Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20171225:11:53:00
>> for years the doctrine that was defined by barack obama as don't do stupid stuff led to unspeakable horrors in syria and across the globe, and then eight years before that with george w. bu bush. that's from 30, 40 years from now. we had such an advantage at the turn of the century. we were -- the united states was probably the strongest position any country had been in since the roman empire 2,000 years before, and we have squandered every advantage over the past 17ers yoo.