will not seek permanent bases or a permanent military presence in iraq. obama secretary of defense robert gates though has stated that even after two thousand and eleven he expects to see several tens of thousands of american troops as part of a residual force in iraq. hence many fear that iraq may be used as a launching pad for future wars in the region. mostly in fact bases created in response to an imminent threat have ended up becoming permanent juggle garcia for example born in the context of the cold pool is still operational and has played a crucial role in the iraq war they say to a new. study feasibility study you know the island is not safe for the people to go and they are to return they are but the thing is americans are living they are painted they had to follow they i am and i even had like the island you call it and you could i clearly told you knew all and i mean we can know and showing their life so they are why should we not have the right to go on now i remain and enjoy the same way they are doing. so by many as the navy's best kept secret be

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a year after his election in iraq obama approved the new administration's first military budget this amounts to six hundred eighteen billion dollars thirty billion more than bush's last defense budget and almost equalling the seven hundred eighty seven billion dollars set aside by the new administration for the economic crisis stimulus package why despite the crisis does the military budget keep growing a crises and military expansion related in some way. maybe have different friends and stations or sometimes bands that come or even though we have. talent night if we have people that want to show off their talent we have a stage. we've done all sorts of things here from our we party the streets was parties there's other events that happened here at the center as well yeah they have they have softened but. never. in the early twenty first century military bases the network of military bases all around the world forms the new empire that the united states is trying to build when you look at the pentagon's website and their public information they have knowledge having somewhere over se

and the ball's in their court as for iraq obama and david cameron mull over their afghanistan strategy after the massacre of sixteen civilians an american soldier and the country and china warns of the urgent need to slow down growth to avoid an economic and political just as debt ridden europe eyes of beijing as a potential cash cow. continues in russia with another eleven billion the goal is leaving the country in february more on this in twenty minutes. thanks for being with us this wednesday five o'clock here in moscow and as the conflict and syria rages on media spin doctors are fighting their own bout to shape public opinion on the crisis their efforts are made easier by unconfirmed and sometimes contradictory reports on footage from the conflict zone but the zeal of one channel al-jazeera has already forced several key members of its staff to resign in protest in the ocean or as more. clashes in the streets of syria have been raging for a year now but behind the scenes there is a media war that's just as damaging as the one taking israeli lives rafi claude freelance investigativ

kind of goals in their courts as for iraq obama and david cameron over their afghanistan strategy after the massacre of sixteen people by an american soldier in the country both leaders say they're not be with progress on the war just fight fury among afghans over recent outrageous. china warns of the urgent need to slow down its economic growth and bring in political reforms to avert political and financial disaster this comes up at a time when debt ridden europe because of the world's second largest economy as a potential parent. and coming up next is an award winning documentary on how so-called rummaging in the garbage can salvage a thousands of dollars worth of good at a go through. every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of food. two hundred sixty three million pounds a day. eleven million pounds an hour. three thousand pounds a second. hand . her. long. suit mom. playing. the bombs nearly a billion people in the world are knowing some cream every day. in the united states even our trash cans are filled with food you just have to go get it. so there are three

president obama's walking on a razor's edge on one hand members of his administration keep saying the war with iran would be a mistake u.s. military i think or. it's. attack on iraq on iran not only would be premature but on the other hand president obama keeps saying a war with iran is still an option and that he is not called unquote blocking the powerful israeli lobby which president obama will be addressing shortly expects to hear a blunt answer to the question is the u.s. ready for war with iran and will washington back israel should it decide to attack first the only way to. release. a very very clear message within a week from. the war. and we say president obama's failure to go along with this really plans on iran might hurt him in the election the president carried you know the overwhelming majority of the jewish vote and fighting back in two thousand and eight and if he is perceived as an enemy of. enemy of israel or. the issues. for community here in this country it could have. adverse impact on the funding and so it's. really prime minister netanyahu speech in the u.s. congress last year was greeted with innovation many u.s. lawmakers slammed the rhet

so what reaction the reaction of iraq obama's comments received in the u.s. to this what actually happened. well the remark wasn't planned to be heard by the reporters president obama said it's just when they were entering the room the mike was on and somebody seems to have leaked the tape along with the sound to the american media and it just spurred a media frenzy in the united states and in europe at this point of course it's not just a media frenzy it's a political frenzy some of obama's focus on the obama's opponents in the republican camp already saying that he's a traitor in fact mitt romney said in regards to this statement that russia is a united states geopolitical foe number one and there has been reaction from the white house at this point who say that of course russia isn't and the united states will continue trying to get along the course of good relations with moscow. a realistic thank you. ken the co-founder of a campaign to end the korean war believes that u.s. involvement in military gains in the korean peninsula spreading its influence in th

