6 Burst results for "International Security Assistance Force"
600 WREC
"international security assistance force" Discussed on 600 WREC
"Nature is so cool, Geico great service without all the Drama is that there are other plots out there that are also Going to be revealed, and we need to uncover them. Part of getting taken down that the original Al Qaeda was stopping that next attack, which most likely we found out was going to happen. That was September 14th when he stood in that fire engine when he went down was left to the World Trade Center. This was October 7th cut 37. On my orders. The United States military has begun strikes. Against Al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan. As a terrorist base of operations. And to attack the military capability. Of the Taliban regime, and they were effective. Combined with the Northern Alliance. It will be a matter of weeks before the Taliban fell. What were your observations? Where were you? Well still in Bosnia that was a full year deployment. What turned out to be something like six or seven years of my final 10 or 11 years in uniform. And You know, it's really quite an extraordinary campaign as everyone recognizes that these handful of really exceptional CIA officers and special forces operators. Could work with the Northern Alliance leaders and topple an entire regime shattered them with their power using the northern alliance forces to bring the Taliban to mass they had to mass to defend the key areas. And then, of course, we could clobber them with our close air support and then ultimately were shattered. Retreated into Pakistan, as did most of Al Qaeda, although it took a bit longer, and of course, we had the operation subsequent to that, and Tora Bora, which sadly did not nab Osama bin Laden immediately. Brother. He was able to get away and of course we didn't bring him to justice until In late spring of 2011 when, coincidentally, I was the commander of the International Security Assistance Force in U. S forces in Afghanistan. I never thought we wanted to be in Afghanistan for a long time. We wanted to make sure it wasn't a launching base for Al Qaeda. Nobody wanted to settle control the country, especially because you all want to school and what happened to the Russians. They were then the Soviets. But after parrying and uh and to the Iraq war, it was time to go back and focus on what Barack Obama says was the good war. And you were tasked to run. The surge. Here is December 2000 and nine cut 38. And as commander in chief. I have determined that it is in our vital national interest to send an additional 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home and it would be yours. It was the original General McChrystal had some turbulence with a rolling stone story they would call on General David Petraeus, the president asked you go. What happened with that surgeon? Would you commit a success? Well, we were given certain missions and we actually accomplish those missions you know, and in the wake of the so called Afghanistan papers or whatever, which are actually all publicly available, reports. Um, if you went back and looked at all the statements I made during that time and I, there were quite heavily qualified and I stand by everything that I said we were basically Test to halt the momentum of the Taliban. Keep in mind that they were on the march and they had been ever since they had regrouped in Pakistan some years earlier. Uh then to roll back the Taliban and really critical areas where they threatened throughout one, the critical ring road of Afghanistan and some other very essential city's population centers and infrastructure locations to accelerate the development of the Afghan security forces. To establish a transition concept and program so that we could then actually begin the transition of security tasks in select districts under provinces to the Afghan security forces and Select Afghan institutions. Um and we actually did do all of that. In addition to ensuring the court if it looked was today than all Qaeda, yes, yes. Sanctuary on Afghan soil. Which was again that isn't something tried to do repeatedly, By the way they have tried to over the years many times and to provide a platform for the conduct of the so called regional counterterrorism campaign. The most Public and well known such operation was the one that brought us some of the long Customs, uh, didn't amounts of my time over there. So again. I think we accomplished all those missions. I think that's beyond, uh, really debate. Um, what was interesting, Though Brian, isn't that because we did personal want to keep playing footprint in Afghanistan, which I think was wrong. We should have immediately put the right organization of architecture on the ground and started to train the Afghan security forces very early on. Because we were always shooting behind the target relative to the to the Taliban in Afghanistan. We didn't even get the inputs right and Afghanistan Bolivia 2010. That's about six months into my time as the commander, it was really due to the commitment. That the president had made a year or so earlier, the additional forces that you heard announced in his speech at West Point and General McChrystal got the concepts going, but by inputs I mean, we didn't We didn't have the right organizational architecture that sounds arcane secretary very important. We didn't have the right overarching strategy. We didn't have the right level of resources and not just military resources. But diplomats, development workers, intelligence officers stuff folks associated with the little law deal. Okay, chance on the breast. Come in the right level of money, more the right level of preparation of our forces or the right leaders, and we finally had it by then. But of course, we only had it for about six months, because as you heard in that speech Which announced the build up. There was also the announcement of the drawdown date and so we're always racing against, you know that's see if we can get as much as we can done while we have this level of forces this level of resources, but certainly the focus that shifted to Iraq very early after Actually taking down the Taliban and expelling Al Qaeda from Afghan soil meant that, in the words of Admiral Mullen, great chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, That in Iraq, we did what we must in Afghanistan. We did what we could, and that characterized the Afghanistan campaign in till the end of that Obama administration policy review which did enable us for the first time to get the input, right? But which then also, of course, announced the withdrawal process. It's always great to talk to the general when we come back. We were at today with General David Petraeus. Especially edition of the Brain. Kill me, Joe 9 11 20 years We remember Brian Kilmeade..
