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Because their use of chemical weapons is limited. listen to what theyre saying on the sunday shows. >> american people are weary, as you pointed out. they dont want boots on the ground. i dont want boots on the ground. >> we dont need to put boots on the ground. but we need to enable their neighbors, the neighbors of syria to bring some sort of peaceful resolution to this. >> we dont ever want to say, absolutely never any boots on the ground because iran is busy here. iran is very busy here. and...

Wes moore is a retired army captain and author of "the other wes moore." i guess the question comes down to numbers. 66,000 troops in country right now. what should it be five years from now? >> i think were going to initially withdraw to 6,000 troops in 2014. i think a lot of work will be done by contractors, not u.s. troops, but we cant afford to continue spending the kind of money were spending. you know, we have spent $557 billion up to today, half a trillion dollars, and what have we gotten...

Wes moore." i guess the question comes down to numbers. 66,000 troops in country right now. what should it be five years from now? >> i think were going to initially withdraw to 6,000 troops in 2014. i think a lot of work will be done by contractors, not u.s. troops, but we cant afford to continue spending the kind of money were spending. you know, we have spent $557 billion up to today, half a trillion dollars, and what have we gotten for it? burma, somalia, and afghanistan are the three most c...

From now. >> i think were going to initially withdraw to 6,000 troops in 2014. i think a lot of work will be done by contractors, not u.s. troops, but we cant afford to continue spending the kind of money were spending. you know, we have spent $557 billion up to today, half a trillion dollars, and what have we gotten for it? burma, somalia, and afghanistan are the three most corrupt nations in the world, and now almost 90% of that corruption is coming from american taxpayers money. youd be shock...

Market value over the last decade here. they had a peak market cap of $557 billion. recent market cap, $132 billion. obviously, when that tech boom burst, that bubble burst, it really affected them. their stock never recovered although they still remain a top company there. general electric, they lost $423 billion during the last decade. obviously, a lot of pain there. their peak market cap was $601 billion. lets go to intel. they lost $400 billion over the last decade. again, youll see a lot of...