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The sunnis and the arabic world, if you will, wants control of what they see as theirs. >> the calaphate thing. the break down in borders, proxy wars and more to talk about. well be right back. hey you know what man, these guys aint no dragons. theyre cool. these deals are legit. yeah, were cool. shes cool. were cool. priceline express deals are totally legit. check this, thousands of people book them everyday and score killer deals. now, priceline is piling on even more savings with its summer ...

Leaving afghanistan? >> were not tying up loose ends anywhere. clearly, no events in syria, in iraq, in afghanistan are under our control. they never were. it was the illusion that we could send in troops, and clean up the situation that was the root of all of this. we dont belong in any of those countries. yet weve spent trillions of dollars now, weve stirred them up and we are not in control. >> it was at one point a success in iraq. an example of proxy armies working. the awakening movements ...

Dealing with north korea in trying to deter them from military action, they have to see genuine u.s. political resolve to employ overwhelming military power. an earlier show today, we were talking about, you know, the obama administration declared the end of ground warfare. but we have to negotiate that with our adversarieadversaries. syria, a good example. the iranian threat to the gulf region. we cant back away from warfare. were engaged in the world. >> general, isnt syria a good example of s...

Americans in iraq and afghanistan? one by one, did they, yes or no? >> they did but i want to give you a prelude to that. >> are they fighting a proxy war through hezbollah and other groups in the middle east? >> theyre not fighting with us. >> i said are they fighting proxy wars and are they a terrorist state? and the answer is, yes. they are spreading terror. >> i wouldnt call it terrorism. what theyre doing is terror but i would not qualify them as a terrorist state, sean. >> what theyre doin...

Americans in iraq and afghanistan? one by one, did they, yes or no? >> they did but i want to give you a prelude to that. >> are they fighting a proxy war through hezbollah and other groups in the middle east? >> theyre not fighting with us. >> i said are they fighting proxy wars and are they a terrorist state? and the answer is, yes. they are spreading terror. >> i wouldnt call it terrorism. what theyre doing is terror but i would not qualify them as a terrorist state, sean. >> what theyre doin...

Foreign policy blunders on full display from the gifting of tanks to morsi in the radical muslim brotherhood in egypt and failure to act on his words with syria after its government used chemical weapons against its own people. now, its clear the president does not have a clue and thats more than comfortable from, quote, leading from behind. here with reaction, act for america president and from the america together foundation. welcome both of you. mike -- >> thank you. >> hi, sean. >> is iran a...

Foreign policy blunders on full display from the gifting of tanks to morsi in the radical muslim brotherhood in egypt and failure to act on his words with syria after its government used chemical weapons against its own people. now, its clear the president does not have a clue and thats more than comfortable from, quote, leading from behind. here with reaction, act for america president and from the america together foundation. welcome both of you. mike -- >> thank you. >> hi, sean. >> is iran a...

Investors seem to grow. check out the history here. 1991, operation desert storm and the two weeks leading up to congressional authorization, the s&p 500 fell nearly 5%, and same story with oil that jumped 12.5%. once the bombing started, oil plunges and stocks recover. we saw the same with the 2003 iraq war and the same with 2011 in libya. what does the threat of the syria crisis mean to the americas personal economy, especially with the jobs news we were getting this week, which frankly is not...

Likely consequence of the presidents decision. and i -- i dont see any good winner here. i dont see -- >> theres no good al qaeda related terrorist or we help assad stay in power. if we really -- let me ask one last question. we really care about peace and stability, wouldnt we be better off taking out irans nuclear sites? >> absolutely. >> thats my voitd. >> if the problem is iran, confront iran. >> the problem is iran, basically every other country is a satellite for their proxy wars, am i cor...

Bashar al assad. his thread to the region is there. you see the europeans removing their arms embargo, the russians saying well throw in the defense systems, maybe all of this and the fear of this will lead it to a peace conference, there is an argument to be made that each side begins looking into the abyss, and that might be the condition that leads them to peace. i would doubt action like most other observers that could be it. >> speaking of proxy wars, once you have hezbollah and iran so inv...