president obama likes to say that reality has a way of intruding and it does and it will for this new president. but what i heard kind of like kirsten, i m sure rick s right about syria, because that s the coming decision he ll have to make, but i heard echoes of iraq. and he is still caught in this fight within his party, between the trump view, which is iraq was a disaster, and the john bolton view, who s apparently still on the very long list for secretary of state. but some of the people he s looking at to trust our national foreign policy to were very hawkish, rudy giuliani and john bolton, among them, very hawkish. very much beat the drums to go to war in iraq, something trump believes was a disaster. and that may be one of the most interesting things to look for in a trump administration. you have the neoconservative hawkish wing, and you very well might see people like bolton working and serving in an administration, i wouldn t say is isolationist, but america first isn t g
of america and our allies. i think by the result of the fact that they are this much closer to a nuclear weapon, this administration has not done near the job they should have done. greta: somebody asked you about the doctor in pakistan and you were harsh about the leaks, you say, coming out of the white house. you said something about our relationship with our allies. has our relationship changed with many of our ally snitches i worry that by gutting defense like we are, by not speaking with moral force, by standing up for our principles, freedom of religious, freedom of speech, women s rights, individual rights, the president s missed lots of opportunities. the green revolution in iran. he said bashar assad has to go. he s still there. our adversaries see us gutting defense so they are more willing to engage in what i call foreign policy adventurism and our allies wonder if we have the resolve that we traditionally
assessing our posture because the goal is to continue to deny a safe haven for al qaeda and related groups so they don t have staging grounds, the means of acquiring weapons and money to attack us again. are we safer than when president ork bottomma took office? i think because of the drone strike, because of killing osama bin laden, because of the bush administration s prosecution on the war on terrorism, we are safer. but i would say it s a mixed record. i really think by gutting defense, like the president is doing, that risks those risks are unpallettable because what it does, it tells our adversaries that we are weakening and reducing or strength of military. youville more foreign policy adventurism. i think the iran policy has been woefully inadequate. we are at a place where they are 90% of the way to getting a nuclear weapon. what do do you? this is a troubling thing for the world. what would you do? i have been working on
of america and our allies and i think by the results of the fact that they re this much closer to a nuclear weapon that this administration has not done near the job they should have done. you mentioned about the doctor in hewlett-packard. you were harsh about the leaks out of it, you say, coming out of the white house. but you said something about our relationship with our allies. i don t want to misquote you. has our relationship changed with many of our allies? well, i worry that by gutting defense like we are, by not speaking with moral force, by standing up for our principles, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, women s rights, individual rights, the president s missed lots of opportunities. the revolution in iran. he said that bashir assad had to go a year ago. he s still there. our adversaries see us gutting defense and they are more willing to engage whenn what i call foreign policy adventurism. in our allirks they worn if we have the resolve that we
assessing our posture. the goal is to continue to deny a safe haven for al qaeda so they don t have staging grounds and the means of acquiring weapons and money to attack us again. greta: are we safer now than when president obama took office? because of the drone strikes and killing osama bin laden and the bush administration s prosecution on the war on terrorism, we are safer. but i would say it s a mixed record. i really think, by gutting defense like the president is doing, that risks. those risks are unpallettable. what it does, it tells our adversaries that we are weak disming reducing our strength. i think you will have more foreign policy adventurism and the iran policy by this administration has been woefully inadequate. we are in a place where they are 90% of the way toward getting a nuclear weapon. greta: what would it do? this is a troubling thing for the world. what would you do? i have been working on increasing and boosting of