CSPAN Key Capitol Hill Hearings November 27, 2013
In the extreme cases of getting involved in a land war somewhere or setting a bad example that leads people elsewhere to question your power, the assumptions of your questions are correct. I want to follow up on that. There is a perception that there is not another actor like the United States if the United States is not act, it is not clear who will act. If it looks like we are retrenching, if it looks like we establish red lines but do not act on them, that does send a message. The point you made about the increasing dependency upon energy from the gulf area and the understanding that we are...