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And get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. every day more kids come across the border and every day congress fights about what to do about it. frustration is that grid lock is obvious. >> this is a problem of the president's own making. he has been president for five and a half years. when is he going to take responsibility for something? >> is anyone find ag solution?
Out lines how washington could find a way to mess the whole thing up. let's bring in neil irwin. i have to start by getting your reaction to the news maybe they are in a worse place for a major setback. doesn't sound good. >> it affects what way washington might mess up the recovery. there's a whole menu of options. if the negotiations break down like it's looking like they are, it pushes toward one option. >> this is what you write. the first is obvious, going off the cliff. a timely warning to say the least here. so, what happens to the economy if we go off the cliff? again, some say if we g...
>> there is another way and i wouldn't use the word retaliation or retribution at all. that was not the point of it. >> wasn't it important for america to strike back at somebody? didn't you have to do that for the soul of your country? >> well, let me respond. my view was that we had to protect the american people. how do you do that? i talk about it in the book, what you do is you if after the terrorists wherever they are, and you put pressure on. and you make everything they do harder. you make it harder to raise money. harder to recruit. harder to move. harder to communicate. and you also ...
Wouldn't use the word retaliation or retribution at all. that was not the point of it. >> wasn't it important for america to strike back at somebody? didn't you have to do that for the soul of your country? >> well, let me respond. my view was that we had to protect the american people. how do you do that? i talk about it in the book, what you do is you if after the terrorists wherever they are, and you put pressure on. and you make everything they do harder. you make it harder to raise money. harder to recruit. harder to move. harder to communicate. and you also make it awkward for the people...
Feel good. it was to protect the american people. >> the decision to go after bin laden and to go into afghanistan and try and get him and dismantle al qaeda is obvious. they were the people who committed the atrocitiy. what was much less obvious to people was why the administration felt this burning desire to go after saddam. >> uh-huh. >> and that remains, as you know, a hugely controversial decision. what was the simple answer? why does d saddid saddam -- why saddam have to be muddled into this? why are we doing this, why are we going after the guy who didn't appear to have anything to do w...