Here’s my conversation with Marcela Gaviria, one of the producers of “Frontline: Private Warriors,” about the role of private contractors in the war in Iraq. We have almost as many of these civilians and security forces as we do regular military — more than 120,000 — all of whom are better paid and better taken […]
Gary Schroen, a 35-year CIA veteran who commanded the first American team on the ground in Afghanistan after 9/11, was on show today to talk about his experiences and his book, “First In.” We talked about how the war in Iraq distracted from our efforts to get Osama Bin Laden despite the marching orders he […]
I agree 100% with an editorial in today’s Chicago Tribune, explaining why Israel owes no apologies for the missile attack that killed Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the leader of Hamas. Anyone who thinks there can ever be a “Road Map To Peace” in the Middle East is out of their mind. It’s a region where logic […]
Remembering the past while getting on with our lives. That’s what today was about. This morning, my daughter saw me smiling at her and said, “Daddy, you shouldn’t be smiling today! This is September 11th!” I had to remind her that, while it was the anniversary of a horrible event we should never forget, we […]
Al-Qaida has allegedly taken responsibility for The Blackout. They claim, “The Americans lived a black day they will never forget. They lived a day of terror and fear…a state of chaos and confusion where looting and pillaging rampaged the cities…. The strikes were aimed at hitting the major pillar of the US economy, the Stock […]
Adrian Cronauer, the man who the movie “Good Morning, Vietnam” was based on, talked with me today about the touring version of The Wall (Vietnam Veterans Memorial), why veterans of that war are so reticient to talk about their experiences, how vets are treated better by the public now but worse by politicians, and what […]