election. well, remember, a five-point election is a close race now is a landslide in november. so don t that s also another thing to keep in mind when you look at the national number. the other thing i would be concerned about if i were republican is you still have both of their top two candidates upside down favorable ratings, and don t forget the obama campaign has yet to try to energize the democratic base as in trying to get them excited about the election. the very first event that is not a fundraiser that either obama or biden is happening today, toledo, ohio, joe biden is giving a speech. his first of a set of four speeches that the campaign it s a campaign speech, it s not tax dollar speech. to quote friend the election, he s going to talk about the auto bailout. and then you will see, i think, the enthusiasm go up on the democratic side. and that would concern me if i were republicans because right now they re having the entire
respondents of the poll want an immediate withdrawal, rapid withdrawal, could you please talk to the just the logistical element of withdrawing 90,000 troops from a hostile environment. it can t be done more quickly than 12 months at a minimum, don t you think? mike, that probably is true just in terms of physical logistics. the pakistanis have closed the two border access points that we used for land transport into afghanistan. amazingly military in afghanistan have thmanaged to kp our troops supplied with food, fuel, and all the other things you need for combat operations through the northern distribution route. the big problem i m told is getting stuff out. we have ten years worth of hardware that s accumulated in afghanistan, which we would like to begin moving out already. and that s impossible while the roads are closed. so getting the stuff out isn t
we had a very honest discussion. he clearly felt that it was best for the organization if he were to not continue as the coach of the team. d antoni became the knicks head coach in 2008 signing a four-year $24 million deal that made him one of the highest paid coaches in the league. there s no word yet on who will permanently replace him. richard haass, you re a knicks fan, we know what happened. dolan was a carmelo guy, he was frustrated with carmelo, he chose anthony over d antoni. the knicks never should ve traded what they did to get carmelo. this has been a disaster every step of the way. and yet again one of the worst teams money can buy. it s good you came in, richard. don t you think he knows everything? don t you think the deal with the knicks they ll never be an excellent team until dolan sells the team. there s no excuse for 15
that s thousands of kids learning to love science. isn t that cool? and that s pretty cool. [ man ] hmm. a lot can happen in two hundred thousand miles. are you guys okay? yeah. you know.he s got your smile. [ man ] i had a great time. thank you, it was really fun. yeah.that was.uh. [ crash ] i m so sorry. how did you not see me? i was just sitting at this stop sign! i m going to write down my number, but don t use it. [ laughs ] alright, bye.
role to advise and train the afghans. that s a joke. advising and training means afghan and american units living together, training together, working together with guns. and right now it s not clear that either side really has the basic level of trust to work with the other. so the whole basic mission, i think now has a question mark on it. well, it gets to definition of mission. what is the definition of mission? speaking of which, rich, i don t know if you can answer this. we say 90,000. those are 90,000 young people. does the average soldier are they in a situation i m fighting for my country and the blinders are there. or do a lot of them on some level say what am i doing here? they don t have a clear answer of why they re there in a war like this? in my experience visiting troops in the field, most people who are serving don t spend a lot of time asking that question. what they really care about is