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Hello. I'm Allison McNair. Welcome to NH Outlook. |
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In this edition, Coming home from Iraq. We'll take you to the reunion of a family we've been following throughout this conflict and here from Private Frist Class Josh Yancy about his experience. |
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And we'll remember Bob Hope. He dedicated years of his life to entertaining America's men and women in the military. |
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For some of the soldiers stationed in Iraq, the wait to come home is over. Last week, there was a homecoming at the Manchester airport. Private First Class Josh Yancy was greeted by his family who are anxious to hear how the last six months has been going. Producer Phil Vaughn was there with them. |
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Reporter: When you're the parent of a soldier, waiting becomes a way of life. Mom: "I think he'll come out here." Reporter: Dale and Renee Yancy have a son in the army. Jose is a Private First Class. He fought in Iraq with the third infantry division. Reporter: There was a period of two months that Dale and Renee waited anxiously to hear from their son. They never did. Mom: "the nine weeks were tough." Reporter: But in mid-July, Josh came home to Fort Benning, Georgia. Now he's back home in Londonderry on a three week leave. We first met Josh nealy two years ago. The wounds to the nation inflicted on September 11 were still fresh. Josh left school and enlisted in the army. Reporter: "Do you remember what you wanted to do?" Josh Yancy: "Airborne." Reporter: It didn't quite happen that way. Instead, Josh went to Pakistan then on to Kuwait. Josh and his crew follwed the artillery. For 18 hours a day, they pushed towards Baghdad. His parents watched and waited. Josh: "I didn't have any contact with my family. I figured that no news was good news for them." Reporter: It took two weeks to get to Baghdad. Once there, Josh watched the war around him. The reality of it stared back. Josh: "I saw my first dead body. I can't get the face out of my head." Reporter: Josh patrolled the streets of Baghdad. He tried to stop looting and maintain civilian order. Reporter: "How did they treat you?" Josh: "At first they were happy. But after a while a lot of them didn't like us. " Reporter: US troops could be in Iraq for years to come. Josh: "You can't change over night. It's going to take a long time." Josh's parents: "There's always the chance that he'll be sent back. And we'll be waiting again." Reporter: Josh is ready to go back but he'd rather not. So for now, he'll be a soldier at home thinking about his comrades in Iraq. Josh: "You don't want to forget the soldiers over there. There are people dying every day." Reporter: For New Hampshire Outlook, I'm Phil Vaughn." |
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Since President Bush annouced the end of major engagement in April, 103 solderies have been killed. On Monday, the U.S. military confirmed the deaths of two U.S. soliders. One in a traffic accident, the other in a grenade attack that wounded two others. The question many are asking now is was the US military prepared for post-war Iraq? Joining me to talk about that and more: Dr. Tom Trout, a University of New Hampshire Political Science Professor, who specializes in international relations, intelligence and terrorism. And Dr. Lionel Ingram, also a UNH Political Science Lecuturer, foreign policy expert and retired US Army Colonel who served in Vietnam. |
