we have american boots on the ground in afghanistan. we have 10,000 of them. where's the american protest against that. we had american advisers, special forces team in the front lines for the battle for kunduz. why don't we do it in iraq? nobody can give a good explanation of why. up until knew, we had the luxury of just basically waging a conflict on a long-term basis. putin and his chess move has suddenly taken that option away from us. >> what do you believe is the motivation for the white house, specifically, president obama, to not do the things that you're saying seem obvious? >> president obama, in my view does not believe in the efficacy of military action to solve any problem. he doesn't believe it will work for us and hasn't in the past. and he doesn't believe it will work for putin. i think he's wrong. more importantly, putin thinks he's wrong. >> how do you believe that, in