20% of all dead americans in iraq and afghanistan were killed by the equipment the iranians supplied the enemy. no, their objective is threefold. number one continue to spread terrorism throughout the world and continue to capture capitals that belong to sunnis. it s a shia/sunni conflict. number two, build a nuclear weapon that will will shield them from any retaliation from anybody either in in the region or anywhere else. and, three, remove the sanctions because they are afraid that particularly with the drop in oil prices because the last great revolution in 1979 start ed off to take down the shah because of economic reasons. it was a shopkeeper in iran who took over the city. they re afraid if they can t lift the sanctions, oil is $50 a barrel that would be terrible for the iranian leadership. it seems so far in their quest they re doing well, at least in the initial stages so
sober up. they are financing an army, the radical sunni conflict. that really has to stop. then beyond that, there s an obvious political situation that has only resolved by the iraqi. two of our best guests. congressman welch, and professor. thank you very much. up next, why krystal ball has suddenly become a huge fan of sting, and it has nothing to do with the music of the police. it doesn t operate out of basements or back alleys.
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and now i ve got to take more pills. yup. another pill stop. can i get my aleve back yet? for my pain, i want my aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. ever since this crisis erupted in iraq, we ve been treated to pearls of wisdom from the same people who brought us the bloody and expensive debacle that was the iraq war. they re all over cable news and the sunday talk shows. this is more than just an obscure shia/sunni conflict. this is al qaeda. it s a disaster,
paul wolfowitz, as part of the bush administration, were you and others culpable of underestimating the level of sectarian violence, warfare in the country that creates the potential for this kind of terror state to develop today? look, you use the word sectarian, so did richard engel. this is more than just an obscure, shia/sunni conflict. this is al qaeda. al qaeda is not on the road to defeat. al qaeda is on the march, not just in iraq, in syria and libya. and we have real enemies of the united states and what we should be looking for are friends. i think when we stick with our friends, and those friends are not always perfect, believe me, but we stuck with the kurds through 20 years. northern iraq kurdistan is a success story. stuck with south korea for 60 years. south korea is a miracle story. but if we walked away from south korea in 1953 that county was a basket case. but dexter filkins, nouri al maliki is more than just not our friend at this point. he s not fulfilling