i agree with mccaffrey, this is a significant blow to saudi oil output. it s basically an act of war against the saudis but not an act of war against the united states. i think we got to be clear that we respond militarily when our vital interests are threatened. we try to act multilaterally. we consult with congress. we try to exhaust diplomacy. we have a clear exit plan and exit strategy. we have none of those conditions here. i don t think this situation warrants a united states kinetic military response. general, is this the foreign policy crisis we have been fortunate enough to avoid these 970 days, and what does it do inside you to hear the president say our military would be reimbursed for our actions, conceivab conceivably, on behalf of the kingdom? well, the language, of course, is entirely inappropriate from a senior political leader like the president of the united states. just unheard of. a locked and loaded is a term used on rifle ranges when you re
politic. he is not a talk or a dove. all he cares about is dictators, sycophants and photo opes. and as long as he sees at least one of those elements, you know, he s ready to engage and beyond that he has no objectives. and then there is the trade war. the president tweeting this out tonight, max. he ll delay new tariffs from october 1 to october 15, saying it s a gesture of goodwill for china s 70th birthday celebration. you re laughing. i m laughing because it s clearly a sign that trump is nervous. he understands that this trade war is not working out the way he thought it would when he said trade wars were good and easy to win. what s happened with china is basically the same thing that s happened with iran. he s blundered into this confrontation with no exit strategy. he doesn t know how to get out today marks the 18th of it. anniversary of 9/11. he thought they would cave in ceremonies held around the quickly in the case of iran country to honor the thousands who lost thei
when he said that trade wars are good and easy to win and basically what happened with china is same thing with iran. he s blundered into this confrontation with no exit strategy. he doesn t know how to get out of it. he thought they would cave in quickly in the case of iran after he imposed sanctions and in the case of china after he imposed tariffs and shocked to discover that these countries are defending their own sovereignty and they re not caving in and now creating major problems for him with iran the possibility of a shooting war. he s now in the middle of a trade war with china and afraid might torpedo the economy and re-election chances and frantically looking around and he blamed john bolton for the fact that he got himself into this unwinnable confrontation with iran but ultimately at the end of the day the person who s responsible for getting trump into this mess with china, with iran, all these messes, it s not john bolton, nobody else. good evening. it s donald trump h
and working up through various folks in the u.s. side and the taliban side didn t involve the afghan government and then they were like cc d on the email to come to camp david. it s a tough thing to pull off a deal with the taliban if the afghan government hasn t bought in. indeed and the they were not going after the afghan government which the taliban hates completely. and i can t say there s any love loss by the president of afghanistan for the taliban. it is true that the american people and even the obama administration wanted to look for an exit strategy out of afghanistan. kalil azad is a capable professional. he was doing the very difficult work ask hof these negotiations. they will understand the most
delicacy of this which much the negotiations happening in doha and working up through various folks in the u.s. side and the taliban side didn t involve the afghan government and then they were like cc d on the email to come to camp david. it s a tough thing to pull off a deal with the taliban if the afghan government hasn t bought in. indeed and the they were not going after the afghan government which the taliban hates completely. and i can t say there s any love loss by the president of afghanistan for the taliban. it is true that the american people and even the obama administration wanted to look for an exit strategy out of afghanistan. kalil azad is a capable professional. he was doing the very difficult work of these negotiations.