resistance in syria has been going on longer than anything out of the arab spring that came out of this. bashar al-assad has survived longer than anybody else. he has powerful allies, iran and russia there and that takes the military option off the table. where you have the situation where there is a lot of diplomatic pressure from the united states, the eu and the arab league it is little more than shouting at the rain as to whether or not he is willing to stop killing his own people. back to you. jon: moammar qaddafi was doing that, we set up a no-fly zone and eventually toppled him. we are not doing that in syria. hard to believe. thank you very much. jamie: an update on a tragic story, jon that happened over the weekend. this particular soldier survived a suicide bombing in afghanistan, he came home and he recuperated, and now he may be paralyzed for life after a shooting at his own welcome home
there were elements from his regime that stayed in place elements from al qaeda and iran who were there who launched a very bloody insurgency. it was not anticipated by us. it was not anticipated by everyone. when we removed sadam hussein we knew he made weapons of mass destruction we knew was supporting terrorists. by the way as soon as sadam was gone got a call from moammar qaddafi. the motion we have in the heart of the middle east a democracy that is not supporting terrorists. it is not perfect but they liberated afghanistan. i disagree in the sense that it could have been in different
there were elements from his regime that stayed in place elements from al qaeda and iran who were there who launched a very bloody insurgency. it was not anticipated by us. it was not anticipated by everyone. when we removed sadam hussein we knew he made weapons of mass destruction we knew was supporting terrorists. by the way as soon as sadam was gone got a call from moammar qaddafi. the motion we have in the heart of the middle east a democracy that is not supporting terrorists. it is not perfect but they liberated afghanistan. i disagree in the sense that it could have been in different
four. he really is. carney said he s not comparing himself except in the size and scope of his accomplishments. what does that mean, mr. carney? rick: this reminds us of the early rounds of american idol, where they get up and think they are the next big thing and they can t even carry a term. why is there such a disconnect between the president s poll numbers i have, very, very low and his opinion of his administration so far? narcoticnarcissit. rick: why is it somebody who us running for president like newt gingrich who has compared himself to jefferson, lincoln and fdr, that is okay but if you re a sitting president and a democrat you can t talk about your foreign policy accomplishments. he did not say economic accomplishments. he said we have a long way to go. no kidding. there are people not out there any longer, like moammar
we wanted moammar qaddafi out the same way we wanted osama bin laden out. the whole notion that we could built a nation there. we went in looking for weapons of mass destruction, there was not. we wanted to build a tkepl kraeua tkepl democracy where there is not. the shiite president nouri al-maliki is looking to arrest another president saying he led a a death squad. in south africa you had years of apartheid, hatred and terror between blacks and white. it was horrible the crimes committed one against the other. the wopbl wa only way they could go further in the new world would be to give a mass amnesty, a reconciliation, where