News 96.5 WDBO
"international security assistance force" Discussed on News 96.5 WDBO
"The rest of the world hears you and the people and the people who knocked these buildings down. We'll hear all of us soon. All right. Welcome back. Everybody says, you know, all week long. We've been looking back at 9 11 20 years since that fateful day that will never forget those people. Remember, They were old enough where they were at this time. Time for me to bring on a man who's been consequential ever since General David Petraeus, arguably the greatest general of our generation, but still going, not retired. Former commander of U. S and International forces in Afghanistan, Uh, to quell as leading the forces in Iraq, especially the surge General, where were you? When the towers were hit. When the Pentagon was hit, 15 93 went down. I was actually deployed in Bosnia. At that time, Brian. I was the one star general and the assistant chief of staff of operations for the NATO stabilization Force there and then also had a U. S hat that was engaged in the war criminal hunt. And that organization subsequently did the first territories. Um, operation after 9 11 actually was in Sarajevo even before the invasion of Afghanistan. What were the first orders you got as as you? And did you watch like all of us on TV? Well, I was actually waiting for a helicopter to go back to Sarajevo. We were with the North Pole Brigade, a brigade of Polish another forces from Northern Europe. We just happened to be in a room that had a TV on as we waited for the helicopter to arrive. And, like many others, we thought, Wow, what an incredibly Terrible mistake that this plane on a clear blue Sky Day would fly into one of the world trade towers. And, of course, the second plane hit him for really significant change. We got back to San Diego, gather the staff and commander and all the rest of that, and Immediately. There was a sense of strategic picking time bond. I think it's very important to remember is the context for what happened subsequent to 9 11. There was a sense that This was just the first of what we're expected to be Many more exactly on the order of 9 11. And so force protection became an intense concern. And then as the intelligence turned on again, this Us had that I had was part of a special mission unit organization. And as the intelligence turned on all of a sudden we realized that there were nonprofits in Bosnia that we're facilitating the travel of Pakistanis through Bosnia into the Schengen zone and a host of other security risks that we had not been aware of. In which we had to address in the subsequent months following the 9 11 attacks very, very serious moment. Needless to say, again and around the world as America came to grips with what this Was and what might be in the future. And I think that was the real concern. Was that a sense that there are other plots out there that are also going to be revealed, and we need to uncover them. Part of getting taken down that the original Al Qaeda was stopping the next attack, which most likely we found out was going to happen. That was September 14th when he stood in that fire engine when he went down, was left to the World Trade Center. This was October 7th cut 37 on my orders. The United States military has begun strikes. Against Al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations. And to attack the military capability. Of the Taliban regime, and they were effective. Combined with the Northern Alliance. It will be a matter of weeks before the Taliban fell. What were your observations? Where were you? Well still in Bosnia. That was a full year deployment. Uh, what turned out to be something like six or seven years of my final 10 or 11 years in uniform? And you know, it's really quite an extraordinary campaign as everyone recognizes that these handful of really exceptional CIA officers and special forces operators. Could work with the Northern Alliance leaders and topple an entire regime shattered them with air power using the northern alliance forces due to bring the Taliban to mass they had to mass to defend the key areas. And then, of course, we could clobber them with our close air support and days and ultimately were shattered, retreated into Pakistan, as did most of Al Qaeda. Although it took a bit longer, And of course, we had the operation subsequent to that in Tora Bora, which sadly did not nab Osama bin Laden immediately, brother he was able to get away and of course we didn't bring him to justice. Until Late spring of 2011 when, coincidentally, I was the commander of the International Security Assistance Force and U. S forces in Afghanistan. I never