The Hard Truth About "Soft Targets"

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Fawaz A. Gerges holds the Christian Johnson Chair in Middle East Studies at Sarah Lawrence College The Islamists and the West (soon to be published by Cambridge University Press) analyzes the worsening security situation in Iraq and Jonathan Capeheart deputy editorial page editor at the Daily News argues for resumption of major combat operations in Iraq

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