so when speaker boehner agreed on friday to lead the house in rubber stamping the senate s agreement on a two-month extension of the payroll tax holiday, he clearly believed what he was being told. but now listen to what eric cantor said just a few hours ago, and all in front of the speaker s face. mr. speaker, bottom line, a two-month match is irresponsible. that s why the house is taking a stand. so now mr. boehner is left to kill the bill. a bill that he previously thought was hill, but like othello he now says, so sweet was never so fatal. of course, it s now too late to go back and stop the hidden hand of eric cantor, orchestrating his own plan while publicly throwing speaker boehner to the wolves. but that s what he s been doing for the last year. this may be a tragedy for john boehner, but in reality, it s
acknowledge that in this case, it actually worked. and president eisenhower, one of the most successful foreign policy presidents we ve had, had what he called the hidden hand. he would get things done through indirection. ayman, let me ask you, just to finish up about this, this campaign was difficult, because the mission statement in the beginning was prevent this man from slaughtering his own people in benghazi. it did grow. tell me how that happened and how we got to go along with that. how did president obama decide to go along with the nato expansion of the mission to getting rid of gadhafi? well, it really began with the national transitional council in libya, with their contacts going through the europeans, going through the arab league, they asked for public statements of support for the national transitional council.
acknowledge that in this case, it actually worked. and president eisenhower, one of the most successful foreign policy presidents we ve had, had what he called the hidden hand. he would get things done through indirection. ayman, let me ask you, just to finish up about this, this campaign was difficult, because the mission statement in the beginning was prevent this man from slaughtering his own people in benghazi. it did grow. tell me how that happened and how we got to go along with that. how did president obama decide to go along with the nato expansion of the mission to getting rid of gadhafi? well, it really began with the national transitional council in libya, with their contacts going through the europeans, going through the arab league, they asked for public statements of support for the national transitional council. the arab league came out and issued it, saying the international community, the united nations must do more to get involved to prevent the slaughter. that s
provincial or nationals who exerted undue influence. no question about that. i don t think anyone alleged that president karzai has been engaged in behavior. of the hidden hand in afghanistan is that of its neighbors. including iran. there is no question that iran continues to provide modicum of assistance to the taliban. prior to today s revelation of c.i.a. memo by the wikileaks website, the general made clear he is still angry about an earlier breach of security where raw intelligence brief revealed
provincial or nationals who exerted undue influence. no question about that. i don t think anyone alleged that president karzai has been engaged in behavior. of the hidden hand in afghanistan is that of its neighbors. including iran. there is no question that iran continues to provide modicum of assistance to the taliban. prior to today s revelation of c.i.a. memo by the wikileaks website, the general made clear he is still angry about an earlier breach of security where raw intelligence brief revealed