stimulate those factions, push the extremists to the side and empower the people that are the people we can actually work with by giving them legitimacy. will this work? we don t really know. i think this goes back to the haqqani network. i don t know why we re not targeting the haqqani network now because they are certainly targeting us. they ve carried out a range of high-profile attacks just in the last year inside of kabul and in other areas. maybe they ve in the last couple of days have stopped launching attacks but in the last few months they have been behind significant incidents that have targeted u.s. nationals interests in afghanistan. so maybe this is a strategy decision, but again, we have to be we have to go with eyes open here and understand what the stakes are. these folks are not our friends. we can work with them, perhaps negotiate peace but they will never be our friends. goldie, to that point. strikes me that steve, weigh in here, too that s part of the comp
you also could rest assured knowing you made an impact immediately as a one-term congressman and we ll see what the sequel is. f. scott fitzgerald said there are no second acts in american lives and when it comes to allen west, we can only hope and pray that he s right. the florida congressman who sees reds under the bed has finally conceded defeat in his fight to save his seat in the house. let s bring in msnbc contributor goldie taylor and joy reid who is the managing editor of thegrio.com. joy, i know you re close to tears with regard to the demise of why are you laughing? you were close to tears earlier. are you why are you laughing as well goldie? because i am crying. look, are we going to miss a man who described the president s supporters as a threat to the gene pool and also said that democrats in the house are communists? absolutely. i mean, i can tell you at the