i was when i began the broadcast. please remember the spin stops here. we're definitely looking out for you. breaking tonight, new video of a massive military exercise showing russian troops on the ukrainian border as secretary of defense chuck hagel warned, the threat of a russian ground invasion is growing. nato saying there are 20,000 russian troops poised to invade ukraine at any moment and without warning. in just minutes, we're going to speak with lieutenant colonel ralph peters who says he believes there's a good chance that russia will invade. breaking tonight, president obama facing tough questions about his go it alone approach to governing, just as new polls

are released that could point to problems for democrats. welcome to "the kelly file." i'm shannon breen. reporters want to know why president obama is using his pen and a phone to bypass congress. let's take a look. >> does it bother you more to be accused of being an imperial president pushing those limits or to be accused of being a do nothing president who couldn't get anything done because you faced dysfunctional congress? >> i think that i never have a green light. i'm bound by the constitution. i'm bound by separation of powers. there's some things we can't do. what i can do is, you know, scour authorities to try to make progress. and we're going to make sure that every time we take one of thesesteps, that we are working within the confines of my executive power but i promise you, the american people don't

want me just standing around twiddling my thumbs waiting for congress to get something done. >> a brand new "wall street journal" poll finds e president hitting an all-time personal low when it comes to his approval ratings. just 40% like the job he's doing. 54% disapprove. our correspondent ed henry reports. >> shannon, president obama wanted to world case hihimself the stage here at the african summit held in washington but he held a news conference that yielded very little news. one of the only questions that he received about africa was about the ebola virus. the president was cautious about that saying he wants to learn more about the science first. he also got a lot more questions about the other national security crises that have been overshadowing this summit, such as the violence in gaza, that russian troops are amassing on the ukrainian border.

a reporter noted that back in 2008, then candidate-obama said that the george w. bush's executive power needed to be reined in and president obama said that congress is doing so little that he needs to use his executive order. listen. >> my preference would be an actual comprehensive immigration law and we have a bipartisan law to make that happen. until then, i have to make choices and that's what i'm going to do. >> and a new poll from nbc and "the wall street journal" basically gave the president extremely low ratings in terms of his handling of both the economy and foreign policy. and 71% of adults said they believe the country is on the wrong track. shannon? >> all right. thank you very much, ed.

let's bring in democratic campaign veteran who worked on the kerry and obama campaigns. mark, good to see you tonight. >> good to see you. >> what would you say, advising a campaign for a candidate that has these kinds of numbers? >> the poll is a little troubling and a lot of that is attributed to the economy, many are not feeling that they have money in their pocketbooks with the summer here i think what the president is doing is very interesting, though, in terms of doubling down on the executive action strategy when it comes to the ill grags issmmigration iss. he knows that for the most part the executive action in 2012, the deferred action was wildly popular among not just liberals in his base but also most middle of the road moderate americans that want to see some action on immigration reform. if we're not seeing that from congress, the president is going to continue to bypass congress. >> what do you do with the house passing something before they left town?

they did get something done. they can say, check that off, mr. president. in a democratically controlled senate, there's nothing in the constitution about if it's between twiddling your thumbs or overruling the constitution, you go with overruling the constitution. >> i don't think the president is overruling the constitution. but the president is very cognizant of the constitution. before he became the president, he was a constitutional law professor. so he knows -- >> and instructor. >> but scholar and researcher -- he knows that constitution intimately and for all sorts of reasons, including his legacy, he doesn't want to be seen as doing anything that defies the constitution. what congress actually accomplished is nill. and -- >> they passed a bill. >> they have passed a lot of bills, post offices and -- but when it comes to comprehensive

immigration reform, when it comes to meaningful reform for the 11 million immigrants living in the shadows right now which is not just a moral problem but an economic problem, economic integrity problem, some are paying taxes, some are not paying taxes, i think what the president is doing is something that is meaningful and from a policy standpoint he reazes that there has to be some i am i am mu zi nation for those that came over here as minors and also it's a political strategy. he's almost temping or challenging republicans to say, we know you're going to freak out about this and they are going to do it before november and lose a lot of latino votes. let's not forget, george bush won the presidency because he shored up the latino votes. neither mccain nor romney got any significant turnout from latino voters and this is a problem for the republican