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Allison - THANKS BOTH OF YOU FOR COMING IN. ARE WE PREPARED FOR WHAT'S GOING ON NOW IN IRAQ? I THINK WE'RE PREPARED MILITARILY UP TO A POINT. WE WERE NOT PREPARED FOR SOME OF THE STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS, OIL PRODUCTION, GETTING ENERGY, GETTING WATER, DEALING WITH SOME OF THE POPULATION ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH. MILITARILY WE WERE PREPARED. I THINK THAT WE'RE FACING A DIFFERENT KIND OF RESISTANCE THAN WE HAD ENVISIONED AT FIRST. I THINK WE ENVISIONED ORGANIZERSED RESISTANCE FOR A LONGER PERIOD TIME. WE'RE NOW CHANGING OUR STRATEGY, CHANGING OUR TACTICS AS WE GO. Allison: WHAT ABOUT YOU, LIONEL, DO YOU THINK WE WERE READY FOR THIS OR PREPARED FOR WHAT'S HAPPENED? THE MILITARY WAS, THE MILITARY IS ALWAYS, THERE'S AN OLD RULE, YOU HAVE A PLAN AND AS SOON AS THE FIGHTING START THE PLAN GOES OUT THE WINDOW AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH AND TRAINED ENOUGH TO RESPOND TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND I THINK WE WERE IN THAT FASHION, YOU MY REMEMBER HOW RERESPONDED TO THE CHANGING COMBAT AS IT MELTED AWAY. THE MILITARY I THINK WAS PREPARED, WAS ABLE TO ADJUST. WHERE I DON'T THINK WE WERE PREPARED WAS THE FOLKS THAT HAD TO COME AFTERWARDS TO TRY TO BRING IRAQ, AS TOM WAS TALKING, BACK TO LIFE. AND ALSO WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE, I THINK WE EXPECTED NOT TO HAVE THE CONTINUED RESISTANCE THAT WE HAVE TODAY. THAT'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREPAREDNESS AND EXPECTATION. WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT, BUT I THINK WE EXPECTED SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Allison: SPEAK TO THE RESISTANCE, IF YOU COULD, TOM, SADDAM HUSSEIN'S TWO SONS ARE NOW DEAD. DOES THAT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO SEE LESS RESISTANCE NECESSARILY? NOT NECESSARILY. IN THE SHORT MATERIAL YOU MAY SEE MORE RESISTANCE, SORT OF RETALIATION KILLING, YOU MAY SEE A REDOUBLED EFFORT. BUT I THINK THAT YOUR NARROWING THAT DOWN AS YOU MOVE, AND YOU'VE TAKEN BOTH SYMBOLICLY YOU'VE TAKEN OUT TWO OF THE SYMBOLS OF LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO PRACTICALLY, THESE ARE TWO PEOPLE WHO ORGANIZED SOME OF THE ELITE FORCES IN INTELLIGENCE AND IN THE SPECIAL REPUBLICAN GUARD, WHO PROBABLY HAVE THE MEANS TO, IF THERE IS ANY MEANS TO DIRECT ANY KIND OF ORGANIZED RESISTANCE, I WAS PROBABLY IN THEIR HAND AS MUCH AS ANYONE'S. Allison: FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF INTELLIGENCE, IF YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT OVER THERE, THE FACT THAT THEY WERE KILLED, IS THAT A NEGATIVE, I MEAN WOULD THEY HAVE HOPED PROBABLY, PEOPLE IN INTELLIGENCE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN KEPT ALIVE TO GET INFORMATION? OH, ABSOLUTELY. I THINK THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF IF THEY WERE ALIVE, ONE IS JUST TO TRY TO GAIN INTELLIGENCE. THE OTHER IS THAT THAT WOULD BE A LITTLE MORE CONVINCING PROOF OF WHO THEY WERE. AND I THINK FURTHER THAT THE SORT OF, THE IMAGE OF DEFEAT OF THOSE PEOPLE, SHACKLED, PRESENTED IN SOME KIND OF JUDICIAL SETTING, I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE POWERFUL. Allison: LIONEL, DOES IT MATTER HOW THEY DIED? I MEAN, SPECULATION WHETHER IT HAPPENED ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, IS THAT IMPORTANT? I THINK IN THE LONG RUN, NO BUT IF THEY WERE MURDERED, WHICH I DON'T THINK THEY WERE, I THINK THAT MATTERS HOW WE HANDLE OUR OWN TROOPS. I THINK IT WAS A FIRE FIGHT, THIS WAS A BATTLE, WE HAD PEOPLE WOUNDED IN TRYING TO GET THEM OUT, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT TALKED TO THEM IN ADVANCE AND SAID SURRENDER, THEY DIDN'T SURRENDER. THERE'S NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THIS WAS A LEGITIMATE MILITARY ACTION. AFTER THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER, THEY'RE DEAD AND WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT, AS TOM SAID IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GRIT IF WE HAD THEM SHACKLED, AND THE TERRORISTS ARE NO LONGER THERE. PEOPLE WHO TERRORIZED IRAQI SOCIETY ARE GONE, BUT THAT'S NOT A POSSIBILITY. Allison: