Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120916:18:19:00
Works to reduce the chances to reduce the need for military action because once the iranians understand that there's no -- there's a line that they can't cross, they are not likely to cross it. when president kennedy set a red line in the cuban missile crisis, he was criticized. but it turns out it didn't bring war, it pushed war back and probably purchased decades of peace with the soviet union. conversely, when there was no american red line set, saddam hussein invaded kuwait, and maybe that war could have been avoided. i think as they get closer and closer and closer to the achievement of w...