One credit for Mr. McChrystal. The whole thing about Al Qaeda in Iraq was not well explained. I seem to remember Al Qaeda wasn't in Iraq when we went there.

He acknowledges that the war took the highest toll on innocent people, yet doesn't make the connection that the force he was fighting with was much more harmful to society than the force he was fighting against. Here we have a man talking about the change of culture within a violent gang without questioning the actual worth of that gang, or the rights of the people within it, in the first place. "I am more scared of the bureaucrat that holds information in a desk drawer or in a safe, than I am of someone who leaks, because ultimately we'll be better off if we share." If that's the case, then you should be working towards getting away from the bureaucracy instead of supporting it.

@JoeZelensky

5 жыл бұрын

Incorrect. A trained lethal force abides by laws. Terrorist that you support do not

What a rehearsed softball question at the end.

very interesting

That last line!

Excellent...

When sharing is convenient for the US military it suddenly becomes the right thing to do for everyone else too. "We've had some of our secrets forcibly exposed so it's only right that everyone else reveal theirs now, in, erm, the name of transparency and openness"

when i was in Afghanistan we had these signs all around the operations center that said "push/pull of information: what do i know? who needs to know it? have i told them? what do i need to know? who knows it? have i asked them?"

My job in the military has changed since the war to now have a secret classification because it was too detrimental to have our maps, travel routes and plans freely available. Some information needs to be withheld to save lives. Who can get hurt should always be the key question when deciding wether or not to share information.

bless you

You disappoint me Ted.

That's a pretty big paradigm shift. I hope the military sticks with this policy of transparency as it should help combat of a lot of fraud, waste and abuses that they've been battling against for awhile now.

Is this an interlude between more meaningful talks? I should've taken the chance to add more hot water to my tea.

100% correct.

A combination of General George S. Patton and General Omar Bradley, this brilliant leader can teach us a lot about organizational behavior, strategic thinking, motivating individuals and teams, and of course military tactics. I for one hope that I make enough money to afford whatever seminars this patriot and hero gives. I can learn a lot from this guy.

Targeted kills and JSOC signature strikes

"he didn't have the knowledge to know the importance of" oh no, sir... I think he knew

That was a very interesting maneuver. Answer this question: What is the benefit of not declassifying the list? I'll help you: There is no benefit. Instead, keeping the list means being responsible to catch every single person on that list, prevent further terror attacks committed by people on that list and being responsible why the US hadn't done enough to prevent a future terror attack by those names. Now...think of all the advantages of declassifying it. You really believe there is a paradigm shift? Listen again to his answer at the end about Edward Snowden. "No knowledge of importance of these documents". That means: Sharing is great. As long as WE say that it is unimportant enough to share it OR the advantage of sharing is bigger than that of keeping it classified.

So wait, can anyone tell me where to watch the previous talk the lady was talking about? I wanna know more about what the NSA has to say about the Snowden case

Why did no one in the crowd call bullshit when he said he went to Iraq to fight Al-Qaeda?

@Bushwacked487

10 жыл бұрын

Because he didn't say the initial invasion was about al Qaeda. He said HIS mission was to do that. When he took that command al Qaeda had seeped in and built up a strong presence during the sectarian violence.

Michael Hastings... RIP #respect #whistleblower #patriot

He actually spoke really well...better than that NSA guy.

Michael Hastings.... RIP... #respect #patriot

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" to des- stop the..." says it all. destroyer.

Saying "We killed to stop the killing" is equivalent to saying "we used petrol to put out the fire" What....aren't....you.....getting?!

The thugshaker central incident

TED when will you realise that the poor like/dislike ratio ACTUALLY DOES reflect the quality of the speakers you have on?

Snowden belongs in prison for STEALING sensitive hardware, software, and documents and then providing this classified material to foreign countries.

Farce.

lovely to see TED giving a voice to poor down trodden war criminals

@MeLexdy

10 жыл бұрын

Ted over the past year gave the microphone to really dangerous and sinister ppl and whats their problem??

@MrLgmhandler

10 жыл бұрын

Name that war crime?

@fludblud

10 жыл бұрын

rurounisld Because dangerous and sinister people tend to be the ones who influence the world the most. Are they pleasant? No, but I'd rather know what makes such people tick than have their thoughts and ideas remain hidden and suppressed, ready to catch us off guard at the worst possible time. Like Mr McCrystal said: 'Sharing is power'.