WE HEARD FROM JOSH YANCY IN THE PIECE BEFORE WITH REGARDS TO ATTITUDES OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE TOWARDS THEM, TOWARD THE AMERICAN MILITARY, THEY LIKED US, THEN THEY DIDN'T LIKE US, BUT SOME PEOPLE STILL LIKE US. I WANT TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT MORALE, AND BEFORE WE DO THAT, GENERAL RICHARD MYERS, THE U.S. JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN, WAS OVER IN SKPRAUK THIS IS WHAT HE HAD TO SAY WITH REGARDS TO TROOPS AND MORALE IN IRAQ. TROOP MORALE IS GREAT. YOU HEAR STORIES FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT I JUST HAD BREAKFAST WITH A BUNCH OF COMMAND SERGEANT MAJORS AND GOT A REAL EARFUL ON LATEST OF ISSUES. THERE BABY ONE ISSUE THAT HAD TO DO WITH MORALE. THERE WERE LOTS OF OTHER ISSUES AND ISSUES TO MAKE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR PEOPLE BETTER, BUT NOT ANY ISSUES ON MORALE. TROOP MORALE IS GOOD, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I WENT UP THERE, I WANTED TO LOOK THEM IN THE EYE, ASK THEM HOW THEY WERE DOING, HOW THEIR FAMILIES ARE DOING BACK HOME, TO A PERSON, VERY GOOD SPIRITS. THEY UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THIS REALLY IS. Allison: LIONEL, WHAT ABOUT IT? WE'VE HEARD SOME REPORTS THAT TROOPS ARE ANXIOUS TO GET HOME AND MORALE IS NOT THAT GREAT, YET THEN WE SEE FROM A HIGHER AUTHORITY THAT, GEE, MORALE IS FINE. WELL, AS A COMMANDER I NEVER THOUGHT MORALE WAS FINE, I ALWAYS THOUGHT MORALE WAS SOMETHING I HAD TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. THEY'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNHAPPY. I WOMB WANT TO SAY THAT A MAN WHO KNOWS MORE ABOUT IT WHO'S BEEN THERE AND IS WRONG, BUT THERE MUST BE SOMETHING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE HOR UNHAPPY AND DON'T LIKE BEING THERE, YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF THAT PROBLEM. THAT'S AN OFFICER RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THE BEST THEY POSSIBLY CAN AND CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE HAPPY ONES. I WOULD IMAGINE THERE ARE A FAIR NUMBER OF SOLDIER THOSE HAD AN IMPRESSION, AS WE TALKED BEFORE, THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A SHORT EVENT, IN AND OUT AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOVE THEM, AND THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING THIS KIND OF PROBLEM OF TODAY MAYBE I'M ALIVE AND TOMORROW I'M DEAD, AS I DRIVE THROUGH THE STREETS OF BAGHDAD. THIS CAN BE NERVE WRACKING. IS IT GOING TO CAUSE A MORALE PROBLEM THAT REDUCES THE OPERATION CAPABILITIES ON THE GROUND? NO. BUT IS IT A SERIOUS MORALE PROBLEM? MOST LIKELY NOT. BUT I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT. Allison: ARE YOU SURPRISED TO HEAR HIM SAY THAT MORALE IS GREAT? NOT IF YOU TALK TO COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR, HE'S WITH A TALKING ABOUT DIVISION COMMAND SERGEANT MAJORS, THOSE FOLKS ARE AMONG SOLDIERS. BUT THE BATTALION -- THEY LIVE AMONG THEM, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH COMMAND SERGEANT MAJORS HE'S TALK TO. BUT THIS MAN HAS SO MANY STARS THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS YOU WANT TO TELL HIM THAT ARE IMPORTANT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT YOU THINK HE CAN DO FOR YOU. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RAKE UP TO HIM AND TELL HIM I'VE GOT A MORALE PROBLEM IN MY BATTALION. WELLINGS SERGEANT MAJOR, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD RESPONSE. