Charlie Rose

rtb  11/14/2010 02:50 PM Report

Am I the only one to see the contradiction of the republican party (McCain in particular) who constantly warn that the Taliban "will just wait it out" vs. the highest American death toll ever?

ShalomFreedman  11/14/2010 01:18 PM Report

Pakistan is playing a double - game. The Afghani government and military are not reliable.

What is the U.S. gaining by its involvement in Afghanistan, if it is definitely going to withdraw at a definite date which the other side is waiting for?

cschadt  11/13/2010 07:43 PM Report

pls check transmission. Mine continues to stop every minute, pause, and restart; then I lost contact and am unable to fast fwd to time of disconnect.

unable to watch recordings...

DavLev  11/13/2010 11:46 AM Report

Very insightful interview by both Mr. Rose and the interviewee. One of the very best. Charlies interviewees

of people who work for the NYTimes, or other US newspapers, over the years (including Iraq) have been informative, detailed and objective.

However, after watching this interview, I had to ask myself, what now?

Obama is again waffling..will start to reduce troops next year (whatever that means), while taking the war to the enemy (Taliban) now.

Yes, if I were the enemy, I would do as Mr. Blair indicated,

wait it out, until we really tire and just get disgusted with the conflict.

If we cannot win...lets simply advise the Presidnet and our legislators to get out ASAP...while continuing to beef up the Afgan forces. Their President is after all, in charge, ineffective as he is to the war effort.

The real 300lb guerrillas are to the East..Iran, Syria,

Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah.

We are giving 100m in arms to Lebanon and 60b to the Saudis, to fight whom I ask? Iran's nukes in a few years will negate all the weaponry we give. Hezbollah will take over that government and its weapons.

But again, I found his insights informative, if nothing else.

Regarding Mr. Blair..thinking forward and backwards to interviews, with all his knowledge, and experience, he cannot predict Iran's future actions?

Isnt' it obvious to anywone with any intelligence, that Iran is spending billions, not for medical purposes, or

to enhance their oil revenue (sales), but for one purpose,

to reach parity with the other M.E. countries who have WMD, including, some thing 500 nukes (thermonuclear).

Iran is ruled by 3 parties..Ahmad...the Rev Guards and

the mullahs. Sanctions against them working? The LA Times

a few weeks ago had an article about China, Brazil and India, circumventing the sanctions..with an expected 60b in trade in a few years..as well as aiding their infrastructure. Iran is buying from them, parts, which Europe and the USA wont sell.

No wonder Blair lost his job., smart as he is about

intelligence agency structure.

robdverity  11/12/2010 05:26 PM Report

Innately suspicious about war correspondents. They too easily seem to opt for the adrenaline rush to the point of getting-off on it. Even so he pointed out Os (apparent) desire to leave the quagmire with his (arbitrary) 7/11 date. I hope so. Would tie in with the budget cutting proposals of the current news. We're past acting like a big-man-on-campus. No mas. Come home.

REMant  11/12/2010 11:54 AM Report

I would certainly question all "body counts." Those replacements may well be ghosts. And also the efficacy of running around yanking ppl out of their homes. I suspect Karzai liked McChrsytal because he didn't tell him what to do, at least not about non-military matters. That was pretty much the way the Vietnamese liked it. But I don't blame Karzai for trying to get around NATO, even if I don't think much of him.