We're already seeing the horrible humanitarian consequences, but there will be severe political consequences, in connection with our credibility with our allies and partners and other countries who will wonder how reliable we are.īut, of course, it will have big security implications in connection with jihadist terrorists who will declare victory over the world's only superpower. McMaster was part of a coterie of high-level advisers who met often with Trump, explaining global threats and laying out options for him to consider. What I found also that I - was fundamentally, I think, wrong about the president's approach here is that he thinks that a lost war in Afghanistan isn't going to have consequences. And, of course, in Iraq, we saw al-Qaida in Iraq morph into ISIS, the most destructive terrorist organization in history. Well, hey, wars don't end when one party disengages. His 1997 book Dereliction of Duty is considered the seminal. McMaster LTGHRMcMaster Feb 18 Help earthquake victim’s, not Syria’s murderous dictator. McMaster was on his way to a think tank in Philadelphia when he received a call inviting him down to Mar-a-Lago for a job interview with President Trump. President Donald Trump, not pictured, speaks during a meeting with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office of the White House in. McMaster and David Schwendiman discuss the evolution of human rights law, international criminal justice, investigations and prosecutions, and its implications. We saw it again when Vice President Biden thanked President Obama for ending the war in Iraq. In 2014, General McMaster was named Time 100 for his intellectual impact and military leadership. Goodfellows podcast: With insightful and sometimes jaw-dropping comments on the UK (before Liz Truss resigned, but still relevant, especially on how a large part of the problem with the ruling class stems from the education system) as well as on Iran and China from Niall Ferguson, HR Macmaster and John Cochrane. McMaster, national security advisor, listens as U.S. We saw that with the mass murder attacks of 9/11. We know for a fact, right, we know from historical experience that terrorist organizations, when they control territory and populations and resources, that they become orders of magnitude more dangerous, right?
Well, I think it's just wrong on a couple of counts, Judy.įirst of all, we were there to preserve our and protect our own interests, our security interests.
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