to me was representative roscoe who went after secretary clinton on both of his lines of questioning for he was trying to basically say she was responsible for the libya policy, for basically the decision to join the coalition to remove gadhafi from power. the first time he did that, it s like okay, what does that have to do with benghazi? that is a direct political criticism of secretary clinton, and that s debatable. but that s got nothing to do with benghazi. the second time that representative roscoe did it was even more insulting. he went after her, trying to claim she was trying to take political credit for the policies, citing random e-mails and stuff. again, nothing whatsoever to do with benghazi. wouldn t the congressman say that of course it was the decision to enter into the coalition with nato to launch air strikes and ultimately depose gadhafi that brought about the situation that would lead to ultimately the attack on
the clinton doctrine is. i think it s where an opportunity is seized to turn progress in libya into a political win for hillary rodham clinton, and at the precise moment when things look good, take a victory lap on all the sunday shows before gadhafi was killed and turn your attention to other things. i yield back. one of the things that were clear is the republicans appear to be either unable or unwilling to perceive how they looked to the outside world, and was incapable of delivering a performance that resonates with the general public. nasty attacks on clinton are the whole point. there s no evidence for a video inspired protest, then where did the false narrative start? it started with you, madame secretary. you re that are with that clip, we came, we saw, he died.
oh! heavens to betsy. oh! see, it was our job to start it badly. we did that. we were [ bleep ] idiots. i recent this president helping to depose gadhafi without the complications and cost of a never-ending occupation. it s frankly unamerican, i won t stand for it. stewart reaching deep into his bag of impersonations last night. still ahead on way too early, why you re awake. your tweets, texts and e-mails are next. morning joe moments away. exclusive to the military. and commitment is not limited to one s military oath. the same set of values that drive our nation s military are the ones we used to build usaa bank. from free checking to credit cards to loans, our commitment to the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. visit us online to learn what makes our bank so different.
talk about the report that says our afghan allies are systematically torturing this is a horrific story. the people we are fighting for are systematically torturing captives. that is the lead story in the times. we need to get to that. also, libya, also, reports it s a lot harder to depose gadhafi and his supporters than we thought. and egypt shows after you depose it is a lot harder to get things right than people thought. the arab spring is running into rough moments. no doubt. coming up we ll bring in former new york governor george pataki. also charlie rose will be on the show today isn t he moderating the debate tonight? yes he is. the washington post columnist eugene robinson and former dnc chair howard dean. after the break politico s top stories of the morning. first to bill karins for a check on the forecast. good morning everyone. what a beautiful day yesterday throughout much of the great lakes, midwest. all the way through the eastern seaboard with the e
administration. clearly from the defense secretary yesterday we heard a strong indication from both him and mike mullen that we ve gone as far as we want to go in terms of actually being militarily involved. but can we leave it there? this is the problem. on the one hand you have an administration that really doesn t want to commit itself to a third war in the mideast but the problem is that the political situation in libya is not tangible. it s not going to be able to hold as it is. it s unstable. so the question is where can we move it to and how do you move it? and if you re not willing to move to arm the rebels to give them the opportunity to depose gadhafi how do you come up with a solution. from what you know from moussa koussa and the others who have defected, we know how powerful they were but are they an early indicator that the team around him will fracture and that he can be taken out from inside? certainly it raises that