here s what former secretary of energy had to say about the expansion of nuclear weapons. the issue of expanding the use of nuclear weapons, potentially, to major cyberattacks, to deploying new so-called low-yield weapons in submarines. when we already have yoe-yield weapons deployed, low-yield weapons deployed. we think will probably add to the potential of miscalculation and use. joining me now, with the latest is msnbc nuclear security analyst joe serencioni. talk about what s behind the fear of expanding the nuclear arsenal. when you think nuclear threats are rising in the world, what you basically want to do is reduce those risks. make sure that nobody shoots first. this analysis, this other memo that was released yesterday, does exactly the opposite. it locks in a cold war arsenal that we have, keeps hundreds of
potential for drone strikes in iraq. as you know, the obama administration just released their legal justification for drone strikes. there s been a lot of conversation about the legality of the process around choosing targets and those sorts of things. but you have a view on how effective drone strikes are. yeah, you know, drones work fine in low-threat areas can like afghanistan and yemen and places where nobody shoots back. okay. but you put them in an environment where there s an aircraft fire, s.a.m.s., other fighters, and they re not going to survive. that isn t the problem in iraq because there s no air threat, really. the problem in iraq is one of what s a target? this is a civil war. this is not something that s going to be solved by outside forces. this is not going to be solved by our military. this has got to be solved by them. frankly, you know, after ten years and over $8 trillion that we can t account for, i think we ve done enough. yeah, and do you see the 300