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Which includes at long last rallying the american congress and the international community to really isolate the iranians diplomatically. more economic sanctions, cyber activity, covert activity, armed sales to our allies who are vulnerable to iran, as well as, of course, having to think at the end of the day, as a last resort, when were directly challenged by iran, to use limited military force, if necessary. >> dana: diplomacy is all preferred. adam, next week theres going to be that u.s. gene...

>> your book is terrific. thank you, josh king. >> thank you, michael. let me check in on tweets and facebook. what have you got, katherine. hilt hit me with something. why are the saudis treating trump so well after the muslim ban. i tell you why. because of the sunni, shia split. we have a tendency in this country to regard the muslim world as being homogenous when it is not. it is all tribal. still to come. on the eve of his sexual assault trial commencing, bill cosby broke two years sile...

Let me check in on tweets and facebook. what have you got, katherine. hit me with something. why are the saudis treating trump so well after the muslim ban? isnt that from you? i tell you why. its because of the sunni/shia split. we have a tendency in this country to regard the muslim world as being homogenous when in fact it is not. it is all tribal. that would be my short answer. still to come. on the eve of his sexual assault trial commencing, bill cosby broke two years silence. gave me an ...

Of john kerry and others at the table in vienna. its almost like the policy in afghanistan where we would build up but then we would set an exit date and it tended to be contradictory. we dont want to get into that situation here where we say what were going to do but also, we hint at what it is were not prepared to do. >> what about the challenge of how hard it is to kill an idea? we all read the stories about young people, whether recruited or not, who pack up and go off to fight with isis bec...

The sunni/shia split. in large parts of iraq, there is so much resistance to the shiite-led government and the influence of iran there that youve got real divided loyalties there and no national loyalty to baghdad, because they believe that baghdad has so badly failed them and has been so hostile, frankly, to the sunni interests in large parts of iraq. >> andrea mitchell, stand by there. lets go to retired four star army general barry mccaffrey who has been listening to all of this. he is in sea...

Sunnis who were trying to keep from going into isis. were going to pay an enormous price for it. >> how significant is it general, mike wanted me to ask this question. hes upsetting up fantasy baseball leagues for the new season. how are they using the ground troops going into yemen? is in a game changer, saudi arabia egypt starting to move without the united states backing? >> it is, joe. it suggests very important things. number one, it suggests the great detachment we have and the lesser conf...

As an enemy as the iranians. now, of course you have egypt and saudi arabia now concerned about whats happening in yemen. the timing for this deal for america bending over backwards to do a deal with iran for that region, is so destabilizing. americans, most americans dont really dig into the difference between sunnis and shiites. but this is a massive deal. we are going to alienate the entire middle east who is far more fearful of iran than even we. >> its staggering how fast this sunni/shia sp...

Been, or a majority thats been oppressed by another group, the potential for hatred and the potential for long-term ramifications are there and youre right, thats where it affects americas national security interests. do we want in that region of the world, to see sunni/shia split, a v violent sunni-shia split. you have iran piling on the shia side. what does that mean for american national security interests? >> zainab i was surprised to read that ryan crocker, the u.s. ambassador to iraq from ...

Agreed among themselves. at the same time, weve been very clear that to the extent, the point of those troops is to crush peaceful protests, that may seem like a smart tactic in the short term, but its not in the long-term and its certainly not in our interest or we think in the governments interest, that they have to reform, to meet the demands of the people. >> you also have the sunni-shia split in bahrain. concerns about iranian involvement in the region. well be talking about this a lot in t...

Very clear that to the extent the troops is to crush peaceful protests, that is -- that may seem like a smart tactic in the short term, but its not in the long term and its certainly not in our interests or we think in those governments interests. they have to reform to meet the demands of their people. >> also, the sectarian, the sunni-shia split in bahrain, concern about iranian involvement in the region. we will be talking about this a lot in the weeks and days to come. anne marie slaughter. ...