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Commander in chief of contradictions, he talks like a war monger, but acts like a peace nick. he will reign down fire and fury on them, while striving to avoid more of the foreign wars he blames his predecessors for waging. i cant help but think -- what will espers challenges be reporting to a boss who is so unpredictable on so many issues. >> from a strategic perspective, the united states has been involved in four wars over the last 18 years in the middle east. i understand some of your viewer...

Previous efforts have foundered and this one may go nowhere as well about youbut the war in afghanistan is likely to end in a forum like this one and not on the battlefield. talking to the taliban is tough for many americans to accept. dick cheney was speaking for many when he said we dont negotiate with evil. we defeat it. and yet, says jonathan powell tony blairs former chief of staff, he is dead wrong. in a new book "terrorists at the table, why negotiating is the only way to peace," powell...

Distinguish himself from the 20 other republicans slated to run pfr mol pfr. >> molly, senator paul in his speech obviously trying to disswath fears of people who prefer a more muscular policy said that radical islam is the enemy. hes not afraid to take it on. he will do whatever it takes to defend america. were you vised at how much he talked about national defense and iran and isis? >> not at all. there is a tremendous amount of hostility toward rand paul precisely on this issue. the hawks in ...

>> that is north. >> it is mid-land. >> aye, a midland maned. why are you talking a northern. >> if you come to america you reinvent yourself. i did. >> well, it is thought working. stick to the infomercials and talk about dicing carrots. >> you got me. >> you are a midlands man. >> the problem is jimmy came to america to reinvent himself too and oh god. he is still working on it. >> here is my theory and trying to remember what this topic was about is really hard. dana, the thing about peace ni...

>> that is north. >> it is mid-land. >> aye, a midland maned. why are you talking a northern. >> if you come to america you reinvent yourself. i did. >> well, it is thought working. stick to the infomercials and talk about dicing carrots. >> you got me. >> you are a midlands man. >> the problem is jimmy came to america to reinvent himself too and oh god. he is still working on it. >> here is my theory and trying to remember what this topic was about is really hard. dana, the thing about peace ni...

Peace nick, who said, i dont want to have another iraq or afghanistan. you know, he took back every single position -- this is, of course, what colin powell was alluding to -- to be involved with dick cheney, completely undoes that. dick cheney is the foreign policy who supposedly disowning last week. >> thats why i feel like this is important because i feel like the way the beltway is talking about this and the way mitt romney as a politician is being communicated to the country right now is he...

Icons in retrospect. the rallying around the retiree becomes selective forgetting. we forget who they were and forget about the things that divided them when they were in office. the nations 39th president found himself seemingly out of nowhere in this presidential race just a month ago. >> you would have given the order, governor? >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> jimmy carters reputation as a peace nick is undeserved. he presided over a military build-up with the soviet unio...

What is a common trend now. happens a lot presidents controversial become unifying icons in retrospect. the rallying around the retiree becomes selective forgetting. we forget who they were and forget about the things that divided them when they were in office. the nations 39th president found himself seemingly out of nowhere in this presidential race just a month ago. >> you would have given the order, governor? >> even jimmy carter would have given that order. >> jimmy carters reputation as a ...

To build the case against iran, is that credible talk? >> it doesnt seem like it. but you know, a lot of people are talking about ron pauls views on national security and foreign policy, generally, and thats out of line with the mainstream of the republican party. but im not so sure that some of his views.ç now, thats a little bit different. but generally speaking, that we shouldnt have iran sanctions and we shouldnt go after iran. you know, i think youre finding that the republican electorate...

Is shifting a little bit. >> i do. i want to ask you about it. key question. have some republicans, maybe not a majority of them, in this state of iowa, got war fatigue? iraq, iran -- i mean, iraq and afghanistan. one more is ten years, the other is 8 1/2 years, just ending. if you come out as a peace nick, in other words, enough of these wars in the islamic part of the world, can you get votes? >> theres always a strain of that prairie pacifism that still runs through the heartland. you sense s...