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Can't just pull people out. i mean, first of all, it's just difficult to get those troops out to begin with. >> the problem is, not only do we not -- can we not pull them out, we put in three times as many. we've gone from 33,000 to 100,000. >> right. >> and i don't underthat. and again, i don't understand this logic that we've got to stay there because we've got to win the war, when we -- when we went there to beat al qaeda. and there are 15 members of al qaeda there in the whole country. >> the difficulty is what, again, like with iraq, what does win mean? what exactly does win mean? does it...

Argument that it was the underresourced war. he promised to get out of iraq, and he promised to commit more troops to the effort in afghanistan with the resources that he was saving in iraq. and that, in many ways, joe, it's exactly what he's done and it's what's responsible for these numbers. you know, what i think is remarkable about the afghan debate, though, is that the president wanted to have this argument about his afghanistan strategy and how well it was going next summer. he didn't want to have it this summer. and everything is speeding up. you saw when the house had to vote the other...

During a violent day in iraq. yesterday two bombings and a drive-by shooting killed eight people. and new figures show july was the deadliest month for iraqis in more than two years, with 535 casualties. according to the latest "usa today"/gallup poll, public support for the war in afghanistan is declining. 36% of americans back president obama's management of afghanistan. a drop from 48% in february. and 34% of americans say things are going well for the u.s. in afghanistan, while 62% believe things are going badly. >> david sanger, when you wrote "the inheritance" at the end of the bush admi...

Because we're at war. and willie, we see it every day, momentum has become a substitute for logic. we ask foreign policy advisers all the time, why we're in afghanistan. what's our goal? and they'll mutter around but basically say, we're there. we're so, we've got to stay there. until we win. >> yeah, joe, and fewer and fewer people, if you look at the polls and you're talking about today are convinced by that argument. the president tried to make it yesterday, said we've got to keep an eye on the taliban. make sure al qaeda can't come back in. as we've pointed out many times, estimates from o...

That's 70 more than last time. the party is turning against the war. >> all right. hey, willie, what's coming up next? >> joe, the dow is coming off its best close in ten weeks. that was yesterday. we'll get insight from "new york times" business columnist andrew ross sorkin. when we come back, a little news you cannot use. lady gaga on the cover of "vanity fair" this month, i know you'll be interested. reveals the secret behind her creativity, and how she plans to not let it escape through a certain part of herself. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] where are people with moderate to sev...