negroponte that knowing what we know today, the iraq war was wrong?and do you think torture is wrong? >> look, torture is never right. amy: do think the bush administration was wrong to engage -- >> i said torture is never right. that is my first point. on my second point, i will just a quick aware fill during the time i lived through those events. and you can find quotes of what i said when i was ambassador to the u.n. i was asked if i thought we should use force in iraq. and i said, in questions like this, i think we ought to approach the issue with a great deal of caution. i also said that we ought to -- and i felt that we ought to allow the inspection process more time to do its work. i was disappointed that it wasn't allowed. you know, you have one president at the time. he is the commander-in-chief. he is the constitutional authority, and that is what he decided to do. the last point i would make, to your issue about mohammed el -baradi, glicks and i had a chance to reminisce. i said, we set up this inspection thing and we never found anything a

john negroponte. also tonight growing concerns that russia's aggression beyond ukraine if the west fails to act. fox news military analyst major general bob scales on this broadcast said this last week. >> the only way the united states can have any in effect this region and turn the tide is to start killing russians killing russians by -- killing so many russians, that's venputin's media can't hide the fact that russians are returning to the motherland in body bags. lou: important to note that general scales' comment was hypothetical. it certainly was not a recommendation, but it did catch the attention of the russian media and government. russian investigators launching a criminal investigation of general scales. general scales will weigh in on being a wanted man in russia here tonight. >>> and starbucks this week launching what some call a patronizing campaign to have their baristas begin conversations with customers about race. employees at the 7300 starbucks stores nationwide asked to right hasht

i want to bring in ambassador john negroponte negroponte a former ambassador to iraq and the united nationsntelligence ambassador thanks so much for being with us. you were a diplomatic professional diplomat for decades. you have seen just about everything. but have you ever seen this relationship this bad? the white house using words like "rethink" and "reassess" the relationship with one of our strongest allies? >> well i think really it's what's important now is to try and see if we can cool this situation down a little bit. it's important to get it out of the headlines and back into diplomatic exchange. because i think what mr. netanyahu said just before the election was clearly political rhetoric for domestic consumption in order to get re-elected in a very close election and i think the white house was a bit too quick to react to that we saw mr. netanyahu backtrack a little bit if we try to solve this now through constant public exchange we're not going to get anywhere. >> he said it then he backtracked. how do you know which one he means. obviously he's got an election on his hands.