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In his directive, petraeus made clear troops have the right to self-defense. but guess what, the taliban just laid out their own 69-page code of conduct for dealing with afghan civilians. >> the taliban make a very explosive exception for civilians who side with the government of the coalition who they think its open season to kill. we arent threatening to kill afghan civilians who express sympathy for the taliban. >> reporter: the coalition says theres evidence that the taliban doctrine is bein...

year. so far across the south and the eastern part of the united states, we couple the heat and humidity, theres no escaping it. >> reporter: how hot is it? >> yesterday, the asphalt tripped at 160. >> reporter: temperatures that can scald in a meat of seconds. >> theres no shade. no place to hide. >> reporter: whether you work or play in the sun theres no escape. across much of the country, temperatures and heat indexes shot well into the triple digits. >> with the oil, you know its h...

bad cops. >> rose: right. >> and the trouble the administration has had, its been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, im the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, thats what il...

>> rose: right. >> and the trouble the administration has had, its been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, im the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, thats what ill do. and ...

>> and the trouble the administration has had, its been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, im the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, thats what ill do. and certainly in the...

office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, im the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, thats what ill do. and certainly in the strategic review that they had last fall when they came up with this policy, they had lots of voices ...

been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, im the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, thats what ill do. and certainly in the strategic review that they had last fall when they...

been all bad cops. >> i think that obama came into office wanting to put a stop to this relationship that president bush had with the military where it was very clear that... and bush said it directly, you know, i will do what my generals tell me to do. and obama came in saying well, im the commander-in-chief, i will listen to advice from all over the place. if i agree with what the generals say, thats what ill do. and certainly in the strategic review that they had last fall when they...

that is why the united states is giving opinions to pakistan when pakistan -- billions of dollars a year to pakistan when pakistan is supporting the taliban. @@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they all appear as the problem or the enemy and who has to be seated and so on. it seems how you divide your interests and strategy would depend on how those are separable adversaries. or whether they are all mart. -- march. -- merged and you all know more about this than i do. >> the afghan taliban...

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