allies are not stepping up. russia s leadership is challenging truths that only a few weeks ago seemed self-evident. that in the 21st century the borders of europe cannot be redrawn with force. joining us now from washington dr. michael reuben author of the book dancing with the devil the perils of engaging rogue regimes. i want to be very clear about this. i think president obama would like to punish putin, but he doesn t want to go it alone. that s my assessment here. do you concur? i do concur. the european union has been put to the test, unfortunately and they have been found lacking. we really do hearken back to donald rumsfeld and his quip about old vs. new europe. should president obama do it alone. he could tell american banks, voice, is a ter master card, american express don t accept
master card, american express don t accept rulings. he could cancel contracts and do a lot of the things unilaterally, should he do that? he should, bill. you know when saddam hussein invaded kuwait, margaret thatcher told george h.w. bush don t go wobbly on me now, george. unfortunately angela merkel is no margaret thatcher and president obama is no george h.w. bush. we will get to merkel can and the other cast of characters in europe in a minute. you agree with me that president obama, number one, could and number two should impose sanctions on his own if these european people are not going to help. you agree with that right? i do agree with that yeah. let s go back to the leadership question that we discussed with kirsten powers. the perception that president obama has leadership qualities, in your mind is that the same thing as being a good leader or was kirsten right in parsing it out? being good with rhetoric
anybody is going introduce a resolution to impeach him. on the other side. dennis kissin itch is displeased with the president. he is antiwar and brings up the point that is you do. he s not said he would bring up an impeachment arcticle f. he did, would you vote for it? well, you know, i wouldn t be able to give you a flat out answer now, but if the evidence showed he was flaunting and you don t, and his explanation are you know, just worthless, you know, he s in his mind doesn t think he violate the constitution. i say he has by going to work. at least bush came and got permission at least authority to go into iraq. so i would listen to what he
libya it is from my perspective muddled. greg, what do you think? has the president given us a clear indication? he was supposed to be one of the greatest communicators of our time and it is a problem with messaging. he has the soul of a telemarketer. i give him a d for deliciouss. git mois still yope drones and bombing libya and military tribunal and consider if you are a lib rawill and you voted for obama, you got four more years of bush don t you think. kistern is that a fair assessment? on foreign policy depreg is right. liberals have been distracted on the foreign - distressed with obama s foreign policy. in terms of libya. i will give him a d but
libya it is from my perspective muddled. greg, what do you think? has the president given us a clear indication? he was supposed to be one of the greatest communicators of our time and it is a problem with messaging. he has the soul of a telemarketer. i give him a d for deliciouss. git mois still yope drones and bombing libya and military tribunal and consider if you are a lib rawill and you voted for obama, you got four more years of bush don t you think. kistern is that a fair assessment? on foreign policy depreg is right. liberals have been distracted on the foreign - distressed with obama s foreign policy. in terms of libya. i will give him a d but