humanitarian crisis in the country is only getting worse according to the u.n. almost forty seven thousand yemenis have been displaced since december all reports of children being killed or injured in the saudi led airstrikes keep coming in we spoke to some of those affected i should warn you you may find some of the following images disturbing. you know a lot of us i don't know. sunday continues to i don't know what. climate dana will. live among. which is

u.s. military presence pushes the militant group al-shabab out of the east african nation, but not without complications. >> the u.s. military's involvement in the war here in somalia happens in the shadows.s thatome people worried about accountability. >> sreenivan: all that and more on tonight's pbnewshour.

u.s. military as part of the administration? >> or the u.s. military. >> let me ask one final question. with regard -- we had secretary mattis testify in front of the full committee yesterday, the national defense strategy which i think he got a lot of bipartisan compliments on with the thoughtfulness of the document for what its focus is, but in particular one of the areas of focus in the document is the emphasis on allies with regard to the national security strategy. in this effort, the ally participation with regard to counter wmd would seem to me really important. do you -- are we getting cooperation and do we have regular, deep consultations with our nato allies and other bilateral allies who have similar capabilities that we have in terms of counter wmd or what we can do to help the countries to counter with the wmd efforts? >> so we have a variety of programs. i mentioned the ctr and a number of proliferation programs where we are developing capacity on the part of the allies to operate in cbrm environments and we are assisting them in terms of understanding dual-use commodities

u.s. military is deployed at the moment where the military bases all around the world we can see the deployed other legal deployment in syria obviously there's still a deployment in iraq afghanistan you can see military bases surrounding the rand almost certainly one can say that these are used these are heavy weaponry they are used mainly in conventional conflicts what we're seeing here is a very large increase that i think can't be completely explained by replenishing resources what's being attempted i think it's a gesture it's a simple but you're saying we are massively increasing our defense expenditure in the areas that are likely to be used in a possible combat scenario with states with the non-state actors and invariably of course they're talking here about russia possibly china iran and others and that would be indeed consistent with the newly stated u.s. security policy of confronting those states by any standard this isn't a very great increase in the number of shells being ordered a powerful stockpiling which again means that the army is a factory preparing for war. activists deman

u.s. military bases in circle around and also in america u.s. citizens with a persian background find themselves tangled up in this endless international flight into iranian american turned down the f.b.i.'s request to spy for them and wound up with a prison sentence well that's one way to not take no for an answer. f.b.i. rejection is a part of life it's not him it's you except in amman didn't want to spy on his employers at the united nations iranian mission where he worked as a political consultant if you want i want to find no twelve years later on when you thought you knew had a goal to help the iranians and the americans to live in peace the f.b.i. proposed this by to this iranian american academic doozie a spy detaining him at a hotel for questioning the agent revealed that shakes out it was the subject of a sealed indictment in the eastern district of new york when he refused just by he was charged with false prying into tax returns phone by other. more serious accusations including money laundering and conspiracy to violate u.s. sanctio

u.s. military didn't push back against me and moslem baldness. yes we had quite a bizarre situation leading up to the start of these exercises with many people within the u.s. government like secretary of state rex tillerson also the secretary of defense james mattis both being very critical of the situation in me and ma and yet the forces the military in the united states really stopped short of saying anything outwardly strong against what was happening in rakhine state and when questioned about why me and my contingent was being invited to these exercises the pentagon simply said well it was thailand that decided to invite me and not the united states even though both countries are officially co-hosts of the cobra gold exercises and that message was repeated again after the opening ceremony which was held just a few moments ago there was a media conference after it attended by among others the u.s. ambassador to thailand lynn davies and i asked him exactly that i said why didn't you push back against this invitation to me and he looked very un