military action has been made as i signaled he was running obligations for other forces of war of iraq obama stressed the need for the pharmacy and the chance of try little nuclear talks with iran that certainly however admitted washington is still considering military action saying america has a better chance of striking iran successfully former reagan administration official dr craig roberts has made all this ramped up war without a recall tensions have forgotten there's no actual proof iran is seeking to build a bomb. it's not clear yet a red is used. the combined intelligence estimate of united states government that is the genetics of kenya in the wall sixteen intelligence agencies is that iran abandoned its nuclear weapons program on tape they said in two thousand and three that would be nineteen years ago when the united states has demanded is that in red give up its rights as a signature or to the nonproliferation treaty if you send a nonproliferation treaty in agree to inspectors you or you have the right to. nuclear energy and the united states is insisting that iran has to be excl

for spin doctors to manipulate the facts for political ends of the poles in their courts as for iraq obama and david cameron mull over their afghanistan strategy after the massacre of sixteen people by an american soldier in the country both leaders say they're happy with progress on the war and despite fury among afghans over recent outrageous. china warns of the urgent need to slow down its economic growth and bring him bullet hole reforms to avert political and financial disaster this comes at a time when death rate in europe because of the world's second largest economy as a potential cash cow. thanks to a party sat down with british m.p. john baron who believes that sanctions and threats of military action don't work when it comes to solving the iranian nuclear dispute. i'm joined by john barron a british member of parliament and the only member of the conservative party to vote against taking military action in libya john thanks for speaking to are saying you know you recently put forward a motion to the house of parliament urging the government to rule out military action in iran yo

largest pros really lobby i pad is gathering in washington this weekend to put more pressure on iraq obama over attacking iran with a jewish state intensifying war rhetoric threatening military action against the islamic republic the u.s. has been accused of being ambiguous on that matter are just managed to counter reports on the conflicting pressures from those for and against war. president obama's walking on a razor's edge on one hand members of his administration keep saying the war with iran would be a mistake to u.s. military i think or something that states. on iran not only would be premature but on the other hand president obama keeps saying the war with iran is still an option and that he is not quote unquote bluffing powerful israeli lobby which president obama will be addressing shortly expects to hear a blunt answer to the question is the u.s. ready for war with iran and will washington back israel should it decide to attack first the only way to stop the. police. is a very very clear message. from. the war. and we say president obama's failure to go along with this really pl

and iran nuclear talks are due for a fresh round trip but while the iraq obama hopes they will drown out his saber rattling senators israel still looks poised to strike. representing the british people in parliament can be thirsty work and it seems some m.p.'s are enjoying the perks of the commons a bit too much with a late night brawl just one of a number of alcohol induced episodes our london correspondent laura smith looks at why the word order is more likely to be heard in the bar than in the chamber. actually yes. this behavior by members of parliament now not an uncommon sight on our t.v.'s ever since the late eighty's when cameras were allowed inside but are they trying on power all simply truck we have heard about stories of very physically carried through the voting lobbies which. would have i mean any other. joke where you could get that drunk work an obvious x. thirteen year parliamentary veteran lembit pick has seen the seedier underbelly of life in a house of commons where m.p.'s have been known to vote on matters of national and international importance under the influe

has been made by the signal if you was running out of patience for other measures to work with iraq obama stressed the need for diplomacy and the chance of high level nuclear talks with iran the u.s. defense secretary however admitted washington is still considering military option saying america has a better chance of striking iran successfully far reagan administration official dr craig roberts says and that all this ramped up war rhetoric politicians are for god and there's no actual proof iran is seeking to build a bomb. this next. tuesday. the combined intelligence estimate of the united states government that is the analysis opinion of all sixteen intelligence agencies is that a rather grand nuclear weapons program i think they said in two thousand and three that would be man years ago what the united states is manning is that they read give up its rights as a signature to the nine pillar for asian trading if you sat in the nonproliferation treaty and agree to inspectors you or you have the right to have you can energy and united states is insisting that iran has to be excluded. fro

