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New international groupings, that we could lead? im listening to our political leaders that have the range from interventionists to isolationists. i think this is a moment, if this debate is going to happen between the executive and the legislative branches, to come to grips, what are we going to be in the 21st century, what is americas role. as a military man, that impacts directly our military. weve just come out of two wars. you know, weve been tasked to rebuild societies that are still in th...

President obama to take action signaling they arent sure how they are going to vote on this measure. in part mccain would like stronger action, would like to see assad taken out all together. then when you look at the house you have members who are isolationists, that say united states shouldnt get engaged in the middle east. its not going to be easy to get this through congress. were seeing white house build its case. we know theres a classified briefing on capitol hill today with members of th...

But youre quite right that history tends to repeat itself in various forms. this wrote a book. it took two full years between the beginning of world war ii and pearl harbor was the final trigger but it took two years as the isolationists in congress tried to prevent him from doing what america now faces. it is the richest country in the world. it is the most powerful country in the world. if it foregoes the responsibility that goes with that wealth, then they are going to seed the ground to anot...

He didnt use the word authorize. when you start using the word authorize, that means holding a vote. heres why. you want to know what that vote would look like? weve seen what that vote would look like. the nsa vote that we saw and how close that vote was, you know, this strain of sort of national security isolationists, some people would call them, both in the left and the right, it would be a tough vote. pelosi and boehner would have to be working together to drum up support for the president....

Party? >> well, i mean, its a clear risk. we can say this is really a win-win for rand paul and chris christie. they get to define themselves as spokesman for these two sides of the party. you know, why is the governor of new jersey engaging with the junior senator from kentucky? its all about 2016. think christie is smart to come out. i think theres more of a reservoir of feeling that america is a global power, we do face security threats. next time something like boston happens again, that wil...

The picnic. one drag in the mud and clean themselves up and drink wine and have a joely time. there is nothing new here. we have had a debate between the internationalists and isolationists among conservatives for about a century. it wasnt until pearl harbor that conservatives were internationalists they were isolationists. after the second world war it took a while before they signed on to the cold war and thats what was the glue that held the coalition on the right together. anti-communism. yo...

Ideological struggle between those who would identify themselves as internationalist whos are not adverse necessarily to foreign exploit, and those who identify -- who would never say this but who in effect are isolationists. this is not a new argument. and its pretty clear where senator paul is coming from. it is so-to-some extent where his father was on these issues, although i think he seems less quirky than his father always did to people. because is he a senator, he has a bigger mega phone ...

Ideological struggle between those who would identify themselves as internationalist whos are not adverse necessarily to foreign exploit, and those who identify -- who would never say this but who in effect are isolationists. this is not a new argument. and its pretty clear where senator paul is coming from. it is so-to-some extent where his father was on these issues, although i think he seems less quirky than his father always did to people. because is he a senator, he has a bigger mega phone ...

And it has been a ideological struggle between those who would identify themselves as internationalist whos are not adverse necessarily to foreign exploit, and those who identify -- who would never say this but who in effect are isolationists. this is not a new argument. and its pretty clear where senator paul is coming from. it is so-to-some extent where his father was on these issues, although i think he seems less quirky than his father always did to people. because is he a senator, he has a ...

Fight started. >> absolutely. this is for people like me who like history, this is back to the future. the republican party was torn apart on these issues around the time of world war ii and afterward. >> i know. and robert taft and other important figures in the republican party were isolationists. and then when senator vandenburgh of michigan converted internationalism, eventually all the rest of the party followed through the anti-communism days and through the war on terror. but now that coa...