that was something that members of isis complained about. he didn t even release the perfunctory, you know, audio and video messages that baghdadi would release from time to time just to assure people that he was alive, and to reassure the troops. qurayshi seems to have barely ever left his house kind of like bin laden in his final days. but we did find out later bin lad laden was indeed active, involved in planning, involved in the strategic vision for the group. so there is no question he was involved in that kind of activity at least from his hideout in syria. what is isis able to carry out, outside of syria and iraq on on western targets? well, one thing they continue to do, in addition to these regional affiliates, some of which are quite impressive, is this messaging operation which was always core to the islamic state mission. they want to project themselves as not just powerful and important but also appeal to
well as military overt and covert. the concept, especially by don rumsfeld, was we want a small footprint. there was some wisdom in that. they sent in a bunch of cia officers with suitcases full of money and they hired a bunch of tribes anthony in go after bin lad laden. u.s. commandos got within two miles of a cave complex where osama bin laden is believed to be holed up. but they could not go any further without exposing themselves to the al qaeda fight areas defending the cave. there was a moment where we had bin laden bottled up. inside tora bora. we knew where he was. but the road to pakistan was left open. opposition and u.s. special operations forces rolled into. the tora bora mountains in pursuit of fleeing al qaeda fighters. but the pentagon says it s anyone s guess where bin laden is. al qaeda got away. bin laden went off to pakistan. but what was very striking is how quickly it turned to iraq.
experts say what s going on with iraq is kind of what was going on in afghanistan. what happened with bin lad laden, 9/11, there are a lot of parallels that it seems we are seeing with isis. short of sending troops back into iraq what action can the u.s. really take that will make a difference there on the ground? well, it certainly kind of formal troops patrolling every major intersection like we saw at the height of the surge is not on the table. but there will be a number of u.s. forces and contractors who work in special operations who are needed to rebuild the intelligence networks in 2011. because without actual eyes on the ground with all the magnificent gadgetry that the u.s. military has, it doesn t matter if you can strike anywhere in iraq within a counsel of minutecouple of minutes, you need to know
did. so ronald reagan, yeah, he did blow up the deficits and ronald reagan was not all that popular when he was in office. and he did risk getting thrown off office with iran contra, which was a terrible scandal. if you want to catalog his sins, even just from the republican point of view, ronald reagan did raise the debt ceiling 18 times. he gave amnesty to millions of undocumented immigrants. he called for a world without nuclear weapons. he dramatically expanded the size of the federal government. in california, when he was governor there, he created the first emissions standards for cars. he expanded medicaid. he signed an abortion bill, an abortion not an anti-abortion bill, it was an abortion rights bill. he made california one of the first states in 1967 to legalize abortion. yes. that ronald reagan. but republicans just cannot see these parts of the reagan record. in the republican mind, you know, ronald reagan crossed the potomac and flew to the moon, personally killed hitle
eastwood video? it s amazing. he s still my hero. bad night. we all have bad nights. anyway, here s another samuel l. jackson. the people who supported obama last time. he wants them reengaged this time. let s watch. i hate to break it to you, sis, but all politicians are the same. they re all the same? big brother, please. obama sent seals tomorrow bin lad laden s place. romney sent jobs overseas. that student loan overhaul will save you thousands of bucks. dude, wake the [ bleep ] up. how did they come up with that idea. how did they know that he would be perfect, joel? well, my friend wrote this book go the f to sleep and