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Barbarism and civilization, and so with those high stakes in mind, recognizing that the taliban groups that we're fighting here, that the isis groups that we alongside really the afghan forces are really fighting, and we're just enabling them in the eastern part of the country, are a threat to all civilized peoples. and so the president has asked for a range of options and we'll give him those options. >> so the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general nichollson has asked for a couple of thousand troops and that could be u.s. troops or also nato troops, but general h.r. mcmaster has a...

We're talking about the lives of men and women who serve in the u.s. military. these are men and women who have signed up to put their lives on the line to defend the united states anywhere around the world. the question here, what's the danger here? is the president making these decisions or is he leaving it up to his generals, to his commanders to make those decisions. if that's the case, is this a uniform strategy or is there a danger of having a very mixed message? >> well, he is delegating quite a lot more. so, the military has a lot more authority and latitude to do what it wants to do. ...

Chief, and having seen at least some limited success with that approach in syria and afghanistan -- i'm not trying to overstate the benefits of the cruise missile strike or the moab strike. i think they were both within their own parameters reasonably well done and quickly done and not advertised for a long time in advance. i thinkresident trump was getting in the mode of thinking a little bit of bluffing, a little bit of unpredictability may yield positive results. but there was hesitation on the part of everybody, not just donald trump, that sending a carrier around the world led to a major ...