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Not done. and he hasn't done it, because really he's not convinced of his own war. this is going to be obama's war, he has to own it, he has to prosecute it. thus far, it's been in many ways he looked at iraq and denounced it, he called it a war of choice. he took afghanistan and adopted it as a war of necessity, but reluctantly, he had a surge in afghanistan, announced -- and then, of course, there was an intervention in libya. it was half hearted. the leadership was taken by the british and the french. this is now obama's moment in the world. if he doesn't believe in this mission, i think it...

About this, does it harkin back to iraq? do you see this through the lens of iraq and afghanistan? >> not exactly. what i do see is that the experience of a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan with precious little to show for it, is essentially bled the will of the american people to get involved in these kinds of things. before we went into iraq, i thought it was a terrible idea. not because getting rid of saddam was a bad idea, he was a horrible dictator, a horrible tie ran the. i didn't think the american people had the will, the desire, the vocation to occupy another country year after y...

Security here and their security and their order over there. that's what the president has not done. and he hasn't done it, because really he's not convinced of his own war. this is going to be obama's war, he has to own it, he has to prosecute it. thus far, it's been in many ways he looked at iraq and denounced it, he called it a war of choice. he took afghanistan and adopted it as a war of necessity, but reluctantly, he had a surge in afghanistan, announced -- and then, of course, there was an intervention in libya. it was half hearted. the leadership was taken by the british and the french....

To -- then we best not do it. >> when you hear fouad talking about this, does it harkin back to iraq? do you see this through the lens of iraq and afghanistan? >> i don't exactly see it through the lens of iraq and afghanistan. what i do see is that the experience of a decade of war in iraq and afghanistan with precious little to show for it, has essentially bled the will of the american people to get involved in these kinds of things. before we went into iraq, i thought it was a terrible idea. not because getting rid of saddam was a bad idea, he was a horrible dictator, a horrible tyrant. i d...