Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130113:17:20:00
The short answer to that is yes, to some extent there are. but has the quality of life for afghan people gotten better? and many people make the argument it hasn't. even president hamid karzai has said to nbc news that the u.s. is to blame for some of the corruption and insecurity that exists in that country. that's very difficult for the u.s. to hear. but that is certainly the perspective that many in afghanistan and pakistan and in that region share about the u.s. footprint in that part of the world. >> but if the reason we are there in addition to helping stabilize that country is to secure...