you know i mean no one's putting pressure on obama around this i mean for iraq obama's policies on financial reform have been you know a series of dishonest extend and pretend schemes and anybody who's worked in financial services policy up close knows about this there's multiple trillions of dollars at stake and the fact is that the republicans are owned by the banks and the democrats are only maybe partially owned by the banks but they don't want to jeopardize barack obama's reelection so they're not talking about this if you notice in the election there are no housing finance issues being discussed even though foreclosures are the main drag on the economy and this is a this is a political crisis at this point i mean it's not obvious right now but we saw occupy wall street we saw tea party we've seen wave election after wave elections since two thousand and six and it's not going to stop until you know there's some sort of new contract put in place between the american people in their government. well you know if you want to talk about but i was three is trying to push for this movement to

telling the truth that's when they get in trouble so that's why they don't do it very often in iraq obama telling the truth in this case that it's easier to get an agreement after an election than before it is certainly true but certainly that is true and he was just speaking the truth. now this statement that russia is the number one threat in the u.s. i mean obviously al qaeda you would think that it's a no brainer that they would be a bigger threat than russia but so when somebody like the presidential candidate romney. pens of russia up against terrorist groups what do you think that says about his foreign policy ideas well he does have neoconservative advisers and that's gives us some pause and for concern i think but also romney is proved very flexible in his views on almost everything and there that's why the criticism of him so who knows what we'll do in office many times you get presidents who have an image like richard nixon was an anti-communist and he was the first president that went to communist china and opened relations with them many times the republicans in national secu

the world's second most influential after iraq obama though he acknowledged shortly before the vote that he's not that bridge with voters in the big cities like moscow and so it is for where opposition is really is mostly took place in those two cities these outcome what we are seeing now sixty four percent is very close to the top you continue all which was released shortly before people weren't calling stations on sunday so it looks very likely that the speaker wants seriously change and there we won't be talking about a second round. all right catalina great job a live from the central election commission headquarters of course we'll be joining you throughout the night here on r.g.p. as we continue our special coverage was a very chilly night tonight temperatures well below freezing it's no it doesn't stop people coming out in the two hundred thousand they think they are in this and others around the city as well up to thirteen. were sanctioned for tonight those who are pushing currently has the majority of votes you can single you screens for the past couple of hours he spoke the pas

though in that respect the same concern i have about this country after all john mccain is not iraq obama lindsey graham is not barack obama there's a wide divergence of power in tehran right now there's the r.g.c. increasingly taking over more and more power there's no doubt in my mind that certain of the leaders of the revolutionary guard corps would love to have a nuclear weapon there are other elements in iran that probably would side with that group too so. there's no we like to say that the ayatollah is the supreme power it's just like any other country in that respect there are lots of power centers in iran with lots of power centers in this country to witness what we're seeing right now so it's not it's i don't think it's fair to say well the ayatollah sincere and then conclude that iran is not looking for a nuclear weapon next month and i'm wondering when you turn on the t.v. especially a lot of the mainstream channels there's a couple different narratives out there going on one of them is that obama is weak when it comes to iran that he's you know he prefer sanctions to action a

iraq and the united states. rudy, you quoted president obama a moment ago. indeed, when the president, vice president, came to office they came with a commitment, to end the war in iraq, responsibly. both parts of that sentence are critical, end the war, responsibly. it meant two things. it meant bringing our troops home after nearly a decade of war, and as important, it meant helping the iraqis build a sovereign, stable, self-reliant country with a representative government that could become a partner in the region and not a safe haven for terrorists. on our first full day of work after the inauguration, president obama host add cabinet level meeting to begin charting a course toward that goal. a month later while the united states still had 144,000 troops in iraq, the president determined to withdraw u.s. forces from iraq cities by the summer of 2009, to end our combat mission and get down to 50,000 troops september 2010, and to fulfill president bush's security agreement with the iraqi government by with drawing all of our forces by december 31, 2011. and

iraq. the obama administration is trying to defuse the controversy over its mandate over contraceptive coverage, churches and charities won't have to pay for the coverage. the administrator of the policy will. students at religious universities can get free contraceptive coverage through their insurance providers. >>> some indiana students are finding out just how lucky they are. this is an ef-4 tornado slamming right into their school. it happened about two weeks ago in henryville, indiana. watch how the tornado destroyed a front hallway. miracle that no one was hurt. 80 students and staff were there when this hit. jacqui jeras is here to talk about that and more. that is amazing. every week we see more and more coming out of this. luckily nobody was hurt. >> those students were released from the building, sent out in buses. the driver says we've got this warning. they brought them back to the school. to think all those kids were in there. parts of the school are safe and parts that rpt safe. gym equals unsafe. the larger the span the roof is, the more unsafe because there is more space and su

