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Now we have to treat parts of africa, say, or say parts of pakistan. these are no-go lands, that he is are badlands, need to have counterterrorism strategies, use drones, use aircraft, maybe even special forces on occasion, but we can t put humpty dumpty back together again and if 100,000 american troops or more for a decade in iraq couldn t do it, we had similar problems in afghanistan, i think we have got to accept the limits of what it is we can accomplish. sometimes in foreign policy, you try to create. other times in foreign policy, you try to prevent. i think right now with the middle east, we need to focus more on what it is we prevent rather than what we create. thank the both, fascinating perspectives. greatly appreciate your wisdom. next on gps , the world cup. fifa has come under a lot of fire for how much tax-free money it is going to make while brazil foots the bill for the world cup. but the soccer federation is just one of many such groups with deals like this, incl ....
Iraq now because the u.s. and iraq couldn t reach an agreement on immunity for the united states. how is the u.s./afghanistan relationship right now? solid. solid? yeah. foreign minister, thank you for joining us. good luck to you and all the people of afghanistan. thank you. i asked the foreign minister, by the way, if he might run for president. hamid karzai, his term is over with next year. he said he s not running again, can t run again. the foreign minister told me he would make up his mind by the deadline, october 7th, but a lot of people think this foreign minister will run to be the next president of afghanistan. we ll see what happens. by the way, as u.s. troops are on the ground now in afghanistan, 60,000 american troops. it s costing american taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. roughly about $2 billion a week to maintain that troop level between now and the end of 2014. the u.s. will probably spend at least another $100 billion ....
league. wait until you hear who he called and maybe you ll think the call was worth it. also, you know, they make an app for just about everything out there. so many apps to keep up with, but we got one for you this morning that you might really want, an app that actually earns you money. welcome back to this cnn saturday morning october 22nd, 8:00 a.m. here in atlanta, georgia, 7:00 a.m. in fayetteville, arkansas, 5:00 a.m. for you folks in las vegas, wherever you may be, i m glad you re here. i m t.j. holmes. let s start at the top of the hour with the news that we got from the president, the war in iraq has a date to be over. the end of one of the most controversial wars in u.s. history comes after almost nine years. you ll remember the shock and awe, you ll remember the surge, this all started in march of 2003. the department of defense estimates they spent more than $700 billion just on operation iraqi freedom and operation new dawn in iraq and 4,400 u. ....
news. mission over, but hardly mission accomplished in iraq. so today i can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in iraq will come home by the end of the year. now president bush began the war in march 2003 with a dose of what the pentagon called shock and awe. in announcing its end, president obama used the term success, not victory, and said it was time america focused less on wars overseas and more on economic problems here at home. i would note that the end of war in iraq reflects the larger transition. the tide of war is receding. there is no doubt public opinion is on the president s side. nearly 7 in 10 americans oppose the war in iraq. but a number of conservatives, including the leading republican candidates for president tonight say, president obama is weakening america and emboldening iran. the former massachusetts governor, mitt romney, said the unavoidable question is whether this decision is the result of a naked political calculation o ....
Places like iraq and afghanistan have another fight once they come home trying to figure out how to get back to regular life. one of the premier training centers in colorado springs, wounded veterans can use old rivalries and healthy competition to get back in the game. travis green has always been a competitor. a roadside bomb in iraq couldn t change that. i don t remember any pain from it. i do remember looking down and seeing my legs gone. this week this retired marine corporal back in action in colorado springs, america s olympic team headquarters. this is the first of its kind warrior games. 187 wounded veterans, both iraq and afghanistan, all five military branches represented along with their historic rivalries. stacy competing in three sports, including air rifle. ....