party. >> we expect any time, they keep saying before the end of the summer, our most recent polling shows that when you ask the american people if they are okay with the use of the executive orders, 37% approve and 58% disapprove. that's not a positive poll for the president. we'll see if he moves ahead anyway. >> overwhelming support of the american people, not just democrats. that's important as well. >> mark, always good to see you. thank you for coming in. >> good to see you. a threat in europe, nato reports that russia may invade ukraine. 20,000 troops are amassing on the border. lieutenant colonel ralph peters is joining me. i've got to ask you, what do you make of the amassing at the

border? are they prepared to move in? what is your prediction? >> putin is prepared to move in if he decides to do so and the odds are in favor of him doing it. we don't know because he hasn't made up his mind yet. that's clear. but putin has no reverse gear. he created these so-called ukrainian separatists which are primarily military intelligence professional. and if the separatists are defeated by the ukrainian army, suddenly he loses a lot of street cred. he's a very, very proud man. the third thing is, sthhannon, got away with grabbing crimea. nobody talks about it anymore. he's calculating that he can get away with this. by the way, russian artillery has already been firing into ukraine for weeks, attacking ukraine military. he supplied heavy weapons of separatists. the only thing he has not done has been to roll in ground troops and right now he's about

ready to do it, it appears. >> all right. so what do you make of the president's remarks today? he had a pretty lengthy press conference this afternoon. he talked about russia and ukraine. he said it's too early to know what the sanctions are going to do and then seemed to hedge that saying the sanctions are working as w would expect them to, as they were intended to. can you explain that for us? folks are saying, if they are working, why are all of these troops at the border? >> they are not working. they have caused harm to russian's economy but not very deep and putin can withstand it. he pictures himself as an honest broker, not representing america but when you listen to his remarks he says, yes, the russian speaking minority needs these rights and ukraine needs decentralized power. wait a minute. that's putin's argument. he needs to be firmly on the side of the ukrainians. hey, they are the good guys here.

putin is the bad guy. but i think our president is still reeling from his misplaced faith in vladimir putin. prior to the election he made a statement to medvedev. >> what do you make of the secretary of defense hagel's comments today that as far as the russian invasion is concerned, it's a reality, it's a threat, it's a possibility, absolutely? >> well, if hagel came out and said that as he did, then it means our intelligence personnel are convinced that this may well happen and may well happen soon. hagel is not very articulate but he did get the point across. and i think you have to look at the fact that we're hearing about 20,000 troops. some estimates in europe go up to 40,000 russian troops poised, including the airborne forces, et cetera. and if putin does this, to outsiders, it's going to look

ugly but quick but it's going to look sloppy. once you get past the airborne operations, the military is a bunch of rag bags and this is going to be like a gunfight between blind men in a kindergarten. it's going to be really nasty. >> colonel, appreciate your insight. thank you so much. >> thank you, shannon. we're following a number of developing stories tonight, including new details on the suspects accused of murdering a border patrol agent in cold blood in front of his family. plus, the story we've been following of the democratic senator plagiarizing an academic paper. new calls for him to quit his campaign. and the terror group known as the islamic state, one iraqi pleads, they are now stranded without food or water.

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patrol agent was killed in cold blood in front of his wife, young kids, and his parents. the border agent is rob javier junior. he was on a fishing trip in the rio grand, texas. two illegal immigrants tried to rob the family. they pulled out their weapons getting into a shootout with the suspects. he was shot in the chest but begged his father to keep shooting. that's when his mother picked up a rifle and shot at the suspects. he died at the scene as his family watched. the suspects were caught a short time later and both men had been deported and arrested in the u.s. numerous times before this murder. hi, casey. >> good to see you, shannon. a lot of people are wondering how these men were in the united states in the first place considering their criminal pasts. but brand-new reaction coming in tonight from the sister-in-law of that slain border patrol

agent. she describes him as a huge family man and loved his boys more than anything in the world and would have done anything for them. up until the end, this 36-year-old dedicated his life to service. prior to joining the u.s. border patrol more than six years ago, he served our country in the marine corps and now he is gone. leaving his loved ones to lean on each other and his law enforcement brothers and sisters to help take care of them. >> they have been with us every step of the way. they havnot left our side. we have people standing guard, checking in with us and they were amazing throughout the funeral arrangements. >> you're looking at the two men accused of carrying out this unthinkable crime. but wait until you hear about the rap sheets. 30-year-old gustavo has been arrested at least four other times for entering the united states illegally in the past but

