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Successes for the united states possible. we didn t have to do it. they did it, on their own. and the fact that we re not talking about that but talking about how many times you used the word terrorism and did you scratch your ear like this is nonsense. but what seems to be an important policy question, dee dee myers, we do know that this administration has asserted it has done grave damage to al qaeda. the ultimate of course is killing osama bin laden. but here you have chaotic situations, including in libya, where there were questions about whether there was adequate security for diplomatic institution outposts like this. also the issue of what s happened since. the fact that the fbi couldn t get in there, even to investigate, because of security. and this from steven hayes of the weekly standard, which i think we should talk about. he writes in the magazine, the man suspected of organizing the attack on the u.s. consulate spent two leisurely hours sipping a strawberry frap on a pa ....
Mislead when we have lost four of our own, governor, is offensive. that s not what we do. that s not what i do as president. that s not what i do as commander in chief. that was an exchange from tuesday s debate. it will get hot and heavy again tomorrow in the final debate. we are back at our roundtable. joining me now, the new york times helene cooper. new york times columnist and co-author of that that used to be us tom friedman. republican strategist and columnist for time magazine mike murphy. and former white house secretary for president clinton dee dee myers. welcome to all of you. let s talk libya, tom friedman. what are we to make of this? could this be politicized any further? it s totally politicized at this point. other than a civil war in beirut for 40 years, these are incredibly messy situations. people don t show up in uniforms. ....
Helene, if i m watching all of this, and maybe i m an undecided voter, if i m out there, what is the bigger point about all of this that i should be giving some serious attention to, if at all? i think that s a really good question. i wonder whether a lot of these undecided voters are actually if they do exist, are actually thinking that. i think as an american, you have to look at this. the question of embassy security is one that is definitely, you know, should be looked at. the administration has to study that. but the larger issue is the issue of the arab spring and what s happening in this key area, key region for american foreign policy. and that s where you re seeing in libya, egypt,g jemaah islamiyahge yemen and all over the place you have all of this democracy and the mess that comes with it. and i think americans need to be i think tom s point is excellent about the sponse of the libyan people. in the egypt case, you didn t ....
Aside our nuclear ambitions and save our economy. and that s what the president s been working on. that s a project he s been working on for all of these years. remember when he came into office, we were isolated in our position on iran. and in the world. and today the world is unified against iran with us. all because of the leadership of this president. let me ask you about libya. this certainly will come up again in the response to the killing of our ambassador, chris stephe stephenss. the issue has been there s been inconsisty from the administration as to how they described it. the president did call it an act of terror the day before but also made reference to the potential that this was a response to a video that was getting an anti-islam video that was causing disruptions in egypt as well. this is how paul ryan is describing the situation. he did it in a radio interview on friday. ....
Be an important debate. i don t think any one event is decisive. but this is an important issue. even though being strong at home and rebuilding our economy is the number one issue, people want to know they have a strong, steady hand in the oval office, and they don t want someone who s reckless and has been consistently wrong on foreign policy issues as governor romney has. we all remember his dukes of hazard tour of international destinations over the summer where he not only roiled countries that are not friendly to us but our best ally, britain. he was wrong on libya. he was wrong on iraq. so people are going to have a chance to take a measure of these two guys and say, who do i want as the commander in chief? who do i want leading the war on terror? and i think we re going to i think that s a very stark contrast. finally, state of the race now as you handicap the final weeks. you heard chuck todd with our new numbers. 47%, 47%. he said 47% for the president is not a good numbe ....