camanpour

Kim Jong-un?

When you cover the military at war, you go in knowing that there are certain things you can't tell in real time, like precise locations, numbers of troops, etc. This is in order not to put them, and us, in danger. Especially in our age of 24/7 media, people can see you in real time, whenever, wherever.

I accept those safety restrictions, but I do not accept restrictions for any editorial reasons or the like.

I was thrilled to do that cameo, because I watched their programs that were sent to me on DVDs from the United States (I was living in the UK at time) and I found it so smart, so funny, and so empowering of girls and women -- both the daughter and the mother were real role models. The dialogue was great. And of course, I love the fact that she wanted to be a journalist!

And I certainly enjoyed my time on set, although as you can see, I'm not a natural actress!

I've been doing this for 25 years ... I'm sure I was afraid at the beginning.

But like any professional who practices and trains, you learn how to deal with these situations, how to win, and how to manage your fear so that it doesn't affect your ability to do the job.

ISIS took a lot people by surprise. But since they've overrun Mosul last year, their agenda has been clear. As their rhetoric states, they want to build a caliphate. And the problem is, unlike al Qaeda, they have territory. Al Qaeda never had territory. They have territory in Syria and Iraq.

The string of atrocities that culminated in the unconscionable attack on Tunisians sands forces us to confront the fact that they are at war with us (whether Christian, Muslim, Jew...), and we need to muster every resource to defeat them.