. >> jamie rubin served in the clinton administration. he's joining us from london.d to diplomacy. is this heading toward some sort of diplomatic peaceful solution or will there be all out civil war this iraq along the lines of what we've seen in syria? >> well, i think what we're going to see civil war in iraq tip for some time. and we're seeing the combination of civil war in iraq and civil war in syria create this broader conflict between sunnis and shiites. if diplomacy will succeed, what you eventully had was a breakdown in the politicses of baghdad. without america as a moderating influence, when we had forces on the ground, we were able to moderate the policies of maliki. and with the rise of the sunni terrorists in syria, these two things together created a vacuum in which civil strive returned. the only way to turn it around is to get some of our sunni friends back in the game. that means jordan, saudi arabia. right now we have an awkward bedfellow. we're on the same side of tehran. we're working with the maliki government trying to persuade them to take ste

and jamie rubin. thanks for joining me. jamie, i'll start with you. i find the video riveting in terms of the subject matter, the brevity and the human to human contact. it was released by the taliban,s ostensibly because it shows the talibans a functioning opposition party, if you will. they are handshaking with american special ops and i guess, conveys the veneer of legitimacy. how did you view it? what was your take-away when you saw it? >> i think that's a fair take. the taliban would like to be seen as the legitimate representative for afghanistan. and playing with these great superpower, sending a message, don't come back to afghanistan. and certainly fits their propaganda. the sad part, of course, is that the taliban don't represent afghanistan. there are, i don't know how many, but huge millions of afghans who don't want to see the united states leave because they're afraid that those people who committed such atrocities when they rule afghanistan the last time may be coming back and i'm worried they may be coming back. >> when you looked at t

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