A civic, civil unrest terrorism and terrorist groups active so its not a positive situation and so to the extent that we can continue to support the Afghan Military and again its the stomach for the longhaul and having an involvement that provides some sort of possibility for stability in the future. When we just decide well this is hopeless lets leave then you can get back to the situation that caused you to get there in the first place. Posted this book makes me assume youre running again because it lays out a view whether you agree or disagree. That suggests to me that you are reentering public life. Are you running again . Guest entering public life doesnt necessarily mean you are running but im out there in the public. I mean running for office again. I have been very clear that thats something im actively considering trying to gauge both the level of support thats out there but also trying to figure out being the father of seven kids for them still at home and having gone through
Assad then were looking at a war in the middle east that is going to cross borders and potentially threaten the larger region and beyond. The latest figures ive seen is that there are more than a thousand fighters on behalf of extremist groups in syria comment from just europe. And with open borders, no visa restrictions, somebody wrote in france or germany or britain or the netherlands were ever will be able to come home and will be able to travel. So this has been vocations far beyond what if anything we think we can and should do to try to stave off a total collapse of the maliki government. I would just add one other note. If you look at where we are in the region, the conflict in syria, which right now is still a stalemate, but i thought this control in large parts of the country. But there is many hundreds of thousands of refugees in jordan, lebanon, turkey erratic and you have the tensions that are pervasive throughout the region be really fat on fire in iraq right now. It could
Jordan . If they do become democratic countries like egypt did briefly would that be better for us . Guest the question is not whether this is better for us or not. The ideal and the goal is a good one. The question is how do you get there and how long do you take it or what measures do you take . You mentioned egypt. Egypt was ready. Look at the United States. Were rewriting for an an election when the United States was formed to have everybody in the United States boat . Our founders didnt think so. They limited the people who could vote in an election. You say its horrible and terrible. Maybe it was maybe it wasnt that it was a decision that was made to make sure there was continuity and stability within government that was consistent with the values the government was founded upon. We cant go out and say the objective is a free election. I shouldve never been the objective. We have to work with individual situations to ultimately even though may take 100 years to get there but the
Doctor ben parsons at Johns Hopkins Medical Center is seventh with his thoughts on the current problems facing the country and how to solve them in one nation. And then we have everything i need to know, learn from a little golden book. And we have a profile of the First American woman in space, sally ride. Wrapping up the list is Malcolm Gladwells david and goliath. Thats this weeks nonfiction bestsellers according to the l. A. Times. James clyburn talked about his life in his early days in the jim crow south to his position as the thirdhighest ranking democrat in the u. S. House of representatives. This program is one hour and is maxed on booktv. [inaudible conversations]. When and hundreds knows that the first nation developed for the children of middle east, since that time it has been a school for several generations and we are excited about the opportunity to turn it once again into a learning center. There is a rich and phenomenal history. A lot of times people are not familiar
What is your view on that . Guest well one of the reasons why the risk is there is professionals like the medical profession and the nursing profession and so forth do not permit their members as a matter of ethics, they do not participate in the execution itself so you necessarily are dealing with the most skillful people to put people to death. There is a danger of a botched execution like we have the other day partly because professionals dont think its a good idea. Host and the chemicals are no longer available because the suppliers dont make them available. Is it the case that if the Current Court were to hear a case involving an execution that clearly cause torture would everyone agree with that . Guest if it were were to do what . Host like we saw the other day where the prisoner was obviously tortured, would they agree it would be cruel and unusual . Guest im not sure that they will conclude that is going to happen enough to make it permanently cruel and unusual. Host usada sup