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD HAVE TOLD HIM IF THERE WERE A PROBLEM, BECAUSE OTHER THINGS WERE MORE IMPORTANT FOR HIM TO TELL. Allison: HE MENTIONED THE QUALITY OF LIFE OVER THERE FOR SOLDIERS, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE AND THINGS NOT REALLY BEING BACK TO PAR AS FAR AS WATER AND ELECTRICITY, IT'S ON, IT'S OFF. CAN THAT IMPACT MORALE? OH, SURE. IN VIETNAM WHEN WE DIDN'T GET BETTER FOOD I IMPACTED MORALE, BUT IT DIDN'T IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS, WE GRUMBLED ABOUT BEING FED, BUT AT LEAST WE WERE BEING FED. THE YOUNG MAN EARLIER SAID HE WAS TOO TIRED AT TIMES OR TOO CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER THINGS, HE COULDN'T WRITE LETTERS. THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO AFFECT AN INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO DO WHAT HE'S GOT TO DO AND THAT WILL AFFECT HIS ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS JOB AND THEREFORE AFFECTS MORALE. THE ARMY AND MILITARY ARE KNOWN FOR TRYING TO ENSURE THE SOLDIER HAS THE BEST POSSIBLE LIVING CONDITIONS THEY CAN. AND THAT'S SUPPORT TO US AND THAT'S WHAT THE COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT. IF KUDO THESE THINGS FOR US, GENERAL, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THINGS, OUR PEOPLE ARE GROWLING ABOUT WILL DISSIPATE TO SOME DEGREE. Allison: TOM, INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AS FAR AS GEE, WE'VE GOT GREAT ENGINEERS IN THIS COUNTRY, THE CAPABILITY TO FIGURE THINGS OUT AND GET THINGS BACK UP AND RUNNING, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN THE CASE. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE IRAQIS, THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DO THAT? OH, IT'S CRITICAL. THE TWO CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF DEALING WITH THE POPULATION ARE SECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER, ELECTRICITY. AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. THERE ARE SOME ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH WHO IS GOING TO GOVERN WHEN IT'S ALL OVER. BUT THE MAIN ISSUES ARE SECURITY, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED THAT THEIR LIVES ARE AT RISK BECAUSE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF RESISTANCE BUT BECAUSE OF THUGS, REMEMBER THERE ARE 10,000 PRISONERS WHO WERE RELEASED ON THE EVE OF THE WAR, AND THESE WERE CRIMINALS. SO THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN, AND THEN JUST GETTING, I MEAN, A LOT OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS ANTIQUATED EQUIPMENT. SO GETTING THAT UP AND FUNCTIONING IS A REAL CHALLENGE. Allison: CAN WE ADDRESS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE INTELLIGENCE AND WHAT WAS THE LEAST INTELLIGENCE BEFORE THIS WAR AND WHAT WAS ACT AND YOUR WHAT WAS NO AND THE WHOLE ISSUE THAT CAME UP IN THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT REFERING TO THAT URANIUM THAT WAS PROVIDED BY NIGER TO IRAQ. I'M NOT ASKING I GUESS FOR AN EXPLANATION, BUT HOW DOES THIS STUFF HAPPEN? OR HOW DOES IT COME OUT LATER, GUESS WHAT, THAT WASN'T THE CASE, BUT THE PRESIDENT HAD IT IN HIS SPEECH. WELL, THE DISCONNECT CAME WITH THE PROCESS OF ESTIMATING INTELLIGENCE. WHICH IS A VERY CAREFUL ANALYTICAL PROCESS INVOLVING LOTS OF AGENCIES, COORDINATION OF THE PRODUCT, AND THE PRESENTATION OF THAT PRODUCT IN A POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT THAT MAY NOT WANT ALL THAT CARE AND ALL THAT ANALYTICAL RIG OR AND SO FIST INDICATION AND QUALIFICATION. IF YOU READ THE ESTIMATE IN THE THAT'S RIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN DECLASSIFIED IT'S VERY TYPICAL OF AN INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE. THE ESTIMATE ITSELF UPON WHICH SOME OF THESE ASSESSMENTS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION WERE BASED, THAT ESTIMATE WAS, I THINK, ON TARGET BASED UPON THE INTELLIGENCE AVAILABLE. NOW, THE QUESTION OF WHAT THOSE 60 WORDS MEANT, THAT'S A VERY DIFFERENT QUESTION. THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOW THE POLITICAL CONSUMER USES THE PRODUCT THAT COMES OUT OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, AND OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A LOT OF TORTURED NEGOTIATION THAT WENT ON THERE AND THERE WAS A CLEAR DRIVE TO GET AS MUCH OUT OF