clearly kept coming right back in. the other, 40-year-old hernandez has been deported at least twice that we know of. both men are mexican nationals. both men have confessed to the shooting but tell authorities they had no idea they had killed an off-duty border patrol agent. they are currently being held without bond here in texas tonight. the local sheriff down in the rio grand valley where this happened says he believes these two men are connected to a larger, very dangerous mexican cartel. shannon? >> casey, thank you very much. joining us now on the phone with more, chris cabrera, he actually attended a wake for agent vega tonight and has talked with the family. chris, first of all, we're so sorry for your loss. we know that what you do is a dangerous, dangerous job every day. this happened off duty but still you've lost one of your brothers and i just wonder if you could

tell us how the familily is doi tonight. >> it's really hard on the community. >> chris, what is your job like these days? how are things at the border for you? >> well, you know, you hear that the border is secure but it appears to being getting more dangerous and all of this talk. >> chris, we're having a tough time with the audio and understanding you. i want to ask you, the fact that we're learning these two accused suspects accused of murder now of vega, they had been in the country illegally multiple times, both of them, and it

appears deported multiple times as well. what is your reaction to that? because i'm not sure how you do your job when you send someone away and they come back and they continue to commit crimes. >> you know, unfortunately, it's not surprising to me. you know, the border patrol -- the laws are not enforced the way that they need to be. and when something like this happens, whether or not it's a border patrol that gets killed, there's multiple people that are killed every day and some by illegals and it's just frustrating to see. >> i can't imagine how frustrating it is. chris, i know you'll be speaking with the family at these services. please send along our thanks and condolences as well. we thank you very much, sir. >> all right. thank you, ma'am.

>> you heard him say, he's not surprised by the multiple times that thesepects have been deported, in and out of the country with multiple crimes. straight from a border agent saying he's not surprised at all to see them repeating to this country and multiple crimes. new details on the murder of the highest ranking general since vietnam. the latest on the investigation. we'll ask a man who once trained soldiers in afghanistan why he thinks the insider threat is coming back in a very big way. new details on the three-day cease fire between israel and hamas holding at this hour. plus, we'll speak with a former state department official about how he sees this playing out long term. what's going to happen there as we watch and we wait. >> it's exactly what isis is doing, what hamas is doing, boko haram is doing, what al qaeda there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve.

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developing tonight, the current truce between israel and hamas now in its second day. israel reportedly agreeing to extend the cease-fire but hamas leaders say there is no agreement to prolong that truce. senior correspondent rick leventhal is live from gaza city. hello, rick. >> reporter: hello, shannon. strong words from israel's prime minister who says the destruction of gaza is hamas' fault and if it agreed to the cease-fire three weeks ago, 90% of the deaths would have been avoided and so would the flattening of entire neighborhoods. an estimated 10,000 buildings have been destroyed, 10,000 people wounded and almost 2,000 killed with a cost to rebuild the gaza strip now estimated at

$6 billion and the cost to israel so far, roughly 4 bill$4 billion. but benjamin netanyahu says it was justified because they can't allow their people to be fired on without firing back. >> israel deeply regrets every civilian casualty, every single one. we do not target them. we do not seek them. the people of gaza are not our enemy. our enemy are hamas and the other terrorist organizations trying to kill our people. >> reporter: earlier today we traveled to rafah and saw more widespread devastation upclose, efforts to eliminate hamas' hiding places and bury its tunnels and we saw for the first time the location of one of the most significant incidents of this 30-day war. we're in southeastern gaza in the town of rafah. we've been asked not to film

this area right over here. we're told that is where the main tunnel is located that was dug by hamas between rafah and israel and we're told that's where the three israeli soldiers were ambushed and killed last week which sparked a firestorm from the israeli military. there were fierce battles here along the border between the military and hamas militants. and the family that lives in this particular house, we're told, got out days before that. so we don't know if militants had used this as a place to shoot at israeli troops but what we do know is that this house was very heavily damaged. you can see bullet-scarred walls, bullet-scarred mirror and walls that have been completely blown out. the family's come back today to survey the damages and also because they say they have nowhere else to go. the owner of the home also told me that there's another tunnel that was located just over here. now, he says had he no idea that these tunnels were here. and i asked him how that's

