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Out of afghanistan. if i were president, i wouldnt be announcing a timeline but i would give the aircraft that the afghans need and i would get out of there. >> estimated 8,400 troops in afghanistan. do you think president trump should be planning a complete withdrawal of u.s. troops? >> well, i wouldnt be in favor of him trying to add troops. here is the thing. we have been there 16 years. we went there primarily to make sure that afghanistan was not going to be a launching pad into the united ...

Levels of the relationship is not good. the russians have been quietly explaining in washington why they think they have the ability and the right to do this. >> what is their main argument? >> they are protecting their base. the black sea fleet are sitting in crimea. the situation is unstable and they feel they have the right to add troops to pro equity tect ts that are already there. they have a law that tells them they are allowed to protect their troops when they are in danger and they are g...

More into the lead and we will start see more dramatic draw downs next year. but i dont foresee anything too significant, part is the white house wants to avoid the optic that it is being forced into greater draw dawns because of a shooting rampage, mistakes made by soldiers, they have to stick to the narrative drawing down on success, deep down inside, lot dont believe that, they cant sort of say, you know what we were right and the military was wrong on the surge. we said we didnt think this w...

Im going to fight. >> the stuff, the brouhaha over mcchrystal supposedly pressuring him to add troops he made clear in the campaign he wanted to win this war. secondly, the white house now has the problem with this deadline. the next july deadline hanging around his neck, as he tries to distance himself from it. much as the guantanamo bay deadline around his neck. >> and has come and gone. >> come and gone. now we have petraeus back in the saddle and i think it will make the deadline more proble...

To barack obama when he passionately, when he was running for president passionately supported the war to win, and -- >> and told his party this is the war ill fight. >> and through all that, the brouhaha over general stanley mcchrystal, supposedly pressuring him to add troops, he made clear in the campaign he wanted to win the war. and, secondly, the white house now hayes problem with the deadline, next july deadline is hanging around his neck as, he tries to distance himself from the president...

Im going to fight. >> the stuff, the brouhaha over mcchrystal supposedly pressuring him to add troops he made clear in the campaign he wanted to win this war. secondly, the white house now has the problem with this deadline. the next july deadline hanging around his neck, as he tries to distance himself from it. much as the guantanamo bay deadline around his neck. >> and has come and gone. >> come and gone. now we have petraeus back in the saddle and i think it will make the deadline more proble...

Dick cheney has. this was the debate for years. barack obama came into office, one controversial thing he did was add troops to afghanistan did a surge now doing a drawdown. it says something to me really rotten about the core of the credibility of the republican party that they cant deal with any of that actual up and down troop factual history. and have to instead pretend winding this down after 13 years, much longer than world war ii is an automatic loss. it is weird to think of wins, losses ...

Its, centered in the white house. >> as mr. cheney said there, you can rely on that assessment because it is based on his experience. that experience of course led hem to say this to bob schaeffer? >> do you think it will be a long war or short war? >> based on my time as secretary of defense, im confident that the troops will be successful and it will go relatively quickly. there is possibility of complications you cant anticipate. >> ginning me, chris hayes and alex wagner. good evening to you...