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Force. not sure anything different morley between using a drone or cruise missile or something like that to me, the real question is what's smart? done rumsfeld raised an interesting point. he said we want to make sure we're not generating more terrorists by counterterrorism. we always have to ask ourselves the question, are the numbers working in our favor? in the case of the drones, we don't want to alienate populations and governments by going after somebody. so we really want to ask ourselves, is this person really essential? is this a high-value target? are we confident we're going to de ...

Senator fathering a daughter of former senator and it's one thing that makes you want to cry inside. >> bret: charles? >> winer "argot" for best picture. you heard it here last, it's a consensus pick i think. loser, i agree jesse jackson junior. and the tragedy is this. this is a man of great talent, promise and he sold his soul for a rolex watch. it doesn't get sadder than that. >> bret: you whipped through that lightning round. you whiffed through it. >> go back to that argument we were having -- >> bret: i'll never make it to the end of the show. >> charles is famous for filibustering. >> i...

Troops, we've identified. destroy enemy training camps and so on, using the drones, great. bomb them? sure, you bet. if what we're trying to achieve is stable government in afghanistan who has control of the majority of the area, we're not going to do that. military people are not the people to do that. do we use the economic instrument of power adequately? no. do we use the diplomatic instrument of power adequately? no. do we integrate all three of these -- military, economic, and diplomatic -- in a seamless fabric of the use of american power worldwide to achieve specific objectives and goal...

The discussion, the term "torture" has legal and political implications. >> do you have a personal opinion as to whether waterboarding is torture? >> i have an opinion as reprehensible and something that should not be done. >> dad, i'll start with you. looking at the dialogue yesterday on capitol hill, i'm just wondering what you see happening to u.s. foreign policy and our approach to trying to keep this country safe? some would argue that the slippery slope just turned completely vertical when it comes to the use of drones. and how do you think brennan did? >> first of all, let me just say t...

Killing civilians. so i guess ultimately very unsatisfactorily, the answer is how many are affected? if we kill a lot of civilians, it's bad. if occasionally something happens and it wasn't planned that way, but something happens and civilians are killed, perhaps it's unavoidable because otherwise you impose on yourself limits which give the other side the ability to act with impunity. >> richard. >> i think gene robinson's question also opens up a whole other part of the conversation which is really important. right now the united states is one of the few countries using drones. we shouldn't ...