possible, how can you not know that there were tunnels all around your home? he said, the israelis didn't know, so how could we know? he said he was just as surprised as anyone to find out that they were there. >> we can't verify that man's story but it's in line with the prime minister's charges that hamas is using palestinians as pawns and wants them to die and tonight there is word that hamas is not agreeing to israel's offer to extend the cease-fire, saying a significant progress is not made at the peace talks in cairo, rockets could fly again here, shannon, starting friday morning. >> rick, thank you very much for updating us there live from the scene. meanwhile, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the world earlier today defending israel's actions, reiterating that hamas is a terrorist organization. >> the goal of this operation was to protect our people from the threat of terror tunnels, built to send death squads into israel to commit terrorist

otrocities against israel's civilians and to kidnap and kill. the tragedy of gaza is that it is ruled by hamas. a terror organization fired thousands of rockets at the cities of democracy. can a terrorist organization imbed itself in civilian areas? can it dig terror tunnels in civilian areas? can we accept a situation in which the terrorists would be exonerated and their victims accused? this is the issue that stands not only before the international community today regarding israel. it stands before the international community with a wave of radical terrorists that are now using vast cities, civilian population and doing exactly the task that hamas is doing. that is exactly what hezbollah is doing, what boko haram is doing, what al qaeda is doing,

what hamas is doing. >> joining us now, former senior state adviser for arab negotiations. i want to talk to you about what the president said about this conflict. he continues to support israel and any country taking incoming rockets would have a right to defend itself but he's very distressed about the civilian casualties. this is what he had to say about hamas. >> i have no sympathy fofor ham. i have great sympathy for ordinary people who are struggling within gaza. >> what do you think, does he need to have a more forceful statement about hamas and what it is doing? >> sure. he's walking a fine line, obviously, between trying to make clear that according to that hamas is a terrorist organization and the empathies lie with the innocent palestinian people who are victimized by an organization, a

military wing that believes, frankly, that it can hold out and perhaps even win and winning for hamas is not losing. in the current confrontation with israel. shannon, i think we have to keep our feet on the ground and our head out of the clouds on this one. this is the israeli/palestinian conflict. there really is no solution. there's a series of outcomes and the real question is gaza is whether or not these truce talks will lead to an outcome. an outcome means some deal by which israeli security needs are strengthened and the palestinian -- vast majority of the palestinian public in gaza is allowed to breathe economically. hamas is not going to give up control of gaza. they are not going to give up their high-trajectory weapons. this is a phase in a much longer term struggle. my old boss used to say that in his life he wanted to be a middle east negotiator because he knew he'd be given a permanent source of employment. the reality is that this thing

that we know as the israeli palestinian conflict right now has no comprehensive solution. i think the israeliss know that. the egyptians who are moderating these discussions know that. and i think we just have to be very realistic about what it is we could possibly achieve. >> something that's gone on for generations and that a lot of folks, experts like yourself and i won't speak for you, but say it may continue for generations. in this most immediate conflict that we've had in the last month or so, who are the winners and losers? how does the u.s. come out of this with our relationship with israel and with the rest of the world? >> the relationship with the israelis is stained. the u.s./israeli relationship, unlike lehman brothers is too big to fail. it's driven by wealth and affinity on the part of americans towards israel and israel's neighbors provide the most effective set of talking points for painting a pro israeli case. but there is dysfunction at the

top. barack obama and benjamin netanyahu do not get along. you know, where you stand in life has a good deal to do with where you sit. and benjamin netanyahu and obama are sitting in very different praises. israel is a small country living on a nice edge in a dangerous neighborhood. and, you know, the president -- pet netanyahu once said to me, don't second guess me on security issues. you live in chevy chase, maryland and i'm here. literally they fish through the east and west and don't completely comprehend. so this dysfunction between these two is not going to stop. it's probably going to characterize the remaining less than 1,000 days that the president has in his presidency. >> aaron david miller, thank you so much. >> always a pleasure, shannon. well, new developments in the story of that democratic

