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Disinformation to other americans. and now joining us the author of "make war." and are we seeing the russian strategy of 2016? >> unfortunately, it is not fake news, but it is happening, and what is playing is out that if if you are thinking of the the cyber war as the hacking of networks, like war is the hacking of people on the networks by driving ideas viral through a mix of likes and lies and it is of course hitting our own election. it is playing out in brazil. it hit the mexican election ...

It shouldnt be that way. we should get to decide how to choose. >> take a look at this recent poll, the "new york times" cbs poll. in the war on afghanistan, we should not be involved, 69%. 23%, were doing the right thing. so were anti-war in afghanistan. lets look at the tricky part. lets look at the iranian prospects right now. 56% support u.s. military, not israeli, action if there is evidence of a nuclear weapons program, 39% opposed. is it possible were in the habit of getting tired of wars...

They want the ones who will clear the screen and change their minds to do whatever big money tells them to do. >> i guess thats trickle down politics. anyway, enough of that. up next, my colleague rachel maddow will be here in a moment. she argues in her brilliant new book "drift," that its easier to go to war in this country because they make it nicer to go to war. not for the people fighting it. youre watching "hardball."

Cuban missile crisis, the worst people are those who dont talk consequences or minimize them. it seems in the iraq fight and people who debate that, theyre like, oh, it will be a cake walk, it will be over in a couple weeks. well get cheap oil out of it, all kinds of jobs. remember that, the arguments? its always the cost benefit analysis that says go to war. >> it will pay for itself, is my favorite, that we will somehow reap some sort of loop in having it pay for itself. i think whats happened...

Especially for americans with family members. the horror of that guy who was just arrested for the killing of all those civilians over there was in his fourth tour, three in iraq, one in afghanistan. it does seem whatever the courts decide about his guilt or measure of guilt, it does seem to be whats wrong, the overuse of a very small portion of our population when the rest of us are not even paying attention. >> when leon panetta went over there and talked to troops in afghanistan, he said, we ...

Together in a way ive never seen done. all these pack torz making it easier for the average person out there who is non-military to say go ahead with this war. >> thank you, chris. thats nice of you to say and thank you for having me on to talk about it. im not an expert on the military, im not an expert on war. i never served. my father did but i didnt grow up on military bases or anything like that. this is a book about politics and our politics about war and about this feeling that i think a ...

Briskly sharp and important, which a way to put it all together in a way ive never seen done. all these factors making it easier for the average person out there who is non-military to say go ahead with this war. >> thank you, chris. thats nice of you to say and thank you for having me on to talk about it. im not an expert on the military, im not an expert on war. i never served. my father did but i didnt grow up on military bases or anything like that. this is a book about politics and our poli...

Just arrested for the killing of all those civilians over there was in his fourth tour, three in iraq, one in afghanistan. it does seem whatever the courts decide about his guilt or measure of guilt, it does seem to be whats wrong, the overuse of a very small portion of our population when the rest of us are not even paying attention. >> when leon panetta went over there and talked to troops in afghanistan, he said, we will be challenged and we will be challenged by war itself. i dont agree with...

People are those who dont talk consequences or minimize them. it seems in the iraq fight and people who debate that, theyre like, oh, it will be a cake walk, it will be over in a couple weeks. well get cheap oil out of it, all kinds of jobs. remember that, the arguments? its always the cost benefit analysis that says go to war. >> it will pay for itself, is my favorite, that we will somehow reap some sort of loop in having it pay for itself. i think whats happened is weve come up way series of d...