At War with Gen. Jack Keane
Five part National Review video interview with General Jack Keane:
At War with Gen. Jack Keane: Chapter 1 of 5 – Retired Gen. Jack Keane outlines the origins of the surge in Iraq — the successful military strategy he helped design.
At War with Gen. Jack Keane: Chapter 2 of 5 – Jack Keane describes why changing the U.S. war strategy in Iraq was such a difficult process.
At War with Gen. Jack Keane: Chapter 3 of 5 – Jack Keane says President Obama’s plan to draw down U.S. troops in Iraq is a good one. And was the war in Iraq worth it? Keane says, “Absolutely, yes.”
At War with Gen. Jack Keane: Chapter 4 of 5 – Can the U.S. military win in Afghanistan, just as it is winning in Iraq? Jack Keane is optimistic – strategy depending.
At War with Gen. Jack Keane: Chapter 5 of 5 – Jack Keane discusses the multiple challenges facing the U.S. military, the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran, and more.
“And was the war in Iraq worth it?”
Rather than answering that question – about Iraq or any other war – I wish interviewees would start calling out the interviewers on asking a stupid question.
Keane was very good, articulate and sophisticated. I just would have preferred a more sophisticated interviewer, one who would draw out information from his subject, rather than impose his views. He was obviously more interested in the sound of his voice than in Keane’s.