billy graham anymore in the united states, nobody really stands out in that position, but i haven t heard many church leaders speak out about this? i m not going to criticize president obama as much on this in particular thing. i do wish that emed speak up liberty a little bit more and i also have to remember where this is happening, most of america says we don t have a role in the world. they don t want us to get involved. i have a different position on that from a foreign policy standpoint and i think that extends to religion as well. when it comes to radical islam. i do think we are at war with raid i kal islam. president obama and others have tried to make a distinction between the radicals and the extremists versus a broader religious base. the war we are in is about ie deology, and extremists.
mean in terms of the obama administration s role in trying to broerk a peace deal? we heard secretary of state john kerry saying it s time for a quote unquote reality check for the middle east peace process. since secretary kerry has taken the position has made the mideast peace talks one of his number one priorities. visiting the region more than a dozen times, alex. since he has taken this position. and so i think that the administration just has so much going on over just on a foreign policy standpoint with syria, afghanistan elections today, and things always bubbling over in iran, and the ukrai ukraine. i think we re seeing that the administration is thinking perhaps they have to walk back some of the time on this issue. the boston globe saying that
the failure of and put it on foreign policy so its poll numbers will go up. doug? angela, let me just say this, i have a lot of respect for angela. we re friends. i think that s ridiculous. the fact he ll come to some sort of agreement, a short-term agreement on nuclear weapons. i didn t say, doug that. i said that political strategists have. that s crazy. well, then you shouldn t be repeating their points. i mean, look, the reality is that this is a short-term agreement over six months, if the iranians break any aspect of it, the relief can be reimposed and i think that congress should ask questions and the administration will be out there answering those question. i m repeating their points from the standpoint that the facts remain that the president s poll numbers have gone down. that international experts have said what does that have to do with anything, angela? should we just not do anything from a foreign policy standpoint? i m not saying we shouldn t do anything
internationally, people are persecuted or killed. secretary of state john kerry said earlier this year he is hopeful that will change. while serious challenges to religious freedom remain, i also could not be more optimistic about the prospects for freedom around the world because there are great prospects for accountability around the world. reporter: but critics say the administration could do a whole lot more to fight to protect religious minorities. it is in our best interests from a foreign policy standpoint. democracy alone, just free and fair elections will not give you religious freedom. in fact the reverse is true. if you don t have religious freedom, democracy is not going to work. so the reality is, taking egypt as one example, we have failed to convince the egyptians that this is in their interests. reporter: there s also new concern on the hill because of the announcement that the ambassador from the u.s. for international religious freedom is resigning. it took ne
a foreign policy standpoint is that the united states cannot simply swoop in and fix every problem. i think we need to be realistic about what we can accomplish. and i just came back from a trip where i was in jordan for two or three days. there s considerable angst there about assad and syria. and rightly so. but the u.s. military isn t necessarily going to be able to go in and fix that problem. we want to protect our allies, like jordan and israel, but i m not sure weighing in militarily does that effectively. i think the biggest challenge here is the expectation that somehow the u.s. can show up and automatically fix the problem. and that s just not the case. might you vote no? with so much at stake, might you vote against the president? i might. absolutely. i mean, we ll have to see what the plan is. we ll have to see how the discussion goes. but, you know, if i don t think military action is the right