This Week with Stephanopoulos – January 13, 2013

Guests:

Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)

Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)

Richard Haas

Martha Raddatz

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)

Jon Huntsman

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Stephanopoulos: wow we're rushing out

of Afghanistan after only 11 years!

Raddatz: by the end of 2013 we could

have only have 30,000 troops there

Stephanopoulos: my good that's so few

Corker: 30,000 is fine but if Afghanistan is

going to be the 51^st state it has to be at least

as stable as Florida

Stephanopoulos: that's a lot to ask Bob

Reed: we finally trained the Afghans

to fight so now we're good to go

Stephanopoulos: Obama is says we have

achieved the goal of killing enough people

to prevent another 9/11

Haas: it was a mistake to try to fix

Afghanistan and now it's a total basket case

Stephanopoulos: what's the answer then?

Haas: make more friends with massive drone strikes

Stephanopoulos: Bob you used to love

Chuck Hagel – what changed?

Corker: unlike with past Presidents

we're going to hold real hearings

Stephanopoulos: wow

Corker: I'm concerned that he may not

love nuclear weapons and also

that he might be crazy

Stephanopoulos: crazier than the average Senator?

Corker: we need more nuclear bombs!

Stephanopoulos: Chuck Schumer is skeptical

Reed: well sure he wants to be

biggest Chuck in Washington

Stephanopoulos: good point

Reed: Hagel was once a combat soldier

Raddatz: our troops have more combat

experience than he does but he may be able

to relate to wounded soldiers coming home

Haas: it's stupid to ask if he's an anti-semite

the real question is does Chuck Hagel

want to attack Iran

Stephanopoulos: Hagel doesn't support

unilateral sanctions just because they don't work

Corker: I agree that multilateral sanctions

are better but Hagel may hate Israel

Stephanopoulos: will America start a

war with Iran this year?

Reed: let's wait until their elections in

June before we launch another useless

failed war in the middle east

Haas: The Supreme Leader is allowing

a debate to take place

Stephanopoulos: very generous of Obama

Haas: I was referring to the leader in Iran

Stephanopoulos: Martha can we

attack North Korea please

Raddatz: those people are crazy like

Wayne LaPierre at a Black Panther party

Stephanopoulos: wow

[ break ]

Stephanopoulos: No Labels are just like

the heroes who opposed slavery

Manchin: yes we are great men who just

want to solve problems

Stephanopoulos: yet you chickened

out on regulating guns

Huntsman: we also have No Opinions

Stephanopoulos: well then how do you

solve problems?

Huntsman: Put Country First

Stephanopoulos: what the hell

does that mean?

Manchin: everyone who proposes

anything is wrong

Stephanopoulos: so do you have 

solutions for anything?

Manchin: yes a blue ribbon commission

to look at violence with Joe Lieberman

and John McCain

Stephanopoulos: that sounds like the most

useless thing solution ever

Manchin: I am willing to guarantee that

there will never ever be regulation of

Second Amendment rights and also

we will protect video games

Stephanopoulos: Joe will you run for

Presidential on a third party

Huntsman: I've been shooting guns 

since I was 5 years old

Stephanopoulos: sounds perfect

Huntsman: are you mocking me?

Stephanopoulos: never

Huntsman: we need problem solvers!

Manchin: and common sense!

Stephanopoulos: good luck with that gentlemen

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