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And other areas. >> i will say this, the drone program has saved lives in this country. it has saved a lot of lives in our military. it is a program that has done great damage to al-qaeda. and that is a very, very good thing. >> i dont think that is the controversial part of it. i think the controversial part of it is we seem to be waging war with a part of our country that is not designed to be accountable to us as civilians, and that is war-making. >> it is to say look, we are a democracy, a c...

The cia and something done -- >> absolutely. different parts of the law. and more importantly, i will say this, the drone program has saved lives in this country. it has saved a lot of lives in our military. it is -- its a program that has done great damage to al qaeda. and thats a very, very good thing. >> i dont think that is the controversial part of it. i think the controversial part of it is we seem to be waging war with part of our country that isnt designed to be accountable to us as civi...

Didnt go too far. even on the movement of the embassy. well, my guess here is however many votes of jews and other supporters of hard line and israel he may have picked up with this kind of performance, he will more than lose of people evaluating him as potential leader of the free world and frf. as i keep saying, he just kind of looks in over his head. that he just sees the pure outlines of things and not any nuance. you cant be that way if youre running for president. >> i think he should have...

Israel he may have picked up with this kind of performance, he will more than lose of people evaluating him as potential leader of the free world and frf. as i keep saying, he just kind of looks in over his head. that he just sees the pure outlines of things and not any nuance. you cant be that way if youre running for president. >> i think he should have done more shaloms and less war making. people want peace when they go over there. shalom is a wonderful word. we should hear it from him. toda...

Consistent principle defiant stance against war making, anti-war voters like me are thrilled. and when ron paul says he wants to cut the size of government more than any other republican candidate, the anti-tax and anti-government spending crowd loves him. and all of those points are consistent with the libertarian philosophy of governing. but when ron paul talks about his unyielding opposition to a womens right to choose, when ron paul says the government should prevent all abortions, the stand...

Says. when ron paul offends most of the people in his republican debate audiences with his consistent principle defiant stance against war making, anti-war voters like me are thrilled. and when ron paul says he wants to cut the size of government more than any other republican candidate, the anti-tax and anti-government spending crowd loves him. and all of those points are consistent with the libertarian philosophy of governing. but when ron paul talks about his unyielding opposition to a womens...

State senator or mayor or still councillor to do than to object to what the president of the united states plans to. this is what the 41-year-old state senator said in his fifth year on the job, a job that had nothing to do with war making. >> i dont oppose war in all circumstances, and when i look out over this crowd today, i know there is no shortage of patriots or patriotism. what i do oppose is a dumb war. >> needless to say, president bush didnt hear that speech that day. none of us who wer...

a very big get. he was the only american on an official u.s. hit list and his killing has touched off this firestone today among critics. they contend that this killing breaks u.s. and international laws. today the president made it very clear that no terrorist is safe. >> make into mistake, this is further proof that al qaeda and its affiliates will find no safe haven anywhere in the world. working with yemen and our other allies and partners, we will be determined, deliberate, and re...

Be the headquarters for the libyan war. that war effort will now be run by nato. the no-fly zone part of it and the bombing gadhafis ground troops part of it which they call something like protecting civilians. this ship named after the highest peak in the continental united states will no longer be the place from which the libyan war is run. does that mean american personnel will be doing any less of the war making in libya? and are u.s. taxpayers funding any less of the war making in libya, ev...

Having done it. very pragmatic. >> the other elements you talk about being invited to do it in effect by the rebels, having the international coalition. but all of those elements being together, and what he doesnt say specifically but what seems clear to me is we looked at this theater of war and thought we were our equipment could be successful in what were trying to do in this particular place. we may look at a place like somalia and say the stuff we can bring there wont really work or one of ...