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Making in his time as mccain had time there, too, in vietnam. lets watch. >> i saw it from the bottom. i saw what happens. i saw the consequences and the suffering and the horror of war. so i did question a surge. it wasnt an aberration to me ever. i always ask the question, is this going to be worth the sacrifice because there will be sacrifice. in the surge case in iraq, we lost almost 1,200 dead americans during that surge and thousands of wounded. now, was it required? was it necessary? sena...

Making in his time as mccain had time there, too, in vietnam. lets watch. >> i saw it from the bottom. i saw what happens. i saw the consequences and the suffering and the horror of war. so i did question a surge. it wasnt an aberration to me ever. i always ask the question, is this going to be worth the sacrifice because there will be sacrifice. in the surge case in iraq, we lost almost 1,200 dead americans during that surge and thousands of wounded. now, was it required? was it necessary? sena...

Lets watch. >> i saw it from the bottom. i saw what happens. i saw the consequences and the suffering and the horror of war. so i did question a surge. it wasnt an aberration to me ever. i always ask the question is this going to be worth the sacrifice because there will be sacrifice. in the surge case in iraq, we lost almost 1,200 dead americans during that surge and thousands of wounded. now, was it required? was it necessary? senator mccain his own opinion on that shared by others. im not sur...

Theyre the same ones they used to push the war in iraq. they say they dont like something he said hagel did 14 years ago about a gay man being put up for ambassador. i dont like it either, but, a, it was 14 years ago, and, b, i dont think its got anything to do with why the hawks are opposing him. since when is the right wing of this country is caring for gay rights? as bill clinton would say, give me a break. and this isnt about israels security any more than its about ours. the right wants a h...

Years. how much troops and how much money? these are intangibles that have to be answered by the congress. i think the president laid it out in an acceptable way tonight even for liberals that didnt want to be there. >> theres concern that everyone has about an open-ended commitment to afghanistan in terms of nation building, maybe not in terms of troops. the international community walked away when the soviets left. theres a legitimate goal that people have there about ensuring that the afghani...

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People have there about ensuring that the afghanistan doesnt collapse into chaos. the history lesson is fascinating. this doesnt start and end with 9/11 and al qaeda. he talked about iraq again, hinting at it. i dont think theres a bush administration official out there who wasnt bristle at that history, but its the real story of afghanistan. why weve been there for this long, why it took so long is because we took our eye off the ball. >> eugene, was it defective to point out that afghanistan i...