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>> i think he will is the answer. >> the white house press secretary just said he would not. >> hes just talking about that bill. >> well see if they decide to change. it is different. he used to say that he would veto, now hes saying he wouldnt sichblt to me thats like voting the president. which is something that president obama did a lot. take a starntdnd, if youre going to veto it make a distinction. >> its interesting to me to watch out democrats all of a sudden become economic isolationist...

Happening all across the middle east. christians have been under pressure in lebanon. their population is way down. in egypt, the cops have been attacked. for years now, this is now the worst instance of this. but this reveals the essence of jihadism. isolationists here in the u.s. started with ron paul among others would say 9/11 was a result of stuff we did to offend, to oppress, whatever muslims, at least in part. it was a retaliation. now you look at what isis is doing. what was the crime of...

Thats a pretty significant piece of it. if you go back a decade, the run up to 2002, during the war itself, there was no variety of opinion within the republican party on this. there was ron paul, but ron paul was completely marginalized. i say within the republican party it seems like not only is it even, maybe the balance of public opinion is on rand pauls side. >> look at public opinion. most of the elite republicans, the john mccains, the lindsey grahams are in the more hawkish group with di...

Rand paul and isolationists who have are saying, look, were sick and tired of this, we should do absolutely nothing. we need to sit by and let this play out. whats the reality if we do absolutely nothing? >> well, its not in the interest of a global superpower like the united states to sit around and do nothing. it would be disastrous because ultimately, you know, the united states is a power that needs to be able to maintain, you know, the balance of power in different regions. in this case, ir...

I dont any in this case the president is likely to go for a vote like that again. if he wants to act. so you a have few voices in the republican party people like john mccain, kelly ayotte, marco rubio that are hawkish and in favor of military action. the broader republican party, not just rand paul and the notable isolationists. people like john boehner im not seeing any enthusiasm from them for my military action. aside from the small core i dont think theres going to be a ton of pressure for ...

American public has no appetite for anything on that chinese menu. so i want to ask you a question about this. we just heard mitt romney from the cheap seats although the seats in parts of utah are that cheap but from the cheap seats making his critique of president obama. but hes out there with a bunch of republicans talking about the future of the republican party. this debate about foreign policy is now going to become a central debate. going forward as it chooses its nominee. outline what th...

And libertarians say you ought to be able to do, once youre an adult, anything thats peaceful. laws to protect children, fine. but adults ought to -- i ought to own my body, which means if i want to poison myself, should be my right. >> whereas the conservative view is? >> have a law, ban it. protect people. >> lets talk about something else really good. gambling. >> same philosophy. its my money. i should be allowed to gamble. the laws dont stop it. people do it anyway t. drives it underground....

Over strategy. this is a short-sighted decision that will make it harder to end the war in afghanistan responsibly. youre not surprised by that criticism? >> no, im not surprised by that criticism. i think thats why you heard the president say its harder to end a war than it is to begin a war. this is a prelude to the presidents speech tomorrow at west point. this is a president who says hes looking for sort of that middle point between interventionism and being isolationists. i think what you s...

Party. were moving in another direction. frankly, many of the people in the republican base, say what they are, will struggling right now in this economy. they dont want more foreign wars. and dick cheney said many real men go to tehran for many years. what are the messages of 9/11? you dont lie to the public about a war. no dictator does that. its too risky. >> the lessons of dick cheney is four or five deferments and then become a hawk. >> what youre finding is that theres a shift in the repub...

Over dinner and he said two down, one to go. i knew exactly what hed meant. david, laughing and cheering and talking about bombing iran. this is what the republicans stand for? >> even if you believed that it was basic security of the united states to attack iran, would you laugh about it? would you cheer? would you applaud? i mean, there is something kind of bloodthirsty, warmongering about the way he tells that story and about the way the audience takes it in. and at the same time, he is out t...