even general petraeus has basically said very overtly, negotiating with the taliban and reaching an understanding with them is the only way to end this successfully. this is a very important point. eliot, this is a very important point you are making. there s no question and i talked to commanders when i was in afghanistan about this that there were the taliban is a network itself. and there are elements within the taliban that are probably not that ideological. and if they see the taliban over all losing, they will defect to our side. but when you are talking about somebody like mullah omar who is the head of the afghan taliban, he is somebody you are not going to be able to negotiate with and general petraeus doesn t think so. i m not going to argue that we necessarily have the best strategy in afghanistan. i will argue that we have the best american general who is heading up that strategy, general petraeus. his full complement of troops has arrived only this fall. we sharks lou
necessarily have the best strategy in afghanistan. i will argue that we have the best american general who is heading up that strategy, general petraeus. his full complement of troops has arrived only this fall. we sharks lou him time to do what he wants to do. we all want to play arm chair general but we should be supporting this general and, by the way, this president in what is a very well considered if very complicated and difficult strategy that the obama administration would say is, and i think they re right on this is making progress, particularly in what was the al qaeda the taliban hot land of helmand and kandahar and they ve also done a pretty good job prove tecting kabul. they re not everywhere in the country. they are making progress, it s uneven but we ll allow that to continue. if we can put up the maps that were internal u.n. determinations about whether we were making progress. there s a map from march and then october of this year. that s march. you can see the red
north and g. gordon libby were men of action. i think of illegal action but they were out in the field and g. gordon liddy talked about killing journalists. i mean, scooter libby was an arm chair warrior and neoconservatives tend not to make good folk heroes. i don t think he ll have thousands or millions of people buying his book or listening to a scooter libby talk show. well, yeah. and the liddy point, obviously, he has had to keep his hand over a flame. so much entertainment value to that. the first part i was having a little trouble with but as you point out that s a good card act. do we have predictions? you said you were there for every moment of the trial. is there something next for libby? was this a tv audition? is she going to write more novels about bears and cages? if he is going to write more novels it won t be a political thriller about a president who lies his way to war. believe it or not, i ve never been in rehab, but from what i understand they advise you to
the difference is i think oliver north and g. gordon libby were men of action. i think of illegal action but they were out in the field and g. gordon liddy talked about killing journalists. i mean, scooter libby was an arm chair warrior and neoconservatives tend not to make good folk heroes. i don t think he ll have thousands or millions of people buying his book or listening to a scooter libby talk show. well, yeah. and the liddy point, obviously, he has had to keep his hand over a flame. so much entertainment value to that. the first part i was having a little trouble with but as you point out that s a good card act. do we have predictions? you said you were there for every moment of the trial. is there something next for libby? was this a tv audition? is she going to write more novels about bears and cages? if he is going to write more novels it won t be a political thriller about a president who lies his way to war. believe it or not, i ve never been in rehab, but from what
they were out in the field and g. gordon liddy talked about killing journalists. i mean, scooter libby was an arm chair warrior and neoconservatives tend not to make good folk heroes. i don t think he ll have thousands or millions of people buying his book or listening to a scooter libby talk show. well, yeah. and the point obviously, keep his hand over a flame. so much entertainment value to that. the first part i was having a little trouble with but as you point out that s a good card act. do we have predictions? you said you were there for every moment of the trial. is there something next for libby? is this a tv audition? he going to write more novels about bears and cages? if he is going to write more novels it won t be a political thrill be thriller about a president who lies his way to war. i ve never been in rehab but from what i understand they advise you to take small steps.