The Pros and Cons...

" no one -- for votes. Twitter and all the other things that -- welcome back to Brian judge judge is that even sure what we're. No more on Bryant and the judge and -- that handsome charming youthful. DNC nor has just walked into the studio to say that to -- and cut out I would say just charming -- the -- I've gone with cute kids under two. You know they've pre entries themselves you know that's not true although my wife is traveling has been traveling the last 24 hours in one of my son's been waking up at 3 AM each morning so really it's it's not raising DC area doesn't have yet to be aware. That's that let's not go there DNA is of course the author of the new book startup nation. The story of Israel's economic and -- along with Cisco there. A -- saying he was also of course the public face of the Coalition Provisional Authority when we first. -- entered the military way Iraqis now an adjunct senior fellow for middle east studies at the council on foreign relations. And he's all over fox deep sleep now now well welcome here welcome back great -- the guys who first of Dana."

" Think he did this story of the day the news of the day has to be Afghanistan we lost eight people yesterday. Sixteen over the weekend an all time high 53 this month. Horrible numbers. Our rack like numbers from when you were there sadly so right now -- urged the president to move quickly what does it make him think twice."

" I think it makes them think twice and I think politically. It makes things much more difficult for him because there's there there's collapsing support for engagement increased engagement in Afghanistan within his own party among the base of his own party. So certainly as you have casualties -- ask escalating it makes it that much harder for him. In addition to just the rock tragedies that any human being would feel a sense of emotional. Lots and marching on as he certainly feels. The really tough part. Is if he goes through with the crystals recommendation. There will be even more casualties remember we saw a spike in casualties in Iraq when the surge is being implemented because before you can get security and stabilization. It so much of the surge strategy Iraq was about putting our troops in the neighborhoods. In Iraq working with the civilian population which made the more probable over time it stabilize things and casualties -- weighed down. But if if President Obama goes along with a crystal recommendation and I support the crystals recommendation it's going to be tougher before it's easy."