understand the logic in your statement about, said, well, certainly have the capability to furnish a u.s. component in such a ground force, that we have not recommended because it would be significant undertaking. i agree. we would have to do it largely by ourself. i do not agree. it would be ceding other comparative advantage? we would be, and meaning, in medium term it would seem to americanize the conflicts, somehow does anybody really believe that if the united states struck back against people that just slaughtered some americans in san bernardino somehow that would encourage them? what encourages them, mr. secretary, is success. and they have a pretty serious record here of success just in the last several, couple of months since you were here. so, i do not understand why in the world you wouldn t want, as,
may have direct ad terrorist attack in california. we re building momentum. is he kidding? we re not building momentum and we re losing. american people understand we re losing. 65% of americans, new poll this week disapprove the president s handling of isis. 68% say this strategy is failing. we re not doing enough militarily. they re absolutely right. martha: you have all the extremes in reaction from republican candidates. look obviously at comments from donald trump. he is playing into the fear that exists in this country about the fact isis has not been contained in syria. it is starting to overflow. we re seeing attacks in europe and attacks at home as well. ted cruz talked about carpet bombing raqqa. that is the exact opposite what we heard from defense secretary ash carter. i want to go back, he said there is no u.s. ground forces recommended although he talks a lot about trainers being on the ground. moments ago he talked about
but the president makes it sound there that republicans are trying to strip americans of health care. it is a right. the optics of it may not look so good for the g.o.p.. well, you know, the optics right now are really about the president s health care law. you have to look at what s happening. he says that the republicans are trying to gum it up, but the administration in its own right is sitting here, taking the law and pushing different pieces of it back. they pushed the employer mandate back, but then gave the ability for members of congress and their staff to be exempt from obama care. so the president is gumming it up himself, his administration, and it shows the corner stone of his first administration was a law that was too massive, to big of an undertaking and is creating so much uncertainty, it s starting to have a dragn 0 the economy. shannon: we ve seen more and more public skepticism. you have to have the public on board because you have to have young, healthy people s
older and less healthy individuals, but more and more public folks and polls show they re very skeptical about this. they re worried that you don t really get to keep your doctor, that your premium price really isn t getting down. promises that were made by the administration in getting the bill passed. it s now the law, but unless you get folks to sign on, it may not work. how do democrats feel about that and the president? well, i think you re right, shannon. this was very much based off active enrollment, but polls show a lot of people are very happy with a lot of things this package provides, staying on your parents coverage until 26, getting rid of the bans against pre-existing conditions and certainly eliminating those lifetime caps. so generally speaking, people actually are quite satisfied with the perqs and the benefits that this package will provide them moving forward. again, shannon, all we know is that the more insured americans we have, the better off we all are. ultima
something very important. the marketplace of ideas, this discussion where americans can find out what someone else is saying, if only to be better prepared to argue against it, is so important that even in that case, speech that offends so many of us had to be permitted. shannon: well, it is one of our fundamental freedoms. i wish we all knew more about it. we all have a duty and obligation to spread the word. i carry my pocket constitution. you probably have one, too. i do. shannon: we ll check in next year and see if the survey changes. thank you so much. we appreciate it. all right. when they re deployed, soldiers often make friends with stray pets and dogs. they re forced to say goodbye when it s time to go home. after this break, no dog gets left behind. test