war for civilization on the contrary it would be barbarism hardcore if you remember that general mike mullen the former head of the joint chiefs of staff his idea to deal with iran was a monster shock and awe was an attack there you know iraq in two thousand and three compared to me it would be like disneyland to completely shatter the communications and the lines of communication of the regime in tehran you mediated in front of the europeans and then you run as would rally the peoples the regime and the west to have a new satrapi in the middle east all this cannot possibly work but still a lot of people in the pentagon neocons and all that they still think it might. that was asia times correspondent pepe escobar and while some fear what the new well war new year will bring when it comes to foreign policy many of course are using this time to set those new year's resolutions and some are ready to get rid of last year's dirty laundry so what would you ban in two thousand and twelve laurie harshness takes that question to the streets of the big apple. two thousand and twelve is now arriving wh

for civilization on the contrary it would be barbers i'm hardcore if you remember that general mike mullen the former head of the joint chiefs of staff his idea to deal with iran was a monster shock and awe was an attack there you know iraq in two thousand and three compared to me it would be like disneyland to completely shatter the communications and the lines of communication of the regime in tehran you mirrored in front of the europeans and then iran is would rally the peoples of the regime and the west to have a new satrapi in the middle east all because this cannot possibly work but still a lot of people in the pentagon neocons and all that they still think it might have a lot to talk about will definitely have to continue this conversation another time . so not much to look forward to look forward to it seems for the new year happy new year to you that was a few times you wanted to. ask. well the u.s. government is helping you ring in the new year with forty thousand new laws from outlawing outlawing wrong milk to regulating tanning salons to restricting who can get an abortion the

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admiral mike mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has said that the debt is the single biggest threat to our national security. when he said that, that struck me as unusual to have here the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff saying that it is our financial condition that is our national threat. national security threat. but when you think about it, if america can't pay our debt back, if we experience a sovereign debt crisis, if the interest demanded by our creditors goes through the roof as we've seen for itial bonds and other bonds over in europe, it means we won't have the money to pay not only for the safety net programs that are important for the most vulnerable of americans, and keep our commitments for social security and medicare, it means we won't be able to protect the national security of the united states, which is the number-one responsibility of the federal government. secretary of state hillary clinton has said the debt -- quote -- "undermines our capacity to work in our own interest and also sends a message of weakness internationally." my constituents

i think that point was driven home by the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen, who has said in testifying before congressional committees that the greatest threat to america's national security is our national debt. think about that. he didn't say the iranian nuclear program. he didn't say china. he didn't say north korea. he didn't say al qaeda. he said the greatest threat to america's national security is our national debt. that coming from the person who used to be the highest ranking military official in this country. i think that speaks volumes about what we need to be focused on and why it is so important that we start getting our budgetary, our fiscal house in order. and why it is so important, frankly, mr. president, that we pass a budget. 1,000 days without a budget. 1,000 days, and we spend $3.6 trillion every single year of the american people's money. i think that, again, in order to get our fiscal house in order, in order to get our economy back on track, we've got to cut spending. we have to reduce the amount that we spend, and that means we've go

after mullen introduced him to mayor mike bloomberg. >> you say he's a democrat. >> he is. he voted for obama. he is liberal on social issues as well. he famously did not have fox news and its headquarters. you usually have these tv screens. he did not. dave silverman is quite a character. he is a navy seal who became one of general mcchrystal's most trusted right hand me. he was a dynamic, interesting, entertaining, accomplished guy. now he is in general mcchrystal's consulting group. >> you have seen that he is on the board of many. >> jetblue. his is also offering training seminars. >> he reportedly gets $60,000 a speaking engagement. >> go back to the moment for they said yes to you. >> i got the e-mail back from duncan. he said what you go over to paris where general mcchrystal will gain support. he e-mail me. i then e-mail my editor and said can i go to paris? he said yes, get on the plane. by april 15 i had arrived in paris. i had arrived in paris. i walked into the hotel lobby. i imagine a mcchrystal for the first time. he looked at me and he said "so you are the ro