and i want to return to your example with jeffrey goldberg interviewing. at think it suggests the little different reading in terms of rationality can irrationality, purposes of fourth. goldberg says to my mentioned to castro the letter he wrote to khrushchev, the soviet premier at the height of the crisis in which he recommended that the soviets consider launching a nuclear strike against the u.s. if the americans attacked cuba, invoking the legal right of self-defense. i asked him, at a certain point it seemed logical for you to recommend the soviets on the u.s. is what you recommend still seem logical? cancer, after seeing what i've seen in knowing what i know now, it was not worth of all. this could be read the following way, far from being a cold blooded first strike it was the action of a desperate man who felt threatened who later on when he looks at it afterwards and sees the crazy things one does when one feels this kind of pressure, thing says he says later, this raises questions about nuclear weapons has been much more likely to be launched in a

i want to return to your fidel example with jeffrey goldberg, and i want to quote it exactly because that suggests perhaps a different reading in terms of rationality, irrationality, and purpose and so forth. he says, "i mentioned to castro the letter he wrote to the soviet premier at the height of the crisis in which he recommended that the soviets consider launching a nuclear strike against the u.s. if the americans attacked cuba invoking the legal right of self-defense, and i asked, at it certain point it seemed logical to recommend the soviets bomb the u.s.. what you recommend seem logical now? he answered after i've seen what i've seen and knowing what inn now, it was not worth it at all. " this could be read in the following way, far from being a cold-blooded first strike, it was the action of a desperate man who felt threatened who later on when he looks afterward and sees the crazy things one does when one feels this kind of pressure, thinks as he says later that this raises questions about nuclear weapons as being much more likely to be launched in rational pressures and int

the atlantic's jeffrey goldberg called romney's statement a slander.imes's mark halperin said it was, quote, the most craven and ill-advised move of 2012. josh halperin said it was reminiscent of the john mccain's rash call four years ago to cancel the presidential debates and the campaign itself to deal with the unfolding economic crisis. >> i don't feel that mr. romney has been doing himself any favors, say, in the past few hours, perhaps, since last night. sometimes when really bad things, when hot things happen, cool words or no words is the way to go. >> romney's comments were to be sure unusually obnoxious and indecent, even by the standards of risky campaign maneuvers, but this is also what happens when campaigns get desperate. like a gambler who has already lost too much, they begin taking risks in the hopes of making it all back. and then more often than not, they pay the price. let's bring in my friend ben smith, editor in chief of becausefeed.com, who did a great piece on the backlash of romney's words in republican circles. great to see you

"the atlantic's" jeffrey goldberg. and nbc's chief foreign affairs goldberg. and nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good morning. relative calm this morning in the middle east after several days of intense anti-american protests raged across many parts of the islamic world. and word this morning that the president obama has ordered evacuation of tunisia and sudan and the pentagon has deployed forces in several areas to in an increased effort to protect u.s. person nell and property from the potential of violent protests, the latest consequences of this troubling unrest. joining me now for the very latest, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice. ambassador rice, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. >> the images, as you well know is jarring to americans watching this play out this week, and we'll share the map of this turmoil with our viewers to show the scale of it across not just the arab world but the entire islamic world. and flashpoints as well. in egypt, of

and i want to return to your for dell example with jeffrey goldberg, can't go to exact because i think it's just perhaps a little different reading in terms of rationality, irrationality purpose and so forth. goldberg said i mentioned a cache of the letter he wrote to khrushchev, the soviet premier at the height of the crisis in which he recommended that the soviets consider launching a nuclear strike against the u.s., then the americans attacked cuba, invoking the legal right of self-defense. i asked him, at a certain point it seemed logical for you to recommend the soviets bombed a u.s. does what you recommend still seems logical now? be answered after i see what i see, and knowing what i know now, it wasn't worth it at all. so this could be read in the following way, far from being a cold-blooded first strike it was the action of a desperate man who felt threatened, who later on when he looks at it afterwards and sees the crazy things one does when one feels this kind of pressure, thanks, as you said later, this raises questions about nuclear weapons as being much more likely to be

