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Youre going to need some boots on the ground to help the iraqis with the targeting process. so i dont see how air power minus some people on the ground is going to work at all. but i think the deeper question is should we do this in the first place. we will be taking sides in a nascent civil war. and until the iraqi government mends its ways and nuri al maliki is no longer prime minister and there is a unity government, this is just going to add fuel to the fire. >> and it is possible at this po...

Before and nearly had success. with the underwear bomber five years or so ago. this is a direct threat which is why the u.s. is on top of this. >> use of drone strikes is controversial because of the concern and real possibility of collateral damage. you said earlier in the show there were three civilians killed during the ongoing operation. what does this potentially do to u.s./yemeni relations? we know its had a bad impact on relations with pakistan. >> well, one, youve got to realize that pre...

Strike the new york stock exchange. also american david headley who was part of a plot overseas and then the transfer of money from the united states to al-qaeda and specifically a group in somalia. we also learned that they can only target u.s. citizens with a specific court order, but if you actually drill down into these cases, for example, the case of david headley, what they did not testify today is that between 2006 and 2008 he was completely missed by the system when he conducted almost h...