thought we wanted to be in Afghanistan for a long time. We wanted to make sure it wasn't a launching base for Al Qaeda. Nobody wanted to settle control the country, especially because you all went to school. And what happened to the Russians. They within the Soviets. But after parrying and uh and to the Iraq war, it was time to go back and focus on Would Barack Obama said was the good war and you were tasked to run. The surge. Here is December 2000 and nine cut 38 as commander in chief. I have determined that it is in our vital national interest. To send an additional 30,000 US troops to Afghanistan. After 18 months, Our troops will begin to come home and it would be yours. It would be original General McChrystal had some turbulence with a rolling stone story they would call on General David Petraeus, the president asked you go. What happened with that surgeon would you permit of success? Well, we were given certain missions and we actually accomplish those missions. You know, in the wake of the so called Afghanistan papers or whatever, which are actually all publicly available, reports. If you went back and looked at all the statements I made during that time, and there were quite heavily qualified, and I stand by everything that I said we were basically Test to halt the momentum of the Taliban. Keep in mind that they were on the march and they had been ever since they had regrouped in Pakistan some years earlier. Then to roll back the Taliban and really critical areas where they threatened Route one, the critical ring road of Afghanistan and some other very essential city's population centers and infrastructure locations to accelerate the development of the Afghan security forces to establish a transition concept and program. So that we could then actually begin the transition of security tasks in select districts under provinces to the Afghan security forces, and so like the Afghan institutions Time, and we actually did do all of that, In addition to ensuring the court If it will, it was President Al Qaeda established the sanctuary on Afghan soil, which was again that and something tried to repeatedly by the way they've tried to over the years many times and to provide a platform for.
News Radio 1190 KEX
"international security assistance force" Discussed on News Radio 1190 KEX
"Minnesota Game on Thursday night. And it was a good game for 45 minutes and then the Ohio State Buckeyes took over but still look at game just at the minimum at the minimum good background noise. It just felt good to have that in the background. Just knowing that somewhere somebody and a whole bunch of people were playing football and watching football. Sam's mask. So good on you, Minnesota. That was that was cool The and so when we got western Michigan and Michigan or Antonio anyway, don't worry. It's not going to distract me until the cookies run later. So it's great for this weekend to have college football back. And some pennant race, an amazing pennant race, the lawyers and the Giants, the San Francisco Giants, so that's happening. So a whole bunch of stuff. Plus, apparently, I was really bleary about that. Marvel. Movie. Whatever the Shang Shu or, well, the legend of the 10 rigs, it looks. I mean, it's just I didn't think it was going to do well. Apparently, it's sending some records which might have to do with people. Wanting to get back in theaters. Also, I should I should mention, um, endorsement was I was, you know, Last break was talking about the recall here in California. All the seven state money coming in. Telling us all telling us all how wonderful California is and what a great effective leader Gavin Newsom is, Um, and so I may have a dog in the fight, and I have to, um, just admit to that I worked at K ABC am 7 90 here in Los Angeles. We're featuring Armstrong and Getty in the mornings. Um, with Larry. So I personally know Larry and so, you know, take it with a grain of salt, But, you know, I I know the guy and so um, and and so I'm going to vote for him because he has the greatest chance of winning. And also he really is a really nice guy. And someone correct me. He's the sage from South Central, not the Oracle of Compton with I believe that Snoop Dogg, the Oracle of Compton, Or it was easy, but so he's he's uh He's the same guy off air that he is on her a really, really good guy. And it's crazy, Funny scene seeing a black and sort of black conservative smeared They're they're they're trying, you know, dragging up old girlfriends and all this stuff and and the smear job is hilarious. And you're not seeing this because you're not in California. But Larry has a TV spot, pushing back, believe it or