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Development. we now have the ws that qatar is launching planes. the uae has promise a dozen. the momentum seem to be gaining for the international group. >> okay. pete lets talk big picture for a moment. what is obamas approach tour libya in your view? tell us about how he might handle uprising. jordan or syria or bahrain or does it tell us anything. >> do the thought experiment where we did nothing i libya, we would have green lighted massive oppression in syria rit genow. dont forget that assa...

Wow. blankenhorn lacks the qualifications to offer opinion testimony and in any event failed to provide cogent testimony in support of proponents factual assertions blankenhorns book "the future of marriage" lists numerous consequences of permitting same-sex couples to mayor rich. the list of consequences arose from a group thought experiment in which an idea was written down if someone suggested it. none of blankenthorns opinions is reliable. ouch. ouch. ouch. back in may "new york times" colum...

David blankenhorn. think im kidding? consider this. quote, the court now determines that mr. blankenhorns testimony constitutes inadmissible opinion testimony that should be given essentially no weight. wow. quote, blankenhorn lacks the qualifications to offer opinion testimony, and in any event failed to provide cogent testimony in support of proponents factual assertions. ow, ow. heres another. blankenhorns book, "the future of marriage," lists numerous consequences of permitting same-sex coup...

Of general stanley mcchrystal. first, what do you make of all of this? >> i think theres been a lot of hype about all of this. if you think about 92,000 so-called secret documents in which theres almost no new information, i think that, you know, do the thought experiment, larry, where these are all unclassify documents. merely because the word secret has been put around them that theres all this excitement, but theres only really one item thats really new, which is the taliban using heat-seekin...

Said earlier, it is -- it poses a very real and potential threat to those that are working hard every day to keep us safe. >> were back with daniel ellsberg. and joining us, a cnn military analyst. and michael hastings, contributor editor of "rolling stone." his article led to the ousting of general stanley mcchrystal. first, what do you make of all of this? >> i think theres been a lot of hype about all of this. if you think about 92,000 so-called secret documents in which theres almost no new ...

Inspire morale revulsion among the populace. so they say this instead. look, we dont support rape but we want to legalize unilaterally physical i bety matcy. after they say that, they set out to make sure that no one ever called rape rape but instead in every instance called it unilateral physical intimacy. its clear that if supposedly jobtdtive news sources for instance "the new york times" adopted that same language they would be granting the pro rape camp a monumental political you victory. i...

Bottom rate would go from 10% to 24%. for top earners it would mean a tax increase of $970,000. and as the deficit declines to a mere $800 billion in the out-years, it would still mean top tax rates well above 55 to 60% as far as the eye can see. >> neil: that is assuming by the way that taxes go down once they go up and we know the history is dicey on that. having said that, you ruled out them getting a handle on spending in the near term so the only way the to do it is big tax increase. thats ...

>> people have been saying its 51-49, so you need two republicans to stop this or slow it down. i think you only need one. i think jeff flake is the one positioned most powerfully to stop whats happening single-handedly. but i believe if susan collins were to come out and say i need an fbi investigation before i can cast my vote, then she would get her fbi investigation or lisa murkowski or any one of them. and if suspect if one of them said it another one would immediately back up that senator....

Through this process with some dignity and process. and that could absolutely be the offering here. >> people have been saying its 51-49, so you need two republicans to stop this or slow it down. i think you only need one. i think jeff flake is the one positioned most powerfully to stop whats happening single-handedly. but i believe if susan collins were to come out and say i need an fbi investigation before i can cast my vote, then she would get her fbi investigation or lisa murkowski or any on...

Russian president vladimir putin. just as a thought experiment. what would happen if the worlds sole economic and military power were to alienate europe, canada and mexico and alie itself instead with china, russia and north korea? joining me now is david korn, and malcolm nance, sara kenzior and christine awn. thank you all for being here. i want to go around the table and just sort of get your take on that question, david. >> yeah. >> on the question of whether or not were seeing a de facto ...