al-qaeda is flourishing, isis is getting stronger. and the taliban told the state department, our state department they would not help us when it comes to trying to control al-qaeda who has sworn to kill us all if they could. i consider that action by the taliban refusing to help us when it comes to policing al-qaeda a declaration of war. opportunitiment declaring war on the united states. if you are not willing to help us deal with al-qaeda problem. the world s al-qaeda problem, then you really, that s a hostile act to me under the law of war. afghanistan is the biggest national security threat in the near term. it s the biggest humanitarian disaster on the planet and immediate terms. and over time it only gets worse. darrell issa said today false choice you are american, tough leave your family behind come get them later. when you say no you become somebody who doesn t want to leave afghanistan.
question then becomes what s next? so, tommy, what about the prime minister of ukraine, the current inter whatever you want to call him called this a declaration of war. there are russian troops on the scene. ukraine does not have the military mite to fight back, full fledge d russian incursion. is there any scenario under which there s a conflict here or can srussia take what it wants because nobody wants a conflict with them. i can t see anywhere it involves u.s. forces. i think what we re seeing here is putin lashing out militarily in response to a massive political defeat. he lost a very close ally when he was depose d and sent from kiev and now is sending troops in. i think we need to reject, the united states needs to reject, the zero sum look at this that ukraine must choose to be russian or choose to be western. this is a sovereign nation. they should be able to live how