THAT INTELLIGENCE AS THEY COULD CONCEIVABLY GET OUT. Allison: WITH KE ALMOST CALL IT SPITTING? OH NO DOUBT BIT, THEY WERE TRYING TO SPIN THE INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT TO SUPPORT THE POLITICAL POSITION. Allison: HOW MUCH DOES THAT HURT? IMMEDIATELY I GUYS THE PRESS A LOT OF THINGS TO LOOK AT, IT COMES IN THE MIDDLE OF A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR. DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES WHO SUPPORTED THE WAR ARE NOW SAYING YEAH BUT I WAS MISLED. BUT I THINK DOWN THE ROAD THE REAL TEST IS HOW WELL WE DO IN IRAQ IN THE NEXT THREE TO SIX MONTHS. Allison: LIONEL, WITH INTELLIGENCE REPORTS, DO PEOPLE, THE HIGHER UPS, GET REALLY DETAILED ACCOUNTS? DO THEY GET BRIEF SUMMARYS? HOW DOES THE INFORMATION FINELY FILLER UP TO WHERE IT'S GOING TO END UP GOING? WELL, NO, YOU CAN'T EXPECT A MAN WHO IS LIKE THE PRESIDENT OR EVEN SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, SECRETARY OF STATE, TO GET ALL THE DETAILS, HE'S GOT SO MUCH HE'S GOT TO DEAL WITH. AS WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE STORY I HAD THAT CAME TO ME, I HAD A LITTLE PIECE OF INFORMATION WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE VERY IMPORTANT AND AN DECISION HAD TO BE MADE AND THE INFORMATION WAS WRONG, THERE WERE NO FOOT NOTES TO IT, WE HAD NO IDEA THAT THINGS WERE INCORRECT ABOUT IT, AND IT WAS NOT INTENTIONALLY DONE THAT WAY. BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT HAS TO COME FORWARD TO THE PRESIDENT TO A DECISION MAKER, ALL THE CAMPAIGN OF COMMAND, IT'S GOT TO GET FILTERED DOWN AND SIMPLIFIED, AND IN THAT SIMPLIFICATION PROCESS ERRORS CAN BE MAY, OR AXES CAN BE GROUND OR IF THE PRESIDENT SAYS CERTAIN THINGS THEN THE AXES ARE GROUND AND ERRORS MADE IN ALIGN TO MAKE SURE IT COMES UP WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL WADS. HAVE YOU TO HAVE TECHNIQUE THOSE ENSURE THAT WHAT IS GOING UP AND WHAT IS IN COMMAND COMING DOWN ARE CORRECT TO MAKE SURE THAT GOOD INFORMATION ARRIVES, GOOD INTELLIGENCE. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE NIGER INCIDENT, ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT SEES A VERY CONDENSED VERSION OF EVERYTHING THAT COMES OUT, THERE IS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF CHURNING THAT WAS GOING ON BETWEEN THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, THE DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR, MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL STAFF, THE C.I.A., THEY'RE JUST ALL THIS JUSTING BACK AND FORTH, AND THAT'S WHAT ENDED UP PRODUCING THIS OUTCOME. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE. Allison: WHAT ABOUT THE WHOLE ISSUE OF THE DAVID KELLY'S DEATH, THE BRITISH MILITARY OFFICIAL? I KNOW I ASKED YOU THIS BEFORE, BUT I'LL ASK YOU ON AIR AGAIN, IT JUST SEEMED VERY BIZARRE THAT HE ENDED UP DEAD. SUICIDE, WHY WOULD HE COMMIT SUICIDE? MY ANSWER WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT OFF THE AIR EARLIER WAS I THINK HUMAN FRAILITY, HE WAS A MAN UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE, HE HAD VIOLATED THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT WHICH IS MUCH MORE STRINGENT, WE HAVE NOTHING LIKE IT REALLY IN THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS CAUGHT IN A LIE, NOT ONLY DID HE VIOLATE THE OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT, BUT THEN HE LIED ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE VIOLATED IT, IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF ENORMOUS PRESSURE. AND IT APPEARS HE WAS JUST A HUMAN THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO STAND UP TO THAT PRESSURE. Allison: I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WOLFOWITZ ANNOUNCING THAT IRAQ IS NOW THE CENTRAL BATTLE ON THE WAR ON TERRORISM. COMMEND HE MAY ON THE SUNDAY SHOW. WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT, DO YOU THINK? WELL, HE MEANS THAT THAT'S