to the over to destabilization. they have economic destabilization going. whether they will then move back to the military track, we don t know. i m not quite certain the kremlin knows either. we are set on a course here. we should not be naive concerning what s at stake. it is the order of peace and stability in europe, to a certain extent the world that is at stake. foreign minister martoni, if the stakes are as high as carl bildt says, why is it your prime minister has repeatedly voiced concern or opposition to sanctions. i understand hungary trades with russia but so does poland. if the principle is so important, should your narrow self-interest override that principle? no, i will disagree with what you were just referring to because in fact the hungarian
done earlier. the idea that there is a hard military track to follow right now, nobody thinks that s a good idea. i think the unmistakable headline from the president was stop it, calm down. we have that sound. let me play the president and play what mitt romney said on the issue. let s play them both. when i see the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war, i m reminded of the costs involved in war. this is not a game. there s nothing casual about it. i will bring the current policy of procrastination toward iran to an end. i will not delay in posing further crippling sae sanctions. i ll mag sure iran knows of the very reel peril if it becomes
london as police struggle to take back control of their streets. now americans are being urged to use caution when traveling around the city. good morning again. i m carol costello. three members of the congressional super committee have been chosen. nine more to go. there are 12. they will have 90 days to come up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts. the selections and reaction to them on this american morning. all right. good morning, it is wednesday august 10th. ali is off today after working i think 15 or 16 straight days covering the markets and all that. more on the markets and the economy in just a moment. you seem a little short today. i know. i have a high chair. i think so. i like that. you re taller than i am, carol. good morning. i m carol costello. actually we have to talk about this first, london is burning a fourth night of looting and violence in the streets, parts of london resemble a war zone with burned out buildings and destruction. 16,000
nation in the middle of nowhere, and i think that was a little bit nutty. we should have stayed just on the military track. hunt down the terrorists and stop. don t feel you have to build a modern nation out of afghanistan. and so if you had just one day as top general in that country, just one day, what would you do during that day that s not being done right now? first, i d say, stop giving away so much money. second, i d say, concentrate on attacking the taliban wherever you see them. and, third, i d say, make sure that the afghan soldiers are in the lead. all right. well said. bing west, pleasure having you on. the wrong war, grit, strategy, and the way out of afghanistan a very interesting read. thank you. we reached out to the pentagon for reaction to the book, a spokeswoman said, as a matter of policy the pentagon had no comment. well, nobody likes to talk about tax hikes.
and we didn t get an answer there, elliot. in fairness to the president, he wasn t asked that specific question, but it s clearly out there. what the president was saying elaborated upon what he said yesterday, that we have two military tracks, a military track which is more limited, then we have the nonmilitary track which is sanctions and diplomatic efforts, which he hopes will oust him. but as you know, between the two tracks, there s a lot of gray area. and these big, big questions that are so important to what actually happens in the next five days, next ten days, next 15 days, you know, because if we re going to throw him out, if we re going to force him out, doesn t it have to come sooner rather than later? don t you have to create a momentum on the side of the rebels that tells the inner circle, hey, you re not going to last. this whole thing you know, your days are numbered. you better turn on him now, have a coup if you want to save your own skin. david, i i m not a mil