iraq. >> president obama, today, very much feeling it in campaigning in vermont and maine. you can see the president energized by what he's saying and by the very enthusiastic response from that crowd. here is what's the most under reported 2012 story of this week. the biggest and, i think, most political move by any of the candidates. it got no coverage at all which surprises me given how much attention this has received. on wednesday this week president obama released there video. it's a video recorded at the white house in which he specifically addresses supporters of planned parenthood. yes, it's interesting that president obama is addressing planned parenthood supporters specifically. it's not just the fact that he did this, it's what he said in this video that i think is really newsworthy. i can't believe this didn't get more attention this week. >> over the past year you've had to stand up to politician who is wanted to deny millions of women the care they rely on and inject themselves into decisions that are best made between a woman and her doctor. let's be clear h

they are against another war in a volatile region, not wanting another iraq or afghanistan. >> barack obama hopes that his warning will have hit home, because the last thing he needs is a messy conflict in a difficult region in an election year. >> russian police have arrested hundreds of people who were taking part in protests in moscow, in st. petersburg against the election of vladimir putin for president. he had 64% of the votes but people observing say that this was unfair. others say this was an open contest. we have this report from moscow. >> the government promised there would be no crack down tonight. but when some people refused to leave pushkin square, the police moved in in force. in the scrum is alexey navalny, the emerging leader of the protests. otherwise, it had passed off peacefully. moscow was the only place that did not give putin 50% or more of the vote. these people are flexing their political muscle. >> this is just the beginning. this year is going to be very hot. before his arrest, i asked alexey navalny if people would get tired of demonstrating. >> this is not jus

iraq. president obama offering condolences but the afghan president says it's unforgivable. >> duarte geraldino joins us from washington, d.c. >> the u.s. stated goal is to have the afghan people control their country by 2014. in order to do that, u.s. troops have promised to train those troops as well as shore up the police. but it all rests on the afghan people being able to trust u.s. troops. this latest incident makes it very difficult for afghans to trust american troops to believe that they have their best intentions in mind. so right now, u.s. politicians are scrambling to assure the afghan people that they can do this job and that they have the best interests in mind. >> how about the president's response? we know he called hamid karzai last night but what can he do other than just say we're sorry? >> it's a very difficult situation. the president continues to insist this was just an individual he may have been a soldier but wasn't acting under any military authorizations. but it's very difficult situation because we had the situation where some u.s. soldiers were accidentally burning k

. >> second, who can be iraq obama in the fall? that's what the question asked. [applause] fran and i have known rick and karen for almost 20 years and as was said so eloquently in moment ago, what you see is what you get. rick santorum and i met almost 20 years ago as the same core principles rick santorum has today been the same core principles he will take to the white house in january. [applause] i watched brick work on the senate floor. and you know, when you talk about being a conservative, rick santorum is a conservative who cut things done and who actually has the record and it's not just talked about it. rick santorum, i watched him. and we took on welfare reform. and there was no one more eloquent about the importance of welfare reform than rick santorum. because what he said was essentially this, it's not about saving money is important. it's not that these people going to work. output is really important is giving every american, opportunity so they can do better, so they would have that opportunity, so they can get jobs and better themselves and bett

iraq and the united states. rudy, you quoted president obama and >> ago. when the president and the vice president came to office, they came with a commitment to end the war in iraq responsibly. both parts of that are critical. end the war responsibly. it meant bringing our troops home after nearly a decade of war and as important, it meant helping the iraqis build a sovereign, stable, self-reliant country, with a representative government that could become a partner in the region and not a safe haven for terrorists. on our first full day of work after the inauguration, president obama posted a cabinet level meeting to begin charting a course towards that goal. the president determined to withdraw u.s. forces from iraq cities by the summer of 2009, to end our combat mission and get down to 50,000 troops, and to withdraw all of our forces by december 31st, 2011. under the president's leadership, under the leadership of vice president biden, we have followed that to the letter. at every significant step, everyone predicted that violence would return and iraq