HIS AGENDA, I THINK. IF YOU GO BACK AND FOLLOW, YOU GO BACK TO 9/11 OR EVEN BEFORE, BUT IF YOU FOLLOW THE POSITION THAT WOLFOWITZ HAS TAKEN, AND BOB WOODWARD'S BUSH AT WAR SORT OF RECORDS THIS EARLY ON, ONE OF HIS FIRST REACTIONS TO THIS, TO 9/11 WAS, OKAY, WE NEED TO GO AT THE TALIBAN, WE NEED TO GET AT AL QAEDA, AND WE NEED TO GO IN IRAQ. SADDAM HUSSEIN IS PART OF THIS WHOLE PICTURE. AND THAT'S BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT. AND I THINK, I WOULDN'T HAZARD TO SPECULATE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS SINCERE OR INSINCERE, I DON'T MEAN THAT. BUT I THINK HE ABSOLUTELY IS CONVINCED THAT THIS IS WHAT WE IMMEDIATED TO DO TO GET AT THE TERRORIST PROBLEM AND CONTINUES TO BELIEVE THAT. Allison: HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN IRAQ? A LONG TIME. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS SKIBL VIEW OF WOLFOWITZ. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IRAQ IS THE CENTER OF THE GLOBAL TERRORIST PROBLEM WE'RE FACED WITH. I BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS MUCH BROADER, IN AN AWFUL LOT OF RESOURCES ARE BEING PUT IN A PLACE WHERE I WOULD RATHER NOT WE PUT THEM. IT MEANS THAT WE'RE PRESSING THE CASE THERE AND MAYBE NOT PRESSING THE CASE AS WELL AS WE SHOULD PRESS IT SOME PLACE ELSE. Allison: WHAT WOULD BE A PLACE THAT YOU FEEL WE'RE NOT? I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS IN AFRICA, I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS SOUTHEAST ASIA. BUT YOU'RE PRESSING THE CASE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRESS WITH THE SAME KIND OF RESOURCES, WE CAN BE PRESSING THERE QUITE WELL THROUGH INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, THROUGH POLICE AGENCIES, THROUGH WORKING FOR OTHER COUNTRIES, SO THAT OTHER THINGS HAPPEN AND THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT DON'T HIT THE PRESS, YOU DON'T READ ABOUT. SO MY FEELING IS THE CENTER OF THE WAR IS ELSEWHERE, THOUGH THE FOCUS OF ATTENTION IS ON IRAQ. I AM JUST HOPING THAT WE'RE PUSHING ELSEWHERE VERY STRONGLY TO CHASE THESE KIND OF GLOBAL TERRORIST ELEMENTS. HOW LONG WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE, WE'RE THERE FOR THE LONG RUN. THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING WE SHOULD GET OUT. YES, WE HAVE CASUALTIES. THEY'RE NOT INSIGNIFICANT CAN'T TO THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER THEM. BUT FROM THE STANDPOINT OF WHAT THE MISSION IS NOW, THEY'RE NOT HEAVY AND WE'VE GOT TO STAY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE BRING STABILITY BACK TO IRAQ, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THE WE WALK AWAY, WE COULD LEAVE THE PLACE IN WORSE SHAPE, AND THE PERSIAN GULF IN WORSE SHAPE, THAN WE FOUND IT BACK IN THE FIRST PART OF THIS YEAR. SO THE MISSION, THOUGH I MIGHT OPPOSE TO GETTING IN, THERE NOW THAT WE'RE THERE, WE'VE GOT TO STAY UNTIL THE LONG RUN UNTIL WE HAVE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THIS IS SATISFACTORY AND WE CAN EITHER TURN IT OVER TO THE U. N. OR THE U. N. WILL TURN I BACK TO THE IRAQIS. Allison: THANKS FOR JOINING US. |
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Finally, a tribute to one of America's most endearing entertainers. For more than fifty years, Bob Hope played to American audiences in theatres and to troops overseas. He died Sunday. He was 100 years old. |
