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Explain to the american people exactly why they dolled that and what the consequences would be. everything else is just talk. your reaction? >> it's quite clear that the president wants to avoid a military option. but we have to recognize if all else fails -- he has failed on so many objections, that it may fail, but i hope not. i hope that if we aggressively support dissident voices in iran, that will have an impact. i hope that showing a military commitment on our part and a recognition that we have a military option that that will change the minds of the iranians toward their nuclear progra...

Afghanistan, do you let incidents like this drive the overall policy? >> well, first of all, public opinion has to support to be able to sustain these kinds of operations. we have been at war ten years. in truth we've been at war 20 years going back to the first gulf war in 1991. i think the public is right to be skeptical. you know, for example, we'll see more libyas before we see another iraq or afghanistan. limited objective, specific limited troop commitment or limited military commitment. >> what you're describing to me sounds interesting. it sounds like we're going back to i would call i...

This could hand them a huge political or public relations victory at a time when the u.s. is turning up the heat on iran. >> indeed. nbc's jim miklazewski at the pentagon. today secretary of state clinton told an international summit that even as the international military commitment? afghanistan winds down, diplomatic and financial support must continue. she says the u.s. will lead the way. >> the united states is prepared to stand with the afghan people for the long haul to support this transition to sustainable stability and growth and we recognize that the afghans themselves as the presi...

America's resolve and commitment to helping support the iraqi democracy. we have paid too high a price to give the iraqis this chance. and i hope that iran and no one else miscalculates that. >> well, and i want to just underline that. there's a feeling that iran could try to push iraq around, particularly in the shia part of the southern part of iraq. are you suggesting that if iran were to try to take advantage at this moment, the u.s. would still have a military commitment, the message to iran being what? >> well, i think iran should look at the region. we may not be leaving military bases ...

And i just want to add, david, that no one should miscalculate america's resolve and commitment to helping support the iraqi democracy. we have paid too high a price to give the iraqis this chance. and i hope that iran and no one else miscalculates that. >> well, and i want to just underline that. there's a feeling that iran could try to push iraq around, particularly in the shia part of the southern part of iraq. are you suggesting that if iran were to try to take advantage at this moment, the u.s. would still have a military commitment, the message to iran being what? >> well, i think iran s...