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Are very difficult, right? we know how difficult its been in the engagements in iraq and afghanistan, but we also know when we look at syria today, which is a country in disintegration, probably well over 150,000 people dying now and no end in sight, or if we look at libya where we did intervene through air power alone, changed the government but it is a mess and exporting its problems across the middle east. what we have to understand rather than saying, you know, who is to blame for this is to...

Afghanistan, but we also know when we look at syria today, which is a country in disintegration, probably well over 150,000 people dying now and no end in sight, or if we look at libya where we did intervene through air power alone, changed the government but it is a mess and exporting its problems across the middle east. what we have to understand rather than saying, you know, who is to blame for this is to say, what is the nature of this threat and how do we counter it? >> but what youre sayin...

David brooks has been widely quoted this week, the conservative "new york times" columnist was on nbcs "meet the press" and had this to say about foreign policy. >> lets face it, obama deservedly or not, does have -- ill say it crudely -- but a manhood problem in the middle east. is he tough enough to stand up to someone like putin. in the middle east, theres an assumption hes not tough. >> hes talked to president obama a number of times. hes not an obama hater. you wouldnt think hed go there wi...

Kind of rebellion. i think that the problem is, my colleague ash eric wimple said you dont get bundy a la carte. you get the whole package. >> "the new york times" deserves credit for revealing these remarks. it was an audio tape. actually, a videotape that helped somebody on the cell phone. you were making that point earlier. finally, the times put the racist portion on the jump of the story. im burying the lead. everybody else knew what the lead was. send me a tweet @howardkurtz. ahead, my i...

David brooks has been widely quoted this week, the conservative "new york times" columnist was on nbcs "meet the press" and had this to say about foreign policy. >> lets face it, obama deservedly or not, does have -- ill say it crudely -- but a manhood problem in the middle east. is he tough enough to stand up to someone like putin. in the middle east, theres an assumption hes not tough. >> hes talked to president obama a number of times. hes not an obama hater. you wouldnt think hed go there wi...

And on this program last week david brooks, columnist for "the new york times," said the following about president obama. he said, lets face it, obama, whether deservedly or not, does have ill say it crudely, this is him speaking, but a manhood problem in the middle east. is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like assad, somebody like putin? i think a lot of the rap is unfair, but certainly in the middle east there is an assumption that he is not tough. you mentioned syria. the president dr...

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Weekend for continuing coverage of all the events in vatican city. tomorrow morning, join us for our special live coverage of the canonization ceremonies beginning at 4:00 a.m. eastern. a powerful line of storms marching across the u.s. hundreds of homes severely damaged. well tell you what that happened. and president obama feeling the foreign policy heat over his handling of the situations in ukraine and the middle east. >> lets face it, obama, whether deservedly or not, does have, say it ...

Been poorly managed, all right? >> no, bill goes back 100 years. >> come on, counselor, look. one more thing and i will give you 30 seconds to wrap it up. do you basically here trying to rewrite the constitution because its clear that every american has to be treated the same way. no one group elevated no matter how much injustice has been done to that group. last word. >> thank you very much. bill, every other group is getting special programs. in fact, you are advocating for poor students. wha...

Including mine. we have a weak and indy siesive president. >> obama, the perception of him and his potency across the world is one of such weakness. >> as the presidents path is smothering the american dream here at home and projecting weakness abroad. >> a weak america leads to instability. >> obama whether deservedly or not, ill say it crudely, a manhood problem in the middle east. is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like assad or putin? >> youre talking about a president who did take o...