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FORMER HOUSE SPEAKER AND
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NEWT
GINGRICH.
HELLO, GENTLEMEN.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
SOMETHING SENATOR JEFF SESSIONS,
REPUBLICAN NOR SAID YESTERDAY, I
BELIEVE, ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S
PLANS FOR MILITARY STRIKES IN
SYRIA.
HE HAD A UNIQUE TAKE ON THE
SITUATION.
WHEN SPEAKING TO TEA PARTY
ACTIVISTSOUT SIDE.
>> I DO BELIEVE IN PRESIDENT
BUSH HAD TOLD BASHAR AL ASSAD,
YOU DON'T USE THOSE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE
SORRY, WE'RE GUATEMALAING A YOU
AND THIS WILL BE A KOBS KWENS
YOU ABOUT NOT WANT O BEAR, I
DON'T BELIEVE HE WOULD OO HA
HAVE --
>> I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT AN INSAND
MADMAN WHO IS WILLING TO GAS
CHILDREN IS WILLING TO DO.
AND THE IDEA THAT A SENATOR IS
WILLING TO PUT THE PRESIDENT ON
THE SAME PLANE IS SHOCKING.
I DON'T SEE HIM WALKING AROUND
LOVING GEORGE W. BUSH.
HE MADE A HUGE MESS OVER THERE.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CLEAN IT
UP.
LAST THING IS ASK OSAMA B-- BIN
LADEN IF PRESIDENT OBAMA IS A
TOUGH PRESIDENT.
>> NOW I DISAGREE.
THEY BOMBED HIM FOUR TIMES THIS
YEAR, HE UNDERSTANDS THERE ARE
BOUNDARIES WITHIN WHICH HE
SURVIVES.
HE'S A VERY SHREWD SURVIVOR.
BY CONTRAST WHEN THE NORTH
KOREANS FIRED OFF A MISSILE WHEN
HE WAS IN VIENNA.
THEY SAID THERE WOULD BE
CONSEQUENCES.
THERE ARE NONE.
I DON'T TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM
HIM FOR THE KILLING OF BIN
LADEN.
I THINK THAT WAS A BIG DECISION
AND A COURAGEOUS DECISION, BUT
YOU CAN SEE HE HAS NOT HAD A
POLICY OF CONSISTENTLY BEING --
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT IRAQ.
WHAT WE'RE NOW SEEING IS PEOPLE
BEGINNING TO MAKE THE CASE --
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH WEEK IN SYRIA.
SYRIA IS WHAT SAMANTHA WOULD
CALL A CASE FROM HELL OR
WHATEVER.
HE'S HAD A BAD WEEK.
YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY ALL THE
OTHER SUCCESSES HE'S HAD ON THE
WORLD STAGE WITH REGARD TO IRAN.
HE HAS BUILT A GLOBAL COALITION
THAT IS UNPRECEDENTED.
THE UNITED STATES, RUSSIA AND
RUSSIAN -- HE'S GETTING US OUT
OF TWO WARS.
I DON'T LIKE HIS DRONE POLICY IN
PAKISTAN.
BUT YOU HAVE TOWERING
ACHIEVEMENTS THAT GEORGE BUSH
COULD NEVER COME CLOSE TO.
HE HAD A BAD WEEK IN SYRIA AND
NOW HE'S THE WORST PRESIDENT.
I DON'T AGREE.
>> I THINK IT TAKES A LOT FROM
THE PRESIDENT TO CALL LIBYA A
TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT.
>> IT'S A DISASTER BECAUSE WE
ALLOW IT TO BE.
WE REACTED WITH LIBYA AND WE GOT
THE UNITED NATIONS TO COME IN.
>> BUT IT'S A DISASTER.
BENGHAZI IS A DISASTER.
>> YOU BLAME THE PRESIDENT FOR
GADHAFI?
>> THE LEVEL OF CONFUSION THAT
WE SEE THIS WEEK I THINK IS
ALMOST UNPARALLEL.
YOU ALMOST HAVE TO GO BACK TO
PRESIDENT OBAMA TO GET THE LEVEL
OF CONCLUSION.
THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAY THE
PEOPLE ELECTED HE TO MAKE PEACE,
NOT WAR.
THAT'S A STRANGE MESSAGE TO SEND
TO CONGRESS WHEN YOU'RE TRYING
TO GET THEM TO VOTE TO GO TO
WAR.
>> THIS PRESIDENT RESPECTS THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE ENOUGH TO TALK
TO THEM ABOUT IT.
THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING
HE SHOULDN'T GO WITHOUT -- THIS
PRESIDENT GETS BEAT UP NO MATTER
WHAT HE DOES.
I DON'T DEGREE WITH HIS -- LET'S
PUT PRINCIPLES ABOVE POLITICS.
I GUARANTEE YOU YOU COULD FIND
MUCH DUMBER THINGS.
>> LET ME JUST SAY WHEN YOU USE
THE TERM OWE DECIDER," HE
DECIDED FRIDAY NIGHT HE'D ATTACK
AND THEN GO TO CONGRESS AND THEN
HE DECIDED HE WAS GOING TO GO TO
TOF.
THEY SIGNED ON TO A STATEMENT IN
ST. PETERSBURG TODAY THAT SAYS
THE CASE RELAYS TONIGHT, MUCH
LIKE I WAS REBD TO MAKE PEACE,
NOT WAR.
>> WHERE IS THE CONSISTENT
RATIONAL SIGNAL BEING SENT THAT
WOULD CONVINCE A CONGRESSMAN TO
VOTE FOR THIS?
>> I I AM GLAD WE HAVE A
PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THIS
IS A COMPLICATED SENTENCE AND
SAY THESE SENTENCES DON'T MATCH.
BUT IF YOU LIESEN TO THE WHOLE
OF HIS PRESENTATION, HE'S TRYING
TO RE, BUT I THINK THIS IS A
PRESIDENT WHO IS RESPECTED
AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE HE'S
NOT A WARMONGERER.
I AM OPPOSED TO THIS
PRESIDENT -- BUT I DON'T THINK A
TOUGH PROBLEM BEING HANDLED WITH
SOME STRESS AND STRAIN HERE
MEANS THAT HE'S A FAILED
PRESIDENT OR THAT GEORGE W. BUSH
COULD DO A BETTER JOB.
GEORGE W. BUSH COULD NOT DO A
BETTER JOB THAN BARACK OBAMA ON
FOREIGN POLICY IN THE MIDDLE
EAST.
THAT I PROMISE YOU.
>> THE FACT IS YOU HAVE TO BE
COMMUNICATOR IN CHIEF BEFORE
YOU'RE COMMANDER IN CHIEF.
WHEN GEORGE H.W. BUSH WENT INTO
IRAQ THE COUNTRY WAS
OVERWHELMINGLY FOR IT BECAUSE
THEY BUILT THE CASE, THEY
EXPLAINED WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
NOW THE PRESIDENT WHO I THINK AT
TIMES REVERTS TO BEING A
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PROFESSOR.
YOU SUDDENLY GET THIS WANDERING
AROUND CONVERSATION.
JOHN KERRY SAID, "I WAS THINKING
OUT LOUD."
YOU DON'T WANT THE SECRETARY OF
STATE TO THINK OUT LOUD WHEN IT
COMES TO WAR.
>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE CASE.