they do not want another iraq or afghanistan. president obama hopes his warnings of the danger of bluster and the loose talk of war -- the last thing he needs is a messy conflict in a difficult region in an election year. bbc news, washington. >> 65 people have been killed after tropical storms struck the indian island -- indian ocean island of met a girl a scar -- madagascar. the storm has now hit mozambique, where at least one person has been killed. live from singapore in london -- and london. still to come, a record turnout in india pose a regional election. -- india's regional election. >> let's take a brief look at the stories making headlines. obama reassures netanyahu. the u.s. president is trying to seize tensions between iran and israel, but as america will use all means to stop iran developing nuclear weapons. spain is on a collision course with the european commission. it comes after the prime minister said the government could fail to meet deficit targets and instead set his own goals. premier wing ching bow -- premier zhao -- jinba

first bush went into iraq clinton went to kosovo second bush went to afghanistan and iraq again and president obama went into libya and continues the so-called war on terror and other places like somalia yemen and pakistan but two decades of seemingly never ending war in america mean that war is inevitable did we ever live in a society where war was not the norm but instead the exception joining me now to discuss this is john horgan science journalist and director of the center for science writings of stevens's to technology and the author of several books including his latest the end of war john welcome. nice to be here very very pleased to have you with us what did you set out to prove in your book the end of war. well first of all the reason i wrote the book was because i discovered in doing surveys over the past seven or eight years that the vast majority of people eighty or ninety percent of the thousands of people i surveyed are extremely pessimistic about the prospects for humanity overcoming war and militarism once and for all this is all people it's conservatives as well as liberals young

obama is warning iraq not to test his resolve appeared at the same time, he is asking israel to be patient, to let the sanctions work, to further isolate iran. >> he will be president of russia again -- vladimir putin is declaring victory. he thanked his supporters at a rally outside the kremlin. he told them that the victory as a triumph for people looking to destroy russia's state. protesters unhappy with the bill when are expected to rally in moscow tomorrow. -- with the win are expected to rally in moscow tomorrow. >> it is believed a second gunman was involved in the shooting of robert kennedy and the toronto star on was not the one who killed -- and that sirhan sirhan was not the one who killed kennedy. he is now 60. >> rush limbaugh has lost another sponsor for his renourish. they say that his personal attack on sandra fluke does not reflect their values as a company. he admits that he used a poor choice of words when he called fluke a prostitute when backing birth control in the new health care law. >> trying to leave her legal troubles behind your -- she hosted saturday night live

israeli relations whereas obama's support of same with iraq right now how would you sum it up i think obama's diplomacy with iran right now is not where it should be but i think the administration is trying to see if another round of talks can be created. probably in istanbul sometime in april or in may the question is this we cannot succeed in resolving this issue if the diplomacy only ends up becoming one of meetings in which the two sides exchange ultimatums that's not the promise and that's not negotiations we need a real thorough process of the american activities in which both sides and the iranians need to do this as well are willing to take risks for peace that is higher than the risks that they have so far taken for the status quo or even for escalation so far we have not seen it's going to take a long time in the saga a lot of political determination behind it and it's have to be the administrations on both sides are going to have to accept that it is going to be a politically risky and costly endeavor for them to do so you don't end the thirty three year old enmity without

. >> we need to tell obama we need to tell everyone that we need to pull out of iraq and afghanistan and end the war and end the killing. >>reporter: about 40 protestors disrupted obama campaign office in oakland including several members of iraq war vet against the war. aaron said he was with the 101 airborne and understands how a u.s. soldier could kill 16 afghan civilian. >> they are subjected to indoctrination andearn to dehumanize people. i remember i was in the military actually when 9/11 happened. i remember when the word taliban started being introduced that our lexicon. i think the affects of the war on the soldiers showt they are suffering and that they become inhuman themselves. and commit these inhuman acts. >>reporter: members of the uc berkeley afghan student association say this makes a bad situation worse. many are torn on what to do. >> i was in afghanistan last summer and i just feel the morale and also the opinion about u.s. having the president is just negative. >>reporter: taliban had actually agreed to negotiate directly with the u.s. but now all hope seems to ha

. >> we need to tell obama we need to tell everyone that we need to pull out of iraq and afghanistan d end the war and end the killing. >>reporter: about 40 protestors disrupted obama campaign office in oakland including several members of iraq war vet against the war. aaron said he was with the 101 airborne and understands how a u.s. soldier could kill 16 afghan civilian. >> they are subjected to indoctrination and learn to dehumanize people. i remember i was in the military actually when 9/11 happened. i remember when the word taliban started being introduced that our lexicon. i think the affects of the war on the soldiers show you that they are wrong. that they are suffering and that they become inhuman themselves. and commit these inhuman acts. >>reporter: members of the uc berkeley afghan student association say this makes a bad situation worse. many are torn on what to do. >> i was in afghanistan last summer and i just feel the morale and also the opinion about u.s. having the president is just negative. >>reporter: taliban had actually agreed to negotiate directly with the u.s.

