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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 control of their oil fields. and rumsfeld is pointed about thi...

And thats going to be our focus. the reaction of both oneill and powell is startled. 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...

Powell is startled. 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 sta...

And effectively become a client state heavily dependent on moscow. >> all right. lets see what happens. phil black in moscow, thank you. the united states and its allies are considering sanctions against russia. no sanctions have yet been imposed. but what would they look like? lets bring in cnns tom foreman. is there some sort of competition of sanctions that actually might work? what do they have in mind? >> they dont have a military option in mind for a lot of different reasons, because it do...

Technocratic government. i think thats what the ukrainians want. thats what the folks at the wilson center who study this think that the ukranians want. they dont want putin, and they also dont want a european-dominated government. they want their own government. >> one other point to consider is putin really is sensitive to international investment. he wants international influence. remember, hes playing the game not only in syria but in iran. in syria his client state is again in chaos, much a...

Technocratic government. i think thats what the ukrainians want. thats what the folks at the wilson center who study this think that the ukranians want. they dont want putin, and they also dont want a european-dominated government. they want their own government. >> one other point to consider is putin really is sensitive to international investment. he wants international influence. remember, hes playing the game not only in syria but in iran. in syria his client state is again in chaos, much a...

Technocratic government. i think thats what the ukrainians want. thats what the folks at the wilson center who study this think that the ukranians want. they dont want putin, and they also dont want a european-dominated government. they want their own government. >> one other point to consider is putin really is sensitive to international investment. he wants international influence. remember, hes playing the game not only in syria but in iran. in syria his client state is again in chaos, much a...

The middle east and most underreported story of that part of the world that directly affects our security. the explosion of al qaeda and implosion of iraq, a country that cost 4500 american lives. this administration thought that they could deal with al qaeda by killing ben laden and then use drones and beyond that not getting too involved. the fact is al qaeda is on the rise, flourishing in syria, become a huge problem. syria is a staging ground for al qaeda and affiliate of al qaeda. we opted ...

Remember, north korea already has the bomb. they have tested it out before and biden was just in china and certainly on his agenda with the chinese is discussions about north korea and the seriousness with which the u.s. views that situation. we talked about merrill newman being released. we have another u.s. citizen still being held in north korea, in kenneth bae. his family and others watching that situation have to be concerned by this. >> a missionary. go ahead. >> the administration doesnt ...

United states should demand that a number of members of congress have written him he should demand these people be released immediately. if maliki wont do it, we should cut off aid. somebody has got to start pushing this guy. if we dont push back, this is going to become a complete client state of iran. >> if this happened in 2003 that they got this agreement, what happened between 2003 and 2008 with the last administration? >> while we were there, while we had our troops there, they were protec...