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Through the vietnam war. we wouldn t have 58,000 dead in that war. there wouldn t be 2 million cambodians dead if we stayed out. we have to reassess our defense throughout the world. we still, at this point, have 370,000 u.s. troops stationed overseas. we can t afford it any more. we have to look at this as we go forward and attempt to deal with this $14 trillion deficit. steven, your view point stands in pretty stark contrast of kingsly there. you criticized his stance that right is making hay over this issue being just a cost issue. just to give a quick run down of what libya has cost so far and what it will continue to cost. you can t deny that it will raise some eyebrows, though, can you? well, you know, the thing that troubles me is when you use the word afford. because if you follow kingsley s reasoning to its logical ....
We are. what would have been the reaction to the left of that? george w. bush got the support of this country whole heartedly when he was in the same kind of situation that obama is in today. facing a foreign engagement and he blew it. the most important thing because you have been, you have been mouthing, unfortunately, as have others, the same spiel that we heard from the ultraright free marketers, noela friedman and i really tell people to read. i don t tell people to read book, read shock doctrine and you ll see what is going on h e here. we are being douped into thinkig we can t do anything. we can do certain things and we certainly need to do certain things but going into wars without the authorization of congress is not something we should be doing any more. steven, kingsley, forgive me for interrupting the two of you. you guys make for great tv. ....
America afford a third war? why now and what happens when the smoke clears? our next two guests have opposing viewpoints on the issue and what is very interesting workplace relationship. steven goldsteen and steven guy join me now. gentlemen, good morning. good morning. good morning to you. great it have you. before we get started i want to play you a sound bite from defense secretary robert gates. this was a comment he made near the end of february at west point about future u.s. military actions. take a listen. in my opinion, any future s defense secretary who advises the president to, again, send a big american land army into asia or into the middle east or africa should have his head examined as general mcarthur so put it. what are your thoughts after hearing secretary gates there? i think he s right on. i wish we listened to mcarthur ....