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new details tonight of the highest ranking u.s. general since vietnam. reports that major general harold greene was shot four times in the back by an afghan soldier who was using a nato-issued weapon. let's talk about this with pete, fox news contributor, ceo of concerned veterans of america and an iraq and afghanistan vet who worked as an instructor in kabul in 2011 and 2012.

pete, no one better situated to address this situation. what is it like to work in that situation where you are trying to train, you're trying to equip the country to be able to handle things on its own and maybe you can't even trust the man sitting next to you? >> the taliban is fighting psychological warfare. military warfare, people are killed. but they want to get inside the minds, heads, and trust established between the advisers and advisees. and that's what this kind of attack does. it sets a new tone about who can and cannot be trusted and goes to the heart and the will of the me american people. that's what the taliban wants with this attack. it's a tragedy to lose anybody, especially a two-star general in this context and i wish the white house would say something about that at this point. but it's not about that casualty. it's about getting inside the minds of the americans. >> we talked about the timing of this because they know we're

leaving. we already said we're getting out and we're going to allow you to govern your own country in whatever way you choose. so that to me, the question is why now when they know we're leaving. >> they are putting their foot on the gas. some have ties toattack, you have sleeper cells inside the afghan army. we've known that for a long time. so when he speaks, people act. people have pledged their loyalty to the taliban because the taliban says time and time again, the americans have the watches, the technology. we have the time. we will be here in 2016 when they are not. choose your sides now or you and your family will pay accordingly. it's a pretty psychological weapon. >> it is. i want to talk about something else going on with isis. we saw this speech about an iraqi lawmaker begging for help. isis says that they are devil worshippers, they don't adhere to the right religious views so

they are now trapped on a mountain. they can down and be slaughtered or they can die of no food or water. it's heartbreaking. >> translator: my people are being slaughtered. all iraqis were slaughtered. sunnis, shias and shabak. we want humanitarian solidarity. i'm speaking here in the name of humanity. please save us. save us. >> and that goes on and on. it just is gut wrenching to watch it. but this is isis. they are heartless. and now thousands of people, children, elderly people are all trapped. >> trapped on a mountain side surrounded by isis. they are starve to death or be slaughtered. because isis has shown two things. they are brutal.

we've seen mass executions of innocent people. >> chopping people's heads off. >> they don't care. they are going to kill you no matter what. it's a demonstration of how powerful they have become. they've now pushed into lebanon and controlled a territory there. this is a legitimate terrorist organization controlling territory now threatening tens and thousands of innocent iraqis who could -- have nothing other than to plea at the floor of their parliament because their government can't do anything and the americans aren't doing anything and this is what you see when that happens. >> heartbreaking. pete, very good to see you. >> thank you. >> thanks for coming in. coming up, new warnings of the unprecedented tropical storm ripping across the pacific and targeting the islands of hawaii. and pltime for him to get o the race. >> i'm in no way, no way tieing to what i did to any type of

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democratic senator accused of plagairism to drop out of his campaign. he plagerized while attending a

college and now they say it's time to go. walsh reaches end of campaign trail three months before election. and saying point blank he should drop out of the race. fox news contributor joins us tonight. katie, you've got the latest on this story? >> we do. montana's biggest newspaper has called for senator john walsh to resign and seems like he's getting push back from voters as well. 63% of voters in montana are less likely to vote for him based on these charges. and you'll remember that he initially denied the claims and admitted them and took back his claims of ptsd as the reason for doing that. they are waiting for montana democrats to kind of figure out what to do in terms of him

dropping out. they have until august 11th to make that decision and if he decides to leave the race, based on rumors of him maybe leaving and the fact that he canceled a couple fund-raisers this week in wim f wyoming and canceled speaking engagements, democrats have until august 20th to replace him and find a replacement to run against his republican opponent. >> katie, this is bad timing for him, obviously, because the senate is in a potential flux with the november elections coming up. but if they decide it's a loss cause for us at this point, better to do a last-minute replacement or do you think they will stand behind him and double down? >> i think montana democrats, as the polls are saying, we're less likely to vote for him. this is not necessarily pressure just coming from democrats in montana or washington, d.c.. they are saying, look, we're behind him, this is going to be up to him to make this decision and it is really bad timing when

