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hear very much about it, because people dont find a lot of political capital talking about that. >> just to pick up on one point there, theres a question thats hung over the iraq enterprise from day one and its been this -- is iraq the way iraq is because saddam was the way saddam was? or was saddam the way saddam was because iraq was the way iraq was? is it a fractured, multisectarian country that could only be held together by an iron fist, first by saddam or residually by us? or is ...

washington, kathleen parker. and in a special christmas day reflection, well hear from the former archbishop of washington, cardinal theodore mccarrick. >> christmas day is a season of hope, a season of expectation, a season of love. >> good morning. and merry christmas. 2011, almost behind us now, so many key questions as we head into the new year, and for the next hour weve aacceptled a terrific group to talk about the year ahead, and a reflection on where the country has been this y...

Diplomatically, how would you characterize them today, and what are the key drivers as to whether that relationship deteriorates or improves? >> thanks for having me on, dylan, and welcome home to john and the other men and women who are finally getting out of there. tom ricks wrote a book called "fiasco" about the first part of the iraq war, and i dont know if theres a better or more apt title. you look at what the costs were, and you look at who benefited. lets just talk who benefited from us ...

dont reconcile it, and im excited to talk to the governor about it. >> sounds interesting, dylan. take it away. >> here we go. show starts right now. ♪ so this is christ mass >> well, the big story, war is over. good wednesday afternoon to you, im dylan ratigan. nice to see you. note the question mark in the statement behind me. the remaining 5,500 u.s. troops in iraq are packing up. good news. ready to hand full control over to the iraqis by christmas of this year, nine years after ...

global conflict. that is where this ends if we dont reconcile it, and im excited to talk to the governor about it. >> sounds interesting, dylan. take it away. >> here we go. show starts right now. ♪ so this is christ mass >> well, the big story, war is over. good wednesday afternoon to you, im dylan ratigan. nice to see you. note the question mark in the statement behind me. the remaining 5,500 u.s. troops in iraq are packing up. good news. ready to hand full control over to the iraq...

>> that made the american way of war. were going to start off with a little exapplication of what is in the book by its author, eliot cohen s and then were going to have some discussion afterwards, and then we hope to have some time for comments afterwards and maybe even a chance for questions from the floor. eliot cohen has served in the, on the policy planning staff of the office of the secretary of defense before coming to sais in 1990. he has also been an officer in the united stat...

>> its a remarkable time for families. and it was a remarkable time in our history over the years. i hope thisll be my last christmas book. >> pearl harbor christmas: a world at war, december 1941, is the name of the book. historian stanley wine straub is the author. >> up next, eliot cohen talks about the battles fought along the 200-mile corridor between albany and montreal since the 1600s and discusses how those battles shape the way we wage war today. this program is just over an h...

less popular view and perhaps unsustainable on its own. >> rose: we continue with donald rumsfeld, the former secretary of defense, talking about his memoir "known and unknown." >> the photographs of the people that abused prisoners in our care in iraq damaged the country damaged the military, and i knew they would be prosecuted and they were. some were still in jail, and they should have been. they were not interrogators interrogatg people they were guards. the people they were abusin...

but thats becoming a less and less popular view and perhaps unsustainable on its own. >> rose: we continue with donald rumsfeld, the former secretary of defense, talking about his memoir "known and unknown." >> the photographs of the people that abused prisoners in our care in iraq damaged the country damaged the military, and i knew they would be prosecuted and they were. some were still in jail, and they should have been. they were not interrogators interrogatg people they were guard...