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Days where it did can go to 42 or 72, literally locked in a launch control center, under the ground. there's no opportunity to go take a break or take a run. it's a tedious nature of the job. >> reporter: aside from the disciplinary issues, morale could be a problem. in a force whose cold war submission no longer perceived as a top priority. >> one area of the defense budget where we shouldn't be cutting costs it's in the management of our nuclear weapons, because the consequences of a mistake are just unimaginable. >> reporter: with all of these problems, has safety been compromised? top mili...

Never have gone into iraq in the first place? that it was an issue that the iraqis should have resolved themselves? >> there's no doubt in my mind there is a certain percentage of iraqis who always considered us to be occupiers and were against our being there in the first place and against our staying. and i think that that sentiment was one of the reasons the iraqis in the end were unwilling to agree to a residual u.s. military presence in the country. there just wasn't broad enough support. on the other hand, i think that for most iraqis, life is in fact significantly better than it was und...

A single day, this follows an ugly pattern that's been going on for quite some time, do you not think there is an argument to say that the americans should never have gone into iraq in the first place? that it was an issue that the iraqis should have resolved themselves? >> there's no doubt in my mind there is a certain percentage of iraqis who always considered us to be occupiers and were against our being there in the first place and against our staying. and i think that that sentiment was one of the reasons the iraqis in the end were unwilling to agree to a residual u.s. military presence i...

Never have gone into iraq in the first place? that it was an issue that the iraqis should have resolved themselves? >> there's no doubt in my mind there is a certain percentage of iraqis who always considered us to be occupiers and were against our being there in the first place and against our staying. and i think that that sentiment was one of the reasons the iraqis in the end were unwilling to agree to a residual u.s. military presence in the country. there just wasn't broad enough support. on the other hand, i think that for most iraqis, life is in fact significantly better than it was und...

The iraq war surge for purely political reasons. >> we've got a take a break here. when we come back, more on the legacy of former israeli prime minister ariel sharon. stay with us.