McCaffrey Mocks Barack's Pakistan Plan: 'Simply Nuts'

Published: August 7, 2007, 1:39 pm

Tags: 2008 presidential, afghanistan, campaigns amp amp elections, foreign policy, iraq, barack obama, barry mccaffrey, hillary clinton, willie geist, morning joe, msnbc, video

Willie Geist's genius as an observer of the political and pop-cultural scenes has been his ability to stay largely above the fray. But guest-hosting for Joe Scarborough on today's "Morning Joe," Geist let the curtain down enough to make clear his pessimism about the Iraq war and desire to have the US exit post-haste. At the same time, retired General Barry McCaffrey made no effort to hide his contempt for Barack Obama's foray into foreign policy regarding Pakistan. Geist interviewed MSNBC commentator McCaffrey at 6:30 A.M. EDT this morning. McCaffrey at one point opined that he could envision the possibility of reconciliation between Iraqi Shias and Sunnis. Geist was not so sanguine. MSNBC'S WILLIE GEIST: Could we possibly stay there long enough, though, to see a reconciliation between Sunni and Shia? We're talking years, possibly generations for that to change, aren't we? Later, looking ahead to tonight's Dem debate, Geist's focus was on which candidate could

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