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ALL RIGHT, LET HEAR IT FOR HIM, BOB HOPE! I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL MEMORIES, YELLOW FEVER SHOTS, AND I'VE LEARNED TO SAY KAOPECTATE IN SEVERAL LANGUAGES. TWO YEARS AGO I VISITED BERLIN, YOU KNOW WHAT A MESS THAT IS, LAST YEAR I VISITED CUBA, YOU KNOW WHAT A DISASTER THAT BECAME. THIS YEAR THEY SENT ME HERE. \\ GOOD LUCK! CHEER ME ON, WEST BERLIN, LADY AND GENTLEMEN,. VERY HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE. ACHOOKOOCRHI. THAT'S. Elvis: FOR YOU WANT IT YOU CAN HAVE IT. YES, SIR, GUANTANAMO IS A NAVY TERM WHICH MEANS I HEAR YOU KNOCKING BUT YOU CAN'T COME IN. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE IN OSAN AIR BASE, KOREA, THAT KOREAN FOR TAKE IT AND STUFF IT. NICE TO BE HERE, THIS IS YOUR BEAUTIFUL NANPHONG THAILAND, THAT'S A THAI EXPRESSION MEANING YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SO KEEP IT CLOSE TO THE GROUND. NICE TO BE HERE. NICE SPOT, KEEP THE MOTOR RUNNING. HAPPY TO BE HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE HELL WE ARE, BUT I'M HAPPY. I THINK WHEN YOU LAUGH YOU FEEL GOOD, WHEN YOU WALK INTO A PARTY AND YOU SEE A GROUP LAUGHING, YOU GO OVER THERE, YOU WONDER WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND WHY THEY'RE LAUGHING, YOU WANT TO KNOW THAT. THAT'S A PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/28/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 20:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, coming home from Iraq. We'll take you to the reunion of a family we've been following throughout this conflict and here from Private Frist Class Josh Yancy about his experience. And we'll remember Bob Hope. He dedicated years of his life to entertaining America's men and women in the military. For some of the soldiers stationed in Iraq, the wait to come home is over. Last week, there was a homecoming at the Manchester airport. Private First Class Josh Yancy was greeted by his family who are anxious to hear how the last six months has been going. Producer Phil Vaughn was there with them. Since President Bush annouced the end of major engagement in April, 103 solderies have been killed. On Monday, the U.S. military confirmed the deaths of two U.S. soliders. One in a traffic accident, the other in a grenade attack that wounded two others. The question many are asking now is was the US military prepared for post-war Iraq? Joining us instudio to talk about that and more: Dr. Tom Trout, a University of New Hampshire Political Science Professor, who specializes in international relations, intelligence and terrorism. And Dr. Lionel Ingram, also a UNH Political Science Lecuturer, foreign policy expert and retired US Army Colonel who served in Vietnam. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn, Allison McNair NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Renee & Dale Yancy\Parents of Soldier, P.F.C. Josh Yancy\U.S. Army, Dr. Lionel Ingram\UNH Lecturer of Political Science, Dr. B. Thomas Trout\UNH Prof of Political Science |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/28/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, coming home from Iraq. We'll take you to the reunion of a family we've been following throughout this conflict and here from Private Frist Class Josh Yancy about his experience. And we'll remember Bob Hope. He dedicated years of his life to entertaining America's men and women in the military. Finally, a tribute to one of America's most endearing entertainers. For more than fifty years, Bob Hope played to American audiences in theatres and to troops overseas. He died Sunday. He was 100 years old. PRODUCER/REPORTER: CNN NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 7/28/03 22:00 HOST: Allison McNair Length: 2:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, coming home from Iraq. We'll take you to the reunion of a family we've been following throughout this conflict and here from Private Frist Class Josh Yancy about his experience. And we'll remember Bob Hope. He dedicated years of his life to entertaining America's men and women in the military. Finally, a tribute to one of America's most endearing entertainers. For more than fifty years, Bob Hope played to American audiences in theatres and to troops overseas. He died Sunday. He was 100 years old. PRODUCER/REPORTER: CNN NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: |
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