legislators got railroaded in a war fever and by polls. i remember being at a dinner shortly before that invasion. people were talking and saying it will take us just a couple years to rebuild democracy. i thought has this world gone mad? whenever we go and contrary to john quincy adams advice, searching the world for monsters to destroy and when we use political might at the expense of democratic principle, we hurt ourselves. does she want to use military force too rapidly? i believe as president, i would not be so quick to pull for a military tool. i believe that a no-fly zone in syria at this time actually secretary would be a mistake. you have to enforce no-fly zones and i believe especially with the russian air force in the air, it could lead to an escalation because of an accident we would deeply regret. i support president obama. i think we have to play a long game and ultimately, you want to talk about blunders, i think assad s invasion of syria will be seen as a blunder.
anti-semitism across parts of the world. and you have a leader in iran who openly calls for the destruction of the only jewish state and to use violence and to sponsor violence actually it s not just talking, they actually sponsor the bombings in argentina, of course were traced back to iran. on the other hand you can t make policy based on emotions of fear and hysteria. and so you could walk into mistakes by letting that fear then it s kind of a fear because what happened in paris doesn t really have anything to do with what s going on. teheran and the nuclear program, except in the broadest sense. this is the danger. this is the danger. well it s fear. war fever is a bit unfair. i mean it s motivated by genuine fear. ellie, experienced the near annihilation of the jewish people. right to worry about the near annihilation of the jewish people. on the other hand, you know there has to be an openness i think to the idea that a
and you look back back and the history of this country. far fever. all of the sudden we re in vietnam. all the sudden we invade iraq and i tell you, it builds up war fever for what? for going into iran? yes. that s exactly right. i don t feel that fever. that s not going to happen. i don t know what speech you were watching. i think the war fever, it seems if you look at the poll that came out today is building for going after isis. yeah. fantastic. that s right. look at i m just saying the big thing to worry about, i ve seen this when i served in the navy during vietnam. all the sudden we re there and each little step seems reasonable, and you need to be careful. and this kind of environment does not allow quite frankly a commander in chief to be careful. meanwhile, senator lindsey graham has offered an apology to house minority leader nancy
pelosi, really a sense of just how ugly this is. he made comments about her appearance, but he also had reaction to her reaction to netanyahu s address. according to a bloomberg report the republican senator criticized pelosi s appearance and demeanor saying i don t want to read this quote. so there you get it. let s move on. then he apologized and still continued to talk about her reaction. take a listen. i just think that her reaction in the chamber was a bit disturbing. and i made a very poor attempt at humor to talk about her reaction and for that i apologize. you know what just actually say you re sorry. he apologized. sort of. apologize means i m sorry. andrea, i want to ask you, talk about war fever, let s put up the q poll that shows that 60% of americans now support boots on the ground. only 30 35% down. i may have those numbers.
us now, national correspondent for the atlantic jeffrey goldberg, msnbc political analyst and former chairman of the republican national committee, michael steele. what was your kwi? you pander and agree it was a political freak show. no i actually don t pander and agree. yes, you do. you believe it was destructive, you believe it was a bad call you believe i don t believe it was destructive. you re putting words in my mouth. practicing the art of destruction and making a mockery of the president and our system and the democrats all at once while they tampered with the election in israel. hyperbole spewing from your mouth. fantastic. no, actually the truth. actually the truth. i m the only one who will say it. this is intense about israel. don t do that. i get it here you go. what should we worry about in all of this? thank you. business of iran and netanyahu and obama. and i think it s a war we should worry about war fever. that you get this drum beat of