there was a lot of unhappiness with the iraq war policies. so obama tried the strange of tying mccain to bush. then at the same time, in his own ads, he's saying, hey, i've been endorsed by warren buffett and colin powell. colin powell is a republican. and so it's a way to, when you kind of look at those three ads taken together, on the one hand you're tying mccain to an unpopular figure, george bush, while also saying, hey, leading republicans support me, warren buffett, one of the most successful businesspeople in the world, also supports me. >> in the flurry of television ads, you don't often remember most of the ads. but some you do. and this is one that people, again, four years later, still refer to as kind of a benchmark for the hillary clinton campaign. let's watch. it's called 3:00 a.m. >> it's 3:00 a.m. and your children are safe and asleep. but there's a phone in the white house and it's ringing. something's happening in the world. your vote will decide who answers that call. whether it's someone who already knows the world's leaders, knows

iraq. our engagement from washington kept pace. the vice president made multiple trips, dozens of phone calls, president obama's request he has hosted a monthly cabinet level meeting on iraq. an extraordinary i think unprecedented level of engagement by the second most senior official. and to support these efforts i and other senior washington-based officials including the deputy national security adviser dennis mcdonagh, the deputy secretary of state, the deputy energy secretary and others made multiple trips to iraq during this period. in virtually all of the meetings we have including when the prime minister was here in december to meet with the president we made clear to iraqi counterparts that continued u.s. support requires that they compromise across sectarian lines, respect the rule of law and uphold their constitution. we know from these efforts and from this engage thamt despite the troop drawdown, the demand for our engagement from iraq leaders of all political stripes remains undiminished. i witnessed this first-hand during the lengthy government formation process. the embassy team, senior officials from washington, shut

iraq war. president obama would declare the end to major combat operations less than three months later u.s.t forces would not officially exit the country until december 2011. >>> one of mitt romney's most powerful surrogates is his wife, ann. she's making a direct appeal to a voting block that's been hurting the republicans lately. >> women are talking about jobs. women are talking about deficit spending. thank you, women. we need you. we all need you in november too. we have to remember why we're upset and what we've got to do to fix things. >> my panel today, how are you doing guys. welcome all. so ann romney as a surrogate. i have been sort of perplexed at how little they use ann romney. >> she's tremendous. one of the things that mitt likes to say on the stump is if you want her, you have to vote for me. that may be an effective argument. >> i put this to the campaign. they say, you don't understand, trust us. we would be running more ads with her if we thought they moved conservative voters. she'll be an asset if the fall but not in the primary. >> she could be. the southern part of th

president obama ended the iraq war in december, and americans are very happy that he did so. overwhelmingly in large numbers in a not very stratified way, there is a con census it's good it's over. the numbers are not as partisan as the eye iraq war. majority of the country says the afghanistan war was not worth fighting, majority of the country wants troops home now, troops home now faster than president obama's 2014 time line. this is not one of those things there is a big partisan split. democrats have been and still are more against the afghanistan war than republicans are, but republicans are really rapidly catching up. look at that, this is just the republicans. 27 point drop in support for the afghanistan war among republicans since president obama took office in 2009. the american people are against the war in afghanistan. the numbers on the afghanistan war right now look roughly the same as the numbers on iraq. the only difference is that the afghanistan war is a war that is still going on. yesterday in southern afghanistan a staff sergeant is said to have gone in th

obama is going to claim this war? is he going to defend this war? this was supposed to be his war. the war in iraq was bush's war. is is president obama's war and it is an orphan and forgotten war . he never defends or explains to the american people what the campaign is about. it is 100,000 soldiers in a country we don't know much about it >> you think the taliban will take advantage of the tension and seizing the moment to go against our troops. >> absolutely. and they are under no obligation to help us out. president obama announced dates of withdrawal and the leaks that our president may accelerate the withdrawal and taliban and all afghans are watching this. we life in a wired world and there is one sentence i always like. onafghan said you may have the watches, but we have the time. they can wait us out. once you are with drawing by a set date, your enemies can wait you out and that's what the taliban are doing. >> stakes are high . thank you for your insight. >> thank you. actor george clooney is hoping his civil disobedience will bring light to the cause that is passionate about. the plight of sudan. he's