it comes to this issue and i think that they are really trying to figure out how to do that. they have until monday to make that decision. they have until august 20th to find a replacement for him and you have to remember, too, shannon, this isn't just about a senator -- a senatorial race on the line. this is about a master's degree and a military rank for senator walsh that is being looked into by the military and whether he'll be able to hold on to those things, which i think is probably more important to him, is going to be a different story. >> katie, thank you. >> thanks, shannon. so where has the mainstream media been in all of these stories? president of the research senator, brent, what haven't they been doing with this story? >> what story? it's just amazing. the senate hangs in the balance. the direction of the senate hangs in the balance in november. any one race could make or break it. this is a huge scandal. you were just talking about it. it looks like this is a candidate on a political death watch at this moment.

if you look at the coverage, it is not to be believed. abc world news tonight, nothing, cbs evening news, nothing. nbc "nightly news," nothing, "good morning america," nothing, the "today" show, nothing. but cbs "this morning," 31 seconds. total of 31 seconds of coverage. >> this is a sitting senator. and, you know, i'm not trying to be cute here, but honestly, if his last name was rubio or cruz or mcconnell, do you think this would be a different story? >> let's look at some stories. do you remember mark foley, the congressman who had the e-mails back in 2006, 150 news networks in two weeks, herman cain and the allegations of womanizing, 116 networks in one week. think about so many others. mark foley, think about richard

murdoch, aiken, larry craig, the iowa from next door in the men's room. they talked about it for months. think about chris christie, whose middle name could be the bridge. they are still talking about that one. and yet this, that is ongoing, that is breaking news when the senate hangs in the balance, nothing. >> all right. so what would you say to those who would say, listen, the world is on fire? we've got a lot going on. there are a lot of things playing out around the world. these are life and death things that here and abroad, maybe it's just a point in the cycle where this just isn't an important story. >> well, what i would say is that there's always room to do overwhelming coverage of republicans no matter what it is. go back to clarence thomas, go back to oliver north, they would stop the coverage of the day's activities and go live to the newsrooms all afternoon covering the thing. this is now a scandal that's

gotten 31 seconds from the networks. these are networks, shannon, who are saying over and over in story after story that we've seen over the last two years, we are simply not going to report something if it goes against the democratic party >> well, the ball is in their court. we'll see if this gets a little bit more attention. if he decides to step down if he has to resign. certainly, they're going to have to cover that if a sitting senator says i'm out. >> i don't buy it for a second, shannon, that's how crazy this is. i don't buy it if he resigns, they'll do a story. . >> all right. we'll watch and see and we'll check back with you if it does, indeed happen. >> one of us will owe the other a dinner. >> i'll be taking you out if it happens. thanks, brent. >> thanks, shannon. new warnings just in on the unprecedented duo of tropical storms ripping across the pacific. the threat those storms now pose to hawaii. . . hoo, hoo, hoo oohh, you got it!

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duo of storms headed toward hawaii as people prepare for the worst. justin cruz reports from honolulu. >> thanks a lot, shannon. aloha, everybody, from hawaii. it's a beautiful day in paradise. sunny skies, but that's probably going to change as we're dealing with two hurricanes that are approaching the hawaiian islands. we have iselle, the one we're watching right now. the path directly over the big island by tomorrow afternoon. and then to the south of the rest of the islands on friday. we're talking about impacts such as torrential rain, strong winds, the state of hawaii as this arrives as a weak hurricane or tropical storm, it could be a direct hit to the big island

thursday afternoon and friday for the rest of the state. so here are your various warnings and advisories that we have for all of the islands that we're dealing with right now. and certain schools are closed. there are contingency plans for tourists that are here to hunker down. the next several days are going to be very important as far as preparedness and as well as being safe, and that being said, we're all hunkering down over here hoping for the best. we had two storm systems we're watching, and this could be the first storm system, the first tropical cyclone to hit the hawaiian islands in 21 years. the last one being hurricane in 1992. >> thank you so much. we'll be right back. and "hannity" at the top of the hour. the heart of this conflict is what is the destiny of the middle east. is the middle east going to be painted with one brush, with one color, meaning radical islam? >> right.

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