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Killing people. it will enlarge the conflict toward a civil war and sectarian conflict for sure. but the fact of the matter is, there are two danger points in front of us. one is this radical islamist caliphate and iraq becoming a client state of iran. bill: the viewers are asking a lot of questions. why should the u.s. intervene in iraqs civil war between sunnis, shiites and kurds. i think you pretty much answered that. what does the president do? >> the fact of the matter is, there need to be ...

Baghdad or protect baghdad from the approaching insurgents. what is the real threat here where iran is even more tightly connected to iraq than ever before? >> i think you raise an excellent point because this is also connected to syria. this whole isis group are moving back and forth from the syria into iraq, which is the area that general clapper and others have warned us about establishment of this area of extremist control. so i think that if maliki turn to the iranians, then to a degree, he...

In baghdad meeting with malaki to say, we are here to protect you. this is the whole thing seems like a powder keg. >> yes. its not surprising. kasim saul manny is a major adviser to assad in syria, and they look at syria as a client state. they provided thousands of quds force to assist assad to stay in power. he sees the opportunity. hes looking at the united states. malaki has been asking for some support for a couple of months. it we havent been giving him much of anything. he sees that oppo...

Basically saying i want to overthrow saddam. find me a way to do it. not if. how. >> saddam husseins past use of chemical and biological weapons and the prospect of him developing a nuclear weapon make him a prime target. as does the liberation of what iraq has under the ground. >> in the first meeting, rumsfeld says, imagine, imagine if iraq was essentially a client state of the united states? imagine how that would look, if they were a friendly state. if we had primacy and access and maybe con...

At which point she says i think iraq is the big issue in this region, the destabilizing force and thats going to be our focus. the reaction of both oneill and powell, they are startled. oneill summed it up, bush basically saying i want to overthrow saddam. find me a way to do it. not if. how. >> saddam hughes says past use of chemical and biological weapons and the prospect of him developing a nuclear weapon make him a prime target. as does the liberation of what iraq has under the ground. >> in...

Georgia to get to the black sea. there remains a russian occupation in georgia. we did nothing then. and if we hear david brooks talking about the president using the term manhood problem. do they have a manhood problem when they havent done enough to sanction part of the g7. a client state of russia refuses to use her influence to helm in. >> im not comfortable with that. the last time person that criticized the manhood problem was george herbert walker bush. and weeks later saddam hussein lear...

Basically saying i want to overthrow saddam, find me a way to do it, not if, how. >> saddam husseins past use of chemical and biological weapons and the prospect of him developing a nuclear weapon make him a prime target. as does the liberation of what iraq has under the ground. >> in the first meeting, rumsfeld says, imagine, imagine if iraq was essentially a client state of the united states. imagine how that would look. if they were a friendly state. if we had primacy and access and maybe con...

Oneill summed it up, bush basically saying i want to overthrow saddam, find me a way to do it, not if, how. >> saddam husseins past use of chemical and biological weapons and the prospect of him developing a nuclear weapon make him a prime target. as does the liberation of what iraq has under the ground. >> in the first meeting, rumsfeld says, imagine, imagine if iraq was essentially a client state of the united states. imagine how that would look. if they were a friendly state. if we had primac...

Very serious crisis were confronting with -- in eastern ukraine, and i just wish that the united states were able to speak with one voice rather than using this occasion and this crisis to turn it into yet one more partisan slinging match. >> julia, what do you see as putins end game here as far as ukraine is concerned? whats he up to? >> i think his ultimate end game is to create a ukraine that never joins nato, that never joins the e.u., that is weak and pliable and, basically, a client state....

Germany, isnt she the biggest linchpin to trying to helm vladimir putin in an international direction that is more palatable because of the fact that germany is such a client state to rusch? -- russia? >> she is and she has the best personal relationship of that g-7 remaining between those leaders and she would have to -- look. if she is okay with doing new sanctions, the rest of the european union is going to go. germany has the dominant economy in the european union and so that is why she is s...