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Engender a response on israel from syria. and don t forget you ve got iraq iran in the mix, as well. it s very, very dangerous. you mentioned the russians, too. it s worth bringing this up again. the syrians on the ground are not manning all this stuff by themselves. the russians are on the ground. they have advisors both military and civilian advisors on grounds. and you can bet that collateral damage is liable to be the killing of russian citizens in syria and one of the things that s keeping us from launching anything right away and has been for a long time is the russians involved. they don t want us to get involved, the russians don t for a wide variety of reasons. it s is the russian presence on the ground in syria ought to give us pause. robert green wald, quickly, what if president obama does nothing? what if we just watch this unfold and the united states does nothing? i think the thing we should ....
let me repeat that not only did congress authorize the use of force, it is briefed on every strike that america takes. the president also talked about this american who was killed in a drone strike in yemen. he is suspected in a series of al qaeda plots against the united states going back to 2009. here s the president s response to criticism. when a u.s. citizen goes abroad to wage war against america, and is actively plotting to kill u.s. citizens, and when neither the united states nor our partners are in a position to capture him before he carries out a plot, his citizenship should no more serve as a shield than a sniper shooting down on an innocent crowd be protected by a s.w.a.t. team. i m joined by robert green ....
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Front of the screen. that s so stupid. according to the most recent u.n. report, civilian casualties have risen by 20% in the first ten months of 2010. that s so stupid. our new abc news poll reveals a record 60% of americans think the car war in afghanistan has not been worth fighting and is up seven points from july. that s so stupid. the country a s military budget, now $725 billion, a price tag of epic and historic proportions. the largest since world war ii. that s so stupid. the white house s estimated price tag $1 million per soldier per year. that s so stupid. nch joining us now, robert greenwald, head of brave new films and director of rethink afghanistan joining us on the ed show . mr. greenwald it is nice to have friends but you jumped on that the numbers are right there. ....
Proportions and i think i think people are reflecting all over the country and certainly here in tucson, cause it s close to home. it s our own people that were hurt and murdered by a deranged crazy person. and of course, we are going to take all that into consideration and this moment of reflection is not about agreeing with raul grijalva. it is about the tone and the tenor of our politics and i think the vast majority of people in arizona are going to ignore the shrillness and ignore the extremists. let s hope that happens. congressman, great to have you with us tonight. thanks so much for joining us. no problem, thank you. coming up, joe klein says get out of afghanistan is just plain stupid. award-winning filmmaker robert green wald is here to respond. that s next. stay with us. she felt lost. ....