not, the L A Times called him a white supremacist. And it's like, Have you seen his picture? Do you know anything about they called him a white supremacist, So he has a TV spot where he flashes a picture of him like in 1982. And he has this mod squad. Faro. He has this link from Mod Squad. Uh, you know, Dr J Circa 1977 pro. It's the funniest damn thing. And he's sitting in a chair and he said, Do I look like a white supremacist? It's devastating. But Anyway, so so just so just to let you know that's that's the disclaimer. Um okay, Someone called. We'll take the car Claude in Fountain Hills, Arizona all the way. What's the radio station? You're listening to, uh, I'm actually listening to you over the Internet. And I actually interested in the Army in 2000 and three Because if you're a Seattle radio show, so thank you. I would like to know what? Yes, you had a caller who called in And was saying he felt really frustrated being on the sidelines. You said, Well, you got enlist by, I think at the time it was 35. I thought. Oh, I'm 33 so I didn't like sitting on the sidelines. And you were very inspirational at the time and you have been my play by play through the, uh, the past. I guess 18 19 years of what's been going on, and that's the way I'm trying to get the order. Right. Let's see what I was on Cairo all the time or Kpi. But that was before I went and that's yes. And that's before I got deployed. With the window. Yeah. Okay. That was that was pretty well, You know, I have a head would have a traumatic brain injury now. Some little different there, Richard Cranium? Uh, sure. I am. I've listened to you talk about Obama's use of tincture strikes, which you clarify for me meant he was literally signing on the dotted line to allow for drone strikes, and I'm wondering What will this current administration do to help the pockets of resistance still fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan? I'm taking my index finger. I'm making a big zero because that's great radio. Literally. Nothing literally. Nothing think so. They abandoned the Afghan National Army with air support. You know, as we find out from that transcript That was released last week by Reuters of Ashraf Ghani, the the the the Worlds worlds. He holds the record for most weight in $100 bills placed on the Gulf Stream. Um, I don't know. Literally 167 million ways like £3200 So, but so anyway, no, it's dead. They want no matter how many American citizens no matter how many Children From Sacramento, San Diego. Whatever are are are left behind. They will not officially ever kill someone or do anything they will not lift a finger to help the newly reformed Northern Alliance. Nothing. They will do nothing and also they're being assisted. By the American media because you're seeing absolutely Bob guests on TV about these Americans we left but never mind the the Northern Alliance and Ahmad Shah Massoud son is the new leader of the northern lines. Never mind that never mind that they could use an 8 10 or two or even a drone being flown from from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. Not even that They won't do a bit. Not not. Not a bit NATO. No! Oh, my God. No. Who? How would they get their hair? That's the thing. That's what you know. That's the thing that killed me. That's what That's what Afghanistan revealed, was one of empty shell NATO has become in the nineties and two thousands. The joke And I only you know, I I deployed the three wars. Luckily, I avoided Afghanistan. But all my friends who did serve in Afghanistan, uh, the ice after patch they wore international security Assistance Force. The joke was it stood for I saw Americans fighting. You remember? You once said that you saw more tested occassion for fighting in Iraq in Afghanistan because Iraq at least had AIDS barely literate population. There was a lot going on as a country and all they needed was a fair shot. I personally signed up because I didn't like the idea of these people never getting a fair. Shot. Do you think that we can Exert any pressure on our elected officials. If we write to our Congress people do you think there actually would be an investigation of any merits? I not not until not until the midyear elections next year, and then you'll see all kinds of investigations. Well, you know what? The thing that killed me is How many? This was so shocking. Two Democrats how many Democrats stood up and said This is so amazingly incompetent. We have to look into why you made this decision. And it was just like on my phenomenally successful and world famous podcast a dark secret place and you can go to the dark secret place dot com do to to get it..
