the distance. the israelis are trying to engage anyone that tries to ambush their forces. the battle is street by street. it s urban gorilla warfare. neil: one month in, israel says they have gaza city surrounded and preparing to move in. the white house trying to move in. is the president starting to back off from his israel position? still with them, but maybe not as with them. coming up, we re going to talk to the national security council s john kirby on how far the white house is willing to go. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy to have you with us. let s go to mike tobin in southern israel with the latest on this preparation for something big and pretty soon. mike? neil, while the israeli forces are not letting up as you mentioned, gaza city is surrounded. in fact, they have the israeli navy bringing pressure from the sea. overnight, there was an aerial bombardment with 450 targets being hit. the air strikes continue tonight. the palestinian health minute try said the
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Park sees what it would have cost for infrastructure that the president proposed. Couric in when you talk about when you look at the comparison between what were spending here infrastructure what were spending over there and put it in a context what a report i heard in recent days over the weekend i think that iraq is now seeking and i dont know if its from the u. N. But from International Authority is the reports that additional funds to rebuild where in the world would that money come from well it may ultimately have to come from the United States if we dont want irans influence to take over completely in iraq that is a Major Political concern and policy and strategic concern that the United States has from a strategic standpoint and so the u. S. Has got to deal with that not only iraq but were going to have to also continue in and in afghanistan on top of all that. We havent had a budget in the Defense Department for at least two years and its been under a sequester so theres been a
Talking probably upwards of ten trillion dollars by the time its all done that far exceeds what it would have cost for infrastructure that the president proposed. Who are right and when you talk about when you look at the comparison between what were spending here infrastructural spending over there and put it in a context what a report i heard in recent days over the weekend i think that iraq is now seeking and i dont know if its from the u. N. But from International Authority is the reports that additional funds to rebuild where in the world would that money come from well it may ultimately have to come from the United States if we dont want irans influence to take over completely in iraq that is a Major Political concern and policy and strategic concern that the United States has from a strategic standpoint and so the u. S. Has got to deal with that not only iraq but were going to have to also continue in and in afghanistan on top of all that. We havent had a budget in the Defense D
Everett dirksen quote right i mean sooner or later youre talking about real money sounds like real money what else are they spending this real money on michael other than supplies and troops i mean their infrastructure over there youre going to have infrastructure weve had to be roads. Schools key water just to go in systems in the rural areas and that is in in addition to having to deal with fighters from various clans that that dont want any of that western influence in that region so its really going to continue to be in and then struggle for quite some time and that that seven trillion dollars michael does that include the veterans and what were doing here at home it will yeah it has to it has to include them and their medical medical attention and and also the families and and taking care of those who have been. Severely wounded over time and taking care of them and it really all adds up over a period of time i would say that if you combine afghanistan with with iraq were talking