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Uncommon Knowledge: Jack Keane
General Jack Keane briefly describes the history and rise of ISIS and its aim in the Middle East. Keane then discusses the concrete steps America should take to defeat ISIS, including partnerships with Sunni tribes and a more comprehensive air war.
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Fascinating and frustrating. History won’t be kind to this administration.
Peter,
I would say General Keane gets it. He gets it exactly. His ideas make perfect sense to me. Hopefully, a President who will listen long enough to understand and not try to play politics with a military operation will be in office. That President will obliterate ISIS.
Thanks for your interview Peter.
Regards,
Jim
Peter,
Trump: ‘We Are Seriously Thinking About’ Picking John Bolton as Secretary of State
Bolton could pull this off. He has the experience and he has the aggressiveness.
Regards,
Jim
It has taken a long time for the current in charge to grasp the evil of ISIS – I hope that the next administration puts all hands on deck – the military and undercover, as well as our allies know what to do – they have been held back – no leadership.
I liked this insight (that the world is slow to realize that strange ideologies are serious):
Does anyone know why these interviews are posted so long after they are recorded? The interview titled European Disunion was recorded in January 2016 and posted in June 2016. I came across it after the Brexit vote and was a little disappointed that I couldn’t hear these men’s opinion on the results of the vote. (This current interview was recorded back in March.)
Another superb interview. Keane is wonderful. The thoughts that come to mind after listening cannot be expressed fully without breaching the CofC, so I will leave them to the imaginations of others. I doubt that many on this site would have difficulty discerning them.
It really depends on the schedule and what other shows were shot at the same time (we tend to shoot them in bunches and then release them over time).
General Keane represents the best in American leadeship.
Thanks for the answer, @blueyeti. Things are happening so fast these days, it’s hard to keep up.
For those who, like me, don’t sit in front of the computer and watch stuff, here is the audio link:
http://feeds.podtrac.com/xePMdRSjSIDF