that meant he had to come separately, but we ve seen this happen before. we ve seen moments where presidents have had to come out with their allies, and they figured out the security protocol in advance. what is the damage done when you have a security protocol or logistical problems, the excuses that come with or the explanations that come with this kind of absence? fredricka, the problem that you run into is that it plays into a meme very clear in europe, less so here in the u.s., that the united states is separating itself from its allies. and you heard this a bit in president macron s statement. it was the section you ran. there was another section of his speech where he said, when you put interests of a nation first he didn t say america, but clearly that s what he meant you are then basically doing the selfish thing of
macron is highly aware that during a very politically charged campaign, the president came out and made a defense of nationalism. and he was coming back just as hard today and saying nationalism is actually part of the disease that brought about the war, whose end we are marking in the most solemn way today. he made very clear allusions to the current wave of right-wing nationalist government sort of sweeping around the world, many in europe. he didn t say we re going back to the era of world war i, but he said that is certainly one of the risks we have to be aware of. for the president s own reaction, he didn t say anything in that very nice speech he gave at the american cemetery. my guess is if there is a reaction, it ll come out in a tweet sometime in the coming days. is too much being said or thought of in terms of the demeanor between president trump and vladimir putin?
there are some real tough sectarian issues going on in syria and iraq, but this is the same argument that we heard when it came to the surge. everybody said, well, we can t do the surge in iraq because this is just a sectarian civil war. we saw great success with the surge despite some people s attempt to redefine the surge as a failure. we had the war won. congressman, what do you say to your stints who are so war weary. two-thirds of the american public believe it was a mistake to have been in iraq, that we got nothing out of it. now we re talking about going back. what do you say to them? look, the american people have a right to be war weary. american leadership does not. leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it s tough. i m glad that truman at the end of world war ii didn t say america is too war weary, we can t leave a residual force in europe because russia would be twice as big as it is today. the point of leadership is leading a war weary public to the point o
of world war ii didn t say america is too war weary, we can t leave a residual force in europe, because russia would be twice as big as it is today. the point of leadership is leading a war-weary public to the point of saying this is a national interest, we have to do it. not standing in front of people and saying, i know you re tired, i know you re tired. it s standing in front of people and saying i know you re tired, but we have to prevent a caliphate by isis from being established. taking that action, taking military action, conducting air strikes, dropping bombs based on poor intelligence without having realtime intelligence and boots on the ground that can provide that, taking sides in this religious civil war not only is not in the best u.s. national interest, it doesn t even solve the problem of what is existing there. we should have started planning six months ago. we should push for brokering a peaceful agreement between these warring factions within the country and sup
he once spoke to a group that s not what i m saying. when someone says america was responsible for the attack of 9/11, refuses he didn t say america was responsible. he said america was an accomplice to the crime of 9/11. those are his words, precise words. when he says that osama bin laden and all that he represents, including the execution of over 3,000 americans, was effectively made in the u.s.a., those are not the words of a bridge builder or peacemaker. he s talking about building $100 million mosque so close to ground zeero you think this guy is, what, a secret extremist? it is our responsible, attorney general cuomo s responsibility to seek transparency, to find out whether foreign governments are investing in this mosque, whether radical islamic organizations are investing in this zero, effectively, we should know about it. we haven t even finished reconstruction of the ground