and i want to return to your example with jeffrey goldberg, interviewed, can't quote it exactly because i think it's suggest perhaps a little different breeding in terms of rationality, irrationality purpose, and so forth. goldberg said, i mentioned, the letter to khrushchev, the soviet are at the height of the crisis in which he recommended that the soviets consider launching a nuclear strike against the u.s., if the americans attacked cuba, invoking the legal right of self-defense. at a certain point it seemed logical for you to recommend the soviets on the u.s. does what you recommend still seem logical now? the answer, after i see what i've seen, knowing what i know now, it wasn't worth it at all. so this could be read in the following way, far from being a cold-blooded first strike, it was the action of a desperate man who felt threatened, who later on when he looks at it afterwards and seized the crazy things one does in one feels this kind of pressure thanks, as he said later, this raises questions about nuclear weapons as being much more likely to be launched in a rational press

how serious wrongs nuclear capacity is and i kind of wanted to show this tweet from journalist jeffrey goldberg of the atlantic which said none of this bomb cartoon is the middle east equivalent of clint eastwood's chair i mean when i see something like this. of rumsfeld putting out those those charts saying that this is bin laden's underground fortress i mean it's just it is really ridiculous and as and i mean what are people saying about this are people taking this seriously. be absolutely not i mean definitely this speech is being treated with a lot of humor you know we've seen a lot of different props being pulled out at the united nations over the years like you mention but this is definitely something you know when i think about the definition of the word perfection this cartoon visual prop that netanyahu pulled out is definitely something quite curious and you know it's interesting there's been a lot of build up to his speech he was telling reporters to kind of pay attention that it's going to be very newsworthy he was reportedly very proud that none of the speech was leaked we also hear

earlier, i spoke with jeffrey goldberg of the atlantic. has been digging and digging to find out more about him and i started out by asking him if that person even exists. >> i don't know if at person exists. there's tho record of this person. he claims to have been a real estate developer. nobody's heard of him in that community in california. people in the jewish community haven't heard of him. imdb has no record of this person. the state of israel says they have no citizen by that name. so my guess and this is provisional is that this is a pseudonym, this person does not exist. this person is not an israeli jew, he is someone else and whoever it is has been making up stories about the orgins of his film. >> so, who is he and what did he tell you about wli, when, who this movie came to be? >> going back tohe hall of mirrors, i did talk to a guy named steve klein. i think he's a real person. there's the footprint on the internet for this guy. he is a militant christian activist in california. he spends a lot of time protesting outside mos

for our daily fix, chris cizilla, msnbc contbutor andanaging editor of post politics.com and jeffrey goldberg, national correspondent ffto,id the president talk tough enough to iran to quiet the critics, including israel's benjamin netanyahu that he has not been ugh and consistent enough on his policy towards iran? >> the language was sharp and not in front of apec or domestic ameran di. in front of the united nations general assembly. he didn't shift policy there. he didn't say he's moving away from decision to confront iran before it gets a nuclear weapon, rather than a nuclear weapons capability which is what netanyahu nt nenyahu wants him to say i am going to stop iran before they approach having a weapon. he didn't do that. >> bill clinton was onmorning joe" today discussing this very issue. let's play a little bit of that. >> it looked to me like just again frombserng t pdeas reluctant to have one meeting in a u.n. schedule where normally he'll have 15, because of the nearness of the campaign. >> this is the whole questionf whether or not president obama shoulde meeng right now with the

i think that jeffrey goldberg, a good analyst of the u.s./israeli relationship says that neither president obama nor prime minister netanyahu is blameless in this relationship, and although obviously israel and the u.s. are strong allies, their relationship has leaders has had fractures and, you know, we've seen them in these last few days. >> greta: what is the controversy that has been growing about the ambassador's diary? his journal that was discovered not by the u.s. government but by journalists for cnn. >> well, after the u.s. government left the compound in banghazi after the attack, a cnn reporter went on the grounds and found a copy of the late ambassador stevens' journal. after that it gets a little murky. but the bottom line is the state department alleges that cnn originally gave ambassador stevens' family veto rights to decide whether or not they could report what they saw in the journal. i'm not exactly sure what cnn's response has been other than that they have tried to bend over backwards to communicate and coordinate with t

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