outside of kabul. if you look at the next two years, it doesn t suggest there s a commitment to success in afghanistan, which the president laid out in december of 2009. i think this is an incredibly short sighted move for a president who made the argue that this was the good war. this was the crucial war. we had to win it. it s far from clear that we re winning it. we ve had some success i think it s fair to say, sense the surge, despite the fact that the president announced the surgery and withdrawal in the same speech. we ve had some limited success in the south and elsewhere and not as much in the east. but what the president is announcing today seems altogether too clever, too cute by half, trying to make a political argument or a public relations play when we should be talking about war and peace. but, charles, even the political argument seems to fall short because much of the politics here seems to indicate that america would like all our
seem that like he gets caught up in these, in these sort of nanny state issues like, for example, it s his way or the highway, we re going to have the new york city marathon. going to have runners run through staten island, devastated like a third world nation and he doesn t care. he goes way too far. i like the mayor, a brilliant guy, a very good mayor, but he goes just too cute by half. too cute by half. and in new york city they re going to allow you to carry marijuana, but not allowed to have a 16-ounce pepsi. what world are we living in. and is that what it is. i think it s that. and my issue with this whether you re pro or con styrofoam, charles, it s just, aren t there bigger issues on the table. that s my main issue with it, new york city, listen to charlie s point the mayor has done a great job, we have problems that rank higher than styrofoam, just little bit higher, what about them? just a little higher. if you re going out, the way
pushing his big government agenda. when he backed off of that, the second year, year and a half. that s when president obama seems a lot more reasonable. i think he s overshooting and going to shoot himself in the foot. adam. i want to get i think this is personal though. a much bigger problem that s coming across from prominent democrats, not only avoiding the spending problem, but dismissing it as a problem as all. let s listen to some reaction. it s almost a false argument to say we have a spending problem. i want to disagree with those who say we have a spending problem. and we have a spending problem. and when he talk about that, like there s an assumption that somehow, we as a nation are broke. what do you think of that adam? it s funny, i knew i just could sense in my bones we were coming to nancy pelosi first on the subject. and could have picked any one of a half of dozen prominent democrats last week, i chose her because of the eyes, but