KTOK
"international security assistance force" Discussed on KTOK
"Oh, no. Oh, my God. No! Who? How would they get their hair? That's the thing. That's what you know. That's the thing that killed me. That's what That's what Afghanistan revealed, was one of empty shell NATO has become in the nineties and two thousands. The joke And I only you know, I I deployed to three wars. Luckily, I avoided Afghanistan. But all my friends who did serve in Afghanistan, Uh, the ice F patch. They wore international security Assistance Force. The joke was it stood for I saw Americans fighting. You remember? You once said that you saw mortification for fighting in Iraq in Afghanistan because Iraq at least had eight barely literate population. There was a lot going on as a country and all they needed was a fair shot. I personally signed up because I didn't like the idea of these people never getting a fair. Shot. Do you think that we can Exert any pressure on our elected officials. If we write to our Congress people do you think there actually would be an investigation of any merits? I not not until not until the midyear elections next year, and then you'll see all kinds of investigations. Well, you know what? The thing that killed me is How many? This was so shocking. Two Democrats how many Democrats stood up and said This is so amazingly incompetent. We have to look into why you made this decision. And it was just like on my phenomenally successful and world famous podcast a dark secret place and you can go to the dark secret place dot com do to to get it..
The Big Story
How Canada and the Western World Failed Afghanistan
"I'm jordan heath rawlings. This is the big story. Stephen save holds the patterson chair and international affairs at carleton university. Among the books he's written is adapting in the dust. Lessons learned from canada's war in afghanistan. And he also co hosts a podcast about canada's national security called the battle rhythm hasty. Hello i'm doing all right like many canadians. I kind of spent the weekend. seeing progressively more and more disturbing images coming out of afghanistan especially kabul and. I'm i'm wondering if you could maybe describe what we're actually seeing and hearing about in afghanistan right now. Well it's the collapse of the government that we've been trying to build for the past twenty years The taliban were kicked out of the country by american forces and then in two thousand and two There developed a un effort that became a nato effort called isaf the international security assistance force along with a variety of other international partners to try to build a self sustaining afghan government. And then two thousand fourteen. Nato largely pulled out three years. After canada pulled out of combat and for the past seven years there was a nato effort to train the afghan army and last year. Donald trump Negotiated deal the taliban that would vote the remaining few americans that were left in afghanistan out before this summer there about two thousand five hundred americans soldiers mostly doing training and doing coordination type stuff and So that was Trump's decision last year and then when it became president there was a question about whether he would live by the deal which had a deadline of may fifth at all. Americans are supposed to be out by may fifth and the by racial thought. That would be too fast. That that we would be able to get our stuff in our people out in his In his mind and so they sent the data september eleventh and over the course of the summer The taliban made a series of deals with a variety of actors within afghanistan that led to the collapse of the afghan national army forces that were guarding a variety of places around the country until the only thing that was left was couple which fell this weekend.
Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
"international security assistance force" Discussed on Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
"Thank you for your service Thank you also for the the wonderful forward that you included in my book. It's an honor to collaborate with you once again and appreciate you making time for our session today. Well thanks and congratulations on the new book. I'm truly excited by it. The only thing it should have done is come up ten years ago. Well i can't turn back time but over. there will be some benefits. You thank you so much. Many of you will know. Stand as i mentioned is a retired four-star general former commander of us and international security assistance forces in afghanistan and the former commander of the nation's premier military counterterrorism force Jay sock the joint special operations command For the past ten years actually just this january. He celebrated a ten year anniversary of the mcchrystal group he He is now an adviser to chief executive officers and other executives of companies here in the us and around the world and providing them innovative leadership solutions to To that help them transform and succeed in challenging in dynamic environments and stan what what's challenging and dynamic an environment we have found ourselves in. May we live in interesting times. We certainly do. And i must say Speaking of books. This is one that i recommend as much as any other certainly and comes up again and again a team of teams new rules of engagement for a complex world and talk about a book that now has five or six years old and thank goodness. It came out when it did because of the ways in which it applied not only during the good times in the for several years after the book's publication but applying all the more so now during these trying and in many cases unprecedented times. And i wonder if you could maybe take a moment and talk a bit about some of the now that you've spent a decade in the private sector after the your long and distinguished career in the military. I wonder maybe if you could talk a little bit about some of the ways in which you're you you've seen some of these ideas working best in. Fostering cross functional collaboration right and peter. Thanks gannon what. We see both from the military in my earlier years and incident companies. Now is that cross functional..