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And even democrats now are looking back saying all of this goes back to the original going back in. once we we want in, there was a time we had to come out. whether we came out a year ago, 18 months earlier, or now, this seems it was predicted and predictable and now its happening. im not sure the exact precise timing would have mattered very much. how we dealt with the maliki government might have changed. >> how were tiptoeing around syria, how were trying to get out of afghanistan, how were n...

But number two, the obama administrations going to have a problem because susan rice said a couple weeks ago he served with honor and -- >> yeah. $300,000 in back pay. if we want to put this now in terms of the pax payer and -- taxpayer and why this is so important. yes, its important for why the swap was made with the five taliban commanders to know what we were swapping for, but hes an american, and everybody on every side of the political aisle has said and across the country have weighed in ...

Saying this about the al-qaeda-inspired group seizing large parts of syria and iraq in its quest for an islamic state. listen. >> this is not just a syrian problem anymore. i never thought it was just a syrian problem. i thought it was a regional problem. i could not have predicted, however, the extent to which isis could be effective in seizing cities in iraq and trying to erase boundaries to create an islamic state. thats why its a wicked problem. >> wicked problem. well, she couldnt have pred...

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Its not like we havent had these terrorist groups for decades. decades. not just during her tenure at the state department, for decades talking about what theyre doing now in syria and iraq. when you say the democratic conventions two years away, were going to see a lot more of al-qaeda and these terrorist groups on the march taking over huge cities in the middle east. its going to be a real problem for her. >> you talk about judgment, wouldnt it have been under her watch that some of these deci...

Theyre saying they group -- if theyve got three golfers with beards, they put them together -- >> is cheeky a pun? >> i didnt plan that, but, harris, do you think, i mean, if there were three ladies who were overweight and they paired them up -- >> its completely offensive, although if they were going to pair up three curvy girls, i think, kimberly, you and i would be -- >> i have a problem with that. thats good. >> i think its offensive though. would they do this with two people who had other a...

Long-term problem and, what were going to have to do is combine selective actions by our military to make sure that we are going after terrorists who could harm our personnel overseas or eventually hit the homeland, were going to have to combine that with what is a very challenging international effort to try to rebuild countries and communities that have been shattered by sectarian war. and thats not an easy task. >> [inaudible] what are they willing to do as part of this international effort? ...

From the al qaeda-linked on the ground. its a sense that the battle has really been this kind of bloody stalemate for 2 1/2 years, and the notion of a u.s. strike that would not just take out chemical weapons capacity but some of their air capacity from a regime that is very comfortable sending stud missiles at civilians. >> but this is precisely the ambiguity that is at the heart of the debate over syrian intervention, which is that if you talk to people allied with the rebel forces, if you tal...

From the al qaeda-linked on the ground. its a sense that the battle has really been this kind of bloody stalemate for 2 1/2 years, and the notion of a u.s. strike that would not just take out chemical weapons capacity but some of their air capacity from a regime that is very comfortable sending stud missiles at civilians. >> but this is precisely the ambiguity that is at the heart of the debate over syrian intervention, which is that if you talk to people allied with the rebel forces, if you tal...

Im telling you what ive heard from syrians on the ground and from rebels, secular and also from the al qaeda linked on the ground. its a sense that the battle has really been this kind of bloody stalemate for 2 1/2 years, and the notion of a u.s. strike that would not just take out chemical weapons capacity but some of their air capacity from a regime that is very comfortable sending scud missiles at civilians. >> but this is precisely the ambiguity that is at the heart of the debate over syrian...