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Limiting new interventions and relying more on drones and commando special operations forces as well as multilateral action. as you look at that, are you you comfortable with that as a foreign policy approach? >> well, im concerned, chris, about what this says and lets step back for a minute. exhibiting a light footprint what happened in the consulate in benghazi. the fact that security was not what it should have been there. the fact that we relied on local militias a rise of activity by al-qae...

Limiting new interventions and relying more on drones and commando special operations forces as well as multilateral action. as you look at that, are you you comfortable with that as a foreign policy approach? >> well, im concerned, chris, about what this says and lets step back for a minute. exhibiting a light footprint what happened in the consulate in benghazi. the fact that security was not what it should have been there. the fact that we relied on local militias that there was a rise of act...

The neocons are opposed to him now is because he was president bushs most strident critic, certainly within the republican party, an adamant critic of the war, and he just has the view that war is actually your last option. its not something you do because he fought and -- >> what percentage -- youre a journalist, youre a great columnist. what percentage of the american people when they think about it think that the iraq war was necessary? that it was the move we had to make that cost all those ...

The neocons are opposed to him now is because he was president bushs most strident critic, certainly within the republican party, an adamant critic of the war, and he just has the view that war is actually your last option. its not something you do because he fought and -- >> what percentage -- youre a journalist, youre a great columnist. what percentage of the american people when they think about it think that the iraq war was necessary? that it was the move we had to make that cost all those ...

Multilateral action is different in its nature than the go it alone stance we saw for eight years under george bush. there is no inconsistency on this issue with where obama stood during the campaign, in the early years of his presidency, and right now. >> very quickly, howard. were you surprised by the iraq shot? >> that he mentioned iraq? >> yes. >> no, because it was part of his explaining this sort of calculus of how you decide things and how its different. i think it made sense within the c...

Unilateral action that george w. bush favored. that means there are times that you might delay giving a speech like he did last night. it might be a time when you make compromises or articulating what the goals are. multilateral action is different in its nature than the go it alone stance we saw for eight years under george bush. there is no inconsistency on this issue with where obama stood during the campaign, in the early years of his presidency, and right now. >> very quickly, howard. were ...