at that point george aiken on the for the senate said why don't you just declare victory and go home i don't think. that would have been in vietnam that would have been a great great solution to that problem the only problem with that in this particular situation is what you do with all the other powers that are out there for example let's take iraq let's look at it would have rockets doing iraq is a nascent proto democracy and it would you have theories you have it wedged between of course saudi arabia which is the u.s. out of syria and iran will syria and iran or allies which is iran want to do iran.

much for being with us tonight my pleasure president obama needs to take the same advice senator george aiken he of lyndon johnson back in nineteen sixty six and heard the vietnam war declare victory and then get the hell out of there. it's time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question top scientists are warning that af if the percent of ocean life could die are we on the verge of seen a mass extinction in earth's oceans your choices are yes because of pollution and climate change the oceans are losing oxygen and becoming more acidic or know if the ocean dies so what all. of us know what you think the pole will be open until tomorrow morning. raise the alert there is a reason why the amish stay away from technology or should stay away from technology and knowledge man was arrested last week after sending hundreds of explicit sex to an under age girl the man willard yoder of indiana since six hundred sexual texts and anthony weiner like photos of himself to the girl and promise through that they would have a tryst inside his horse and buggy well inside t

so yeah so shouldn't we say you know george aiken famously in one thousand nine hundred sixty republican senator from vermont said when a johnson when only fifty two hundred americans have died. oh well short of the fifty six thousand i think it was we know that at that point george taking over for the senate said why don't you just declare victory and go home why don't we well that would have been in vietnam that would have been a great great solution to that problem the only problem with that in this particular situation is what you do with all the other powers that are out there for example let's take a rock let's look at it would rock is doing iraq is a decent pro-democracy and what you have theories you have it which between of course saudi arabia which is a u.s. ally syria and iran and syria and iran are allies which is iran wants into iran you know from.

and the republican senator from vermont george aiken. gave a speech on the floor of the senate which was written up the next day october one thousand nine hundred twenty and one thousand and six in the new york times in which he basically said to president johnson when he just declare victory and come . just a clear victory from johnson of course had we had nothing to do with this and an additional fifty thousand americans died and an additional estimated two million vietnamese cambodians and laotians died because all of this stuff about face lift your throat it was just talking about and all of the interests were making a fortune on that war were just unstoppable essentially at that point in time and then nixon came along and then in the election when he was running its own free in sixty eight and started negotiating with southeast telling them please don't end the war i'll give you a better deal after the war o.b.j. found out about that famously called dirksen and so this is treason but it never made the press. so anyhow it's this week

george aiken, then the long-time senator from vermont, had a solution.id simply declare victory and leave. president obama didn't declare victory the other night but he declared enough progress to begin the withdrawal from afghanistan. for sure, we ran the terrorists out of there but the question now, will it be strong enough to keep them from coming back? for all we spent trying to build a strong every nation there, we are reminded again of what we always forget. that when it comes to democracy one size does not fit all and when it comes to nation building, we can help others but we can't do it for them. perhaps the president recognized that when he said, america, it is time to begin nation building at home. or maybe he was just facing up to the new reality. whatever our good intentions, we can no longer afford nation building at home and abroad. we just don't have the money anymore. back in a minute. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] and just like that, it's here. a new chance for all of us: people, companies, communities to face the challenges yesterday left beh