@MrLgmhandler

10 жыл бұрын

fludblud How is McChrystal evil?

@TheGodlessGuitarist

10 жыл бұрын

MrLgmhandler He led forces in the illegal invasion/occupation of Iraq that took hundreds of thousands of lives for the sake of the Anglo-US lie that it was not a war for control of oil and strategic territory. A man that can carry out killing on such a scale and appear in public without remorse is evil, as was defined in the Neuremberg tribunals 'evil is the lack of empathy'. The man is not just a killer, but a mass murderer, probably capable of genocide.

the day I see General McChrystal on TED, and he's not repenting, is the day I stop watching TED

@MeLexdy

10 жыл бұрын

Nah its not a big deal, a few hundrend thousand dead ppl and horror all over the glove... Plus its good business, ppl die every day!

@fludblud

10 жыл бұрын

Isnt that what he is basically doing? Considering it was a Rolling Stones reporter dumping a whole shitload of unflattering info and quotes that got him fired in the first place.

@zedek_

10 жыл бұрын

You won't be missed.

@HamsterPants522

10 жыл бұрын

Zedek Yes he will.

@zedek_

10 жыл бұрын

HamsterPants522 You choose to say that to be contradictory, and because he seems to hold a similar opinion of McChrystal as you do... so you want to support him and lash out in whatever way you can, but we both know you won't miss him. A few days from now, you won't even remember this conversation, let alone *miss* the anonymous internet entity that is "sp0ckr0ck". So no, he won't, even if you *truly* believe otherwise.

Hasnt really said anything new. Just covering for their own fault. Sharing of knowledge has always been beneficial no matter what the field. Science progresses because of that. Communities thrive because of sharing. Intelligence reports would be effective similarly.

The things Manning leaked actually turned out to be nothing.

I can't believe a reputable company like TED invited MCCHRYSTAL of all people to speak about their military expertise. May I remind you of the article that led to his dismissal? www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622

Don't try and make us feel sympathetic for you.

@MrLgmhandler

10 жыл бұрын

Yeeah because why on earth would we want to understand the circumstances surrounding the most complicated bureaucracy ever built and how it ran two very ineffective nation building operations? I am sure that will never come up again. /s

@jasonoliver6170

10 жыл бұрын

this is "ideas worth spreading" not : "lets spread misinformation through a credible medium ". Im all for understanding circumstances, but not blatant propoganda

@MrLgmhandler

10 жыл бұрын

***** I am going to hazard to guess you don't know anything that he said before he said it. You may disagree with him on other matters, but none of the words that came out of his mouth were political or were saying we did it right. It is very much worth spreading.

Give him a break guys. Do you think he would ruin his own career over a TED Talk? Although the overall message was not that great, I think it's a start. I just hope this mentality of sharing information becomes more wide spread.

Now they are sitting Kabul drop the MOP. We could have won the surge and the size of the ASF no defunct. I don't take it personally

surely Snowden wouldn't take any old documents. he'd know which are the important ones

I'm disappointed. I was expecting a song and dance routine with the piano in the background.

U.S did the same in vietnam send in tanks helicopters etc. You have to just let the iraqi people fight their own fight.

This guy didn't say anything controversial and you guys still get your panties in a bunch. You guys are pathetic. This was better than 90% of TED talks.

"You need to learn the facts we are unwilling to share about Edward Snowden before you make any judgments." -CIA

totally spineless at the end.

I think he needed to have the information Al-Quaeda was created by the CIA in the 80's, that would have spared him a lot, also the irony of this guy talking about sharing information on a TED talk is so heavy you could use it to create black holes and stuff.

YA BIG SECRETS LIKE WHAT REALLY HAPPENED AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING

nothing understand illegal war

I stopped watching at "largely against the Iraqi people" Seriously is bad enough that this made it to TED but why upload a video of this? Unsubscribed.

No sympathy for this guy or his ideas

@JoeZelensky

5 жыл бұрын

Winstan except you know he was a great Commander. So your sympathy is not needed as you are incapable of anything in life

this talk is so bad i wanna waterboard it.

Bullshits

Propaganda is too thick. sorry TED, fail.

Michael Hastings.... RIP... #respect #patriot