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Constraints on war that were put on place in the 20th century seemed to be eroding. >> ambassador, final thoughts. >> i think that charlie makes a very important point. this was one of the obstacles for barack obama taking further action, what was the legal basis for doing it. we, helping iraq to protect their boarder from isis and that was the legal theory there. but is there a theory of collective self-defense. but what really matters here is where is the president headed? there are a lot of p...

Is hearing from his national security council principals on this. we know that hes hearing from his cabinet with that meeting set to happen in an hour and 15 minutes from now. also going to be flaring members of congress i would assume, charlie. >> i think one of the elements thats been missing from this discussion is what senator kane among virginia and others might bring up which is what is the legal authority for the united states to get more involved in this war in the middle east? especiall...

Year, given what hes now tweeted about this big price to pay, does he have any recourse other than to take military action now even if it is just a pin pick strike? >> i think hes put himself in a very difficult position. and the major reason he did that is because he has no strategy in the middle east. we dont know what the objectives are and what hes trying to achieve. he says weve taken care of isis, time to get out then we see a chemical strike. so, yes, i think is he pushed up against the w...

But bottom line. how would you assess these eight years president obamas handling of the iraq situation? >> well, look, its been rather mixed. president obama prevented an attack on the homeland. dealt with an incredibly difficult, complex worldwide situation. especially in the middle east. he did pull the troops out of the middle east, out of iraq, but the problem it -- the problem is he pulled out the troops and had no political plan to ensure the peace. a few year the later had to send the tr...

Government, by pulling out, not having a plan in place, a vacuum was created and isis exploited and became what it is today? >> heres the problem. trump talked about how we have to have more military action against terrorists. actually, the obama administration has been effective militarily against isis. they only occupy one city now in iraq. theyve been dramatically reduced in their holds in syria. the problem is we need to have a political plan to ensure peace. trump gets it exactly wrong. the...