Strategy Showdown

" Unresolved problem segment tonight's shot -- dot com is reporting that the Obama administration may read -- generally Stanley in the crystals request. To send 40000 more American troops to Afghanistan. If that happens controversies going to be huge also senator Lindsey Graham mentioned me your humble correspondent in a very interesting way and the senator joins us now. From Washington first Afghanistan. Make a prediction senator what's gonna happen. I think the president logo would cinema crystals recommendation. The low risk recommendation which would be thirty to 40000 troops at the end of the day. All right well let you know what day it's been almost two what does that -- that -- and what data back and act. That's a good point. Well I think the president deserves a chance to liberate give private and by so that -- financial advise hopefully soon. I'll open a matter of weeks I didn't make it look like being there and does that make him look weak. To our -- foreign adversaries. Taking this long. How they can make some lovely it depends on what it does it see if he does I have major he'll look weak if he withdraw us troops. -- look wait because we'll lose if you go with cinema crystal after deliberating the consequences of -- German Kristol I think you'll look strong car bomb. I gotta read a quote here from this gentleman crystal. But I wanna move on to this quote that senator Graham. Gave. Let's see who do you say this to. Watching tonight -- is form I don't know what that is Washington are inconsistent and that and target well Norah there you go. Talk radio moveon.org and -- 24 hour news cycle make it very hard for you to reach across the -- Can it gets polarized can you imagine doing DJ with cable television can you imagine writing the constitution. O Reilly says Ben Franklin's giving it on something can you imagine having to do that. In this environment you saying. That the Talking Heads like me are actually. Hurting you guys from doing the people's work. No what I was saying is can you imagine Ben Franklin down bill -- program and everybody will have Ben would have loved I mean it literally I think. And I don't think he would hold this off I think the point is that. That point four -- cycle is what it is and the president is trying to deliberate quietly and you're -- this report link in that report makes it hard. But democracy can withstand all of this and will be just fine but I would love to see you interview Ben Franklin and John Adams and well and -- nine you know it would have been certainly my privilege to do so because the founding fathers I admire almost every one of them but. Look here's the deal is here is what's happened I think you raised a very interesting point. In -- what you said and he said I'm glad you mentioned me because I've got attention and people to think about this. We don't write stories that are gonna interfere. With a President Obama or President Bush who was ever in office if we feel that the story is gonna hurt. Anybody our military our policy makers will hold it back. Okay we're not the New York Times we're not trying to do that that's number one number two. Because you have the 24 hour news cycle on cable television now you have watchdogs like me. Who don't allow the -- get away with anything and -- point to Jessica's law. And the judges who give child predators probation we have one of those coming up later on program they can't do that anymore. Senator so I think that what the service that we deliver which you want your toes makes it very hard for you guys to screw up or do anything untoward. And so the benefit outweighs the negative. I'm on this show for raising costs on one of the -- like your show I think he'd do a good job explaining complicated issues you don't. Major react everything that Obama senses not automatically wrong and I appreciate that -- trying to be the watchdogs and look out for the folks we don't have an ideological. Agenda here on the factor. But I do understand that you guys now have to be hyper aware of everything you said. I what you do you can make any mistakes because as soon as you do it's on him make a joke you can make a joke because they'll say it isn't in jail. Because you do have to move bonds and on human is needed me to move line you have these hyper partisan things that are looking to cause trouble and looking to smear people with whom they disagree. But it wasn't that always the way it was in our republic. Didn't even Ben Franklin and those guys Jefferson hated Democrats he hated the press they are always trying to smear. I think to some extent that moveon.org tickets and level they may -- war policy. -- try to make more policy for the Democratic Party were largely successful they arrange Joe Lieberman out of the Democratic Party. We've got people on our side who is now where the highway and -- only point I've made is we've got there this far this 200 plus years by compromising and a principled way and you know I'm minute I'm in this this this nobody made me run for the Senate the real heroes are the ones and Afghanistan get shot at not Lindsey -- being on TV dot thanks that I."