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Office, we had in fact dealt with most of that problem. we had the sunni united with the shia and the government. we had relatively the effective military forces left, with respect to the iraqis. and we had pretty well stabilized the situation as barack obama himself said. so we were in good shape by the time >> president obama said he was leaving a country that was sovereign, stable and self-reliant. >> right. >> what went wrong, mr. vice president? >> well, what i believe went wrong was the fa...

Iraq, we had, as we were leaving office, we had in fact dealt with most of that problem. we had the sunni united with the shia and the government. we had relatively the effective military forces left, with respect to the iraqis. and we had pretty well stabilized the situation as barack obama himself said. so we were in good shape by the time >> president obama said he was leaving a country that was sovereign, stable and self-reliant. >> right. >> what went wrong, mr. vice president? >> well, wha...

>> no, absolutely , he does. we cant do anything that makes us look like were picking sides in a civil war. we dont have any good options. the reason we dont have any options is that the president a month ago was running around town talking about how his foreign policy was dont do stupid stuff. but that actually means a foreign policy of weakness and a foreign policy of american disengagement from the world. the stupidest thing we can be doing right now is having america disengage from the world...

>> no, absolutely , he does. we cant do anything that makes us look like were picking sides in a civil war. we dont have any good options. the reason we dont have any options is that the president a month ago was running around town talking about how his foreign policy was dont do stupid stuff. but that actually means a foreign policy of weakness and a foreign policy of american disengagement from the world. the stupidest thing we can be doing right now is having america disengage from the world...

>> no, absolutely , he does. we cant do anything that makes us look like were picking sides in a civil war. we dont have any good options. the reason we dont have any options is that the president a month ago was running around town talking about how his foreign policy was dont do stupid stuff. but that actually means a foreign policy of weakness and a foreign policy of american disengagement from the world. the stupidest thing we can be doing right now is having america disengage from the world...

Self-reliant. it was a sovereign nation and all that wiped away in a couple of weeks. how do you feel as a guy that gave your all there? >> it breaks my heart to be honest with you, joe. i think we gave them a great chance to have a democracy and to have a republic and maliki blew it. listen. i lost 19 guys over there that never made it home. and we have lost over 4,000. so it breaks my heart and i think that is why when we do our on show this sunday, i mean, this is pta awareness month. one in ...

Back in 2011, three years ago a, that president obama said this about the state of iraq. >> we are leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. >> stable and self-reliant, richard. i think a lot of people paying attention to iraq again are saying what happened since then that has caused this march toward complete chaos? >> well, i think if you listen to those statements with -- in light of what has happened here, they were clearly wrong. but you have to remember, it was the iraqi go...

>> richard is back with us live. richard, i talked about your own experience covering the iraq war and the withdrawal of u.s. troops. it was back in 2011, three years ago, that president obama said this about the state of iraq. >> were leaving behind a sovereign, stable, and self-reliant iraq. >> stable and self-reliant, richard. i think a lot of people who are paying attention to iraq again are saying, what happened since then that has caused this march toward complete chaos? >> well, i think i...

World war ii to go to college. its called the g.i. bill. social engineering. social security so hold people dont have to live with their kids. they can move out on their own, live in their own homes. social engineering. what can government programs do to help people get to work? to me, thats a great question. get to work. be self-reliant. is there anything in this whole budget process thats positive despite dumping on black people again? same old, same old. your thoughts? >> theres something in ...

Budget. i dont know what you can do in social engineering which we do all the time. we all believe in social engineering. get all the kids coming out of world war ii to go to college. its called the g.i. bill. social engineering. social security so hold people dont have to live with their kids. they can move out on their own, live in their own homes. social engineering. what can government programs do to help people get to work? to me, thats a great question. get to work. be self-reliant. is the...