understand. the same thing with the guy down in florida who wanted to burn a bunch of korans. people who pay the price are american service men targeted by extremists. that s not fair. quite a debate. did you make a stand for the first amendment even though it can provoke violence and not only provoke violence here also provoke violence overseas just because you have the right to do something didn t mean you should do something. doesn t mean you should do it. i think it is a test of the first amendment in terms of hate speech in particular. i do think they has to take some responsibility for inciting potentially that violence. and now we have isis claiming credit which i think is a dubious claim, but i do think there has to be some caution taken when putting on events that do incite people to violence having to pal that with the first amendment. you know, i do think sometimes in america and in europe we are too politically correct.
that. to say look the united states, yes, maybe it s got a checkered past and is trying to come clean. i think in part this may help. but the critics are always going to be on the one side and they ll get ammunition here. the people that want to believe and support because of it. this will help them. the critics of the u.s. find the transparency baffling. i remember in january of 2012, there was incidents of some korans being burned at a u.s. military base. but the u.s. came out and said we did do that and we re sorry. and there were some afghans couldn t believe they didn t bother to lie. i think that transparency culture works well in some culture, but the level of self-int self-intro spection is unheard of in other places. what s your perspective whether or not the coalition is working. it s not winning, it s holding it back, potentially,
cause violence and deaths. think of the cartoons in denmark and how many people died as a result. think of the burning of the korans and how many people died as a result. they will use this to incite violence. joe wilson, what s your reaction to that? they should have thought of that before they issued the documents authorizing this. and it s not just the cia. i read jose rodriguez piece in the washington post , but he does make a good point that his political masters, the extent to which they are not included in this cia report is probably inadequate, and i would begin with dick cheney and george bush himself and go right down the line, scooter libby, david addington, his lawyer, alberto gonzalez and everybody who signed off on these authorizations for something that is against every international treaty obligation that we have made on the particular subject. the u.n. convention on human rights, the u.n. convention on
our foreign leaders approach the government and said if you do this, this will cause violence and deaths. our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths. think of the kwar toons in denmark and how many people died as a result. think of the burning of the korans and how many people died as a result. they will use this to incite violence. joe wilson, what s your reaction to that? they should have thought of that before they issued the documents authorizing this. and it s not just the cia. i read jose rodriguez piece in the washington post , but he does make a good point that his political masters, the extent to which they are not included in this cia report is probably inadequate, and i would begin with dick cheney and george bush himself and go right down the line, scooter libby, david addington, his lawyer, alberto gonzalez and everybody who signed off on these authorizations for something
9/11 attacks. the report was expected to be released this week, and democratic senator dianne feinstein, the outgoing chair of the intelligence committee, is fight to make that possible. but john kerry said the report will put americans in danger and asked her to delay the release. those concerns were echoed by republican congressman mike rogers, the outgoing chair of the house intelligence committee. i think this is a terrible idea. so our foreign partners are telling us this will cause violence and deaths. our foreign leaders have approached the government, you do this, this will cause violence and deaths. our own intelligence community has assessed that this will cause violence and deaths. think of the cartoons in denmark and how many people died as a result. think of the burning of the korans and how many people died as a result. they will use this to incite violence. former cia director michael hayden is speaking out, denying