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>> mother who lost her son for this cause and we just throw up our hands, you know what, we can't do anymore. >> the military has done everything we have asked of them. they have fought brilliantly and again our political leaders have failed us. the political leaders of both parties have failed us for ten years. we should have declared victory in december 2001, said thank you very much. we got al-qaeda out of afghanistan we're leaving. >> there are no more al-qaeda left in afghanistan. why are we still there is the question. everybody should be asking because the terrible incidents. >> we do h...

Real republican instead of some concept of an anti-obama who will be perfect, i think he will start to make some ground off of this. >> well, we'll see. by the way, that mommy and daddy division was something, that somebody i know kicked up in the new republic about 20 years ago. i'm sitting here right now. but a good correction on an old theory. anyway, let's go right now -- let me go back to evan cohen. your sense, evan, as an expert on terrorism. it does seem objectivelily that the cards are turning properly for us these days, that the people fighting terrorism seem to be getting the upper ...

President bush, back in december 2001, had an opportunity to go in and get bin laden. we knew where he was, he was in a specific location, we surrounded him. and at the time, the decision was made that it wasn't worth taking the risk. president obama took that risk. and it could have gone -- it could have gone bad, it could have gone real bad. he took the risk, it was a good risk, and guess what, we got bin laden. it was a courageous decision, and it's unfortunate that he doesn't get more credit for that. because i think it was a difficult decision. it certainly -- during that raid, i'm sure a...

and pakistan. clinton just left libya. the visit there was the first by a cabinet-level official since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi. there are reports that turkish forces killed 15 militants in iraq. they were in pursuit of kurdish rebels. the fighters have waged a campaign for a separate state for several decades. france's president and first lady welcomed a baby girl wednesday night. a close family friend says she is doing well after giving birth to the first baby born to a sitting french president. nicolas sarkozy visited his wife and new daughter in a paris hospital a few...

I hear the leader says don't join i would be suspect. >> it speaks to the mindset of what he must have been thinking at the time. it was dated december 2001. that was the grip of the u.s. invasion in afghanistan. he must have felt under the gun, let down by his comrades. in the will he says he's almost disappointed and betrayed by the people who fled or surrendered. i'm speculating, but it is possible he could told his sons this is a losing operation so don't be part of it. >> greta: that's when we suspected he was in the tora bora region of afghanistan. >> right. the testament also says, one ...